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teers to receive the entire profits from
the sale of their booty. Usually half
of the prize money is paid to the own
ers and the other half is divided in
various proportions among the SHIPS
This rule has always pre-
vailed in the United States, and dur
ing the war of 1912 there was I'm adii-
ton a bounty of $50 paid for every
British sailor brought to port alive.
Privateering has been called legal1Zel
piracy, highway robbery on the seas,
because the element of privaie gain en-
ters into il. Benjamin Franklin was
one of the earliest to ppo the grant
ing of letters of marque. On the other
hand. Thomas jefferson was a staunch
advocate of privateering. and ROBERT
Thomas n Washington himself
shared the expenses of fitting out ships
to prey upon English commerce.
In time of war no ship belonging to
a belligerent is exempt from the de-
predations of hostile privateers. 1t
NAV either be sunk, captured, bonded
for it's ransom, at the discretion or the
captor. A neutral port is the only
place where il is safe. Until the end
of the Napoleonic wars goods or a bel
ligerent, carried in neutral bottoms,
were at the mercy of an enemy's guns.
but this is no longer the case, and
Spain has already formally declared
that she will not seize American goods
in foreign ships.
The United States and Spain in their
declarations regarding taking prizes at
sea have agreed to adhere TO the dec
laration. of Paris. But this agreement.
which all the great powers but Spain
and the United States entered into in
1856. is defective in that ii does not go
far enough. Any arrangement by
which the merchant marine of a bel
ligerent may be seized by an enemy
leaves the question as IL was a nun
dred years ago. The amendment TO
the declaration for which the United
states contended in 1856. stands for the
highest ideal of civilization as applied
to war. This amendment declared that
merchantmen and all merchandise not
| contraband of wal should be exempt
from capture by an enemy. III mer-
chant ships are to be prizes OF war
there is little matter whether they are
taken by privateers or regularly COM
missioned ships. The United states at
present is facing the identical dangers
TO her that existed In lsl2
and in 1860. SPANS ships. commits
stoned by the government as part OF
her navy. are really privateers that
will be devoted to the single purpose
of kim or destroying our merchant
marine. 1t is even probable that the
owners of Spanish ships Will receive a
share of the profits of the prizes. I'M
| mediately after she signed the deciar-
alton of Paris. Germany established a
volunteer navy" in which every snip
i'm the kingdom was enrolled. The usu-
AL premiums are to be paid to German
| sailors on a ship taking a prize ana
| a percentage is reserved for the own
ers. This plan has never been de-
| clared contrary TO n clause IN tue
| Paris agreement abolishing privateer-
| ing and Spain will probably adopt TINS
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TO SPANISH PRWATEER|NG
Lack of Coal Supplies Would Be the Only Factor to Pre-.
vent Destruction Of Our Merchant Marine.

War to the death. with Spanish
merchants accusing the United States
of piracy n Spanish spies making at
tempts upon the magazines of our bat
tleships n blowing up our powder
mills. il is hardly to be expected that
Spain will be over scrupulous as re-
CARDS p~rivateering.
SPANS declaration of war announced
that the rights to %privateer would be
reserved, but at present hat practice
Of questionable propriety would not be
INDUCED in. Instead. Spain will use
her mercantile fleet as auxiliary war
ships"
Technically. a %privateer is a ves-
sci belonging to a private owner. the
subject of a belligerent power, COM
missioned by that power to engage in
wal on its own account against the
of a hostile power. Such
commissions are known as letters of
marque and reprisal.
Apparently Spain intends to make
the pursuit of prize money a national
affair instead of a matter of private
speculation. If she does. our warships
have another great task To perform
after defeating the enemy's fleets, for
no American steamship or sailing ves-
sci will be safe on the high seas as
long as one swift cruiser is afoat TO
prey upon our mmerce.
1t is the general custom for pIiva
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nooga correspondent of the New York
sun. Now the visitor catches the CLEAN
OF white tents as soon as he passes
the bronze sentinel that stands on the
pedestal of the tennessee
The first camp is that of Battery II of
the ith light artillery. 1t was pitched
yesterday in MavDonald's field. Cap
tain Anderson l. a veteran officer, and
has seen hard campaigning in the west.
y little aneCdote he told TIVE the
puns uf his cigar as he sat in his tent
door this morning is worth repeating.
The other day" he said, Il took a
squad 10 the dock i'm New Orleans TO
practice shrapnel firing. The Catalina.
one of Admira SIMPSONS recent prizes,
as you remember. was lying at the
wharf loading with lumber. She was a
splendid looking null. We fired a few
rounds from the guns at a floating tar
get made of barrels. The Spanish OFF,
GERS n crew gathered at the bows and
watched N. They went into hyster-
les Of laughter when the first two or
three shots went wide OF the mark.
The American inner can't hit a barn
door. | heard them say in Spanish.
With another shot or two. however. l
made them open their eyes by blowing
the barrels clean out of the water. |
expect they had more respect for Amer
leans when a man Of wars shot across
the bow hove them to-"
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The Hartford Engaging the Ram Tennessee at tt

