Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

men at "a. Babtage. the Inventor Of the
! calculating uachlre. lived to be 10. and
| Fsraday to be 20. Sir Charles LyeIl died
| al rs. Taking the hist OF American scien-
lists and inventors, we have: john Erics-
son NJ 81. and President Barnard nj 70 /;
Professor j. W. Draper died at IL; Agas-
sig al Sc; Guyot. his old ASSOCIATE, nj "a,
while Joseph Henry and Samuel i. u.
Morse each attained 10 the pairiarchai age
Of 81.
on TUE STAGE.
A glance next at the provinces Of art.
SIR julius Benedict, so; SIR Michael Costa.
70; Gounod, Go; List. 20: Sims Reeves,
singing At 90; Verdi, still musical at 20,
the age at which Wagner died, NAV be
mentioned among European musical celeb.
rites OF the time. Anna Bishop passed
away a. 20. at which age died Ole Bun.
Mario lived 10 be Is. and Kitty stephens
died Countess OF Essex nc IS. BslFe died
n CO, and Meyerbcor al 20. OF our actors.
William Warren and John Gilbert
have exceeded The years allotted
to man by the inpircd writer;
Boueicaut Is 81, and 50 Is Rls-
tori Joe Jefferson is %. and Salvini 81.
Barry sullivan Is 60, and Mrs. Sterling CT.
Glorious John Brougham bad almost
reached 20 when he died; IIackctt had
only left the stage two years when he
passed away AZ The age OF II. Edwin
Forrest died ~ 90. Burton was only Is
when be died. Sothern IS, and Fech,er 81.
OF modern English actor. Ben. Webster
died at S.. Blackstone ~ u, Macready at
50. Mathews AZ 20, and Samuel Phelps at
"a. Charles K1an died ut Go. and his wife
at a. Nine. Celeste could delight an au.
diencc with her Miami. IN Green Bushes.
at 60. and Chippendalc Played til be
was ~. Helen Faucet is living as Lady
Martin at GJ; Fanny Kembe is vigorous
and Niyacious at Is; her sister. Ad,lside.
Nellie Grants mothcrln-iaw, died NJ g..
Taglioni, d" the cbaSte goddess OF the
dance" passed away hut few weeks ago
n the age OF SO; her great rival, Fancy
ElsSlcr, Is stili living, her years well nigh
rs many. There have been few longer
hives recorded in modern theatrical annals
than those Of Baron Taylor, the famous
manager Of the Comedy Franchise. who
died NJ 90. and Frances Marie Kelly, who
made her exit last year ut the age OF 81.
Sheridan Knowles. the dratnatist. lived to
be -. Barnum, he only and unapproach-
able. is -.
N TIE STUDIO.
OF modern artists, MCissonier Is -.
CoTot died at ~. while George Crukshank,
The clever and cranky. survived TO be &c.
Eastake died at -, aud Landsecr at Il. |
The latter artist came Of lOng-lyed !
family. His brother Charles died a. so, |
bis brother Thomas at -. John Linnen, |
The painter. lived 10 he 90. Ruskin, by the |
way. is only 80. Hiram Powers, the sculp- |
tor, died at 6s. Story IS living at 60.
IN THE FIELD.
Finally. modern military history, cspe- |
rally on The Continent Of Europe, affords |
some striking instances Of vigorous old |
,ge. when the FrsDco-PruSslqn war was /
ought in iS7C-7l, The King OF Prussia
mas a; Molike, who directed the German |
rmics. Was II Room, ,heir creator, was
e. Won der Tam ana Wcrder. two Of
he best soldiers in the war, were respcc-
lively CO and GO; Manteue'el was past so.
3 Papa Won Wrangcl has Just died at
he age Of 81. hat Changarrier took The
icld on the French side at IS. Our own
var was fought by much younger men.
rant is only 81. Sherman 81, Sheridan 81.
zee died in 1870 at G.; BeauTogard Is only !
Z, aud probably Sheiman'S old enemy and
TiCnd "JOc" J' hnstOn. now u, il the
'ldost OF the surviving captains that held
commands during the civil wal.
1odlehcn, who died few days ago. was
MY CO.
IL TIE COuNTING-ROON.
II would exhaust a Whole newspapor--to
ny nothing Of Ms readers-tO give anything
he complete li,t OF what might be called
he representatives OF Old America In the
world Of metropolitan finance. commerce,
nduslry. and enterprise. Only TO mention
few Of the names that have become
The whole length and breadth
the civilized world synonyms for
hat Is Iipest OF business thought and bold
= and SOuudest Of business action, we may |
JCcify Cornelius Vanderbilt, who stands
n the American railway system. dead at
;. IN full yigor, Alexander T. Stew
L, the worlds greatest merchant. who
we'd 10 be -; Peter Cooper, distinguished
Ike in the walks Of Invention. production.
ID philanthropy. whom death ignored I
l be was %. Morse. who died at II, and I
zra Cornell. almost as intimately ASSOC I
atcd with the work OF telegraph develop $
ent, who lived 60 be CT; and, finally, {
yrus ". Field, the solver OF the problems I
ocean biography and metropolitan rapid {
anSit, and at 60 the last survivor Of the
llaXy Of famous Americans that made the |
iddlc Of the nineteenth century the most c
)lable period in the industrial history OF {
r. world. !