St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
ABOUT THURMAN.
His Snuff and Smoking---HisB Bible
and the Red Bandana.

A friend of Judge. Thurman, who
knows him both in a social and business
way, gave some interesting facts to the
New York Herald's Washington CORE
spondent about the ex-senator.
ITO judge from the newspaper stO-
rieS," he said, lone would imagine that
the senator was most inveterate snuff
taker. Now, the 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.
by the way, did you ever hear any
thing about the senator's smoking?
No? Well, [ thought not. Everybody
knows that he is snuff-taker, but few
have ever thought about his using to-
babco in any other form. The truth is,
the Judge smokes more than he snuffS;
he will average ten cigars day."
"Are they good or bad?"
81 am not much of smoker myself.
but should say they were of average
quality and medium strength
"What kind of snuff does he use?"
'It is the ordinary Scotch snuff, mac
caboy, think it is called. He carries
it in plain box, and, unlike the snuff
ness or vanity for fancy or expensive
boxes"
"What is the regulation Thurman
bandana-linen, cotton or Silk?'
''Silk, and although some of the pa
pars have said linen, they do not know
what they are talking about. However,
there is nothing peculiar about his ban
dana. 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 a
white handkerchief in his pocket"
"What is the senator's home life
like?'
HE is devotedly attached to Mrs.
Thurman and his children, son and
two daughters, both of whom are mar
ried. He is simple in his habits. There
is a good deal of the old-schoOl cOurtli-
ness Of manner about him, but he is
never austere and frigid, and / have
known him to be interrupted in the
midst of matters of Importance by some
pronounced bore, and yet he never
displayed the slightest signs of i'm
patience.
1.-THE judge makes practice of read
Ing tuG DlDl6 through III, CIlfe6 IAN
guages every. year. Every day he reads
chapter or so in Latin, French and
English, and then he campares the
three versions to see how they CORE
spond."
81 suppose you are very familiar with
| the newspaper story of Judge Thurman
having kept private bottle in his CON-
mittee-room when he was in the SEN
| ate"
Il don't know about that, bNt do
know that there isn't drop of liquor 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.
"Fhe judge reads good deal. He
sits up nearly every night until and 3
o'clock in the morning studying histori-
cal, scientific, and philosophical works.
He is very kind to young men and has a
! special affection for them.''
A southern member of congress saws
that the red bandana is. going to make
| large numbers of negroes vote the DEM
ocratic ticket this fall, as they all use
| the red bandana, 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 today. said that all the New York
wholesale houses have sold out their
stocks of bandanas, and that the New
| England mills are now running night
| and day to fill orders.