Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-05

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periinence thus TO show me what simple
thing was puzzled over, aud how much clsv- &
erey he was than II
The group represents Ugsiiao thrown into
prison for political ofienses, and, with bis four
sons len to stafve TO death. 1t is so full' Of
suffering thar con ID not bear to look at u, N
aud turned from il again and again, but was
brought back to il Rs by a kind Of fascination
10 most pleasant contrhst with this s apic- y ny
iure that hangs near by IL Of young mother
aud her babe She has evidently Just come
10 from morning ride or walk, and without
waiting 10 take off her bonnet, has rushed to-
the crib Of her little one, and Is putting the
necessary sanitary supplies into rs open ID
mouth There is an expression Of pure lose n
and tenderness in her face, which might be
worn hy an angel IN Heayen-4so free is IL
from all se6shness and impurity-and anoth-
er, also, which made me think l could hear
her, II | would listen closely telling the baby
how sorry she was that she had LETT It so long, ,
and promising she would never do it again
The picture bears the date Of l863-the ar q
lists name is not given. would like to know
him
Mr. Sanford told us there was an iceberg
| by the American, Church. in the collection,
but we could not find It
picture by Chinese artist, Of lady who 1aa
could truthfully complain. as does Miss Flora q
McF msey, shows that although perspective
may not be very we'll understood in the Flow
cry aud Celestial Kingdom, drAgiug and col
oriug are ..l..,. .. -Hafr sts g
There is one other pleasant feature about
Brussels that | must mention before bidding
it farewell, viz: the infinite number, variety 2
and cheapness OF books. Its position IN the
near vicinity OF France, Germany and Eng
| land brings into the hands Of its publishers
all the important books that are issued in any l.
OF these countries, and, unrestrained by any
| international copy right law, they can repro
duce them at about one-half Of the publish
er's price Tauchniz has issued a very eK-
tensiys collection of British authors and
with perfect eooluess classes Irving, Cooper, gi
| Holmes and Longfeow among theml IN q, :
| At an early dinner, between twelve and one
o'clock, we met a Mr. F., of New York, who,
with his wife and sister-in-law, was doing
Europe in style peculiarly American. They
had only been away from home some two
months and in that time they had seen a'r
(irom the car wndows) Great Britain, France,
Switzerland Italy, Germany and the Rhine
They arrived at Brussels rhe night before at g. Z
ten o'clock and left with us that afternoon assas
two, and in the mean time they had 'done"
| the city and the field of Waterlooi He said
he had the whole thing laid out before he left Z
honie how uuchhe WAS going 20 see ip gssa
time, and he was happy to say he, was up 20
the mark, with half dag 10 spare. The iaeS
dies looked lravelworn aud weary, al Nbich g
we did not wonder m 4.tai.i... .,,Iti,
The road from Brussels to Paris is through
pleasant bnt not very interesting country, 'ili
and took the express train and few over IL q.
making bnt three or four stops in all the two
hundred miles At ten o'clock p NJ We
we're 1T the station in Paris, and at eieven,oio
were in rooms in the Hotel Meusiee seven
stories high At midnight my friends were
all asleep, but the idea Of being IN Paris was j.
1 an exciting one to me and drove sleep from
my eyelids, and / stood long, out upon the liz.
tie balcony projecting from our room, looking
at the miles OF brilliant lights stretching out
from below, aud the hundreds OF vehicles, lst
whirl ng along the streets for the city was
still wide awake, thinking Of the stirring
eve nts which these streets have Witnessed IN
the past history oi the city, Of the ''pleashres 7
and palace" which we we're to see on the
1 motrow aud the splendor which Was to dazzle
us, until looking cut the long street toward
the west thought of home aud dear ones far
away and Of the broad OCEAN which rolled be-
tween them and me, and then all my sntici-
pated pleasures for the morrow seemed vanity
mud worse than uo,hing,an | would have1sf
given them all up forever TO have been once
more at home ''
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