The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
GREAT DEEDS OF MEN PAST
SIXTY
j J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and
RobIey D. Evans Disprove
OsIer Theory


upon the sixtieth year of his life calls
attention to the fact that there are
many men who, since 1905. when his
ichloroform theory was promulgated,
have distinguished themselves, be-
Iy0nd the age of three score. Among
them are:
Rear Admiral RObley D. Evans, who
at the age of siXty-one in the fall Of
-907, took the American battleship
3eeJ from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
on schedule time. without injury to a
single vessel.
J. P. Morgan, who. when over sew
Ienty, by sitting up days and nights,
istayed the financial panic in the fall
Of 1907. To do this Mr. Morgan held
sometimes three or four conferences.
in as many different places in this
city in a single night
Justice David J. :. Brewer Of the
United States supreme court. who by
his speeches throughout the country
when seventy years Of age. did much
to thwart the third term movement
for Roosevelt.
John L. Rockefeller. who. when six
ty-seven. laid out MS $33. 100000 gen
eraI educational board scheme OF col
lege endowments.
Henry NJ. Flagler, vice president Of
the Standard Oil Company, who. at
the age of seyenty-eight, carried to
completion his marvellous engineering
scheme of uniting the myriads Of is
lands on the Florida KEYS with a
railroad, an extension Of his East
Coast system, and continued uninter-
Iruptedly until last month his active
control Of the Standard Oil Company.
the biggest and most complicated pri-
vare business enterprise in the
world.
Mrs. Russell Sage. who. when we'll
past sixty, fell heir to the vast for
tune accumulated by her husband.
has established the Sage Foundation.
with an endowment o. $4,000 900 for
sociological research, and vies with
Miss Helen Goull in the variety OF
her benefactious, and the Industry
with which they are promoted.
Mark Twain, who. though over sew
Ienry-two, is as indefatigable and as
successful in his chosen field Of lit
erary activity as most authors Of half
his years. Mr. Clemens travels &
great deal here and abroad. keeps a
secretary and an amanueDsis con
srantly busy.
Andrew Carnegie. now. when past
seventy-two years of age. is still ex-
ceedingly active in the promotion and
! systematiza-ion of big charitable and
educational projects. The great steel
master. after the Osler theory was
promulgated in 1905. and when past
seventy planned his S1o.0o0O00 teach
ers' foundation, and added materially
10 the effectiveness of the Carnegie
Institute at Washington.
Joseph G. Cannon. speaker Of the
house of representatives at Washing
ton, who at seyenty-two went through
/ one of the most strenuous legislative
sessions without falling sick a day, or
Ieven tagging in his manifold political
activities. He was seriously spoken
| of as a presidential candidate
A. J. Cassatt, dead now but a few
months, who, when over sixty, laid
out that tremendous system of tun-
nels and terminals which mark the
Pennsylvania Terminal system in
New York as the Costliest and most
novel in the world.
Gen. Booth, head Of the Salvation
Army, who, when seventy-eight. made
a tour of the world revisiting Ameri-
ca, making many speeches and I'M
dergoing weeks of fatiguing religious
campaigning.
James Bryce, who. at seventy-nine,
| is the British ambassador to America.
a man of great activity. He has de-
livered many public addresses since
he came here, and talks and moves
about with the zeal eloquence and &C
tivity of a man of fifty.
4 William A. Clark, who, at sixty
eight years of age, was still so eager
in the extension of his vast mining
interests, that he nearly lost his life
while driving through a flooded creek
in the Rockies in search of a new
mining claim he was negotiating for.
New York World.
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