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(0. era, i ? All uf Buy S;lvt:r 1 War. ation. Stan. onery. j" sizes' quali- Inks, iai or PUe as hi toots Jl be lies. Irs. Its. P. o : iV. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. Term of Subscription $2. 00, in. advance. THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BY W!LMAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor o Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscription must be paid in advance. Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates, or in accordance with contract Obituary notices of over five lines in length will :e charged for at advertising rates. E. K. P. OSBORNE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Special attention given to Collections. Loans negotiated on Mortgage and other securities. Office over Harty's China Store, Trade St. near Court House. August 9, 1878 6ra Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, f las on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DHUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined ! sell at the very lowest prices. .Inn 1, 1875. J. P. McCornbs, M. D.t fiers his professional services to the citizens of ! harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both l ight and day, promptly attended to. t nice in urown s Dunamg, up stairs, opposite me 1 ... - Tf ..1.1 i harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Office over Trailers' National Bank Residence opposite W. R. Mvers Jan. 18, 1878. DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15, 1878. Doctor D. STUART LYON, Charlotte, N. C. Office : Corner Trade and Poplar Streets (Of fice of the late Dr. C. J. Fox.) Residence with Rev. Theo. Whitfield, D. D. Calls from City and country will receive prompt attention. Nov. 1, 1878. 6m. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Prompt attention to all professional business. Practices in the State and Federal Courts. Collec tions will receive his personal attention. Refers by permission to Commercial National Bank, Charlotte, N. C. EST Office over Dr. Smith's Drug Store. Sept. 13, 1878 6m Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. E. J. ALLEN, Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,! Charlotte, N. C, PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17, 1876. y R. M. MILLER & SONS, Commission Merchants, and WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Provisions and Groceries, College Street, Charlotte, N.C. Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses, and In fact, all kind of Groceries in large quantities always on hand for the Wholesale trade. Jan. 1 1875. D. M. RIGLER Charlotte, N. C. Dealer in Confectioneries, Fruits, Canned Goods, Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, &c. I3f Cakes baked to order at short notice. Jan. 1, 1877. B. N. SMITH, Dealer in Groceries and Family Provisions of all sorts, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Consignments of Produce solicited, and prompt returns made. Families can find anything at my Store in the Grocery line to eat, including fresh meats. Jan. 1, 1877. CENTRAL HOTEL, Charlotte, N. C, Located on one Corner of the Public Square. Re cent internal improvements have been made for accommodation of guests. llntes,3, $2.50 and $2 per day, according to lo cation of Rooms. H. C. ECCLES, lly 5, 1878. tf Proprietor. LEWIN W. BARRINGER, Son of the late Hon. D. M. Barringer of N. C.) Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 436 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Prompt attention to all legal business. Best references given as to legal and financial responsi bility. Commissioner for North Carolina. References. Chief Justice W. N. II. Smith ; Raleigh National Bank ; 1st National Bank, Char lotte ; Merchants and Farmers National Bank. March 15, 1878 ly-pd j. Mclaughlin & co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash and buys Country Produce at . ' highest market price. tW Cotton and other country Produce sold on Commission and prompt returns made. BS?" The London L anopf, aava tVit oA is now such a rare disease in England that researcnes into its pathology and etiology nave oeen little Drosecnted of lnt TKa majority of medical writers hold that the sole cause of fever and ague is the preva- cwvo wi marines, dui there is strong evi dence to prove that water has much to do WllU 11. Valuable Stand for a Store FOR SALE OR RENT. That splendid Business Stand, on the Beattie's Ford Road, about fifteen miles West of Charlotte, where W. Mark Hicks heretofore lived, is for Sale ur fteui. Appiy io v n S. WITTKOWSKY. Nov. 22,1878 lm SALE OP LAND. By virtue of a Mortgage made to me by Charles L. Houston, and duly registered in Book 15, page 95, in the Register's Office in Mecklenburg, I will sell at Public Auction at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, on Saturday, December 7th, 1878, . 