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Show S seme to an ounce, but ai the money circulates aruuud, however, pieci are E chopped off to replenish the and the blocks depreciate in value In proportion to the chunks taken." Travelers Tales. Chianti Funeral. 3 A Chluese funeral la the moat gorgeous sight in Asia. At the front of the funeral procession walk the noisy, niuslcless musicians. Then come men the Insignia of the dignity of the dead, If he had Any. Neat come more men, carrying figures of animals, idola, unibreUna and blue and white streamers. After them some men carrying pans of perfume. Juat before the coffin walk bonzes. Chinese priests. Over the coffin a canopy la usually carried. The casket Is borne by about a score of men. Immediately behind the coffin walk the children of the deceased. The eldest eon cornea first, lie Is dressed In canvas, and leans heuvily upon a stout tick. He la supposed to be too exhausted by grief and fasting to walk without the eld of the stall. The other and relatives follow this chief children ( i mourner. They are clothed In white linen garments. The women are tied In chairs. They sob and wall at When the Intervals and In unison. be- f burying place la reached the boncea , gin chanting a mass for the dead, and the coffin la put Into the tomb. A large : ' oblong white marble table la placed before tba tomb. On the middle of It Is act a censer and two vases and two ' candlesticks, ell of as exquisite work-- .. manshlp as possible. Then they have a paper cremation. Taper figures of ..men, horses, garments and a score of other things are burned. They ere supposed to undergo a material resur- ruction, and to be useful to the dead In the Chinese heaven. The tomb Is seal ed up or closed, end an entertainment concludes the ceremony at the grave. g M . Priests of the Illmeleyee. This decidedly effective group was The photographed near Darjeeling. holy men know nothing of Drury Lane pantomime, though their highly original costumes Irresistibly suggest that gorgeous pageant. They are the priests who minister unto the hardy bill-meFortunately for their wearers, the masks are not for every-da- y use; this Is evidenced by the more ordinary head-geheld by the pastor on the extreme right. These dignitaries have, ns It were, merely assumed for the oc- cation their episcopal robes. n. ar la a Chinas House. The windows of Chinese houses belonging to the wealthy classes are mads of oiled paper or oyster shell, artistically wrought in a variety of fantastic patterns; as may be Imagined, these give very little light and no ventilation, consequently the house during the day la dark and dull, but at night when the numberless picturesque lanterni are lighted, Round the scene la moat beautiful. lanterns hang from the center and other polnta of the celling; some with fiat backs are fastened to the wall, others are set upright on tables and stands. The prettiest and most expensive are made of white silk or gauxo, delicately painted in a variety of colon, red the symbol of Joy predominating. There are octagonal lanterns fancifully painted, with red allk tassels hanging from each corner; mechanically contrived lanterns, which the heat acta In motion, beautifully carved horn lanterns, and some of basket work and bamboo. The rooms are separated one from another by carved wooden scroll work, which is moat ornamental and gives a very rich and handsome appearance to the Interior. This carving Is sometimes glided and sometimes polished; again the wood la left In a state of nature and given only a coating of wax. The Chinese are as fond as the French of mirrors; large and small ones are scattered about and cheval glasses placed In positions to give an Idea of grandeur and extent. The doors of a Celestial home, Instead of following a monotonously rectangular form, like those of the western world, are sometimes round or or aperture. The round doora are regarded as a symbol of the aun. Another doorway will perhaps resemble a flower, Illuminated by a window so const rueted ns to enhance the conceit, octangular doora ere used In the gardens which separate one court from another, and again doora shaped like fans, leaves, scrolls and fruit are seen. Unlike the Japanese, the Chinese have been accustomed to the use of choirs for centuries. According to western ideas, the Chinese chairs are models of discomfort, for they are made of a pattern which prevailed in England in the days of Queen Elizabeth or Queen Anne; tall, straight of back, and inordinately angular. The most comfortable chair to be found has an adjustable back, and la filled with