The morning news., 1888-06-15
STILL TALKING ABOUT THURMAN.
His Snuff and Smoking-His Bible and
the Red Bandana.
From the Ney York Herold


WASHINGTON, June 11.-A friend of
Judge Thurman, who knows him both in a
social and business way, gave some inter
esting facts to correspondent to-day about
the ex-senator.
| ''To judge from the newspaper stories, "
hesaid, lone would imagine that the senator
was most inveterate snuff taker. Now,
| that idea is all wrong. The senator uses
snuff very moderately-in fact, | have often
| known the snuff in his box to become dry
and caked up simply because he used it SO
sparingly. That shows you how moderate
| he is.
TEN CIGARS A DAY.
"By the way, did you ever hear anything
about the senator's smoking? No? Well, l
| thought not Everybody knows that he is
snuff taker, but few have ever thought
about his using tobacco in any other form
The truth is the judge smokes more than
be snuffs. He will average ten cigars a
day."
Are they good or bad"
Liam not much of a smoker myself, but
l should say they were of average quality
and medium strength"
"What kind of snuff does he useg
"It is the ordinary Scotch snuff, Maoca-
boy think it is called He carries it in a
plain box, and, unlike the snuff takers of a
century ago, has no weakness or vanity for
fancy or expensive boxes"
THE BANDANA.
"What is the regulation Thurman ban
dana-inen, cotton or silk"
silk, and although some of the papers
have said linen they do not know what they
are talking about. However, there is moth
ing peculiar about his bandana. 1t is the
ordinary kind, such as can be bought in any
store, and Mrs. Thurman has bought them
for the judge in this city and New York
and other places. And while talking about
that, let me tell you that when the judge
wears a dress suit he always has white
handkerchief in his pocket"
"What is the senator's home life hke9"
"He is devotedly attached to Mrs. Thur
man and his children, son and two daugh-
ters, both of whom are married. He is
simple in his habits. There is good deal
of the old school courtliness of manner
about him, but he is never austere and
| frigid, and have known him to be inter
rupted in the midst of matters of impor-
tance by some pronounced bore and yet he
never displayed the slightest signs Of i'm
patience.
BIBLE READING.
''The Judge makes a practice Of reading
the Bible through in three languages every
year. Every day he reads a chapter or 50
III Ldblll, pI6UCn anu LLklLSu, dLQ buc0 uo
compares the three versions to see how they
correspond"
II suppose you are familiar with the
newspaper story of Judge Thurman having
kept private bottle in his committee room
when he was in the senateW
81 don't know about that, but do know
that there isn't drop of liquor kept in the
Judges house. Mrs. Thurman is a strict
believer in temperance, and for that reason
the Judge defers to her wishes and keeps no
liquor on hand.
''The judge reads good deal. He sits up
nearly every night until and o'clock in the
morning, studying historical, scientific and
philosophical works. He is very kind to
young men and has a special affection for
them"
A southern member of congress says that
the red bandana is going to make large
numbers Of negroes vote the democratic
ticket this fall, as they all use the red ban
dana, and the fact that it is the emblem of
the democratic party will inspire them with
confidence.
A Boston man in the trade, who was here
to-day, said that all the New York whole
sale houses have sold out their stocks of
bandanas and that the New England mills
are now running night and day to fill
orders.