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. "and he seems to be
no older than when l first met him in
! 1852 He is a wonderful man, and you can
! depend upon it he Will have the ground
! broken for an 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
mediateIy snapped up by one Of the oldest
men in the Senate, also a good ReDubf-
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
We're more dingers and fewer ringers in
the Senate we would accomplish some
, thing.
Il have "A letter from Venezuela which
tells of a strange coal famine existing
there said Castillo Rojas, a citizen of
Caracas. last night, in the lobby of the
Raleigh. Il 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 as a result not a Single coal
vessel has arrived at La Guayra during
mo ha ls1y-
been dependent upon the British supply
and use mainly Cardiff br:quettes Ven
eZuela ought TO he a good field for some
on 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
INsander Hill, of Chicago He takes a
pride in his vieor, and it is 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. It swelled until It was like
a great bar of knotty steel Il got that
playing golf. he commented. not with
out a show of pride. II have taken
up the game as my general pastime, and
! find II suits me to a r. A little bit
of leg work, little bit of arm work,
little bit of work for the lungs, and some
more for the brain, and take them all to-
gether YOU have a game that is suited
exactly to a man of my age. AS a pre-
server Of youth. / recommend ii TO all
men who feel the dread enemy creeping
UP behind Them
Before he went to Chicago Judge Hill
was on the circuit bench of Virginia.
THAT was just after the war, during
the Carpetbag government time, and
mighty bad times they were said he.
Everything was in state of ruin, and
| often thought that the South would
never recover from its prostration. But
il 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 We're
only desolate hamlets In my time, there
are great big cities now, with chimneys
OF manufactures belChing smoke the
whole twenty-four hours of the day. In
places where there was not even q cross
roads store now there are prosperous VII
lagos All up the Shenandoah Valley the
towns are SDTinkCd so thickly that as
there Is an almost continual glare OF cleo
tric light in your window. The Old Do
miniOn State is forging TO the front rapid
Is, and Is going to be the manufacturing
centre OF the South. She will have in
years to come the same supremacy that
she used to have in tie colonial times.