to attack the entire Union fleet Of II
ships.
One Against Many.
Then commenced "A remarkable and
unique First the monitors
bore down upon the Tennessee like "A
pack of small dogs swapping at the
feet Of "A great bloodhound. While the
monitors were directed To ram her, the
entire fleet closed about the doomed
confederate vessel and opened "A ter
rife fire upon her. Bravely the South
erner fought, but the odds against her
proved too strong. The TenncsSee's
smokestack was shot away as We're
her tiller chains. and she tloated help
lessly dow the bay. followed by the
Chickasaw. which got quickly astern
of her and ran her big ll-inch gun
right against the gable end of the con-
federate. while the rest of n fleet
poured shot and shell upon her, and
the other monitors lowered about us
ing every nance To ram. Fol- about
half an hour the gallant Tennessee en-
dured this pounding and hammering,
and then finally hauled down her flag.
So ended the battle of Mobile bay. it
had lasted but little over three hours,
but these three hours are the most IA
nous i'm our naval history.
Captain of the city ct Mobile.
Meantime tnc ldiu loIftS udu iltNtu
down along the shore of Mobile bay.
and under the oVe of rifle pits, had
advanced upon Fort Morgan. After
the Union fleet had entered the bay
and had destroyed or captured all the
FEEDER vessels with the exception
of the Morgan hat had escaped Ia the
city of Mobile under of the night.
the heavy guns We're taken from the
vessels and transferred to the shore
guns too heavy FOR an army To trans
port over "A sandy soil. These same
tactics will probably be followed i'm the
future capture OF Havana.
Both Forts Morgan N Gaines were
taken by the land forces and fleet com
bined. while the smaller forts fell an
easy prey to the lighter draft vessels
of the fleet. Then the city of Mobile
was taken by the fleet and land forces
combined.
How Havana VIII Fall.
In the same way doubtless Havana
will be captured. Forces will be land
ed probably at MatanZas and the army
will advance toward Havana. as did
the forces at Mobile bay, with the aid
and assistance OF the fleet.
But IL must be borne in mind that
the capture Of forts thoroughly in
trenched means a great loss Of life.
AT Mobile the invading forces lost
three times as many men as the de-
tenders. Doubtless much blood must
be spilled before Havana Is captured.
but that Il will fall i'm much h same
way as fell the city OF Mobile there
can be no Dol to doubt.
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FREE Gu eA.

Hail e thee. Cuba
Fair isle of the sea;
Jehovah the ord
Thy Savior shall be.
All hath he heard.
He hath made his decree,
His squadrons and armies
Are moving for thee.
j. +. Glover. Ssth Wisconsin Volunteers
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How Havana VIII Fall.
>paniards View American M~arksmanship

The recent arrivals among the sol
diery have been placed in camp to-
ward the entrance tn the park by the
government road, writes the Chatta-
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Selma. and after a brief but spirited
action, captured her. At about .
O'Clock the Union fleet came To anchor,
having now passed the confederate
works and being some distance above
Fort Morgan. As active hostilities had
ceased. the men were allowed their
breakfast. But hardly had the meal
begun when out from the protection of
Fort Morgan steamed the terrible ram
Tennessee, which boldly ventured forth
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Changed at request of commander. VIII
lead and steer from Sand island y. by
T.. by compass. until abreast of Fort
Morgan: then ". w. half y. until past
the Middle Ground. then n. by W. and
the others as designated In the draw
ing. will follow in due order. until or
dered 10 anchor; but the bow and quar-
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to attack the entire Union fleet of II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Only Perfect Stradivarius.
From the Scots Pictorial

