The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-13
TUsSoCK GRASS, OR THE VEGETABLE COCKTAIL

by the shepherd to the next family.
which may be living twenty miles
away. In the course OF time he gets
back 10 his old pupils. examines them
IN what they have gone over with
their parents and sisters. and then
takes them a much further on their
road 10 learning as his two weeks
stay will permit. The bishop and par
son OF Port Stanley, who are also paid
by the government. make q tour Of the
island once or twice a year TO exam
Inc the children Of each family. not
only on their catechism, but on their
secular studies. During q recent tour
OF the island the governor, Sir Grey
Wilson, did the same. lie tells ME he
was much surprised at the advance
ment shown by these little Scotch
children away down here on the lonely
I moors OF the Falklands These chill
dren are. however. from the best stock
OF the highlands OF Scotland. Their
ancestors are among the thriftiest peo-
pie OF the world. Indeed. many OF the
shepherds save their money. and not
few have taken their savings 10
Patagonia and have there become sheep
farmers themselves There is today
not a beggar in the Falkland islands
stu. the chances for the poor man
here are not great. An of the good
lands are now taken up. aud nothing
is for sale or rent Many OF the lands
are held under tweuty-Cne wear leases
from the English government. The
lands are leased IN blocks Of 5000 acres
at the rate OF 500 year. II viii be
years before such leases VIII run out
and the value or the land is now so
we'll known that the renewal OF the
leases Will be at such prices as to
leave little profit 20 the outsider There
is a very limited labor market in the
la IL FThnu- ha f,v- a
get good pay. but the coming In Of
hundred new hands would necessarily
result IN the discharge Of that many
men who now have work The shep-
herds themselves have large families
and some 81 their children VIII have
TO so elsewhere 10 find work.
CAPITAL OF THE FALKLANDS
But let US take a look at Port Stan
ley. the capital Of these Islands. 1t
erDor and all his officnls. but Il has
more thrift and business than many
towns OF five times It's size. II Is per-
haps the richest capital OF the world
for every one OF Its inhab itants has
all he can eat and to spare Port
Stanley is sitICted on Stanley harbor
just beyond Cape Pembroke. at the
eastern end Of East Falkland. Its har-
Dor Is a safe land-locked bay about a
half mile wide and FIVE miles long.
with an enuunce So narrow that a
large ship could hardly turn about in
IT, Upon the south side or the harbor.
running up a gently sloping hin. are
a hundred or 50 neat one and two
story cottages. They are made OF
wood or stone with ridge roofs OF cor
rugated iron. This Is Port Stanley
As you look At IL from the steamer II
mikes you think Of German village.
and as YOU come closer TO IL YOU find
ward and garden. and that the front
doors OF even the poorest OF the cot
tages have Vestihules. This is TO shield
the visitors and the families from the
cold wind. In nearly every window
You see potted plants and flowers
Such things VIII not grow out OF doors.
and venture tgbt there Is not a town
OF this size in the world which has so
many green houses and Conservatives.
Beside each house is pile OF what
looks Ike cubes OF weil-rotted ma
nuTe. This is peat. Peat forms the
fuel or the town. and II comes from
the bog on the top OF the hill az the
foot OF which Port Stanley lies Every
one here can get his own fuei for the
digging. and nearly every householder
in Port Stanley goes 10 the moor and
chops out his own peat blocks FOR the
winter
Some OF the houses are quite pretan-
uous- The manager OF the Falkland.
company has house containing a
dozen rooms. and the cottages OF the
governor cover perhaps one-quarter OF
an acre Of ground. all OF his rooms be.
ing on the ground floor. There ara
three churches. one OF which is called
the cathedral This IS presided over
by the bishop OF the Falklands. An.
other church is Roman Catholic. ana
third Is a Baptist There are tive
hotels or public houses where you can