Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-19


vast amourte II gold. silver and ga
m0nGs, cut Spain retained tne iio i..
share. The single distcicr OF fotoai phto
tax to the spanish ViccrOys on W ,Vo0,OVJ
OF silver :akcn from its mines. rms sum
from single district nearly equals Tue
total sum of both gold and silver taken
out by the United states in all her MS
tory.
precious stones, contributed 10 the world
BY South America, taken out now from the
wealth OF the world would set ciyiiiza-
ton back a century. IL is Thought Dy
some that these stores are exhausted
but the crude appliances Of these simple
diggers are incapable of achieving such
a result. The machinery we have seen
I'm use in Virginia City, New, rightly APP
piled in South America would demon
strate that these old diRgers only
scratched the surface. There are needed
down here two thIngs-machinery and
| protection. With these the golden age o.
South America will be found not in the
/ past butin the future.
THE CATTLE RANGES.
The great wealth in south temperate
America is 10 be found in her SOIL. 10 Of
iers its fortunes 10 plodding industry, ana
promises homes, comforts, luXuries and
length OF days. In riding over the
pampas one can hardly convince himself
that he Is not on the prairles of Illinois or
Iowa Of a quarter of a century ago, or on
the prairies of Kansas, Nebraska, west
eIn Minnesota, or western Dakota OF TO-
day. Herds OF tat cattle and herds OF
halt-wild horses, numbered by the thOu-
sand, and tlOcks OF sheep too large to be ac-
curately estimated, are encountered
everywhere. The possessions OF the Ar
genuine Republic in herds and iiOcks show
] kaF faa IL a,...g La. of
couragements from insufficient protec-
ton. In 1884 there were IA, III, 600 cows,
4, 1876, 900 horses, and 70,9l0,000 sheep. Ma
ture feeds and cares for these herds and
locks with but the minimum OF care from
their prOprietOrs. One extensive estaO-
lishment is at Fraybentus, where Lleblg's
extract of beef is manufactured IN large
quantities. For 200 days in the year an
average OF 1000 cans a day is slowed
away in little jars and cans. The cattle
are driven in from the plains and counted
OFF TO the establishment. They are driven
into Enclosures which narrow down to-
ward the vanishing point by the gauchos,
who often need the utmost skill. Occa-
sionally the drove stampsdes.
THE GAUCHo.
Then the gaucho. with supreme cour-
age, skill and faith in bis horse, rides TO
the head oil the running herd, and, with
his ponchO waving before the foremost
animal turns him so as to run him around
circle TO the point where they are want
ed Sometimes he throws his pOncho at
the animal, which lodges along in the de-
sired direction, leading the herd back to
order. Then, with wonderful skill, he
dashes by were the pOncho fell and rec0v-
ers il without dismOunting or stacking
| his speed. Once down in the narrow
quarter the cattle are lassOed. drawn up
| by a capstan onto cart. Then one blow
from a friendly knife instantly kills him
the carcass drops, is wheeled away, and
/ in eight minutes the animal has vanished
on Its way to the condenser. Everything
/ is utilized. Even the blood washed away
| fattens the fish which cluster around the
water-pipe. The extract is shipped
everywhere. While we write bowl of
/ excellent beef tea, made from teaspoon
! full OF the extract, is cooling before us.
| We are glad Liebig taught the South
! Americans how to drive their Wild cattle
into such small corrals as the little jars,
With such capacity for being con.
densed, and so safe against sun and
frost, these SaladerO cattle will go every
where.
The greatest enemy that the estancierC
or stock farmer has in these lands is the
unsteady government and its remorseless
representatives. 1t is a matter so COM
mon that it. surprises no one and hardly
eXcities comment for recruiting band
either of a proposed revolution or of a
struggling government, to visit an estan'
cia ana take all the horses, leaving three
for the house and one for each station OF
cabin round which the tlocks are herded
They also take cattle or sheep from 100 tC
200, according to their needs. The mer
are also conscripted. 1t Is go or die. A
little Of the old Castilian spirit is still
seen in the fact that only horses are ia
ken. 1t is beneath the dignity of man
even though he be only a highwayman OF
a hrigand, To ride a mare. On the plain:
there is little chance 10 hide the stock.
One bright Irishman, Mr.. Nicholas
Lowe, near Mercedes, who is lmproYinl
every plaut and shrub and beast which hi
touches, and who has number Of golC
and also silver medals taken at the agri
cultural and mechanical fairs held by thu
State and by the nation, has learned wis
dom by the thlngs he has suffered. On thu
occasion of one revolution he concealed
a few OF his tavorite horses in the Woo
pile, cording the wood around them til
the raiders mad departed with the herd.
MAKING MONEY.
tits difficult to see how any industry car
thrive under such insecurity. Whert
stealing and murder are made the grea
virtues and are rewarded with the grea
offices and public honors, there the com
mon virtues, such as industry, economy
and honesty. do not thrive. In spite o
these disabilities the Argentine Republi,
statistics show the figures in millions O
| Eu-s aaftta g1O.