The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-30

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Strips Of newspapers are fastened to
the balconies in front Of rooms that are
for rent.
Every householder il required to
sweep the street in front of his prop
erty and sprinkle It twice day.
All men and most of the women Of
the lower class smolce 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 HE superiors without remov-
ing his hat.
Hand rakes are almost unknown.
Leaves and loose grass in the parks are
swept up with long handled brooms,
made of stiff twigA
Street cars never stop at street or
track Intersections to avoid right-angle
collisions, but the drivers make their
approach known by shrill horns.
II the police find anyone carrying
bundle through the streets who cannot
tell where he is going, or give q clear
account of himself. he 10 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 "gratifcation" If 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-
lice station, where each 10 required to
make a declaration.
The water pressure is seldom sufa-
cient to furnish q supply to upper
stories, and every house is supplied
with a force pump with which . reser-
voir ON the roof is kept filled.
The residences are all blessed. At
the completion OF the home guests are
hidden and the ceremony OF blessing
them corresponds to house-warming.
The priest passes through each room,
sprink.ing It with holy water.
The banks will not take for deposit
= five-dol.ar check on bank in another
city, although it bear the Endorsement
Of q regular patron with a good balance
to his credit, but the same customer
can go to the bank and get New York
draft for $1,000 without paying for it
and the bank will send around the next
day for a check to cover the amount.
Invitations to baptisms come in many
dainty forms. but invariably have at
tached to them new piece OF money.
To the immediate members Of the fam
lily the coin is Of gold. but to most Of
the bidden 10 sent silver ten-cent
piece. .
Everything and everybody pays di-
rect tax, from the street porter to the
largest mercantile establishment. and
the stamp tax for documents is equally
lucrative. Even p!acarcs and posters.
other than your own In your own house,
must bear q stamp.
Water for the bathrooms is heated in
. novel way. The separate supply tank
on the roof has an opening from top to
bottom, through the center, that acts
40 chimney to the fireplace below the
tank. A small 1re heats a good guam
tity of water very quickly.
Nearly every one 10 named after
some saint, generally the one to whom
the day on which he was born IL
sacred. Ifhe bears the name Of saint
whose day falls on other than his birth
{ ?. he celebrates only the saint's day
and calls it el dia de su santo.
The Mexican policeman often eeems
. bit stubborn, but It can be truly said
in his favor that he never sets HIM
self MP as court Of judgment. Ifan al
tercation or fight occurs on the street
he does not attempt to decide which
party was right. bu both are promptly
taken to appear before the judge. whose
business Il 10 to determine which one
started the row.-Nodern Mexico.
CUNNING or lnE LEFT HAND.
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