reversible "cushions, .but thla is a modern Invention! W hen" visitors are expected, or on the celebration of an anniversary, strips of red cloth arc thrown over the low couches and squares of the same material cover the seats of the chairs. nt -- lcaf-Shnpe- d. aeml-ctrcul- ar A Novel Currency. THE LOSS FROM BAD BALLOTS Tli Kfirwullx for llu( tb UrMtnl I'rrcMUiloa kia OBJECT-LESSO- N WuSy of Krpraaeatntlra Member They llute Mo Spaelal rrlvUcguo or I'taa Pa bile Ooaenbip of All Muuuyolle. Savaaty-Tar- o otftuf. The Red llouk, or official legists live manual for Hi6. compiled and published by Gen. Palmer, secretary of state, pursuant to law, couiuina tables of the returns of election of November, 1S95, which inbke a partial, and only a partial exhibit of alleged "defective" bulloi.--i thrown out by the poll The total number of electors thus reported disfranchised In the state us a consequence of the confusion and confounding of the blanket ballot, or Australian system of voting, reaches the enormous number of 13.926! And that probably la not half the total! It la a well-knofact that In some of the districts of this city and county the Inspectors at many of the polls construed the law sb not requiring them to make report of "defective" ballots. Of the IP) election districts of the ooun-t- y no returns of such ballots are made from nlnety-ou- e, as the tables of the Red Uook" show. And yet 670 Are acknowledged. county, Chautauqua which contains the dlies of Dunkirk and Jamestown, make no return. Chemung, containing the city of Elmirs, reports 2; Hamilton, none; Jefferson, with the city of Watertown, only 70; Kings, containing all the city of Brooklyn, the second county and city of the state, where It Is known that the number of defective ballots rejected was relatively greater than in New York, none. The aggregate vote of Kings, practically a part of New York, returned aa counted. Is 16K.U07. The aggregate vole of New York returned ae counted Is 261.610. Yet New York acknowledges ID, 266 ballot as detective, etc., and rejected. Ily rule of proportion Kings county must have had C.62D. Orange county, containing the cities of Newbiirg and Mlddletowi makes no report. Orleans, with numerous large villages, only G; Richmond, only 3; Schenectady, with the city of Schenectady, none; Ulster, with the city of Kingston, none; Westchester, with the cities of Yonkers and Mt. Vernon, whlrh have thn Myers ballot machine, reports one defective and rejected vote, which' must have been at tLt poll of one of the towns using the blanket bal1 R. Georgs F. Park- er furnishes a study of the city administration of Birmingham to the Century under the title of cau-vasse- is. lot Trouble With u f'unli Rrp. There were three in one purty and two In the other. They were standing d before the disiienser of refreshments, and one of the three Invited the entire party to have something. The dispenser dealt out the order of the three, took the dollar offered In payment and handed bark 25 cents In change. The other two, standing a short distance away, were pot served, as therwas a mistake os the part of the caslKCr. The bill amounted to less than a quarter, according to the refreshments served the three. The host examined his cola and then looked surprised and grieved. I gave you a dollar, he said. Was It a dollar? How much chauuS did I give you?" Thirly-flv- o cents." "Well, 1 will have to wait until somebody buys I don't dare to open the register, as there's no false balance on 1L Every time I open it It means a purchase charged to me. Sorry, but we'll have to wait." The man to whom the change was coming stood by and w"sd until a before he cash purchase was mad could get his money, lie was the only one lu the party who did not enjoy the situation. He remarked gloomily that he never had much use for ruth registers anyway. Chicago Chronicle. white-aprone- Thu Ways ol ai. Ant. It has long bPcn recognized that the ant is a very Intelligent Insect, and leads a very complicated social lire. There are classes among them plutocrats. laborers and criminals The author of a recent work on entomology notes the curious habit of one species of the ant of "turning some of their fellows Into animated honey pots." Instead of placing honey In a comb as the bees do. the mt selects a certain number of workers, and disgorges the honey obtained from the eucalypti, on which it is deposited by rocrlilue and other Inserts. Into the throats of their victims. The process being continually repeated, causes tho stomachs of these workers to he llt.fcmlid to an enormous size. This extrnor.finary habit was first