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savage eccentricity. None Of the man
servants has ever worn anything that
looked like livery. There have been
no jangling chains or snowy brass on
the harness OF his horses and the equI-
pages he drove or was driven In were
of the most homely design. The coats
of.arms and monograms Of the Astors
have never had place in his home.
On the Astor estate at West Copake
there Is no running water or pumping
engine. The old man will not tolerate
anything in the nature Of throbbing
machinery in or about his home II
hand pumps are good enough for the
other dwellers on the countryside they
are good enough for him. The few
hired mon he employs do not fall IN
with this ideal Of simplicity. There
are innumerable beds Of "posies"
about the simple white frame mansion.
and they must be watered In dry
weather. 1t 10 no unusual thing TOT
tho two gardeners who take care o.
tho lawns and flower beds to carry
a thousand pots of water to the thirsty
plants In the course Of day.
One Peculiar Hobby.
Another OF Uncle Henry's crochets
II to collect silver half-dollars OF an
cient vintage. It 10 common rumor In
the village of West Copake that he has
barrels Of them in his cellar and boxes
and baskets Of them stuck under beds
and hidden away in the garrett This
eccentricity is q development OF only
recent years. It Is a strange fancy
for q man whose income 10 more than
$4,000 a day.
For four decades Henry Astor~ has
hardly spent q weeks income In
year, and his millions have multiplied
enormously. He owns more than one
hundred valuable parcels Of real estate
in Now York city and wherever you
happen to roam in Columbia county
you will have an Astor farm pointed
out to you. None OF these farms. how
over. is held In his own name. AS
fast as he acquires them he transfers
the title to his wife. and one OF the
Dinehart boys Ia put In charge OF
them.
Some Of the Astor property from
which Uncle Henry Astor derives q
large rental will pass in 4 simple to
his nephews upon his death. Had any
children been born to him this would
not be the case. But as for the 9TH
er princely half of his fortune. he has
taken the same pains to keep 1t away
from tho bioodkin as his brother. VIII
liam Astor did. to prevent Uncle Henry
or his issue from inheriting b dollar Of
his estate. In the will Of the late vii.
liam Astor there was inserted this
clause:
1T 10 my will and intention that
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hood when he married Malvina Dine
hart and became the pariah Of the
family. Before then he had taken
prominent part In the most brilliant
social life both here and abroad. He
was Immensely fond OF travelling and
had made several tours OF the world.
Several times he had been reported
engaged to debutantes who were ia.
vorites in New York society for their
beauty. He was already several times
millionaire by his srandfather's will
and It was estimated by calculating
mothers that he would inherit about
$50. 100000 more from his father. OF
course tho calculating mothers never
reckoned that he would stoop to fall
ing In love with . farmers daughter
and comforting upon her the name OF
Astor.
willingly Gave Up Wealth for Love.
1t cost the young scion Of the then
richest house In America $30.0o0.0O0
and bis social standing for his DISC
bediencs. but he paid 1t willingly and.
he says today. has lived happily ever
after. Unlike the rest Of bis kin and
his associates among the elect. Henry
Astor was endowed with . rather Bit
ter cynicism. He had begun to allen
ate himself from his aristocratic Ia
ther and brothers by commenting sar-
castically upon the shams and delu'
sions Of tho world in which he lived.
Returning from his second tour around
the world he asked permission Of his
father to manage the big Astor farms
at Red Hook. and It was while en-.
gagged In this work that he met and
fell In love with Malvina Dinehart.
When q very young man John Dine
hart. Malvina's father. had been q farm
hand on the Astor estate. He had
risen rapidly to be manager and su-
perintendent and he had invested
shrewdly in several profitable farms.
His rusticity had never worn on and
bis place had always been In the serv-
ants hall. His daughter. therefore.
though we'll educated and talented.
was looked upon as utterly impossible
as a mate for the young millionaire;
that Is by his father and brothers.
Had One sympathIzsr.
But there was one niece. Margaret
Astor Ward. daughter Of Henry As.
tors dead sister. Mrs. Samuel Ward.
who sympathized with Henry In his
romance. She was married four years
later to John Winthrop Chanler and
became the mother Of the present gen.
Grafton of Chanlers and Chanlers.
The Chanler boys. Sheriff Bob" hus-
band Of La Cavalieri. and Lewis Stuy-
vesant, are tho only blood kin who
have kept in touch with Uncle Henry
Astor during all these years. and It
10 more than likely that they may
share In his millions when he Is laid
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Uncle Henry, of West
Copake, New York,
Alone Entitled to
That Distinction
ector !.
repa.
Romance of John Jacob Astor's
Eighty-Year-0Id Uncle, Who
Was Disinherited by His Faith
or and ExiIed by His Family
Because He Married Farmers
Pretty Daughter.

