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Two of tho policemen retained in
•bout hart nu hoar to pomp na for de-
tail*. I low my atory aa straight and
truthful a* any honest man conld, keep-
ing nothing back, and a port of it wn
of course corroborated by Uncle John. I
have no doubt the police believed all
our Mutcmeata, aa there was nothing
requiring a stretch of the imagination,
but when I had been pumped oat the
sergeaut dryly observed:
"You can, no doabt, manage to prove
all yoa say, bat I shall have to lock yoa
up us a witness until yoa can find b&iL
It looks as if you were to be tbe main
witness in the case, which is one to
creato a great sensation.''
I protested and argued, bat be cat
mo short with a curt "Come along,
sir," and some time between 1 and 3
o'clock in the morning I found myself
in u prison cell for the first time in my
lifo. As I sat on tbe hard bencb to fig-
ure a bit on tbe situation I was nnable
to glean mach oonsolation. Being a
sailor man and without any fixed hab-
itation, heavy bonds would be required
for my appearance when wanted. Who
was to furnish them? All my old cbums
put together could not have qualified
for £500. There was only the hope that
they might have so many other wit-
nesses that my testimouy would not be
requited Tbe sergeant had told us that
Lady Dudley had been murdered by a
burglar 'vhoin she discovered in her
<<>om ab<<ut midnight, but had given
few det..i a. However, things cannot be
bettered by worriment, and by and by
I laid down on tbe bench and fell
asleep, and foi four hours I slept as
well tts I ever did on shipboard. Then I
was awakened by an officer, who or-
dered mo to follow him into a room in
which half a dozen people were wait-
iug for us. I may tell you here that one
was Loid Dudley, a second Uncle John
Humptou, and a third, fourth and fifth
were menservants from the castle. It
was the chief of police who took me in
hand and Legan:
"Now, prisoner, we will bear your
story as you told it last night. It is my
duty to warn you that anything you
may It t drop tending to crimiuate your-
m If will be used against yoa on trial."
"But what am I to be tried for, sir?"
I promptly demanded, being greatly
amazed at his language.
"You are charged with being an ac-
cessory to the murder of Lady Dudley.
Here is the warrant for your arrest Go
on with your story, or perhaps you'll
decide not to talk. "
"He helping to niurdei Lady Dud-
ley I" groaned Uncle Juhn, while I stood
like a nitui turned to stone. "Why,
gents, I hope that none of you have
gone crazy. How could be huve been a
sharer in that horrid crime when he
was in my house from soon after 8
o'clock till after midnight without
leaving his chair?"
" You art' not here to ask questions or
give advice," cautioned the chief, flar-
ing up iu his temper at the word.
"Bless my blooming heart, of course
not, but you'll only cover yourselves
with coufusion if you go on this way. "
"Do you recofflite the man, my
lord?" a* krd the chief of the great man.
"I have never seen him before, to my
knowledge."
The same question was asked of the
tervants, but here a singular trait of
Jiuman nature showed itself. They feft
that it would be a groat consolation to
his lordship and the police if the guilty
parties were caught and punished, and
so the whole three hesitated and stam-
mered aud finally concluded that they
had seen me in the company of Ben
Johr-son several times during the past
fortnight. Uncle John saw the chief's
private secretary taking down every-
thing said, but instead of protesting he
gave me a wink which decided me not
to tell my story over again.
"Who says this man had a hand in
that there murder?" asked the landlord
as the chief wanted to know if I desired
to talk.
If yoa haven't
who looked me
ap bare, I want nothing to do with
yoa."
"What will be oar line of defense?"
he oalmly asked, paying bo attention to
my temper.
"Why, that I bad no more to do with
it than the chief of police himaell"
"We ahall have witnesses to prove
an alibi, then?"
"Of course we shall. We will prore
tbe hoar I left Liverpool and my where-
abouts during every hoar afterward."
I gave him my story, and when 1 bad
finished be rubbed bis hands and smiled
and said:
"Really, now, bat this does me good.
I was prepared for a bard straggle be-
fore the courts, and bere oar case is
kl ready won. Half a day's work will get
our case in proper shape."
My stoven skiff bad floated away
down stream, but was recovered. The
one which had run into me was care-
fully lifted aside. The spot where John-
son's head had rested on tbe inn floor
had been stained with Ms blood, and
Unole John would not allow it to be
washod away. It seemed like turning
your hand over to establish an alibi and
prove my innocence to the satisfaction
of everybody. Indeed, Uncle John and
others declared with much feeling that
if Lord Dudley did not present me with
at least £50 for catching the murderer
he wits not the man to retain their re-
spect Some even went so far as to
promise that the chief of police wonld
apologize to me in public.
