dom of such feature.

Perhaps no educational institution in the Union has done more for the
industrial education of the colored people of the South than the
Hampton (Virginia) Normal and Agricultural Institute under the
management of General S.C. Armstrong. The success of this one
institution in industrial education, and the favor with which it is
regarded by the public, augurs well for the future of such
institutions. That they many multiply is the fervent wish of every man
who apprehends the necessities of the colored people.

In a recent issue of the _New York Globe_, Prof. T. McCants Stewart of
the Liberia (West Africa) College, who is studying the industrial
features of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for use in
his capacity as a professor among the people of the Lone Star
Republic, photographs in the following manner the great work being
done at Hampton. Prof. Stewart says:

The day after my arrival, I was put into the hands of an
excellent New England gentleman, who was to show me through
the Institute. He took me first to the barn, a large and
substantial building in which are stored the products of the
farm, and in which the stock have their shelter. We ascended
a winding staircase, reached the top, and looked down upon
the Institute grounds with their wide shell-paved walls,
grassplots, flower-beds, orchards, groves and many
buildings--the whole full of life, and giving evidence of
abundant prosperity, and surrounded by a beautiful and
charming country. We came down and began our rounds through
"the little world" in which almost every phase of human life
has its existence.

We went into the shoe-making department. It is in the upper
part of a two-story brick building. On the first floor the
harness-making department is located. We were told that
Frederick Douglass has his harness made here. One certainly
gets good material and honest work; and reasonable prices
are charged. In the shoe department several Indian boys and
youths were at work. There were also three or four colored
boys. They make annually for the United States government
two thousand pairs of shoes for the Indians. They also look
after outside orders, and do all the repairing, etc., of
boots and shoes for the faculty, officers, and
students--making fully five thousand pairs of shoes a year,
if we i