Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
FACTS ABOUT BRAZIL.
The Manners. Cnstems. Industries ana
Language of Its People.


Language Of Its People.
The twenty provinces OF Brazil con- Z
tain, according to recent reports, IL, ,ss2,- |
600 people. OF this population. one
twelfth reside in thirteen cities Rio
de- Janeiro was given In 1855 popula-
tion OF s57.3ss. Bahia 10000 and Per-
nambuco 100000 The pure whites COM
prise something like IS per cent. OF the
total population; - per cent. or SO are
full negroes; s5 per cent are mulattocs,
or descendants of whites and negroes,
Indians and negroes and progressively
white persons. while the remainder are
aboriginal Indians. In the northern
provinces the Indians are most numer-
Gus. and in Rio de janeiro, Bahia. Per-
nambuco and Minas the negroes are
10 be found In greater numbers. The
Europeans and their white descendants
live in the seaport towns and the ad-
jacent provinces. When the com
plete emancipation act went into force
recently there were 100000 slaves in the
empire. The greater part Of the Eu-
ropeans in Brazil are those from tho
Latin races, chiefly the Portuguese and
Spanish. The educated classes are
ceremonious. proud. sauve and hosp!ta-
BILE. The national character IL summed
up in the words mildness and generosity,
with a strong favor of the yindictive.
In Rio de Janeiro. as In any other polit-
ical or commercial capital of the world.
the European fashions prevail, and the
same is true OF the other seaports of
Brazil. But among the common people,
and away from these centers OF popula-
tion, the Brazilian Of to-day has not
materially changed during the past half
| century; he wears the same kind OF
clothes that were worn In his grand
| fathers day; his sports are similar;
chicken fights are patronized by clergy
and laity alike. recent traveller to
| Brazil remarks: THE Brazilian takes =
walk in the plaza with his family after
| dinner and retires early II he does not
| go 20 the club or gaming table. The
| people are inveterate gamblers. There
| Is no more disgrace attached to attend
ance upon the faro-table or the roulette
board than attends stock gambling in
/ New York. lie calls upon the Holy
Mother when he losses his chips upon
the cards. and says an Ave Maria when
4 he wins stake. At every religious fes-
tival the cathedrals and churches are
surrounded by gambling booths, and the
priests always 20 TO the cock fights
after high mass on Sunday. Some OF
them breed game chickens and carry
them to the pit under their priestly
robes" The women OF Brazil ENJOY
much more freedom now than formerly
The social restrictions are passing away
| IL was once serious offense for a gen
tleman to bow to a lady acquaintance oi
address her, except in the presence o
some male relative, and even now n'
gentleman will he received at a houss
in the absence of the father or HUSBAND
of the lady. The Portuguese Language
is that most generally used by the Eu
ropeans. and mixture of that with th'
natives in common in the provinces
away from the large cities and sea coast
The principal exports of Brazil are cof
fee. sugar, cotton, lndia-rubber. Tobacco,
and hides. These exports come maini,
TO the United States and Great Britain
In the matter Of strictly domestic prod
ucts IL may be observed that there ar
large mining industries, tanning AM
hide working. collecting and polishing
precious stones. salt working and sim
liar Establishments Int
| Ocean.