The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1897 Page: 4 of 4
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EDWARDS, The Life Drawls
Notice by Publication.
The state of Texas—To the Sher-
iff or any Constable of Cooke
county— Greeting:
Thomas W. Saunders, guardian
of the estate of Mary L. Saunders,
Mi tnio Lee Saunders, minors,
bat ing filed in our county court
bit final account of the condition
of the estate of said minors, to-
gether with an application to be
discharged from said guardian-
ship, you are hereby commanded
that by publication of this writ
for twenty days in the Gainesville
Hfbpeuian, a newspaper regn-
larly published in the county of
Cooke, you give due notice to all
persons interested in the account
for final settlement of said estate,
to file their objections thereto, if
any they have, on or before the
Jaouary term, 1U97, of said coun-
ty court, commencing ani to be
holden at the court bouse of said
county, in the city of Gainesville
on the first Monday in January,
A. D. 1897, when said account
and application will be considered
by said court.
Witness A. J. Thompson, clerk
of the county court of Cooke
county.
Given under my band and seal
of said court, at my office, in the
city of Gainesville this 14th daj
of December, A. D. 1895.
A. J. Thompson,
Clerk C. C., Cooke Co.
By 8. K. Rudolph, Deputy CI'k.
A true copy, I certify:
Georob W. Womack,
Sheriff Cooke Co.
Folding beds, success combina-
tion uprights, mantle beds at low-
est prices at Backley'ff.
Read the Hbspkbiak every day
By Papula RALPH DAVIS.
lOopn-ifM. UN. by fee Author.]
In tlie day* of which 1 write a con-
vict ship sometimes carried oat as
many as 850 men and women. The
law laid its band heavily npon ereiy
wrongdoer. Offenders who would not
get more than three months in jail to-
day were then sent away for five or ten
years. The embezzler and the murderer
were treated alike until they arrived at
the Bay. Then some little difference
was made in the favor of the former,
though the place was a hell on earth
for all, according to every man's testi-
mony. Where a big batch was taken,
the government sent along from 8 to 18
marines and an officer to take entire
charge of the prisoners. In oar case the
contract only bound the government to
famish a doctor. We mast ship hands
enough to gaard the conviots and land
them safely at Botany Bay, and the
■hip mast provide its own outfit of fire-
arms.
We went about these things in good
faith and with an eye as to what might
happen on the voyage unless we were
fully prepared for trouble. There were
hundreds of men looking for an oppor-
tunity to work their passage out We
bargained with seven very decent look-
ing fellows to pay their way by acting
as guards. The odd man had been a
sergeant of infantry and was to com-
mand the guard. We bought a dozen
muskets and plenty of ammunition, and
one day, when almost ready to receive
the prisoners aboard, the captain said to
me:
"Ralph, there's no knowing what
may happen to us with 60 desperate vil-
lains aboard. I understand that all our
prisoners are long termers and over
half of them are going for life. I am
going to arrange the main cabin so that
we can turn it into a fort if necessftry. "
Presuming that you have never been
aboard of a sailing craft, I make bold
to tell you that our quarters comprised
a main cabin, a dining room and three
staterooms. Forward of it and reached
by the same entrance or companionway
were the quarters fitted up for the pas-
sengers. The roof of the cabin was ele-
vated about two feet above the deck and
was lighted in part by a skylight in the
center. Each stateroom had a small
window looking ont on deck, and the
dining room had t/iree cr four. The en-
trance to the c^liin was in front.
Well, what we did was to secure iron
shutters for all the windows looking out
forward, each shutter having a porthole
for musketry firing and likewise iron
plates which could be clamped on be-
neath the skylight if the emergency
arose. Then the bulkhead between cage
No 8 and the passengers' quarters was
provided with portholes and made bul-
let proof as well. For the cabin defense
we bought four double barreled shot-
guns and two rifles. This would give
as, in case of a row, six good arms, to
say nothing of the officers' pistols and
! what firearms the passengers might
bring. You will observe that I have left
! the seven guards entirely out in my
figuring.
