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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-28
NEEDS INVESTIGATION.

Marine Hospital at San Francisco Reported
to Be Grossly Mismanaged.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-The Chron-
icle says: If the stories told by some of
the patients are true, the United States
marine hospital is being conducted in o
manner not creditable to those in
charge of the institution. # it is true,
as charged, that employees of the hospi-
tai make sport of dying men and ignore
their appeals for aid, it would appear
to be time for an Investigation Of a very
searching character.
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installing officers in both branches Of the
order were at the head of their respective
bodies in the state, and at the same time
resident members Of the lodges directly
interested. 1t is said that such an incl
dent is not likely soon, if ever, to occur
again. George j.. McGregor, grand mas
ter Of North Dakota, and one Of the old
est members of jamestown lodge, in
stalled the officers of the Blue Lodge,
while Mrs. II. 3. White, worthy grand
matron of North Dakota, and d charter
member Of Lady Washington chapter,
performed a similar ceremony for the o.
p. s. chapter. The ladies were given the
preference and completed their installa-
ton first, after which followed the in
stallation Of the regular lodge officers.
The TRIBUNE has looked up the mat
ter Of an alleged imperfection in the
stained glass window over the desk of
the lieutenant governor in the new SEN
ate chamber, and finds that no such mis-
take as alleged, exists in fact. The de-
sign on the window is an exact reproduce
ton of the great seal of the state, and
the date, if the lettering on the seal be
read Alright, will be found to be 1Ss9--as
! it should be.
The Very Finest
Hams, bacon, salt meats and lard are
those prepared at G%ussner's. Try some
and be convinced Of their excellence.
1t Pays.
L.. D. Townsend, living north of Ed
ridge and about fifteen miles from James
town, gives some interesting informa.
ton concerning HE little milk herd, their
butter producing qualities and their rev.
enue capacities. He has but half q
dozen COWS, but monthly makes from
100 to 125 pounds of butter, which is en
tirely consumed by his private Gus.
toners in the city at gilt-edge prices.
He keeps an accurate account and finds
that the COWS pay for themselves about
twice each year, or once every six
months. For the year of ten months they
produce a revenue of $45 a piece from
the sale of butter alone. The calves
which are always killed, bring from S.
to $3.50, sold at the butchers for veal.
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shaved. unwashed, and ungroomed. But he
had on a suit OF fine silk underwear. "be-
cause. don't you know, l can't get used to the
beastly scratching of furs and iannels."
The outfit Of the Patagonian gaucho is simple
and not expensive. With one good horse and
three dogs he can start, but a swell gaucho may
have a score of horses and a dozen dogs. To
these he must add a good saddle, with numerous
saddlecloths. which are usually nothing but
small blankets woven by the Tehuelche squaws
from guanaco hair and wool. purchased or stolen
at the ranches. Equally necessary are the
QIlLdn00s, the great fur robes made by sewing
together the skins OF young guanacos. With
two or three OF these the gaucho can pass the
night comfortably in the lee OF a bit OF brush
even when a blizzard is raging. The water
prOofcanyas bag lined with fur would be warmer
aud lighter, but the gaucho will have none OF IL
because his quillangOs serve as Oyercoats by day.
TIT weapons of the gaucho are simple. and
with one exception inexpensive. They are the
lasso, the bolas, and the knife. The last. hav-
ing . carved silver handle, may cost as much as
SEQ gold. The lasso Is a horsehair rope. The
bolas have been described by every writer who
has visited the River Plate, but IL may be worth
telling here that the reader can make them for
himself by taking either two or three round
balls OF iron an inch and a quarter in diameter,
or two or three round stones OF two
and a. quarter inches In diameter, and
securing one to each end of a stout cord three
feet long. Then tie together the other ends Of the
cords, making 4 good big Knot in doing so. To
use the bOlas, grasp this big knot and one Of the
bolas, and then after whiTling the free bola or
bolAs about the head to give them speed, hurl
tie whole outfit at any target handy. II the
novice does not crack his skull in his earlier
efforts 10 master the bOlas, they quickly become
an effective weapon with a range OF twenty
yards. After considerable practice a healthy
man can achieve = range OF thirty yards. while
nifty or sixty yards may be covered by the man
of exceptional skill. The gauohos tell Of ranges
up to 100 yards, with = two-balI outfit made Of
iron. IL may be 50.
