The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05
SCIENTIST, GAMBLER AND PRINCE.
An Interview with the Owner of
Monaco

Monaco.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
1 am ushered into an apartment, where
at a very simple mahogany desk, with
multitudinous pigeon holes and flap let
down, covered by host of documents
and papers scattered here and there, sits
writing a man in simple black No dec
Grafton adorns his buttonhole, no watch
chain protrudes from his fob. no rings
has he on his fingers; he is not wearing
a fashionable tie. just an ordinary sail
or's knot under q turned down collar. A
broad, thinking brow, shortcut, dark
hair, a long oval face with little color
in it, framed by a dark. close-cut beard
over a powerful chin, a straight char
acteristic nose, and kindly, rather melan-
choly eyes, that lit up his face every time
he smiled. Such is Albert Honore
entinois, Marquis des Baux, Comte de
Carladez, Baron de Buis, Signeur de St.
Remy, and other titles too numerous to
The calm, grave voice of the prince
strikes agreeably and melodiously on my
ear az he tells me of the scientific re-
his life. We talk French, although / be-
lieve his English is as good as mine.
that focGse ye 1S f ife IN the =" Spanish
navy, which l left in 1868. as was un-
willing to take part In the revolution. /
then Joined the French navy and fought
under the tri-color flag in 1870 My ma
val education has been the cause OF
my taking up the science OF oceano-
graphy as IL Is called, and my labors
either at my laboratory In Paris. or while
cruising about on my yacht, and at the
Azores, have, / venture to think. not
'"The Campaigns Of the Challenger" con-
tinued the prince, as light Of admiration
came into his eyes, have been OF the
greatest assistance TO me and to science
in general, as, Indeed, consider that
England has always been the country to
which | have looked for the latent scien-
tihc discoveries. MY labors extend from
1885 to 1896. / have been cruising as far
Newfoundland in pursuit Of new data con-
nected with currents and deep-sea sound
ings. MY map Of currents Is ! believe the
though" added the prince, with a smile,
Sin science everything is but a stepping
stone and my work will be obsolete soon,
owing to the resistless march of new dis
coveries.
''The extension Of the Gulf stream has
formed one branch OF my labors, but the
most important. venture TO think, as
showing more results, are those connected
with the zoology of the deep. man
nowadays" said the prince as he leaned
back in hts chair and looked across the
sunlit bay, lis nothing II he has no spe-
cialty. The nerves of the sea are yet but
very imperfectly known to us. We know
fairly we'll all about the surface of the
ocean, and similarly, by our soundings and
researches, we are pretty well acquainted
with the bottom OF the sea. The difficulty
in marine research IS accurately to exam
Inc the middle ocean, whose fluctuations
and instability are the causes Of the great
uncertainty still ruling in connection with
its various phenomena. During my re-
searches about the Azores had the good
fortune to be present at the capture of a
large pot-whale--a 'cachelot,' as we call 1t.
Among other observations OF great scien-
tifc interest, those in connection with the
fishes and animals vomited by the whale
in its dying throes we're of the greatest in
terest."
'Do you think that Victor Hugo was ex-
aggerating when he described the terrible
octopus in his 'Travailleurs de la Mer?' "
The prince grew animated, his face lit
up and he bent forward to better empha-
size his assertions Il have seem" he
said IAN octopus the size of this ROOM
and he took in with a circular sweep his
study, which was about the size OF an or
binary drawing room. Their feelers were
as thick as mans arm
II am seldom In Paris" he said. II dis
like society life; II is so useless so firing
and so artificial ] spend most Of my time
on an estate that we have on the Belgian
frontier. / am not a politician"
We spoke Of ''le iue." First let me in
terpolate,' said the prince, THAT / think