The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-16

writer had been able to deduct the follow
ing elementary rules from what they have
10 say upon the matter:
l. 10 not buy anything at all from street
ii. When buying from street vende~s
give the exact sum charged. Do not de-
Leoe yourself with the idea of getting any
III, When buying from street vendors
ulViue by ten the price demanded for any
article, and offer IT,
IN. Do not buy ANYTHING at all from
street vendors.
1t is not. easy to go wrong when you
nave one Of these protective volumes with
IN reach, but then the guide book has long
been subject to popular ridicule and there
IS not the universal devotion to its pages
Wnlch II clearly deserves. Strangers up
on entering Mexico should at once acquire
a guide book, and then if they fail to gain
the deepest knowledge of the country and
IT'S inhabitants, they may lay ii to their
own inability to understand the English
language in its purest form. There are
tourists now in this hotel who have only
Deen IN the city two days, but who, in this
time, have devoted themselves so earnest
~ to their guide books that they are able
fore the flood.
1t is never just TO condemn class and
in returning to the street vendors, il is but
fair TO record an extraordinary instance
OF the gentleness, humanity and fine capa-
Dillty OF pity IN one OF their number An
American lady was strolling in a pubic
park one afternoon when she observed a
vsnder with four little plum colored birds
seated quietly and peacefully upon his
''Oh, look at those dear little birds"
she cried to her escort. How tame they
arei'
Her escort, too. was struck with admira-
ton and establishment and they went close
to the little birds They saw their happy,
restful cOuntenances and with what wealth
of love they looked up into the face of
The lady bought two of these birds al
though she hated to wound their little
hearts by tearing them away from their
master.
When she got to her room she closed the
door and the windows, and then reached
into the wicker cage and brought out one
of the pets, for she wished TO gain their
affection, too, and teach them to sit upon
her finger.
The little bird which she brought out
made a desperate attempt to perch upon
her finger, but suddenly toppled off and
fell to the floor with a sound like that
made by a water-soaked bean bag.
The loving yender had filled his birds
full of shot. This accounted for their
happy, restful countenances and their very
apparent resolution never to desert the
adored finger of their master.
In an hour both the little birds died.
You would die too If you stomach was full
of shot
The men who sells opals are particu-
larly seductive. They polish their wares
and boil them in oil, and do everything
to give them a false quality When they
come around in the evening and unfold a
square of black paper, revealing a little
group of stones that CLEAN with green
and red fires, ii is very dispiriting to know
that if one bought one would be cheated.
The other day a vender UNFOLDING Il
scarfpin of marvellous brilliancy APP
preached a tourist.
How much?" demanded the latter.
Twelve dollars, replied the vender.
Cheap. Very cheap. Only $12'
The tourist looked at the stone and
then said: Twelve dollars. No. One
dollar"
Eyes, yes" cried the vender, eagerly.
''One dollar. Yes, yes; you can have l.
for 81. Take it,"
But the tourist laughed and passed on.
The fact remains, however, that the ho-
tells, the restaurants and the cabs are 40
solutely cheap and almost always fair.
If man consults reputable shopkeepers
when he wishes to buy Mexican goods,
and proper number of hours each day 70
the study of guide books. the City OF
Mexico is a place of joy. The climate is
seldom hot and seldom cold And to those
gentlemen from the states whose minds
have a sort of liquid quality, it is neces-
sary merely to say that if you go out into
the street and yell: Gimme a Manhat-
tan" about forty American bartenders
will appear of a sudden and say: "Y es,
sir Stephen Crane.