The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Il saw Senator Morgan in the building
on Monday" said a State Department
official yesterday land he seems to be
no older than when 1 first met him in
1SS2 He is a wonderful man, and you can
depend upon it he will have the ground
broken for American canal in the
Isthmus before he leaves the Senate !
have heard some criticism of his constant
talking for the canal, and this reminds
me of a Western Senator who blurted
out in the cloak room on the Republican
side of the Chamber that Morgan is
dinging ON the canal again He was i'm
mediately snapped up by one Of the Oldest
men in the Senate, also a good ReDubli
can, who replied:
" Don't you worry about Morgan ding
ing. We laughed at him when he dinged
on Hawaii-and he got Hawaii We
laughed more when he dinged for years
on Cuba-and we have just about got
Cuba. We are laughing now because he
is dinging on the canal and you can de-
pend upon it well have a canal. If there
Were more dingers and fewer ringers in
the Senate we would accomplish some
thing.
Il have letter from Venezuela which
tells of strange coal famine existing
there" said Castillo Rojas. a citizen of
Caracas, last night, in the lobby of the
Raleigh 4 don't believe we ever suffered
for coal before. and yet my correspon-
dent says that common slack coal is SELL
ing for s2S per ton. and very little can be
had at that figure The cause of the
scarcity is given as the fierce storms
which ragged along the Atlantic ever since
January, and a result not a Single coal
vessel has arrived at La Guayra during
the past two months. We have usually
been dependent upon the British supply,
and use mainly Cardiff br;quettes Ven
eZuela ought to he good field for some
OF the southern mines in the United
states, as water transportation IL cheap
and big prices are paid in my country for
the fuel"
Ruddy. strong, and clear eyed is Judge
Iysander Hill, of Chicago. He takes
pride in his vigor and it is a pride that
has justification. His hair is grey, but
there is about him not another indication
of his advancing years. With his stall
wart limbs, and his great broad back, he
made more than ample armful for the
easy chair in which he had placed him
self in the lobby of the Arlington Hotel
last night. How do / do it," he replied
taking up the question that had been
asked him about his evident strength and
health. By eating, sleeping, bathing,
and taking lots of exercise, by not worry
ing. and, above all, by not taking any
medicines. There is the philosophy Of
living happily. in a nutshell"
AS if to give force to his statement, he
held out his arm and frightened the mus
cles in it. 1t swelled until 1t was like
a great bar of knotty steel. II got that
playing golf" he commented. not with
out a show of pride. II have taken
up the game as my general pastime- and
! llnd II suits me to T. a little bit
of leg work. little bit of arm work. a
little bit of work for the lungs. and some
more for the brain, and take them all to-
gether you have game that is suited
exactly to man of my age AS a pre-
server of youth. ! recommend It to all
men who feel the dread enemy creeping
up behind them.
Before he went to Chicago, Judge Hill
That was just after the war. during
the carpetbag government time, and
mighty bad times they We're" said he.
Everything was in a state of ruin, and
| often thought that the South would
never recover from its prostratiOn. But
it has | was recently over the ground
In the Shenandoah Valley, with which !
was familiar before l went West. ! was
agreeably surprised The whole country
has been transformed. Where there were
only desolats hamlets in my time, there
are great big cities now, with chimneys
Of manufactures belChlng smoke the
whole twenty-four hours Of the day. In
places where there was not even r cross
roads store now there are prosperous vii
lagos. All up the Shenandoah Valley the
towns are sprinkled so thickly that as
YOU shoot along in the train, at night.
there is an almost continual glare of cleo
trio light in your window. The Old Do
mnion State is forging to the front rapid
~ and is going to be the manufacturing
years to come the same supremacy that
she used to have in the colonial times.