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THE STUDY OF SEA-SHELLS. Beaut irni and Attractive Gems of the Sea and of the Occau Deep. MAKING A FINE COLLECTION". Facts and Figures That May Prove of Interest to Those Who' Are In- clined to Become Known as eon- chologists—The Market Value of Curious Shells— The Trumpeter. Rare Beauty of Coloring. ?*s*»' HERE is, In all probability, no place 3p? in the Union like San Francisco in ji.b which to study sea-shells and make a collection of them," said an enthusiastic concbologist to a representative of The Caul a few days since, "fornot only are beautiful gems of ihe sea obtainable from he shores within easy reach of the city, but shells from every part of the world are brought to this port by sailors who form the crews of the many vessels reaching this port. Any one anxious to secure such (treasures "can do so by interviewing the crews of vessels as they arrive. There is scarcely a sailor who does not at some port or , 'tiler secure a few specimens either to present to some friend or sell to collectors like myself. By the way," he continued, •'! saw in the New York .Sun of recent date an Interesting article on this subject which may prove of as much interest to the great army if readers of The Call as it did to inc." . The article, an interview with a colli i of the Empire City, is as follows: "Interest in shell collecting is slowly growing in this city," Mr. Schopf said, "and 1 believe that it is Vi coed thing for the townspeople. It means ihe development of an instinct that will ii ill J the beautifying of homes in an attractive acd distinctive manner. The city Shas'a superb Shell roller-til in the Museum i.i Natural History that is doing much to de- tcli p this fancy for conchology. The novice will find it a revelation. The expert will UiiEei in rapturous study of the sea marvels, It would ho an excellent tiling to induce school children to visit the collection. It would develop in them a taste for home dec- oration thit cm be indulged inlat much less expense, with gratifying results, &an the hobby of collecting bri -a-brac, for example. In shells ycu have something that is dis- tinctive. You can make it a feature '.hat will be attractive to friends who visit your home." THK COST. "How much does it cost to secure a collec- 1 tion '.'" "That depends, of course, upon the ilea of the collector. Avery fair private collec- Jtion that will make a handsome and inter- esting cabinet for the parlor may be secured for from $10 to Slo. Itwill include between 100 and 150 specimens. These can be ar- ranged in the cabinet so that the varied tints \u25a0nd convolutions an 1 -markings of the shells win be most effectively shown. Such a col- lection would he for an amateur. What we call a regular collection, affording a very comprehensive view of tho different shell families and characteristics, costs 5300. To the lover of the oddities of nature it is much more intetesting than $300 worth of paint- ings or bric-a-brac would be. With such a I collection one could entertain his friends for '•ours at a time pointing out the woundrous «n . .'-io'"-! markings and lints and curves .•mi iw»« «nd oddities. For example, such a .'TV. I " 110 ." Would contain the trumpeter." k n bat is the trumpeter?" the visitor asked. '1 he expert went to . case and lifted out a conch-shaped shell, nearly two feet in lenetli an-l marked like a tortoise shell. A Hole, had teen .i,;,; -,j in the. surface at the large • end of ihe shell. The merchant placed his lips to the hole __»<_ blew, a rich, sonorous trumpet blast echoed and re-echoed through the place, and brought passers-by to a stand- still in the street. They stared in open-eyed wonder at the man in the doorway blowing upon the big, handsome shell. "Itisn't necessary to explain further why itis called the trumpeter, is it?" exclaimed tlie merchant witha smile. '• Tnis shell comes from Singapore ami belongs to the Triton family, bailors often used it as a fig horn, ond it makes a good on,-, ton. Perfect sp rimens of the shell are worth from $10 to $15. Its markings, or, ratner, what eonchologists call its drawings, make it worth that. The English names of • shells make novices laugh sometimes, until attention is called to their singular appro- priat -ness. A slieiluiiite common and easily obtained, for example, is •' bleeding teeth." It is a name that never fails to surprise the ; novice. New see for yourself if it is not appropriate." Br.EEinxo TEETH. Tlie collector stooped over another case, and drew out from a compartment of a tray of ells a small, brownish shell, shaped '-- '' " mail-shell. Upon the upper iipot ll ' Ps ' I 1 was a little projection shaped exactly like two tin y ••£!;!-- with a reddish line above ' - ,-.',, -n, . ' .>.£ reddish tint made it appear as though tliey were bleeding. "Equally appropriate in name are many 11the shells that belong to the voluta family. These are classed as rare shells, anil are pets " of expert collec'ors. Voluta shells are long arid narrow-, and are ornamented with soots of varied tint The voluta musica is orna- mented on i - outer surface with bars of in use. lon can see the notes plainly. Specimens are secured in the Bahamas, and are north from S3 to S3 each. The imperial • luta has an imperial crown set on one end, and costs from $7 to Sis. Another gem of the family is the Hebrew voluta, the sur- face of which looks as though it were en- graved with Hebrew letters. The marking is the work of nature, and is wonderful in its striking likeness lo Hebrew script. A •paelttien is worth from $5 to $20. The family is Ja large one, and of wido variety. The con us family numbers members with carious names. These shells are shaped I lite cones or sugar loaves. There Is the emperor, the captain, the admiral, the general, the lithographer, so called because of its beautiful coloring; the lettered conus, the geographer and the Imperial crown. Conns shells are worth anywhere from a quarter to $30 each, according to their de-ign. "fcili- lis of rare br-autv of coloring are found among the family commonly called cowry -lis, and are gathered in California. India, Africa, Caps i i Good Hope and the Sandwich islands. The Sandwich Islands are famous for the orange cowry, the most expensive specimen of this family. It has a natural eloss of orange, hue, and is valued at iron, $25 to £35. Probably the best col- lection ii cowry shells owned by a private col I?I1 ''. t ," ris that of Lawyer Uselma C. Smith el Philadelphia. There is also the spotted, the doited and the ringed cowry, each differ- ent in tinting and marking, and each valued asjii.i.i.y. One variety is used as cur- -7: ' FROM Tin; PACIFIC. The Pacific Coast gives us the most beautiful and largest shell of the rti^fam- ny in tue camp or tented olive, which ha* rows of tents marked on its outer surlace making it look like the picture of a mil tar camp. Olive shells get their name from their shape, and lliev are large and very beautiful. Quantities of them are found in the East and West indies. i "Some of the rarest and most beautiful hells in tlie world are found in China, which make up in beauty of specimens for a dearth of variety in siipplv. 'Ihe rarest specimens are the weaver's shuttle and the BCiilleii-n. or staircase shell. Both these shells are pine white in color and exquisite in d, sign. They are the prizes of the sea. Like are violins they must be snapped up by the oliector whenever he sees them, for be may \u25a0ever get the opportunity to secure a speci- men again. At oue time in England speci- mens of the staircase shell brought £100 (pare. Ihe shell is about two inches in length and resembles a spiral snail shell In Jorni. While there Is a large supply, nowa- lays, It is bard to locate the Shells. |"A curious specimen that no good collec- tion is complete without la the snonuilus. Ibis is 8 rough shell of the oyster family, large in shape. Specimens consist of two shells held together by a natural hinge Tue interior is richly tinted. Some are red' others yellow, others pink. The American snondifus has a band of red along the inte- rior edge. The shells vary In value from £0 cents to Shi, aqd are found in the East and West Indies and on the Pacllic Coast. Searchers for shells of forgeous colors caunotbut admire the melon shell This is shaped like a melon, and is tinted like the losMo of a cantaloupe. One specimen has a crown set in one end. These shells are imported from East India. - Murex shells are treasured also for their form and rich hues, and are highly prized by col- ' lector.:. They cost from 55 to $-10, accord- Ing to family. They are rose, red, brown ami white, the tints being spread as it they bad been painted with an artist's brush. Ceylon sends us some exquisite specimens, nnd handsome ones are obtained in Panama. The East India spite shells are gorgeously marked with white and pink and brown of varying shades. Murex shells are adorned with dainty spikes on the outside, and are used as pine-bowls and purses and mantel ornaments. ' SEA RICHES. The conchologist took several long whiffs of his cigar, and then going hack among his store of sea riches, brought forth halt a dozen or more of large and brilliant-hued shells. "Ah!"he cried in rapture, these arc the star beauties of the shell family. In all the gay jewelry of old ocean there is not a ••-in that can surpass the iridescent splen- dors of the hallotis univalve. The radiant pearl pales in glory before the exquisite blending -if the hues that beautify toe uni- valve. cleaned and polished, both lis outer and inner surface fairly blaze with color. It looks as if a rainbow might have been melted upon it. These shells are classed as black or green or red, according to the predominant hue in the color mixture, but red and gold and blue and orange are delicately intermingled until the shell shines with an opalescent radi- ance that is entrancing to the eye. ion could search