The Republican journal., 1876-08-10

ever, despite the saying that truth is
stranger than fiction
) BoorHBAY HARBoR, Nc. July 2G. Day
) before yesterday there put in here for
shelter from strong southeasterly gale a
) handsome yacht flying colors never before
J seen on this coast. The yacht. an English
built schooner Of two hundred and forty
seven tons, is called the Santa Maria, and
is owned and sailed by Florestan Jacques,
eldest son and heir of Charles Ill. Prince
Of Monaco The young Prince Florestan
is a line, manly looking fellow Of twenty
four or five, and his visit to this out Of the
way port, on board u yacht which is incom-
parably luxurious in all its appointments,
has created Il sensation among the guests
at the summer hotels. But the most per
sistent curiosity failed to discover from
the Prince himself, who speaks our Ian
guage but little, OF from his sailing mas
ter. Mr Iowgate, an intelligent but taci-
turn Englishnan, or from the Genoese
crew, why the schooner came or whence
she came, or whittier she was bound The
visit would have remained Il mystery had
it not been the good fortune Of IL Boston
gentleman spending the summer here to
render u great service TO Mr.. llow9atc,
who i'll return communicated the some
what romantic facts which have arrang-
ed in the following narrative:
As is known to everybody. Monaco is a
smtIl but Independent principality, com
prising peninsula about six miles square,
extending into the Mediterranean few
miles cast Of Nice Charles, the reign
ing Prince, is responsible to nobody cX-
cept his three or four thousand subjects,
f., n,
an immense income derived from the ca
sinos or gambling establishments These,
since the publication of the salons at Ba
den Baden and llomburg, are the last IL
ccnsed Strongholds Of roulette and rouge
| ct noir they are so extraordinarily profit
table that the proprietOrs furnish the en-
tire revenue Of the priGcc. relieving his
other subjects OF the burden Of taxation,
meeting all the expenses of Government,
and supporting himself and his family in
| magnificent state.
| TIE DREAM or l,LoItEsTAN JACQUES.
tlorestan jacques, who viii succeed 10
this very comfortable sinccure upon the
death of his father, was educated at Bonn
where he somehow managed to acquire
fatalistit notions of the extreme sort.
Destiny is the All Supreme Of his philoso
phv, and 1T is to be, and, therefore. it
must be-" the maxim oitencSt ON his lips
| 1t is now two years since Prince Charles
| began to urge his SON to turn his thoughts
to matrimony as the only means of insur-
inc the succession. "lou eve it to the
State to the royal family, to the Casino.
and to vourself" the Prince would say,
but young Forestan would only reply.
III it Is 70 be 1t viii be-" and turning his
back upon the beautiful and titled ladies
OF the court Of Monaco, 90 cruising up
and down the Mediterranean IN his cle-
giant yacht the Santa Maria.
His strong faith in prcdeslination was
re-enforccd by his observations nj the
Casino where he used to watch the play
with an interest that amounted to taseina-
ton. "lf it is fatcd that black turn at the
twenty second card,' he would shy, ut
will turn, even though red turn twenty
one times before it. So it Is in life
One night, seven OF eight months ago,
after an evening spent i'll the SAL" dc jsH,
aud considerable Wine, Prince Florcstam
dreamed that Destiny in the form Of Il
lovely bat stcrn-tAccd woman, came to
him with Il pack Of cards To tell his for
tune She extended the cards face down
ward. and ut her bidding he drew two--a
queen and tn ace.
you will marry, FlorcStan," sAe said,
land within year. What is to he must
be
"lel me, pray" he said, With languid
interest. ''what manner OF woman is it to
be ?"
She again extended the pack, and he
drew another card Ii was red.
The future Princes OF Monaco" eX-
planned Destiny. is a blonde "
And how shall | know my destiny
when | meet It ~ lie asked
The Vision cut the pack thrice, showing
q diamond, Il spade and Il club. ~ on
may know Nour destiny" she said some
what enigmatcally. 'by 4 diamond, q
spade and Il club "
In what part OF The world, he con
tnued lam to sind TINS blonde lady with
u diamond, Il club and y spade ?"
''1ou are Il sailor" said the Vision,
land will give the latitude and longi-
tude Of Your destiny This for longitude >
He drew q seven. This for the latitude
He drew two cards, one after the other,
but when subsequently trying to recall all
the circumstances of the dream could not
for the life Of him remember what cards
they We're.
''That's al very we'll" said Florcstan.
incredulously. "Perhaps you will be kind
enough to be more explicit as to the resi-
dence of the blonde LADY,"
With u patient smile hls fortune teller
drew from the pack q king, and held it up
before his eyes, .'NOn0rpue M She said.
Then a knave That we reckon Oasc-
q. MO" Then a nine 5 OF. ''Ncy-N,
n Y - JIar. ti,rnSf.,n n u 70 u
woke up
CRUISING FOR A WIFE.
This dream made a deep impression on
the Young Princes mind. Strongly pre-
disposed to tatallsm. he found in this
clearly defined and remarkable vision far
more significance than attaches to the OF
binary vagalieS of the dormant brain. His
father humored hin in the idea, g lad to
encourage any folly trat promised to even
tuate in u grandson to maintain in future
years the dignity OF Monaco and to spend
its revenues
In reviewing aud dwelling upon bis
dream, Elorestan summed up rs follows
the practicable information he had recelF-
ed His future wife, the Princess, whom he
was TO lead to the altar within Il twelve
month, was u blonde, to be distinguished
in some occult manner by diamond, Il
spade, and club, and she lived in Il place
called Mon--, somewhere in longitude
~, latitude unknown Now, Monaco, his
native city, answered the first require
ment, and fell within a degree OF so Of the
proper longitude, East Greenwich. But
in all the gay town he could find no blonde
damsel with diamond, a spade, and u
club whom his heart indicated as the sis
to be-" After some weeks, vainly spent
in the search. he turned his attention to
the maps and charts in the library of his
fathers palace.
In a northern county of Ireland. close
under the seventh parallel of West Green
wich longitude, Florestan discovered a
town or village known TO angels and men
as Monaghan.
My father!" he exclaimed with I'M
usual animation, rushing into the apart
ment where the Prince OF Monaco was
amusing himself playing solitaire, sMv