The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
TWENTY THREE PRESIDENTS


nicotine poison. They said I was 9TH
erwise perfectly healthy, but that my
| system was saturated with nicotine
then proposed to stop my smoking,
but the doctors advised me to reduce
my limit to four cigars a day. I have
done this, and am now free from any
! bad tendencies of any kind
! CLAY TO A TOBACCO CHEWER.
Then the moderate use of tobacco
is not so bad for one, after ALP
1 think man would be a great deal
better off without it, replied Col.
| Thompson. Il have used it, but I have
a strong constitution, and my temper
| ance in other things has enabled me
to Withstand its bad effects. 1 once
! cheWed tobacco to excess, but | have
not used it in that way for fifty years. ."
How did you come to stop chewing,
colonel?"
There is quite story in that" was
the reply. You see, almost all young
men chewed tobacco fifty years ago.
had quid in my mouth almost all the
| time. was particular as to what brand
of tobacco L used and when a friend
| OF mine from Virginia presented me
with lot Of very fine plug tobacco
l took it with me to the house of rep
| resentatives and laid it away in nv
| desk. L was, you know, then a mem
Der of congress. There were a lot of
| other tobacco cheWers sitting near me.
Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, was on
one side, Garrett Davis was on the 9TH
err, and there We're good fellows all
| around me. SO L passed my titbit
around. There was a good lot of to-
bacco, and [ supplied the party. [
noted, however, that the plugs seemed
to be going faster than was right, and
1t bothered me. For a short time
suspected the page boys, and accused
them of stealing my tobacco. They
denied it. At last one morning a page
came to me and said: Mr.. Thompson,
can tell you who is stealing your to-
bacco. 1t is Senator Mangum, of North
Carolina. l at once went to the sena-
tor and found Henry Clay and Man.
gum sitting together both chewing
busily. [ charged Mangum with the
theft. He owned up to it. and told me
that he did it for my good. Thereupon
Henry Clay broke in, and the two gave
me lecture on the evil effects of to-
bacco chewing. They told me that
was chewing too much, and that
would certainly ruin my nervous sys-
TEN II L did not stop. In short, they
made such an impression upon me that
after supper that night I did not take
my usual chew. My wife noticed the
omission, but said nothing I thought
the matter over after I went to bed
gave away what tobacco I had left
and | have not chewed from that dav
to this" 10y
A HEALTHY OLD MANS HARITS
Tel me something about your hab-
its, colonel
L don't know that I have any," was
the reply. While I was secretary of
the navy at Washington I did not
touch a glass of wine and do not now
take about three teaspoonfuls of
whisky a day by my doctors advice
MY best meal is my breakfast. and T
ENJOY good beefsteak and eat PLENTY
time" a. lhls
How about cakes ?"
them" anu eat
How about the other meals?"
uoh care much for them. cat
only plain food and very little of # ,;
70 you take much sleep?''
deal. IS an l nave always slept good
ueal, and L sleep late now. WIZ :
J was in Washington I had r. ha men ne l
i i%r as or o'clock every night hnt -
usually remained in bed until iato
the morning." ldte IN
~. 20 you believe in cold batbsq,
nv, NO. 70 l think one should battle sim
Wy wbio 10 Keep clean. This I do. one thine,
tho, 80. uOlie more for my health
of bo 'rito thlng else is the use Of a pail,
III iiolSe-nalr mittens. With these T
w my SKIN until it CLOVIS from 80
-! ~ sue hlght and morning. This TO-, =.
~ IN excellent condition. hoIo 80
tiilS Tor more than forty wears aI go
night ana every morning. and T d..
!iot II mas saved me from i1-bao1+t,
~ SKIN is now as soft and ROSY &C
the' r ~ a napy. l perspire easily and
sl[ir o uppihs Keeps the pores of the
shlh open. The pores of the skin ar..
you know, the sewers of tbe - a.
system and [ keep my thousands of
sewers always open" Vi
MRS. HAYES AND WINES
wy, You speak of not using wine at
E " @Shlnetoh, Col. Thompson. Mrs
the capital by not using wine on bep
tapIe at her state dinners o"
es, that was the case" ren1iad H..
eX-secretary of the navy. "RI1t ny.
use OF wine at Washington was not
CohIlhed to the period while I was in
the cabinet. [ never drank a glass dur
li!s al my public service in congress
aiu ELSEWHERE. L felt that [ had the
need OF all my faculties and that I
could not afford to impair them bI,
the use Of wine. AS to Mrs. Havas
! she insisted that no wine should ~
USED at our cabinet and at her private
d!nners. She did not do so at the state
dinners given at the White house 10
the diplomats. She refused to serve
WINE at the dinner given to the Grand
Duke Alexis, although Secretary
Evarts asked her to do so. The ornis-
sion created such a decided sensation
that she gave in to the state depart-
| ment thereafter on the basis that tha
diplomatic dinners were national mat
tefs and not private entertainment
over which she had control"
MR.. HAYES WAS PRESIDENT
Mrs. Hayes, however. was very
strong-minded woman, was she not
you Know it was charged by some that
II was she and not her husband who
ran the government during tho Have.
administration?
That is not true" replied ex-Secre.
tary thompson. Mrs. Hayes was a
woman of strong character She was =
lovable woman in every resnect h,7t
not an ambitious one in the ryav some
! people thought. I don't think she both
cred herself at all about the policy of
the administration. She liked the social
position which came from the pres!-
dency. She was fond of being the ladv
Of the White house. She was always
present after each cabinet meeting to
shake hands with US as we came our
of the room, and she seemed to delight
In seeing people and making them hap
Ply. At one time, [ remember, we con.
sidered the ACCESSIBILITY Of moving the
business Offices of the White house to
the state, war and navy building, buy
Mrs. Hayes objected to this, SAYING