When the Hindu was ready to receive
the convicts, a government inspector
came aboard to see that everything re-
lating to the prisoners was shipshape.
There was nothing to find fanlt with,
and he named the date when the gang
would he sent aboard. Oar passengers
came first—exactly 20 of them. Whom
do you suppose the first three were?
When I first clapped eyes on them, I
was so taken aback that I stood open
mouthed and could not utter a word.
They were Mr. and Mrs. Williams and
the daughter, Mary. It had been six
weeks since I left Dudley, and I had re-
ceived no news of them whatever,
though I was every day trying to pluck
up the courage to write direct to Mary
herself.
"Well, Ralph, it's this way," said
the father as I expressed my astonish-
ment. "Everybody knows the gal is in-
nocent as a babe, but she can't abide
notoriety. We'll go out to Australia
and have a look around, and if things
don't suit we can return after a couple
of years. I'd forgotten the name of your
craft, and it's pleased I am to find that
we are to sail with you."
I can't say that Mary seemed over-
pleased to find me there. Indeed, she
acted as if considerably put out about
it While I may not have been distaste-
ful to her personally, yet the sight of
me kept all the past in mind, and she
had taken her troubles very much to
heart She shook hands and made an
effort to be friendly, however, and that
waa all I could expect. Of the other 17
passengers there were four married cou-
ples, two young women servants, one
single man and six children. They were
all middle class people, tidy and re-
spectable, and we could not have asked
for a better lot
The passengers came aboard in the
morning. At 2 o'clock in the after-
noon our prisoners came alongside un-
der a heavy guard, and I received an-
other shock, and a far more disagreeable
one. The first convict to step aboard
was Ben Johnson, the villain who was
to blame for what I had gone through.
We were face to face before we recog-
nized each other. He was handcuffed
and also had on leg chains, for he had
become so desperate that everybody
feared him. His face was full of curi-
osity as he stepped on deck, but the in-
stant his eyes lighted on me he raised
his manacled hands to strike and shout-
ed at the top of his voice :
"You here, Ralph Tompkins! Ah,
you cowardly cur, but I could ask for
no better luck! When we take the ship,
it will be my pleasure to flay you alive. ''
I knew, of oourse, that he had been
sentenced to transportation for life, but
it had never occurred to me that he
might be among the gang of 60. The
guards seized him and were hustling
him along when he caught sight of
Mary and her parents. He realized in
an Instant that they were passengers,
and there was a look of devilish ferocity
on his face as he cried out:
"WhatI And Mary tool Why, satan
himself seems bound to play into my
bands on this trip. Three cheers for Ben
Johnson's lock!"
The girl and her people were as badly
knocked oat as 1 was, and had we not
been all ready to weigh anchor they
would have quit the brig and forfeited
their passage money. Mary bad to bo
led below, while tho father declared to
me that nothing on earth could have
induced him to go with the Hindu had
he known that Ben Jobnaon was to be
one of tba gang. The situation waa a
tad ope far all four of us, bat the only
as wn to pur <Jn ft bold Cafe
and make tba beet of it Ben Johnson
was perhaps the moat desperate man in
the lot, bat the gang aa a whole waa
one at tbe worst ever embarked. When
they had been divided and oaged, the
officer of the guard felt it bia duty to
say:
"I have handled at least 60 gaugs of
convicts in my time, and I tell you that
no ship ever had a worse one under
hatches. There are plenty of men afloat
and shore who are willing to bet two to
one that yon never get as far as the
" You here, Ralph Tompkins!"
cape of Good Hope. You must watch
these fellows day and night If you get
careless for a day, they'll capture the
ship and cut the throats of officers, pas-
sengers and crew at the first rush."
We had a sailing crew of 14 men.
Each had signed for the round trip and
knew what the cargo would be, and yet
when they saw what a villainous gang
had come aboard at least half tbe sailors
•would have deserted if there had been
opportunity. If there was one single
person above decks who was satisfied
with tho situation, he must have kept
his thoughts to himself. We were off,
however, and it was useless to growl or
lament Just as the towboat had got
our cable a vlierry dropped alongside,
and a letter was handed up for the cap-
tain. It was badly written and spelled,
and its contents were another dose for
us. It read:
"I think it my duty as an honest man
to tell you that at least one of your
guards is a friend of Ben Johnson's
and will stop at nothing to help him
take the fliip. Be on your guard."