f6NSVVN AID Col. John Jacob Astor
8: !: !: !: !: !; :; !:
thousand guests and rela-
eives. there is one Astor who would
neither attend the wedding nor even
read an account OF 1t in the newspa-
psrs. Yea, and this Astor 10 by rank
of seniority the head Of the multi.
millionaire family-Henry Astor. aged
eighty. Of West Copake. N. Y.
Henry Astor is the only kin of Colo
mel Astor Of his fathers generation.
He Is the one surviving son Of William
B. Astor and a brother Of the late
John Jacob and William Astor. which
makes him Colonel Astor's Uncle
Henry.
How many who are not intimately
acquainted with the Astor family or
who do not dwell In Columbia county
among the rolling hills Of the Nagh-
tunk range ever heard OF Uncle Henry
Astor or recall that he was exiled by
his family. disinherited by his father
and insulted In his brother Williams
will. and all because he married .
farmers pretty daughter?
But Uncle Henry Astor did not suf.
fer any great material damage when
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to rest under the Astor- Dinehart tomb
that he erected several years ago In
the little cemetery Of the Reformed
church at West Copake
No children were born Of the Astor-
Dinehart union and there have never
been any children In the household.
Nor has the Astor mansion at West
Copake ever known such a thing as
retinue OF servants. For thirty years
Henry Astor and his wife have occu-
pied the big white frame homestead
that faces on the main road RUNNING
by West Copake down to the Copake
Iron works. four miles away. Copake
Iron Works is the railroad station on
the Harlem division of the New York
Central
This entire district has prospered
since the coming Of Henry Astor to
Red Hook. for he set a standard for
farming that scores Of his neighbors
have proflted by. And he bought
thousands Of acres and put them un-
der cultivation.
Has Lived His Lie Apart.
The move to West Copake was made
In order to sever forever the last tie
that might bind him to the Astors Of
Red Hook. Since then his social circle
has been his own family-his wife. her
seven brothers. the Dinehart boys"
their families and the few farmers
who have been admitted to intimacy
at the Astor mansion.
In accepting his exile from the gid
ed society in which his parents moved
Henry Astor adopted regime Of life
that was warranted to blot out for.
ever every suggestion Of the luxurious
households he had freQuented during
his younger days. He accepted the
standards Of living Of the Dineharts
and never once since his marriage has
he spent a dollar for show or ostenta.
ton. Indeed. he has carried this ideal
of implicitly to the verge OF an almost
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PLENTY of Biz.

slow Is your son. the young doctor.
making out?"
First rate, since he learned to
adapt himself to circumstances. He
started out IS a lung specialist, but
he's a green apple specialist now"
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Perhaps Both,

Milly-I put away my last year
bathing suit in camphor. but 1t eva
Grated.
Billy-Thc bathing suit?
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This simple dress might be made up
in lined or any washing material.
The skirt has slight fullness at the
waist. and is trimmed at foot Of cen
ter back and front by cotton braid
sewn on in half-diamond shapes: two
buttons are sewn above this.
The k!mono bodice Ia trimmed tho
same Mt neck. waist and on sleeves.
Materials required: Three and one
half yards SO inches wide, two dozen
yards braid, one dozen buttons.
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w. Taylor of Lindsay and Bob Nc
Donald of Shreveport as the members
of his umpire staff. The official sched-
ule published elsewhere, shows that
Ardmore will open the season at Bon
ham, playing three games there, re-
turning here for three games with
Durant, then going to Durant for three
games, returning here for four games
with Bonham. The team will then
go to Cleburne for three games and
three games at Gainesville, returning
here for three games with Lawton
The team will then go to Wichita
Falls for four games, then three at
Altus and Lawton respectively, re-
turning here for three games with
Cleburne, Gainesville and Altus, re-
spectively. Ardmore will then go to
Durant for three games, June 5, 6 and
Z, which covers the schedule as far
as adopted.
The local team will play nineteen
games at home and twenty-five on the
road. g.
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SPELLED AWAY THIS FEUD.
An Honor Had Been Contested Many
Times in Omaha.

