The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-09-12
There Are Many In All Fields Of
Endeavor Who Have Passed
the Biblical Age Of Threescore
and Ten - Journalists, Finan-
ciers, Churchmen, Lawyers
and Statesmen Are Represent
ed In the Group.
By JAMES scARElBER.

b Father Time Slowly Wleius HIS
scythe over the vast domain
~ over which he reigns he cuts
o6. one by one, lives which
fan in the way Of his swinging blade.
sparing for q time 4 chosen few.
These few continue their existence In
q new life which In the natural course
q events grows about them. A young
q and frssher generation l. taking hold
Of the worlds affairs.
ToW men or women today attain
very great age. The Bible tells US
that Nethuselah lived nearly thou
sand years, but the person who pass
- the hundred mark now Il rare
person indeed. The nineties, eighties
and especially the seventies are the
ages at which the switch Is turned of
and the current Of life ceases in the
played out bodies Of those who are
called ''old" in present day life.
The steady stroke Of Father Time
rc,ches the high and the lowly alike
- surely a. 1t sometimes indiscrimi-
nately passes BY individuals Of all
classes. Men eminent In finance, lit
erature, government, science. who have
become famous through their respec-
i've callinGs in the nineteenth century
have besn spared for the hfe of the
twentieth century. Some have settled
down to enjoy the results of their early
endeavors, while many still have their
fingers on the pulse of the world.
There are hundreds of famous men
who havc reached their seventies and
are still active in the worlds affairs.
4 shining exaLple is J. Pierpsnt Nor
gan, Americas greatest fnancier. In
his seventy-hfth year he is at the
height Of his fame. His control of
billions has. given him the title Of the
"hng Of nnancers," and 1t was mainly
through his influence that the serious
panic Of 1907 was Strengthened out.
Gazing down the row of financiers
who have passed into old age the name
se Andrew Carnegie looms up large.
Although his business activities have
been greatly reduced in recent years.
h II by no means idle. He is now
seventy-six years old. He entered a
philanthropic career shortly after his
retirement from the active control of
the Carnegie Steel company, now part
of the United States Steel corporation.
Up to date he has succeeded in con-
tdbut1ng to the welfare Of mankind
over $175,O0O, 600. This is more money
than any other man has ever given
from his personal purse for the pub
Lie good. Even after spending all this
Carnegie II by no means destitute. He
u still the possessor Of fortune of
over $500, 100000 He was once report
cd a. saying that he wanted to die
poor!
Old Standard oil Men.
Standard Oil millionaires have be.
come old in harness. Henry NJ. Flag.
Ter was the first business partner of
John D. Rockefeller. Florida owes a
great deal to Flagler, who is eighty.
three years old. With his great wealth
he was responsible for the building uI
Of big section of the Peninsular State
Two Rockefellers. John D. and vii,
liam, are in the seventies. John u. is
seventy-three and is reported to be in
tie best of health. 1t will be remem
bered he gave up the active handling
Of the Standard Oil company several
years ago and took up golf.
Unless he is on his golf links on his
vast estate at Tarrytown-on- the Hud
son you will usually find him ut hi.
Euclid avenue home in Cleveland.
His philanthropies have amounted tc
over So. 100000.
William Rockefeller. who is seventy
one, has been closely connected witt
his brother in business. He was pres
ident Of the Standard Oil company al
the time the supreme court of til.
United States ordered the dissolution
Of that corporation.
Wealth Is we'll represented In tht