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deny or affirm the report, but their manner of treating the question leaves one free 10 suppose that there is some thing back of the rumor.
 As is the case with many very rich men, Col. Astor does not know, ex- eept approximately, how much he really is worth. He owns about 2,600 separate pieces of real estate in New York city alone. The assessment in 1897 against him was: For personal property, S20o ,000; for real estate, S300060 On a valuation of $15,00O,O00 this would seem to show at once that. a large slice of his fortune was un- taxed, but it must be borne in mind that he has millions invested in land that is leased, and on which the ten- ants themselves pay the taxes.
 Col. Astor has come back from Cuba to find himself related to the public in a peculiar way. Just now his praise is heard on every hand, while the pa pers seem determined that he shall do something striking, not to say sen sational. He has been on the verge of politics, and he has been about to create T great university by gift of $5, ,000 o0o
 The object of all this lively discus sion, who did his duty in a plain, straightforward way at the front, and without display or fuss, is probably rather astonished to find himself hero and a prospective candidate for every office in the gift of his admiring fellow citizens from mayor of New York city to governor of the state. It is safe to predict, in spite of the rather trying position in which he finds him. self that he will keep his head, and. that when he again appears in the pulp lie eye it will be in the same unobtru- sive way in which he did his soldering. He is the fourth John Jacob Astor in America and for his characteristics he seems to go back to the first of that name, who landed with q few dollars in his pocket, an abundance of energy and shrewdness, and laid the founda- tion for the present great fortune of his descendants. He was the first man in America to develop into q multi-mil lionaire. The second John Jacob As tor, called "the Dauphin" in his youth. is only remembered because he was his fathers son, no very clear title to fame. The third of the name, the nephew of the former, was good sort of man of ordinary abilities and kindly temper. {
 Col. Astor is 34 years old. He is a graduate of Harvard college. Much of his early life was spent abroad, but he is none the less a good American for that. As a young man he made long trips Oil foot through Turkey and Greece. He has always had two hob bies, literature and mechanics. His fondness for the former was expressed by book which he wrote some years ago. 1t was by no means lacking in cleyerness. It was well written, and the plot was well conceived and carried, out If would have been a creditab1e bit of work for q professional writer His mechanical skill has found scope in various inventions. One of these is
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e unstinted praise of his superior of

the unstinted praise of his superior of fcers.
 This young man, who had lived with 2 luxury of surrounding only kings may hope to rival, pat aside every ad- vantage that his wealth gave him when he entered the army, not to become a lay figure and lounge about headquar- ters in spotless, natty uniform, but 10 be a working head in the great task of organiza tion, that went on at Chick amauga, and perhaps it is not too much to say that no one individual of all the thousands who rushed to the de- fense of their country performed a more useful service or worked with greater thoroughness and finer intelli- gence than did this millionaire sol dier.
 His day was from four o'clock in the morning till eight at night. These long hours he spent in the saddle investi- gating every nook and corner of the
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tory for '9S. No attempt is made to in- clude all the shifting population. The canvass begins about the first of May. By the middle of July the big book is upon the market. In this short time the collecting, comparing, compiling and printing and binding is all accom- plished. A thorough system has been evolved by the years of experience. New York proper is divided into 791 districts by the superintendent, and one man can cover a district in about two days.
 Forty clerks constitute the inside working force, who prepare the lists for the printers. The directory of the previous year serves as the foundation for it's successor. Translators are em- ployed to meet the difficulties of secur- ing the accurate addresses of the for eign residents of the city.
 The London directory is much larger than the New York directory, but it is said to contain no more names. Names are repeated in it several times; once they are classified, as in our directories, and again according to streets and numbers, and still again, in more limited number, by profes- sions, etc.
 Somewhat to the chagrin of New York it must now be confessed that the Chicago directory has the lead in size and number of names. New York is next, and then comes Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati and St. Louis.
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One of the most costly volumes is- s,ed in the course of the year is the directory of large city. To compile sbis great library of names, addresses and occupations an army of some 200 men patrol the streets, penetrating to The remotest corners, invading the bomes of the rich and the tenements of tho poor. The Broadway merchant does not escape, and the shopkeeping celestial who mods above his queer wares in the alleys of Chinatown is not left unmolested. Mrs. Astor's name anpears in it's alphabetically deter mined place, it may be, beneath the name of the honest woman who earns her precarious living at her tub.
 The directory does not discriminate. It seorns the nice distinctions of the Blue Book and the Almanac de Gotha. It is a strictly democratic institution. One pays nothing to get ones name in it; indeed one has good deal of diff fculty to keep out of it's pages.
 Wherever the taxgatherer or the equally unpopular census=taker in trudes, there they are sure to be fol- lowed by the man who canyasses for the city directory.
 The first New York city directory, probably the first directory ever pub iished on this side of the Atlantic, was compiled and issued by one David Franks, eonveyancer and accountant, of No. 66 Broadway, in the year 17s6
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STEUBEN.

