St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-07

stroke OF paralysis ana SnOuld scarce
ly be living at present, but having
sound constitution and giving up all
work. for about five years, 1 happily
recovered, and only the other day L
sent the MS. of new book to the
printers.
The reason had my stroke of paraly-
sis is as follows: After doing my
secretarial work during the day went
home, at night and wrote the Lives
Of the Engineers" After that came
Self Help and Character" The first
successful book wrote was on the
life of George Stephenson. had at
tanned the age of forty-five years when
I wrote that book. The others followed.
While 1 was writing Character I was
also editing the work of my son, "a
Boys Voyage Round the World" This
was more than any human brain could
undergo. Then was stricken down
lost the use of my right side, lost aaS
speech-had what is called aphasia; and
then took my long rest. When 1 re-
covered 1 proceeded to write other
books, most of which are known in
America Many of my books have been
translated into European languages
and also into Asiatic, as far as Japan.
never idle. Work Is the salvation of
every human being. My wife is alive
and as happy as I am. I should not
have been as / am without her. We
had two sons and three daughters-one
of the sweetest of the latter died. But
we have, nevertheless, twenty grand
children, and one of them is happily
married. We had our golden wedding
in December last.
I smoke moderately and take three
quarters of a. glass of whisky at night,
by the advice of my doctor, to induce
sleep. Everything in moderation.
take two walks a day, one in the fore
noon, another in the afternoon. On the
whole, 1 am very well. Ever yours,
faithfully, S. SMILES.
HOW M'CULLOCH KEPT YOUNG.
One of the most interesting of these
unpublished letters was from Hon.
Hugh McCulloch. He was seventy
six years old when secretary of the
treasury, and he preserved his intel
lectual vigor to the last. About year
ago he dictated letter for me on
youth and how to keep 1t. He was
not we'll at the time, and Mrs. Nc
Culloch wrote the letter and signed it.
In it she said: "Mr. McCulloch be-
lieves in the golden rule. The young
man who would grow old and still
keep young should do to others as he
would be done by. He should be pure
in soul and body, and be temperate
in eating and drinking. He believes
that tobacco and ardent spirits are in
furious, and he would advise the
10 lot oil a
devote himself to business, but he
should not neglect his family. He
should marry as soon as he is able
to keep house, and when he finds the
woman he can sincerely love.
You ask as to insomnia. Mr.. Nc
Culloch has found that horseback
riding has done great deal for him.
He has always been a light sleeper,
and he could not sleep we'll when BUSH
ness cares annoyed him. He was del
icate when he went to Indiana at the
age Of twenty-five, but he had to
take four trips a year from Fort
Wayne to Indianapolis on horseback.
This exercise made him strong and
vigorous, and he kept it up in after
| life. 1t was his chief exercise when
in the treasury department. Secretary
| McCulloch has always been domestic
| in his tastes. His pleasures have been
| in his family, and it is there that he
| has gotten his rest and enjoyment.
| His boys have always been fonder of
| home than of any other place, and
| their father was their favorite COM
panion. He therefore had no black
sheep in his family. Sons and grand
sons are respectable men, so far. God
bless them!
MRS. MCULLoCH."