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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03

Then William Aston inserted this
clause in their will: 1T is my will and
intention that neither my brother,
Henry AStOr, nor his issue, shall as
heirs at law, or next of kin, recover
any part Of my estate. and any said
part to which he or they would in any
contingency be entitled, | give to
trustees of the Astor library lor the
corporate purposes of said institution"
And this was the end of Henry Astor
so far as his family knew or cared
Mrs. Aston Of Atorville is very I'M
like the other Mrs. Astors Of the fam
lily. She has no mansion on Fifth
son: she cuts 10 figure among the
hOStesSeS at Newport; never has been
In Europe, does not wear Paris frockS
OWNS no wondrous jewels, and she has
never made the slightest effort to be
recognized either by her husbands
family or by the society in which he
had moved previous to their marriage.
Mrs. Aston of AStorville is a farmer $
daughter. She was born d nehart, and
her people have for generations lived
in and about Copake, all Of them I'M
compromising farmer folk; they have
not been "gentlemcn farmers" but ac.
tual tillers themselves of the soil.
Malvina Dinehart was one Of the
prettiest girls in the township, and as
good as she was pretty. She brought
no other doWry to her husband than
her goodness and her beauty, but out
Of gratitude for these precious posses
Sions, Henry Astor made liberal gifts
to her several brothers of broad acres
from the estate that had been turned
over to him when his family cut loose
from him forever. The DnehartS have
always been sturdy, independent, pros
porous people, and they have made
good use Of the assistance Of their
brOthcr-iG-law one of the brothers,
"Bill" Dinehart, has as fine Il stock and
dairy farm as there is in the state. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03

CJpakc. \. y, Sept. 21.-Nether the
John Jacob AstOls nor Mr.. William
Waldorf Astor, nor the society queen
who is the mother, m0ther-in-laW and
aunt Of these muchtaIked-of people are
in Copakc. But quite after the man
ncr Of Newport, and Fifth avenue, and
Cliycdcn, CVpake is mainly diSlim-
sushed as being the residence of "thc
AStors." Oddly enough the AstorS Of
C0palie are not only Of the same fam
.iy as the leaders Of the four hundred,
but are actually next Of kin.
The own and only uncle Of John
jacob and William Waldorf AStor is
hidden away from society up here, also
bis wife, who is own sisterl:-law to
the social regent known on two con
tIncnts as Mrs. Aston" Thereby
hangs tale, Of course, a romantic
tale that happens cftencr in real life
than it does in story books.
John Jacob and William AStor the
late were not the only sons in their
family. They mad Il brother Henry.
This brother Henry has lived to see
both his brothers cross the boundary
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03
THAT FETCHING PART.
Study the Forehead ana the Left OF
the Hair

Wearing her hair parted doesn't
mean that the line Of growth OF the
hair Is exposed all along the forehead,
which Is so unhccomlng. but means
thar the hair Is softly waved from
the very roots, and that the front
locks are parted and dropped first
down over the forehead before they
are turned back, This droop Is made
as pronounced MS the contour OF the
face needs. A very high forehead has
thus hhc needed draplng, and the part
which really begins too far up for he
comlnencss Is apparently made to
start rs low down as looks well. II
the hair is very heavy the waving ma v
be omitted, but II must be the kind Of
hcaylnn&s that adapts Itself to the loose
dra wing back, and a full growth about
the temples is absolutely necessary.
Ii is, alas, at the temples W" find our
hair Thin from the long reign OF bangs.
\ really clever woman so successfully
droops the locks she draws back that
she can safely tuck n few short curls
underneath The curls then comhcd
ont and made to curve up along with
the MCk-drawn hair. nhcn no one
knows the difference, ana few can
discover the source Of tho trick
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03

