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, THE RICHEST WOMAN , Hrs. Richard King Has More Money Than Hetty Grten. SHE IS THE CATTLE QUEEN OF TEXAS .And Owu« the La < st Ranch in the World. Miuploje an Army of Cowboys and Llv ■ With ureat Simplicity. The richest woman in the United | ' States lives in Texas. She is richer than I ’ Hetty Green, and tier name is Mrs. Richard King. She is a cattle queen and the owner of the largest ranch in 'the world. Figures convey but indis | tinctly the extent of Mrs. King’s do- ? main. For instance, unless you are a ■surveyor, you will probably fail to real ize the greatness of her possessions from the simple statement that she owns 1,250,000 acres, or nearly 2,000 square ■ miles of land. It may convey the idea more clearly to say that her ranch is larger than 'Some of the New England states and i 'that her front gate is 13 miles from her ■ front door, as the crow flies. She has i 40 miles of water front, and her barbed I T wire fences stretch out over 300 miles, r ;She could drive in a straight line 65 : miles without’trespassing on the prop ‘ »-erty of her neighbors or leaving "her ‘■own ranch. This vast estate, over which Mrs. iKing is absolute monarch, is located in 'that southern point of Texas which seems to project down into Mexico. Her seacoast lies along Corpus Christi "bay. Should Mrs. King ever wish to -secede from -the Union, she could an chor a big fleet off her possessions. She already has a standing army of 300 cowboys, who are supplied with 1,200 ponies for their sole use. The cowboys, ’ however, are employed in the peaceful pursuit of looking after Mrs. King’s jgreat herds of “scalawags,” or long horned cattle, which number something like 200,000. Almost in the center of her estates the palacelike chateau of this cattle • queen stands. It is on an eminence and ■ surrounding it, after the manner of an cient baronial estates, are the numerous and modest cottages of her hundreds of dependents. Eeyond them are acres on ~ acres of tilled fields, which a short time ago were green and gold with waving corn and grain. In the distance, stretch ing far out of sight, is a fertile wilder ' ness on which grow mesquite and cac ’ ’tus and over which graze her great herds. During the best part of the year Mrs. .IKing lives on her raaeh, and her home • MRS. RICHARD KING. "there is supplied with every luxury’and » to be found in any mansion on Fifth avenue. When she wishes a i -change, she moves down to Corpus -Christi, a city just on the edge of her •domains, where she has another palatial residence. She built the branch railroad "which has its terminus in Corpus •Christi. Mrs. King is a widow and is now I ; about 60 years old. She is a daughter .of the late Rev. Hiram Chamberlain, a missionary who established the first Presbyterian church south of the Rio Grande, and who went there with Bible and staff to preach to the Indians. -When a young woman, she met and married Captain Richard King, who was one of the pioneers of the great southwest. He was bom in 1825 in New York state and when a boy of 10 ran .-away from home to become a sailor. In 1847 he appeared on the Bio Grande as •a pilot and later became a boat owner. Captain King was an adventurous speculator. He foresaw the possible fu ture of that great country, and with the profits of. his^teamboating business he Can’t • This is the complaint of HEM ‘thousands at this season. ‘ They have no appetite; food UHH wt A • does not relish. They need the toning up of the stomach and digestive organs, which a course of Hood’s Sarsaparilla will give them. It also purifies and enriches the blood, cures that distress after eating and internal misery only a dyspeptic can know, creates an appetite, overcomes that tired feeling and builds up and sustains the whole physical system. It so prompt * ly and efficiently relieves dyspeptic symp toms and cures nervous headaches, that it seems to have almost “ a magic touch.” Hood's Sarsaparilla rls the best—ln fact the One True Blood Purifier. _ _ ma. are the best after-dinner i IlOOd S rlllS pills, aid digestion. 