discovered In the case of certain ants In Mexico, and subsequently shown to prevail In Colorado. It has been found to exist In Australlu also, nnd Mr Frogart dcscrilics and figures these ants of the genus that pursue this remarkable practice. The ants containing honey are favorite food with th natives. cam-pnnot- us (rent AlllgaUini. All! go tors were formerly one of the chief animal life tenants of Red River nnd the bayous of Louisiana, where, An Object Lesson In Municipal Gov- ern m e n L Mr. Parker says: The governing body, executive as well as legislative, la the city council. The eighteen wards ere each represented by four members, one having the title of alderman, and three that of councilor, all meeting in a single body. One Is elected annually for of the' earh ward, so that two-thircouncilors, and all the aldermen, have had experience. They are chosen by burgesses, who are male or female occupiers of any dwelling house, shop, or man ufur tory, or of any land or tenement of the annual value of 10. The difference between burgesses and parliamentary electors Is that women are admitted to the former. The parliamentary electors number 21,097, and burgesses and school board electors 92,709, the difference representing with fair accuracy women voters. Members of parliament are elected by districts, councilors from wards, and the school board on a general ticket. No two classes are voted for at the some election, though practically the same machinery la employed The expenditure permitted to municipal candidates la about 60 each. Vacancies in the council are filled by special election. One aldermaj from each ward U elected by the council for six years, tvlf the terms ending every three Infears. Aa a rule they are definitely, party or factional considerations having little Influence. The council la reorganized on the 9th of November of each year, when the general purposes committee, comprised of the mayor aa chairman, and the chairman of each of the working committees,. nominates the committees for the ensuing year. Outside persons are appointed as additional members of the Museum and School of Art, Free Libraries, and Technical Schools Committees, who In practice control the technical work, the council members retaining financial management. Each member of a committee proThe posed Is voted for separately. wishes of Individuals are rarely consulted until their namea are presented, when they may decline and be excused. None may serve on more than two committees, nor be chairman of mora than one. Every effort la made to secure the very, best reaults. No precedents require the appointment of old members even to Important committees, and a new member known to be capable and Interested In some special work baa no difficulty In obtaining an assignment that may enable him to do hie best. But In practice the experienced men are reappointed without question. Each committee selects Its own chairman. The council la a thoroughly representative body. Of the seventy-tw- o members of the present council, twenty-three are manufacturers, six are classified as gentlemen (men retired from business), six are provision merchants, five are braes and Iron founders, solicitors, jewelers, and medical men respectively, three are merchants, there are two each of auctioneers, chemists, and drapers, while printer!, teachers, butchers, bakers, glaasworkere, workers, and newspaper managers each have one. So far as I can find out. but one publican has ever been tn the council, although thla class bad much Influence pripr to 1871. No member has any pririlegea on a railway or public conveyance of any sort, even on the tramways belonging to the city, or admission to a theater or entertainment, and no one le to vote on a question when he haa a personal Interest. He ia subject to a fine of 50, with loss of office, If he efitero Into any contract with tho city, or sella an article of even the smallest value to the council, or to any of its subsidiary or associated committees or departments. So strictly Is this observed that a member of a committee, suspected of a desire to sell eligible property to the city, was forced to retire from public life. When the work of a committee le to be discussed, It presents a report of nil It has done since Its affairs were last before the council, setting out what it proposes. Tills report, or agenda must lie printed and sent to each councilor three full days before the meeting. In some cases, especially when a new scheme Is proposed, each member Is requested to make a personal investigation of the conditions with which It . 