I
I
CHAPTER V.
THK SHIP'S DOCTOR.
In every ship sent out with convicts
the prisoners were under the charge of
the doctor sent along at government ex-
j. nse. His authority was supreme. He
represented the government. We of the
.Hindu did not catch sight of our doctor
until tho last moment before sailing,
and the sight of him gave us a suprrise.
"Why, Ralph, the authorities must
be blind or crazy to send such a man
along with a gang like this," growled
Captain Clark after the man had intro-
duced himself and walked away.
lie was a young man, not over two
and twenty, a medical student, or just
graduated, and we marked him down
at once for a man without any spirit.
I nu»y as well tell you that he had se-
cur- d the pl-tce through the influence of
rel.uives, and that he had but a faint
idea of the burdens aiul responsibilities
of the position. He had had some little
medical practice in the charity hospi-
tals and had perhaps been told that all
he would have to do on shipboard would
be to proscribe cpsoru calts or blue mass
and seo that the convicts swallowed the
6am e.
"Why, we'll have a row before we
are fairly clear of tho land," continued
tho captain, who had pretty thoroughly
posted himself as to matters aboard of a
convict ship while wo were fitting out.
"I'm a good mind to cast off, come to
anchor and demand that ho be replaced
by an old hand."
I protested against such a step, argu-
ing that the authorities knew their busi-
ness and must have confidence in the
man they had put aboard; but to tell
you the truth, I had little faith in my
own words. Supper was the first meal
to be served to the conviots. We had a
double galley on deck, with two cooks,
and the convicts were to be supplied
with government provisions. It was for
the doctor to see that things were prop-
erly cooked, to set the hours for the
meals and to take general charge of the
provisions while on deck. The cages, as
I have told you, were built one in rear
of the other, beginning at the fo'castle
bulkhead. The gangs of convicts were
numbered 1, 2 and 3, and each had its
captain or boss. Every man was sup-
plied with a tin plate and cup. The
first gang to come up was No. 1. A lad-
der which was kept on deck when not
in use was let down through the fore-
hatch into a space between the first two
cages. Two men stood there with mus-
kets, and the doctor unlocked the door
and called to the men to come out in
line, headed by their captain. As they
passed up they marched to the galley,
placed cup and plate on a shelf outsits
of a sliding window, and the cook gave
them their food and drink. Then the
line marched around the galley and de-
scended to its cage to eat the meal.
Thus only one gang was on deck at a
time.
I am telling you how things went
with a doctor who knew his business
and how they did go with us after a
time, but that first meal settled all
doubts as to what sort of a man our doc-
tor was. He had to call upon the cap-
tain to post him, and when he learned
that he must go down and unlock the
iron doors it was plain to see that he
had no more nerve than a woman. I
very much doubt if he would have put
foot on the ladder if the second mate
hadn't shown him the way and tbe cap-
tain given him a hard rub about his
cowardice. As 1 told you, we had seven
regular guards. Had tbe doctor been
the right sort of a man this force woald
have been sufficient Knowing that the
convicts would size him up for a cow-
ard, the captain ordered two of the crew
below with the guards and armed two
more for the deck.
Thinga passed off all right, so far as
having the convicts np and down again,
but such of us as were cloaely watching
the fellows made sure that they had tak-
en the doctor'* dimensions. I looked
every one of the 60 fall in the face, and,
though 1 laid no claim to being a physi-
ognomist, I decided far myself that we
might aa well have had 60 red handed
pirates aboard. The idea at a boy at-
tempting to govern such a gang would
have brought a smile had 1 been oahare
and clear of oonaeqneneea
The passengers had a table to them-
selves while tbe three officers of the
ship and tbe doctor ate at a smaller
one. We did not have oar tapper until
aft« the oopvicts had lpjp served.
