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tho State that {ailod 10 run rnd in voting money
to railroads aro now assiuting in paying t1o debt
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Notca OF Ilfo in tho Austrian Onpitnl.
Vienna Correspondence qf tho baltimore American.
F1nsr-uLAaa FuNEAAL. =
AL funerals loro Are worry mtfoll alike but Wo
today Witnessed what Is regarded as tiratclasa
tunoral. First came two mounted ontrltlarH, OIL
blRok horsos, with black cloth ewallow-tailcd
shoulders aud swords at their sides. They each
carried III their haula baok poloH. about nix foot
IN longth, on tl!o tops Of which woro 1argo Bilvor
llanterna, l,s with . llglt burning within.
covoral iW7itL black trlnmInga, presenting : !
worry sombro nB1,oct. Iiloy woro blaok cliaposug.
a!Bo trimmed with stlvor taco. Noxt caiio tlho
Aoarse, not mitch ditloront from tito most elegant
Of our city hoareos, but moro pondoroua, and
raycd as those Of tile outridors, thoy being nj
most ooverel with mourning harnoss. Tho two
foremost lorsea Of tho NIX drawing, tho honrHo,
aso ha n tn1 wonTng
mon, similarly arrayod, occupied tho drivers
scat. and on tho sides OF tho llearso twolvo
moro. OF thoao grave-looking gentlemen
oandss9eks %ssissa a'Gns Il ts st hs s5so Viii 5ylvors os
ales burning. Eight carringos followed, horseB,
aud everything olso, Of tito b1aekest black, and
ariyor mud footman upoii oach wearing. tho
funeral Barb. Those mon mako q business Of
IL
carriages md horses that aro not rHad for my
othor purpose. Tic oxtont OF tho display thoy
make IL governed entirely by tho amount paid.
Sometimes the body IL carried to the grave
tho same. uniform, with tic aanlo car
dloa and othor parapholpnlin Of death.
POSTAGE CARDS.
Tho "poBtago card" which lias just bcon in
tIoducoa in the United statos, is European mo-
@ 9 Is %n e4o II v s09 s ss q pSpae at 70 ne 5
horc. both for mail and local doliyory.
There is aaid to bo not, loss than fltty
o's l. @ @ry yesss and Tho s0Ts%ss as
nre Kept constantly in motion delivering tlem
thoy being largely used for local business pur-
posos. Wo havo Ind OCCASION to uso ovor q dozen
found them very convenient. ,as a sharp lead
loncn answors tho purpose Of ink. I frequently
300 gontlemon 10y thom on top OF the lottor-
eoxos IN tho stroota, write a note, direct aud
arop + in' The post olivo1y, both horo and in
another arc generally delivered In about
two hourn. lnatond Of having the letters in tho
boxes collootod by oarrors, thoy aro takon to the
boing loft in placo Of tho old ono. The lottor->
box ia an oblong iron box, with hole III it,
which Ia locked up inside Of larger iron box,
with corresponding holo. Tho empty boxes
arc brought in tlc carriage nnd exchanged for
tho full onos. Tho arrangement il very simple
and expeditions, the wagon flying around Oh its
route with groat rapiaity.
. RESPECT Fon THE LAW,
The Austrian has great respect for tho law
oacnpe from u police officer Il novor known in
Vienna. Tt Ia not necessary for q policeman to
arrest aud drag an offender to tho atation-houBe.
All llo haa to Do ia to say to q man, .You arc
I'LL day until tho officer has timo to
attend to him. The certainty Of punish-
mont II fo should do otherwise mny
haye much to do with this. The resistance Of
an officer Of tho law would, hoWovor, bring
ovcry bystandor to his nssiHtance, as 1t Ia not
tho Officer, but the representative Of the la.n
that they regard aH being outraged. Thus 1t is
In the public squares, II q cftzen should witness
any violation Of tho rules mud regulations he
would fool 1t hts duty to at once arrest tho
offender, and hand him over to an officer. Thoro
is no GLASS Of pooplo who disregard tho law
except tho carriage .drivcrs, and thoy aro
brought up BY tho flftios every day. AB their
oirenaos are rnostly against etreneors, who do
not wish to be at tho trouble OF Informing upon
them, thoy oau afford to pay tho fines In fow
caHes for tho profits thoy mako from tho many.
citizen pays them what tho law allows, and it
riago. md tolls him to drive to tho station
houHo. This has tho desired effect, and his
growling ceaaos.
but Ill I'LL tEuGF ECbpDGI6 L[lo INV III Vienna ID
supreme. Punishment Of the eoyoross charac-
tor ia suro to follow itB slightest violation.
Noise or improper conduct on the stroots III never
heard, but as men here mover got drunk, that
may bo ono Of the Causes OF this exception to
other large citioB.
Thoro Is no city in Europe in which there nro
90 many large bands Of skilled musicians as
there her ie N Vienna: They all numbor between
than sixty Of as pertect orchestral bands ea
that Ut Theodore Thomas On Sunday uftor-
Moons, oyely garden around tho city, evon thoso
whore tho working ciassos resort, has ono or
more Of these bands in attendance, the .prico
of admission boing from 80 to 60 kruetzors,
or from Is to rs conts. They Mi
perform oporatio music, or somo of tho
liyoly productions OF Btrauas, aud all c1assoB
so ef he s o e e On n xostsr
day (sunday) ovonipg, wo visited 0 number Of
the gardens, and found whole families, inolud-
ing tho children, takiug thoir evening 1noal and
listening to tho music, followed by gohlets OF
many ladios aa gentlemen present, and they pro-
aontod scones of innocent roctoation aud onjoy-
mont. At tho Volkos Garden tho colobratod band
Of Strauss, 1od by himsolf was in attendance, aud
audionoo as could ho found at any Of
the great two-dollar concerts III Amorica, the
prico Of admission being only 80 cents. At tho
Eouo Welt there wero tive bands III attendance,
each Of thonl, Music ia both good and Cheap
and a poor or inefficient band would bo no.
whore tolerated for moment Wo took our
Buppora at garden in tho southern suburbs
mechanics, and horo found ono Of the great
bands that was performing on the grounds Of
tho Exposition et our last visit, disoolrsing most
delightful music, each picco performed being
S av oaa oos BY Gss To to oa
fashionable rogorts On SATURDAY. night Wo visit