A feud of thirty-five years stand
ing was settled in Omaha some days
ago when c. S. Stebbins, assistant
general auditor of the Union Pacific
system and Southern Pacific Company
turned down" Prof. ]. c. Bruner in
an old-fashioned spelling bee" The
feud was not one of the bloody sort,
but was rather a question as to which
of the two men was the better speller.
Away back in the early '70s, when
Omaha was a village on the outskirts
of civilization, one of the favorite pas
times was spelling matches" In
those days was born the rivalry which
ended last week when two old men
each with long white beard, faced
each other and spelled almost every
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THE S. GOES TO
MRS, |, F, PARV|N
MUCHLY SOUGHT FOUR WORDS
ARE SUPPLIED-A NEW LIST
TODAY-$1 FOR THEM.

Well, well-say, that was an aw
fully exasperating hunt the good peo
pie of Ardmore have INDUCED in all
this week for the four little words
left out of the contest page last Mon
day; but they have at last been dis
covered and supplied by Mrs. l.. F.
Parvin who resides at 210 B street, N
w.
Here are the four words that have
kept the people guessing for five
days:
All kinds-Smith-Fra Barringer
Lumber Co.
Good-West & West.
Is-Tom Echols.
Now, don't they look easy? Most
anyone could find them now, could.
Mt they?
Here's the easiest proposition that
we have yet put you up against-to-
day there is but one word taken from
the page-so easy to locate that most
anybody ought to supply it without
having to refer to the page of ads.
In the large number of answers re-
ceived this morning only two were
correct-Mrs. L. F.. Parvin and Mrs.
w. l.. Bachtel-the former being open
ed first-entitling her to the five dol
lar prize.
To inject little more interest in
this contest the manager today offers
in addition to the one dollar cash
premium a free pass to all the shows
or the Midway at the big Reiss which
carnival which opens here tomorrow.
To go and see al these shows and
pay the cash money would mean an
outlay of several dollars-but here's
chance to see them all absolutely
free Of any cost-and as the guest of
the Missing Word Contest manager.
The only condition in connection with
this latter prize is that a correct list
must be in the hands of the manager
before six o'clock Monday morning.
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thing in the dictionary before one of
them went down.
Stebbins in those days was young
man fresh from Chester county, Penn
sylvania. He was employed in the
Union Pacific headquarters. Bruner
was principal Of the public schools.
At one of the early spelling bees
these two men stood up until all had
fallen. Finally Bruner received a
word and spelled it "phleme." The
spelling book showed that the word
should have been written "fleam"
Bruner went down, but some days
later showed that his spelling was
correct and that the word, in fact
could be spelled either way.
So a return engagement was ar
ranged. This time Stebbins was given
a word and spelled it "muley." The
book said "mulley" was correct. So
Stebbins went down. But, like HIS
rival, he was able a few days later to
produce authority that the word was
proper If spelled either "mulley" or
"muley."
That was the beginning of the riv-
airy For nearly forty 40 the friends
of the two men have made efforts to
have them spell it off," but without
success. Each man was willing to rest
upon his laurels. But last week the
Young mems Christian association
engineered an old-fashioned spelling
match, and when the time came for
the spelling there was Mr.. Stebbins
and Professor Bruner on opposite
sides. Additionally, there were abuot
sixty others on each side. 1T will
never narrow down to them. There's
too many young people in it," groan-
ed their friends.
After an hours spelling, there they
stood-the rivals Of forty years.
School teachers, professors, scientific
men, business men, all had fallen be-
fore the two gladiators. The crowd
jammed the assembly room and call
ed loudly for the two men to divide
honors. But neither wanted that.
At the end of three hours work,
during which the two spelled every
thing in McGuffey's speller, Bruner
suggested that the honors be divided
and the match closed. But Stebbins
insisted that the match progress
It was on the word "reminiscence"
that Bruner tripped and fell. His
brain, stimulated for the entire even
ing, suddenly went tired, and he hes.
itated, stumbled and was lost. The
prize, bouquet, was handed to Mr..
Stebbins, the winner, who generously
divided with his fallen rival.-Pitts-
burg Gazette-Times.
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SIXTY DOLLARS IN GOLD FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS Of ARDMORE AND CARTER CO.
PRIZES GIVEN BY THE ARDMoRE STATE oPPoRruN.
ITY FOR ANY BOY GIRL OR FIVE
DOLLARS IN eoLo-REAo THE CONDITIONS

