Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-28

say, someWnat mover, ana tne gOOu nature
the little ones manifest toward each other is
gratifying. I saw thousands of boys of all
conditions, but failed to witness quarrel.
To say they have no disputes may be to as
sumo too much, but If they fight among
themselves they keep the affrays secret.
While talking to gentleman on one
occasion, we were approached by hand
some yeung man of 25, or thereabout; he
bowed to me as if apoligizing for the inter
ruption, and taking my companions hand,
pressed it to his lips. The act was cordial
and dignified, and his "Adios" was accom-.
panied by pleasant smile.
your son?" inquired, as the young
man disappeared.
''Yes."
rs he going on journey"
Oh, no; to his work."
so much for q custom that was new to me,
which had about it an eloquent tenderness
that produced a new experience. There
was no lack of independence, but an express
sion OF affectionate, manly Difference, offered
gladly and voluntarily, having no doubt of
the love in return. 1t was the heart of the
child with all its sweet remembrances
avowing with ripened judgmentand matured
lips Its sense Of gratitude. could not affirm
that would have my own boy exhibit his
regard In this manner, but somehow it
carried suggestion that should like to
nave known the custom when was boy.
LOVE OF DUMB ANIMALS.
Consideration for the dumb brutes is not
wanting. In nearly every doorway will al
ways be found dish of water; these are for
the dogs, who may be vagabonds or not.
Rabies in the family of our faithful friends
is more imaginary than real. 1t is q rare
disorder, notwithstanding the opinion of the
average policeman to the contrary. At the
altitude OF the City of Mexico I dare say a
case was never known. But to keep the
water handy is police regulation to be OBJ
served by every householder under penalty
of fine. If it will not ward off madness it
will serve as a sign to detect 1t. So the dogs
are conveniently provided for and the timid
citizen is given an assurance of safeguard
against all sorts of ours.
do not find that the natives are lacking
in quick perception; the gamins, at all
events, are shrewd lot of waits, and are no
more to be- imposed upon than our own.
Every one seems to possess the faculty of at
tending to his own business. An incident
occurred this morning, comical at first sight
but sad as it finally appeared. A pair of
phantom horses attached to a shabby hack
came trotting along leisurely without any
driver. A passenger making strenuous eff
forts to open the door of the vehicle, and
with his body half out, was gesticulating
wildly to the pedestrians. No one paid any
attention further than to glance at him. The
possibility of sustaining any injury was very
remote, but if the animals had been spirited
and on keen gallop. the man could not
have been more thoroughly convinced that
he was being run away with. He succeeded
at length in escaping from the hack, where
upon he caught the horses, as If to do so were
the duty OF the ordinary passedger, On look
ing for the driver he was discovered near the
neighboring corner and policeman bending
over him. He was an old man with a grizzled
beard and wr1nkled face, and was dead. Per-
haps his taking-off might have been the result
corner and keep his seat or maybe it was for
want of rest, and the old man had fallen asleep
and off his box, and broken his neck. The
dead driver than they had for his fare. 1t was
the policeman's business and he was permitted
to attend to his duty with plenty of elbow room
and without advice. Had the passenger not
next corner would have caught the team Just
as methodically as his brother officer in blue
was preparing to have the dead driver re-
moved.
LAssoING A RUNAWAY TEAM.
Upon another occasion, however, there was
little more interest manifested. A frightened
team was dashing madly toward the Paseo,
when that fashionable drive was crowded with
equipages and multitudes of people. THAT
some one must be injured or killed seemed in
evitable. A Mexican mounted upon q swift
pony came rushing down the broad avenue
after the flying brutes. As he gained upon
them and was coming within reaching distance,
his ready hand twirled his larlat two, three,
four times above his head and away went the
loop; before those runaways had fairly created
a sensation in the neighborhood to which they
were going, the of horse was roped and the
20 hale I1or.f a
but the hero received little applause from the
strollers and the slight acknowledgment came,
1 thought, not from the natives. 1t was the
riders impulse or business and he was per-
mitted to attend to it in matter of course way.
The Mexicans. too. are great admirers of fine
Among the many faces, it is not unfrequent
to meet countenance that is striking, the
more SO because some of these men are engaged
in lowly offices and they seem out of place. On
one occasion saw an old man perched upon a
eIed, might have dignifed a senate chamber.
His mites of mules were in ragged harness and
the lines of rope were not crossed. but each
line was fastened to the outside rings of the
looked as If it might have been
the discarded property of the Genius of Pow
erty, and the driver a most humble vassal.
Across the street from the hotel there is an
old man engaged daily in cleaning a certain
portion of the roadway. The limits of his
ground seemed to be fixed. He takes one-half
of the street by about 100 feet in length. He
goes over this space patiently MANY times a
day, sweeping the dirt INTO little piles and with
his hands lifting it into basket. When the
basket is filled he takes it away and returns
with it empty to renew his labor He does NOT
look very cleanly; his rags futterinC in the
wind disclose a sturdy pair of brown legs and
arms. He is barefooted and may
saw bareheaded having only an anologv for a
sombrero. But under that sombrero what a
face there isl The nose is clean cut. the mouth
strong and the chin souare. the evehrows ara
heavy and erizzled. as IS his short well.trimmed
beard. His great. dark ewes becanse of the
heavy projecting brows. loom ont AZ If from