Wichita eagle., 1890-01-29

colin, LearSe, lIsoTy q the driver and nets
and plunes for the horses must be royal
purpla For elderly persons black and goid
are the adornments Of mortuary trappingS'
At weddings she tFiCse does not wear orange
blossoms but orange flowers arc presented
by the groom ard his bride to their unlnar-
ried friends, and they are supposed to lass
them Oh to their unmarried ac9uaiatan ceS
This custom has hidden meaning dating
back to the twilight Of mans history. The
fowor is an emblem of fecundity, and the
passing on" Of the gift signifies ''Go thou
and DO likewise"
The calling Of porpers-the business Of
poFterags-iS regular one, and is divided
into classes. There are portars whose spe-
cialty is handling pianos-defveriog, trans
ferring them You never see q piano on a
truck OF in furniture van. Four men bear
upright pianos on their heads, and square
and grand planes are carried in sings sus-
pended from two poles, resting on tho sho0-
ders Of four men.
Iron safes are Transported by porters. de-
liye1ed from the warehouses, moved from
one place to another and put in position-all
by sheer strength
Ii you buy anything furniture, piano, a
safe-the purchaser must bargain with the
porters for the delivery. And if you do not
make your bargain to carry apd put in posi-
ton, the pOrters will leave the article or ar
ticies at your door, unless you agree TO pay
additional for placing them in your house or
rooms.
In the business streets of the cfty-in the
wholesale and warehouse dfstricts-the car
ros urbanos-a street car line with narrow
gauge traok-runs up one and down another
of the narrow ways, On almost every street.
In the coffee districts there are regular
freight cars run on these tracks for the
transport of coffee in bags to the coffee
docks.
The porters who have made their habitat
in these streets use hand trucks made to
track on the street car faiE. As you walk
along the shady sides of these streets the
porters unoccupied are loanging in the door.
ways or sleeping on their trucks, winch
partly ol,struct The sidewalks You have to
keep a lookout all the time or you viii soil
the bottoms Of your trousers against the
grease dripping wheels of these trucks
The streets in the residence portion Of the
city arc infested day and night with peripa-
tetic vendors, peddiers and retailers of fruits
vegetables and, in the summer, of ices Their
discordant cries, clapping of sticks, rat-a-tat
on tin or iron pans, make both day and night
hideouS
The Brazilia1s are fond Of looking out
upon the passers by in the streets. In the
mornings and evenings the windows Of the
houses on the shady sides OF the streets are
flied with women and children leaning bali
out. They recognize their acquaintance
walking or riding by in the street cars with
waves of their hands Fine places, with
grounds IN front OF tho houses, have raised
platforms, where the members Of the family
sit in the evening for the double purpose OF
enjoying the breeze and watching the pass
ers by.
IN the height of the summer season the
Thermometer in the shade ST. nds for severa
hours Of the daytime at from IS to IS deg
In the business part Of the city, with lis mar
row streets, this heat is at times very oppres
sive, but, except in extraordinary seasons
there is scarcely a day without breeze
either from the bay and sea OF from the
mountains, which ameliorates the heat per
ceptibiy The mornings and evenings arr
almost invariably fresh and delightful Tht
temperature of the houses at night depends
greatly upon their location. If they are sat
uated 30 as to catch the breezes from tn
water or from the mountains there is nt
trouble in sleeping.
If the sanitary condition of the city was a
it should be, Rio would always be perfectly
healthy. But thedrainage Is bad, and there
insufhciens water TO keep the sewers thorough
" flushed and the streets clean. II Rio haf
the abundance of water which Paris has, anc
its drainage system was as perfect, IT woule
be more healthy city than the French oep
ital. The curse of Rio is City Improvements
company, which has the privilege of sewsrag,
and drainage and all the appliances thereof
The expenditure OF ST, 0OO, 600 would Civ
Rio a perfect natural drainage, supply az
abundance of water and make the tide circu
late in all the little coves and bays of tn
great bay about and on which 1t is built
Rio de Janeiro Cor New York Herald.