The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-07-24
No Cbl0rOfOPR For Doctor OSIGP. Age 50.
Scholar Begins His 10th Decade With
aContest Before Him.
Deeds Of Men Past Sixty.
Faats Of Rockefeller Morgan and Others Dis
prove the OsIer Ileoly

teatS OF hOcKelellel morgan ana OJnCfS us
prove the Osler Theory
NEW YORK, July Ia DR. William Osler the oxinian,
0ho in address at Johns Hopkins university in 1905
Has widely quoted saying that mans best usefulness
was past at forty and that most men ought TO be chorO
med at sixty, entered upon his sXcth year yesterday
Did he call Tor the chloroform bottle ard give his IL
-tructons as to kind OF epitaph he wanted.
No. not he. Tie called for coffee and rolls, remarked
HAT it fine day and read all the politics in the morn
ing papers Then he dressed himself for church and
walked to the house Of worship on foot
Now, it appears that Dir. Oser IS about to enter con-
Test with Winston Churchill and George Wyndham, for
chief secretary Tor Ireland for the lord rectorshp of
The University OF Ednburg The race IS scheduled tor
next November and 1t IS understood Dr. Oser is to begin
Since the contestants are not to carry weight for age
DR. Oser is believed to have fine chance to defeat the
others In any event he said to have announced that
he loser he will not permit his defeat to dampen his
aldOr for other work
English sporting blood has now cooled as result of Dr.
Dser announcement of his candidacy for the headshp of
dnburg university. AS Dr. Oslers birthday approached
was recognized that he must either drink chiOrOtOm
lat his words and many pounds stering Wagered
LIE turn Dr. Oser, having dined comfortably his
words, will now, his friends hope dine comfortably on
Nyndham and Churchill
However it is realized that if he wants to beat them to
Elnburg he will have to leg it, And it is also realized
that he gets on the raised das at the university he
VIII have to SIT tight to stay on IT,
But since he thinks it worth while to try it seems quite
reasonable to suppose that nothing is further from his
thoughts han the fhlorotCTm pnlal.
DEEDS OF MEN PAST SIXTY.
The entrance of Dr. William Osler upon his sXteth year
life calls attention to the fact that there many men
Who since 1905 when his choroform theory promul-
Gated have distinguished Themselves beyond the age OF
three score. Among them
Rear Admiral Roblay ID. Evans who at the age OF sixty
in the fall of 1901 took the American batteship fleet
,m the Atlantic to the Pacific, on schedule time, without
injury to 4 single vessel.
] Morgan who when over seventy by sitting up
6as and nights stayed the financial panic in the fall OF
1907 To do this, Mr. Morgan held sometimes three OF
i0r conferences many different places ia this city
a single night
Justice David J. j. Brewer of the United state, supreme
court who by his speeches throughout the country when
seventy years of age did much thwart the third term
movement for Roosevelt
John d. Rockefeller, who when siXtyseven laid out his
900 General Education board scheme OF college
Henry NJ Flager, vice president of the Standard Oil
company, who at the age OF seyenty-eght carried to
completion his marvellous engineering scheme OF uniting
the myriads Of islands the Florida Keys with rail-
road an extension Of his East Coast SYSTEM and conn
ued unnterrupedy until last month his active control OF
Oh Standard OIL company, the biggest and most compli-
cated private business enterprise IN the world
Mrs Russell Sage, who when well past sixty fell herr
the vast fortune accumulated by her husband has es
tabished the Sage Foundation, with endowment of
10000 600 for sociological research, and ves with Mrs
Helen Gould in the variety OF her benetaconS and the IN
cuStry with which they are promoted.
Mark Twain who though over seventytWo IS as lndefa-
table and successful III his chosen held OF literary
ACTIVITY as most authors OF hall his years Mr. Clemens
travels great deal here and abroad, keeps secretary
and an amanuesis constantly busy
Andrew Carnegie now, when past seventy-tWo years OF
age is still exceedingly active in the promotion and sys-
tematization of big charitable and educational projects
The great steel MASTER after the Oser theory promul
gated in 1905 and when past seventy planned his $40
10000 teachers foundation, and added materially to the
effectiveness of the CARNEGIE institute at Washington.
Joseph g. Cannon speaker of the house OF representa-
uNes at Washington who at SeventytWo went through
Of the most strenuous legislative sessions without fall
iig sick day. or even tagging IN his manifold political
activities He was seriously spoken of presidential