The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09

Coeynfhtsd. lsse. sY Frank q. Cas,aEtsr
TERRE HAuTE, Ind. Jan. 81 came
IN Tsrre Haute 20 have chat WITH a
man who saw Thomas jefferson wh0 was
taudi@d on the knees OF James Madison
and whose boyIsn head was paiied ny
Mouroe. w.sc saw Sonn quincy ADAMS
when he was In the White House. ana
was serving with him ia congress when
re dropr,cd dead IN the hall Of rspresen-
fsffyea THIS man was given poilflcai
Advice when hs started Gu, In dfe py
ANDREW Jackson. He knew Martin an
Buren,. He was one OF the presidential
electors who put William Henry Harrison
I'm the executive mansion, and he refused
he rriEsion 10 Austria when IL vas offer
ID 10 him by President Taylor. He mad
close associations with Fillmore. He was
q friend OF Frank Pierce and he knew
well James Buchanan lie served In con-
s.rasg with Abraham Lincoln, and during
The iat.sr's presidency he WAS his trusted
friend He knew Johnson; was friend
of Grants and during the presidency OK
HAYES he was the secretary OF the navy
with the exception Of George Washing on
ana John Adams. he has associated with
every president Of the United states, so
thar today he forms. as IL were. bridge
between the pass and the present
How tn Grow Old.
The man refer 20 IS the Hon. Richard
W Thompson % Indiana. lie Is now -
vsars OF age. bar MS intellectual facul-
ties are az bright s. they were when he
managed the navy % the United States.
anA his sossl Is - young a. when he was
admitted 70 thu har. nov more than sixty
four years ago Tail. straight and fine
iaakins. MS blue eyes shine With life. his
sklr Il RS fresh a. that of d baby, and
the chief signs OF his age are In his sill
very hair and The slightly feeble way
ia which he moves about from place 20
n.ace Hts voice was strong "a he chatted
with me and as looked ut him | could
rot realize that he had lived more than
twice as long az I upon this earth, and
asked him iha secret OF hts wonderful
vitality Mr. Thompson replied:
II suppose the secret OF my good health
Is largely due 70 temperance In eating
and drinking I drink very little. and
never eat anything that does not agree
with me. | was born. you know, in Cul~
pepper Va. and when ! was approaching
manhood the doctors held a consultation
over fne and decided that | would die or
consumption They said my only saliva
ton was 10 keep our Of doors. and my
father made me lake horse and tour
oxer the mountains 10 Kentucky. / did
this aud spent the greater part OF two
years on horseback. coming home with
much more flesh than when ] started
and In excellent health. | don't think
the doctors knew what they were talk
ing about hut I have no doubt the horse
hack riding did mo good
II sec that you use tobacco, Mr.. Thomn-
sop." said l. as ] pointed TO the cigar
which he was smoking.
Eyes. i have smoked all my life, and
most Of the time 10 excess, Not long ago
7 became subject "a a sort of Ills. aud the
doctors told me Il was due 20 nicotine
potson They said was otherwise per
fsctly healthy bat that my system was
saturated with nicotine. | then proposed
- stop nay smoking. but the doctors adj
vtsrd me 10 reduce my limit 10 four ct-
gzra day have done this. ana am now
fg4vs from any bad tendencies Of any
Kid
Henry Clay to a Tabacco Chewer-
.Then the moderate use Of tobacco IS
not So bad for one. after all9''
II thlnk man would he great deal bet
ter OF without H." replied Col Thom1-
son II have used II. hat have strong
constitution. ard my temperance in other
things has enabled ma 10 withstand its
had effects. I once Chewed tobacco "a
excess hut / have not used Il in that
way for 6fty years
How did you come 20 stop chewing.
colonel -"
There IL quite story in that" was
men chewed tobacco hfly years ago.
had a quld in ms mouth almost all the
time I was particular as to what brand
Of tobacco | used. and when a friend al
mine from virginia presented mo with
q lct ~ very tiIle plug tobacco, ] took Il
With me Ia the house OF representatives.
and laid Il away in my desk was. you
know. then a member OF congress. There
were e lot Of other tobacco ehewers Sit
ting near me Tenn Marshall of Ken
lucky was on orc side Garrett Davis
WIS on The other. ard there were good
fellows all rround me. So l passed my
tsthst around Thegs was q good lot al
tobacco and sampled the party
noted however, ih9t fhs "'tgs seemed =
De going faster man was right and il
bothered ne. For short time suspect
ed the Ragc bavs and accused them a
stealing my tobacco. They denied II. &
last oUe morning = pagc came te me aps
said; 'Mr Thompson. ! can tell YOU VII,
Is stealing YOUR tobacco Il Is Senate
NsNrugn 80 North Carolina n ono,
went IL ';0c senate ard found Henry CTa'
ana Nsaxuu si>ting together. both chew
fnE SNSi'v. CHARGED M8nEum with -.
theft tie owned up 20 t. and told M
ihat he aid IL tcr my good Thereupo,
Fiearv clay broke IN. and tire two CAV
n3a 3 lecture 81 sho evil effects II -
taeee chewing They told me- that 7 VA
I
fR}Bly ruin my nervous system 4 I dt
not stop In short. tbev made such al
impression upau me that after Suppe
fhat rtwhl | dtS rat take my usual chew
23y wife noticed the omission. but SAT-
nnthiue thought ,he matter over aftc
W~ut te bed and decided - sop. CAV
RwaN what tohscco bad 1efl. ans hav
rot chrwc3 from that day 70 this
Healthy Ola MAN, Habits.
Tell ne something shaa: your habits
cetsrei"
- ao-'t krow yhRt have any" wa
tae reply While I Was secretary % ~
HaHy ~ WASHINGTON I dj8 nnt touch
K38es 40 "a .as sra 40 nor new TAX
aAout ,trre tea@porRstal 80 whisky a "a,
av ny sectors advice NJ he~, meal {
n. hrsaSfasi. sa3 ! en'oy e>ai heefs;eal
sn3 eat pienty q t. ! drink ore cup o
c2fTee 81 this tiIne,"
'f{aw about cakes
II Tao cakes and waG,es. ara ga
tAena q"
"stow about the ether meals
i don't care much fov them. ca
osaiy plain food and very uttie ef IT,"
10 yoa tsks much sleepe''
yes; have always sleos great d-A'
&aG sierp late now When Wa r
Washington had - ba ua as ista a. o
o'clc.-k every U'sht bat / usually -
manned ln bed uaiii hate % th> cs1avGins
20 ycu believe IN coid Sathss-'
No. / :aiuk ona should hattie Simply I,
Keep clean. This d. one thfas yshsci
has tef1e more for my health thau any
thing else - the use - a pair o. horse
hair rctttens With these rub my sa,,
unUl {; riews from crown 70 Sole nigh
ard morning This keeps :, Ia exc~sle,l
eordii3on. ! have done this Tor NOR,
thar forty years every night ard ever,
morning. and ooub; rot IL has saved n,