dividing life in this world from lre
IN the next, but he has lived so long
in this out of-thc-way country place
that he and his story are as unknown
to fashionable society of the present
day as If he Lad never existed.
1t is n story of Il family fend rs re-
lentlesS rs any Of those with Which
southern family histories tenn, but
compaSScd without bloodshcd, though,
If report say true, not without some
hearted, eNllcd man, Henry Astor.
Everything, however, has It's Compcn-
satlonS, and his peaceful fife, stretch
Ing so placllly on past the three score
mark, has at least escaped the harass-
ments of metropolitan existence, where
one must keep one eye on Wall street
and one on new figures FOR the ger
man, and not presume to look cross
eyed. Henry Astor, at any rate, made
up his mind to have his own way in
one thing, and If he has been en-
Uttered by the attitude of mis- family
because of this determination lie has
never given them any sign, nor made
any moan to any one only, ~ the
yeAS have gone on he has kept him
self closer and closer 20 his own SO,
cictr and that of his wife.
The corner stone that all these many
years has borne the burden of social
exile so far as family associations and
| fashionable life are concerned was a
love match. The AStors had large
farms IN this region many years Ago,
In charge of resident farmers, who
were sturdy, upright SONS Of the soil
Henry AStor, who cared nothing for
money getting and saving. but liked
the free life OF the country and was de.
voted to horses frequently visited TIL,
4 family acrcS where his horses Were
! paSturcd, and where the uurlnveu
i llonal life of the people pleased him
There came a day Whan he announced
t" his dSmaycd family that he was II
love, that he proposed to marry the
young woman and chat she was the
daughter Af one e the farmers it
charge 81 the AStor acres. EXpnStu
httonS prayers, groluS, threats moth
ing that his family could say ar do al
tered the bridegroom elects mind, ant
hr married The girl Of lis choice.
Henry ASter has never troubled hi.
family lie built a home for his brid,
II AnderSon'S Corners. IN tie town
lat,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03
STATIONERY NOTES.

Exclusive society women usually
have two dies; one they leave with
the ~fa.iouer along with their card
plates ana the other they have set in
a silver handle to use as a deal
Seals have by no means been dis
carled. and the dainty eScritoir is not
complete n appointments without the
tiny waXeu taper in a wee silver can
die sand. accompanied with small
silver shutters to smother the little
light after the perfumed wax las been
used
Fhe etiquette and provision Of sta
t.anery is generally turned over for
attention t. the ladies' Of the house
hold While the masculine mind : alb
Sorhoa IN matters II sruver impo't-
auee
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03
SHORTEN the CAMPAIGNS.

only IN the presidential canvass,
which occurs once III four years, is
there any excuse for campaign last.
inE moro than y few days, And this
might be probably curtailcd FROM six
70 three months. II Nonli save vast
and unnecessary waste " time ana
money Rui the professional poll.
tieinn Will oppose this reform 10 the
utmost - Nebraska State Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03
HE Welded FOR LOVE
AND THUS WAS HENRY ASTOR
OSTRACISED.
BUT HE LEADS A HAPPY LIFE

Pretty Malyina Dinehart Brings no
DOwry to Her Husband, but Good.
nes., and Worth-A Union Full Of
Contentmcnt in the Simple Country
Home
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
FlnapcIaI ARAIrs Of France.

The financial speech Of the ex-Prime
Minister NJ. Loubet, in the senate, is to
be posted, by order Of that house, all
over France. There are some statements
In 1t worthy Of consideration. Thus, the
national debt Is set down at 81, zoo, 000,-
900. II also appears that the difficulty Of
making both ends meet has greatly in
creased since NJ. Meline secured the tri-
umph Of his system. The court Of audits
has discovered 211 Irregularities in the
last budgotary account Of money paid.
BY irregularities il means embezzle-
ments, set down under the head of wire
monts.
Among them figures the $500 spent
on behalf Of a minister for "cabs, "
and e040 a month for little de
jeuners" at Voisin's, where a min.
lister Of justice entertained his friends.
The "virements" at the home Office arc
set down at 1850, those Of the war Of.
Zee at 81, $50, those Of tho colonial Office
az e2, O90, those Of the public works Of
fee at 80, 1915. When NJ. dc Freyoinet
was war minister, the ''virements" OF
his department amounted to about 60,
600 a year. He, as minister Of public
works and war, swelled the national
debt moro than any one else In power
since Thiers' retirement The redeem
able loans were AN expedient Of n. dc
Freycinet 70 give employment 70 the
public works department. London
NcWa.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
Hardy Magnolia.