«jopMuq luarr was not a i£*n to mtnee
words with ray man living, though be
was neither brutal nor looking in good
manners. He had seen enough to war-
rant him in opening the subject with
the doctor, and they were scarcely seat-
ed at the table when he led off with:
"Now, then, I suppose this is your
first voyage aa a doctor?"
"Yea, sir."
"And I suppose you have had no ex-
perience whatever with convicts
ashore?"
"Not the slightest"
"And y6t you are expected to have
tbe government of 60 as desperate vil-
lains as ever wore chains—see through
all their schemes and plans, thwart any
attempt at mutiny, find work for them
every day for four or five months, pun-
ish the refractory, look out for sickness
and land tbe gang safe at Botany Bay."
"Why, I didn't know that all that
was expected of me!" exclaimed the
young man in tones of surprise and
fright. "I didn't know that I would
ever come in contact with a convict ex-
cept he needed medical services."
"I believe your name is Haxton?"
coldly queried the captain.
"Yes, sir—Colchester Haxton."
"Well, Mr. Haxton, you are not only
the biggest fool it has been my misfor-
tune to encounter, bat whoever helped
you to this appointment ought to be
down among the convicts. I shall come
to anchor and refuse to sail until yon
are replaced by a man of experience."
"But, sir, my appointment was regu-
larly made after passing the examina-
tion, and I have behind me such men as
the Hon. James Bolingbroke, the Hon.
George Farleigh, the Hon.''—
"Blast your bonorables!" interrupted
the captain. 4 'The question is, Are you
fit or unfit? If unfit, and everything thus
far points that way, then it's my duty
to luy ship and passengers to come to
anchor at once and enter complaint"
The captain was so savage that Mr.
Haxton left the tablo nnd sought his
stateroom just as I came down. Tho
idea was to come to anchor at once, but
wheu I had put the other side of the
case to the captain it was all abandoned.
Though I was in a sense to blame for
all tlie misfortunes which thereafter oc-
curred, I argued with the captain for
what I believed to bo the best interests
of all concerned. If we came to anchor
and raised a row, it would get into tho
newspapers. The men who bad secured
the appointment fur the doctor were
people of great iufluence. In defending
themselves taey would attack us, and
instead of orr doctor being replaced our
profitable charter would doubtless be
canceled, and we would be put to a con-
siderable loss. We could only say of the
doctor that he was young and did not
know how to take hold, but his friends
would declare him perfectly fit in a
medical way, and that the routine could
be picked up in a day or two.
In a talk of 20 minutes I convinced
the captain that our best plan was to
hold right on and come to the assist-
ance of the doctor. We were to touch at
the capo of Good Hope. If he proved
incompetent, we could enter protest
there. There were many instances where
convicts had rebelled and captured the
ships, but in no case was it previous to
reaching the Cape. We might reasonably
conclude that we would be safe up to
that time even if the doctor did not turn
cut to be the man for the place. There-
fore, instead of our voyage ending as
soon as it had begun, Captain Clark
knocked at the dcor of the doctor's state-
room and said to the young man, who
kad already begun to pack up his things:
"While I hold to it that you should
nevi r have been sent aboard to fill such
a responsible position, it is just possi-
ble that you may turn out all right I
have decided to continue the voyagp,
and if you bestir yourself and take hold
with spirit I am bound to give you all
assistance asked for."
Haxton's mind was greatly relieved,
and he at once set abont it to post him-
self as to what his duties were. Things
looked much brighter after that talk,
though it did not banish our doubts
and fears. Next day, when we were
fairly at sea, Dr. Haxton appointed cap-
tains for the gangs, began to plan work
for them ei* voyage and bustle about in
sach a business way that ho made a
more favorable impression on crew and
passengers. My curiosity as to what the
convicts thought of him was soon satis-
fied. The bo'sun, whose name was
Smith, was one of the crew sent below
with tbe guards at noontime of our sec-
ond day out He overheard enough to
conviuce him that tbe convicts had
sized the doctor up for a "soft mark,"
and that they were counting on having
an easy time during the voyage. One
could find proof in their demeanor as
they came on deck. Each man had an
impudent, defiant swagger as he walked,
and each seemed anxious to be guilty of
some infraction of discipline. I had my
eye out for Ben Johnson, and at the end
of a couple of days I picked him for a
ringleader. The deference shown him
by the other convicts satisfied me that
he had been selected as tho ruler over
all. Each captain of a gang had been
selected by tbe ucctor because of his
short term and liis demeanor as a steady
man, but the convicts had elected Ben
Johnson to rula them bccause of his
being tbe most fearless and desperate
character among them.
