The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-16
Hard work and longevity:

On0 10y Aaos WcoA 4AIs 0Aou0VOu0,
Premier Of England, in addition to his
recreation Of falling tree and trans
lating several pages from the Greek.
walked fsw miles, made Q speech,
and then attended to those diplomtic
duties Which must, in the nature of
things, be enormous. As the Liberal
party in England is, ct tho present
time, going through one of its most criti-
cal campaigns it is plain to be seen that
tho responsibility and work put upon
the shoulders Of the Premier
is sh66gh for. the strongest and
most active 81 men. Mr.. Glad
stone Is nearly rs, and apparently good
fQr many long years of service yet. His
predecessors have, Is rule, been long
lived. Beaconsfield was 76 when death
removed him from the sphere of poll
tics, Lord Palmerston was "a, Earl Rus
sell 81. In continental Europe old men
guide the current of political affairs.
Bismarck is 70; Theirs was 80 when he
guided France. Grevy, who is presi-
dent to-day, is II. Gortschakoff was
in command of Russis's affairs at "a. It
would appear that on the other side of
the Atlantic men are in their prime at
three score years and ten, but at that
age in American politics man is sup
posed to lag superfluous: Why is it?
The old men Of America have accom-
plished their work and gone into retire.
ment, while those of their age in Eu-
rope are in the thickest of the fray. ST.
mon Cameron is 81, Hamilton Fish 76,
Horatio Seymour "a, Samuel j. Tilden
20. They are all considered too old for
our American rush and go.
It is only in politics that the Ameri-
can is considered useless after arriving
at the age of 20 years. In tho church,
at the bar, in business, and even on the
stage, old men and women do glorious
service. Leonard Bacon is 50, and
Theodore Dwight Woolsy SO. Mr..
Beecher is This father died at SO, and
bis sister Catherine at 70. Cardinal
McCloskey is "a, James Freeman Clarke
"a, and Dr.. McCosh. 70. Crossing the
ocean, We find the Pope actively per-
forming his duties 1t "a. His prede.
eessof died ut 88: Father Beckx adj
ininistered the affairs Of the great Jes-
nit Order at 81. Dollinger. the headof
the once formidable Old Catholic move
meht, is IS, and Father Curci, the lib
eral ex-Jesuit, theologian. "a. The Wig
orous Arch Denison "still lives, !" we be-
ieve, at79. Cardinal Manning is 76. and
Cardinal Newman SO. Very near to the
church are philanthropists and we find
that one of them, the venerable Sir
Moses Montefiore, attained his cent
ury of useful life on the oath of last
month. Lord Shaftesbury is 50. Gar.
rison died at Is; and Wendell Philips at
", while John B. Cough is living at 81.
Robert Dale Owen reached the age of
76, and George Peabody that Of "a.
At the bar We have David Dudley Field
q comparatively young man at SO, and
Judge Parker, Of this city, is on his way
to four score, having Just celebrated his
golden wedding. In fact, the list of
brain workers shows many instances Of
great longevity, especially among liter
ary men. George Bancroft Is 81. Bon
son ]. Losing II. James Russell Low
eli is 6, Whittier Is ~, Oliver Won
dell Holmes rs. Richard Henry Dana
died at 80, Bryant at "a, Motley at 62.
Geo. p. Marsh at 81, George Ticknor at
80, Longfellow at 76, Halleck at n.
In England, Tennyson is IS and Brown
ing ~; Lord Houghton, better known
Is Mr.. Monk in Mines, is 7E, Samuel
Smiles is GO, and Froude 60. In jour-
nalism, longevity is also remarkable.
Parke Goodwin, editor of the New York
Commercial, is on the threshold of 20.
Dana Yields the briskest pen in the
metropolis ct the good old age of &C.
Thurlow Weed lived to be nearly IS.
James Watson Webb to be 50, Bryant
to 81, Bonnet to be n. George Daw.
son was past 20, and wrote with the
vigor of youth when he died, in harness.
And what vast amount Of work these
men accomplished in their lives!