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Year: 1868

The dogs of Belgium perform so i'm
portant part in the everyday traffic of
the citr, being, in fact, the "beasts of bur-
den " If the common people, that we can
not omit brief notice of them. All the
milk used in Antwerp is brought hither in
dog carts, filled with rows of shining brass
cans which are conveyed from house to
hous' until their contents are exhausted :;
thenthe milk woman supplies the absence
Of tie weight of the lacteal fluid with her
owl substantial person, and the little team
Cos jogging homeward to the country.
Tiese carts are sometimes of very con-
siierable size, and may be seen, filled with
barrels or bundles of wood, under which
circumstances the motive power is increased
o six or seven dogs, three and four abreast,
ngging and pulling at their burden, their
Door little bodies swaying to and fro In
their efforts, and their general appearance
and expression-for dogs have expressive
faces-exciting the sympathies of every
humane person. When overcome by IA
tigue and hunger, and thirst, they lie down
in the harness, and resolutely refuse TO
move until they are fed an instance of
which we had an opportunity for witness
ng one evening as we were riding on the
longchamps. A laden team was coming
il from the country to attend the next
days market, when, just as we were pass
ing most pitious howl broke from one of
the dogs, which was echoed by the others,
and all stood still in the middle of the
road, some crouching on their launches
and some prostrating themselves on the
ground, with their tongues lolling from
their heated mouths. The man who had
them in charge cracked his whip in vain
and then, finding all efforts useless, unhar-
messed them, when, in an instant, the whole
line bounded down the grassy bank of the
rampant. and plunged into the cool water
of the moat. Here they stood for some
moments refreshing their heated bodies
catching at the water with their mouth
and seeming to toss it above their heads
when shrill, prolonged, whistle from their
master, caused them to suddenly rush up
the bank, and ere long the team appeared
again in sight, trotting merrily onward
toward the bridge Their owner, ON the
occasion of their hungry demands, sup
plies them with pieces of coarse brown
bread, which he carries on the cart, and il
is common sight to see him standing in
front of his team, dealing to one annd an.
other the mouthful which they eagerly de-
YOUR.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the London Times
says the Chiltern Hills in England were
visited by an ice storm of unparalleled
severity in January. After some days of
frost the wind of Friday veered from north
to south, and the barometer rapidly fell
Early on Saturday rain began, with half
gale of wind this continued more or
less all day. Having occasion to pay a
a visit on the top of the hills, / started
about II A. NJ, when it was raining fast
and blowing hard the rain instead of run
ming off my umbrella, froze as it fell. /
do not believe that q single drop during
the three hours | was out left it, and when
L returned home it was one bright sheet of
ice. The trees and hedges were covered
with ice to the thickness of half an inch
in the more exposed places. | brought a
twig home, which on carefully weighing
was found to be ten parts ice to one of
wood; this was by no means an exception
al case. The trees were frozen SO stiffiy
that in spite of strong wind they stood
perfectly motionless, with the exception of
the birches and evergreens, which scat
tered shower of ice at every blast. The
houses and buildings were coated with ice
on their southern aspects, giving the ap-
pearance of a glass glaze; the glass in the
windows was also thickly coated. But the
icicles on the gates produced the most ex-
traordinary effect, every bar being covered
with ice, from which were suspended rows
of icicles six inches long. These could be
counted by hundreds, not hanging straight
down, but all inclining, at an angle of
about thirty degrees. with the most per-
feet regularity, to the north or away from
the wind The blades of grass and dead
thistles which projected through the snow
were encaced in ice to great thickness !,
The snow, also, was coated with thick
coat of ice, which made walking very IA
tiguing on the steep sides of the hills
The noise was very peculiar as the wind
shook the ice from the trees; instead of
remaining where it fell it went rafting TO
the bottom, and meeting with the project
ing frozen grass the noise was great The
general aspect of the country was such as
to defy my powers of description. 1t
was as if every object had been suddenly
dipped in liquid glass.
Year: 1868

When first knew the country, thirty
or thirty-6ve years ago. any idea of I'M
proving an estate or lis tenants was SCOUT
ed by every one as al, imposslbility, the
dream of an enthusiast. 1t did seem a
very hopeless task, with the country over
run with population, in this district not
tenants but laborers. Very seldom the
old potatoes held out till the new crop was
ripe, and begging and starvation for a
month or two, and sometimes longer, were
the consequence. Fever was regular every
summer more or less. The first charity l
took part in was getting fever hospital
built, and direly was it wanted. Now it
is never used unless for cholera.