On account of early Towering and
sweet odor the Magnolia conspicua il
one of the most popular of all mag.
nolias. In England it doesn't seem
to thrive as well as in America, the
summers of that region not seeming
to be sufficient to properly ripen lite
wood. Even in comparatively mild
climates, they have to plant against
high walls or buildings in order to
get the additional summer heat for
this purpose. Foreigners are there
fore surprised when they come tc
America and find trees so or 60 feet
high covered with thousands of its
large, white, cuplike blossoms. It is
one of the earliest to bloom, coming
out before the winter is scarcely over.
In fact, not unfrequently blossoms
T destroyed by late frosts. AL
though a tree, it has the advantage
If Towering quite young-2 or 3 year
old plants frequently bearing one Of
two blossoms. Some people object
to having a tree covered with bloom
without any leaves and criticise it az
unnatural, but for all this it is gen.
orally popular in spits OF these crit
cisms. -Meehan's Monthly.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
The Nfongoose.

In Mr.. Kipling's story Of "Rikkt-
tikki-tavi, the MongOose, " in which all
young folks and a good many Older ones
delight, n great respect for that busy
little animal is aroused. The splendid
way IN which he fights Nag and Naga-
ina, the big black cobra and his wife, is
thrilling.
There is such a thing, however, as too
much activity on the part Of the mon
goose. The people in the island Of ia
maica are realizing this. They imported
the mongoose in large numbers to kill
the rats, which were so numerous there
hat they did much damage to the sugar
cane. The mongoose promptly killed
the rats, but when they were all de-
stroyed il still went ON killing and de-
stroyed all the snakes, toads and crabs
that are useful to eat up the singing
insects that 1.-Two down there. As a re-
suit these have mach increased, for the
mongoose does not cnre for them, and
not only that, but the mongoose, having
about finished the rats, snakes and
toads, does not find enough to feed upon
and so steals eggs and kills young pigs,
lambs, calves, puppies, kittens and game
birds and destroys fruits and vegetables
Pretty SOC the islanders will have K
import something to kill the mongoose
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10

FAtooiL uOtNN1 iN PENNSYLVANIA.
One uundred and Finy Specimens of rlnnt
Deposit Touni Under Coal
Underneath the great bed Of can.
mel coal three miles below Darling
ton, making the floor OF tho coal
mentioned, is one Of the most varied
palcobotanical deposits known to sci.
ence. No other single locality In
this or any other country has ever
contributed such a collection and
such a variety Of the preglacial, OF,
Il may be said, tho carboniferous, boz
tanical flora as has come from this
coal floor.
The material in which these re-
markable fossil imprints is a
dark, sandy ehale, and to say that
the stratum is filed with plant e.
mains is giving the fact only mild
expression. The richness and rare,
ness Of this plant deposit win be un.
derstood when it is stated that moro
than $50 varieties of specimens have
been found, some entirely new TO
science and such as have never been
found elsewhere, and all this on an
area Of only from two to three feet
In thickness, from which the superb,
~bundance of this early fora may AZ
once be inferred. The frst vegeta.
bic form that is undeniably that Of
a mushroom was here discovered,
and so anomalous was this to the as
sociated formations that it was made
the subject of a paper read before
the American Philosophical society.
This remarkable locality is not con
tent only in vying with the world in
the richness and rareness of botanic
al finds, but q crustacean Of a rare
type is also in the collection from
these shales. This is n form allied
to eurypterus. and in honor to 1. T..
Mansfield, the owner and enthusiastic
and interchangeable collector of these
specimens, the new fossil creature
has been called Dolichopterus mans
ieldi. A matter of scientific interest
as related to this shale is the fact that
the material that entered into thif
camel coal formation was not pro
duced from the bed on which itrests,
the myriads of plant specimens af'
fording an abundance of negative ties.
timony. DIR. Newberry, a former
Ohio state geologist, has suggested
that the camel coal owes its origin
probably to the drifting of a carbon
ferrous mud into some quiet lagoon
Probably a quiet settling Of sedi
mentary matter would better express
the process, for it must have had a
most quieseent action that so evenly
and gently pressed down the delicate
plant life so as to preserveall the fins
minute in the imprint. This Oar
lington district will become a botan.
ical Mecca for students of paleo5o
tanical science. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10

