The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-22
washington Post.)

r#EEBll ltlSI three y Years. ne VIII De SlAlN-
xix years old the 18th of next January,
and he is to-day more vigorous mentally
md is doing more work than he ever did
Ueferc in his life. He is also in very
sine physical condition and enjoying eX-
client health.
He reads half Il hundred different pa
orS every week; writes all the editorials
t.r his religious weekly. wears out some
mes two male stenographers Il day die
..tiug correspondence. sermons and lee
rureS: does a great deal of work on Il
-.ries Of new books he will publish soon;
-raS scores of callers every week. friends
and admirers and cranks and impoStOrS,
HuI lectures at least once a year in most
IF the large cities of the country.
For a man of his age his natural merry
GUS energy is something remarkable. He
taikcd for two hours the other day. III
Ills home on Massachusetts avenue. and
was 50 impossible for him to sit still
Ike most public men of his age. during
the entire interview he rolled and twisted
into ropes, uurolled and tied into knots.
and pulled and hauled an unfortunate
white linen handkerchief about until the
poor things was almost Worn out. 1t is
better to interview him than to see our
hest actor in Il good play: for the inter
viewer is working. being entertained and
eJucated at the same time.
He says that in all his life he has
never written 4 line nor spoken a word
under any kind of stimulant. At ban
aucts he drinks tea if he can get it. and
If not. then he drinks water. His add
vice to all mental workers is never to
touch even so light 4 stimulant as tea
ar coffee until they are forty-five wears
If AGE. He stimulates himself by physi-
rll exercise. He has run Il little each i,
..T- 1iraA no u-aS II, tJ,n .rrn =, ~ - c1l,n1
In the top Of his house he has Il private
gymnasium. where he spends from one
tt TWO hours every day. He believes that
rruuing IS far better exercise than walk
ing. and he runS in his gymnasium from
five 10 eight miles Il day.
RECORD OF \ BUSY LIFE.
He has not missed having a sermon
printed on Sunday in twenty-seven
wears. Estimating upon the combined
circulation of all the papers now sub
~.rihing to his sermon through Il syn
dic1te which is operated from New York
fir him, about 10000. 900 copies of each
sermon are distributed over the world
every Sunday and appear simultaneously
In six different languages. He never
thought Of printing his crmonS unit a
poor young man came to him one day
~tWenty-seyen years ago in Brooklyn and
asked for Il copy of his sermons weekly
TO sell to Il ~ewspapcr At first DR..
TaImage thought he could not write Il
sermon. as he then always spoke eN-
tcmroraneously. but he made the effort
I'm help the young man out. Within
four weeks after the first one appeared
nearly every large daily paper in the
country applied for Il copy of his ser
mon every week. The poor young man
secured an education and became Il
furnishing lawyer. and within no time
mt I'll the syndicating of his sermons
grew entirely out of DR.. Talmage's
hands. He says now that he can hardly
understand the miraculous growth Of
this work.
He has never preached Il sermon here
when the seating capacity of his church.
the First Presbyterian, was not taxed to
lis utmost and generally hundreds of
strangers are turned away disappointed.
He usually talks for three-quarters of an
hour. His friends have often urged him
rt lujId a church in the Nations Capital.
tnr he says it is very doubtful if he ever
undertakes the task. Hundreds of
public men in Washington, who are too
busy - 90 to church. generally read his
sermons.
He has the pleasure now in presiding
over q most happily united family COM
posed Of his second wife, to whom he
his been married Il little over Il year.
and two grown daughters by his first
wife. After church Sunday night. fire.
"H1utIy he and Mrs. Talmage can be
seen walking along PENNSYLVANIA avenue
toward their home. the Doctor moving
with that briSkHeSS which WAS chlrac-
f~"r->tic Of him twenty years ago. He
'"'s not keep a team of his own, but has
'.e nsc of horses when hc wants them,
s-. #e aud Mrs T'llnlu1a 1npnrally ,iIa
.t church,. because. he says. he clnmOt
~.n3E 50 we'll after walking. He never
walks out. day or night. but hundreds of
"~lorS to tine Capital. who have never
u him, but recognize him from his
.|"i1reS, turn round and look at him.
~ 1c goes about, generally walking
|"rE fast. especially if alone. he does not
~''" 10 be Il close observer of the pass
"- show. but pushes on through the
'#""dS at his usual fast pace. with his
. up high. form very erect. and APP
"+atiE thinking deeply and at the same
Getting some good out of and ell
#H- his walk. He says he loves
" -aln@ton because he can learn some
s new every day, live like a whirl-
If excitement or be perfectly quiet,
as he likes. Every day he gets
reds of letters calling for all man
If answers. ridiculous and serious,
'roHS and pathetic, and if he an
l thcm all he says it would take
.trr~ of his life.
t"- LIAR METHODS OF WORK.
81 -. a#l Of his work is done in the fore
He studies Il subject and then
+~ Jo his stcnographcr perhaps
'ar"o. or four sermons upon that
which he calls for convenience
"f course. He dictates all ms
F." a man stcnographcr and has
".3" TO find but few men who can
' with him. He rises promptly ut
ln the morning, and after a
I breakfast reads several morn
|"|"f~. Sometimes he dictates as
10000 words in & day, after
our two stcnographcrS. When
-t-"d in mental labor he keeps
active by physical cXertion. If
~I down quietly, he says, and
|.rsf what hA U"pE rnJnp 10 "A