bric-a-br c collections over throughout the world without finding any object I hat would so quickly appeal to ami charm the eye. The halinlis is a native of the Pacific Ocean, and a tine specimen can be secured for 75 cents. Placed among bisque ware or china on a cabinet shell a parlor mantel it will produce a striking contrast The halotis is one 0 f the gems of ,1,.. collection that is prepared for 815. The nautilus shell is another sightly mantel Bern This is a pearl shell oi opalescent Tint,' ef which there are several "Pretty varieties the rarest being the uuibilicatod specimen, sold at from $9 to $1. according to design. "What one might call eccentric specimens nf tie shell world are popular among the woman collectors here and in Philadelphia. Anion.: these arc the colossal focus, which sometimes grow to two feet in length, and are curiously formed, the dipper shell, so called because it is shaped like a dipper, with a long handle, the angel wing, aid the Venus basket. The last named shell is a sort of a coral gravel, made by an insect, and looking for all the world like a film of lace. The basket shell is shaped like a cornucopia, and is so brittle that it is most difficult to secure a perfect specimen. It is snow white and of the most exquisite design, me angel wing is also a white shell and is a bivalve. The two halves look like folded wings, with feathers clearly outlined on the outer surface. These shells are found in the West Indies ami bring from $1 to B3 per pair. Another variety of rare shell, much sought by women, is the miter, li resem- bles a bishop's miter and is oddly marked. THE BLACK HELMET. "There are hundreds more of those prizes. including the black helmet, a shell that is not very rare, which can be made very beautiful by carving. The ancients cut their cameos from the helmet shells. They are large and make striking ornaments for the top of a pari ', bookcase or table." "What is the rarest shell of a'l? "That," said the conchologlst, "'is a ques- tion that I answer about a hundred times a month, by mentioning the superb specimen that is called tne 'Cone of the Holy Mary. Why it is so called 1 do not know, but itis the rarest, because there are but two known specimens in existence. One of them is iv London, in Ihe British Museum. 1believe, and the story is told that the shell is valued at several thousand pounds sterling— sort of Kok-i-uoor among shells of wondrous beauty .111,1 rarity." ; "What i- the largest shell known \ "I he giant oyster. You can see the plant- oyster shells on exhibition In front of sev- eral well-known oyster-saloons uptown. They are imported from India. I remember that! imported a pair that measured 3)i feet by 4. They weighed 500 pounds. "And the smallest shell?" "Is the rice shell. Lying in hulk in a basket or barrel the shells would be readily mistaken for rice grains." . The shell-collector promptly decided the question of which was the best shell col- lection, in favor of the Wolf collection at ihe Museum of Natural History. He said the collection is valued at £40,000. "There is a fine collection also at Columbia College," he continued, •'and another still at Hamil- ton College, 'the Philadelphia Academy is constantly adding to its large collection. THE SHELL STUDY. "New Yorkers," the expert added, "are. as I said before, gradually awakening to an interest in shell study and collecting. In the West and South there is a very general interest taken in conchology, and it is a credit to those people. They come East and North every summer to secure specimens. Atlantic City boasts a greater sale of shell gems than any other northern locality, 1 I.ari»» auantitles of shells are sold also at ', the Jersey watering places. Among private collections Professor Waul of Rochester, Lawyer Shallcrnss of Philadelphia, Mr. Lawrence of Brooklyn, Mr. Dayton of Urooklyn, Mrs. 11 0, it L. Stuart, and Mrs. Tillman of Jersey City, are among the best known. "The Philadelphia Academy is active in the work of pushing the study of conchol- ogy. It has issued the latest and best work on concholngv in the market. It is a subscription work, issued in numbers, and costing complete, J330. Speaking of works on coucliology. it is worth while to recall the fact that these publications rank in value with the most costly of publications. They are prizes much sought after In old book-stores. Some of the oldest classics on the subject are richly illnstrated, and afford a most complete history of all that is rare and beautiful aud noteworthy in the shell , world." The expert's cigar had been long snlol"»• 1 ! out when he said this, Ho had taltr-- a lor ' an hour and a half and bn- 1 i';- : -»-^ nut tho distinctive beauties -' uuodreds of rare shells for tho \u0084,..crtaininent and enlighten- ment d* llls visitor. The latter thanked him actually. A HOBBY. "Oh, don't mention It,"he said, in serene satisfaction. "This is a hobby with me. I like to show nature's art work and her deft iiiskety of coler combination in shells. It is one vast -.vAlectiou of jewelry lot made by mau. I have only one favor to ask you. That Is, try and get the CoiiJren, and their parents, too, to go to the museum and study 1 the marvels of the Wolf collection HMHK. I Let them all enjoy the valued bric-a-brac of ; the sea. It will set them to thinking. It will add a new pleasure and interest to the \u25a0 vacation sauntering 11 the seashore." To put to the lest the specialist's boast 1 that it was possible to charm any novice by displaying any single one of the recognized beauties of the shell world, the visitor bought a gorgeous hnliotis univalve for half a dollar, and, stepping on a car, rode up to the Casino lobby, and, just as the throng of theater-goers began to pour out of the play-house after the 0; era, held the shell so that the rays of the electric- light could play upon its polished sur- face. It was a green-bued specimen, and the colors flashed with even-hanging splendor, as a bit of changeable silk alters its hue at every motion. Fveryone who caught sight of the shell stooped and watched the play of color wonderingly. A knot of admirers gathered around the owner of tie., shell quickly and plied him with all soils of questions about the sea gem. There was a general exclamation of surprise when he told how inexpensive the beautiful specimen was. TnE liAi.NBOW UNIVALVE. Manager Charles* Barton, who is a shell- collector himself, was the most critical ad- mirer of tho rainbow univalve. "When I was in South America some years ago," ho said, "I used to get up with the sun morn- ings and saunter along the sea shore picking up the brilliant shells, and I get some ex- quisite ones. Just come over to my flat and '11 show you what use I made of them." Ile opened his parlor and pointed to a big gold urn that rested on a handsome table! it glistened in the gaslight with many-lined splendor. Ii was un oddly beautiful orna- ment. "What Is it?" his visitor asked interest- edly. " That's a common cider jug that I got in Connecticut, transformed into bric-a-brac by my wife with the ail of the South American shells I spoke of." He held" the elder jug up and turned it slowly to let tho light play upon the shells. " The beautify- ing of this 81 50 jug was accomplished by covering he 'v"V, re s,,r,a '" with putty and sueung the shells °" in artistic arrangement of 7o?,rP - fr rtl,e «a»»mert combination of colors, lhe putty was allowed to harden and was then gilded, producing what we Uko to call our jeweled. urn of cold. The Idea if the use of putty is not new, but the com- bination of shells Is novel, I believe and my Mends are good enough to say that it is beautiful. It is a decorative wrinkle that one can woik for himself, and it is valuable too. there are people who would give £v> for the jug. Cheap . vases, bottles. anything that putty will stick to can be made beau- tifulin the same way." PICTURESQUE QUEBEC. A City of Many Dormer Windows and Irregular Tiled Roofs. The Little Church Notre Damei dei Victoires. The Spot Where Mme. Champlain Taught the Indians as Early as 1620. T*U)onenot accustomed to the sight of i&&_ the Old World cities, it is hard to dis- jiffli associate age from poverty and squalor. Most of the picturesque places in New York are in the very worst parts of the city, and my first thought of Quebec was that it was exceedingly snabby. The equinoctial storm must have been responsible for this unjust opinion, for in a week's lime I seemed to see with different eyes, says a writer in the Toronto Globe. Each queer old street was beautiful to me. 1 loved every dormer-win- dow and irregular tiled roof, and would stand on quiet comers and stow away in my bra ; n charming bits; a stretch of the St, Lawrence with blue hills beyond; in the middle distance, a stately Loiubardy poplar, a cannon or fragment of gray wall, and nearer still a confusion of glittering tin-tiled roofs rising one ahove another, the nttic-win- dows gay withbright geraniums and nastur- tiunis. B^* --*, To one who has never been abroad, tho life and associations of Quebec have a pe- culiar charm. With fear 1 took a hard- hearted satisfaction in the fact that within a few rods of out house lived iv past days a Jesuit priest that was killed and eaten by the Iroquois; that within two minutes' walk was the house of Surgeon Arnoux, wh?re Montcalm was carried after receiv- ing his mortal wound, and the one where the body of Genernl Montgomery lay after the unsuccessful attack by our "American troops on the town In 177.",. It Is a little shop now for the sale of newspapers, cakes, fruit and curiosities, and Iused to buy cookies there and eat them with a positive Interest as I looked at the smoke-stained old old rooms, and tried to imagine my sur- roundings in tho old Revolutionary days. Just behind us was the convent of tho Ursulines, and the site of the house where Mme. de la Peltrie, the foundress of the or- der InQuebec, lived. A history of the