Peter lived ON the prairie. When he
was Q years old, the first railroad train
came through. Uncle Peter carried the
small boy to sec it.
A train boy threw a peach to Peter.
He ate it, and laughed and squealed
with delight.
Don't throw away the stone," said
Uncle Peter. wen plant It,"
Peters chubby, brown little hand
patted the soft earth over il. That first
season he watched the green shoot break
through and send out a few leaves. The
next season it was tall enough for Peter
to jump over IT. The next IL was so tall
he couldn't.
When Peter was 8 years old, there
were seven peaches on his tree, one for
each Of the family, and not II Of them
had g tasted anything 50 good before.
he planted all the stones.
Today Peter is n big boy. He has eigh.
we'll grown peach trees, which carry
health and delight to all the neighbor-
hood And he has a young orchard com
ing ON which viii some day bring more
money than all his fathers crops
Youths Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
n was nrourit 70 Amorioa with the
Game Of Tag ~ Little Cochneya

n wa.s Brouria 20 Amorioa win the
Game Of Tag ~ little coohneyA
Boys and girls, do you know why Jou
say, You're itY' when playing tagi OF
course not The professor didn't either
when We asked him tho other day, but
he promised 70 put his onti,nJn.hd upon
tho subject and let us know 81 ono
This is what nc says, though with
some Of his big words left out
THE people who live w IN Eng
land do not seem TO think much Of the
letter H., being IN the habit Of drop
ping e from The words where It belongs
and putting il whore Il does not belong.
What fun there is in It, on why they do
10, no ono can tell, but they have been
in the habit Of IL for a good many hun.
drcd years.
For this reason when tho little Eng
lish boys who were great-grea grand
fathers years aud years ago were having
grand times in their games they, too,
kept dropping their his from the words
they were shouting.
$50, whoa they played tag, as boys do
now, touching each other with their
hands, whenever one boy hit another he
nt once shouted ont, You're 'itp for he
could not shy hit, you know.
And all the generations Of little boys
who have since then been playing the
game continued 20 say . 1t. instead Of
hit, even after our fathers learned in
America to always put their his in every
other word where they belonged.
'Now, boys, let me whisper a word
Of warning. Don't tell your teacher
what the professor says. If you do, she'll
never give you any peace, but will rap
ON tho window at every recess and tell
you to say hit, instead Of 1t.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10

OF tho new fashioned woman there's much
been said
% her wanting 10 voto ind r. that
And Of her desire 90 wear mems attire,
Isis coat md his vest and n that
And ~ that and a. that.
She may wear trousers and n that,
Bho may even ride a horse as men ride.
But q woman's n woman for a. that.
Sec yonder damsei passing by,
She's up 20 date and ~ that,
She wears q mans hat. hkowiso hts cravat.
His shirt and collar and a. that,
And a. that and n that.
Ills suspenders and cuffs and a. that,
But do what she cun % initiate man
A woman's q woman Tor NJ that
The modern maid, her form nrraycd
In sweater and bioomors pnd o. that,
Rides q "bikc" exactly like
Htr brother does and n that.
Sho may wear bloomors for skirts and n that,
Wear mems collars and shirts and a. that,
May wear vests n sho viii, but The fact TO
mains still
A womnn's q woman for a. that.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
seg No JoKE N conRuaMoN.
English People Unable 20 Understand the
Apathy OF americans.

English People Unable 10 Understand the
Apathy of americans.
Tho delight of being n nation, aud q
very big nation at that, has not yet with
us lost all the charm Of novelty, and We
polt one another with ridicule after tho
joyously aggressive fashion Of school
boys pelting one another with snow
balls. Already there is a vast array Of
seasoned and recognized jokes which
arc levoled against every city in the
land. The culture of Boston, tho slow
ness Of Philadelphia, tho ostentatiou Of
New York, tho arrogance and ambition
of Chicago, the mutual jealousy Of Min
neapolis and ST. Paul-these are themes
Of which the American s~atirist never
wearies; these are characteristics which
he has ~striven, with some degree Of sue
cess, to make clear TO the rest Of man
kind. Add TO them our less justihable
diversion at official corruption and mis-
management, our glee ove the blunders
and rascalities Of tho men whom we
permit to govern us, aud we have tho
curious combination Of keenness and APP
athy, Of penetration and indifference
which makes possible American humor
Now, Englishmen, however prone to
laagh at their own. foibles, do NOT, as a
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10

