The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-07-07

81 tine New York MersurE and CON,
i slders mat persons possessed Of clair.
voyar7t power are accidents. ard thai
thelr capabilities have Little to, do
WITH tbs concerns of ordinary people.
PICTURE OF RIO JAMEIRo.
Some interesting Peculiarities Of Queer
Old Portuguese Town.
NO regular CENSUS has ever been
tHk ken Riep but 1T is believed that
about 100000 people are crowded
within 'at1+rl the narrow crescent shaped
space 'between,the mountains and the
sea, writes, Fannie b. Ward, i'm the
Chicago Tribune: Hemmed in by a
granite:wall on one side and deeD wa.
ter on the other the. city can never
grow anNwide and'so,it has stretehed
out at. both ends, stpaggllng ten or
twelve miles, around the predictions
naroor--V7hioh' by the. way, is exactly
Inc shape of pear the: marrow en-
trance representing this. stem of the
fruit.
Il Mostof the streets, are extremelv
narrow. generally; not more than ten
1eet wide paved with Belgian blocks,
WIN an open'central. drain. to which
they, slope. and with, three4foot wide
sidewalks onia level with. the street.
canton and'others OF; the great Chin,
csc cities have streets, as wide. as
those Of Rio JaneAroa The houses.
many Of them quite hidden, by the
towering palms that line: some of
these path Streets are. no two
alike and range: from. twoo to four
stories IN height. One of their Curl
Gus features is the absence of the
veranda. which in the mindsof o]ohe.
trotters, has become Intimately as.
ISOLATED with. ideas of hot weather.
In lieu OF the veranda. the. better
houses show in their upper stories
broad, deep notehes-each: a. sort. of
open air parlor, tinted, as delicately
as a ladies' boudoir. often elaboratelv
trescoed. furnishedI with rattan and
cane sofas. chairs and tables embel-
llshed with statuaryN and, tioored with
Ialavera tiles. Some of these. ooo]
posts OF observation have Mario "
windows of colored glass set in their
sides surrounded by a. wealth. of
gliding carving and color. and. the
effect is particularly unique. especial
~ when the outer walls~of the house
are faced with blue and yellow; tiles,
as Is frequently the: case. The. best
houses lie along the waters edge
notably on that part Of the. bay
known as Botafogo,' and on the slopes
OF the surrounding mountains some OF
the most charming homes in. the
world are to- be seen. for. when, the
yellow fever season approaches every.
body who can afford it, seeks refug e
on the heights.
About 3 o'clock every afternoon. and
again in the evening every body as is
anybody" HES to the Ruado Ouy.oidor.
a narrow alley way in which two
meeting carriages could. not. possibly
pass were carriages allowed! in. thai
street. which they are not Like. the
portales Of Lima. the Alemadal of San
tiago. the. Plaza. Victoria of Buenos
Ayres and La Independencia of Monte
video. is the. fashionable proinena AIDE
and beauty. show, of Rio, where hir.a-
tions are carried on and. matches
made between the 'gilded youth" and
dark-eyed damsels of. Fortuguese-Span,
ish-negro blood. During. fashionable
hours the ,Ouyiodor is literally packed
with: people, not. only from. end to end,
but from; wall to, wall-for the middle
OF the streetlis as, frequently patron
ICED as the three foot wide sidew ak.
Here new dresses, direct from Paris,
creations in bonnets are, DISPLAYED
for the first time to the adnnirino
populace; while. officers of the army
andt navy. in all the glory of gold lace
and gandy uniforms and officers from
tha,ships, of every nation anchored in
the harbor. add brilliancy to the scene
the whole. watched over by the
mulatto' gendar1nes. that constitute the
police of Rio, in their ludicrously
elaborate. costumes The diamond
dealers and other principal merchants
have, theIr, establishme in the Rua
OuviOdor and SO have the curio col
lectors and the vendors Of those ex-
quisite feather flowers made by the
Brazilian nuns 80. .