effect junction with the troops un- der Gen. Washington. Mrs. Murray was in sympathy with the patriots, and she treated the British officers with such a charming hospitality that, ignorant of Putnam's plight, they de- layed at her house until the junction with Washington's forces was accom- pIished.
 Lindley Murray, the grammarian. scholar and philanthropist, who is commonly believed to have been an Englishman, was son of this Mrs. Murray. III health compelled him to live in York, England, during the lat ter years of his life, but he was truc and loyal American.
 The name of Aaron Burr, afterwards vice president of the United States, comes third under the head of Law yers, attorneys and notary pu'blies-" The next name on the list is that of Alexander Hamilton, his great rival,
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duties on the staff of one of the strict est disciplinarians in the army, was even more praiseworthy. It was not spectacular post, but one carrying with it no end of hard work, and with little or no chance for glory, as a re- ward.
 It was singularly characteristic of Col. Astor that he should have ac- cepted the place to begin with. It was equally characteristic of him that, having accepted it, he should have per formed his difficult duties in man. ner and with a thoroughness 10 win
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hons," Samuel zetler, baker, of 7 Lit tle George street.
 Many famous names appear, and many odd occupations are noted. G. cortlandt & Co. are ironmongers. Mrs. Luyler keeps a boarding house at AZ fly-Market, at which number she re- eelyes only gentlemen lodgers.
 Nicholas Cruger is merchant of 16 Duke street, while among the 'Ds" appears the name of Richard Dean, 'dlstiller, lower end of Greenwich street" Joze Phelan is described as clergyman of the Church of Rome, Beekman street."
 The Is and Us are mixed up to- gether in a somewhat confusing man her; so, too, are the Us and V's. Inc names under a letter are not ar ranged in alphabetical sequence, but seem to come in the good order oftheir own sweet wills. There are not so many that the present strict classi- ncation is required. Only eight Smiths appear under s, while in the present uifectory there are about 3S full col umns devoted exclusively to this nu- merous tribe, each column averaging some so names.
 A Vanderbilt Oliver by name, ap- pears among the V's, shoemaker, 4 water street." sampel B. Webb is griefiy described as gentleman, 4 Jock street,
 Following this list of names comes able showing the members of con kreas and the states frsm which they
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Carolina. All these gentlemen, ito be heard of at the congress office, 81 Broadway. corner of King street."
 His Excellency John Jay, Esqre., secretary for foreign affairs" was to be found at Broadway. He is also re- corded under the masters in chan eery," and here is given Broad street as his office. His name appears as the president of the Society for Promot- ing the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated-mee at the cof- fee house." He was afterward the sec ond governor of New York state.
 John Murray, of the famous old Quaker family that gave it's name to the now fashionable region of Murray Hill, was the treasurer of this society. It was Mrs. Robert Murray, the moth CT of this John Murray, who detained Gen. Howe at her country seat of melenberg until Putnam, guided by Aaron Burr. could move to the vest ward, escape the English forces and
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lected from the names to be found in the city directory. The names of jurors are selected from the poll lists. They may De verified by the directory, but are never first chosen from it's pages.
 The directory of large city, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia or Boston, finds it's way all over the civil ized world. It's patrons comprise peo- pie of all sorts and conditions, from the familiar drug store proprietor, whose customers expect to find the great book always in his store for ready reference, to the Scotland Yard detective agency in London and at the desk of Sheppard's hotel in Cairo.
 Over 12,oooooo ms of type are used in it's composition. To the uninitiated it may be we'll to explain that print er's m is simply a type, the size of that broad letter; it is the largest in the printers case and is the standard of measurement
