The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-01-11
FAMOUS BEFORE FORTY.
Celebrities Who Achieved Fame Ear
" in Life.

The story Of success is the story
Of young men.
1t 9 Paganini was composing SON
atas, while Balfe, the great l.. Il
composer, it is claimed, wrote "Lo7'
er's Mistake" song which was
sung by the prima donna, Nine. Yes
tris, in the drama Of FEPaul Pry.'
At 16 Bacon pointed out the er-
rors of Aristotle's philosophy; Ed
ward Landseer gained fame by his
pictures "Dogs Fighting'' and Did
bin, the writer Of sea songs, staged
his first comedy, "Fhe Shepherd 5
Artifce," at Covent Garden.
At II Washington irving was de-
lighting the readers Of the morning
Chronicle ;Halevy obtained the first
prize Of the Academy Of Paris for
his cantata Of ''Hermione," and
Chatterton, perhaps England's 5 great
est literary prodigy, died by his own
hand.
At l8 Mendelssohn produced
..Midsummer-night's Dream" Mey-
erbeer, "Jeptha's Daughter;;" Schu-
bert. "Erl King Bach was court
musician at Weimar; Michael Ange-
10 executed his basso-rilievo of the
ssBattle of the Centaurs;;' Da Vim
els work was acknowledged by his
master, verocbia, to far surpass his
evn: Lope de Vega, the Spanish dra-
natist. had composed "Arca ,'a;'
Savage produed his first comedy
ssWonan's a Riddle,'' and Shelley
wrote "Queen Mab.''
At 10 Charles XII, King OF SWe-
den. with 10000 troops routed oO,-
200 Russians under Peter the Great
at Narva; George Washington was a
major: s:Carro del Cieolo" came
from the Spanish pen of Calderon;
Wilkie, the English painter, painted
his 'iPitilessie Fair containing
140 figures, regarded as one OF the
most complete canvases OF the pc
Rod: Tennvson won the Chancellor's
raedal at Cambridge university Tor
his poem "Timbuctoo, and Klop-
stock conceived and composed a good
part Of his "Messiah,'' the great
work which gave such impulse and
impetus to German literature and
fred the genius of the Fatherland.
AT 20 Tintoretto was one OF the
most prolific and popular painters IN
italy; sehelling had grappled with
thu philosophy of Kant; Gilileo had
discovered the use Of the pendulum !;
LAFAYETTE was major general ana
Garrison voiced emancipation for
the slave.
At 21 Alexander stood at the head
ef his army on the plains OF ines
sa1v. WSlberforce entered parlla-
,..nt. and Tasso had begun his I'M
,.orta1 noem, ssJerusalem Deliver
as,' which took ten years to com
p1ete.
At q Paul Potter painted 1.-The
yonne Bull" now in the museum at
The Hague, said to. be one OF the
finest animal pictures on canvas; !;
Camnbell wrote his ''Pleasures OF
Hooe,'' on which his fame as poet
rests: Farquhar had made for NM
self a lasting name as drama'is'
and Conde was the most famous mli-
itarv general Of his time.
AT % Browning wrote ''Parace,,
sus.'' Bailey gave us "Festus'
Wagner had written "Lohensrln'
Hmmet> had thrilled ireland with MS
natbetic eloquence, Michael Anseio
had completed tPieta,'' his master
niece nj marble and Newton had DIS
covered the law Of gravitatlon.
A. a William Pitt was Chancel-
Ter Of the Exchequer; Rusk1n had
written his "Modern Painters" IN
sva volumes. which established his
,enntation as England's greatest art
critic: Sheridan had produced "Ihe
p;1a1s - Byron published the first
..nfo Of "Childe Harold" AID nos
aini produced his most \ popular .,
n,,.ra tsThe Barber Of Seville"