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PELEG KENYON’S. FORTUNE. DI.QlttM Wealth that Became the Banian cf Hie i.iri~Dyla{ an Bn- heppr, Frlendleae Old Man, Leevlee Proper!j Ketlmal- ed ta be Worth STSO.OOO —Meklnc Reetltutlou in Hie Will. Hartford, March 7.—Pcleg Ken* yon,aged GO, recently died in Gris- void, a rural manufacturing vil- hge in the eastern part of this Slate, leaving prorerty worth, it it estimated, $750,000. Kenyon was a bachelor, lank, keen eyed and bald, and a typical Yankee. He died a miserable old miser. The boast of his life was that lie started at a machinist’s trade at ll years of age, and at 21 was worth $75,000. He has lived alone in the barren Kenyon homestead for years, an unhappy, friendless old man. At his luneral not a tear was shed on his bier, and there was no particularly interested atten dant save a Boston lawyer. Most of his property is in real estate and mortgages in Eastern Massachu setts, and be left it to the heir of Henry ilenderson, an importer of West India goods, who thrived at the Hub somewhat more than 40 years ago. Pcleg Kenyon’s mother was a hard-fisted Yankee widow, honest bnt ambitious. When her son left the old farm, more than two score years ago, just as the ploughing for oats was about to be begun, to leek bis fortune in a Boston ma chine shop, the widow was mad at him. She took hold of the plough handles herself, and told Peleg never to come back until he bad made his pile. Before a month baa elapsed he was the butt of the shop whero lie worked in conse quence of his frequently and care lessly expressed determination to become a rich man within five years. He was considered cranky. A year later the gawky stripling was installed in the great ware house of Henry Henderson as the oigbt watcuman. He also did odd jobs of repairing about the place. He soon ingratiated himself into the good graces of his employer by bis indefatigable labors and bis faithfulness. During the six months that fob lowed Peleg was not idle. He at' tended closely to his duties, and in bis leisure hours be made first a duplicate key to the office, then one to the safe, and lastly one to the cash box inside the safe From time to time he would investigate the contents of the cash box, bnt never finding more than from $3,000 to $3,000 in it, he bided bis time patiently. One Saturday after noon the house received after bank ing hours a cash payment of $105, 000 for a crop of molasses. The money was placed in the cash box in the ollice lor safety. The safe was both lire and burglar proof, and the presence of a trusty watch man in the building convinced Mr. Henderson that the great pack >ges of bills would tie as sccuro there as anywhere. That night, as soon as Kenyon was left alone, he opened the safe and the cash box, stuffed the bills into bis pockets, locked the doors behind him, walked to the depot, and took the evening train for Putnam, Conn. At 12 o’clock that night he drovo up to the old homestead iu Griswold. At five the next morning he was at the Putnam depot again, but minus the money. Sunday night he resumed kin duties as night watchman in the warehouses of Henry Header- amount of talk would affect the On. or the out starlet, thief. The detectives were baffled. I laucaco n«aM.j . a„ rit. m w<• Beoure „£ “ p s the money. The widow Kenyon, panted to a scar on his arm, and then too, was baffled. She was taken to the Confederate pushed back the gray Boston, and with her eyes stream- hair from his own head and pointed to ing with tears she implored Peleg a saber cut that was almost grown over, to make restitution. It was with- T ho stranger put down an empty sleeve whero it would show and the Federal and tho Confederate “took him into out avail. the floor which seemed to conflict with Ml. Hendsrson was disgusted, the first one made. At tho end of a week he offered Somebody’s bright-faced boy, with At the end ot a ween lie one red linosS of bearins an d head of red l’elcg his liberty if be would return h „,, hni . ( . rnu .,i„,i into tho erour, and eleg his liberty if he would return ba j r 7 had crowde d into tho group and the money. nestled at tho feet of ono of tho soldiers “Why, I want to goto prison and story-tellers. I should say he was for it,” was his answer. “I expect 10 or a year beyond. Then ho asked a to be punished fot taking it.” question: “Was there much excitement $1,000, was the merchants next an( j riuttirif? his hand on tho boy's heal otter- * j asked: “How old are you, sonny.'” I • 4 i’ll give you $1,000 to let me didn’t hear the reply. “Ah, I see,” said go,” responded Kenyon. j the frosty-faced fighter of^ many a ye%r “Rough an Coughs.