Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-13
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 The following story Is told of how the oflce boy got the better of former Secretary Root. Said MT Root: "Who carried of my paper basket?" Tt was Mr Reilly said the boy. Who is Mr ReillyY' asked Mir Root. ''The janltor, sir.. An hour later MT Root asked, Jimmie, who opened that window!' ssMr Lantz, sir" And who is MT IAntzY' .'The window cleaner, sir Mr Root wheeled about and looked al the boy. See here, James," he said, i've call men by their first names here. We don't mister them in this office. Do you understand" In ten minutes the door opened and small, shrill voice said, There's n man here as wants to see you. Elihu."
 "A printing office is considered by many persons to be rather tough place, and the newspaper worker a mighty. bad man. Statistics. however, do not bear out that idea" said Phila- delphia police captain q few days ago. eIn looking over book containing the records of prisoners find that in the state penitentiary of Texas, out of B. 80O convicts, there is not a single news paper man or printer. There were, however, ministers. doctors, bankers, barbers, photographers, cooks, bar keepers, and members of all other pro fessions and callings. The newspaper man gets a bad n9me because the na- ture of his bushes teaches him to de tect shams; he scorns the. hypOcrite. and he cannot be bulldozed by office seekers and cheap politicians"
 Dogs that wear goggles and sit at the guest hand of the chauffeur are not the only animals owning prominence in the world of automObiling. There Is n fashionable woman if New York city who drives her own car and is ac- companied always by pet black cat. from which possibly she can get an electric spark when the ignition system of the GIT balks. Then there is the young woman who is touring Europe in motor car with a pet pig -four legged. Credit for the most practical of these pet carrying fads, however, must bo to Mir Parstal, wealthy resident of Rye. \. Y.. who travels about with big green and yellow par rot perched on the dashboard, the steering wheel, or the seat of his car. The bird has been taught to shriek, Look out! Look out.' at intervals, and the loud, raucous tones in which the words are sounded are much more effective in attracting attention and giving warning than the familiar sounds of horn.
 The wealthiest family. perhaps, in the United States is the Astor family. The Ast0r wealth is rapidly increasing. It is honest wealth. It is real estate, acquired years ago when New York was hardly more than village. Land values have increased in some sections of New York from j0ato 100 per, cent in the last five years. The city's popu- lation grows at the rate of 100000 a year. Public Improvements recently made and under way amount to nearly $300, 100000. When John Jacob Astor died fin 1870 the estate he left to Will Ham Waldorf Astor was estimated at $15O.000.OO0. It is worth $30O,OO0, 900 now. When William Astor dies in 1892 he left to John Jacob Astor an estate worth $65,000,O00. It is worth $1OO.- 100000 now. The Astor holdings amount to $4JO.O0.0 coo, ,s gohpaYfJae9b -iAstor's investment of &2.0eQ900 has Increased at least POO times in 100 years. At the same rate 1t will b.. worth in another century the enormous sum of $S0OOO. 100000. In 1880 Johr Jacob Astor was the only man in New York worth million dollars. Twenty years hence the Astor fortune will be worth a billion dollars-not through speculation or oppression, but through the increase of real estate values.