Jther pills. Hence, their great popularity
with sufferers from habitual constipation,
piles and their attendant discomfort and
manifold arrangements. The Pellets"
are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
IN any condition of the system. Nc care Is
required while using them; they do not
interfere with the diet, habits or occupa-
ton, and produce no pain, gripping or shock
to the system. They act in a mild, easy II
natural way and there Is no reaction after
ward. Their help lasts.
The Pellets cur biliousness, sick and
bilious headache, dizziness, c~ostiveness, or
constipation, sour stomach, loss Of appetite,
coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia,
windy ~belchings, heartburn, F." pain and
distress after eating, and kindred dernnge-
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
In proof Of their superior excellence, It can
be ~truthfully said, that they are always
adopted as a household remedy after the
first trial. Put up in sealed, glass walls,
therefore always fresh and reliable. One
little Pellet" Is a laxative, two are mildly
cathartic. Az a " dinner pill, " TO promote
digestion, or to relieve distress FROM over
eating, take one after dinner. They are
tiny, sugar-coated granulesi any child will
readily take them.
Accept no substitute that nay be recon-
mended 10 be Just as good" It may be
batter for me dealer, because Of paying him
. better profit, but he Is not the one who
HSfas help.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
IN. obsdI.nt Egg.

Take a glass and half fill it with salt
water-tho water must DO very salt
then I'LL the balance Of tho glass with
fresh water.
Now take an egg and place il very
gently In the glass, and il will float
By shaking the glass so that the fresh
and salt water mix the egg will sink.
OF urs you make your preparation
previous TO exhibiting the experiment
and inform your auditors that you can
aus the egg 10 float or sink at com
mand. It is a neat experiment, and any
n a perform it and so create no lit
tie amusement in a large company
Exchange.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
some Points About wis.

Do you know that you cannot will
away your body that a clause in your
will giving your body after death to any
person or institution IL not legally bind
ing3 Your executors cannot DO forced 10
carry out your wishes, though they may
do 50 through Difference TO your OK
pressed preferences. Il Is also important
to remember that three witnesses are
needed in degising real estate instead Of
two, % In ~bequeathing personal property.
when = woman viii, she viii, de-
pend ONT, says the proverb. Bat there
are 30 many sharp turns and short
curves Ia the course Of the law that
though q woman wills 70 win what she
viii, how abe will In nine cases out Of
ten lbo cannot mako her win 90 that she
wills what she win as she wills to win
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
once Of THE PIONEER PRESS coMrAN
G. w. HonNIcK, supt.
50 Paul, MINI. Sept. 2 i60l

80 TaNT MINI Sept Z INI
Dear Sm-I have beena tobacco hnd Tor many yean, am during the past two Year, have
snemd nnpm 10 twenyd cigars regularly ovy day Ny whole nervous gUm beann affect
"a until y physician told Inc must give pue use OF tobacco for the time being ~. east 4
G nuiI aNddanmIv learned Of your sBmoCurO d" Three weeks n0 today i g mmonad
using Of preparation, ad Today consider myself completely cured 7 am n perfect health,
ad the horrible craving Tor Tobacco Whcnc every WlUtte Anohet Mn appcHtot ~. rm-
Yours YonUul. NV. OhNlCk
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-09-10
Useless Sand Dunes Converted Into Walt
able Land with rines.

UGtlcGa nunu Duntt converted into NAAu-
able Land with rines.
The French thoroughly appreciate the
advantages to be derived from Systematic
treo plantif (. Tracts Of sand have been
covered with pine forests, and tho word
lande, borrowed, rs it is thought, from
the German, is losing its meaning Of
waste" Till n century ago n large
portion Of the forest Of Fontainebloau
consisted Of baro sand hills, but the
planting Of pines was begun. A variety
capable Of standing tho severcst win.
tiers was evidently found, and millions
Of trees now diifuse healthy and agreo-
ablo odors, besides furnishing timboI
for fuel.
The dcccmposed fir needles, more
over, gradr lily form n crust of vegeta.
bic m o permitting the growth OF trees
and shrubs less able than The Pine to
live on air. The department of the
Landes, once q barren region, with sn~d
so loose that people had to walk o.
stills, is covered with pines, and tie
problem of draining the subsoil has been
solved, as described in Edmond Abont's
story Of IN iitre Pierre.
Tho Losses by fire and anxiety to pro-
duce something more remuncrativo than
pine Gro now, however, inducing
schemes of artificial fertilization. In
many French watering places dunes
have been transformed into woods. thus
holding out to seaside visitors tho at
traction Of agreeable shade aud change
from monotonous beach. Shifting sands
have been T%~evented from extending in
land. In some cases dunes havo been ao-
quired by companies, which, after plant
ing them, | ave cat them up iato bui /
ing lots and have seen them dotted With
villas.
Elsewhere municipalities have taken
Up the matter, ana in large operations
the district or the department has pro
vided ihe funds. - London Times