com- munity by one of the nuns gave many sug- gestions for sight-seeing, aud after reading the account of the little Church of Notre Dame dcs Victoires, in the lower town, I started 1?. a -p'lcilraaw'tb the' place. The surroundings of the church have much historic interest. Opposite the entrance lived the three Ursulines, the first that came to this country in 1630, Hero Wine. Cham- plain, the young and beautiful wife of the founder of Quebec, taught Hie Indians as early as 1620, and here was the pillory for the punishment of criminals. The church is not far above the river level,near the Cham- plain market place, is surrounded by shops. In a tittle wing, oue for tha sale of crockery and glassware. For three years the Ursulines lived in the old stone house opposite the church but in the year 1643 they lelt this poor shelter, ami a joyous procession of the nuns and their little french and Indian scholars, preceded by lather Knout and followed by Father Lalemaut, took its way up the winding road that is now Mountain street to the new con vent on the hill, wnere with thankful hearts the first mass of the monastery ; was cele- brated. It would be a long story to trace the his- tory of tbo Ui'SiUJevs through the years of toil and poverty and disease. Their annals are a simple record of sacrifice and heroism, of wars and sieges and lite conquest of their country; a record full of such romance and tragedy ihat our country's history seems bare and tame in comparison. , : I had booed to see the convent, not under- standing how strict is the seclusion of a cloister ; but I found that to no one less than a Governor-General's wife or one accom- panying her is that privilege granted, so I had to be content with seeing the parlor and chapel and chaplain's reception room. This last apartment was very large and beauti- fully neat, but rather cheerless. On the walls was an old painting of the first con- vout, with the Indians and soldiers, and Madame de la Peltrie receiving them, standing at the door of her house. 1 saw an old album filled with beautiful work, most of it by the nuns ; water colors, photographs, illuminations and dainty lettering that al- most required a magnifying glass to read it. Then the venerable abbe, who has been chaplain more than thirty-five years, took me to an adjoining room and showed me tho skull of the Marquis de Montcalm, preserved carefully in a kind of casket covered with "lass. I was interested in its shape; it seemed very broad above the ears and well rounded, but the forehead was not at all high. Montcalm was buried in the Ursulino chapel, but the skull was taken up in 1833. How many times, on looking up the street in the early morning, when the suu- light was golden on St. Louis Gate, have I thought of that dark morning when Mont- calm rode slowly through, and down to the town, mounted on his black horse aud sup- ported by a soldier on either side. A stream of blood follows him; tho women throng out from the neighboring houses, and one cries out" "Oh, my Hod! my Cod! the Marquis is killed!" "It is nothing— it is nothing!" he replies. "Do not he troubled for me, my good friends." Ho is taken to the Surgeon Arnoux's house, ihe wound examined, and he is told that it is mortal. "So much the belter," is his answer. "lain happy -ha: I shall not live to seethe surrender 0. Que- bec." Those familiar words, studied long aeo In the little school history, como to my mind with a new force as I sit here r-'a the chapel where he lie*. __inioti House, where Montcalm Iras carried In ITM. Xotre Dante del Victoires. 1 1 Chaplain street. XSEAKXECA STATES. A calcche. GOLD 24 KARATS FINE. Kept in a Table Drawer a", the Government Printing Office. co-op tli/MiaanA. -u>i i-in-s- Worth 9 gOStdust ina table drawer! Poke your fingers into the yellow stuff ami notice how soft and agreeable to the feeling it is, while the attendant in charge watches you carefully and sees that you do nut get away with any of it. It is smooth to the touch because it is all composed of gold beaters' film, rubbed to almost impair pable powder. For the same reason, too, it is absolutely pure and virgin metal, twenty-four carats line. The drawer is in charge of a pretty young ?irl at the Government Priming Office. Icr work there is to stamp gold lettering and ornamentation upon book-covers. The precious substance comes to her in the shape of little rectangular sheets of foil in- expressibly thin, laid between layers of tissue paper made up to hook form, each book holding twenty-four gold sheets. Handling them is a matter requiring great skill, though yon might not iniaej.'Mi-lt /\u25a0•»» casual inspection, To begin with, say t |" young woman places on the table bc'lor'o her an ordinary leather book-cover. .She takes from the little gold hook a sheet of the foil, not with her fingers, hut by catch- ing it up with a small pad ot raw cotton. Laying down the sheet of pure yellow gold upon a little slab she cuts ii into three pieces Willi a sharp knife, She makes it smooth by blowing gently upon it with her breath. One of the pieces she applies to the hack of the cover where tho title is to go; anotlur she also huts on the back where ihe name of the author Is to be, while the third biggest piece is spread over the middle of one flap of the cover where an ornamental design is wanted. R The aperator is very careful in rubbing off tho gold alter each stamping, so as to lose none of it. As she uses the leather tipped stick she permits the yellow stuff 10 fall through _ crack in the tabic top into the drawer beneath in the shape of dust. It is allowed to accumulate there until tho drawer is full. The drawer Is qulto big and deep, and will hold SIO,OOO worth of the dust. You would not imagine it to he a very precious substance if you found a quantity of it in some odd place ;il looks as much like powdered tinsel as anything else. However, it is woith SM an ounce, and when a drawer full is collected the gold is forwarded to the mint in Philadelphia, which subjects it to assay and sends a check for lis value. The young woman is held responsible for the safety of ihe gold in the drawer. She carries the key to it about with her always, and nobody but herself is allowed access to it. There docs not seem to be any reason why she should not slyly pocket a small quantity of it occasionally ii she desired, though the number of books of gold foil charged against her do servo as some nut of check in the account as to the meial em- ployed in this Washington Star. Alady who owes a considerable portion of her charms to art was much annoyed tho other day, says the Birmingham Mail, on receiving a dozen of her . carefully retouched cartes from her photographer to read on the back of each photograph the words: "Tho original of this portrait is carefully pre- served." She has not yet recovered from this unexpected "back" thrust. THE DETECTIVES OF PARIS. Who They Are and Something About Their Methods. Their Offices, Ways of Working and Pay. four Sections for Various Duties, All Under Command of Chief Goron. \u25a0^\u25a0.HE detective force, writes a corre- jvJߣ>spondent from Paris to the Globe- §ls Democrat of St. Louis, consists of about 350 men. Its nominal head is the Prefect of Police, M. Loze, but its real chief is M. Goron. This brigade, as it is called here, is divided into four grand sec- tions, with principal inspectors, brigadiers, sub-brigadiers and simple inspectors, this term being tho general name given to every member of the police who does not wear a uniform. These four sections are: The central or permanent service, the bureaucrats, public thoroughfares, and m ours, or section charged with the sup- pression of prostitution under all its forms. The central service is the largest one. It is in charge of a principal inspector, M. Orion; a brigadier, M. Arehimhaiid; seven sub-brigadiers and thirty inspectors. One- third of the men arc always on duty. The j detectives in this section arrest individuals against whom warrants have been issued, I protect persons threatened with death or | assault, watch men who are reported as dangerous, or mild lunatics whose state is not sufficiently grave to warrant their in- carceration In an asylum, and furnish the details for all sudden expeditions. The service for the public thoroughfares is called tho "flying brigade," and is under command of Principal Inspector Gaillarde, who, with Soudals, was sent to Havana to bring hack Eyraud. There are forty men in this section; they have no determined duty, but roam about the streets, explore all the quarters of the city day and night and arrest persons caught in flagrant delit. These detectives are obliged to disguise themselves in all sort of ways and to mm,- -,,,. with all maimer of persons ; they hobnob with the camelots, or street peddlers, who are often mixed up with suspicious affairs, and repeatedly serve as indicators for the police; they are also on good terms With the frail sisterhood, and from them gather interesting information about Individuals who are wanted. At the head of the bureaucrats is M. Souiiieres, who although not having the title, is in reality deputy chief. The bu- reaucrats receive and register all the notes furnished about individuals arrested, at- tend to the correspondence and the finances and furnish daily reports to the parquet, a legal 1111 signifying the Public Prosecut- ing Attorney and" his deputies. They also have charge of the records of all persons who I aye been arrested. The various offices of tho Paris Detective Bureau are In that part of the Palais de Justice devoted to the depot, or central j station. The entrance is from the Quai do I'li.r, ge. To the right a cardboard sign bung on a door indicates that it leads to the Service do la Suretee. Au inspector is always stationed at this door to give the necessary information to visitors. On the ground floor, to the left, is the room where prisoners are lead to be questioned, or "cooked," before being taken to the Juge d'lnetruction, or examining magistrate. Further on is the dormitory of the men of the \u0084 otral service, which they call the "lions' ditch." Hero the detectives sleep upon mattresses, some completely un- dressed, others half clothed, while others lie down without even taking off their coats. When a search is to be made the in- spectors detailed are roused, and the leader receives his instructions while the others listen. . . (In ibis floor also is the greffe, or record office, where every person arrested hy the detectives is first brought for examination by THE INSPECTOR. To see if they have "been there before." Some of the agents are very clever at rec- ognizing criminals who try to conceal their identity. Gaillarde, especially, lias a great memory of faces, and can tell his man ten years after he lias once put eyes upon him. The offices of the chief ami the bureau- crats are on the first floor. M. Goron of- fice gives on to the Quai dcs Orfevres, and is a large, well-lighted room, fullof objects relating to his calling. Suspended about | the walls aro instruments employed by the Frunoh . nnd for.