To be continued.
Something About Her Resour-
ces, Her People, Her Laws,
Her Society, Wealth and
History.
Cooke County.
Statistics and Facts—A Good
Field For the Home-Seeker
and Investor.
Read and Then Come
See for Yourself.
and
TH£ STATE OF TEXAS.
Ing
Market
EAST
CALIFORNIA
Tooth Powder
That will make your
wife forget that yon
smoke. 25c & bottle.
Ed Wards
Tlie Live Druggist.
Get yonr wife a bot-
tle
Edwards'
Dental Myrrh,
It sells for for 25c, too.
Tbe old way ot delivering mes-
sages by postboys compared with
tbe modern telephone, illustrates
the oldtedions methods of "break-
ing" colds compared with their
almost instantaneous care by One
Minnte Cough Care. H. W.
Stark Drng Go.
Don't fail to get one of those
rockers at Backley, the cheapest
and finest line in town.
Gall at George Y. Bird's and
get yoa one of those ladies' jackets
he is closing oat at half prioe.
Facts and figures to the think-
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. . .. 2,236,628
Estimated population low 3.000,000
Are* In square tulles 274,866
Length In miles 826
Breadth in uUei 760
Settleain 1646
Independence declared 1885
Admitted into the union i«4o
Area In acre* 174,586,840
Acrea In timbered lands 46,000,000
Acres In mineral land 20,000,000
Acre* of public achool land* 60,000,000
Bales of cotton railed, 1880 2,000,000
Bushel* of oorn raised, 1SW 60,600,000
Bushels of ott* railed, 1890 11,760,000
Bushel*of wheat talced, 1890 6,ooo.oo<i
Miles of railway 10,107
Head of live stock 16.000,000
Pounds of wool raised 26,000,000
ran bio values *7.14,000,000
Vst.ue farm frcducw Ii5,000,000
Value lire stock 165,000.000
Value exported stock 11,000,000
Value exported hide* 6,030,000
V alue exported wool 4,000,000
Value free school fund, etc 160,000,000
State university fund 14,000,000
Value of railways 800,000,0<«
Business transacted, 18S0 .100,000,000
Pr*»Uc school expense. 1890 2,500,000
Co*, of capltol building i,000,000
Number of oounties in Texas 246
Annual taxes oollocted 4,000,000
Inoreased manufactures, 1890 0,000,000
Average amount In treasury 1,600,000
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.
HOMEBTEAD LAWK
Are the most liberal, and her col-
lection laws the most lenient to be
foumi in any state in the Union.
These laws not only provide
against misfortune, but give the
family a guarantee against waste-
fuTextravagance and bad manage-
ment on the part of the husband.
The following extracts from the
state constitution will give an idea
of tlie 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
almost 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 and
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 in 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
manner as may be prescribed by
law
"No 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 been created by the hus-
band alone or together with his
wife; and all pretended sales of
the homestead involving any con-
dition of defeasance shall be void.
"Sec. 51.The homestead n:>t 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 exoeed in value $5000
at the time of their designation as
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Corn Beef, Mutton and Veal,
Spare Ribs a nd Brains.
Rabbits and Squirrels.
Fish and Oysters
Fine Red Fish and Trout.
Chickens.
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a homestead without reference to
the value o any improvements
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OOOKE COUNTY.
Cooke is one of the northern tier
of counties and is separated from
the beautiful Indian Territory on
the north by Red river.
It is a splendid farming section
and is also well adapted to sstock-
raising.
The soil of the county is about
equally divided black waxey, san-
dy and red sandy. About one-
half the county is timber and the
balance prairie with streams run-
ning through it, on which can lie
found excellent timber and water
Red nver borders the county on
he north for sixty miles.