1 proposed to deal. tin-pla- te per-mit- ed 1 Court lte-fu- re In Casslers togs-cspecl- ally bull-Uk- tea-cake- s. ground fine, almost to a powder, and then, by powerful hydraulic presses, Is forced Into blocks that are so hard that It Is Impossible to break them without a blow with a hammer. These are cent north through the great Chinese wall Into Mongolia end Siberia, and pass current as money. In many localities It Is the only currency used. As the blocks leave Foo Choo they weigh the IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. Thoroughly steamboat navigation came to InMagazine for October, by F. 8. Pren- terrupt them, they roulil be seen by tiss, he gives this account of a curious hundreds huddled together on the currency In use In Mongolia and Si- banks or massed on the flontlng or staof Red River The tea business," writes Mr. tionary beria. waking the eolltiules of the forest Prentiss, seemed to be In the hands e of the Russians. They have here (at with their bellowing. Their Foo Cboo. China) two large factories length wus generally between sight for making Tho tea Is and twelve feet, although they i In an interesting article I ratty I tea-pot- A Foie-tim- es grew to be twenty feet long. Their hides were once list'd ixtenslvely for tho making of shoos, but the leather, not proving of sufficiently close texture to keep water out, shoeniaaing from thla material was abandoned. There are some kinds of medicine that toots so bod tfiat a man gets well at t&e very thought of taking them. NEW CHINA. MODEL CITY CUU.NCIL. r Judge's little daughter, who had attended her father's court for the first time, was very much Interested In the proceedings. After her return home she told her mother: Taps made a speech and several other men made speeches to twelve men who sat all together. and then these twelve men acre put In a dark chamber to be developed. Pittsburg Chronicle. A t'hlnno Trmplra la America. Chinese temThere are forty-seve- n ples in America. What Is the average of a good biWell, some of cycle, Sprockets? them last until they are paid for' Chicago Record. Movoltlra and Bepradurtlaaa ol Oil Patterns. Table chine has never been richer o: more beautiful than It Is at present, end there ere so many different styles to choose from that It Is a difficult matter to decide which one prefers, ays the New York Herald. But wltb a little good taste one can get together a moat charming dinner or tea service from the various kinds of china brought out this fall. As has been the case for some time past. It Is not fashionable to have a whole set of one kind of china. Whita and gold, or Ivory and gold, continues to be used most of ell for the principal dishes, and next to that the color most used la greeu. It Is In every form of decoration this year. It Is used In combination with gold to a great extent The principal sty Ins of decoration are tho rococo. Louis XVI. and empire styles. Tbe rococo Is being used most of all on the very handsome china, as well as on fine glass for the table. Many beautiful platen have rococo borders of embossed gold on colors. Flower decorations are also very much the fashion, especially roses. One beautiful new design is a reproduction of old Sevres and Is formed of bunches of roses, caught together with a blue ribbon, which runs In curves and loops all around each piece of china. Reproductions of old designs are quite the thing in these days, and china follows this fashion. A novelty of thla season Is a high chocolate cup of a rather peculiar shape. Some of thes are green and gold, rococo style, with four Watteau figures on each cup and each saucer. Another style Is also decorated with Watteau figures, but has a background of gold, with a high glaze, and the inside of the cups, too, Is gilded. Quite an original Idea la tbe three-handlloving cups of glass for flowers In the center of the table. These cups are made in clear white gloss, cut gloss and green and gold. ed A NEW INTOXICANT. which little Labtcta are wont first to learn to utter. A week ago the woman, already half charged with rum, started out for s deliberate spree. She had secured money. Her thirst was adequate to any further fortune she might acquire, and CHILD OF THE STHEET CLEVELAND HAS A WILD BEAST IN HUMAN FORM. Laalinsai Throrjr of Moral Fsrsrrsloa M'riglit to by ths Qusrr Doings of This I'nfurtiinnl Units lilrl of tho Slums. her desperation with Its gratification grew. She drank, and drank, and wandering from ruin hole to rum bole, carried tbe sodden baby in her inns. By and by In a frenzy of intoxication she forgot the kid," and left It lying on a curbstone. Then the wandered off In