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Show AN AMAZING WILL. From tho New York World. It was H. B. Plant's direction thnt 530,000 a year be paid to his wife and his only son, and that all the remainder t-hould bo rolled up by reinvestment until un-til an unborn son of his grandson, who was then only -l years of age, should become be-come 21 years old. Assuming that ihlf boy of 4 beenme at 29 the father of n son, the period of accumulation would1 be fifty years. It might easily be seventy sev-enty years, or even more. In fifty-two years a single dollar reinvented rein-vented at 4 per cent becomes $5. In seventy-one years It becomes $1G, and $20,000,000 would In tho same time grow to $320,000,000. The laws of New York Slate forbid rweh bequests as contrary to public poliC5'. Those of Connecticut do not. In defense of the will It was argued that when it was made Mr. Plant was a l evident evi-dent of Connecticut, but there was little difficulty In proving his New York residence, resi-dence, and a brilliant practical test of the magic xof compound Interest was thus prevented. |