-inn police — handcuffs, chains, cabriolets (or twisters), clubs, lan- terns, and besides, photographs, carica- tures, etc. Near M. Boron's office are tho rooms of the principal inspectors, with the exception of that of ' the central service, which is on the ground floor. The most interesting room is the one devoted to the dossiers of persons who have already had disputes with Dame Justice. In this room there are thousands of slips of paper, classed by alphabetical order, containing in a few lines the name, description and ju- dicial antecedents of old QJtepriaßsi '___j.e all -lersr-os .aiesiei.- on a warrant are 'Drought, while the detective hunts throjgh the records to see what previous offenses have been committed by his prisoners. There is also on this floor a "property room," which contains a varied lot of dis- guises. The anthropometric or identifica- tion service is attached to tho detective bureau and is located in this part of the building. Every person arrested, whether guilty or not, is measured so as 10 see whether he has given a false name; for, by llie anthropometric method, an old offender can he easily recognized if his dossier ex- ists under another name. M. Marie Goron, the present chief of the detective bureau, is an efficient Officer, and has been remarkably successful In all the important cases that have arisen since lie was named chief In 1887. He is inthe prime of life, having recently entered upon his forty-fourth year, and has worked his way from the lowest rank to his present position. M. Goron had previously knocked about the world, and thus •aafateKyu^ -i practical knowledge of -"->»• 1 ,i?ia*Things. He is a chief, nouvean jett, that is to say, ho is nol surrounded I with mystery, ami is easily accessible tn call- j ers. He is not an enemy of reporters; he admits that if newspaper men sometimes bother the detectives by divining what I they are going to do and thus give the criminal a hint, tho most, of the time re- -1 porters are really useful hy the aid anil pub- I licity they extend to the police. M. Goron 1 goes to his office at 8 oclock in the morning, and his day is over at j midnight unless some event requires his j presence longer. He eats when he can; ' sleeps with one eye open, and is always within call. Althe time of the Wilson case i M. (loron was suspended from office for a I while because he was suspected of sympa- thy for M. (irevy's son-in-law, but these suspicions wero soon recognized as un- founded, and tho chief was promptly re- stored to his position. (iiiillnrde, Jaume and Soudals are the best known among the detectives, for they have been connected with the most cele- brated cases of receut years. Gaillarde is 52 years old ami was born at Montlouis, on the Spanish border. He Is an average- sized man, with black hair and heard, a pale face and two bright MISCHIEVOUS EYE*. lie has been on the detective force since 1867, and for the last few years has had charge of the flying brigade. However, when there is an intricate mystery to be unraveled Gaillarde is generally one of the men detailed to look up the affair. He is very highly appreciated by the Judges and authorities in medical jurisprudence, for he has the faculty of telling by the mcro sight of a corpse the kind of death and under what circumstances the crime was com- mitted. He is, besides, one of the best lileurs. or trackers, of the force, and once on the trail of a criminal is pretty sure to hunt him down In the Ion,; run. Speaking Spanish, he is always chosen to search for offenders who escape to the other side of tne Pyrenees. Fortune Jaume is one of the shrewdest men in the detective service. When a mur- der li» been committed he is the first offi- cer sent to the spot, and rarely conies away without having found an indication that puts him on the right track. Calm, patieut and persistent, he follows a ease for mouths, studying all it.phases. If lie falls to succeed after several attempts he does not give up in despair, but lays the matter aside for a tew weeks and attends to some Other affair; then, whin the criminal thinks Ills case hi forgotten, .limine starts out* again, having secured some new points, and ono lino morning puts his baud on the cul- prit's shoulder. Soudals, who accompanied Gaillarde to Havana to bring back Eyraud. has been a detective since 1872. -Jot quite 50 years old he looks much younger, with a calm, cola face surrounded with a dark beard, and his short, stout figure. ii 0 never appears to lake any Interest in what goes on around him, and yet lie sees Mid bears all and remem- bers everything. Always well dressed you would take him for a well-to-do business man, and most persons are surprised when. they learn that this unassuming looking gentleman is one of the most skillful detect- ives. Soudals may l 6 said to have a.spe- cialty for capturing Unfaithful bank 1 resi- dent', cashiers and! other financiers who take French leave after making as many dupes as possible. Thus 16 was sent alter I'hilippart, the .Belgian,' who was engage* in several gigantic Windiing op"» °ns n Mouvet, Director of tho Be none Paris enue, who lied :o Constantinople ; Almijer, 01.9 of tile cleverest swindlers of this - century Savreux, - defaulting cashier of the Eastern Hallway Company, and almost as clever as Allmaver in Seep- ing just ahead of the detectives on his track. SoudaiS arreted Savreux at Vienna hist as the runaway was putting ft letter into the 1 ostoßice box. The joke of tho matter was that in this letter, which was addressed to tha Public Prosecuting At- torney at 1aris, Savreux chaffed the magis- trate because the detectives had not been sharp enough to catch him. When asked how he succeeded in arresting men about whom he had very incomplete descriptions, Soudais replied: "Besides having a good scent there are certain principles that must always be ob- served. A financier, having been accus- tomed to live well, will invariably stay at the best hotels. Clerks who run away with a few thousands. in their pockets imagine that their money willalways last, aud they spend without counting. Hut it is easy to see that they are not accustomed to being rich from the way they treat the women that are frequently with them. A black- guard who has stolen buys new clothes, but wears THE SAME SHIKT FOR A WEEK. no puts on patent leather hoots and a shiny tall hat, hut his false collar is out of style. At the hotel table he does not know how to behave like a gentleman, and his manners are remarked. The most difficult men to catch are those between "23 and 55 3"ears of ace. The youngest men betray themselves by their inexperience, and the old ones cannot skip quickly from one city to another." Gustave Hossignol is about the same age as Jaume, and is gay as a Parisian, although born at Strasbourg, (if average height, thick set and slightly bald, Hossignol is one of the bravest men in the service. Ho has taken part iii a large number of captures and been wounded several times. An idea of his courage may be had from this fact: When, four years ago, he arrested the An- archist Duval, who had robbed and set lire to the house of Mine. Madelitine Lemalre, the well-known artiste, lie was stabbed six times in the hack and in the neck. Notwithstanding these terrible wounds he kept hold of his piisoner until he was safely lodged in the Central Station. Hossiguol has a passion for dangerous af- fairs, and is never so happy as when called upon to search for a criminal In a locality where itis uot prudent even for a police- man to venture alone. Then lie starts off with his face painted and his dress made up to imitate tile appearance of those with whom he will have to mingle. He knows the nooks and corners of Paris, and the lan- guage, gestures and mien of nil classes. lloullier is ono of the few detectives who speak English, ami whenever a French criminal escapes to England, he is the man scut to catch him and bring him back. He naturally has other work to attend to, for comparatively few culprits scoot to Loudon; they prefer Brussels or other cities on the Continent, where they find belter oppor- tunities for speaking their native language, lileuze, a small, gray-haired man with a quick eye and the appearance of a shop- keeper, is a pupil of Gaillarde, and in the numerous cases entrusted to him has shown rare qualities. Prince, a tall handsome man ol 40, has worked his way up from simple agent to be principal inspector and one of the most trusted men on the force. Archini- baud, Bourlet, iiarhaste, Orion, Clttiict, Vautriu, Prouvere, Lassere, Peltier, Wal- hen, Paris and Webber are among the other detectives who have the best notes. The French detectives are hard-worked and poorly paid set of men. The chief re- ceives a salary of S2BOO, ami with fees aud allowances this sura