1. ll ; j i - . . . luc loiiuwiDg uescnoea property, viz: unenair interest in a Tract of Land known as the Dr. Bruner Place, containing 6 Acres ; Also, one Tract known as the Wm. Rea Place, containing 40 Acres. All of said property adjoins the Lands of G. L. Rea and others, in Mecklenburg county. Sale made for the purpose of satisfying debt secured by Mortgage P. M. MORRIS. Nov. 8, 1878 4w Rubber Belting. A complete Stock of Rubber Beltinsr. Rubber and Hemp Packing. Also, all sizes and kinds of Rope at bottom prices. Nov. 1, 1878. KYLE & HAMMOND. AUCTION HOUSE. D. G. MAXWELL. C. F. HARRISON. MAXWELL & HARRISON, Auction and Commission Merchants. Buy and sell on consignment all kinds of Merchan dise and Country Produce. Will give strict per sonal attention to all business entrusted to our care. tW Four doors above Charlotte Hotel. Nov. 8, 1878 tf Good Opportunity. At Lowesville, Lincoln county, a No. 1 Black smith and a good Wheel-Right can find a pleasant situation by addressing the undersigned. He has good Shops and good Dwellings for two Mechanics ot tuat Kind, anu will lease them on reasonable terms, and plenty of work afiorded. Possession given 1st January, 1879. D. A. LOWE, Oct. 11, 1878. tf. Lowesville, N. C. IMPORTANT. All persons indebted to us are reminded that it is important to us that their Notes and Accounts should be paid. We make no exceptions and hope ALL will come forward and settle without further notice from us. BURWELL & SPRINGS. Nov. 22, 1878. DRUGS. If the people of this State will buy their Medi cines and other Goods in the Drug line from DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist at Charlotte, they will always get what they want at the lowest market prices and of the. very best quality. Don t forget this when you come to Town. JNOV. 22, 1878. 1. C. SMITH. Charlotte Institute for Young Ladies. Session Begins September 12. A full corps of able and experienced Teachers engaged for instruction in Preparatory and Colle giate Departments; also in Modern Languages, Music and Art. THE CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE will not be surpassed by any Institute in the South in the ex tent and thoroughness of its course of instruction. The Institute has been undergoing thorough re pair and renovation. Ample provision made for the accommodation of Boarding Pupils. For Terms as to Board and Tuition, apply to the Principal. Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, Aug. 9, 1878 6m Charlotte, N. C. Shuttles and Needles. Now is your time to buy the genuine Stewart Singer Sewing Machine, with all the attachments complete, for $30. Shuttles, Needles, Oil, &c, for all kinds of Ma chines for sale. Old Machines repaired or exchanged. Address BRADSHAW & CO., General Agents, Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 27, 1878. LAW SCHOOL, Greensboro, N. C. For information as to Terms, &c, apply to JOHN H. DILLARD, May 10, 1878. ROBERT P. DICK. Dixie Pump Fixtures. I am now prepared to furnish any of the fixtures belonging to the Dixie Pump. Also, the Dixie Pump complete, fully seasoned, and warranted not to make the water taste. 100 pounds Beeswax wanted. B. N. SMITH. Sept, 13, 1878. DR. T.- C. SMITH, ( Opposite the Central ITotel,) Charlotte, N. C, Buys goods mainly of first hands, at closest possi ble prices, and sells everything at figures which these times of depression demand. Aug. 30, 1878. Special inducements are offered to the Phy sicians of the surrounding country good Goods and shrinkage prices at DR. SMITH'S DRUG STORE. Beeswax. Whether you bring large or small quantities of Beeswax to Charlotte for sale, you can get the cash for it at the highest market price at DR. SMITH'S DRUG STORE. Cigars. No trouble about getting Five Cent Cigars to suit you at DR. SMITH'S DRUG STORE. K. R. TU KWELL. 1878. B. SPRINGS BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 4,1878. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, - . ... i.. P i . . , - i .I.. . . , , .,, , -. .. ,., - - Ancient and Modern Eyesight. From Galignani's Messenger. A curious controversy has lately sprung up ia Germany as to whether the eye iuthe human race has always possessed the same delicacy as at present, and whether men at all epochs have perceived colors as we now distinguish them. Dr. Magnus, an oculist, asserts that primitive man had only a con fused notion of tints, and even aid not recognize them at all. Thus the ancients saw only three colors in the prism instead of the seven which exist, and the sages of the north only speak of three colors in the l riM . i rauiuuw. ine most luminous in uie spec trum, those which act with most intensity on the retina, are red, orange, and yellow; bine, indigo, and violet only make a feeble impresbion ; green occupies an intermediate rank. Well, throughout the records ot an tiquity, only the red and yellow, so to say, are spoken ol. According to Jrliny, paint ers only employed these two colors, with black and white to produce their finest effort. The most valued tissues were dyed solely in red and yellow. The knowledge of green does not exist either in Sanscrit literature or in Homer, who, in describing the verdure of the country, used epithets relating to other colors. A savant, M Oelger, asserts that he has proved that neither in the poems of the Jiig Veda nor the Aresta, the Bible, the verses of Homer, the Koran, or