The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

4 am enjoying once more a real good
Havana smoke" remarked Justus Good,
of Pittsburg. at the Raleigh today. Il
have had but half d dozen Havana
cigars during the last two years, yet
am an inyeterate smoker The substi-
tute which 1 accepted against my viii was
the Manila cigar. and YOU viii wonder
why was obliged 10 take any substi-
tute 1T all
4 have just returned from a long stay
in Manila l was with TIE Pennsylvania
bows who were over there. and was mus
tered out on the island because I thought
! saw an opportunity TO do myself some
good there in a business way. [ did but
that Is apart from the story. which is
about giving up Havana cigars, and
smoking Nanilas instead The boys Of
the regiment had an ample supply of
good HaEanas with them and they were
brands that We all enjoyed at home
When We had been in Manila several
days We began to complain about the
quality Of the cigars l found that where
/ could smoke dozen Of them Il day at
home. / could not smoke TWO at Manila
without becoming sick and 7 discovered
on enquiry, that all the other boys were
similarly affected. J thought !har the eli
mate was to blame. but one dav I happen
81 To Try a Manila cigar. IL was deli
cIouS and / suffered no i'll effects I then
smoked two in succession. and
found them both fine Then
smoked ali 1 wanted keeping \ cheroot
between my lips all day. enjoying every
whit But the moment / went back %
the Havana the Old trouble showed itself
Now that l am back IN civilized land
aSalp can smoke all the HayanaS l
want " hat ] should like 10 know now
IS the reason for the strange effect Of
- No. -
a good nut for The doctors TO crack
Discussing the quandary in which the
President finds himself over the appoint
meut OF the nine st. Louis Fair Commits
sioners, a prominent Illinois Democrat
said this morning: If the President
takes the advice which was recently
given him. and appoints ex-Representa-
tive Glynn, he viii be acting contrary to
an agreement entered into by members
of the House, and we'll understood by ev-
ery0ne concerned. The Illinois deIagI-
ton would have made an application for
a place for one Of their number on the
Spanish War Claims Commission if it
had not understood that out of the House
one Republican and one Democrat would
be appointed on the St Louis Commits
sion If Mr. Mckinley appoints Mr.
GlynH and fails To give Representative
Bodenberg a place, as IS said TO be the
programme now. he VIII not only go con-
trary to the agreement. but he viii Al the
same time give to the Democrats two
members on the Commission. and the
majority none, certainly a rather peculiar
state Of affairs OF course there is no
doubt that Representative John II Al
len viii get a place While Mr. Rodeu-
berg's chances are not as good IS they
We're ten days ago. he has PLENTY Of in
HGence back Of him The Legislature Of
Illinois has passed resolutions urging his
appointment kilograms and letters from
influential business men and politicians
endorsing the eX-RepreS@ntatiVe have
been received at the White House and I
think in justice to Illinois he ought to be
made Commissioner
There are many odd and unexpIored
regions IN this broad country of ours.
said Peter Foley, of Kansas, ar the Nor
mandie. Yesterday. one wouId expect
that al the States IN the Middle West
would have been pretty well gone over
by this time yet in the northern part OF
Arkansas there has been developed re
Gently a great zinc mining region II
was until few years ago an almost
untrodden waste, and as much cut on
from the outside world as if it were sur
goes under the name Of the YeIIviIle dis
tTict. from the principal town in it
The northern part Of Arkansas is very
mountainous. The mountains are by no
means common hills, but the widest and
craGsiest kind of mountains Their sides
are preciPitous. and they form barrier
10 travel which Is almost insurmountabIe-
= can remember my first trip into the
country. II was about two years ago.
and II seems to me ! still bear the bruises
as the result Of the shaking up 1 expe-
rieRced- The Who'll way IT was riding
over solid stone road. jumping down a
step of three or more feet every few
minutes, with q jar that took all the
life out Of the wagon springs. The mi
ners from the Joplin zinc district had
heard OF the great deposits of zinc in he
1ellvile district. and had migrated
went to see what truth there was in the
many stories We had heard. l saw the
most remarkable deposit Of zinc ore in
the world. There re whole mountain
sides Of il. OF the richest variety The
district has d great future, nCtwithStaud-
ing that the price of zinc is
now 50 low The drawback has
been the lack of transportation
facilities. but now a railroad is
being rapidly pushed into the country
from the north, and viii shortly be able
the shelters in the gas district Of Kan
sas and into Missouri
The NellviIle people are a strange lot
with their own queer manners and GUS
IONS. which they have developed in their
almost complete secluSion from the rest