is brought up to a maximum of $3500, After thirty years' service lie Is entitled to a retiring pension of 81000. A simplo inspector begins on a salary of i'-W, and when be reaches tho highest grade, that of principal inspec- tor, his pay is SiOO; the retiring pen- sion is $250. Besides his salary, a detective receives v premium for" all arrests made of persons caught in the act. These premiums vary from il for the arrest of a countcneiter or house-breaker to 00 cents for simple theft In the streets. The money thus earned, as well as the gillsmade to the men by individuals aud films, is deposited at the bureau and dis- tributed every three months according to grade the chief is not included 111 this dis- tribution. Notwithstanding the great ser- vice performed by these men, they never receive the Legion of Honor, a decoration that is bestowed on a Government clerk. TUB -NASTURTIUM. How It Can lie Msiln to Flourish in Any Gitrllen. People who wish to he odd or exclusive in their flower gardens, as in everything else, may say the nasturtium is to" common. So are pure air and sunshine common, but we love them none the less for that. Lust summer I had some beautiful holly- hocks, which attracted large numbers of bees. These bees were also drawn to the nasturtiums, carrying the pollen from cue plant to another and giving me in the last half of the season the most beautiful varieties ol the flowers that 1 ever saw. In- deed this pftrt of the garden was such a source of pleasure, and 1learned so much about the flower, that 1wanted every one to have a nasturtium bed and to understand how to get tho best results from it. The liowers Were in. .11. a..,.ti.... s nnsf. "Test, nop";-<-aiid south, and they did well every where. People told me they would not do well if the soil were too rich, but this was after they had been planted in very rich earth, and 1 found as the season went on that those in the richest soil did the best. My neighbor is devoted to flowers nud has the greatest success with them, and 1 am indebted to her for much of the pleasure and pride of which my garden is the source. As soon as the frost was out of the ground and the weather seemed settled, a narrow bed beside a fence and another be- side the piazza were spaded, and then thor- oughly raked. They had been covered with manure la the fall, earth and manure being thoroughly mixed, Some. small plants which had been raised iv the house were set out close to the fence and piazza and about twenty Inches apart. These plauts grew rapidly and began to blossom in a week or two. In a lino with these plants seeds were sown about five inches apart nud one inch deep. These seeds and plants were fur climbing. A few seeds of the dwarf nastur- tium were planted in the front part of the "Jed, but not enough to shade the climbing plants, as all flowers do better for having the sun shine on the ground at their roots. The plants were well watered, and, when they began to ruu, were fastened for support to the feuce and piazza. The method of fas- tening, was this : Old kid gloves wero cut into strips about one-third of an inch wide and two inches long; the strip of kid was brought around the vino and firmly fastened to the support with one sin.ill tack, the loop being loose enough to allow the vine to grow. As the vines grew, the new units, of course, had to be fastened to the support and this was done about once or twice a week. The leaves « ero large and strong, but my neighbor, who bad greater experience than i, told me to take oil' at least half of them, else there would not bo many flowers. At first 1would not consent to this, for alter years of city life, where it had been almost impossible to make any kind of plant grow in a sunless back yard, it seemed wrong to deprive tho vines of a single leaf. However, 1 found that while the vines were luxuriant there were few blossoms. Then I yielded and took off the leaves, sometimes a bushel at a lime, which made the plants put out strong shoots in all directions and blossom freely. They continued to grow and blos- som until the lrost killed them, some of them rising to a height of twelve feet.— Maria I'arloa in Good Housekeeping. • Inly Gougi-berry Wine. "Not a little of tho alleged champagne now sold in this country as the genuine French article/* said a prominent wine im- porter to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, "is simply ripened gooseberry wine, bottled and labeled to represent well-known brands. It not only looks, hut also tastes like cham- pagne, and it has a . sparkle and foam as well. Very few champagne- drinkers in this country can tell the duTeience when ripened gooseberry wine is palmed off upon tin-in. Itis an exceedingly palatable bever- age, and has the merit of beiug wholesome as well as inviting. "Another point in its f ivor 13 that it can be sold at a comparatively cheap rate and still afford a good profit to the dealer. It is fat preferable to the manufactured cham- pagnes which used to be sold here so largely and which wore simply poison in disguise. THE REDFERN AUTUMN IDEAS. Latest Novelties in the. English Tailor- Made Costume. Something That Is the Perfection cf Fit—An Elegant Calling Costume, and a Beau- tiful Walking Gown. Special to The Scspay Calx. JC^T-iEW YORK, Sept. 1, 1800.— From its fXI'-, 1 earliest inception the English t lilor 1 Vail costume, as created by Kedforn, lias beeu something unique in its striking de- sign, its perfection of fit and thorough at- tention to all details. And more than ever is this tho case in this fall of 1890, for the new models just issued have received an 'extra amount of consideration at the hands of artists and designers, and in consequence are distinguished by some features which will make them a thing apart from the work of the ordinary dressmaker, and from the "imported" stock to be found in nil the show parlors of the regular shops. A glance at the accompanying sketches will explain better than mere words can do some ol the characteristics of the Redfern produc- tion;. In the first illustration is pre- sented an elegant calling costume of rich black velvet, fitting closely over the front and sides, and hanging in long straight folds— as such a handsome fabric should to be effective. The lower half of the skirt is covered, except at the back, with an appliqued border, fully five-eighths of a yard wide, of white corded silk, upon which is a close and elaborate design in oxidized silver braid. The bodice opens in a narrow, deep V, over a collar and folded ve~t of white china crepe, and each side of this opening is a wide, braided band of the silk, which passes around the neck and down the front under a braided girdle, and then hangs in scarf ends almost to the knee. Deep cuffs of the while crepe are upon the close velvet sleeves, and are buttoned on the inner seam with a row •>! small silver n.-ions. The second sketch is a Kedferu walking gown of fancy French cloth, dark green, with figures of wood-brown. Across lite front and sides the skirt is cut in small square turrets, and these are bordered by narrow bands of mink, which makes a charming contrast against dark green. Similar turrets edge the basque, which has also lengthwise bands of ribbon velvet down the fronts ami upon the shoulder pull's, A brown feather boa finishes this costume during the early fall, but is replaced after by a mink cape. ii. A walkinggown. A calling costume. HE FOKBADE .THE ' BANKS, Because the Girl Jilted II 111 for n Young • Filly. .. One Sunday, after a preacher had finished his sermon in one of the rural districts, a young couple stood up fcelore him to be united in the holy lion of matrimony, says the Americas i.(la.) Recorder. The parson asked the usual question : "If any one objects to the marriage of A and B let him now speak or forever after hold his peace." Alter a short pause he was about to pro- ceed with the ceremony, when a young man, minus coat, with unkempt hair, dirty face and red eyes, arose mid lilublieringly said: ".Mr. Preacher, 1 object Lizzie has prom- ised to marry me, and she has got my ring on her linger; and 'cause Bob gave her a young filly nnd has a new house she has flung me off." The indignant bride retorted by flinging the ring to him. She then, turning to the parson, said: "1 did net promise to marry Jake. lie gave me the ring and I returned it to him. 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' Storms have beat and foes assailed, But she rose above them— - Noble snips mat sail our seas! Who -an help but love them? Thus through storms and thus throuith foes SOZODONT has ridden, lufuu u I to share her benefits All the world Is bidden. The Sea of Oblivion Would long since , bavo B "a"owed up SOZO- DONT lii common win, so many forgotten Tooth pastes and dentifrices, did uot the experience of a whole nation prove mat Itpossess*. P.iiSif .a vantage,. ft thoronghiy'e^rthTt^r'dt solving and removing their Imparities* lit re- vlvea ihelr fading whiten... 7 . ' .re tteir reiaxiiig hold\: o :: m \o^^, 8t rt?ende'rs ™c We"Vi! nI?Z R """ '""" »»<« '.euit ,y and l?^lS«JffiS; Ma ' M » « invest. In Town anil Hamlet The seeds of Intermittent and bilious remittent fever germinate and bear evil fruit. No commu- nityhas altogether escaped lt. In populous wards of large cities bad sewaje causes It, and la their suburbs stagnant pools ln sunken lots breed lt. There Is at once a remedy anil A tneilnS of preven- tion. Its name Is llostettcr Stomach Hitters, which Is, without peradventure, the most potent antidote In existence to the malarial virus. Fortified with this Incomparable, saving specific, miasmatic Influ- ences may be encountered with absolute Impunity. Disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels, begot ten by mlasma-talntcd water, or any other cause, succumb to the beneficlent corrective named, and rheumatic, kidney and bladder troubles are surely removable by lis use when lt is given a persistent ,»* as