the ancient literature of km land or Scandinavia is any mention of blue to be found. In fact, no word is to be traced in anv of them to designate the color. Therefore, some people must have existed for whom the verdure was not green, nor the skies blue. Even at this day the inhabitants of Burmah have great difficulty in distinguishing between blue and green. Mr Gladstone, whose knowl edge of Greek is well known, is wholly of the opinion of Dr. Magnus. We have no occasion to say that those views are strong ly contested. E5P The Berlin police have lately found that at least one-tenth of the population of that city live in cellars. The mortality among them is great. Half of the houses of the city are excessively crowded. Window Glass and Paints. Kfif) BOXES WINDOW GLASS, all sizes at prices lower than have been known in this city for the past ten years. A Full stock of all kinds of PAINTS and OILS. For sale by Oct. 11, 1878. J. 11. McADEN. LECTURES AND SERMONS OF Rev. W. E. MUNSEY, D. D., The undersigned offer for sale, at Wholesale and Retail, the above work. It contains about 550 pages 12 mo, with excellent engraved likeness of Dr. M. Price, per mail, post paid, $ 2. Liberal discount to Preachers and dealers. Address J. W. BURKE & CO., Nov. 29, 1878. Macon, Ga. Butterick's Patterns, And Metropolitan Fashion Sheets, for December, just received. ILUDX & JiKUTiilSK. Nov. 22, 1878. NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!! I wish to call your attention to the fact that I opened an entirely New Stock of Goods About six weeks ago. Not a piece of old Goods in tbi house. Since that time I have sold out some lines the fourth time and have replaced them by daily orders. I have just received my fourth btock of Dress Goods, In black and colored Cashmeres, black and colored Alpaccas, Brilliantines, Cashmere Beys, Brocades in all colors, Scotch Plaids and Matlessays. A full Stock of Opera Flannels, in rlaid and Plain shades, Red and White Flannels, Water Proofs, Bleached and Brown Domestics, Sheeting and Pillow Casing, cheaper than ever. A new stock of Ladies and uent s Merino Un derwear. A new stock of Cloaks, in Beaver, English Dia gonal and Matlessays. A large variety of Shawls and Balmorals. Don't fail to look at my new stock of Blankets, as cheap as the cheapest A full stock of Jeans, Casimeres and Gent's Furnishing Goods. Don't forget that I keep the best Shirt in the City tor $1. Also, the best Umbrella for $ 1. A full line of Umbrellas in French Gingham. Regina and Silk. Come and get the best Suit of Clothes in Town for the price. He sure and examine my stock of Boots, Shoes and Hats. Be sure and take a look at my new stock of Oil Cretons, that have been so popular this season. 1 keep a good stock of Trunks and Yalises, Floor and Table Oil Cloths. My motto has always been quick sales and small profits, and if you will come in and examine my Stock you will be convinced. I mean what I say. Prompt and careful attention given to all orders. Opposite Charlotte Hotel, Tryon Street. Nov. 22, 1878. T. L. SEIGLE. Cotton Storage. We are prepared to Store and Insure Cotton on reasonable terms. BURWELL & SPRINGS. Oct. 11, 1878. Another lot of Wood Tooth Picks, for Hotels and families 25 cents a box at DR SMITH'S DRUG STORE. Attention Farmers! Call at Kyle & Hammond's Hardware House and examine their "Dexter Corn Shellers" and "Feed Cutters" the latest and best out Also, new style adjustable Iron Foot Plow Stocks, a great improve ment on those sold in this market last season. We have a heavy Stock of Steel Plows, Clevises, Single Trees, Steel and Iron Harrow Teeth. Heel Screws, Grass Rods, &c, which we can and will sell to the Farmers at prices lower than they can possibly afford to make them. JNOV. 1, lOtO. IV X lIU Cu IlAilWUJU. Coal Oil. Th Cnal Oil we handle is euarranteed to be as eood, if not the best in the market Our sales prove it vviliDuxm ce cunu suui. UCt 18, 10V9. imiggwiB. What May be Done with Doss. It has been predicted by fiome philosophic metises mat aogs win yet Decome iavonte food in civilization. They contend that the dog is not only very palatable, but that he is nourisnmg ana entirety wnoiesome, anu that, when young and tender, be cannot be distinguished from the best mutton. He ought to be cheap, too, no slight recommen- uaiion, ior ne is a very aoouuaing. auimai, especially in our larsre cities. He is des troyed here in the Pound every year by thousands, when he might be put on the market and bring a fair price. Nobody, of course, would think of killing and cooking a valuable or favorite beast : bnt hundreds of dogs, justly coming under the head of worthless curs, would cease to be worthless if they were served for the table. A young dog would be as appetizing though he were of vulgar stock, or even a mongrel, as it be were blooded and of hampered origin. Thus, the question, what shall we do with all the dogs? would readily be answered, and most satisfactorily, lbey are eaten, it is said, in parts of Northern Europe and of Asia, as well as by the Chinese and our own savages, They are classic, also, having been highly relished by the ancient Romans and