** Ask fur “Rough on Conch*," for Coughs, Colds Sore limit, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c. Liquid, “Roughfoa Rats.'* Hsart Pains. Palpitation. Dropsical Swellings, Diszliiess, In digestion. Headache, Sleeplessness cured bv “Wells' Health itunewer*'* ‘•Rough on Corns,'* Ask for Well#* “Bough on Corn*.** 15c. IJoick complete cure. H«rd or soft corns, wurts, ouu to be tho old grena- l J they The offer to Kenyon was slowly wf'are^beginnini, increased to $10,000, and he as diers. Some of these days, an steadily advanced his offer for lib- won't be such a long way off, wo will be erty to" that amount. Mr. Hender- pointed out as the last survivors of this son was now in despair. He gave 00 T* 8 ° r that ” Then ho 8 “ddenly re- up all hope of getting the money, and arranged bis business so as to On Monday, ot course, there was an outbreak. Consternation pre vailed in the establishment when the cashier, on opening the safe at the beginning of business hours, found the cash box empty. Where could the money have gone to? The night watchman was ques tioned closely. He knew nothing abont it, had seen no one about the place nor in it, nor had be been oil the premises after dark. Two detectives were put on the case and the next day Kenyon was arrested on snspicion. He stoutly main tained his innocence, and was re luctantly taken to prison and locked op. Mr. Henderson visited him daily and talked with him, but Kenyon held an unbroken front for weeks. Finally the merchant grew desperate. His business was badly cramped by the loss of the money. Ho trace of it could be found any where. No one was suspeeted ex cept Peleg, and many believed him innocent. Mr. Henderson walked into bis cell one day and said: “Peleg, this thing has gone on long enough. You stole that “Well, what if I did?” coolly re plied Peleg. “What 11 yon did? You scoun- mei, wny, I’ll aena you .a prison for life!” “No, yon won’t, Mr. Henderson. Massachusetts law provides seven years only for the man who steals from bis employer,” Peleg replied laughingly. on villaint Wbat do you ■can?” said Mr. Henderson. “I can’t earn $100,000 in seven yean, Mr. Henderson, and you know I’m bound to be a rich man. Mow I’ve got that much, and after I’Ve been punished seven years for taking it, It’s mine, don’t you see?” The merchant was baffled. No do without it. Kenyon was not brought to trial, however, and two months later Mr. Henderson asked him submissively wbat he would do. “If you’ll let mu go with a writ ten guarantee not to trouble me, I’ll give you all hut $75,000 to-mor row,” said Pele^blandly. “Hanged if I will,” said the mer chant. Six weeks more rolled by, and Mr. Henderson saw fit to accept the terms of the shrewd Yankee thief. For $30,000 he signed an in strument putting Kenyon out of harm’s way, with the lion’s share of the money iu in his pockets. Ken yon was released. He went at once to Griswold, crawled under the horse stable in the red barn at the old homestead, and drew forth the bun dle of $105,000 in bills intact. He counted out $75,000, and going into the house, said to his mother: “Mary, there’s my pile.” “No good will come of it, my son,” she sternly responded. Peleg wont back to Buston and paid over $30,000, first investing his own money skilfully in real estate, mortgages, and loans. Fin ancially lie was fortunate. Socially be was ostracised. In ten years he bad doubled and trebled his for tune, but in the meantime his mother had died, as had all his near relatives. He went back to the old farm in Griswold, and made it the fairest in the land. The barren hillsides blossomed like the rose tree, fat cattle bellowed from the rich valleys, and fine horses neighed in the old Mtables. But the honest people held alool from him. and for the rest of his life Peleg Kenyon lived alone u soured and rapidly aging man, with no enjoyment save tne piling up and gloating over his ill-gotten wealth. 