Having these weapons. the gaucho commonly
scorns all others. The Winchester and the re-
vOlyeT, Indispensable TO the plainsrnAn OF tile
states, would rarely be accepted as a gift.
II am astOnished to learn that you do not
carry a good revolver" said l to a Raucho who
talked English huently.
And l am astonished to hear people Ike
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the other fellow. and that drink is mate. The
drinking of mate among the gauchos and
among all Argentines for that matter, is like the
smoking of the calumet among North American
Indians. Asmall gourd is nearly filled with the
powdered herb, and then boiling water il poured
In to NIL the cup. This done a silver tube with a
strainer at the bottom Is poked into the decoc-
ton. and the drinker sucks the liquid up
through the tube. Now. as soon as the tea
has been sucked out the tea maker flls
the gourd once more with hot water and
passes 1t TO the next person in the group,
and SO on. The one gourd and the one tube must
serve for all the company. II will try the stom-
aeh of the inexperienced traveller 10 take the
tube into his mouth wet from the lips of a
drunken gaucho. but he had better do il with
thanks and look happy. 1t is better TO put a vile
tube in the mouth than to receive a keen knife
blade In the belly. And those are the horns OF
the dilemma often presented 10 the man who
interviews gauchos in their native haunts. Aud
OF all things 1t is the worst insult possible TO
wipe on a mouthpiece before taking 1t into the
mouth.
Though ignorant of books. the gaucho is a
keen observer of nature. He is a thinker,
bright, too, IL not q deep one. His terms and
sayings ought TO be gathered into book for the
instruction as well as the amusement OF his
fellow man. He calls the chase OF the ostrich
the "lld mlrth or the desert. The panther is
"the friend OF man." because It has bsen known
to defend men from the attack OF the more
vicious jaguar, and because It often comes TO
purr about solitary travellers on the pampas, as
a tame cat might do. The rattlesnake, a spe-
eies not known in Patagonia, however. is tho
bell snake. The dragon hy is tho son of the
southwest gale" because that wind, known
as the pampero, often brings clouds of
these insects. There Is a huge and
fierce spider on the hotter pampas that does
not hesitate 10 attack mana most repulslye
and fearsome being. The gaucbos have a weird
song in which they tell OF an army OF these that
came to attack a city, and although the men Of
the town fought brayely, all were routed ard
whelmed by the terrible foe.
The stranger In the region hnds il dihlcult to
get within shooting range OF the beautiful black
swan but the gauchos, two or three together.
get TO the lee OF a flock and then charging ON
them with wild shouts and screams scare the
birds 80 that they are taken alive.
They sAy that horses know an Indian camp BIZ
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the Rocky Mountain mining camps, but he
nevertheless acquires great skill In the manipu-
lation Of n deck Of cards. and he educates his
eyes until he can detect the slightest marks on
the back Of a card and so recognize the hand OF
an opponent. Indeed, cheating Is counted as a
mark Of superior skin in playing any game Of
cards. The gsucho would be greatly astonished
as we'll as angered II called a rascal for cheating.
At convenient distances across the panpas
and at every railway station will be found the
gaucho saloons. They are mud-wallel huts, Of
course, but larger than the homes Of the gau-
chos. The walls will be found occupied with
various Government ordinances relating 10 af-
fairs in the district, and especially to the sale of
liquors. With these will be great. crude litho-
graphs representing events in the last revolution
or some other fighting scenes. Mingled with
both ordinances and Autographs are the tiny
pictures that come with the packages Of cigar
cites on sale everywhere. These cigarette
pictures are Of n sort to make n
North American, or even a North Amer
lean manufacturer of cigarettes. gasp.
The pampa saloons sell but two kinds Of drinks
that are reasonably pure-rum and beer. The
beer is made In the suburb Of Buenos Ayres-
ouilmes-and Outlines beer Is good. The native
rum is consumed in vast quantities by the
gauchos, but II is not popular with ranch owners
simply because IL Is cheap. One would rs soon
to find Stock Exchange brokers working
the growler after a days business M to STE "A
pampa ranch owner bring out a bottle OF rum.