IF L said overnight | wanted fifty
men for Job of work there would be
one hundred waiting next morning begging
for employment; and the wages sixpence
per day. l paid eightpence, and was
thought model of liberality 1t was a
great mass of poverty that you seemed to
make no impression on, do what you would
to relieve it. 1t appeared just to close in
upon you again on all sides as if nothing
had been done


:. 1t was the most hspe lssess dispiriting
workecuncoisasas, and, b6f ing Ak on it,
do not know how one faced it, and can
wonder at no one who gave 1t up in despair.
And this went on until the famine twenty
years ago.


In appearance and dress
neither men nor women are the same peo-
pie they were before the famine Wages
are double and steadily rising If bad
time come, fair exertion can grapple with
and substantially relieve it. The very
complaint that the tenant class have mil
lions in the banks they would like to in
vest in improvements Though only very
partially true) is proof how the farmers
have thriven. The cattle and sheep, COM
pared with their forefathers, would form
very fit illustrations for a new edition of
Mr.. Darwin's book. Good roads every
where. On the main lines of communica-
ton great roads, that | can remember as
called military roads, and since they really
were, made after 1913 to open the coun-
try.


Read any engineers report within the
last seven years on any bridges or river
drainage or waterworks. There is sure to
be a statement that special provision IS
necessary because the floods come down
now so much quicker in consequence Of
the improved land drainage on the upper
streams and feeders. Some one must have
done this drainage If the landlords, it
proves they are at work for good. If the
tenants, it proves there must be many ten
ants who, somehow or other, are not afraid
of their improvements being taken advant-
age of by landlords
Year: 1868

Chdrirdri has prepared certain cate
chism for the use OF persons desirous OF TAX
ing the decree of Baccalaureate in matri-
mOny. The examination is conducted as
follows: The future bridegroom is first
questioned, separately:


Erdminer-' am about to interrogate
you on your special aptitude for marriage
You appear already arrived ar a certain
age?"


The Bridegroom elect-''I am forty
eight years old


And the fanceer


q She Is seventeen"


Thirty years difference. Well, that
is not in the programme. Who are you
going to marry


" Monsieur. l do not well know myself
But L am all alone, a bachelor. l am
rather bored. My position obliges me to
maintain a certain rank in the world |
must keep house. In short, one must wind
up and settle down at some time"


The future is in the hands OF none. If
you leave children you expose them to the
chance of becoming orphans before they
are fairly launched in their career"


All, yes-the children. But | am in
hopes not to have many"


DO you love your wife, and are YOU
beloved by her ?"


"She is young person very well
brought up, and belonging to an excellen,
family. Her dot is most advantageous,
and she has, moreover, expectations There
is nothing to prevent my being very happy
with her. [ myself am in good business .


i see that you unite all the aptitude
desirable for your new condition. | accord
to you the eonjugal diploma, with the privi-
leges thereto attached"


Examination of Bride elect =" Iou
come Mademoiselle. as an aspirant for the
baccalaurethed?"


Bride elect -" Yes, sir


You feel yourself possessed of the
of a family


Yes, sir


q congratulate you What IN former
times was a duty has to-day become al
evidence of heroism Then you have the
courage to bring up your children? ?"


Yes, sir; my mother has told me that
if have any, she will find me an excellent
nurse from Normandy"


" All, very good. You will then have
little more leisure to attend to the affairs
of your house.


Il do not understand housekeeping, but
my mother will choose for me a good cook
and femme de chambre"
That is question of expense merely
do not insist upon it? But when your
children are old enough to be educated ?