Greeks. Many old writers Galen and Hippocrates, the famous physicians, among them speak highly ot dog meat, and regard it as very healthful. in another Uentury we may consider it a choice delicacy. Food is large ly governed by preiudice. Une nation eats what another nation abhors ; the city often prizes what the country would not touch. We have a dietetic bias against dogs, un questionably, but it might be overcome. Any of us may have enjoyed them as dishes unconsciouslv. Indeed, there is a orobabil- ity that we have, if we have resided much in Paris. AT. Y. Times. The Moon, from a Frog's Point of View. Upon a time, in a certain valley, where once nowed a considerable stream, the waters suddenly failed and the stream died away. Upon the unfortunate frogs who dwelt there, in vast numbers, the hot Summer sun shone its fiercest rays unhindered. The waters dried away, and hundreds of wretched frogs died on those scorching fields. Dying fishes gasped with their last breath for a drop of cool water, and joined their wails to those of our suffering kindred. At length, one old trout, who had - held out to the last, confessed : "Miserable I ! and wicked ! I have caused this drouth ! And now I have no power to remedy the evil 1 have done V At this, all of the trogs who were not yet dead gathered around the tough old trout, and listened to his words. "That was an evil day," gasped the speck led sinner, "when I poked my nose out of water to dare a saucy kingfisher, who was mocking the whole fish tribe in bis usual dashing manner. 'Catch me, if you can !' I cried, darting about at my ease. "But the bird beguiled me. He made me believe that, if I would only work a little hole through that dam there, I could de scend with the escaping waters to the stream below, and make my way to the sea, where, as I heard, the fishes were all kings, and ate nothing but diamonds for dinner. "I enticed all the trout that I could in fluence to assist me, and we wriggled and wriggled our noses into the gravel for a long time, apparently to no purpose. "15 ut, at last, a little leak started, and our water dripped away, drop by drop, but not in surhcient volume to carry us with it. "When the waters had receded, so as to make the stream very low, back came that artful kingfisher to dive for us in the shal low pools. "And now, what the drouth has not de stroyed that tempter has gorged himself upon. "Oh-h-h ! Boo-hoo-hoo !" The frogs freely forgave him because he cried. But the problem remained, how was the supply of water to be renewed. At this juncture, an earnest, meek-eyed polliwog flopped feebly, and said : "Please show me the place where these waters leak away." Astonished at her manner, the sobbing trout indicated the spot. "Drag me thither by my tail ! exclaimed the heroine, resolutely. Then the trogs used their last remaining strength to do as the bade them, and wait ed, in exhausted surprise, to see what would tiappen next. "Good-bye I" wept the brave little polli wog, wriggling with feeling, and groaning some. "If any of you survive me, tell it to your children that 1 laid myself in the breach ! ' With these few farewell words she crowd ed herself into the hole, out of their sight. Presently, the stream began to rise and the pools to fill up. The frogs sat knee- deep in water, and the fihes swam "upon their sides. Day by day things improved, and the fishes began to sit up in bed, while the frogs were heard incessantly bletsing the little polliwog. One night she appeared to them in the blue sky, as all the world sees her to-night; returning nightly, for many nights, to beam at them; growing larger and brighter at every appearance. St. Nicholas. Agricultural Notice. By order of the Executive Committee of the Carolina Fair Association, a meeting of the Asso ciation will be held at the Court House in Charlotte, on Tuesday, December 10th being Tuesday of the first week of the Federal Court at 12 o'clock M., for the transaction of important business. A fall attendance is desired. J. S. MYERS. Nov. 29, 1873 2w President The Brinly Plow, BURWELL & SPRINGS'. At J TWENTY Something to Think About Correspondence of the Raleigh Observer. Your , mention of a scheme before the California Convention for "graduated pro gressive taxation" recalls an idea I have heard talked about in regard to the taxa tion ot land in riorth Carolina. The Cali fornia scheme is, not to be looked upon as a mere - lancilul off-spring of the brains of a new country : the people of that State are made up of men of quick perceptions, enter prising habits, and much observation of public and business affairs in all the Slates of the Union."" . The land in our own Slate is gradually passing into fewer hands, as I think the tax books of the several counties will show. This should not be. The possession of land binds the citizen to the State and all its in terests more strongly than anything else, ana me true policy is to encourage every man to o'wa land a. home.' ' . , '' Protection of the Homestead in North' Carolina I regard as an irrevocable fact. Defects of detail may require remedial pro visions; but the sentiment is deeply rooted in the community