The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-30

their boots, and clothes of all descrip-
lions, are to be seen on the street. Thera
are plenty of Spaniards, and l have
several times been warned to be care.
full as l go about after nightfaII, "a
the Spanish knife has just now a mag,
netic attraction for the Americans
BODY, ard as most of these men are
prone to stab In the back The order
Kept Is, however, very good, consider
ing the population.
The governor of the NagelIans lives
here. He is appointed by the president
OF Chile, and he rules not only the
Magellans, but the whole Of the islands
OF the TERRA del Fuegan archipelago
He has four hundred soldiers stationed
in the city. You hear the military
bands playing at in the morning,
when they begin their drill, and again
at sunset, or at about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The soldiers act as the DO,
lice Each of them has a long sword
at his side, and he does not scruDle to
use 1t in making an arrest Of late
some Of the soldiers have been using
sWord-canes You think they have
nothing but a walking stick, but if YOU
resist them they jerk the stick apart
ana give you thrust under the fifth
rib With sharp blade Of steel I took
photograph Of some Of the policemen
today in front of the Quartet, or police
station, and moment later [ met the
governor coming out Of the club. and
with his permission, photographed him
CLUBS, COCKTAILS, CHAMPAGNE.
1t seems funny to think of a club
down here on the Magellans, in the
home of the guanaco, the seal. the
whale and the naked aboriginesl Rut
Punta Arenas has its clubs. where tbe
better classes of men meet for a social
good time, game of poker and a bit
of liquid refreshment The club is also
the fire company, for here, as in manv
or these South American cities. tho
IRE company is composed of the best
men In the place. In Punta Arenas the
club parlors are over the engine room
Ihey are well furnished. They have
Two billiard tables, two poker rooms. q
reading room and last but not least 2
bar The bar is to be found in every
club and In every hotel in South Amer
lea. 1t is, as rule, much patronized
Al 9he German MOTEL where / am living
IN Punta Arenas you can get ANYTHING
from a bottle Of champagne to a Man
hattan cocktail, from a sherry and bit
terS TO glass of Yermouth or n
pousse cafe. There is a great deal Of
drinking at the hotel We are so far
south here that it is dark now at d n
M. The guests have no loafing pIace
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| about 4 sheep farmers, merchants
clerks and others drop in to get Their
nap before dinner. AS dinner does NOT
come on until $50. they have plenty of
time to I'LL up before that The favor
lite method of buying drinks is by each
mar IN the party throwing dice and
the loser paying the bill LIQUORS are
very high here. This is so, notyitb-
standing that Punta Arenas is free
port and no duty is charged Champagn e
costs twelve silver dollars a bottle
This last l know to my sorrow. for in
a generous mood while talking sheen
with number Of farmers last night
ordered champagne for the crowd.
Ihe bill was astounding
SHEEP FARMING IN FUEGO.
You can't tell man down here bv
his clothes One of these sheen farm
ers, young fellow Of thirty, whose in.
come runs into the tens Of thousands
g. year, wears a faded $40 velveteen
suit, a 76-cent wool shirt, a SLOUGH hat
and pair Of high boots. Half the time
his shirt is unbottoned at the neck and
10 look at him you would not think
MIN worth cent. His sheep farm ia
| as big as an Ohio county, and at tina
iast counting his sheep numbered 81, 900
| mead. Another of the party was n
young Englishmean, who was dressed
in costume that would not have beer
| out of place in Hyde park He had
| swell riding boots, with a we'll cut sui
| of Scotch tweed. He was only am en-
| ploye at big sheep station. A third
| man was dressed much like an Ameri.
can business man. He was the man
| ager of the biggest sheep ranch in
| TERRA del Fuego. He had the SUPER
vision Of more than a hundred
| thousand sheep and OF a grazing ter
| ritory of two and one-half million acres
! of land.
| Sheep farming has now become the
great industry Of this part of the world.
A large part Of lower Patagonia is civ,
! en- up to 1t, and all of the available
lands In the Chilean territory of the
| Magellans, including TERRA del Fuego
have been either bought or leased. It
Will give you some idea of the growth
| of the industry when 1 tell you that
i'm 1878, just twenty years ago, there
! were only 1876 sheep In all the Magel,