In connection with the death the other
day of Mr.. Laurie, the Glasgow violin ex-
pert, reference was made to his having
had through his hands the famous Stradi-
varius violin, which has come to be known
somewhat irrelevantly. If not absurdly, as
'The Messiah" The instrument Is now in
the possession of Mr.. B. Crawford of New
park, Trinity, Edinburgh, who few years
ago paid no less than e. 900 for 1t. As re-
Gently as 1872 Charles Reade (who knew
as much about fiddles as about the trade
of letters) had valued the instrument at
1000. putting the worth of the varnish alone
at 1865! Vilaume, the high priest of fiddle
making in Paris. had it at this time He
Kept 1t till his death in 1875 From Viii
laume the treasure descended to NJ AIard
the great French violinist, who gave Fl 600
for it. He died in 1888. and two years later
Mr.. Crawford risked his e. 600 on it. There
Is some reason for the high figure The in
strument is the only one that has come
down from Stradivarius' own hands in a
state OF perfect preservation. 1t has been
very little played upon, and its glowing.
rudy varnish is as fresh as IL it had been
put on only week ago. Mr.. Crawford has
second Strad. and also a very fine Guar
nertus. 1t is but question Of a few years
and the instrumental 1t is ever soId-wiII
fetch a considerably higher-price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
PROFITS OF THE sUEz CANAL.
IN ExtortiOnate Charge for Vessels
Passing Through.

An Extortionate Charge for Vessels
Passing Through.
From TTt-Bits.
The Suez canal Is just under one hundred
miles long. The enterprise as every one
knows, has been highly successful from a
financial point Of view, the receipts an
nually being considerably over $1,000, 600.
This is due to the fact that the saving to
large vessels consuming great quantities
OF coal, as against going round the Cape of
Good Hope, is so great that the Suez Canal
Company are in a position TO ask huge
rates, not to say extortionate ones. 1t is
true that, happily, Great Britain owns
about half the shares and reaps very
handsome profit; but as, out Of $500 YES
sells or Whereabouts, 22OO are British ships,
1t Is to some extent like taking it from one
section OF the community to give it to an
other. Recently the owner of large steam
yacht wanted to go as far as Ismailia,
distance Of about forty miles, just to see
the canal, and come back again. The trip
would have only taken a few hours, and
their rates, was nearly f5OO. The owner
very properly said he would rather throw
the money into the sea, or, better still, give
1t to the poor. than submit to such a ridic-
ulouS demand. 1t Is easy to see the canal
from the railway which runs alongside It.
It. is very curious experience from the
windows Of the train-the trackless desert
on the one side and on the other enormous
vessels, the largest afioat. perhaps 5000
tons or more, steaming apparently through
the land; because you only get occasional
glimpses Of the canal itself. At night these
monsters of the deep have their hundreds
of electric lights shining brightly, with a
huge search light on deck, to show them
viewed from the railway carriage windows
Of this little line.
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Lizards Which Walk Erect.

When drawing attention about year ago
to the bipedal movements of certain Aus
tralian lizards, notably the comical little
chlamydosaurus, or "frilled lizard" whose
photograph is now familiar, Mr. Sayille-
Kent referred to an unconfirmed rumor that
the Mexican iguanoid lizard also possesses
the power of running on its hind legs being
led to this by the correspondence in gem
eral structure of the creatures especially
the abnormal length of the hind limbs He
publishes letter from a gentleman living
in the West Indies, which shows that there
also all the lizards. from the large tree
iguana, five feet long, down to the tiniest
mites which scamper about among the
stones, are accustomed to run erect on their
hind legs when hurried. The correspondent
adds the interesting information that on
the rocks about the watershed of the Gui-
ana are old drawings of lizards running
erect. Mr.. Saville-Kent points out that this
popularity. which a year ago was doubted
by many naturalists, but which has now
been shown to be common to so many diff
ferent species of lizards, deserves attention
as pointing to bipedal locomotion in some
remote ancestor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
lbSen's Quiet Rebuke.

