Mohave County miner., 1897-06-12
Shiqse that are Diferspt in Mes-
 leo.

Bank drafts are always made out in duplicate.
 No person carrying load is allowed to walk on the sidewalk.
 It is contrary to law to indorse check from one person to another.
 Drivers never chuck to theIr steeds, but urge them on with shrll misses.
 There are free parks, free seats and free music in all the cities of Mexico.
 All kinds of vehicles as we'll as bi- cycles are oblighed to carry lights after dark.
 Strips of newspapers are fastened to the balconies in front of rooms that are for rent.
 Every householder is required to sweep the street in front of his property and sprinkle it twice day.
 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 leaves his seat and you open the door for yourself and settle with him on his high perch.
 A Mexican servant or messenger never enters even business house or addresses his superiors without removing his hat.
 Hand rakes 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 collis ions, but the drivers make their approach known by shrill horns.
 If the police find anyone carrying a bundle through the streets who cannot tell where he is going, or give a clear account of himself, he is promptly ar rested.
 The single entrance of even the largest apartment house is locked at 10 o'clock every night, and the portero expects a qualification" if he is reused after that hour.
 When person is injured on the street he and everyone connected with the ai- fair are taken to the nearest police sta tion, where each is required to make a declaration.
 The water pressure is seldom sufficient to furnish supply to upper stories, and every house is supplied with force pump with which reservoir 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 a house warming. The priest passes through each room, sprinkling it with holy water.
 The banks will not take for deposit a five dollar check on bank in another city, although it bear the indorsement of a regular patron with a good balance to his credit. but the same customer can go to the bank and get New York draft for thousand dollars without paying for it and the bank will send around the next day for check to cover the amount.
 Everything and everybody pays di- rect tax, from the street porter to the largest mercantile establishment, and the stamp tax fo- documents is equally lucrative. Even playcards and posters, other than your own in your own house, must bear stamp.
 Water for the bath rooms is heated in a novel way. The separate supply tank on the roof has an opening from top to bottom, through the center, that acts as chimney to the fireplace below the tank. A small fire heats a good quan- tlty 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. If he bears the name of a saint whose day falls on other than his birthday. he cele- brates only the saints day-and calls it el dia de su santo.-Modern Mexico.