...you see what large lumps of sugar he puts in the sugar bowl? Once, as they were walking slowly to a pilot-boat which the old gentleman had chartered for a trip down the harbor, Dr. Cogswell said: Mr. Astor , I have just been calculating that this boat costs you twenty-five cents a minute. Mr. Astor at once hastened his pace, reluctant to waste so much money. In his own country Mr. Astor had been a...