Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-01-21
sELE.sA1lsEIeo PEOPLE.
IN. IIir.r.sy Esi.tIne Among the Ma
jorIty OF the Spanish Capitals Popsis'

SELF.SATiSFlE0 PEOPLE.
IN. IIin.rasy Esi.tInE Among the Ma.
Jority OF the Spanish capitars Fops's
tion.
Madrid 10 not distributing CONNER.
cial center. The localities OF Principh
production have each its ncighboring
port, like Oporto. Xeres. Malaga, Val.
encia and Barcelona. What b bbrought
here is usually for the consumption OF
its Inhabitants and most OF II Is from
long distance. There are so few manu-
iacturers In Spain that nearly every.
thing In the shops, including fabrics OF
silk, wool, cotton. metals OF sll kinds
and all articles OF uertn, Is imported
things Of an ornamental kind princi'
pally from France. The Government
10 poor and has imposed high duties
which are in certain cases intended TO
be protective. Provisions and fruits Oh
IN kinds are also In nearly all cases
,roughr some distance, 90 that every
hing that the inhsbitant needs 10 eW
,r wear In cxprns,'.. nna pays biSh
.or his luxuries at Madrid; and even ior
h luxury Of living here at all. Tue
pleasures Of such climate can not DO
nad without q proportionate expendi'
nre. One is sure to remark before he
has been long In Spain that the Span
isrds do not excel In anything. Ihey
have not the trained eye and hand.
They lack dslicacy Of touch. as they
lack delicacy Of sentiment. III you SEQ
ANYTHING Of native make In the shops
you promptly recognize 1t by i~
coarseness Of texture or handling.
Their native wines are bad. with
some few exceptions. They have no
skill In confectionery. Among q Peo-
ple where those who are able TO read
are the exceptions. the bookstores are
Tor the best of reasons few and stocks
Of books small. In Spanish towns OF
the second and third class there are
few works to be had besides q few
French novels. There are numerous
bookstores In Madrid. but not one to DO
compared with several in San Fran
cisco. The books arc often half French,
and nearly all in cheap paper binding.
while there are almost always abouf
the place signso Of the rcstestncgligence
and even slovenliness; books thrown
promi,cuously upon the shelves, many
often lying on the floor, which is COW
cred with litter OF dirt and torn pa
per, among which the clerks make
their way with difficulty and the book
keeper calmly sits, calculating his by
no means princely gains. Italy Is full
,f books on every industry in which
the people are or ought to be engaged.
There is everywhere manifested In that
country a sincere desire to learn. and
the Government. the educated men,
those who arc authors and qualified to
instruct, make every possible
rflort to encourage and as.
sist the aspiration. There Is q
wgaisrfsl contrast to all this In
spain. There is nothing that corrc-
spends with the cheap popular hand
books that one finds In every book shop
In Italy. There Is absolutely no manual
existing on the raisin culture. There
may be one or two most unsatisfactory
ones on the olive and three or four on
the vine and wine.making. while there
are fifteen or twenty works OF all sizes,
some Of them costly. on the bull ring.
This fact speaks volumes for the tastes
Of the common people. The poor work.
man will spend every summer during
the season his entire earnings in this
kind Of amusement, and one or two
peseters tor a gaudy lithogrsph OF tho
ugly physiognomy Of one Of the most
famous lighters. when he would not
spend a penny for newspaper. Most
OF tho journals in Spain are published
at o penny; but one Is rarely seen In
the hands Of a Spaniard OF the lower
class, while in Italy you will see often
the coachman reading on his box. the
street ycnder at his stall. and some
times the commoncst workman seated
on stone and spelling out his morn
ing sheet with painful effort. It will
DO very difficult to render education
general among people who are so thor
oughly satisfied with themselves, who
have so little desire to learn, and
scarcely know that there Is u world
outside Of Spain.-Madrid Cor. San
francisco Chronicle.