 Three hundred and sixty thousand names appear in the Now York direc-
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It was something for the richest man of his years, in America and perhaps in the world, to accept even coIonePs commission in the United States army. One night fancy the master of almost $100, 100000 would have been shy of bull lets; that he would have had too much to live for to venture where the chances of sudden death were largely in the ascendant. It was a striking ob- jeet lesson in patriotism, therefore. when John Jacob Astor accepted the appointment of inspector general of volunteers on Gen. Breckinridge's staff.
 commendable as his first impulse was, the seeking of the appointment, the manner in which he performed his
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field, or following Gen. Breckinridge in his tours of inspection through the camp, or in listening to tiresome but necessary reports that dealt duly and voluminously with the condition of the troops and their needs.
 It was no great surprise to Col. Astor's friends that he got grip on things military ;n wonderfully brief space of time, for his inclinations have directed his reading along this line of recent years. Just how well posted he was is shown by his gift of mountain battery to the government. 1t is the first mountain battery the United States has ever had, and it was in every way a timely gift. The army needed just such a battery by reason
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has been assessed at too low figure ne will ask the city to increase his taxes.
 An effort was made to find if there was any truth in this report, which is decidedly interesting, as it is the first instance where property owner has objected to the smallness of his assess ment. Objection is generally lcveIed in quite contrary direction, and at the present time Col Astor's fellow millionaires in the neighborhood of New York are waging an active war against the tax assessors. At the of fees of the .Astor estate they neither
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of the character of the work cut out for it in the Philippines Col. Astor's personal interest resulted in the for nation of one of the finest organiza- tions of it's kind in the world. He saw 10 the purchase of six 12ponnd rapid fire Hotchkiss guns in England, and to the equipment of the men, which ex- perts declared to be well-nigh perfect The moment he had done this his con nection with the battery ceased. That is, after he had paid the bills-matter of about $100,0oO
 When Col. Astor went to Cuba it
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come. Congress at this time assem- bled in New York. John Hancock president of congress, is put down as residing at Cherry street. The name ot Washington does not appear on any ot the pages. He was not inaugurated until 1789.
 Congress included Rufus King, John Lawrence, Bayard, of Pennsylvania James Monroe and Richard Henry Lee, 0f Virginia, and Pinckney, of South
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and his final victim. Col. Burr had his office at 10 Little Queen street. while Hamilton's was at 57 Wall street. At this time, 17S6, these men, whose names were destined to do down in his tory linked together by their enmity, were good friends. It was not until the 11th of July, 18o4, that Alexander Hamilton left his home, "The Grange" which overlooked the Harlem river, to cross the Hudson to Weehawken, where the fatal duel took place.
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bicycle brake, while a road making and cleaning device for which he is respon- sible was exhibited at the worlds fair Tn Chicago. He also astonished the na- tiyes living in the vicinity of sFern- clitf," at k-on-the-Hudson, q few summers ago, when he branched out as rainmal1er on rather ambi- tious scale, but he was not as success ful Ill this venture as he had been with. his bicycle brake and his road-maling machine.
 Personally, Col. Astor is an exceed ingly kind man. Those with whom he IS brought closely in contact, whether Tn the way of business or in society," all have the very highest regard for nm. VAUGHAN HESTER.
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Cats That Don't New. In South America there is race of cats which does not know how to mew.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19
A virginian Country store.