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Page 1: THE MORNING FRANCISCO, THE STUDY OF Ayer's SEA-SHELLS ... · THE STUDY OF SEA-SHELLS. Beaut irniand Attractive Gems of the Sea and of the Occau Deep. MAKING A FINE COLLECTION". Facts

THE STUDY OFSEA-SHELLS.

Beaut irniand Attractive Gems ofthe Sea and of the Occau

Deep.

MAKING A FINE COLLECTION".

Facts and Figures That May Prove of

Interest to Those Who' Are In-

clined to Become Known as eon-chologists—The Market Value of

Curious Shells— The Trumpeter.

Rare Beauty of Coloring.

?*s*»' HERE is, Inall probability, no place3p? in the Union like San Francisco inji.b which to study sea-shells and make a

collection of them," said an enthusiasticconcbologist to a representative of TheCaul a few days since, "fornot only arebeautiful gems ofihe sea obtainable fromhe shores within easy reach of the city, butshells from every part of the world arebrought to this port by sailors who formthe crews of the many vessels reaching thisport. Any one anxious to secure such

(treasures "can do so by interviewing the

crews of vessels as they arrive. There isscarcely a sailor who does not at some port

or ,'tiler secure a few specimens either to

present to some friend or sell to collectorslike myself. By the way," he continued,•'! saw in the New York.Sun of recent datean Interesting article on this subject whichmay prove of as much interest to the great

army if readers of The Call as itdid toinc." .

The article, an interview witha colli i

of the Empire City, is as follows: "Interestin shell collecting is slowlygrowing in thiscity," Mr. Schopf said, "and 1believe that itis Vi coed thing for the townspeople. Itmeans ihe development of an instinct thatwill ii illJ the beautifying of homes in an

attractive acd distinctive manner. The city

Shas'asuperb Shell roller-til in the Museum

i.i Natural History that is doing much tode-tclip this fancy for conchology. The novicewill find it a revelation. The expert willUiiEei inrapturous study of the sea marvels,

It would ho an excellent tiling to induceschool children to visit the collection. Itwould develop in them a taste for home dec-oration thit cm be indulged inlat much lessexpense, with gratifying results, &an thehobby of collecting bri -a-brac, for example.

In shells ycu have something that is dis-tinctive. You can make ita feature '.hat willbe attractive tofriends who visityourhome."

THK COST."How much does itcost to secure a collec- 1

tion '.'""That depends, of course, upon the ilea

of the collector. Avery fairprivate collec-

Jtionthat willmake a handsome and inter-

esting cabinet for the parlor may be securedfor from $10 to Slo. Itwillinclude between100 and 150 specimens. These can be ar-ranged in the cabinet so that the varied tints\u25a0nd convolutions an 1-markings of the shellswin be most effectively shown. Such a col-lection would he for an amateur. What wecall a regular collection, affording a verycomprehensive view of tho different shellfamilies and characteristics, costs 5300. Tothe lover of the oddities of nature it ismuchmore intetesting than $300 worth of paint-ings or bric-a-brac would be. With such a

Icollection one could entertain his friends for'•ours at a time pointing out the woundrous«n . .'-io'"-! markings and lints and curves.•mi iw»« «nd oddities. For example, sucha .'TV.I

"110." Would contain the trumpeter."

knbat is the trumpeter?" the visitorasked.

'1he expert went to .case and liftedout aconch-shaped shell, nearly two feet in lenetlian-l marked like a tortoise shell. AHole, hadteen .i,;,; -,j in the. surface at the large•end of ihe shell. The merchant placed hislips to the hole __»<_ blew, a rich, sonoroustrumpet blast echoed and re-echoed throughthe place, and brought passers-by to a stand-still in the street. They stared in open-eyedwonder at the man in the doorway blowingupon the big, handsome shell.

"Itisn't necessary to explain further whyitis called the trumpeter, isit?" exclaimedtlie merchant witha smile.'•Tnis shell comes from Singapore amibelongs to the Triton family, bailors oftenused it as a fighorn, ond itmakes a goodon,-, ton. Perfect sp rimens of the shell areworth from $10 to $15. Its markings, or,ratner, what eonchologists call its drawings,make itworth that. The English names of•shells make novices laugh sometimes, untilattention is called to their singular appro-priat -ness. A slieiluiiite common and easilyobtained, for example, is

•' bleeding teeth."Itis a name that never fails to surprise the;novice. New see for yourself ifit is not

appropriate."Br.EEinxo TEETH.

Tlie collector stooped over another case, anddrew out from a compartment of a tray of

ells a small, brownish shell, shaped '-- ''"mail-shell. Upon the upper iipot ll'Ps

'I1

was a little projection shaped exactly liketwo tiny ••£!;!-- with a reddish line above'-,-.',, -n,. '.>.£ reddish tint made it appear asthough tliey were bleeding.

"Equally appropriate in name are many11the shells that belong to the voluta family.These are classed as rare shells, anil are pets"of expert collec'ors. Voluta shells are longarid narrow-, and are ornamented withsootsofvaried tint The voluta musica is orna-mented on i

-outer surface with bars of

inuse. lon can see the notes plainly.Specimens are secured in the Bahamas, andare north from S3 to S3 each. The imperial• luta has an imperial crown set onone end,and costs from $7 to Sis. Another gem ofthe family is the Hebrew voluta, the sur-face of which looks as though it were en-graved with Hebrew letters. The markingis the work of nature, and is wonderful inits striking likeness lo Hebrew script. A•paelttien is worth from $5 to $20. Thefamily is Ja large one, and of wido variety.The con us family numbers members withcarious names. These shells are shaped

Ilite cones or sugar loaves. There Is theemperor, the captain, the admiral, thegeneral, the lithographer, so called becauseof its beautiful coloring; the lettered conus,the geographer and the Imperial crown.Conns shells are worth anywhere from aquarter to $30 each, according to theirde-ign.

"fcili-lis of rare br-autv of coloring arefound among the family commonly calledcowry -lis, and are gathered inCalifornia.India, Africa, Caps iiGood Hope and theSandwich islands. The Sandwich Islandsare famous for the orange cowry, the mostexpensive specimen of this family. It hasa natural eloss of orange, hue, and is valuedat iron, $25 to £35. Probably the best col-lection ii cowry shells owned by a privatecolI?I1''.t,"ris that of Lawyer Uselma C. Smithel Philadelphia. There is also the spotted,the doited and the ringed cowry,each differ-ent in tinting and marking, and each valuedasjii.i.i.y. One variety is used as cur-

-7:'

FROM Tin; PACIFIC.The Pacific Coast gives us the mostbeautiful and largest shell of the rti^fam-ny in tue camp or tented olive, which ha*rows of tents marked on its outer surlacemaking it look like the picture of a mil tarcamp. Olive shells get their name fromtheir shape, and lliev are large and very

beautiful. Quantities of them are found inthe East and West indies.

i"Some of the rarest and most beautifulhells in tlie world are found in China,

which make up in beauty ofspecimens fora dearth of variety in siipplv. 'Ihe rarestspecimens are the weaver's shuttle and theBCiilleii-n.or staircase shell. Both these shellsare pine white in color and exquisite ind, sign. They are the prizes of the sea. Likeare violins they must be snapped up by theoliector whenever he sees them, for be may

\u25a0ever get the opportunity to secure a speci-men again. At oue time in England speci-mens of the staircase shell brought £100(pare. Ihe shell is about two inches in

length and resembles a spiral snail shell InJorni. While there Is a large supply, nowa-lays, Itis bard to locate the Shells.|"Acurious specimen that no good collec-tion is complete without la the snonuilus.Ibis is 8 rough shell of the oyster family,large in shape. Specimens consist of twoshells held together by a natural hingeTue interior is richly tinted. Some are red'others yellow, others pink. The Americansnondifus has a band of red along the inte-rior edge. The shells vary In value from£0 cents to Shi, aqd are found in the Eastand West Indies and on the Pacllic Coast.Searchers for shells of forgeous colorscaunotbut admire the melon shell Thisis shaped like a melon, and is tintedlike the losMo of a cantaloupe. Onespecimen has a crown set in one end. Theseshells are imported from East India.

