Show AGED WORKERS iho tho leaders lenders bethe of alio world living a greater age ake now ever before there certainly certa ihly never was any period of the tile worlds history at tit which ao so important A a part of its burdens rebated upon the shoulders of fold old men as at the present time the tile records that the average ge length ii of human life ia is indrea increasing s ing the average career of active ex e atik a iu in the tile individual has lengthened much more notably at 65 or 70 nowadays row vow a man does not regard himself and is not regarded as old ho he ia is rather in the maturity and full enjoyment of his powers any number of curious sometimes instructive historical myths have been perpetuated with regard r to the ages of famous individuals shakespeare tells teus ua us ot of old john ot of gaunt ainie honored Lau lancaster coster john of gaunt munt was 69 59 when aig died while Ald admiral Coli gnys hoary hair was all dabbled oan with blood at a the age of 54 remarks that our ancestors anc estora seeni vw V to w have considered men as li old whom we should now est esteem aein as middle aged and liis his statement e lugii ii excessively moderate as any ono one cannot fail to admit who casts a glance over any tiny department of the ii worlds work and sees in how ho ai many cases its burden is borne borno by shoulders long since bow bowed edby by years especially is this true in the departments part ments of govern government merit and diplomacy plo macy gladstone at 75 a and ud briglia rig at 73 arc conducts conducting inythe the libe liberal r i party in england through gli one of its most brilliant campaigns earl granville Granvil lc is 69 field was 76 when death removed him from the of politics tho S arduous duties were laid down by mr brand tit at GO lord caldwell 13 is 71 earl cairns 1 l 65 lord sherbrooke mr lowe 74 sir stafford northcote ga tile queen 65 palmerston the perennial per en died in harness at 81 and earl russell at ag across the channel the tile government of prance is directed by grevy who is 71 a according C to the books of reference but really 75 his predecessor marshal A macmahon res resigned d at 71 and now is 76 amers thiera avas was uial camp campaign aien aign when ho died at lit 8 80 0 hij his literary twin lias IRS just passed away at 88 isaac died at 86 0 and dufoure only retired from active political life at 81 jules favro Favre died at 73 and emilo emile do girardin had nearly attained the ago age of fourscore gambetta Gani betta was like napoleon a conspicuous exception to the fian eti crid rule we are illustrating being cut down at 44 of other modern french state statesmen emen guizot died at 77 and und lamartine at 79 in ili germany ani ay iy there arc are few mora more assiduous and competent workers than the emperor william at 87 gort Lc linkoff koff had not laid down the bur burden denof of dussias Rus sias affairs when hu lie died at 84 cavour died lied a young man at 51 francis deak lived to be 73 garibaldi 75 mazzini to be 64 kossuth ia is surviving at tit 82 espartero one of the most eminent of modern spanish statesmen was wim 87 at the time of his death serrano died at 74 though on this side of the al at lantic alantic the work of diplomacy or statecraft does lots not enlist a it professional profesa class thero there ia is still a long li list at of professional men living or r recently e dead to challenge attention simon cat cameron eron nt at 85 ia is one of the oldest of the number the republicans calison of tho the house of represents lives are led by ft a septuagenarian judge win D A kelley mr tiam ilton fish is 76 horatio seymour 74 71 and samuel J tilden 70 jefferson davis has sur survived vivid most of the chief actors of 0 and i is 76 caleb cush at 79 and ad john A dix at 8 81 i having been elected governor at 74 the tile elder francis preston blair died at 85 buchanan at 77 chase at 65 everett at 71 Reverdy Re vertly Job johnson tison at 70 seward at 71 thad stevens at 75 sumner at 63 while Q stanlon station wao was removed at fit tho the parly early age of ot 55 |