A glance ut the walls and the show
cases made it plain that one store was
enough for the village. You had only
to ask for what you wanted: ashotgun,
Q revolver, q violin case, a shovel. q plug
Of tobacco. q pound Of sugar, coffee
pot dress pattern, ribbon, O necktie,
q pair Of trousers, or what not. Tha
place was like a beehive; customers Of
both sexes and both colors going and
coming with q ceaseless buzz Of gossip
and bargaining, while the proprietor
and his clerks-two Of them smoking
cigarettes-bustled to and fro behind
the counters, improving the shining
hour. One strapplng young colored
man standing near me inquired for sus-
penders, and, on being shown them, Sc
lected without hesitation 1T Is o good
customer who knows his own mind) q
brilliant yellow pair embroidered or
edged with equally brilliant red. And
having bought them 81 an outlay Of 10
cents, he proceeded TO the piazza. where
he took OF his coat and put them on.
That wss what he bought them for.
his taste was impressionistic, I Thought
He believed In the primary coloss.-
Bradford Torrey. In Atlantic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

~ % noaa0e Cossa1ss WhleA 0ay
~ - AD1UoeA WeeA ~
y toR o6an&jb ~ bssesk, . ~
u ~ 49, : 6-Vs1plly tGnsd. y
llseirtlns 1lAeo IN ~ vsakAes. Il,
fpel n : eal6a he eass tha& distnsblng
49, = ~ ~ wsstAss is the most
- Ding that eeaId b done.
nnssa &3ssnfssy - appear smesg
- 1HdA ~ wssst fdem. For this
49, - 80 should h allowed to 20
Asu9Se - kIvss h. yssy. cold weather
~ ASgs tlos = stxietly necessary 70
IslC6elT Joek aftse th6m. Nor should
I1tSksSs allowed te run among them
IaiI&f ~ Ntpter tor fear Of dlsturbing
them. 80 - -
The disease may also appear when
the bees are closely confined for long
time. OF, when they are compelled to live
npon impure honey. Many good bee
ksepssa claim that honey from cider
mills, decsyed fruit and honey dew IL
not heslthy food. =.
II the winter is m open one. SO that
the bees can fly out often. they will live
on this kind of honey without injury.
but n the weather Il 40 cold and stormy
that the hees are kept closely confined.
the poor food tells. and dysentery is al
most certain to make its appearance
among them; and colony badly affiict-
ed will often be hard to cure.
One of the best things that can be
done-in Fact about the only thing that
will be Of any benefits to give them
purifying flight. Let them have
chance for fight the first bright warm
day that comes.
Feeding candy Is. 20 some extent.
beneficial. But the best and safect
plan is to prevent. Give good winter
food, good sealed honey. That gathered
during the first Of the season is always
best. Bees will bear confinement on
good honey and keep healthy much
longer than on bad. II Is easier to pre-
vent the disense by supplying healthy
conditions than to cure after the dis
ease once makes its appearance.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

In an eastern city there is n society
for reformed criminals, and at each
meeting q number of reformed crimi-
mails are present, who are helped by ad
vice and assistance. At q recent meet
ing the president rose to speak, laying
his gold watch on the table in front of
him, SO that he might mark the time.
Suddenly the electric lights went out,
md when they blazed up again the
watch was missing. The president
lamented and invited his hearers to re-
turn the watch, but there was no re-
sponse. He reminded them that they
were on their honor, but still no reply.
The president then remarked that, the
situation had become embarrassing,
but us he wished to make things easy
for the culprit he would order the
lights to be again cxtipguished in order
to give him an opportunity for restitu-
ton. This was done, and when the
lights were turned on again, the presi-
dent found that not only had he no
watch, but that he had also lost his sill
yer inkstand.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

