The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20
. Hard work and Longevity.

A Hard Work and Longevity.
From the Albany on " Express
The news comes over the sea that
one day last week Mr.. Gladstone,
Premier of England, in addition to his
recreation Of falling a tree and trans
lating several pages from the Greek,
walked a few miles, made a speech,
and then attended to those diplomtic
duties which must, in the nature Of
things, be enormous. As the Liberal
party in England is, at the present
time, going through one Of its most criti-
cal campaigns, it is plain to be seen that
the responsibility and work put upon
the shoulders of the Premier
is enough for the strongest and
most active of men. Mr.. Glad
stone is nearly rs, and apparently good
for many long years of service yet. His
predecessors have, as a rule, been long
lived. B~eaconsfield was 76 when death
removed him frena the sphere of poll
tics, Lord Palmerston was 81, Earl Rus
sell 81. In continental Europe oldmen
guide the current of political affairs.
Bismarck is 10; Theirs was so when he
guided France. Grevy, who is presi-
dent to-day, is II. Gortschakof was
in command of Russia's affairs at 81. 1t
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 a man is sup
posed to lag sup~erfluous. Why is IL?
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 tray. ST.
mon Cameron is So, Hamilton Fish 76,
Horatio Seymour "a, Samuel J. Tilden
20, They are all considered too old for
our American rush and 60.
T. is only in politics that the Ameri-
can is considered useless after arriving
at the age Of 20 years. In the church,
at the bar, in business, and even on the
stage, cid men and wonen do glorious
service. Leonard Bacon is 50, and
Theodore Dwight Wooley SO. Mr..
Beecher is T4-his father died at SO, and
his sister Catherine at rs. Cardinal
McCloskey is "a, james Freeman Clarke
IA, and DIR: MeCosh, 10. Crossing the
ocean. we find the Pope actively per-
forming his duties at IA. His prede-
cessor died at SO. Father Beckx adj
ministered the affairs OF the great jess
nit Order at 81. Dollinger, the head Of
the once formidable Old Catholic move
ment, is IS, and Father Curci, the lib
eral ex-Jesuit, theologian. 81. The Wig
orous Arch Denison still lives" we be-
lieye. atT9. Cardinal Manning is rs, and
Cardinal Newman So. Very near to the
church are philanthropists and we find
that Sae of them, the venerable Sir
Moses Monte1ore, attained his cent
ury Of useful life on the oath Of last
month. Lord Shaftesbury 1888. Gar
rison died at rs, and Wendell Philips at
70, while John B. Cough is living at 81.
Robert Dale Owen reached the age Of
rs. and George Peabody That of IA.
AT the bar we have David Dudley Field
a comparatively young man at Sc, and
Judge Parkef, 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, eepeCl1llJ AnuOhg ubeT-
airy men. George Bancroft is 81, BEN
| son J. Losing II, James Russell Low
eli is ss Whittier Is ~, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes rs. Richard Henry Dana
died at 90, Bryant at 81, Motley at 81,
Geo. p. Marsh at SO, George Tickror at
so, LongfelIow at 76, Halleck at M.
In England, Tennyson is 65 and Brown.
ing ~; Lord Houghtoa, batter known
as Mr.. Monk N MihltS, is rs, SEmuel
Smiles is S., and Frohde so. In jour-
nalism, longevity is also remarkable.
Parke Goodwin, editor Of the New York
Commercial. Is on the threshold ofs re.
Dana Yields che briskest pen iii The
metropolis at the good old age Of 69,
Thurlow Weed lived to be nearly IS.
James Watson Webb to be 81, Bryant
to 81, Bennett to be ~. George Daw.
son was past 70, and wrote Nith the
vigor Of youth when he died, in harness
And what a vast amount Of work these
men accomplished in their iivesi