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Show THE RIPENED WISDOM OF THE MELLOW YEAR. lit tho matter of the appointment of a member of the Supremo Court of tho United States, tho 1'resldent has been considering two gentlemen vory seriously ono a learned Jurist from Kansas, th other a membor of tho President's present official family. Or tho latter tho question of ago has arisen, ho being In his sixty-third your, while except In ono case, It has been tho rulo of tho President not to appoint a man to this offlco over sixty six-ty years of age. In this caso tho President no doubt feels that "the repened wisdom of tho mellow year" counts for something. On this ago question Representative Representa-tive Shepard of Toxas delivered n telling nddross at tho last session of Congresss. It Is lengthy but contains much Information that all should be aqualnted with On ncount of Us vnluo to all wo havo pleasure in printing It, Mr. Shepard said: Tho clamor against old ago, not only in tho departments of tho government, gov-ernment, but In nearly yall tho other nctlvltlos of tho world, Is absolutely senseless nnd unjust. This fact I hepo to demonstrate In tho short tlmo now allotted to mo. Tho Idea has becomo too prevalent that aftor a certain ago, by no moans advanced, a man's usefulness diminishes as his years Increase. A celebrated physl- |