"If it is boy he will be put to school
if girl, she will enter pension"


Without doubt you have much affection
for your husband -


a know nothing about it yet. but my
father assures me that [ shall love hin
very much Besides. | shall have nothin:
else to do"


" And why are you going TO marry
Because | am not married"


THAT is one reason. Have you n
other ?"


" Pardon, monsieur, | am very anxiou
to be married, in order to have reception
day, TO see my friends, to 90 out alone, o
to go to the theatre and to balls


% 1t is not necessary to be married to &
to the theatre and to balls


Il cannot always 60 when L want tc
and at the theatre there are often piece
that my parents will not allow me to see.


But with these ideas I do not see ho
you can be either good housekeeper or
mother of family"


"Of course cannot pass all my youth i
bringing up children and filling the cuT
board with linen, while my husband is q
Year: 1868

L am rather pleased when my neighbors
gather on festive occasions and send for
my children, and say: Let the little
girl come over and spend the day" We
dress her with the greatest care, and send
her to them with a secret pride of love.
feeling that there is not no greater compli-
ment to us than that our friends want our
children for the day. If God says to me.
+" want your children" shall 1 not have
faith in him, and shall not dress them in
their best, and send them to him? It is
only the distance from the morning to the
evening between you and death anyhow.
Your children may have gone before you,
but you are great deal closer on their
steps than you have any idea. If you
are following the ideal of true life, what
if husband, or wife, or child is called
away. and you are left? You have but
lent them to God. and you arc following
close after.-H. w. Beeeher.
Year: 1868

his business or his club. must try to
amuse myself a little


"Well, L have just been talking with
your future husband, and 1 find that you
two have absolutely the same ideas. | am
delighted with such evidences of congeni-
ality. think you are made for each other,
and will understand one another admirably


Here is your diploma. You are evidently
a young person, much too reasonable to
annoy your family by making a marriage
disinclinatory"
Year: 1868

RESOLVED, That we recognize the
great principles laid down in the
immortal Declaration of Independence
as the true foundation of democratic
government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these
principles a living reality on every
inch of American soil.
Year: 1868

LOUISVILLE, Sept. S.-A company of fifteen
or twenty mounted entered the town of Versailles
last Sunday firing upon number Of negroes Tie in-
habants Of the town organized and returned the
fire. The assailsns driven Of losing two OF their
number by capture and several were slightly wounded
The Christmas mil. three miles from the city, has been
Oh one or two occasions surrounded by armed men, with
the evident intention OF taking forcbe possession OF IT,
The workmen Of the mill opened fire upon the attacking
party driving them of and wOunding one In the heel
Nellie Conner, servant, living the Salt River road
was dragged from her home few nights ago by com
pauy Of ten men, and stripped and tarred.
Year: 1868

A HONE OF TASTE. -Esgravinss
shed their spirit over q household ;
the calm portraits Of the great and
worthy dead exercise a great influ.
ence over me, says Sidney Smith. I
could look on those over my own
fireplace until they seem neither ab.
sent or departed, but living yst
Every good picture is the best Of ses-
nous and lectures. The sense in-
form the soul. Whatever you have,
have beauty. Let beauty be on the
paper on your wall. It is as easy
to choose a paper suggestive ofthe'
lovely in form and color, az the un.
couth. Why should not every house.
hold object be sanctiicd with this
grateful charms Each chair, table,
tea or chamber-seryicc, aud every
object for Kitchen or parlor, for the
home Of the poor man, artisan or


mechanic, I would have them alt
worthy ola home of taste. no. .mh4
Year: 1868

Once she was Mother" and then it
was "Mother, I'm hungry" "Mother,
mend my jacket "Mother, put up my
dinner" and Mother with her loving
hands would spread the bread and butter,
and stow away the luncheon, and sew on
the great patch, her heart primming with
affection for the imperious little curly
pate that made her SO many steps and
nearly distracted her with his boisterous
mirth A Me


Now she is the sold woman ;" but she
did not think it would ever come to that
She looked on through the future years
and saw her boy to manhood grown and
he stood transfgured in the light of her
own beautiful love. Never was there a
more noble son than he-honored of the
world, and the staff of her declining
years.