that the misfortunes and mistakes, or even the crimes, of the head of the family should never be visited upon the wife and children that the Stale owes to them protection in the enjoyment of that most sacred spot on earth, a home. What ever objection may be made as to destroy ing individual credit by the homestead pro vision and something may be said m this regard the sentiment referred to is para mount, and not likely ever to be weakened in the public mind and heart. .Now, to apply the California idea, en courage the division of lands and increase the number of land-holding citizens, let the homestead be charged with a minimum tax, to be arranged and increased in proportion to number of acres or value thereof. In the days of "forty acres and a mule," the papers north of Mason and Dixon had a great deal to say against large land owners in the South, while the same papers had gratulatory notices of . ten-thousand- acre farms in the North aud West. No doubt emigrants from the neighborhood of these big farms now see the necessity of saving California from the evils of this land monopoly. Ihe Anglo baxons have the reputation of being the most voracious land-grabbers on the face of the earth. They ought also to have the sense to stand up to "equal rights" among themselves in the disposition of their acquirements. lhese rem irks are merely suggt stions : the subject is worthy of elaboration. S. Bulldozing in Massachusetts. Talk about bulldozing in Southern States, in South Carolina, Florida, Louisisna and Mississippi, but Ben Butler thinks it is nothing as compared with that practiced in Massachusetts during the recent election and he ought to know. Here is one extract from him on the subject : "I should have been elected if it had not been for the most outrageous and persistent bulldozing of the laboring men of Massa chusetts by their employers, which changed thousands of votes. In one case a man had a factory with a very considerable number of voters employed in it. He took them down three at a time in his own private car riage. He voted the three and then went back for three more and voted them, and so on until he had gone through with his men. In other cases, when men asked leave of their employers to go and vote, they were told they could go, but they need not come back any more u they did that they did not want their services any more. In an other case, in my own city, where a man found one of his workmen on the street, he iterally took him by the shoulder and de liberately marched him up to the polls, and made him vote the Republican ticket al though he was known to be exactly the other way, and had so declared himself amid cries of 'shame ! shame ! shame ! don't vote against your principles V from the peo ple in the wardroom. The Mississippi plan of bulldozing is much more honorable and far more brave, lhat is done with a shot gun, and two men can play at that. The oiassacnuseus pian is to work upon ine la boring man's fears that his wife and chil dren will starve during the hard Winter that is coming, which is simply knavish, cowardly and dishonorable; and yet it is done by men who claim to be honorable men, openly advocated in the newspapers, and a circular was printed in this city which would have been distributed if I had not bund it out and . exposed it beforehand, calling upon the employers to exercise the 'vast authority they had over their em ployers' to make them vote against me." Northern papers (and Massachusetts papers es pecially) should eay no more about Southern white men preventing black men from voting as they please. Advice to Hunters. In view of the many accidents which are continuously oc curring in different sections of the country during the hunting seasons, the following advice, by an interested philanthropist, to amateurs, or, as he puts it, " sprouting sportsmen," is at least timely and worthy of attention : Don't point your gun at yourself. Don't point your gun at any one else Don t car ry your gun so that its range includes all your hunting companions. Don't try to find out whether your gun is loaded or not by shutting one eye and looking down the barrel with the other. Don't use your gun for a walking stick. Don't climb over a fence and pull your gun through muzzle foremost. Don't throw your gun into a boat so that the trigger will catch in the seat and the charge be deposited in your stomach. Don't use your gun for a sledge hammer. Don't carry your gun fall cocked. Don't carry your gun with the hammer down. Don't be a fool. Don't you forget it." 1878. - SEVENTH VOLUMENUMBER 1359.' Wealthy Ignorance. j A glimpse at rich men and fashionable women "at home." . - ' From the New York Era. 1 - It is true that, as a class, American men, ; though not highly educated, are well-read, ' and that American women, as a rule, are "smart." Still there are not a few men aud women in our midst who have gained wealth before they have acquired education. There is a man in this city who is worth about a million of dollars, but cannot sign his check himself. There is a second man worth in money almost as much, who , can just sign his check, and no more; who could