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Show BECOVEET AT TEE WAS. The South recovered from the war ao rapidly rap-idly that a few years after peace it was harvesting har-vesting far more cotton then it had ever sent to market in "slavery days." The renewal of gold mining in tha Transvaal ia equally rapid. It ia about seven years since the Boer war began. Tha output last month waa 509,115 ounces, egaipst 409,198 ounces in August, 1899. Great staples and precious metals have tremendous tonio powers ia restoring re-storing a country. Boston Transcript. |