mmunity whether she owned any of the original stock or
not. She has a life interest in the homestead; no deed of trust
can be put upon it, nor can it be mortgaged. It can only be
conveyed from her by actual sale with her written consent. Under
our latest revised statutes women have the right of suffrage, but
have never exercised it; nor is the subject agitated to any great
extent.

Three years ago, when the State University was built, it was
decided that it should be coeducational, and young women are now
being educated there side by side with young men. Texas has many
liberal men and women. It is generally remarked that the women of
the State are better educated than the men.

Miss Julia Pease, a Vassar graduate and daughter of the late
ex-Governor Pease, has charge of 6,000 acres of land. She
lives in the family mansion at Austin with her mother, and
in addition to her other duties superintends the education
of the three children of her deceased sisters.

Mrs. Rogers, the "cattle queen" of Texas, inherited from her
first husband a herd of 40,000 cattle. The widow managed the
business, and in due time married a preacher twenty years
younger than herself, who had seven children. She attends to
her estate herself, rides among her cowboys on horseback,
and can tell just what a steer or cow is worth at any size
or age.

The largest individual sheep-owner is a woman, known all
over the State as the "Widow Cullahan." Her sheep, more than
50,000 in number, wander over the ranges of Uvalda and
Bandern counties, in the southwestern part of the State.
Their grade is a cross between the hardy Mexican sheep and
the Vermont merino. They are divided into flocks of 2,000
head each, with a "bossero" and two "pastoras" in charge of
each flock. At the spring and fall shearings long trains of
wagons transport the "widow's" wool to the market at San
Antonio.

Texas has two female dentists. Mrs. Stocking is one of the
most successful dental surgeons in the State. The other,
Miss Emma Tibler, went from Kentucky to Texas for the
purpose of teaching. Finding this profession full, she
studied dentistry and is now a suc