The liquor glasses OF tho pnmpa saloon are pc
culiar. They are water tumblers in shape and
outer dimensions, while the capacity is that of
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the within takes him and stop where night finds
him. He has absolutely no reason for taking
thought for the morrow. and he takes none. He
will pass the day galloping easily across the
desert, In the main, with mad dashes this way
and that as the dogs start an ostrich. He will
dismoun to break the neck and disembowel the
bird when overtaken or when tangled up by the
bolas. He win chase a young guanaco, as we'll.
and when an ostrich has started from under his
horses feet, so to speak, as often happens at a
certain period OF the season, he goes back on its
track after killing 1t, because he knows It was
on a nest when started, and that in finding the
eggs he will find a dellcacy of the desert.
The Patagonia ostrich egg is a huge affair,
equalin weight tn more than half a dozen hens
eggs. The gaucho breaks a hole In one end to let
the steam escape, and then stands IL in the ashes
at the edge Of the fire and lets itroast. OF course.
1t must be turned occasionally. Because these
eggs are a hearty kind OF food they are usually
eaten at the gaucho's evening dinner, And the
gauchO dinner is q tremendous affair. SO far as
quantity Is concerned.
Having galloped over the plains all day, with,
perhaps, a stop for luncheon. a cup OF mate.
and a smoke at midday, the gaucho Is hungry
when night comes. But. although he may have
more meat than any three men may eat. he will
not have enough TO satisfy his appetite. This is
not because the gaucho is a ~glutton, but because
q meat Aicl uoes NOT Iully shllsIy lne demands
of the human system. The Indians eat
fungus OF various kinds, grass roots and
seeds, and berries in the season. The
gaucho will gather the berries because they are
everywhere abundant. He will pick up a handy
bit of fungus, but will not go out OF his way "a
find II. The bunch-grass seed Is too small a
matter for his happy-go-lucky soul. So he is
always hungry at night, and never satisfied en-
tirely unless. indeed. he chances to Kill a good
fat panther. The fat OF the young panther Is the
most satisfying food of the desert, To tell Just
how many pounds Of young panther meat a
gauchO will eat would be to throw a doubt over
this whole narrative in the minds Of readers not
posted on such matters
However, with his guanacO, his ostrich, and
his panther meat, with his mate cup after, and
his pipe after that. the gauChO Is contcnted. II
not entirely satisfied. For variety he may have
an occasional skunk, which he kills by break
ing its hack with a bO!a. and so prevents is
using its natural weapon Of offence. He may
also strike ; P~atagonian hare as 1t scsmpers
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THE DESERT oAUcHo's HOME.

New York whiskey glasses. The amount Of
glass In one will make It weigh nearly half a
pound. A more compact or better shaped
missile for a saloon fight would be hard TO find.
Gaucho etiquette, as already intimated. is a
matter demanding the closest study Of the
stranger. That the gaucho is hospitable. and In
his way generous, need not be said. TIT stranger
who enters a pampa saloon will be asked to
drink, without fail. II he wishes to drink no
should say so. and when no has swallowed his
potion should ask the other fellow to have some
thing. But II he does not wish to drink he need
not do so. provided he knows how TO refuse.
The correct form Of refusal is to say:
Many thanks, sir; many thanks. l have had
all that wish to drink. but will you not give me
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It's smell when many leagues down the vino
from Il. and are stampedcd b. the odor because
In the old days the Indians were predatory.
They say that pamps deer kill a venomous snake
by running around IL and exhaling On odor from
the leg glands that eventually sutocates tne
reptile. Many people affect not TO believe any
Of this class Of gaucho stories. But ever since
there were gauchos, they have been drying the
stomaohs OF ostriches. and after powdering the
stun have been taking II for disorders OF the
stomach. while II is only within late years that
pepsin has been on sale among civilized people
as a remedy for dyspepsia.