28c. purchased the Santa Gertrucies then in itself a vast possession. By shrewd management and daring busi ness ventures which turned out success fully he was able to add to his posses sions from time to time until at his death he had acquired a big slice of this .part of the Lone Star State. On his broad acres grazed 80,000 head of cattle, 20,000 horsesand 20,000. sheep. Besides this he had accumulated a great deal of personal property and had a big bank account. The whole vast estate, of which the land alone was worth $5,000,000, he left in fee simple to his widow. This big fortune Mrs. King has man aged with rare skill, and it has greatly increased in value until it is now diffi cult to estimate just how millions she is worth. It is doubtful if Mrs. King herself knows. She does not spend even a small part of her great income, for in spite of her great pos sessions and fine houses her tastes are simple. She does not yearn for the social prominence which her money would command in any of the east ern centers of civilization, nor does she show a desire to dazzle the folks of southern Texas by a display of magnificence. She is a lady of kindly instincts and admirable characteristics. As most of her neighbors are landed monarchs like herself, she has little op portunity for doing charitable work, but it is said that she is generous to her employees and opens her purse freely when occasion requires. Jennie Moores. Condensed Testimony Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu facturer’s Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King’s New Discovery has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St James Hotel, jt. Wayne, Ind., testifies th't be was cured of a Cough of two years standing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr. King’s New Dis covery. B F Merrill, Baldwinsvlile, Mass., says that be has used and recom mended it and never knew it to fail and would rather have it than any doctor, because it always cures. Mrs. Hemming, 222 E. 25th St. Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of Croup, be cause it instantly relieves. Free Trials Bottles at Curry-Arrington Co. ’s drug store. The Morning Bath. There is one point I should like to emphasize, and that is the good a tepid sponge bath every morning taken on getting out of bed may do a man out of sorts. If a person can take a cold sponge bath, so much the better, but a tepid sponge bath acts on the nervous system in a very decided manner, and I know of many persons who find it a very ad mirable means of preserving their health and tone. ‘ Os course the tepid bath can be taken all through the win ter, even by those who are not accus tomed to baths at all, but personally 1 prefer the cold sponge bath every morn ing, which is a capital tonic for those who have a good reaction after it. Ido not think we value cold and tepid sponging as highly as we ought.—Dr. A. Wilson. J C. Berry, one of the best known citizens of Spencer, Mo., testifies that he cured himself of the worst kind" of piles by using a few boxes of DeWitt’s Witeh Hazel Salve. He had been troubled with piles for over thirty years and had used many different kinds of so called curss; but DeWitt’s was the one that did the work and he will verify this state ment if any one wishes to write him. Cur ry-Arrington & Co. The* Skylark’s Song. In the winter the skylark of England does not sing, but in early days of spring the great flocks of these birds break up, and then go in pairs to look for places to build their nestsand reartheir young ones. And then the charming song of the skylark is heard in all its sweetness. While the mother bird is brooding over her eggs to warm them her mate often rises into thq air, and then with quiv ering wings mounts vertically upward so far that be looks like a mere speck in the sky, and all the time pouring forth his rich and beautiful song, but at last ceases his song before descend ing again to the nest.—St. Nicholas. WARNING:—Persons who suffer from coughs and colds should heed the warnings of danger and save themselves suffering and fatal results by using One Minute Cough Cure. It is an infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. For sale by Curry-Arring ton Co. The Winding Up of an Englishman. It was a shrewd observation of one of the keenest critics of the Anglo-Saxon mind that ever lived, Cardinal New man, that it takes an immense time to wind up an Englishman to the level of a dogma—that is to say, to get him to understand what a dogma is, what it involves, what it necessarily asserts and what it unavoidably denies. Often when, after great toil, with pulleys and hoists, encouragements in front and goads behind, the Englishman’s bullet head slowly appears almost on the level of the ground, something goes wrong somewhere, and down he falls to the very bottom of the pit, and the»work of winding him up has to be begun all over again.