Aye, he was her support even then,
but she did not know it She never re-
allied that it was her little boy that gave
her strength for daily toll = that his slend-
er form was all that upheld her over the
brink of dark despair She only knew
how she loved the child, and felt that
amid the mists Of age his love would bear
her through its infirmities to the dark
hall leading to the life beyond.


But the son has forgotten the mother
tender ministrations now Adrift from
the moorings of home, he is cold, selfish,
heartless, and "Mother, has no sacred
meaning to the prodigal. She is s'the
old woman wrinkled, gray, lame and
blind.


Pity her, O grave, and dry those tears
that roll down her furrowed cheeks
Have compassion on her sensitive heart,
and offer it thy quiet rest, that it may
forget how much it longed to be s'dear
mother to the boy it nourished through
a ceaseless childhood, but in return for
all this wealth of tenderness has only Civ
en- back reproach.
Year: 1868

DIAMOND Cur D1AMoND.-A Quaker
having lost a quarter of mutton by law
er's dog, repaired to the office Of the law
yer, and said: 81 have come to ask
piece Of thy advice Suppose dog car
ried off leg of mutton from me where
do look for pay, to the dog or to his
owner? z" "Oh," said the man of the
quill, " to the owner of the dog he is
responsible for any damage his dog does
you" Said Broadbrim ; "Thee owes
me seventy five cents" ''Ah," said the
lawyer, ''then my dog did abe mischief!
Well, here is the money" The face Of
the Quaker expanded with a smile at his
shrewdness in forestalling the opinion of
the lawyer, and he was making his exit
from the Office, when he was brought to
halt BY the lawyer saying: 81 have
small bill against you, my friend" "And
for what ?" said the Quaker. "For ad-
vice in the dog case-two dollars" was
the reply. This was poser. 1t being
legal advice, there was no dodging, so
the money was forked over, and the
Quaker departed wiser, if not better
man.
Year: 1868

Itook tea, not long since, at the house
of Baroness, with a large party, and not
a servant was seen. The Baroness made
tea after we were seated at the table, with
a convenient and elegant apparatus pre-
pared for the purpose, and two beautiful
youag ladies, a niece of the Baroness and
friend. passed around the table and
served the guests. M


On a certain occasion, called on
wealthy family, and was received by the
lady of the house, who told me that her
two daughters were in the kitchen cook
ing. They were both to be married soon,
and professional cook had been employed
to come three times week, to give them
lessons in the art Of cooking, and initiate
them fully into all its mysteries. In five
minutes, one Of these young ladies came
into the parlor to see me, neatly dressed,
and eonversed with me in beautiful En-
lsh. 5e9


.ssA thorough acquaintance with domestic
economy is considered an indispensable
qualification in a young lady for married
life In addition to all this, mothers
teach their daughters that one of their
chief duties after marriage, is to strive to
make their husbands comfortable and
happy, When German husband comes
to his home, at the close of day of toll
and anxiety, his wife receives him with a
smile, arranges his arm chair, brings him
his study gown and slippers, places before
him refreshments, gets him cigar, and
while he eats and smokes, converses with
him in the most entertaining manner,
about the events of the day. What will
your lady friends say about this picture Of
domestic life in Germany ?-Rev. r. NJ


NunIors fSl ~ st- @ III
Year: 1868

The opponents Of the Camden and Amboy
Railroad monopoly in New-Jersey will hold a
Mass Convention at Trenton, next Wednesday
(22d nst), to organize for work and to set be-
fore the people their grounds of resistance 20
the giant wrong. NewJersey should be fairly
gridironed and checkered with railroads, bring
ing markets near every farmer, and enabling
him to fertilize her soil and convert its now
sterile regions into gardens and orchards for
the supply of the two great cities which closely
adjoin her. The blighting Monopoly is the one
great obstacle to this contamination. Every
acre of her southern counties would DO in
creased in actual value by the overthrow of
that monopoly. How long must it be for
horneY
Year: 1868