The worst feature. all things considered, OF
the character Of the gaucho is his cruelty
10 animals. Cattle herding or growing on
the range il naturally and inevitably blunt
ing to the finer feelings Of the herders. In
the states. az in the Argentine, II Is made a
cruel business by law. The law provides that
range cattle ini,st be branded. and branding
Is UNANIMOUSLY cruel. From branding cattle
to deliberately torturing them for the pleas
tire Of seeing their sufTerinRs Is but q step. l
have known an Oxford graduate To skin a fox
alive-so great Is the degrading influence of
cowboy life. But the gaucho docs not become
degraded in this respects; he is born so. or the
gaucho's religion, a sentence will suffice. He
would be insulted were one to tell him he was
not n Christian-meanlng n Catholic-but he
has never heard of the Sermon on the Mount,
and is as incapable of approaching It's doc
trines rs n Yankee person who believes In the
forcordalned dsmnatlon of human souls.
Compared with North American COW boys, we
1nd that there are more, a great percentage Of,
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and e~nvyings and strifes Of the head station
when silence and safety and peace may be found
beyond the ranger The shepherd becomes q
wild gaucho.
And then there Is the soldier stationed on the
frontier. In the old days he was like a break
water to stop the Indians who In waves came to
whelm the scattered settlements. Now there is
peace, but the old forts are still manned.
80 many officers are martinets," the soldiers
will say, and at best IL is n dogs life In the bar
racks. Let us be wolves instead" The soldier
turns gaucho. sometimes without waiting for
the formality of a discharge.
Last of all there is the lad who Is growing to
mans size in the officers quarters of a frontier
Element. The desert calls to such boys every
day as the sea calls to the children on Nantucket
beach. They have lassoes and bolas as the
Yankee boys have skates and baseballs. They
are riding mustangs before the New York boy
is trusted on a tricycle.. Meantime the gaucho
is ever before them with his swagger and dash.
his hearty laugh, and his quick anger. Mothers
may brighten their children when babes in
arms by saying The gaucho will carry you or"
and may tell the older boys that the gaucho is
the personifcation of all that Is ribald the des-
perado of the plains-but as the leaders Of the
eourriers du bots of Canada were the sons
of French gentlemen. SO the chief men
of the gauchos are of what is called good
family. ] saw one of that kind-an English
man by birth. He wore on his shoulders a
poncho, a small squaw made blanket with a
hole In the middle through which he could
thrust his head. On his feet were pOttO boots, a
sort of foot gear made of the skin of the legs of
a colt. About his waist was a belt that carried
a knife, of which the handle was silver and the
bloOd-stained blade . foot long. He was I'M
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TABBT'S FREAK KITTEN.
it Has Jast as Many Ears a. Legs, and IL
Her Especial Pride,
Prom The San Francsoo Examiner.


From the SdR Francisco Examiner.
The corner OF Fourth and Howard streets has
atreak. William Ensberg's Sallie. which sa me
Is a much-prized tabby cat of the ordinary black
and gray striped variety, is the mamma Of a
Kitten which will be handicapped In her strug-
giles through life by a shortage OF bone in the
regular complement OF feet and legs commonly
assigned to cats. As il to compensate in some
degree for this lack of completion nature has as
signed the wee kitty an extra ear.
1t is the right fore leg that is missing. and tina
third ear ID attached to the left side ofthe kitty's
crown, seeming TO be an ofshoot or branch OF
the regular ear on that side. "Sallie. Jr." il
now u month old. and is the pet aud pride of her
mother, who has been rather an Indifferent mar
en- to her ordinary progeny. The three filters
four Kittens each hhainhssi p Sr; cs,91mprlsed three and
nothlng 70 distinguish them from any other
they W we g,see Old ana eD6 SrsS Kittens: As soon as
selves, or as long as Ensberr's empioveas
s Sop,n ICED them, sallle cared nothing for them,
Die. sallie,, Jr., was alone in her enlfy ~ ths
wnlln, ana her mother manifests The Created
can get "A hight by nOsing around the Iittis fre'
nnu inc men who manifest disrespect by urn
IVY lhe kitten over with a foot Instead OF a hnnd
have been sayagsty bftteh and eiawed Sill
~ Ia opleGllon TO any one Petting her baby ina
oVnIS SiI1nu i Tespecfini way and her objections ars
NJ m.stpossd when she thinks that harm is
'nTTSh1ed the helpless mite.
