Show THE TILDEN WILL The physician when ill places no confidence confi-dence in his own skill and medicines He places himself under a brother doctors care and passively submits to the treatment treat-ment prescribed We have heard it said that some of the most learned physicians will not even ask of the doctors to whom they entrust their cases the ingredients or nature of the remedies administered being content to state the nature of their ailment like other patients It would seem that lawyers might follow this rule with good effect SAMCEL J TILDEX was ono of the best learned and most eminent of American lawyers He was sought after by rich litigants who wanted and could afford to employ the best and he could charge whatever he liked for his services A specialty with him was the drawing of wills He took pleasure in that branch of his profession and in it was recognized as the foremost attorney of the country The wills that he drew were thought to be unassailable and perfect Many of New Yorks millionaires employed hint to frame their wills especially es-pecially if there were likely to arise any i dispute over the disposition of their property prop-erty It has been said that he was paid 820000 for drawing up a will while 5000 was commonly received for the work When it came to disposing of his own millions mil-lions he was particularly careful because he knew that some of his blood heir might want more than he was willing to give them He arranged everything as he desired de-sired it to be and went to his long home believing there could be no failure fail-ure to carry out his wishes The grand old man h dno sooner been Tara In his grave and his will been published than lawyers all over the country declared that the document had been so loosely drawn thtlG a croach and four could bo driven through it Litigation was at once inaugurated in-augurated and the matter has since been > continuously in the courts until now it has been declared that the chief bequest was illegal and void The great bulk of his property Mr TILDEX bequeathed to trustees for the specific purpose of establishing estab-lishing a great library for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of New York and if his wishes bad been carried out the visible evidence of his interest in and affection af-fection for the people would have been found in one of the most complete libraries on the American continent a proper monument to the memory of one of the grandest of Americans But his wishes are not to be carried out and instead of going for books for the instruction and entertainment of the people he loved so well Mr TILDEXS millions will be distributed dis-tributed among his heirs at law the same as if ho had made no wilL |