Perhaps I should have stated in the
preceding chapter that the full name of
her ladyship's maid was Mary Wil-
liams, and that she was the daughter of
a small farmer a few miles away. She
had been in the family so long and bad
been found so faithful that I am sure
Lord Dudley would never have doabted
her innocence but for the police.
Neither do I think the police altogether
astray. Had it been any other man than
Ben Johnson, her lover, they would not
have reasoned as they did. In tbe good-
ness of her heart the girl had insisted
on attending he/ ladyship that night,
and iu the light of subsequent events
that was a point against her. Some of
the servants also confidently remem-
bered of having heard her talk about
America and wish for a life of ease, and
that was put down as evidence.
However, after tbe fhockof the affair
had worn off a bit the girl made a rally
and showed her spirit. Feeling herself
to be perfectly iom -cut gave her great
strength. I have always believed that it
was Lord Dadley himself who engaged
a lawyer to defend Ik r and hunted out
the points iu her favor, and it was
something greatly to his credit. Ben
Johnson was furious with the girl be-
cause she had baffled him and furious
with me because I had brought about
his capture. He was not an educated
man, but he was gifted with powerful
assurance aud natural cunniug, and he
completely deceived liis lawyer and the
police and general public. He admitted
threatening Lady Dudley with the knife.
While the menace had caused her death,
no doubt, it wouldn't be a hanging
offense. He might be transported for
life, but his lawyer hoped to get him
off with 15 or 20 years. His accessories
might escape with a shorter period.
We had elected, as was our right, to
be tried separately. I don't mean tried
■elf—all this a
msn telling the
have ass timed a
We showed, of course, that tbe Hindu
was still at sea on the date he gave and
in all other ways npeet bis yarn, bnt be
was taken to jail declaring that every
word he bad spoken was gospel truth.
No sane man could dispute my inno-
cence, bat I presently found that tbe
public looked at me askance. I have
been told that there is always a bit of
feeling against tbe man who proves that
be had nothing to do with tbe crime for
which be was arrested, particularly if
it is a heinous one and the publio has
mado up its mind that he is gailty.
They scmehow can't quite forgive him
for disappointing them. In my case the
chief of police even had the impudence
to say to me:
" Well, my man, it seems tbat some-
how yoa have slipped the halter off
your neck, but let me warn you that I
shall have an eye upon your future
movements. I presume you will leave
town very soon?"
"I shall leave when I get ready to,"
Was my blunt and perhaps impudent
reply.
"No talkiug back, sir! I have tbe
power to warn suspicious characters to
leave town and to lcck them up if they
h%itate to go."
"Well, sir, go ahead on any course
that suits you. I know how greatly you
ore disappointed, but it is all owing to
your lack of sense in handling the case
at the star)."
He fumed and blustered; but, having
burned his fingers once, he did not pro-
ceed to extreme measures. Some one
spread the report that I had been twice
arrested in Liverpool, and I had a
pretty clear idea as to where the gossip
started from. Lord Dudley, as soon as
sending for the police, had offered a re-
ward of £1,000 for the arrest and con-
viction of the murderer. I had certainly
been the means of his arrest, and be-
tween Mary Williams and myself the
! prosecutor had all the evidence neces-
sary to convict. After I had been dis-
1 charged from custody his lordship sent
for me. He received me very kindly,
I expressed his gratification that I had
j tomo out of *he case with flying colors
I and referred to the matter of the re-
ward. I refused to accept a penny of it,
to his great astonishment, but later on
I conld not well refuse the gold watch,
telcse r»pe, chronometer and other gifts
he sent me by his chief steward, together
with las best wishes for my future wel-
fare.
As Ben Johnson was held to the
assizes, the girl and I must be detained
as witnesses; so the chief of police could
not have driven 111c away if he had set
about it. We had to give bonds, and it
was Lord Dudley himself who furnished
them. It so happened, however, that
the term was close at hand, and the
case would Le disposed of by the time
the Hindu had been overhauled. This
would It t me out of a bad scrape, but
ncvertlu less Captain Clark felt it his
duty to growl at mo:
"Now, Balph, you see the conse-
quences i f a sailor man idling about on
land, ai.f; I lu.po it \\ i.l be a warning to
you for ilie test of your life."
