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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 11)00.'
THE SOUTH RESPONSIBLE
In the telegraphic dispatches In
The Dally Picas yOHlorday WUa thu
declaration or Secretary or Treasu?
ry Shaw, that the South and the
cotton planters' In particular, was re?
sponsible for the present stringency
In the money market In this Country,
The South Is glad It Is responsible
for such a condition or affairs, for
it pixivos boyond the shadow of a
doubt that she has recovered hot;-,
self, and that she Is enjoying a
prosperity such as Bhe ha?' never
known bIiico the Civil Aar. Ono of
the marvels of the^ 1(fholo story of
?r-pvosnavtiy IrT '?hin country Is the
progresslvcnoBB and rocupernllon of
the South.
In UUb connection lot. us quote
some figures showing what the South
has dene. Eleven Southern states
seceded. The aggregate of their
wealth in 1800 wns a little more
thun $6,000,000,000. Elve ./ears after
the closo of the war tholr wealth,
based on an Inflated currency, wns
less than $3,000,000,000. Making a
proper' deduction for the Inflation
tho figure might be placed al. about
$.9,250,000,000. The rest had been
swept away by the war, and much of
the values that, wore left were chief?
ly "on paper." The lands were hore.
but not much else except tho South?
ern spirit and energy. Tho process
of getting a new start was slow
und painful, but the people of the
south-Women and men?went about
the task as heroically as they had
waged the war. And In this fight
ngalnst poverty thoy have L*eu
splfedidldly successful.
Tho figures of tho Census Bureau
show that the increase In the wealth
of the eleven secession states, bo
tween 1870 and 1904 wns in round
. numbers $10,320,000,000. In the four
years, 1900" to 1904, the increase In
these states was $2,333,000,000 or
more than the aggregate of their
won I th live years after tho end of
the war. By states, the Increases
In wealth since 1870, were as follows,
the. figures representing millions.
Virginia 878, North Carolina 662,
StfUth Carolina 377, Georgia. 899,
Florldn 358, Tennessee tiOfi, Alabama
704,- Mississippi 4SI. Louisana 709,
Arkansas 58*, Texas 2,1167. The in?
crease in Texas alone was nearly
$5.00,000,OU'0 more than the aggre?
gate of the wealth of the eleven
states In 1870.
The figures quoted are not up to
date, but they emphasize more
strongly the position the South has
attained in the commercial world.
If it was in such a highly satisfacb
ory condition when the census wns
taken, what would be the figures
now when it Is the South whlcn
has such a large amount of currency
that it causes a stringency through?
out the entire country, the people
look for relief.
Probably never In the history
of the world has a section of any
country recuperated to such an ex?
tent as have the Southern states.
The historians dwell upon the ro
eovery of France after her war with
Germany, hut it. is nothing compared
to the example that Is being eitel.
France did not labor under the dls
advantages that thu South had to
encounter on over? hand. After he.*
war, Franco had a government of
her own, but that much can not bo
Knid or the South. For twenty yearn
after the war the South was not
governed by herself ami the won?
derful growth of this section of the
nation must not Im compared from the
time lionttllteles censed hut from
about the period beginning In 1885.
That Is only over a Utile over twen?
ty years ago, anil the record is
nothing short of marvelous, and It
Is tin inspiration for even greater
and better things.
ROOSEVELT'8 AMBITION
President Roosevelt has recently
In no uncertain manner made It
Known that he meant what he said
on election night, 1H04, when ho
announced that he would not ho a
candidate for the presidency In 11)08.
and that he means to stielt by that
declaration of the letter. He has re
Iterated his purpose of retiring with
even more emphasis than that In?
dulged in at the time of his great
triumph over Judge Parker, and this
Is duo to the constantly recurring
announcements of friends thai he
must run again because William .1.
Bryan Is to bo the democratic can?
didate ami can beat any republican
except Roosevelt.