Elm fork of the Trinity, Clear
creek and other streams How
through it.
The county has an area of 933
square miles, equal to 597,120
acres.
It had in 1880 a population of
24,002.
It now has a population of per-
haps 30,000.
RAILKOADS.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad runs through the county
from east to v, est and the great
Santa Fe system runs through
froii north to south.
A road is surveyed and will soon
be built Gainesville north-
east to the coal mines at McAles
ter, I. T.
GAINESVILLE,
The county site, is located on tht
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
has eleven churches, six splendid
brick school houses, two good
♦louring mills, an ice factory, an
iron foundry, the shops of the
Santa Fe railroad, a cotton com-
PLUMBER
And dealer in-
Plumbing Material
- - . and Tiling.
304 E. California Street
Corner Denton.
Artesian
Steam 111 S. Dixon Street,
Laundry
Is the only concern in the
city that gives you
The Domestic Finsili.
It saves your linen, is neat,
stylish and attractive
ALSO HIGH GLOSS.
Edwards' Quinine
Hair Tonic
HAS M0 EQUAL
EDWARDS, The Live Drnggsf
Scaly eruptions on the head,
chapped hands and lips, cuts,
bruises, scalds, burns are quickly
cured.by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. It is at present the article
most used for piles, and it always
cures them, id. W. Stark Drng
Co.
Removes Dandruff, Softtens the
„ ^ , Hair and Promotes the' Growth.
press, a broom factory, soap fac. "A Superior Dressing."
tory, cotton seed oil mills, yr pcjutq < p/iyt/f
pressed brick works turning 75 CENTS A B0TTLE-
»out splendid brick, four
newspapers, three banks with a
capital and surplus of $650,000,
and various other enterprises.
It is a live place and men with
money or muscle can do no better
than to cast their lots here.
the wages
of the laboring man, whether mar-
ried or not, are as sacred aa the
household.
Section 28 of Art. 16 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 family library
and all family portraits and pic-
tures. Five milk cows and their
salves. Two yoke of work oxen,
■villi necessary yokes and chains.
Two horses and one wagon. One
arriage 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 curreut
wages for personal services
To all single persons are re-
served: "All wearing appaiel, all
tools, apparatus and books be-
longing to any trade or profession.
One horse, saddle and 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.
Coal.
St. James coal, best lump.
Leave orders at H. Schiff's, cor-
ner Commerce and Bioadwav.
people's oderles8 process
—for—
Clean: ng Vaults, Sinks and Closets
Withoat Offense or Smell.
Orders can be left at
Scheline's store,
Edward's drng store,
William Kilgore's.
T. J. Reed.
For Rent.
Five-room house, good water.
Apply to
13 8. J. Kennerly.
A Bargain.
One^.
ing* press.
One half-medium Gordon print-
ing press.
One quarter-medium Gordon
printing press.
One Boss paper cutter.
all in good repair.
And three composing stones,
two cabinets, over 100 fonts job
and display type, chases, galleys,
Mustang mailer and in short
complete news and job outfit that-
cost $3500, for sale at Denisonr
Tex., for $800. Apply to
T. J. Crooks, or
B. C. Murray,
Denison, Tex.
YOU ARE THE ONE
We are talking to if you suffer
from hedake, neuralgia, etc.,
try a box
Edwards' Quiek
Hedake Powders.
Guaranteed to cure in one
minute.
EDWARDS, The Live Druggist^
"Excuse me," observed the
man in spectacles, "but I am a
surgeon, and that is not where the
liver is." „ "Never you mind
where his liver is," retorted the
other. "If it was in his big toe
or his left ear DeWitt's Little
Early Risers would reach it and
shake it for him. On that yon can
bet your glg-lamps." H. W.
Stark Drng Co.
Soothing, and not irritating,
strengtheuing, and not weaken-
ing, small but effective—such are
the qualities of DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, (bo famous
little pilla—H. W. Btark Drat
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The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1897, newspaper, January 12, 1897; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth504612/m1/4/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.