"But one must see his old mother
now and then," I protested.
"Aye, if she be living within stone's
throw of the sea, but otherwise she
must not expect it. The land, Ralph,
for our lives, but examined to decide if | was created for corn aud trees and
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Constable of Cock«
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ttaiinHn, guardian
of Mary L. Banndeis,
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condition
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sriff Cooke Co.
"Ills pal has confessed and given him
sway."
"Do you mean that Ben Johnson says
Ralph Tompkins wi*s in it with him?"
"I do. Iln says this man acted as his
lookout on the outside, and tbat he is
really the one who put up the job."
"Well, of all the biling, blooming,
blossoming stories I ever heard this do I
beat 'em all!" exclaimed Uncle John as i
he struck his fist on a table.
Ben Johnson had made a clean breast
of it and bad declared that Mary, the
maid, and your humble servant were as
guilty as himself. He was getting evi .i
with me sooner than he had hoped to
we should be held to the assizes. It was
wonderful what a story the villain
Johnson reeled off to the bench. Having
[ confessed fii*- crime, be was held, as a
matter of course, and ho' was also used
as a witness against the two of us. The
girl was arraigned first. Johnson swore
that she proposed the robbery more than
a year before it took place, and that for
months she had ridiculed him because
bis conscience cried out against commit-
ting such a crime. Loving her as he
did, he had finally been won over. She
had selected the asylum to which they
should flee, and he named Quebec as tbe
port they were to sail for. She bad per-
sisted in sitting up with Lady Dudley
that night that he m 'ght not be disturb-
ed iu his operations. She had left the
window unfastened and the key of the
safe in the iock. She had also taken care
that all ber ladyship's jewelry, but
CHAPTER III.
"guilty" and "not guilty."
The first thing the police of
country do when a murder has
committed is to find a prisoner,
they always assume that whoever
any
been
and
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every
happen'to lay hands on must be guilty
because they have got him. The officers
wrr< not so fur out of the way in hold-
ing her ladyship's maid for examina-
tion, for all circumstances were against
her, but in my case one hour's intelli-
gent work by a detective ought to have
set me at liberty. My mother, Uncle
John Hampton, Jerry Simpson and
others could account for every minute
of my time since landing in Dudley. At
the hour the murder was committed I
was in the company of five or six men,
all of whom were law abiding and hon-
est.
I say that it would bave been easy
enough for the police to satisfy them-
selves that I was an innocent man, but
they never work to clear a man. On the
contrary, they bend tbeir energies to
prove or to try to prove the guilt of tbe
one arrested. Uncle John was repn
inanded for expressing his astonisb-
meut, and his offers of assistance to
help prove my innocence were promptly
refused. I was pretty well ratisfied that
Lord Dudley himself doubted my com-
plicity, but the police had the case, and
it was not for him to interfere.
It was not uutil after the funeral of
Lady Dudley that I was taken to oourt
for examination. Being only a sailor
man, and never having had to do witb
law before except to make affidavit, I
own that I was badly upset and could
not plan what to da Undo John and
mother fixed it, however. They sent me
in a lawyer, tel<graphed to Liverpool
few Captain Clark and got all my wit-
nesses together. I enire very near hav-
ing u row with the lawyer befoie be
bad been iu ny cell five minutes. As
soon as ho bud introduced himself be
led off with:
"I am glad to be able to tell yoa that
it was not a murder out of band, bnt
tbat Lady Dadley came to ber death by
a shock. There is no evidence that Ben
Johnson lain a finger on her."
"But what have I to do with that?"
I asked by way of reply.
"It is necessary, if I take yoor
that we have an understanding,
said after giving me a searching
"I am agreeable to that 1
didn't come bere believing mo a
man?"
"Johnson
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i refuged to accept a penny of It.
j more especially a magnificent diamond
I necklace, was in the safe that night.
The cold blooded villain went still far-
| ther. He declared tbat she had left a
gas jet lighted for his convenience, and
that she had suggested chloroforming
Lady Dudley to give him full swing.
He even declared that she commanded
bim to kill tbe woman when she arose
from her bed and discovered them.