When ho completes his present
lertu he will have had seven and a
half years as President, und ho Is
satisfied t tut I this Is enough for him
and ouglil to he enough for the
American people. So ho is going
lo take nil necessary slops to pre?
vent another nominal Ion coming to
Iii in nnil fully expects to retire on
March 4 11)0?.
Friends of the President says hu
finds-olllce holding much more con
genial since he put behind him all
thought of being bis own successor.
Ho does not have to placate enemies
or hinke friends with the view to
controlling delegalIons, and ho can
take any position on pubic affairs
without counting the cost In pop
ulnrlty. Ho has more freedom oi
action and can do exactly as he
pleases without reference Hi its' po?
litical effect. '
There in little doubt that the Pres?
ident after 'he retires from the
Presidency would like to represent
New yjirk In the Senate. He wants
to/h?vc a band in public affairs und
does not propose to retire to the
country and spend his days In se?
clusion. But those who fancy that
the Presidont Is worrying about
I the Senntorshlp do not know him.
He has not mentioned it in any oi
his recent conversations with New
York politicians, and ho Is not. con
| suiting with reference to whether
Senator Hephew or Senator Platt
will resign to make room for him.
Hu Is simply going to take his
chances, and If tho Senntorshlp
comes, all well and good.
THE ISLE OF PINES
The Intimation that Wie ques?
tion or the title of the Isle or Pinea
|h soon to be settled once and for
all. Is most welcome to the people
of this country. It does not pnrtic
lularly matter whether this Is done
by ratification of the now pending
trealy or by the negotiation and
ratification or a now treaty. The
pending trcnty seems to be amp! .
for tho purpose of safeguarding the
rights of American residents In the
island. If it is not, or course, it
'.should bo made so. or a new and
more efficient convention should bo
made. What Is supremely desira?
ble Is that Cuba's title to the Island,
or the essential union or the Islann
with the rest ot Cuba, shall be per?
manently and indisputably est ab
llsheii at the earliest date possible.
As for the agitators and conspira?
tors and speculators on the Island
who are working tooth and nail
against such consummation, they
appear to be deserving Just about as
little consideration as can be ex?
pressed by the Inflntesiniais with a
minus sign. Whatever ground may
at flrat existed for Die contention
that Die Island should belong to the
United States has been inoro than
forfeited by the vlscloiis insular prop?
agandists. With the government of
the United States engaged In a pe?
culiarly delicate undertaking in Cuba,
these people should have at least
held their peace for a time, until
the problem or Havana was settlod.
? ?
Congress Is not likely to confer
upon the President the authority he
asks to dismiss upon his own Initia?
tive, any olllce of the army or navy
any officer of tho army or navy |
whom he may think unworthy to
remain in the service. Even in
military nations an officer is dis?
missed from the service only upon
trial and sentence by court martial.
Congrcs should draw tho line at
this point.
Richmond is undergoing what a
great many other cities have
perienced after its ambition to be?
come groater and bigger has been
realized, it seems evident that
when Richmond took In some of herj
surrounding territory there seemed
You Will do Well
by getting in line with
the numerous shoppers
here, and do your
Christmas Buying.
The stocks are complete
and embraces the best iu
Overcoats Suits,
Bath Robes,
House Coats,
Neckwear,
Fancy Suspenders
Slippers, Gloves,
All Moderately Priced
to be only one (hough! and Hint wds I
lo increase iho population or the
Capital City. Appnrenly no though:
wits given to ninny details and the
result Is thai, according lo Rlcl)-.>
innnil papers, the town is nil tangled
up by the many complbx questions
that arc continually arising, and It
Is ovlduiu (hat it will la- along time
before ninny of them an- settled, as
the only place for their dual determi?
nation will be In the courts.
There Is considerably mockery In
the fact that Mr. Hearst, after his
reform posing, Is one of the candi?
dates called to account by the Asso?
ciation lo Prevent Corrupt Practices
at Election's for alleged failure to
Ille ti proper statement of his cam?
paign expenses.