11 finally became the burden of bis life, although the story dropped out of memory years ago, and be was forgotton. His interest in the farm died out. Last summer he sent for his lawyer in Boston, and made a will in the hope of partially atoning for the great wrong of his life, lie was found dead, alone, in front sf bis treasure chest, sitting upright in his chair. If the number ot post offices named after him are any indication of popularity, says a Washington special, Frank Hatton is the most popular of Postmaster Generals. In Ida native State of Ohio two villages struggled for this honor. The one that was worsted, deter mined not to be entirely balked, compromised on Hattonia. The at taches of the department say that Gen. Hatton was always averse to granting these petitions. On one occasion the people of a Georgia town petitioned him to chango.the name of their place to Hatton. He refused. They then wrote back asking if they might call it “Hat Off.” “Yes|” said Hatton, when the letter was read to him; “any community of people who take their bats off to me can have whatever they like,” and Hat Off is to this day a post office. At a White House reception not long since Dr. Mary Walker was presented to Mrs. McElroy. Mrs. McElroy spoke a word or two to her rather unexpected guest; and, ■o it happened, the next person piesented to her was a Miss Mann. To her Mrs. McElroy made the neat remark: “I have just been presented to a woman who would like to ue a man. I am picased now to meet a Mann who is con tent to remain a woman.” An old Indian canoe, 21£ feet long, was recently dug out of the sand on the shoro of Canandaigua Lake. An arrow was found em bedded in its side. It was found at what was known as Deer Hun. calfed tho boy’s quory and answered, “Yes, my son; there was a good deal of excitement about it, so I heard, when the war was over. But we didn't know much of what the country thought at that time.” "Which sidowhipped?” asked the boy. The old Federal's face clouded a sec ond, but only a second, and then his honest expression lightened as be nodded to the Confederate. “His side?" asked the boy, looking at the Confederate. The brown face in a gray setting lookod out from under two great eyes that wero as peaceful as the fields when the harvest is plenty. “His sido,”said the Confederate, pointing to the old Federal. “No,” said tho man who had been with Grant. "Maybe it was a draw,” said tho boy. “Yes—Yes”—said two voices at tho same time, in the same key. Ixmgevity In Hornes. [Live Stock Journal. | While the aptitude for living to a great ago is undoubtedly inherited, still this tendency to long living many times shows up in tho character of a spurt, ns n single son or daughter from a given pair may attain to a groat age, all other scions from tho samo stock being only modorate long livers. As to longevity, as we ordinarily meet with it, there uro physical signs that, fully inspected and estimated at their worth, will always bo found to tally with the results. The thoroughbred has a firm structure throughout, clearly the result of trans mission through an agency rendered firm of tissue by continuous and somo- what severe training, ignoring accumu lation of fuk Tho latter substance in excess, or even approaching this, places tho horso, or tho person with this pe culiarity, ns though with a sword sus pended over him by a very weak thrend. Life is prolonged by such repeated efforts as give vigor, short of sapping tho vitality, and one of the ngcncies througli which this is dono is curtail ment of tendency to fatno s. Wo have in trees corroborative evi dence that firm texture leads to long lifo. The hardwood trees aro consid ered by naturalists to bo long-lived in proportion os they grow thick and stout rather than tall, bllm plants are, os a rule, delicate and short-lived. Wo can safely apply this similitude to the horso, and calculate that the spindliug, leggy horse will not provo hardy or long-lived. Tho firm texture of tho flesh and bones of tho tnulo may be taken ns evidence that this coucontratioa of structure may be considered to bo associated, as a rule, with tendency to long life, und it is worth considering how far we can safely depart from the peculiarity referred to. Utility of Microbes. iScientiflc Exchange.] At the last meeting of tho French Academy of Sciences M. Pasteur road a letter of M. Buteau’s on the utility of microbes in tho system of creation, tho writor maintaining that vegetation would bo