Those who heard Ben Johnson's testi-
mony said that he looked the judge
straight in the eye and never hesitated
or blundered. When he was through,
nine-tenths of tbe people iu tbe court-
room regarded her as the more guilty of
the two. Then came the defense and
the reacticn. Lord Dudley himself tes-
tified to her long aud loyal services. He
said the key of tbe safe happened to be
in his own pocket that night and for
three days and nights previously, as be
had taken the necklace to a jeweler for
repairs and was waiting for its return.
There was no money in the safe, and
indeed but little jewelry. There was no
gas in the room, as her ladyship objected
to it. There were marks on the sash to
prove that tbe catch had been sprung
from the outside. There was no chloro-
form about tbe house, nor could Mary
have got any at the drug store without
an order. The servants at once denied
what they had said regarding Mary, and
she was promptly discharged from cus-
tody. The police evinced their disap-
pointment and chagrin at tbe outcome
of tbe case, but were probably solaced
by the fact that I had no lord tottestify
in my behalf.
You have guessed my line of defense,
ar.d you know that I had half a dozen
witnesses. It shouldn't have been a sur-
prise to the police, but it certainly was.
This waa due to the bold faced lying of
tbe villain Johnson. Tbe story he told
when put into tbe witness box against
me made me pinch my legs to see if I
wss awake or dreaming, and his man-
ner of telling it almost satisfied me tbat
I was an accessory. Snob calm, cold
nervn was never seen before. He began
by stating tbat be bad met me in liver-
pool a fortnight before and told
Job" and that I had
him.
hedges and villain!', and no true sailor
who fears Cod and wants to live an
honest life has r.ry business outside of
a 6eaport. I hc.pe I shall get no wicked-
ness through this trip up here, but I
feel shaky. 1 wouldn't have had it hap-
pen for a £10 note. "
On his trial in the higher court Ben
Johnson was impudent anil defiant and
perfectly reckless as to consequences.
Ho threatened my life in open court,
anel he made a dete rnsined effort to as-
sanlt liis old s.veethcart with his fists.
Had he been u different man, the jury
would have dealt more leniently with
him, no doubt. There were those who
said that he would only have been pun-
ished for attempted rol brry. As it was,
he made everybody around him realize
that he was a desperate and revengeful
man who ought to Le put away for life,
and that was his sentence—transporta-
tion to the penal colony in Australia for
the term of his natural life.
"You'll never get me half way
there!" Le shouteel when the judge pro-
uounced sentence. "I warn you, judge,
jury, lawyers, witnesses and all, that
for eve>ry week 1 m a prisoner I'll hav8
a life!"
They hud given him tbe full extent
and could do no more, and everybody
felt relieved when it was known that
he was handcuffed and shackled and
chained to the wall of his cell.
Lord Dudley's sister had come to pre-
side at tbe castle, and both were per-
fectly willing to have Mary Williams
take her old place. The girl would not
go back, however. With all the gossip
of the count-y roundabout, and with the
columus of ,uff printed in the newspa-
pers, she felt disgraced for life and was
anxious to r~t out of the country. Her
parents felt .ho same way, and one day
ber father came down to Uncle John
Hampton's inn to make some inquiries
of me regarding Australia. I had made
three voyages to that country and re-
turn and had picked up a smart bit of
information. When I had told him all
I could, he said :
"Mother and me might stay on and
live it down, but Mary would grieve
herself to death. She was proved as in-
nocent as a babe, but she knows she'll
be pointed out for years to come, and
tbat certain people will always be fling-
ing out, and so we'll pull up stakes and
go"
When Lord Dudley beard of this re-
solve, he called upon Farmer Williams
and paid him a fair price for his land
and stock, and it's my belief that be
also paid the passage of the three out to
Australia besides. They had only de-
cided on going wben I returned to Liv-
erpool and thought I had seen the last
of tbem, though the thought upset me
more than I dared admit to myself. To
be honest witb you, I had fallen in love
witb Mary Williams. Perhaps the thing
would have "ome about just the same
bad I met her at church or on tbe high-
way, but maybe the circumstance of our
being arrested and tried together and
of our interests and dangers being tbe
same pushed matters along at a faster
pace. Be that as it may, I realized that
I loved ber. She was under a cloud,
yon see, and one couldn't reasonably ex-
pect ber to permit of any advances. Her
love for Ben Johnson had turned to
gall, sore enough, but tbat was no help
to me under tbe circumstances. I realiz-
ed that I was foolish to entertain cer-
tain hopes, and yet I could not drive
tbem oat of my mind.
Botany Bay. " "
"What! The Hindu to go out to Aus-
tralia witb convicts!"