Not all clergymen are credited with
being as frank as one who stands in the
pulpit of one of the principal churches
Of Marquette, Mich. a week or two ago
he was travelling on train in company
with local lawyer. The attorney, who
is troubled with insomnia, was com
planning that he hadn't been able to get
any sleep the night before. I'm fact"
said he, II can't get an hours good,
comfortable sleep any time" 'ls that
SOP" said the clergyman, sympathetical-
ly. II don't know what good. restful
sleep is," answered the lawyer. well,
I'll tell you what TO do" said the clergy
man, leaning over and speaking conf
dentially. III an hour will do any good.
come around next Sunday morning and
hear me preach"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

feet wide. The pens are by 16 feet,
making the building 20 feet wide. The
rear portion of the pens is foored. with
plank laid rs in the former plan, and is
designed for the sleeping apartments
The front portion, designed - fesk
ing and manure Aoor, is grouted or
paved, and slightly depressed. SO as to
hold the liquids till they can be alb
sorbed by the litter. The partitions
between the sleeping-rooms are per-
manent, while those between the feed
ing floors are IN the form of doors. and
hinged to the middle posts. and are Of
such length that when opened they
shut the swine into the sleeping apart
inents and leave driveway entirely
through the building. The manure is
thus very conveniently drawn Or
wheeled out and litter introduced to the
pens. Doors and yards may be pro-
vided ~ convenience will dictate
Country Gentleman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19
An exchange says that newspaper

An exchange says that newspaper
woman in Washington called on Mrs.
John Sherman the other day to get
some information, but found that she
was not at home. "Well, hasn't she Q
secretary who can tell me about it?"
said the newspaper woman. Certain
ly, madam" answered the manservant;
this way, please" And leading the
way along the hall he threw open q
door and ushered her into the presence
Of the secretary of state. The secretary
laughed heartily when the quick-witted
newspaper woman explained the situa-
ton, and acted as his wife's private
secretary long enough to give the in
formation that was desired.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

sorbents. At the rear end ofthe build
ing 10 Q cemented manure pit by 18
feet, into which the manure is wheeled
and left until suitable time for draw
ing it to the field. The floor of the pens
is Of plank and slopes or 4 inches to-
ward the trench. The planks are laid
on the pounded earth, over which has
been spread coat of thin cement NOR
tar or half inch or more Of cheap
salt. The coarse manure from the pens
is thrown over the partitions into
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

4 popular bosk lying open on Ne -
Of . country home was taken p by
. young married woman. pot vesy Yon
up IN The last lits sAssre 'S1da si1S
wrlter in the New York Post. wkiJs
waiting tps AsS hostess she rssd . M
pageA - % her entyanse aid. with
. pretty A.sAs -Dsl yes know .whdf
very. bsd book ths isi Z thoasht yes
souid rather not AssS 4 lying abosS
the pasjss.y lsGthsd htsaa;
fly over k Ssatisised yos5
frisnd's h4tae st 4 a her 70 thiil
ing Of 3tksASSS wkdSt sTsnSHt
Mad veousht S63uE ~ Sve boysxS4
giyls wsrs ed 6Srly reading ths book and
chatting over Its sad details - they
might over . tennis match. Sober
thought told her that her young
friends comment was not prejudiced,
nor overfastidious. nor the measure Of
constrained puritanism; the story
wns the story Of moral depravity, Of
morbid opinion and Of unclean thought.
There II Q very unsafe phrase which
we have adopted; this "calling spade
q spade" may sound like the clarion
note Of truth. and have the appearance
Of being courageous, but It is too great
reaction. the too wide swing Of the
pendulum. Folly went far enough
among gentlewomen Of the early days
OF 1900, when they were constrained to
talk Of limbs In general and feared to
particularize their legs and arms; and
intrigues and licentiousness were ram
pant enough among those who did not
like to have it known they had any
opinion Of their own. But making the
discussion of everything the fashion,
and feeling that debased lives and evil
thoughts and unclean deeds are prop
er subjects for amusement and the right
topics for our lighter reading, does not
elevate or improve the situation Of af-
fairs. That the master minds Of tho
literature and drama Of the three great
reading nations have given their best
efforts to make crime interesting and
unfaithfulness TO every moral obliga-
tion fascinating does not mend matters
nor foretell q better manhood and wom-
anhOod in the near future.