Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-14
Tho United states ana France.

France has 81 ,3s6,Sl3 inhabitants. OF
these g, 234 ,632 of both sexes are reported
to be skilled mechanics or engaged in
professional pursuits.
The United States had, by the census
Of 1860, a population Of 81 ,443, 32l, and of
these only S,2S7, 043 are repo. Led by the
census to be occupied in the various
branches OF industry, not including agri-
culture.
There were in the United States 80, 1913
lawyers, while in France there are only
11,1T9. In France, however, there are
1871 magistrates, while justice is ad-
ministered in this country by less than
three thousand judges.
The health of our people is confided to
the professional care of no less that ST.
543 doctors-quacks included. The hy-
giene of France is in the hands of only
80, go physicians, all regularly licensed
by diploma.
Our lands are cultivated by 2,423, sos
farmers. 2,379,030 till those of France.
These members do not include the farm
hands or laborers, but refer merely to the
proprietors or otherwise responsible
heads of farms. Ef&
In special trades or callings the follow
ing suggestive comparisons occur: There
are in France 1924 ,265 grocers, l72, ,992 of
whom are women. In this country, ac-
cording to the last census, there were
only 40,070 grocers. The number of
women engaged in this traffic is not
given. The tobacconists' shops of France
employ II ,l94 citizen proprietors, where
as our cigars and tobacco are sold us by
"a, ,4l3 retail dealers.
Frenchmen are particular In the mat
ter of hats. 1t takes no less than 1854
hatters TO supply their wants in this re-
spect, while our heads are covered by H.
647 artisans in this speciality.
The comparative statistics Of mental
and bodily infirmity in thet countries
are also curious. In the United States
the blind number 10, 0,733, the deaf and
dumb, 1881, and the idiotic 1880
The blind in France amount to 80, 7eO,
the deaf and dumb to 81 ,956, and the
idiots to the very large aggregate OF Al,
525.
There are, finally, no less than 5s9, ,39s
women practising one or other of the lib
eral professions in France, whereas in
our country less than ten thousand wom-
en- have thus far adopted a professional
career.
These comparative statistics-which
are still partial, only because the public
records of the United States do not fur
nish such varied and minute. details as
those of France-offer several themes for
reflection to social and political econo-
mists. But besides these, there are a
number of interesting statistical facts
with reference to the pursuits of the
French people, which we have no pres
ent means of comparing with those OF
this country.
For instance, there are in France 8, CSC,
115 "patrons," who pay the wages OF
766, ,2S3 domestic servants of both sexes,
of ,566, 1888 workmen, and 2s3, ,S2l clerks.
The population is divided into 0,09i
separate households.
There are s,479,0l6 unmarried persons,
of whom 4,479. $50 are women.
Finally, to descend from the human
to the brute creation, France has 5000,
600 horses, 400 600 asses, $4,000 mules
and donkeys, $50. 900 bulls, 1000, ,00ooNeu.
5, 600, 900 cows, 100000 calves, 100000
goats and 1900, 900 swine.