—“The Law of Employers,” by Augustine Birrell. Lemons. / In selecting lemons avoid those that seem light in weight and that have thick rinds that resist pressure. A juicy lemon is heavy and thin skinned and gives under the fingers when pressed. Lemons may be kept fresh a long time by wrapping them separately in tissue paper and keeping them in a cool place. To Cure a Coldin One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. So. THE HOME TBIBUNE. TUESDAY. OCrOHEIf 19. 1897. MINERS IN BLOOMERS. r Half a Doien California Women leek Gold Sueces. felly. Six women of Oakland, Cak, have been out on a two weeks’ search for gold in Shasta county, and they have returned home to form a gold mining syndicate as a proof of their success. About a year ago one of the number, Mrs. Annie Glud, discovered a placer mine on her ranch, Which is located 12 miles north of Redding, the nearest point to the Coffee creek diggings. Naturally Mrs. Glud told her friends all about it, and she persuaded six of them to go prospecting in the vicinity. Mrs. Glud’s health prevented her from roughing it, but the rest of the party left her at the ranch and started-out in to the wilderness prepared to. live and work as men do when they hunt for gold. Each woman put on bloomers, rough boots, leggings, a man’s working shirt and a black slouch hat. Around MW’&t i 1 WW' ia *■ IL. ftl ■: j CAMP OF THE WOMEN GOLD MINERS, their waists they strapped canteens and pans and on their shoulders they carried picks and shovels. Thus attired the six women prospect ors struck boldly into the mountains. They shoveled and panned dirt by the brooksides and climbed steep hills to pick at quartz formation all day long, and when night came they built a camp fire and warmed up canned goods and cooked beans and bacon. Occasionally they located a claim. They had a good time and met with few startling ad ventures. The most thrilling incident occurred when one of the women missed her footing on a steep hill and slid down through the brush to where one of her companions was working. The latter thought she was a bear. Some of the ore which the women prospectors brought back with them as sayed $65 to the ton, and they think that out of the six claims which they located the fortune of the Solid Seven Mining syndicate will be made. BUCKLEN’B ARNICA SALVE I’he best salve tn the world for outs or bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sires, tetter, chapped hands, chilblain oorns and all skin eruptions and posi- Vely cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis.jetion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box For sale by Curry-Arrington Co., druggists, Rome <4* Toning Solations. The formulas for toning solutions arc almost without number, but the toning process which gives the best results for aristo papers—the papers most com monly used—is the one in which the toning and fixing are done separately. A favorite bath is made as follows: Make a stock solution of 15 grains oi chloride gold and' sodium (price, 40 cents) and 7>£ ounces water and a satu rated solution of bicarbonate of soda. A saturated solution is a liquid which contains a little more of the substance placed in it than it can dissolve and is shown by a deposit at the bottom of the bottle or vessel in which it is placed. Mark the bottle containing the gold “Gold Solution,” and the bottle con taining the soda “ Bicarbonate of Soda Solution.” To make the toning bath take one-half ounce of the gold solution and add 3 % ounces of water. Dip a piece of blue litmus paper into tho solu tion, and if it dees not turn the paper red add a little more of the gold. Then put in enough of the bicarbonate of soda solution to turn the litmus paper back to blue. The soda should be added a few drops at a time and the mixture stirred with a glass rod. Mix the bath half an hour before needed for use. Place the prints in this bath, and tone till nearly the desired color. Rinse and place for five minutes in a fixing bath composed of an ounce of hyposulphite of soda and 8 ounces of water. Wash in running water for half an hour.—Harper’s Round Table. BEAUTIFUL SKIN Soft, White Hands with Shapely Nails, Luxu riant Hairwith Clean, Wholesome Scalp, pro duced by CuTicuttA Soap, the most effective akin purifying aud beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest, for toilet, hath, and nursery. The only preventive of inflammation and clogging of the Pores. (uticura Soap la told throughout the world. Pottbr Drug aho Qiibm. Corp., Sole Prop*., Boaton, U. 8. A. ngr- “ How to Purify and Beautify the Skin, Scalp, and Hair,” mailed free. 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