not write four consecutive lines of ' grammatical English if his whole fortune ' depended on it. There is a dealer in cloves, spices, ' etc., who, though he lives in fine style, does not to-day know whether Byron was a poet, a peddler, or politician. There is a lady who gives fine and frc-; quent entertainments in this city who is obliged to limit her conversation to just no, for the simple reason that to venture be yond the merest commonplaces will demon strate her almost ineffable ignorance. There is a mother of a family, a woman highly respected, by the by, for her moral qualities, whose educational qualifications are below those of her own housemaids. And we have met in society a woman, a rather handsome woman, too, who really thought, until recently, that Bui wer wrote "Paradise Lost," and that Shakespeare was a painter. . - some of the people are ashamed ot their deficiencies, but submit to them as now past remedy. Others try to hide rather than correct them. A few are so brazen as even to boast of them ; but not a few en deavor to remedy their weak points, and are not ashamed to go to school, though fully grown up. Uut, ot course, these last go to private school they employ private tutors, or tutoresses and for the benefit of these gen tlemen and ladies of neglected education a special class of instructors has recently come into existence. This class embraces what are called "companions," and are especially in demand with wealthy but ignorant females. Uneducated men are likely to remain, if engaged in active business, uneducated. They have no opportunity to educate them selves, or even to be taught by others. Some, like the late Commodore Vanderbilt, by dint of hard "horse sense" and industry, contrive to get along very well without learning ; but the majority feel the want that they are not able to supply. But uneducated women who aspire to any social prominence have a pretty liard time of it in this country and city, for they are brought into competition with some ot the smartest women on the face of the earth, and if they are not clever they must seem so or go to the wall. bo, of late, these wealthy but ignorant women who aspire to society, employ com panions who are housekeepers in public, but governesses in private. Une lady in rJifth avenue gives a woman twenty dollars a week and her board, some of her second-hand clothes, too, occasionally, for her double service in these capacities. The clever employee writes all her mistress' tetters, invitations, etc., laites entire cnarge of all her correspondence, reads all the papers to her, makes comments on them, give hints as to proper dress and behavior on various occasions, coacnes ner in the day on the topics for conversation like- y to be alluded to at night, and acts as the alter ego. Another woman of the middle class has pupils in private who take lessons at her rooms in bixth avenue, lhese people are all ladies of wealth and would-be social po sition, who, instead of having their alter ego with them, go to her. The woman in structs her scholars, some of whom are worth half a million of dollars, and one of whom is over fifty years of age, in the rudi ments of an English education in arith metic, history, and, above all, grammar. She has a good run of custom, and is well . r . . r . - a n paid, receiving irom nve to ten aouars a esson, or sometimes charging one pupil as high as $500 for a course of instruction. , . 1 his lady in r nth avenue and this woman in Sixth avenue are but types each of a numerous class whose existence is a very suggestive and striking facts under modern civilization. The Manufacture ; of Cigars and Tobacco. During the past few years the manufacture and sale of cigars has become a business second in extent only to the trade in tobacco leaf. The whole world pays tribute to the "weed" in some form. Our German and Scotch friends are fond of tickling their noses with snuff. Our Span ish, Mexican, and Cuban neighbors regale themselves with a cicrarelte, while nearly the entire male population of the United States revel in either chewing or smoking, or in both. Tobacco is a staple production in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Connecticut, but the finest quality 'is pro duced on the island of Cuba. Havana ci gars are noted lor their une navor, but only a very small proportion of the "Havanas" sold in this market are imported Need of Schools for Mechanics. The Editor of the American Builder, in looking over the statistics of education in the Uni ted States, observes some facts which strike him as curious, for instance, that while there are 595 Colleges, Universities, Law, Medi cal and Theological Schools, there are Only ... t i i m i i i t oa ocnoois ior me nigner mecnanicai ana scientific education, including all schools of design, mining and engineering, scientific and mechanical schools. "No wonder," he remarks, "that many trained preachers in this country go hungry to bed, while thou sands of enterprising mechanics and arti sans are floundering in a sea of ignorance in search of higher scientific attainments. fl ft I si
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