The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-09

a Snowy shell ana are found in Ceylon.
Another East Indian shell, known as
"the Leopard" shifts and changes its
color like monster opal when turned
before the light. He produced al East
Indian scallop shell which he said was
tile finest specimen III this country. A
double rainbow was marked on It's inner
surface, and the blending Of the col0rs
was simply wonderful. In another
| drawer were sea-urchins, ,marling spikes,
starfish, sea ships or nautilus and many
other curious shells. In a corner of the
room, apparently neglected, were two
palm baskets from the Garden of Pam
pilnezo, Island Of Maricu, and brought
to New York by Captain Goodwin Of the
brig Charlotte. I'm.
stop at Dorlon's on your way up, -
said the dealer, .'and SEQ my flower
basket from Hawaii. 1t is the finest
snell-basket III this city, and worth
$780," =.
iio then opened the east drawer, and
taking out blue velvet case, handed it
TO the reporter, saying: ''rhat is the
Christ SHE'LL"
The reporter opened the case and saw
the shell, which is small Of size. The
back is u pale emeral green of indescri.
DaDle tint, while on the white under
surfaceappears Il perfect reproduction
or the SayiOur's face, wearing the
crown of thorns, the stigmata being
distinctly marked by crimson lines. AS
the reporter handed him back the ease
in silence, the dealer said:
VT is found in the Indian Archlpel
ago, and is extremely rare. l believe
there are only four specimens in the
country, mine, which you have seen;
the second, owned by the Brooklyn
clergyman; the third, which was ptr-
chased III Europe by Mrs. s., and the
fourth, Which Is i'll the possession Of
ar. Pierre Canonge, a distinguished
french gentleman living in New Or
leans. Mine is not for sale"
N further conversation, he explained
tllat tile fashion Of collecting rare shells
was ON the increase, and was wholly
confined to persons of refinement and
taste. Many Of them notified him to
call at their Houses with any new speci-
mems he might have. There was act
ually no fixed price Oh shells, for custo-
ners on linding a rare specimen which
they had not in their collections, would
Dld far more than its market value to
possess it. Ladies far outnumbercd
gentlemen III securing collections.
"Where and how do you get your
shellsp" asked the reporter.
"Well, really now. III tell you that
some other tIme," was the answer.
Severe on tue Dudes
Although there are SO many tranquil,
intellectual, and really distinguished
persons here, they are but few compared
with the multitude. Newport is, even
apart from it's solidly rich folk, the
centre and home Of dudedOm. l might
name scores Of young men who are
nothing but the sons of wealthy New
Yorkers, and WnO do nothing exeDt
initiate English stupidities, personal
and social, Try to be fast and blase,
and assume to be superior on the sole
presumable ground of inferiority. It
was them who made that disgraceful
disturbance at the Casino the other
| night, and who are continually guilty
OF conduct they have not the sense or
grace to be ashamed Of. A more BRAIN
less, idle, imperLinent, characterless
wollld-be vicious set Il say, "would be, -
for they have not sufficient energy aid
force even to be profligate), it W6ult,
often selfmade, and generally engaged
III active business but they disdain
| work and talk OF ''felows in trade;n
ridicule in their feeble way all earnest
ness and enthusiasm and talk boast
| fully OF experiences they should blush
to avow. Not one Of them ever had
all IDEA. II he should havo one it
would pelish from predcsLincd lone
illness, though not before it had prob
ably caused umcerebral congestion by
occupancy of Is vacuum. They are
eternally talking about what is gentle
manly and abont being gentleman.
Nincompoops that they are, they have
no more conception Of the character of
Il true gentleman than they have of the
nature Of integral calculus or the neb-
uIlr hypothesis, They do not even
understand that one must he II man be-
fore one can be " gentleman. 10 be /,
gentleman the chief requisites are, in
their estimation, to have clothes made
i'll London, to be u judge Of Burgundy
to regard labor as vulgar, and to be Il
member OF the knickerbocker Club.
| Dudes are commonly thought to be
between ~ and 80, but there are dudes
OF 90 and 60 and upward. a number
of this ancient order may be observed
| any day at the Casino, Oh tho polo
grounds, on Ocean avenue, or in certain
marine villas. They are worse, far
more offensive, than their juniors, to
whom one might be lcnient OH account
of youth. But there seems TO be no
valid excuse for IL man of advanced age
and numberless opportunities to be an
extraordinary combination Of fool, cox
comb and tuft-hunter. All the sum-
meriug places in the Republic would
not, III the aggregate. produce 50 many
and 50 aggravated cases of dudodom
us this little island will.
&@e
IN AiVanco.
Last year the old man Hastings set
tied down in village on the other side
Of the Hudson to enjoy old ago and
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