Andrew Carnegie has given a lake
to Princeton university. Now we
wish he'd give Richmond P. Hob
son an ocean big enough to hold
that navy he's stumping for.?Rich
mond Dispatch.
A vagrant was sold at and Ion In
Kentucky the other day. We have
plenty here Hint we would be glad
to give away.?Washington Post.
Mine Oould, as she Is now known,
will not be allowed to take her chil?
dren out of France without their I
father's consent, which can now be j
had for |2'.97?Detroit Free Press.
District Attorney Jerome Is said
to still entertain plans for action!
In he Insurance eases. They are j
eornlnly slow In developing.?Balti?
more News.
They have captured a turtle four
thousand years old off the Galapagos
Islands and don't know what to do
with It Isn't there a vacancy in the
senate??New York Herald.
According to a writer In the New
York Times the man who has to
employ a woman to manicure his
nails is either a sport or a slssey.
Still, nobody really cares how u
man keeps his nails In order so Ion:;
as he doesn't do It In public.?
Clevelnnd Plain Dealer.
Secretary Bonaparte Is asking for
tho privilege of buying armor plate
abroad whenever the price at home
is "exorbitant, or unreasonable," but
Mr. Ilonnparte's party grows apolei.
tic at the slightest hint of re?
vising the tariff?New York World.
It is a hopefu] sign when the
thought of the people the business
and political world, and the pulpit
nl| turn back to the simple tenets
of the Decalogue.?Scbenectodv Gaz?
ette.
With the Coast States, the colored
population, and Bellamy Storer all
I saying harsh things about him at
the same time, it is fortunate that
I he Preslden can relievo his feelings
by occasionally scolding congress.?
Washlngon Post.
Id
The Roosevelt-Storer incident will
doubtless afford the country a good
deal of amusement during the next
few weeks. Both Mr. and Mrs.Storor
are "live wires," and the President
? something In that line himself.?
Savannah News.
You will find our Wines and Li?
quors to pass the Pure Food Law In?
spection. They cost no more than
adulterated goods. NEWPORT
NEWS WINE & LIQUOR CO., Cor?
ner Twenty-fifth stijeet and Washing?
ton avenue. Both phones. 12-12-I'm.
Ladles, let us .show you our hand
I some Painted China!. A piece of it
would make a most acceptable clft.
|ARRITT & CO. It.
For a sweet. who\esomo biscuit,
roll or lonf of bread, use "Waseo"
'Flour. 11-20-tf.
THE V/IL? BALSAM APPLE.
ItH Scc.l HoLlcrx Arc SiikkcnII vc ul
I.iicc I'drKCM.
In tin; brooks ul' autumn tu certain
places iiinby lit lie Inecllku bags may
Ito sjwii drifting it long with tin- cur
rent or strande:I by the shore. They
are the inner coats or bodies of Ihr
wild balsam apples (Hchluncystis lohn,
ta) which liave dropped from the vines
overhanging the stream and now Unat
lightly Itwn.V with their large seeds.
Tho green prickly bag of the balsam
apple Itself began tu form In late sum?
mer, and by autumn It has withered
and faded to a pule straw color. \Vc
may see the trailing vines with their
shrunken pods decorating the brook
side hushes far into the winter. The
outer coat of I bo pod gradually rots
away, and the inner bag or seed car?
rier Is now released iiuil exposed us a
delicate, wohhy network of tough
libers. A thin skin or membrane tills
up tllO space between these meshes,
but that also falls away through thu
action of water and th. wipter storms
until only Ilia hall-like 11ssue of the
"purse" Is left. These little purses, be
big extremely light mill buoyant, float
far and wide over the submerged
swamp lands In Into autumn, curry?
ing the seeds with I hem and so plant?
ing the vine in new Klllltltlous. if, bow
ever, Sye lake these seeds home witll
us and plant them there. Mother Knith
will suitably reward ns In the follow?
ing year with vines (if our own. They
will spring iip ami spread rapidly until
all the slnno walls mill garden fences
are decorated with tho tracery of their
stems and star shaped leaves. ? St.
