The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
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god until 9 or 10 in the morning, Jay Gould
l h an illustration of the good effects Of sleep
and regular bours. he makes II q p0iSs
to be in bed at 10 o'clock, whenever It Is
possibIe for him so 10 do. de Is
small man. OF exceedingly nervous tenn
perament. His movements are quick and
agile: his fingers nervously move ana
witch, his eyes are rarely hxeo Ior any
Qepgth OF time upon any single ooJecf-not
that there is anything furitive IN his glance,
not that the quick darting OF his eye from
point 90 point indicates suspicious nature
AT all but the man Is obviously bundle OF
nerves pulled TO their utmost tension. &C.
manding constant thought, lncessant care,
cease ess watching. / met him this morning
on the street He laughed at the ides, con-
veyea in recent reports of his illness, that ne
was in any sense under the weather, and
said that nothing more serious than trinlng
cold bad troubled him for many yesIs. dis
habits are systematic 10 a degree, hls Iecrea-
tions are those OF q man OF mino, Win re-
fined tastes. in scho arly directions. pave
no doubt that TO day he is more PROUD OF The
work he did rs an humble civil engineer
aud survey or il the interior OF New YORK
State than of any great financial scheme
born in his fertile brain snd manipulat q by
his facile fingers. lie, too, tazes exercise,
not 10 the full extent INDUCED In oy M.
Field. for that would be absurd, but. up 20
Gould is as devoted 10 the preservation Oh
his physique as Mr.. Field is TO the conserva-
ton of his. Two other names OF men VINO
may be called DID, but upon whose bread
shou defs rest to-day empires OF labor, rise
before ne, and your permission 1 VIII call
your attention TO them. One Is Henry
Ward Beecher, pastor OF plymouth
Church, the other Frederic 3. VIM
sson, president OF the Musual Life lnsur-
aDce Company Of New York. OF Mr.. Beecher
I will say that among the guests who snook
Dadley Fields nervous hand cordially last
night none bore his years more grsceiully
than he The SHOWS of seventy-two winters
have not made his hair entirely white. but
his long gray locks rest upon his stout
shoulders, turning little by little hom the
iron gray to the silver SD sen. Among the
many gentlemen present, all Of whom wore
the dress coat OF fashion the CHEEKY lace.
the bright. quick. loving eye, the sturdy
physique, draped In the conyentlonai Irock
coat of ordinary life, were conspicuous, and
necessarily SO, so far We who know, re-
spect and love and follow him. are con-
cerned. Henry Ward Beecher is as mentally
great as physically strong, as morally potent
to-day as he was thirty years ago, when ne
led me, q little boy. through the streets OF
Brooklyn by the hand from Sunday school
to home. MIR. Winston is one OF
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEN OF THE COUNTRY.
He has been president of his company for
a little over thirty years, and has Increased
its assets from 81 600 600 in 1858 TO Sl03 Co.,
600 in 1885. But ii isn't OF him rs president
OF the greatest financial institution in the
world wish to speak, but as an apt type OF
q class of men, who, by rigid adherence 10
prescribed rules OF living carry themselves,
| in ripe old age, with CHEEKY face, and happy
heart, and useful hand iong after their fell
lows have been laid with face and heart and
in of I'D
try. Mr.. Winston rises every morning about
Is, and can be found in his office
levery day at s o'clock. Although con-
lsiderably over seventy, and very
rich, aRd the unquestioned auto
crat of the great concern, over whose details
even, he exercises cautious and careful su-
| peryision, he is as attentive TO duty and as
wrapped up in affairs now as he was 80
ears ago, when necessity laid heavy hand
upon his sturdy shoulder, and II was nip
and tuck between great institutions, striv-
ing for popularity and success. He starts
upon Journey to the wilds Of Mexico as
Ijauntily and as freely as he would 90 to bis
country place in New Jersey. kxercise and
> Regularity of retiring and rising the
} lcrets, in his judgment, of his continu ed. In
fact, his almost never interrupted, good
health. There are, of course, In The &C
simultaneously of all OF us, few OF these
, Conspicuous illustrations, but among the
: puolic men OF the country We find very.
very few nothing like the numerical pro-
portions to be found in Europe, and espec
Tally among English statesmen. Ii seems TO
, me that the realm of letters is particularly
> trying to men and women. There are very
few old women in literature, and very few
old men. Mrs. Stowe, whose beaming face
saw q few weeks since, Is about the only
notable illustration, among the women wri-
tiers of America, of longevity. She must be
: lover 20. III remember Alright she is older
: than her brother henry, but, in any event,
there can be but few years difference in
: their ages She was never very strong, per-
perhaps / should say rugged, but she GER
tainly talks we'll, and with as much viva
city, and enjoys q clear head, and as com.
Portable a physique. she has had at any
= time during the past forty or fifty years. L
= met sn old gentleman on the cars day before
= yesterday, and we were talking about Dad
= ley Fields marvellous vitality, when the old
= gentleman said to me: well, am eighty.
!, two years old, don't know why shouldn't
= live to be hundred. / seem perfectly we'll
= don't ex pect to die to-day, why should |
i die tomorrow? If l am careful of myself,
. obey the laws OF health, am not imprudent,
= don't expose myself unnecessarily, why
q should die to day, and what is tomorrow
: but to-day when we get to it?" The New
. York Press Club. under the presidency oil
Amos J. Cummings Of the New York Sun,
q has taken a bound upward. For the firsl
time in the history Of the club. We have q
:. represent ative journalist at its hand, man
!. who is a force in himself, whose scqualnt'
; anoe in the upper realms Of journalism en-
a ables him to bring personal influence upon
: his friends and scquain tances in the interest
: of the club. The reception on Thursday
n night was notable for its guests, Its enter
. tainment, its supper, its cecorum and us
> dignity.