william H. Schoneld in the Atlantic
No man ever was so loath as Ibsen to
say anything regarding what he had him.
SELF written. 1t is thus he shields himself
from the opportunities of curious travellers
and interviewers who plague him beyond
endurance. Even at court balls which he
sometimes attends, however, he is not rid
or the 1mportunate; and on one occasion a
German lady received one of those quiet
rebukes to impertinence which have given
him well-merited reputation for retlcent
reserve. Hardly had she been presented to
MIN before she broke out into expressions
OF enthusiastic admiration, and finally
wound up with the question which Ibsen
mas heard so often that he is now tired of
II, DO you mind telling me, DR.. Ibsen.
what you meant by Peer Gynt?"
A dead silence redgned for a moment in
the little group surrounding the old man.
and expected him to change the subject
without answering the query But no: he
finally raised his head, threw back Ms
shock of white hair, adjusted his glasses
looked quizzically into the woman's eyes
ana then slowly drawled out:
oh. my dear madam. when wrote Peer
Gynt only our Lord and knew what |
meant; and as for me, have entirely for
gotten"
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PROFANITY CoMFoRrED HIM.
An Exile Who Died Happy Hearing
Oaths.

From the Chicago Record
For myself, knew of the case Of a Young
Javanese who came to Chicago shortly af-
ter the fair and who was stranded there.
There was something wrong with him. He
could not get any kind of an understanding
OF the language. The Javanese colony be-
ing limited to one person, and that person
himself, no naturally got homesick and
PHI ed. They took him to hospital and he
grew worse. Nothing in particular the
matter with Eim-just lonesomeness. He
would look up with wide, searching eyes
at all who came to call in his ward and
he listened apparently for some familiar
word, but nobody could talk Javanese. so he
had no mes ms of communication with the
world. Perhaps you cannot appreciate this
poor 1ellow's position. Just imagine your
sell In Fee or Madagascar, homesick and
dying for the sound of one English word,
ana never nearing anything but a subdued
Japper in an utterly unknown tongue 1t
was the way with this Javanese
one Gay man who had driven a canal
peat IN the east and after that had piloted
a delivery team in Chicago, and in some
other and tributary ways had laid the
foundation for a thorough grasp upon the
language of violence. was brought into the
hospital suffering from a broken leg The
injured leg was getting along fiji st-rate until
enc OF the internes in passing the cot in
some unacccuLtable way slipped and to
eaten ms footing, reached toward the bed
and seized the mans foot, which was truss
ed toward the ceiling with ropes. The con-
tact and the wrench must have hurt the pa
tent. Anyway, he said so. He said so
with great force and volume. He painted
that hospital purple. green, yellow and YER
niillon His remarks Were copious and
ford. And through all that Vesuvian erup-
ton that young Javanese listened with the
light of a great joy in his face. His weary
eyes flashed with pleasure and his cheeks
took on temporary color. He followed
every evolution of the ex-canal boatman's
speech. And when the injured person had
quite finished the youth dropped back upon
his pillows and closed his eyes. They came
to give him his medicine afterward and
found that he had died. Peacefully, evil
IDENTIFY, ard with a joyous spirit. He had
gene out with the closing remark of that
man who spoke at last in language which
the poor exile understood
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the bows kept whining and grunting with
kind OF modest enthusiasm. Well he
might, for he was the musician of the crew.
The Arab sailor won't take the river with
out bard to soothe and stimulate him as
he rows. He can't do without him. 1 could.
So we slowly furrowed up the water.
dancing golden in the slopirg sun. till we
came under the leftward shore of Elephan-
tine And there-where was i? AT Henley
or in Oxford for the Fights? For there lay
moored row of half a dozen white-painted
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, If you please. at
the far end of Egypt, 500 miles from the
sea. But on examination they We're not
exactly like Households, either. The after
part was like IL. with many windows and
awning, cushions. and lounge chairs: for
ward the boats were low in the water and
sharp nosed. as if built for sailing. They
carried mast and the yard of an enorm-
Gus lateen sail that looked as if ii were
balanced on top of the mast. and sloped up
ward from just above the bow till it hung
towering almost over the uprising stern.
That was a dahabeah-or. rather, Just
half OF one. For this was a sort OF yacht
with auxiliary steam in the shape of a tug
to tow it UP stream when winds are light
and current contrary. With the lateen sail
and the tug together you can't go wrong
but Tor the moment, what had to do with
the tug? For the boat had come alongside
fouling the proprietor's fishing line in it's
merry Arab way: in a moment We were
aboard and in the saloon. Many people
would be Only too glad to have that saloon
lying piacidly 600 miles from the nearest
possible upholsterer and decorator for
their drawing room at home Fine furni-
ture. books, pictures, piano-and these the
setting for that browning blessing of civili-
zation-an English lady. Then dinner, with
everything that the Nile can furnish or
that can be persuaded by any device of
science to keep during the journey, good
Wine good service, good bed-and not a
minutes trouble to the people who enjoy it.
Ihey Just order a dahabeah-and the da-
napean Is there equipped down to the last
table napkin. That means a complete holt
day-a real holiday. Just as you get
ready made hotel in the Nile steamer, so in
the dahabeah you get a ready-made home
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The Town of Noeood