search of more rum and more trouble A policeman, walking his post, beard (Iran (Cleveland Letter.) yFcamsLOMBROSO to Clevsland" 1 1 be would go away a strange caterwauling In tbe night lie thought It was from an animal lying in the gutter wounded by a dray. He wen the most delighted and psychologist that criminologist ever set foot In any town. Out of the slums of Cleveland have tbe police picked up a specimen of youthful humanity which proves, as Loinbroso would wish to have It proved, the existence of the born pervert in its worst and most revolting form. This embodiment of Inherent evil is known as the "Donnelly baby." So depraved even in Infancy, Is this offspring of the slums, that It cannot really be classed with ordinary chilA human animal," Police Madren. tron Garfield saya, with none of the trainings or instincts of the lower order of animal life. It la but a short step between the Donnelly baby and the beasts of the field, and the preference la rather In favor of the beasts of the dumfounded when, picking It up, be saw that it waa the Donnelly kid." He took it to the station house, remarking as he laid it on the Sergeants desk, that there waa the dirtiest thing that ever bapjiened on his post. The sergeant shrank back and rang for the matron. Police people are Inured to sorry sights. That baby was the eonieat that the station bouse ef Cleveland had ever uen. The matron, and accustomed to the undressing cleaning up of all sorts of disreputable creatures in human form, shuddered and stood speechless as she looked at the Donnelly kid. It was a cold, cheerless fall night But for all that, only one garment covered this most wretched of all Infants a garment so old that its original shape and color could not be determined. It was torn and tattered, and thick with filth and vermin. A huge wash basin at tbe end of tbe corridor was filled wltb bot water, and into It they plunged the Donnelly kid. It was without question absolutely the flret washing that this infant degenerate had ever known. It took a long time to scrub the Infant clean. Then they sent out and got some child's clothing nnd dressed the creature, put hoes on its feet the first footgear It had ever worn. The woman who brought the clothing had been a moth- - field. The mother of thla little monster ia Mary Donnelly. She is mother to it, however, only in the sense that She bore It. Dirty, vicious, lawless and perpetually drunken, Mary Donnelly baa for years vibrated like a pendulum between the workhouse and the glnmills. Howling, fighting, blaspheming, unwashed, unkempt and ragged of raiment, the police of Cleveland have again and again dragged her from the guttera. With such a mother the Don- - Latast Drunknnrw Results from Smelling Salts. The very latest sort of drunkenassa la that which, It has been discovered, comes from the constant inhalation of smelling salts, says the New York Journal. So great a hold has the smelling salts 'habit gained upon tbe modern woman that when she la deprived of them she experiences all the cravings that afflict the person who dearly loves liquor and finds himself deprived of It. Some of the salts are of excessive strength and produce a sort of stupor moot gratifying to the victim. More than one woman haa been suspected of drinking when really her inebriety has resulted from a too liberal use of the smelling bottle. Not long ago a titled lady was carried from the cloak room of a grand reception In London In a state of helplessness. A bottle was found In the folds of her gown containing matter of a strength sufficient to take away the breath of an ordinary person. The rumor spread with wonderful precision that my lady was a confirmed drunkard the smelling salts theory being derided by the majority and the victim found It necessary to withdraw from the social circle she had long graced. Indulgerce in this habit may become expensive, for the seasoned subject soon exhausts the strength of the salts. As stimulation of the olfactory nerves Is not alone the reason of this practice it becomes necessary to renew the supply, and once enchained the slave will accept nothing that does not yield full virtue. The story Is told of sn elderly lady who calls upon a chemist every two or three days and requests the replenishing of no fewer than eight smelling bottl s. some of which are not of a dlminu'.lve size. Immunity of IlMrhM from Lightning. Writing In Hlmmtl nnd Erde, Dr. Carl Muller makes ths Interesting statement that In Germany during the period of eleven years. Included between 1879 and 1890, some fifty-s- ix oaks, twenty firs, and three or four pines were nick