Nicholas.
GOLD AND THE SEA.
Why (he Meilil In SIiIimiciI In llnrn
Itutlier 'l hau Iii ('?In:
"When Iii?' banks ship gold across
the Atlantic," said ti bunker, "they pre?
fer, (n ship li in liars rather than in
iioin. It loses less that way."
"It loses less'.'"
"Yes. sir. If $1,000,000 In gold coins
is shipped across Hie sea It is only
$000,800 on its arrival, it loses from
twelve t<? II ft eon ounces, about $200,
through ti Illusion, through knocking
ab.nil with the motion of the waves.
Tho sea makes gold lose weight, you
see. the same as it does human beings
Hold liars lose less. In line weather
they will only lose about .sum to each
million. In the ugliest weather thej
don't lose over $101), whereas in like
renditions gold coins have been known
to lose SHOO. As gold shipments of 810,
uOO.OOO often occur, to make these ship?
ments In gold bars instead of gold coin
1.; a saving of 81,000 or more. It is odd
to think when you cross in one of those
goltl Inden ships that every wave that
hits the bout clips off 10 to 1"> cents
i from its golden cargo."?Philadelphia
I Bulletin.
Cruel, lull \?cCM?Mir>'.
The Hskimos dread the winter and
take curly precautions to provide
against famine. As the season ap?
proaches the great herds of reindeer
migrate southward, and the walrus or
the seal are all that remain for food.
When an in wind is mowing the wal?
rus Is easily found on the outer edge
of thu ice packs. When it is blowing
off the shore, however, the ice packs
sail out to sea with the walruses ou
them. The natives then class their
numbers in a list from the strongest to
the weakest. The food that is in store
is divided up. the weakest having the
smallest quantity, the strongest the
largest. Thus the mightiest hunters
j have strength to provide for the oth
f crs. It Is a cruel system, but neverthe
less n necessary one. If all were weak,
all would dip: It' some are strong, they
will save many of the weak.
The l.nrftfjil Pili*.
What Is described as the largest pipe
in the world is valued at ?8,000 anil Is
counted as one uf the most remarkable
. pieces of carving in existence. The
pipe Is nuide of one solid piece of
meerschaum and represents the land?
ing of Columbus. There are twenty
four figures' In tho scene, each one four
Inches high. The carver who executed
this masterpiece Is dead, and, as the
demand for this sort of work has near
ly diet! out, It is practically Impossible
to find u man to dnplicato it.?London
Telegraph.
il im lt. ('leer*.
Little uhers that appear In the
mouth from time to time are exceed?
ingly annoying and painful. An old
fashioned household remedy Is alum,
the powder or crystals being applied to
the yellow center. Rnt this Is u bitter,
nasty dose. A physician has.prescrib?
ed tho 'use of a saturated solution of
potassium chlorate, applied every two
hours. "Saturated solution" menus as
much potassium chlorate as can be dis?
solved in a certain amount of water.
Leper* nutl (ho I.nw.
The Norman-English laws enacted
that a leper had neither power to sue
in any court nor to inherit property.
During his lifetime he was permitted
to enjoy the usufruct of any property
in his possession at the time be was
"found guilty," so to speak, of leprosy,
but all rights of disposition over It he
lost.
Antoblosrrnphy of it Family Mnn.
I was born In New York nud went to
Boston to be born again. For the first
twenty-one years qf my life I was
known ns tho son of my mother, for 1
the next thirty as the husband of my i
wife and for thu lost ten years as tho
father of my daughter. I claim, there-1
fore, to be n family man.?Independent. |
'Tis not the size or grandeur of the
structure, but the contentment that
abides within, that Insures a happy
home.?Henry Sutphlu.
CITIZENS' AND MARINE
For the People
Of ilia People
h the People
E. QUINCT SMITH, A. L. POWELL,
President. Vlce-Presldeat.
WM. H. KELLOG,
Gasbler.
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