In addition to receiving one or the
Prizes you will at the same time be
SAVING nice little sum.
The Ardmore State Bank of Ard
more, Okla, will pay TEN DOLLARS
IN GOLD to the boy or girl between
the ages OF and 12 Qnclusive) who
has SAVED AND DEPOSITED IN
THIS BANK OUT OF HIS OR HER
OWN UNAIDED EARNINGS and who
has at the close of this contest the
LARGEST CREDIT BALANCE as
shown by the books OF the Bank.
FIVE DOLLARS IN GOLD will be
paid to the boy or girl who has the
NEXT LARGEST BALANCE. Like
sums will be paid to the boys or
girls between the ages of 13 and 16
(inclusive) who have the LARGEST
AND NEXT LARGEST BALANCES
TO THEIR CREDIT. THERE WILL
BE TWO DIVISIONS OR DIS
TRICTS-A TOWN AND A CoUN.
TRY DISTRICT. All the boys and
girls who live within the corporate
limits OF the City OF Ardmore will be
included in the TOWN DISTRICT
and all the boys and girls living out
side the corporate limits Of Ardmore
but within Carter County will be in
cluded in the COUNTRY DISTRICT.
There will be TWO SETS OF
PRIZES, four prizes for the Town
District" and four prizes for the
Country District The boys and
girls in town and in the country will
not be rivals both will have their
own separate prizes which will be
awarded under the conditions stated.
Deposits will be received in EVEN
DOLLARS ONLY in this Contest-no
odd cents. THE INITIAL DEPOSIT
MUST BE ONE DOLLAR OR MORE.
When you make your first deposit
state to the Teller you wish to enter
the Contest" state your age and ad-
dress, and you will be given a BANK
BOOK marked CONTEST" Bring
the BANK BOOK with you when you
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make deposits Deposits made in this
contest will not be subject 20 with
drawal until the close of the contest.
For the convenience of those living
in the Country deposits will be re-
ceived If sent by mail-but be sure to
state AGE and postoffice. All ac-
counts will be kept on Speclal
CONTEST" Ledger The Contest
will open SATURDAY, APRIL l,
1911. and will close SATURDAY,
SEPT. 80, 1911. This will give all
the boys and girls an excellent oppor-
tunity to earn money during VACA-
TION DAYS. You will not only
SAVE a nice little sum for your own
PIN" money, but You have the op-
portunity OF receiving one OF the Ten
or Five Dollar prizes. Now, there
are many ways to earn this money
plant garden and sell the vegetables,
selling papers, doing errands and
many other things that will suggest
themselves TO the alert boy. The
girls can also have gardens, both
vegetables and flower. which they
can sell, they can make candies.
cakes, pies and girls who are handy
with the needle may make fancy
work Of some kind and sell to earn
money to deposit. SOMEBODY WILL
RECEIVE THESE PRIZES. WHY
NOT YOU? Start early and stay in
the race. The County Superintendent
of Schools Of Carter County and the
Superintendent Of City Schools Oh
Ardmore will be asked to examine
and audit the Contest Ledger at close
of business Saturday, Sept. 80. 1911,
and they will make announcement OF
the winners OF the prize money over
their own signatures. This will in
sure absolute fairness.
REMEMBER THE CONTEST
OPENS SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911.
ARDMORE STATE BANK,
c. T. Barringer, President; Harold
Wallace, Cashier; Fred Carr, Assist
ant Cashier.
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GAINESVILLE TEAM
HERE THIS AFT FTERN00N
EXHIBITION GAME AT CORENA
PARK BETWEEN TWO TEAMS
OF THE NEW LEAGUE.

The Gainesville team will arrive
here today for an exhibition game
with the local team. This will be
the. first real opportunity that the
fans have had of seeing the players
that Manager Rogers has secured to
represent Ardmore in the new Texas
Oklahoma league. Manager Stone of
the Gainesville team, has gathered a
strong team to represent Gainesville.
Among the players recently secured
by him are: Pitchers-Roark Of
Chickasha and Parrish Of Houston.
Infielders-Rich of Waco, Ozee of FIT.
Worth, McCorkle of Sulphur Springs
and "Skete" Murphy of Denison. Out
fielders-Lee Lilly of Glenrose and
Arthur McGravy of Blum.
At a meeting held in Wichita Falls
the past week, schedule for the
new league from April 25 (opening
day. to June 7, inclusive, was adopted.
Another meeting will be held May
II, at which time a schedule will be
arranged for the balance of the sea-
son, which will close Labor Day.
Umpire St. Clair has announced the
appointment of c. A. Courson of San
Antonio ]. Naylor of Farmersville,
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-Four doctors hau given me up
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avoca,
La, "and my children and all my
friends were looking for me to die,
when my son insisted that I use
Electric Bitters. l did so, and they
have done me a world Of good. /
will always praise them" Electric
Bitters is priceless blessing to
women troubled with fainting and
dizzy spells, backache, headache,
weakness. debility, constipation or
kidney disorders. Use them and gain
new health, strength and vigor. They
are guaranteed to satisfy or money
refunded Only soc at Ringer Drug
Co
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"HAM AND" AND POESY.
A Waitress Whose Muse Is Inspired
BY Eiahts in the Padded Ring.