by lightning, but no beeches, and this notwithstanding the fact that 70 per cent of the foiest trees of Germany are beeches, li per rent oaks, 13 per rent pines, and 6 per cent firs, or, in other words, there are nearly aeven times as many beeehe as oaks. Muller seems to think, therefore, that the beech shews Immunity from lightning effects, and remarks further, that trees standing In wet ground are more liable to be strurk than those In dry, that such as have dead limbs are more liable than those without, and that trees rich In fatty matter and resin are more likely to be struck than those which are not. a WIT AND HUMOR. le Why don't you marry that girl? She a real pearl." Ah. yes; but I (lou' like the mother of pearl." Scottish Nights. Otto, you have a bad reporL Wh.it Yes, papa; teach t does that mean? mle must have aomethlng against Blnettcr. There are three things yet to be discovered, perpetual motion, a flying machine which will fly and a woman who does not face to the rear when getting off a street car. New York Commercial Advertiser. "There were a couple of fellows lr the hotel last night who shouldn't What did permitted to travel alone." No. they do? Blow out the gas? they blew out the safe door." Cleveland rialn Dealer. Felton I had a bit of good fortuur at the races the uther day. Donning -Indeed! Backed a winner? Fek.'u O, no! but I discovered when 1 g,q there that I had Icrt my money at haws. Boston Globe. you!"-Fllege- 1 er seven or eight times on her own and she sat and cried good, of Mary Donnelly there was nothing motherly Dutch tears at the sight of to lend to the Infant a prenatal dispo- this unparalleled picture of misery. sition toward brightness or morality. jJThen they began to realize how far But there Is where Iamiliroso would into the abyss of animalism ths Donfind a hitch. When this poor little nelly kid had sunk. Washed and beast of a baby was born, people with dressed and put on the floor, where, memories say it was as bright a any warmth and light was all about It, this baby, but never from the day wIkmi it little savage began, with teeth and uttered Its first cry In this wicked lingers, to tear away the shoes that had nelly kid" msjorlt) be said to have ao-(ou-nt, come honestly by Itself, for In the life ' world has Mary Donnelly given It any been put upon 'her feet, crying and time or thought or rare. snarling In turn, aa a dog dona when She has not forsaken it, has not left It gnaws upon a bone or worries an It as an unpleasant legacy upon the old cat. In a few minutes the ahoea doorstep of any citizen. She has carwere torn to tatters. The child amt and ried It around with her. not In maternal looked at the fragments for the space fashion, but rather as one carries an or a minute or two, then deliberately somehow she evil memory, because picked them tip and began to eat them. couldn't seem to gel rid of It. It was She snarled, and gobbled the blta of a common sight to sec this foul faggot as an animal docs, fearful lest leather staggering, filthy and drunken, through Ita food be taken before it can be the streets, with her babe In her arms. swallowed. So away wo she about It quick watched on who this thing go People wondered what sort of a life that In- that ahe had succeeded in swallowing three or four chunks of the upper end litfant nursed within Its dirty, was about to tarkle the sole when the tle body. Now they havp found out. The child has made absolutely no matron interrupted her. Across the corridor of the station progress In Intelligence from the time It 'was born. On the contrary, U has house la a strong iron rolling, which lost sense after sense, until now it le reaches to the celling. Up and down below the level of the beasts. It Is and across this the Donnelly kid" dumb from having no soul to speak to. played like a Simian In a tropic forest. for Mary lHinnelly was jealous of her She seemed In the process of reversion infant, and In her drunken surliness :o the beast forms, to have acquired would let no one go near 1L It was even the prehensillty of both hands nnd feet. She clung to the bars for all more to keep the baby away from other people than anything else that ehc the world like an ape, and mounted to carried It with her on her Interminable the oeillng without any apparent fear debauchee Tho young- of falling and with the utmost swift- and ster Is half deaf, too. and Into Its silly ness. face there comes no beam of responSuch Is the Infant which the Clevesive Intelligence at the utterance of land Humane Society has pul sway ) 'Vamma" or any other of the words x corner of its shelter. Ill-cl- i i |