The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-21

! accomplished cxtempOraneous, non-pio-
cucers have been heard I'm the lana pre-
| dieting wreck. ruin and disaster.
Following tho Chesapeake and ONO
| extension south from White Han dis
! lance OF four miles wc como - Eosney.
tho terminus OF the extension, kcsnoy
does very considerable lumber business
but as yet there are 40 other plants un-
] der construction and apart from the tim
Der business nothing worth special mem
| ton can DO seen there.
Large bodies Of fine timber can be seen
/ In this locality and northern man re-
/ marked a few days back that II was
surprising that 1t had not been cut. and
I manufactured rs IT costs so much less
TO ship the finished article than the raw
material for making It. There seems TO
/ he ne good reason why wagons. axe
handles. spokos and the Ike might not be
made here and the home article used rath-
or than Northern OF Western impofta-
/ tions.
At Boiling. a short distance from Ros-
| noy there Is a natural basin for lake
! or reservoir into which Whispering
Creek could be cmpticd at but su all cost
and water power thereby established
sufficiently large to do an immense mill
ing and manufacturing business and this
will sooner or later be utilized for this
purpose.
WILLIS MOUNTAIN
Some two or three miles from this point
IS situated a remarkable natura! GU
riosity-Willis Mountain solitary, LOFTY
knob. all alone. in country comparative
~ as fat as a batter-cake. and well out
OF line with any mountain Cangc. This
freak IS evidently OF volcanic origin, ana
may have been caused by the same con-
vu.siOn that forced 10 and near the sur
face the veins Of iron. sulphurite. gold.
and asbestos found near its base.
From the top OF the knob very fine
view Of the country FOR miles around Is
afforded. When the atmosphere IS clear,
with the aid OF a good telescope historic
Monticello. fifty miles 10 the north can
be seen. This brings to mind Mr.. Jener-
son. who said that 1.-THE view from Willis
Mountain was worth trip across the
Atlantic"
At the foot Of the mountain tro iron and
sulphur springs. sad 10 be very cfiicacious
as remedial agents These waters ought
TO have some retaining virtue 10 recon-
pense for their peculiarly dark blue'
gloomy taste.
Somebody mas suggested that a summer
resort should be built on top of the
mountain. and the health Of the visitors
ministered to by these medicinal waters.
II would certainly be a picturesque place
for a hotel. and perhaps the only bar 10
the success Of the scheme Is the difficulty
of getting TO the top Of the mountain.
otherwise than with a flying machine.
with the abundant and iversihed re-
sources Of Southsido Virginia there
should be a steady onward march 10
wards enduring prosperity. Buckingham
county has an area Of $50 square miles,
and a populatlon under 1900, or about
thirty people 10 the square mile; there is
abundant room for more than I'VE tunes
this population, and then the natives
would have left real estate and auriferouS
gravel "to throw AZ birds
RAILROADS NEEDED.
More extensive railroad facilities are
badly needed. II IS necessary 10 ne III
touch with the markets and commercial
centres. The railway. telegraph ana tel
ephone occupy the same relations 10 ous-
mess that the arteries. blood and nerves
hold TO tho healthy human being bind
ligature around a member or the human
system. cut off the circulation or Dloou'
ana the member withers and dies for lack
Of sustenance. This is no less true OF
a community or locality. which if cut OF
from ouicl. intimate relations with tne
creot outside world can hone for nothing
better than commercial paralysis. IL IS
true that some such localities preserve IN
other RESPECTS a remarkable individual
autonomy: but I'm this day and time when
the logic of events forcibly teaches the
doctrine Of the Survival Of the httest
these localities are elbowed out or inc
way
Political conditions ana geographical
situation are but minor factors IN the
nrosperity Of a community or individual
The pessimist may wall. the historian eX-
nound the casuist dissect. the politician
rant about the government failing to 90
This that or the other. but that quality
which our fathers termed "hoss sense
nrettv clearly teaches that prosperity
depends upon the individual There never
was a law passed that could down brains
and energy. There never viii be la"
nassed repeating the act Of God which
makes men "hewers Of wood and drawers
az water" No money is legislated by
Congress into the pockets Of the IDLE. Tho
hustling man like the hustling communi-
~ "gets there" If a state. county To-
colitv or individual expects 20 get IN the
front rank 1T can only be done by the
chewing and pushing process. Don't rely
ON the government for support for that
is 10 acknowledge yourself q pauper as
far as manly independence ana energy
are concerned. Rely on yourself.
CAB.