The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
A FAMOUS BIRTH YEAR.
Lincoln. Tcnnyson, Gladstone. Oar
win. MendclSSnhn. Chupin-iSG9.

1t has been remarked. writes Joseph y.
Gild.- III -. Nicholas. that Nit. Hobart Is
tho fourth Vic. president Of tH, tinted
states Who has died in IN" month Of so
VeTnh'" Ills !e.fr rc'sii'e! "a tl9. 2!~t
'ls,c''. Hem" Wilson Ci.d on ti. 81 tN..I.
ElhfIG." terry - h' gay" his utal'. e.. trN
sjlil popular tr.rk a. c"rryu:'"o'. 'a--'n
the I'D ,iNln, ami Thomas :. ii'0.ri,h4 On
III" 18th gN>.l. III" TACT l. III Ep Sl,Hl;l-
cane" whatever; yet, now that attention
has been called TO IT.. IuIUr" Vice Presidents
Viii perhaps 'ai tn,ir ThaH"SElvi:i@ Girr'i~
with : peculiar satisfaction when the huii-
DAY falls. a. In 1888. ou the last day of the
month.
still more striking coincidence has been
familiar for The past inT"'-iGartois Of a
century to r.irl.rS OF American history.
This was the death on the same day-aui
that day Was the fifticth anniversary of
st"0ut! ans! third Presidents % the AIncri-
IAN !,"pUbiic. both Of them SiSnerS Of the
declaration. and one OF them its author.
IN" passing away "i. John Adams aud
Thomas jefferson ttho former a. ~ and the
latter At So at an Interval Of a few hours.
M july :. 1876. was sufficiently r~.mtTkauir
mont. on the part ~ these old friends. u
IS "a coincidence" perhaps unmatched in his
tory.
Against November as. So to speak. "a a.
v"fi'c dcIth-rIourH ~ American Nic--!I'~-
lt'uiS. February may To-" st of rs q favor
II" h~irth-m"utH Ct Aurri'tn and other mon
Of CcniUS-mp~t notably 'i"ur-- NdSiiH--
ton an! Abraham Lincoln. viu~. hi TtriHFs
bring two national holidays almost as clos
together as thristmaS ami New Years Dan.
ON February g. l'TE'. Felix Jaui"lss"hu
would tee ~ years Of are. on IN" Sth John
E-Skiu celebrated IT." "iehty-Hfth aHuiv,r-
stry az his birth. aud j.'S Verne JH' S"V-
"ntS Second Lincoln. Charles Darwin amt
james Russell Lowell were. all ihr.". bora
on tho Eth G.gW'li would b" NJ had he
!iv-dl. on the next dag Lord Salisbury viii
enter upon his scye-r>-frSt year. on the
18Th Ernest Ls=rouVc rounds out his ninety
third. ai! Doctor N,ir Mitchell completes
his scvcuty-firsr. with mental force stilI
urabhtcd. Had February tn sam" rliuA-
au'e Of days " even me shorter 81 n"
other months. Frederic CHOPIN could To-
sid-,! to our list: as IL is. h. MISS II hv
~" uurrowoSt .gS~IhIr margin. his natal
t. was I'm m" sam" years. as VII a- in tho
same month. that three sc tn" names hire
mentioned w"r' bestowed upon those VIII"
mad" them f.m~rIS-Iia'piu. Darwin, Mon
dsiSSolu. In this and ~. >hsr months IF
l>"a occurred perhaps the greatest number
NJ iiuStriorS births that IAN he credited IN
ing to its close. In Americ: "" have Lin
coin. Edgar Allan PH". and Doctor oliver
Wendell HClmcS: in England. Lord Teuuy-
son. Mr.. Gladstone. Professor Darwin,
Rlackie. Edward Fitzgerald. and Mr..
Mary Covisu clarke. in Germany. Men
dclssohr. ami in Poland. Chopin.
y further coincidence IS - b. noted in the
life-;orm Of tvl 81 the most brilliaa; lights
In this meteor, shower. TT" American
poet ~ night finCi,S and day dreams. and
etudes were horn within ten days e each
other. and died but ten days aTart-!oe's
birth having occurred on January 70, l>"i.
and Chopiu'S death on rct"h"r T.. 1>i', just
nine DAYS after tho author Of The Raven"
was laid at rest in the Baltimore church
yard. where for halt a century bis grave
has been cared for by the MAI that dug
It. a suggestive comparison might be
two unhappy spirits OF the early half Of
the Nineteenth Century.