Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-11

PECULIAR STREET NOMENCLATURE
OF THE CAPITAL OF BRAZIL.

Night scenes Along the Crowded Thor
Oughfsr- Nation of Con-. Drink-r,
Use of Int"Ni"ants In a Barber-Shop
Horse Car, Love OF Music.
Nothing in Rio strikes an American as
more singular than The nomenclature Uf
the streets Many Of them. such as the
Seventh Of September and the First Of
March are named after dAy~ an which
something tho one seems To know exactly
what has taken place There is one mar
row little thrUughfHre called the street Of
the Good Jesus, and the names uf the saints
are freely used. II seems a trflr singular
to be directed to No ~ First Of
March street, or for man to live
at the corner Of st. John the Bap
tist and 81 John the Evangelist streets.
but the BraZlianS don't mind il The prin
cipal street is the celebrated Rua do Ouvi
dor. IL Is a narrow little alleyway in which
two carriages could not pass each other
In fact never saw a carriage in the street
and doubt If a driver would be bold enough
10 venture there Here are the shops Of
the principal merchants and the gorgeous
Sl'AtN Va hIt NJ tlilAflN ~ lttlI IitI llpNtES
and the dealers in gold and silver and
precious STONES
STREET sGENE>- -COFFFR-IIQUORs
At night, from one end - the other. the
the street is filled With people, not on the
narrow sidewalks only, but completely fill
ing the thoroughfare from wall to wall
OnCerS Of the army and navy and soldiers
and sailors all in uniform. mingle with the
crowd and flash their gold lace in the
bright light that floods the street Every
where, too, are the elaborate CapariSOned
mulattu grndarInrs, the police OF the city
From the cafes ChHntantS come the sound
Of music and the Clinking Of glasses At
little tables in the cafes the BrsZilians sit
drinking strong coffee or other beverages
talking, gestiCulating, and never for "A mo
ment completely still The feat uf catch
ing weasel asleep is easy compared with
that of catching Brazilian when some
portion of his bndy l. not IN motion You
VIII see a group of them sitting IN a cafe
talking and every one Of them will have
the hall of his right foot resting on the
floor and his knee moving with a regular.
nervous "dsndIe This is owing to the
amount 0f strong black coffee they drink
A Brazilian prOverh says that coffee Ia he
good must h" black rs night. as hitter ~
death. and hot ~ She0l
The total abstinence cause has few if any
supporters in Brazil. Everybody drinks
men. women and children. but never saw
drunken man in the empire The police
records show that men do get drunk here
but il l. very seldom that one j. seen. Tn.
lahoring classes drink vie beverage
called "CaSaSch The wild cat" whisky of
the west is nothing to it, and swallowing a
torchlight procession is pleasant tasktom
pared TO drinking IT But moderate aS the
BraIZlllans are in the Use of liquors they
are decidedly immoderatc in the Use of Cuf
fee. IL is coffee the first thing in the
morning and the last thing at night. coffee
at meals AMI coffee between meals. and all
OF It made according TO the pr"verb
IN = BARBER-SHUP-LO OF MUSIC.
Getting shaved in Brazilian barber
shop is an experience. Eyerything goes
along as il 'oes i'll barber-shop in the
states until the beard Is removed Then
the ~tonsOrial artist" takes a dish of earth
enware or metal with crescent shaped
piece cut out of one side 80 a. To fit into the
neck and making his victim sit up IN the
chair proceeds TO wash his face while the
No~'AA 10 hN4A tiAhCA Nht tLlu he lt~l Il
exactly like the one which Don yuiXute
wore on his head for helmet Ifit is in a
swell barber-shop the basin is dispensed
with and the customer is taken by the
shoulder and marched TO a marble wash
bowl where he l. told to wash his face and
wipe IT, That operation having been per
formed to the satisfaction OF the barber.
the "shnvee' is led back to his chair and
has his hair Combed.
Foreigners are generally puzzled To
know why the hOrse-cars i'll Rio are called
bonds" II happened in this way: When
the first horse railroad was built in Rio,
bonds were issued to pay for it. There
was great deal OF talk about these bonds
and the uueducsted were at loss TO know
what the English word meant When they
saw the first hOrse-Car they thought they
had found solution of the question and
all exclaimed. There is one OF those much
talk Of bonds 50 all over Brazil a horse
car is bond" To this day.
BraZi6ans are nothing if not musical. II
Is their boast that a new waltz i publisheT!
in Rio every week. All the celebrated
singers of the world have coined money in
the capital Of Dom Pedro, and in the win
ter season the whole populaCe. high and
low, flock might after night To the opera
Every man, woman, and child in Brazil
has some idea of music and they look on
unmusical people a. barbarians \ boot
black in Rio feels a positive pain if the
man whose boots he is operating on makes
a false note in the air he happens 10 be-
whistilnG, OF poetry. too, they are very
fond and read translations of American
and European poets besides the works Of
the native ones Rio Janeiro Cor. New
York Tribune
English Books for Boys to Read.