The UorId asserts that its weekly circulation has
been doubled within month-and will probably
quadruple before February 22d that its crcula-
tiOn of all kinds is increasing while that of The
WEEKLY TRIBUNE has largely fallen of. that it
requires five hours less TO print it than it did year
ago-and il closes a string of such wants follows


within month, six weeks at furthest, the cIrcula
ton Of The World will be larger than the circulation OF
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE. That We are sure Of Perhaps Il
IS larger nor That we are not sure Of and will not
assert


We have no skill at this game .of brag and pro-
phecy combined We guess what the circula-
lion Of The TRIBUNE that of The HOrld will be at
some future day. Bur the public has legitimate in
tefest in knowing the actual circulation respectively
Of journals which solicit advertising at good prices
on the strength of their extensive subscription
Leuce we make the following proposition:


A capable, intelligent, honorable umpire shall
have free and full access to the Offices of either
tablishment, including the books with the right to
examine ION oath, If he chooses) any and every
person employed therein; and he shall report


no soon as he shall have ascertained the actual crcu
1ation of each paper in its various editions; which
report shall be conspicuously printed under the ed
tora head Of each paper in three successive issues
of its Daily, and once each IN its Semi Weekly az
such there be- and Weekly issues


We propose Mr. Moses S. Beach now or late Of The
Sum as such umpire, but will accept another If Mr.
B should decline OF shoud not prove acceptable.


We will pay the umpire for his time and labor
In case The World will induce the other journals
composing the New-lork Associated Press to unite
in making this scrutiny and publication of results
general so far as OF more journals are con-
cerned we will pay $500 for the expenses thereo-any
balance unexpended TO be handed over to the New
York Association for the Relief of the Poor.


We will thank The BOrld to say frankly and
promptly that it accepts OF rejects the scrutiny and
publication above proposed 1t will not doubt that
we mean business.
Year: 1868

A correspondent, who says that a certain
Judge has discharged many noted pickpOckets
and other prisoners of disreputable character,
is glad to know that it has been decided by
the Supreme Court that the Judge has no
power to discharge Special Sessions prisoners
on ccrtiorari, and the public will receive with
satisfaction the further decision that two
Judges are required on the bench of the Gen
eral Sessions to render that Court a legal
tribunal
Year: 1868

The Austrian Government and cOnsidera-
BILE portion of the inhabitants of Vienna yes
terday celebrated, with becoming sOlemnity,
the funeral of the unfortunate Archduke Maxi
milan. Among the many things that may be
said in honor of the unfortunate prince, not
the least is that he was most beloved where he
was best known. He was regarded as the most
liberal among the Archdukcs of the Imperial
family, and was undoubtedly the most popular.
Year: 1868

nications were received from Gen. Hancock
In one he says in reference to the collection
of the tax for paying the expenses OF the Con
vention: should any officers be fCrcibiy re;
sisted. the Major General commanding will
promptly use the military power to maintain
the supremacy of the law to this extent He
has authority to act. but it is not in his prov
incc 10 Interfere in the matter in any other
Year: 1868

ifalic The reader can thus see ut glance
how many and what counties in any Northern
State voted Republican or Democratic, without
the trouble Of performing subtraction among
the figures.
Year: 1868

II you have balky horses 1t Is your
Own fault and not the horses, for if they
DO not pull true there is some cause for
it, and If you remove the cause the effect
will cease. When your horse balks he is
excited, sad does not know what to do


Wbsn he gets a little excited, stop for
FIVE or ten minutes; let him become
calm, and as coon as he is over his excite.
ment be viii, in nine cases out of ten,
pull at the word. Whipping and slash
iDg and swearing only makes the matter
worse. After you have gentled him q
while, and his exciteme ent Is cooled, take
him by the bits; turn him each way a
few minutes as far as you can pull out
the tongue, gentle him a little, unrein
him, then step before the baiky horse,
aud let the other start first; then you
can take them anywhere you wish. A
balky horse is always high-spirited and
starts quick half the pull is out before
the other starts; by standing before him
the other starts first. By close applica.
lion to this rule you esn make any horse
pu1. II q horse has been badly spoiled
you should first hitch him to an empty
wagon and let him draw it around for q
while on level ground; then put on lit
tie load and increase it gradually, caress-
log rs before, and in a short time you can
have good WORK Pennsylvania
Farm Journal.