The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-13

in a uniform of bright blue, resplen
 dent. with gold braid, together with 5t
 carbineers, who watch over the peace
 of the little principality.
 The bank pays the judges and all the
 court functionaries of the principality
 supports the police force, runs the state
 baths and contributes also special ap-
 propriation for state and municipal
 expenses" which it raises by special
 duty on luxuries. used by visitors to the
 casino, such as wines.
 The profits from the roulette and
 trent-et-quarante tables stocked and
 support the fine palace of fine arts near
 the casino, not to mention the luxuri-
 ous theatre attached to the gaming
 place, the performances in which-al-
 though the most famous artists. of the
 day, such as Bernhardt, Coquelin and | Paderewski, are engaged--are free to all patrons of the casino.
 Naturally the success of Lord Ross
 lyn's schemes will mean that the mem
 bers of the large staff of the casino will l find themselves out of a job. The cas- | ino pays $175,000 every year in the
 shape of salaries to it's directors and | officials, and not less than $250,0o0 to
 the croupiers, firennen and-spies The ! croupiers, who number about 120 are i taught on the premises the art of spin ming the roulette ball and dealing the cards in a school for croupiers," not the least of the odd institutions which the casino supports; while the duties of the spies, or secret service men," con- eli in. 1;ro oI foI, ha play, "spotting" the winners and mak- ing notes.on the various systems" enh- ployed.
 If you drop into the casino for the amiable purpose of breaking the bank" with the result that you see your last five-franc piece raled in by the vlgilant croupier, the bank which cherishes no grudges, will provide you with a first-cass ticket to any Contin- ental city and pay your expenses-that is to say, if your losses have been S400 or ever. Performing thls kindly office costs the bank about $4o,OO0 a year, and supporting it's pensioners" costs it s25000 more The pensioners in question are folk who at one time or another have lost their entire fortunes on the green cloth Some of them are allowed as much as $750 day, notably a Scotchman now a familiar figure on the promenade at Nice, who qualified for his present position by losing over ST ,000, 900 on the "red and black
 But the casino company supports | stil more pitiful "benevolence" than it's | pensioners-the little cemetery, about mile from the casino building, where the banks victims who have taken their lives lie buried The graves in it are marked only by sticks bearing numbers and the visitor is surprised to find that these do not run above 30. He soon discovers, however, the reason for this, which is that after a while the bodies of suicides are taken out of this and removed to another and much larger one farther from the cas- ino. where their friends raise tomb stones to them.
 Lord Rosslyn, though the sworn en- emy Of the bank, has a special ill feel ng against the Prince of Monaco, but oy bankrupting the casino he will de- orive that gentleman of an annual Income of $400,O00, half of which the bank pays him by way of salary, and 1alf of which he derives from the stock le owns in the casino company. The Prince, who was 53 years old the | ,ther day, has two great hobbies which le rides in conjunction, and both of l. hem are about as far removed from | as they well could be. one | ,eing the study of fish and the other of cean currents. To the pursuit of these he Prince devote5 practically all his ine, and in both directions he has made discoveries which have been of cal importance. He keeps 6 yacht alled the Princess Alice, which he uilt especially for the purpose of in- estigation. and which is practically oating laboratory, on which he takes 1ng and frequent voyages.
 All his researches are made with the reatest care and without sparing ex- ense, and he often has with him a T hole staff of expert draftsmen and l ainters, so that detailed and accurate colored pictures of his specimens ln be made 2s soon as they are lptured. He was the guest of mperor William of Germany recently nd greatly interested that potentate
 a plan to form an international aritime association for the advance ents of deep sea researches. The c 3sociation is to have its headquarters Monte Carlo that is, of course. un- ss the Earl of Rosslyn and his CO., borers for the public welfare happen
 wipe out Monte Carlo.
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