"Exactly. Don't fire up about it,
man, until you learn full particulars.
| Things are very dull just now in the
! carrying trade, and if we hadn't made
| this charter we might have been forced
! to lio here for weeks. We didn't jump
at it, I assure you, but yet we look upon
it as a lucky stroke, and there are a
score of craft i in port which would be
willing to pay us a premium."
"But it will give the ship a bad
name," I protested.
"Not iu this case, I hope, though we
must take our chances. You see, the
government has been iu the habit of
chartering auy old tub which could be
got holtl of cheap. There's a public out
cry against sending out convict ships
which are so unseaworthy that a top-
sail breeze is bound to do for them.
There's also a great ado about crowd-
ing the men as if they were blacks from
the African coast. Certain papers and
public men have been raising a great
row on this subject while you've been
in dry dock at Dudley, and the upshot
of the matter is that the government is
goin;» to try an experiment. "
"At ^he loss of our reputation. Why,
Fir, a craft which has ever made the
trip to Botany Bay goes to the boneyard
or into the coal trade on her return. All
shippers seem to lcok upon her with
distrust aud disgust after that"
However, I came to look upon the
charter with more favor after a tit.
The price paid us was very high, and
we had the t.rivilege of fitting up ac-
commodations to carry 20 passengers as
well. You will understand that I am
now writing of a matter really belong-
ing to the last generation. It is a good
many years since the penal colony at
Botany Buy was abeilished and since
England ceased to send her convicts out
of the country. The idea of transporta-
tion was, first, to remove bad men as
far away as possible, and, second, to
make convicts the nucleus of new col-
onies. Alter two or three years of prop-
er behavior a convict got a ticket of
leave and could settle outside the camp.
If his record continued good for two or
three years more, he was discharged and
could settle anywhere in Australia. It
is a matter of history that three-fourths
of the sheep growers and a good share
of the business men of the big island
today can trace tbeir ancestry back to
tho convict camp at Botany Bay.
There were no steamers running to
Australia in those days. Aside from
the regular packet ships, there were
craft fitted out to carry emigrants, a
thousand at a time, but there was a
class of people which preferred to go by
convict ship. The fare was about half
what the packets charged, and yet high-
er thau by an emigrant craft, but only
a few were taken, and the accommoda-
tions were very good. The Hindu had
only a main hold, which had a depth
of about nine feet. Our contract called
for the carrying of 60 male convicts.
To keep these men secure the hold of
the ship was converted into three cages,
as it were, each cage to hold 20 men.
The entrance to them was by way of
the batches. The cages were of iron, of
course, and made as ftiong us in a pris-
on. There were bunks for the prison-
ers, anel portholes gave them light and
ventilation. In the rear of the third
cage was fitted up what is known as a
"brig," or dark cell, for the confinement
of refractory prisoners. The remainder
of the hold was taken up by storage
rooms. stntrrooma an/1 cabins.
To be continoed.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Facts and figures to tbe think-
ing man convey a better idea of a
country than word painting can,
so we give some solid facts for
those who may want to know
something about the empire state.
Population In 1890. 2,288,5'i8
estimated population low 8.000,000
1m in square ml Lea 274.SM
Length la milee 826
Breadth in miles 750
Settled in 1646
Independence declared 18(6
Admitted Into the union 1846
Area In acres 174.586,840
Acre* In timbered lands 4«,000,000
Acres in mineral land 30,000,000
Aoret of public school lands 50,000,000
Baleb o foot ton raised, 1880 3,000,000
Bushels of oorn raised, 1S90 6C,600,000
Bushels of oats raised, 1890 11,760,000
Bushels of wheat raised, ltsso e.ooo.oon
Miles of railway 10,107
Head of lire stock 15,000,COO
Pounds of wool raised 30,000,000
Taxable values 1784,000,000
Value fsrsa products lsi.oct.cco
Value live stock 166,000,000
Value exported stock 11,000,000
Value exported hides 6,000,000
Value exported wool 4,000,000
Value free school fund, etc 160,0(0,000
State university fund 14,000,000
Value of railways S00.000.0ii0
Business transacted, i860 300,000,000
Pr *»Uc school expense, 18S0 i.eoo,ooo
Cos. of capltol building — 4,000,000
Number of counties In Texas 246
Annual taxes oollected .... 4,030,ooo
Increased manufactures, 1890 0,000,000
Average amount In treasury 1.600,000
CHAPTER IV.