-Murex

shells are treasured also for their form andrich hues, and are highly prized by col-'lector.:. They cost from55 to $-10, accord-

Ing to family. They are rose, red, brownami white, the tints being spread as it theybad been painted with an artist's brush.Ceylon sends us some exquisite specimens,nnd handsome ones are obtained inPanama. The East India spite shells aregorgeously marked with white and pinkand brown of varying shades. Murexshells are adorned with dainty spikes onthe outside, and are used as pine-bowls andpurses and mantel ornaments.

'SEA RICHES.

The conchologist took several long whiffsof his cigar, and then goinghack among hisstore of sea riches, brought forth halt adozen or more of large and brilliant-huedshells. "Ah!"he cried in rapture, thesearc the star beauties of the shell family. Inall the gay jewelry of old ocean there is not

a ••-in that can surpass the iridescent splen-dors of the hallotis univalve. The radiantpearl pales in glory before the exquisiteblending -if the hues that beautify toe uni-valve. cleaned and polished, both lis

outer and inner surface fairly blaze withcolor. It looks as if a rainbow might havebeen melted upon it. These shells areclassed as black or green or red, according

to the predominant hue in the colormixture, but red and gold and blueand orange are delicately intermingled untilthe shell shines with an opalescent radi-ance that is entrancing to the eye. ion

could search bric-a-br c collections overthroughout the world without finding anyobject Ihat would so quickly appeal to amicharm the eye. The halinlis is a native of

the Pacific Ocean, and a tine specimen canbe secured for 75 cents. Placed amongbisque ware or china on a cabinet shella parlor mantel it will produce a striking

contrast The halotis is one 0f the gems of,1,.. collection that is prepared for 815.The nautilus shell is another sightly mantelBern This is a pearl shell oi opalescentTint,' ef which there are several "Pretty

varieties the rarest being the uuibilicatodspecimen, sold at from $9 to $1. according

to design."What one might call eccentric specimens

nf tie shell world are popular among thewoman collectors here and in Philadelphia.

Anion.: these arc the colossal focus, whichsometimes grow to two feet in length, andare curiously formed, the dipper shell, socalled because it is shaped like a dipper,with a long handle, the angel wing,aid theVenus basket. The last named shell is a

sort of a coral gravel, made by an insect, andlooking forall the world likea film of lace.The basket shell is shaped like a cornucopia,and is so brittle that it is most difficult to

secure a perfect specimen. Itis snow whiteand of the most exquisite design, meangel wing is also a white shell and is abivalve. The two halves look like foldedwings, with feathers clearly outlined on theouter surface. These shells are found intheWest Indies ami bring from $1 to B3 perpair. Another variety of rare shell, muchsought by women, is the miter, liresem-bles a bishop's miter and is oddly marked.

THE BLACK HELMET.

"There are hundreds more of those prizes.including the black helmet, a shell that is notvery rare, which can be made very beautifulby carving. The ancients cut their cameosfrom the helmet shells. They are large andmake striking ornaments for the top of apari ', bookcase or table."

"What is the rarest shell of a'l?"That," said the conchologlst, "'is a ques-

tion that Ianswer about a hundred times amonth, by mentioning the superb specimen

that is called tne 'Cone of the HolyMary.Why it is so called 1do not know, but itisthe rarest, because there are but two knownspecimens in existence. One of them is ivLondon, in Ihe British Museum. 1believe,and the story is told that the shell is valuedat several thousand pounds sterling— sortof Kok-i-uoor among shells of wondrousbeauty .111,1 rarity."; "What i- the largest shell known

\ "Ihe giant oyster. You can see the plant-oyster shells on exhibition In front of sev-eral well-known oyster-saloons uptown.

They are imported from India. Irememberthat! imported a pair that measured 3)ifeet by 4. They weighed 500 pounds.

"And the smallest shell?""Is the rice shell. Lying in hulk in a

basket or barrel the shells would be readilymistaken for rice grains." .

The shell-collector promptly decided thequestion of which was the best shell col-lection, in favor of the Wolfcollection at iheMuseum ofNatural History. He said thecollection is valued at £40,000. "There is afine collection also at Columbia College,"he continued, •'and another still at Hamil-ton College, 'the Philadelphia Academy isconstantly adding to its large collection.

THE SHELL STUDY."New Yorkers," the expert added, "are.

as Isaid before, gradually awakening to aninterest in shell study and collecting. Inthe West and South there is a very generalinterest taken in conchology, and it is acredit to those people. They come East andNorthevery summer to secure specimens.Atlantic Cityboasts a greater sale of shellgems than any other northern locality,

1 I.ari»» auantitles of shells are sold also at', the Jersey watering places. Among private

collections Professor Waul of Rochester,Lawyer Shallcrnss of Philadelphia, Mr.Lawrence of Brooklyn, Mr. Dayton ofUrooklyn, Mrs. 11 0,it L. Stuart, and Mrs.Tillman of Jersey City, are among the bestknown.

"The Philadelphia Academy is active inthe work of pushing the study of conchol-ogy. It has issued the latest and bestwork on concholngv in the market. It is asubscription work, issued in numbers, andcosting complete, J330. Speaking of workson coucliology. it is worth while to recallthe fact that these publications rank invalue with the most costly of publications.They are prizes much sought after In oldbook-stores. Some of the oldest classics onthe subject are richly illnstrated, and afforda most complete history of all that is rareand beautiful aud noteworthy in the shell

, world."The expert's cigar had been long snlol"»•1

! out when he said this, Ho had taltr-- a lor' an hour and a half and bn-1i';-:-»-^ nut thodistinctive beauties -' uuodreds of rareshells for tho \u0084,..crtaininent and enlighten-

ment d* lllsvisitor. The latter thanked himactually.

A HOBBY."Oh, don't mention It,"he said, in serene

satisfaction. "This is a hobby withme. Ilike to show nature's art work and her deftiiiskety of coler combination in shells. Itis one vast -.vAlectiou of jewelry lot madeby mau. Ihave only one favor to ask you.That Is, try and get the CoiiJren, and theirparents, too, to go to the museum and study

1 the marvels of the Wolf collection HMHK.I Let them all enjoy the valued bric-a-brac of; the sea. Itwill set them to thinking. It

willadd a new pleasure and interest to the\u25a0 vacation sauntering 11 the seashore."

To put to the lest the specialist's boast1 that itwas possible to charm any novice by

displaying any single one of the recognizedbeauties of the shell world, the visitorbought a gorgeous hnliotis univalve forhalf a dollar, and, stepping on a car, rodeup to the Casino lobby, and, just as thethrong of theater-goers began to pour outof the play-house after the 0;era, held theshell so that the rays of the electric-light could play upon its polished sur-face. It was a green-bued specimen, andthe colors flashed with even-hangingsplendor, as a bitof changeable silk altersits hue at every motion. Fveryone whocaught sight of the shell stooped andwatched the play of color wonderingly. Aknot of admirers gathered around theowner of tie., shell quickly and plied himwith all soils of questions about the seagem. There was a general exclamation ofsurprise when he told how inexpensive thebeautiful specimen was.

