Cañon City record., 1897-12-30

All men and most of the women OF
the lower class smoke cigarettes, but
none of them chew tobacco.
Heavy wagons are not allowed to use
the streets paved with asphalt except
when absolutely necessary
A hack driver never caves his seat
and you open the door tor yourself and
settle with him ON his high perch.
A Mexican servant or messenger
never enters even a business house or
addresses his superiorx without remov-
ing his hat.
Hand rales are almost unknown.
Leaves and loose grass in the parks are
swept up with long handled brooms.
made of stiff twigs.
Street cars never stop at street or
track intersections to avoid right-angle
collisions. but the drivers make their
approach known by shriil horns.
II the police find anyone carrying a
bundle through the streets who cannot
tell where he is going. or give clear
account of himself. he is promptly ar
rested.
The single entrance of even the larg-
est apartment house is locked at ten
O'clock every night. and the portero ex-
poets a qualification" IL he is reused
after that hour
When person is injured on the
street he and every one connected with
the affair are taken to the nearest po-
ice station. where each is required to
make a declaration.
The water pressure is seldom suffi-
cient TO furnish supply to upper
stories. and every house is supplied
with force pump with which a reser-
voir on the roof is kept filled.
The residences are all blessed At
the completion of the home guests are
bidden and the ceremony of blessing
them corresponds to house-warming
The priest passes through each room.
sprinklinR it with holy water.
The banks will not take for deposi.
five-dollar check on a bank in another
city, although It bear the Endorsement
Of regular patron with a good balance
TO his credit. but the same customer
can go to the bank and get New York
draft for 81 900 without paying for ii
and the bank will send around the next
day for check to cover the amount
Invitations to bapiisms come in many
dainty forms, but invariably have at
iached TO them new piece of money.
To the immediate members of the fam
lily the coin is of gold. bu; 20 most of
the hidden is sent a silver fen-cent
piece.
Everything and everybody pays di-
rect tax. from the street porter to the
largest mercantile establishment. ard
the stamp tax for documents is equally
lucrative. Even placards and posters.
other than your own in your own house.
must bear a stamp.
Water for the bathrooms. is heated in
novel way. The separate supply tank
on the roof has an opening from ton to
bottom. through the center. that acts
as chimney to the fireplace below the
tank. A small fire heats a good guam
tity of water very quickly.
Nearly every one Is named after
some saint. generally the one TO whom,
the day on which he was born is
sacred. II he bears the name of a saint
whose day falls on other than his birth
2. he celebrates only the saints day
and calls it el dia de su santo.
The Mexican policeman often seems
bit stubborn. hut Il can be truly said
in his favor that he never sets him
self up as court of Judgment If an al
tercation or feht occurs on the street
he does not attempt 10 decide which
party was right. but both are promptly
taken TO appear before the Judge, whose
business It is to determine which one
started the row.-Modern Mexico.