impossible in a world in which no microbes existed. In the course of somo remarks suggested by tho commu nication M. Pasteur doo'.ared that for his own part he believod that lifo itsolf would bo impossible for animals fed on absolutely puro food—that is, food froo from ordinary microbes, and he an nounced his intention of submitting bis theory to the test of practical experi ment if his other labors allowed him the time necessary for the purpose. Industrial Villases. I London* Letter.) The Society for Promoting Industrial Villages is the name of a recently incor porated English association having for Its object the relief of tho congested dis tricts in tho large cities by removing the surplus people into the country, paying the cost of transportation and providing means of employment. In several cases small towns have been started with these people, in which weaving, dressmaking, candy manufacturing and tho like are carried on, and next spring market gar dening will be tried. Several very wealthy philanthropists are at the head ■of tho movement. Ranch on Pain" Poronaed Planter. strengthen ag, improved, tfm be*t for back ache, paint* in 9 cheat or side, rheumatism, neu« raicia. Thin People. “Well#' Health Renewer" restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervousness, Debility, fl. •Whooping Cough, and the many Throat Affections of children, * - • * * -*-■ • “ough Mothers, 1 tilling, broken, worn out and nervous, ** ‘ 8!. Druggists use ‘‘Wells* Health Renewer. * Health Renewer.’ Life Preserver. losfuft yoar grip on life, try ‘ '‘Rough on Toothache,’* Toothache.’’ IS and 35c. • Pretty Women. Ladles who would retain freshness nnd vivacity, Don’t fail to try “Wells' Health Renewer." J Catarrhal Throat Affections, Hacking, Irritating Coagfur, Cold#, Sore Throa . Cliri*d liv ‘•Kout'li on fkmirh* »■ Tinrhe.. 1.1 runfs “Rough on Itch." ‘Clough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chillbla ns The Hope of the Nation. Children, slow In development, ptiujr, scrawny and delicate, use “Wella* Health Renewer.” Wide Awake. Three t four hour* ev *y night coughing. Gel immediate relief and sound rest by ti«mu Wells ‘Rough on C High .’* Tranche*, 16c; Balsam, 26c “Uongh on Pam" Poronaed Plaster Stregth- nlng, iin| roved, the host for bnekaebe pains in chest or side rheumatism, neuralgia. At West Point, U».,aJruitgrow er has sold since 1881 seventy-six thousand dollars wori h of peaches off of not more than fifty acres of sulphur, trees. i The Ralnrall or Western Kansas. [Exchange.] A writer in Science, discussing the subject of rainfall in Kansas, finds that, while this has increased 20 per cent, in the eastern part ot the state sinco its occupation by tho white settlers, western Kansas has little increase of rainfall to boast of and little to hopo for. lie greatly doubts, indeed, whether half of the state, lying outsido tho im mediate track of vapor-laden winds can ever bavo a rainfall adequate to main tain successful agriculture. Soot os an Absorbent. [Chicago Times. ] People who are forced to live in cities which burn soft coal will be pleased to hear that an Englishman declares that soot is useful in absorbing germs of dis ease Fad in preventing the spread of epidemics by it* diffusion of carbon and FOUND! FOR LADIES ONLY. 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The article is a staple with us, uni one of abso lute merit." A REMEDY of which Lsraar, Rankin Ac Lamar say: “We mid 50 gr >*s tn four months, and never sold it In any plac-i but what it was wnut- ed again.*’ MADE BY FOUR MULE ON ORDINARY LAND -WITH- Jower’s Improved Cotton See This Seed has made more cotton than soy other seed io the State of (Jea nnd not a man who has planted them lias expressed dissatisfaction. Certificates from a largo number of the most Reliable and Successful Plan tn Georgia, Alabama and other States are on file, and can be lead bv sending - Circular. " 8 Jower’s Improved Mon Set Will make from 50 to 100 per cent, more lint than ordinary cotton, while the is superior and brings a better price in the market. PLANTERS CAN MAKE MONEY By planting this seed, for with the same work and expense doable the arnocj cotton can be raised. It don’t pay to raise poor cotton. Why not make mon using improved seed ? PRICE, THREE DOLLARS PER BUSH! 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