THB OOWICT SHIP.
An unpleasant surprise awaited me
on mj arrival at Liverpool. The Hindu
had been thoroughly refitted for na, but
waa in tbe hands at a gang of carpen-
ters and blacksmiths as she lay in ber
of all
A Bargain.
One 9*coluuin Campbell print-
ing preBa.
One half-medium Gordon print-
ing press.
One quarter-medium Gordon
printing press.
One Boss paper cntter.
all IN good brpaie.
And three composing stones,
two cabinets, over 100 fonts job
and display type, chases, galleys,
Mustang mailer and in short a
complete news and job outfit that
cost (3500, for sale at Denison,
Tex., for $800. Apply to
T. J. Crooks, or
B. C. Mukray,
Denison, Tex.
Coal.
St. James coal, best lump
Lmto orders at H. Schifi's, cor-
ner Commerce and Broadway.
Special Offers To-Day:
Corn Beef, Mutton and Veal,
Spare Rib8 and Brains.
Rabbits and Squirrels
Fish and Oysters
Fine Red Fish and Trout.
Chickens
Wc4
J. J. Rackley
The way to care catarrh ia to
purify the blood, and the sorest,
safest, beat way to parity the
blood is by taking Hood's Barsa-
parilla, the one true Mood puri-
fier.
Hood's pills are prompt, effi-
cient, always reliable, easy to
take, easy to operate.
HER PEOPLE.
Texas is a cosmopolitan state,
but native Americans predomin-
ate. The negro population of the
state is small compared to other
southern states and the "race
problem" cuts no figure here. The
state is settled largely with immi-
grants from different parts of the
Union, those from the southern
and western states predominating.
LAWS
The laws of Texas are made for
her own people and are the most
liberal, equitable and just any-
where.
HOMESTEAD LAWR
Are the most liberal, and her col-
lection laws tbe most lenient to be
found in any state in the Union.
These laws not only provide
against misfortune, bat give the
family a guarantee against waste-
ful extravagance and bad manage-
ment on the part of the husband.
The following extracts from the
state constitution will give an idea
of the protection which the state
throws around a family:
"Art. 17, Sec. 49. The legisla-
ture shall have power, and it shall
be its duty, to protect by law from
forced sale a certain portion of the
personal property of all heads of
families, and also of unmarried
adults, male and female.
TAXATION
Is light, our state ad valorum tax
is now 20 cents on the $100, and
our state school tax is 18 cents
on the $100. County taxes do not
often reach 50 cents on the $100.
LAND.
improved lands are worth from
$10 to $50 per acre.
Our lands produce a greater va-
riety of crops than can be found in
alnuso any other county. They
have the rare advantage of bring-
ing both wheat and cotton crops—
something not found in many
places.
ROADS.
Good roads reach into every sec-
tion of the county and substantial
bridges span all streams.
EDUCATION.
We have ninety public schools
in the county outside the city of
Gainesville—eighty-six white aud
four colored. These schools run
on an average of six month each
year.
"Sec. 50.—The homestead of a
family shall be and is hereby pro-
tected from forced sale for pay-
ment of all debts except for the
purchase of money, the taxes due
thereon, or for work and material
used in constructing improve
ments thereon, and in this last
case only when the work and ma-
terial are contracted for in writ-
ting, with the consent of the wife
given in the same manner as is
required iu making a sale and
conveyance of the homestead; noi
shall the owner, if a married man,
sell the homestead without the
consent of the wife given in such
maimer as may be prescribed by
law
"So mortgage trust, deed or
other lien on the homestead shall
ever be valid, except for the pur-
chase money thereof, improve-
ments made thereon as hereinbe-
fore provided, whether such mort-
gage or trust deed or other lien
shall have beenereated by the hus-
band alone or together with his
wife; and all pretended sales of
the homestead involving any con-
dition of defeasance shall bo void.
"Sec. 51. The homestead n 3t in a
town or city, shall consist of not
more than 200 acres of land, which
may be in one or more parcels,
with the improvements thereon;
the homestead in a city, town or
village shall consist of a lot or
lots not to exceed in value $5000
at the time of their designation as
• homestead without reference to
the ralue o any improvements
thereon. ••••»>
COOKE COUNTY.
Cooke is one of the northern tier
of counties and is separated from
The Leading
Furniture Dealer
—OF—
North Texas.
