Show 1 afie f away 41 ai emr ONLY beat or tit out I 1 in it southern se seas its I 1 a ta thousand 0 F fall miles from montevideo anil i n ld several hundred allies eastward front the alie land of lire fire tierra lei del fuego llo lie the die lonely dreary bil barren llen falkland islands ceaseless surges front antarctic wastes shish upon the rocky headlands to tile ills dis tur bance of only tile wild aud and stately penguin tho mighty roar of the breakers wa wasting ting their beauty fur far from tile the haunts of artist or photos eupher la Is lost in tho the dismal fog A land far away from tile tho busy world a land without it i tree without a newspaper without n cable to the outer world with few land birds beyond e the ho courso course of tile the average steamer indeed it land without sunshine it might inight be tor for the sky Is usually ove overcast producing annually 2 days of cloudy or rainy weather despite weather conditions however the present interest lag ing sights and afford the traveler experiences per perien lences ces not met with elsewhere writes william A iteld held in the los angeles ilni ri there live and move and have their being 2000 hardy and industrious people whose remoteness denies deities them the pleasures of modern life they extend tile tho hand of welcome to the visitor and ho he Is entertained with stories of those south sen sea islands and tho the part they licy play ensig though it may be in the world and its progress almost exactly years after co luchus sighted S sun tin salvador john discovered the a century litter later one strong visited tho the islands and gave them their name from that thile they have been the scene acene of conflict fill and disputed ownership tho the preach planted their flag there in and very shortly thereafter the british arrived and established port Egi nond miles or 3 4 N X ap wip flo hotal 6 so front from the french the latter ceded their claim to tollio ilia spaniards who drove away avay tho the english in 1770 later tho the islands were abandoned buenos alioa aires founded ded a colony in 1823 but in consequence of it dispute tho ilia colony was destroyed hy by a united states manof man roan of ot war 1831 shortly afterward the ilia british again gained possession which continues finues to tile the present time although 1 it Is said that eliat argentina claims the islands as her right aud and lawful pos mission two large lands islands in the group tho falkland group comprises two large islands known its as east U flat and west falkland respectively and more than it hundred smaller ones with etli a total aten of nearly square miles almost as large huge as the ilia state of new jersey east bast falkland tid Is tile the larger of tile alio two and they are separated by a narrow strait when wo we sailed into port stanley tin the capital of tho ilia little colony and the ilia largest of the twenty or more settlements ilits the usual cloudy weather pre pie ailed several caysi of mccau buffeting had been followed by calmer sens und and the entrance to the small email bay known its da port william inlet was a pleasant diversion the low brownish hills barren and somber bomber looking presented little to attract the business traveler yet vet to tile tho lover of nature who delights to wander far from beaten paths thero there aro are always sights to please ike comparatively few ships make inako the port of stanley other than the lie coming of vessels in distress there is not much traffic with the outside world and na as a consequence ilia arrival of a passenger ship Is a matter of suin some inter t to tho ilia people the day of our coming was not an exception and both old and young cumo cattle to meet u IH and it might bo be said that 0 wo o received a cordial reception upon terra firma the ilia hardy appearance of tho the in habitants mofid the weather beaten but cleno cleat and neatly kept homes les are especially specially ally noticeable tile the thousand persons persona composing stanleys Stan leys tion have not troubled themselves k with street making it la 18 a kind of go BB as you town very much resembling tho the french canadian settlements along itliong tile the new brunsw Brutt swick lck boast 4 const ohp people of tho the Falk falklands lands a arc je largely of scotch descent they th ey have b aj a a strong scotch brogue and a scotchy inniss awo knick knack tor for doing things the most prominent buildings lit in stanley aro tile governors quarters tho barracks which shelter it small 14 garrison gair lson n cathedral a new school building a number of warehouses a few stores and several hotels the stores and hotels are about the only business concerns excepting the leouses of the english company which practically monopolizes the great industry of the islands that of sheep raising and the industries resulting not much to see in stanley A short time Is 18 suil lelent to see all that stanley has to offer A visit to the stores as la in other lands reveals to 0 o some extent the needs and occupations of the people field nd this fact Is 19 especially emphasized in the town ton of St stanley unley the articles offered for solo sale tire of the most substantial kind such us is coarse clothing heavy boott boots tia ala and earthenware cut 1 supplies find and in fact everything required in a sheep raising community where tile the winters fire long and severe and the summers short and cool tho average temperature of tho ilia 1 lands islands Is 47 degrees fahrenheit tho the cool and constant winds wands from tho southwest send a chill through the stronger strang ev and urge him to physical exercise lit la fact the ho very isolation of 0 ones onea surroundings kindles the wanderlust and if lie he la Is at all inclined to hero here la Is nn an excellent place to gratify ills his inclination an overland trania Is most pleasant and invigorating the country rises gi gradually from the little bay anti and after ono one walks a few miles lio ito looks back upon ono one of the worlds most isolated towns proceeding the wanderer Is with the awful loneliness few people are seen and not it tree breaks the horizon save here and there small patches of stunted growth which rise only a few feet above tile the ground the brownish appearance pe arance of the lie landscape Is uninviting but when the undulating hills aw ani valleys are reached tile the travelers litterest interest quickens and lie he beholds the sheep upon a thousand hills the animals appear to be la in fair order but how they thrive upon such n meager supply of grass and sprouts sprout 11 Is past understanding dundei standing yet there art are nearly a million sheep on the islands and each sheep Is supposed to require a pasturage of several acres pary year the old animals are slaughtered for the tillo tallow or to use tho the local term teim tried town down the returns from tile wool the tallow and tile the hide ill it recent year amounting to more than stone rivers of quartzite farther inland we catch our first glimpses of what appear to be glistening st streams reanis but on closer inspection tire are found to be quartzite tills this substance tile particles somewhat bling crude diamonds in shape lle lla lit in long rows ros to chich the natica have given ghen tile the name of stone atone river scientists say that these so called alv irly ers CM tire ro a kind hind of glacier and that they are slowly moving toward tit sen sea I 1 what becomes of your students after they lune leave school I 1 inquired of the ho angll h master of the only place of learning lit n the lie islands almost without exception lie he replied they go out to become herders gerders of 0 or to some settle employment in connection with tile the sheep industry you see sir there Is little for our buys boys to do outside of this one gnp calling yet few of them leave their island hoino for the great outer enter world then tile the Trin brinster ster pointed out from among ills his brightest pupils one little fellow perhaps fifteen years of age I that boy said lie he has completed the work of the ilia school but he Is so am bialous that for two additional years ho he lias has been going over tho the same conroe lve e have bave no advanced classes so BO this little fellow and there aro are deral others like him are denied the advantages of n training which to my regret wo are unable to give them so some me people can best maliko their presence felt by their absence |