The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-11
Dulcirno.


UrsroHY tells rs two things IN par
tieulsr oi Duieigpo. At the beginning
IT the sixteenth ceuiurs scd for more
than \ century afterwards Il was ;hf
most famous den Of pirates IN thf
alriaiic: aud later Oh. when Charlie.
81. VA King Of England. The place bar.
bored mun on whom the eyes 81 al
the Jewish snd a greft part Of the No
hamrsedan world hal been ;Jtrnei.
Thi. was Sabbatai Z~tsi. 4 Smtrnsss
jew. who gave himself oui for the Mes
siah. In what proportions Sabbath
was an enthusiast. AID i'm what an i'm
poster. il would bc hard to sat. ID
va deeplY Tead In Talmaiic literature.
aud appeared 20 believe IN his mission.
vt the same time he used the wealth
which lIs father lai let him TO eI ~
lent purpose in securing adhcrnuts; and
the care lie Took 81 su-h ietails - hi-
dress. always agsieTe bat always be-
coming. ani his beautiful face sni
bearl. have a suspicion. air. HI,
name spread all over the world. and
in Germany in particular his adherents
wee, counted by thousands Bv l666
HE FAM hal reached such n heigh,
that il was necessary for him 10 10
something definite u prove h claims.
lie therefore set out for Constantine.
pie to depose the Sultan through the
power Of his word. The Sultan tenn
-pofizsL with him a; first. bu, was event
pai a,lc - drive him into n corner;
and nnLer threat VI execution Sabbath
went over to Islam. lie was then
bInished 10 Duicigno. a i remote cor
ner of the Empire. where there were
no Jews 10 be- found: and there he q ed
IN 1916. C~urionslv enough. the rene
gade was far from losing all his follow
erS. Rabbis learned in the CabIla
10 ADOPT the faith OF Mahommcd. -
rs to draw the Mo,lcms after him and
there were thousands .: good Moham-
medsas who now believed in him n
nrdentlv ~ did the Jews. After his
death his tomb at Dulrigno became a
shrine sought bypilgrims from al parts
of the world.
The harbDr o. Old DUlcigno is one Of
the oldest on the Adriatic aud the best
that exists on that harborleSs coast be-
tween the southern point OF Dalmatia
and the mouth of the Drn. The haven
i a sure safeguard from the south
wind-ihe fierce siro-co but j. exposed
ON its northern side. There are about
a dozen hu.s now on the beach, making
a little settlement. exclusively Alba
MIN. aud called Limani. in the be-
ginning of the sixteenth century the
appearance of the harbor was very diff
ferent. The town fell into Turkish
hands very late in lj7l, and the Turk
sponsiblc for the district. proved in
competent or unwilling u check the
piracy which gave Dulcigno an evil
name I'm the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. The light Dulcignote
baraues descended on the Italian. Al
bantam, even Greek coasts. The Porte
undertook Ia put them down, but the
Governor of Sku'ari, himself always
chosen from a particular North Al
bantam family. was not inaccessible,
and the Porte had no particu-
lar objection To seeing Austrian and
Italian commerce damaged. An I'M
manageable PaSha ut last made his APP
pcarance in the person Of Suleiman,
and the whole Dulcignote fleet, num-
berinr no fewer than 500 vessels. was
burned To the waters edge i'll its own
harbor. This blow ruined Old Dul-
ci.no, aud the present town was plant
ell 4 lite further inland to take its
place. In 1922 the town was occupied
b, the VenetianS. bat only for 4 bret
period. In 1875 the Montenegrins took
it By storm, ne of the Turkish garri-
son having previously got awIv by sea.
Austria. however. at the Berlin Con-
greSs. objected to lis retention b. Mon
tenegro and G1sinje AMI PLAYA we're
substituted with what result all the
world knows.-IaU Nal Quote.