Carries a full liut of Win
dow Shades, Mattresses,
Springs, Baby Carriages,
Refrigerators, Bamboo
Goods, Mirrors, Pictures
and Picture Frames; also
a complete line of
Undertakers'
- - - Goods
Wood and Metalic Cases,
all sizes, always ou hand.
Write for prices.
Embalming
a Specialty.
205-207 E. California St.
Two doors CBiJt
the postofHcc.
Of
Gainesville, Texas
PLUMBER
And dealer in-
half the county is timber and the
balance prairie with streams run-
ning through it, on which can be
found excellent timber and water
Red river borders the county on
he north for sixty miles.
Elm fork of the Trinity, Clear
creek and other streams flow
through it.
The county has an area of 933
square miles, equal to 597,120
acres.
It had iu 1890 a population of
24,602.
It now has a population of per-
haps 30,000.
railroads.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad runs through the county
from east to west and the great
Santa Fe system runs through
from north to south.
A road is surveyed and will soon
be built from Gainesville north-
east to the coal mines at McAlep
ter, I. T.
gainesville,
The county site, is located on thi
Elm fork of the Trinity, six miles
south of Red river. It has a popu-
lation of about 10,000, and is a
busy, hustling, growing place. It
ha* eleven churches, six splendid
brick school houses, two good
flouring mills, an ice factory, an
iron foundry, the shops o*f the j The Domestic Finsih.
bai.ta i e rauroad, a cotton com-
Plumbing Material
- - . and Tiling.
304 E. California Street
Corner Denton.
Artesian
Steam 111s. Diron Straot,
Laundry
Is the only concern
city that gives j ou
iu the
the beautiful
the north by
It is*
Territory on
fiver.
press, a broom factory, soap fac-
tory, cotton seed oil mills,
pressed brick works turning
ont splendid brick, four
ae-.vspapers, three banks with s
;a]>ital and surplus of £'j50,000.
• I.':; various other enterprises.
It is a live pla^e and men wrtL
i:t< ;u-y or muscle can do no bettei
than to cast their lots here.
the wages
of the laboring man, whether mar-
ried or not, are as sacred as the
household.
Section 28 of Ait. lf> of the con
Stitution reads: "No current
wages for personal service shall
ever be subject to garnishment."
The statutes exempt the follow-
ing personal property from forced
sale:
"All household and kitchen fur-
niture. All implements of hus
bandry. All tools, apparatus and
books belonging to any trade or
profession. The famUy library
and all family portraits and pic-
tures. Five milk cows and their
calves. Two yoke of work oxen,
with necessary yokes and chains.
Two horses and one wagon. One
carriage or buggy. One gun.
Twenty head of sheep. All sad-
dles, bridles and harness necessary
for use of the family. All pro-
visions and forage on hand for
home consumption, and all current
wages for personal services
To all single persons are re-
served: "All wearing appai el, all
tools, apparatus and books be-
longing to auy trade or profession.
One horse, saddle aud bridle. All
current wages for personal ser-
vices."
Wherever the people's homes
are safe there will patriots be
found. Hence tramps and beggars
are not so common among us as in
other countries.
It
saves your linen, is neat,
Mjlihb aud attractive
ALSO HIGH GLOSS
ti lei-hone 30.
L£E H. end CLAUDE C. STiADY,
Proprietors.
Edwards' Quinine
Hair Tonic
has m0 equal.
Removes Dandruff, Softten- ii.e
Hair and PromoteH the' Growth.
"A Superior Dressing."
75 cents a bottle.
To cure all old sores, to heal an
indolent ulcer, or to speedilv cure
, you need simply apply De
> Witch Sail
>rd-
EDWARD^ The L'iyb Drcg^t
people's odeule8s process
—for—
Clean'ng Vaults, Sink? ani Closets
Witboat Offense or Smell.
Orders ran be left at
ScBeline's store,
Edward's drug store,
\ William Kilgore's.
T. J. Reed.
See riy Bargains,.
Nice white dinner sets, good as
china, only $5.00. Decorated din-
ner sets $3 75.
A. c. Young.
Scaly eruptions on the head,
chapped hands and lips, cuts,
braises, scalds, barns are quickly
cared by De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve. It is at present tbe article
most used for piles, and it always
cares them. H. W. Stark Drag
Co.
Coal.
Best coal for 94.50
lump. Leave order
Sehiff's, Dixon and Br
IN*
sn
Henry
iway.
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The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1897, newspaper, January 10, 1897; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth503771/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.