by FigntS IN tne Fdoueo hin9.
Now, If Tommy Dixon doesn't en-
erge from the large end of the horn
in his fight with Eddie Dennis to,
night, it won't be because he's not
wished into success. Miss Myrtle
Harvey, a young woman who waits
table in a restaurant, when not writ
ing poetry, is well posted on things
pertaining to the fistic world. Her
version of tonight's fight:
While speaking of your favorite,
And the mighty fight he makes,
We're going to have a chance to
judge,
Some bully feather weights.
One a Southern champion,
One a champion of the West.
He may win the fight,
But he'll have to go his best.
For Tommy Dixon is all fight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-09
GOVERNOR CRUCE
TAKES DEGREE
LOCAL PEOPLE WILL ATTEND
SCOTTISH RITE REUNION AT
McAlESTER THIS MONTH.

A great deal of enthusiasm is dis
played among the Scottish Rite Ma
sons of Ardmore on account OF the
spring reunion to be held in the Scot.
tish Rite Temple, McAlester, Okla,
the 25th. 26th and 27th of April.
The class will be composed of many
prominent persons. Gov. Lee Cruce
expects to take the degrees, The IL
lustrious Potentate of India Temple,
Oklahoma City, the grand commander
of Knights Templar and the grand
master of Oklahoma, together with
many other brethren who have been
elected to take the degrees.
Arrangements are being made
to entertain the visiting brethren and
class so they can have the opportu
nifty of seeing the Masonic trowel,
which has been travelling through
many Masonic Jurisdictions during
past five years.
The trowel will be brought from
Dallas. Texas, by committee from
the Masonic lodge, thus giving the
Masons OF Oklahoma an opportunity
of seeing this emblem.
L. II. Love, DR.. F. p. Won Keller, w.
A. Wimbish, w. F. Warren, J. b.
Moore and others expect to be pres
~, an tli, nococ
From top of head to sole of feet;
When they match with Tommy Dixon,
They are flirting with defeat
For you're not playing tag
When you fight with Tommy Dixon;
And when the fight is over,
Friend Dennis may need fixin'.
We all love Tommy Dixon,
For he's the goods, all right.
Oh. gee, My blood is boiling
can't wait to see them fight.
| can see them fighting,
Long before the bout begins;
| can hear the referee saying:
Our Southern Champion wins.'
Miss Harvey says poetry just comes
to her naturally, and she doesn't have
to think a minute before she has
stanza after stanza of poetry.
Sometimes | start across the room
with an order of ham and-whereup-
on a lot of poems-all new, you un
derstand-just pop out in front of me-
It's great help to one who has to
work in a restaurant to be able to
write that sort of stuff, you know; it
keeps your mind off of such things
as something to eat
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Kicked by a Mad Horse.

Samuel Birch, of Beetown, Wis,
had most narrow escape from los
ing his leg, as no doctor could heal
the frightful sore that developed
but at last Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured it completely. It's the greatest
healer Of ulcers, burns, boils, eczema,
scalds, cuts, corns, cold-sores, bruis-
es and piles on earth. Try it. 25c at
Ringer Drug Co,
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens FOot-Ease, the antlseptic powder Il cures
painful, smarting nervous feet and instantly takes
the sting out Of and bunions It's the greatest
comfort discovery OF the age. Aliens Foot Ease
makes tight or new shoes feel easy. II Is certain
cure for sweating calous swollen, tired, aching feet
sold everywhere BY mail for rs cts. In stamps.
Don't accept any substitute. For FREE trial pack
age. address Allen S. Omsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Tho Divlnu Bell.

The diving bell was first used In Eu-
rope in the year 1900. 1t was sub
sequently used in searching for the
wreck OF the famous Spanish armada
some time before the year 1859.