tbirnnSe Ailt1h appears to appreciate that s-me-
nnahI - latklngln her composition. and IL much
puHIIel when she gets a tumble from relying On
r ~ H. that Is not there. On such occasions She
ieaehes out with her shoulder Joint. apparently
"a sehrch OF the extension that should be there.
any kitten. P"A'iul1S
ne nTst Joint Of the missing leg appears to be
hhslae OF The skin, bnt IL does not project ia the
least, save when Sallie. Jr, thrusts il forward I'M
81 shdeakor 10 stand on ID. As a CONSEQUENCE
e three,coTnered' arrangement. the kit
zen has developed "a peculiar gait. running or
b,utlthg Nith the two perfect hind legs and
noppHlk With the other. As a consequence Of
s1iIa work. the left fore leg Is much better ds-
fs'oped than any of the others. and when Saliie.
y aSes II as q prop 10 sit up with, shs looks
OF positiOa- W-sSeE
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yourself think one Of any use 10 u.s." he re.
piled.
But have heard that you gentlemen OF the
plains have Observation-Disclosures with each other,
and that you then fight tc kill"
1T is true"
Would not a good revolver be a handy thing
TO use in seif-defence at such a timer"
1T would indeed. To defend oneself-why,
suppose nothing could be better for that. But
we do not fight so. To think Of shooting a man
when - Bahl Pardon me, my friend, but I
can see you have never felt a mans flesh give as
you drove your steel home"
The story OF the life OF the eaucho on the
desert is full Of adventure. The gaucho's day
begins with the capture Of a horse from his
herd. II is literally a capture, for the plains
horse, no matter how well trained. hates the
draw Of the cinch. Where n man travels alone
one of his herd must be securely staked out over
night. that he may be able to round up and load
the rest, IL there be loads. Sometimes the pre-
caution OF stalking Is OF no avail, for there are
wild horses all over Patagonia, and the joy of
their lives is TO stampede n tame herd. especially
a herd with mares in II. For this reason mares
will sell for a dollar or two each, where stations
or ~geldinus Of less strength and poorer training
are sold for ten or more.
When the horses are hacked and attended to,
breakfast Of coffee, possibly, and cold meat left
from the last repast will serve. but the usual
bill of fare is n cup of mdtG, the tea herb of
and a pipe OF tobacco. The morning
appetite of everybody in Spanish America
seems to be that of a man who has been on a
spree the night before. Some bitter braoing
drink is all that is wanted. Then the mate pot
Is slung to the saddle, a last look Ia cast over the
camp ground to see that nothing Is left, the
finger tips touch the cinch to see that 1t is
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sparrow. as IL lodged behind q bush At the
strange sight Of a human being, would not be
heard by the ordinary traveller. The fitting Of
the desert hare would not be seen, and unless the
ostrich or the quanaco were stumbled upon by
accident, no sign Of life would come to cheer
either the ear or the eye.
Nevertheless, when once = man has learned
the secrets Of the desert and its savage Joys, he
returns to II as to the arms Of some fierce sweet
heart. finding there a spell, an citation that
makes all other kinds Of life seem insipid. Ma
ture has In store undescribed pleasures for those
who can return TO live a natural life in the
wilderness.
II IL in curious fashion that many Of the
eauchos of Patagonia have gone TO the wilder
ness TO live on the bounties Of nature. and II IL u
curious life they lead there. A ship IL driven
ashore on the PataRonian coast either by real
accident or purposely, that her owners may col
lect the insurance. OF her crew, should they
escape. at least one will become a gaucho. They
will all reach one of the settlements, where
a chance to take service as sheep herd
ers will DO offered them. Several will
enter this service and 80 learn the simple
arts OF the plainsman-to ride a mustang, TO
roast meat on the steel rod that leans above a
fire OF small brush, to throw the lasso and the
bolas. to hold the fur robe called a quillango
about the shoulders while galloping across the
desert in the teeth Of a gale. The shepherd life
seems good for u time, in spite of the steady diet
of mutton, with only an occasional change TO
Ruanaco meat, the ribs OF q panther, or the
wings OF an ostrich. BY and by. however, this
life pals. Why should one be tied Town to one
spot when the whole wilderness lies before him
and nature will there supply every want7 Why
should one take orders when he can follow
his own free wil7 Why mix In the quarrcls
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KNOWLEDGE

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