The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-25

ample of walking from the Grand Cen
trail Depot TO the Broo6Iyu Bridge,
across the bridge. anu " MS house-a
distance of Some elgnt or nine miles.
Let US go for a short walk" was his
proposition TO me on suitry summer
| evening, ahen ne was aging over day
in town. 1 agreed, and we started.
| Feeling Interested IN special CONVEX
sation we were having, l did not notice
the distance we had gone cut mo the
suburbs, until my limbs told me We
must De on the outskirts oil Flatbush,
and had walked some seven miles. But
the doctor evidently never felt it, aud
of cours =, said nothing. Alter VS.
! had walked another mile, l began to
speculate whether he intended We
| should walk home. Another half mile
and we came to fence in the middle of
the road int which we mad wandered.
"Guess We can't go mucn farther
circulated Talmage. We'll, perhap5
| we'd better walk home slowly. >
"Sorry," he added, because l have
thoroughly enjYyed this little walk, p"
Little walk! l wondered what his
idea was OF a really extended pedes-
TRAN trip. On the Deacn-sand, he has
started on an easy run until l was com
pelled not only to stop, but to sink ON
the sand from exhaustion, while he
mere spe K in the distance, was runplng
yet. And he man OF tifty-five, while
[ AN thirty years his junior. and gem
orally considered tolerably good
walker aud runner. DR.. Talmage often
walks out into the suburbs, and when
he reaches an unfrequeDGed spot will
break into a half-mile run, per ectiy
refreshed at the finish. 1t is this love
for exercise that is the secret ct this
wonderful mans robust health, and his
capacity for work.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS.
No man enjoys sleeping more than
does Talmage. l have known him to
refuse a most lucrative piece of work.
for the simple reason, as ne explained,
because it woHld deprive me of my
mapping time" He will snatch the
brietest space of time between his en-
gagemenls for nap, although it may
be only of len or fifteen minutes dura-
ton. On the cars, he sleeps nearly ali
the time. wrapped up in huge BLANKET.
There is nothing tina refreshes me SO
much as d short Sleep he says, npol-
oge tlcally, and off he is with his head
Gu his breast. He sleeps soundly, and
wakes easily. Talmago is exceedingly
careless in his dress, and IL requires the
constant eye OF a CAREFUL wife 10 See
that his exterior appearance is at ali
prt sentable. He cares absolutely moth
ing for his outward looks, and would
wear the same collar tor two weeks if
he could not find q clean one alter
moments search. His craYats are
models of &C. nomy, and only a short
time ago [ encountered him on New
York thoroughfare purchasing two
black bows from sure ct vender
That hat has seen wear" said a friend
to him one day while out walking. DO
you think l need new one?" he asked,
taking it of and examining it. We'll,
let Us step in this store" as he spied
hatter's. In moment he had tried one
on, paid for it, and was out OF the store
leaving his old one in The hands OF the
dealer, who evidently thought him the
easiest customer he ever had. A. a
tonsorlel artist, Talmaga is ludicrous.
[ watched him in his room one day
with a razor. He had allowed himself
but five minutes for shaving. In
twinkllng he had his coat of, and
towel stuck between his collar and
throat. l afterwards examined his
razor, and did not wonder he succeeded
only IN removing quarter of the
growth of hair on his face. 1t was so
dull that l could scarcely determine
which edge was tended for use. After
searching for a moment for his strop,
and not finding it, he reached for a
book in his library, bound in sheep, and
to my asionishment, sharpened his
razor on the cover of the volume. My
laughter surprised him, and as | passed
1t over, presume to this day he cannot
imagine what provoked my merriment.
Nothing was done more naturally or in
a more utterly matter-of fact way.
RESTLESS AS A CHILD.
It would be difficult to find man
more restless in nature than the famous
Brooklyn preacher. He can scarcely
remain quiet or in one position for a
moment. OF thoroughly active mind
that knows no rest, the man must be
kept busy or he is unhappy. Heis
happiest when ION the 60" with his
hands full of WORK, and his brain full of
ideas. In this respect, he is not very
companionab!e. Finding ourselves at
Manhattan Beach one evening two
summers ago, l suggested going in the
music amphitheatre where Gilmore was
playing. He acquiesced, but only one
piece had been finished when he rose
and proposed going out. Upon rsach-
ing the hotel piazza, and being some
what early for the next train, he seated
himself at the first convenient table.
AID began ordering a complete repast.
We had barely begun, when an unfor-
tunate railroad official cried out, Train
for Brooklyn" Talmage acted as if he
were shot, seized his light overooat and
walking stick with one hand, and throw
ing bill of large denomination on the
ia BILE, rushed for the gates. l hastily
followed, nearly choking with my
mouth full OF food. Reaching the
train, be threw himself in a parlor
chair, and breathlessly exclaimed some
thing about nearly missing the last
train - I discovered 6ftaruar6 ba ha6