W. E. Penney In the New Haven Register.
My friend, have you heard Of the town Of Nogoo,
On the banks Of the River Slow,
Where blooms the Waitawhile flower fair,
Where the Sometimeorother scents the air
And the soft Goeasys grow?
1t lies in the valley Of Whatstheuse,
In the province of Leterslide.
That Tiredfeeling Is native there.
It's the home Of the reckless Idon' tcare,
Where the Giyeitups abide.
1t stands at the bottom Of Lazyhill,
And is easy to reach, l declare.
You've only to fold up your hands and glide
Down the SLOPE Of Weakwill's tobOggan slide
To be landed quickly there.
The town is as old as the human race,
1t 10 wrapped In the fog of idlers' dreams.
Its streets arr paved with ldiScarded schemes
And sprinkled with useless tears.
The Collegebredfool and the Richman's heir
Are plentiful there, no tdoubt.
The rest Of Its crowd are motley crew,
With every class except enc In view
The Foolkiller is barred out.
The town Of Nogood is ali hedged about
By the mountains Of Despais.
No sentinel stands on its gloomy walls,
No trumpet to battle and triumph calls,
For towards alone are there.
My friend, from the dead alive town Nogood
II you would keep far axay
Just follow your duty thsauHt good and ~,
Take this for your mott. II can, will
And live mp to 1t each day
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MONACO AND MONTE CARLO.
How the Gaming Capital of the World

Begun.
VIM. Drysda1e in the New York Times.
Monaco and Monte Carlo were always
more less confused in my mind until I
came here, and possibly they may be in
yours. Monaco is the name Of the king
dom as we'll of the capital AMI chief
town, and Monte Carlo is a separate town
lying also on the coast Of the Mediterran-
can. The two places were originally about
a mile apart, but the single street along
the shore which connects them has been
so built up that now they are practically
one, and it is hard to tell when you are in
Monte Carlo and when you cross the line
into Monaco. Monaco is the old town.
with dwellings and shops end castles and
dirt and market place like any other
small European city, but Monte Carlo is
new, and lives entirely upon the Casino.
There are few dwelling houses in it, few
shops. few permanent residents beyond
the hotel people and Casino employees. and
even the Casino men live mostly in Mona
cons ists chiefly of the Casino and it's ap-
purtenances, a group of hotels a railway
station and a very handsome arched stone
railway bridge.
most out of the back yards of both places,
the sea in front, no bits of arabic land big
ger than flower beds, no manufactures. no
chance for any Industries beyond fishing
the gaming tables. 1t was a strong temp
tation, no doubt, to their little majesties
o. Monaco to go in for anything that prom
ised to bring money into the country. And
the winter climate has the best in Europe
and therefore suitable fer a great winter
| resort Let us give the devil his due, and
say that the prince was not without rea-
sens for making himself the chief gam
bling pimp of the world. The gambling in
dustry was begun here in 1856, but only il
| small way. Then. four years later, a
person named Blanc. who had been ex-
| PEELED from Hamburg, came here and de-
veloped it. AT present the gaming tables
! support everything. The Casino Company
| pays the prince $25O,O0O year for the con-
cession. though that is only small part
! of what they really pay as 1 shall show
| In a moment. This is a stock company Of
| the ordinary kind. like any mining or in
] surance company, with shares that can be
| bought in the market and that pay such
| handsome dividends that they comma nd
always a high premium. So, If you are a
| millionaire. as 1 hope you are, and would
| Ike to be in a position to dictate to a real
| prince, you need only come over to Monaco
and buy enough shares in this company
| They ara 800 shares. and sell at present
! at about $500, believe.