TnE liAi.NBOW UNIVALVE.Manager Charles* Barton, who is a shell-collector himself, was the most critical ad-mirer of tho rainbow univalve. "When Iwas in South America some years ago," hosaid, "I used to get up with the sun morn-

ings and saunter along the sea shore pickingup the brilliant shells, and Iget some ex-quisite ones. Just come over to my flat and

'11 show you what use Imade of them."Ileopened his parlor and pointed to a biggold urn that rested on a handsome table!itglistened in the gaslight with many-linedsplendor. Iiwas un oddly beautiful orna-ment.

"What Is it?" his visitor asked interest-edly."

That's a common cider jug that Igot inConnecticut, transformed into bric-a-bracby my wife with the ail of the SouthAmerican shells Ispoke of." He held" theelder jugup and turned it slowly to let tholight play upon the shells."

The beautify-ing of this 81 50 jug was accomplished bycovering he 'v"V,re s,,r,a '"with putty andsueung the shells °"inartistic arrangementof 7o?,rP

-frrtl,e «a»»mert combinationof colors, lhe putty was allowed to hardenand was then gilded, producing what weUkoto call our jeweled.urn of cold. The Ideaif the use of putty is not new, but the com-bination of shells Is novel, Ibelieve and myMends are good enough to say that it isbeautiful. It is a decorative wrinkle thatone can woik for himself, and it is valuabletoo. there are people who would give £v>for the jug. Cheap .vases, bottles. anything

that putty willstick to can be made beau-tifulin the same way."

PICTURESQUEQUEBEC.

A Cityof Many Dormer Windowsand Irregular Tiled Roofs.

The Little Church Notre Damei dei Victoires.

The Spot Where Mme. Champlain Taught

the Indians as Early as 1620.

T*U)onenot accustomed to the sight ofi&&_ the Old World cities, it is hard to dis-jiffliassociate age from poverty andsqualor. Most of the picturesque places inNew York are in the very worst parts of

the city, and my first thought of Quebecwas that it was exceedingly snabby.

The equinoctial storm must have beenresponsible for this unjust opinion, forin a week's lime Iseemed to seewith different eyes, says a writer in theToronto Globe. Each queer old street was

beautiful to me. 1loved every dormer-win-dow and irregular tiled roof, and wouldstand on quiet comers and stow away in mybra;n charming bits; a stretch of the St,

Lawrence with blue hills beyond; in themiddle distance, a stately Loiubardy poplar,a cannon or fragment of gray wall, andnearer still a confusion of glittering tin-tiledroofs rising one ahove another, the nttic-win-dows gay withbright geraniums and nastur-tiunis. B^* --*,

To one who has never been abroad, tholife and associations of Quebec have a pe-culiar charm. With fear 1 took a hard-hearted satisfaction in the fact that withina few rods of out house livedivpast days a

Jesuit priest that was killed and eaten by

the Iroquois; that within two minutes'walk was the house of Surgeon Arnoux,wh?re Montcalm was carried after receiv-ing his mortal wound, and the one wherethe body of Genernl Montgomery lay afterthe unsuccessful attack by our "Americantroops on the town In 177.",. ItIs a littleshop now for the sale of newspapers, cakes,fruit and curiosities, and Iused to buycookies there and eat them with a positiveInterest asIlooked at the smoke-stained oldold rooms, and tried to imagine my sur-roundings in tho old Revolutionary days.

Just behind us was the convent of thoUrsulines, and the site of the house whereMme. de la Peltrie, the foundress of the or-der InQuebec, lived. A history of the com-munity by one of the nuns gave many sug-gestions for sight-seeing, aud after readingthe account of the little Church of NotreDame dcs Victoires, in the lower town, Istarted 1?. a -p'lcilraaw'tb the' place.

The surroundings of the church have muchhistoric interest. Opposite the entrance

lived the three Ursulines, the first that cameto this country in 1630, Hero Wine. Cham-plain, the young and beautiful wife of thefounder of Quebec, taught Hie Indians asearly as 1620, and here was the pillory forthe punishment of criminals. The church isnot far above the river level,near the Cham-plain market place, is surrounded by shops.In a tittlewing, oue for tha sale of crockeryand glassware.

For three years the Ursulines lived in theold stone house opposite the church but inthe year 1643 they lelt this poor shelter, amia joyous procession of the nuns and theirlittle french and Indian scholars, precededby lather Knout and followed by FatherLalemaut, took its way up the winding roadthat is now Mountain street to the new convent onthe hill, wnere with thankful heartsthe first mass of the monastery ; was cele-brated.It would be a long story to trace the his-

toryof tbo Ui'SiUJevs through the years of

toil and poverty and disease. Their annalsare a simple record of sacrifice and heroism,of wars and sieges and lite conquest of theircountry; a record full of such romance andtragedy ihat our country's history seemsbare and tame incomparison. ,:Ihad booed to see the convent, not under-

standing how strict is the seclusion of acloister ;but Ifoundthat to no one less thana Governor-General's wife or one accom-panying her is that privilege granted, so Ihad to be content with seeing the parlor andchapel and chaplain's reception room. Thislast apartment was very large and beauti-fully neat, but rather cheerless. On thewalls was an old painting of the first con-vout, with the Indians and soldiers, andMadame de la Peltrie receiving them,standing at the door ofher house. 1saw anold album filled with beautiful work, mostof it by the nuns ;water colors, photographs,illuminations and dainty lettering that al-

most required a magnifying glass to read it.Then the venerable abbe, who has beenchaplain more than thirty-five years, tookme to an adjoining room and showed me thoskull of the Marquis de Montcalm, preservedcarefully in a kind of casket covered with"lass. Iwas interested in its shape; itseemed very broad above the ears and wellrounded, but the forehead was not at allhigh. Montcalm was buried in the Ursulinochapel, but the skull was taken up in 1833.

How many times, on looking up thestreet in the early morning, when the suu-

light was golden on St. Louis Gate, have Ithought of that dark morning when Mont-calm rode slowly through, and down to thetown, mounted on his black horse aud sup-ported by a soldier on either side. A streamof blood follows him; tho women throng outfrom the neighboring houses, and one criesout" "Oh, my Hod! my Cod! the Marquisis killed!" "Itis nothing—it is nothing!"he replies. "Donot he troubled for me, mygood friends." Ho is taken to the SurgeonArnoux's house, ihe wound examined, andhe is told that it is mortal. "So much thebelter," is his answer. "lain happy -ha: Ishall not live to seethe surrender 0. Que-bec." Those familiar words, studied longaeo In the little school history, como to mymind with a new force as Isit here r-'a thechapel where he lie*.

__iniotiHouse, where Montcalm Iras carried In ITM.

Xotre Dante del Victoires.

1 1Chaplain street.

XSEAKXECA STATES.

A calcche.

GOLD 24 KARATS FINE.Kept in a Table Drawer a", the

Government Printing Office.

co-op tli/MiaanA. -u>ii-in-s- Worth 9 gOStdustina table drawer! Poke your fingers into theyellow stuff ami notice how soft and agreeableto the feeling it is, while the attendant incharge watches you carefully and sees thatyou do nut get away with any of it. Itissmooth to the touch because it is all composedof gold beaters' film, rubbed to almost impairpable powder. For the same reason, too, it isabsolutely pure and virgin metal, twenty-fourcarats line.

The drawer is in charge of a pretty young

?irl at the Government Priming Office.Icr work there is to stamp gold lettering

and ornamentation upon book-covers. Theprecious substance comes to her in theshape of little rectangular sheets of foilin-expressibly thin, laid between layers oftissue paper made up to hook form, eachbook holding twenty-four gold sheets.Handling them is a matter requiring greatskill, though yon mightnot iniaej.'Mi-lt /\u25a0•»»casual inspection, To begin with, say t|"young woman places on the table bc'lor'oher an ordinary leather book-cover. .Shetakes from the little gold hook a sheet ofthe foil, not with her fingers, hut by catch-ing itup with a small pad ot raw cotton.

Laying down the sheet of pure yellow goldupon a little slab she cuts iiinto three piecesWilli a sharp knife, She makes it smoothby blowing gently upon it with her breath.One of the pieces she applies to the hack ofthe cover where tho title is to go; anotlurshe also huts on the back where ihe name ofthe author Is to be, while the thirdbiggestpiece is spread over the middle of one flapofthe cover where an ornamental design iswanted. R

The aperator is very careful in rubbingoff tho gold alter each stamping, so as tolose none of it. As she uses the leathertipped stick she permits the yellow stuff 10fall through

_crack in the tabic top into

the drawer beneath in the shape of dust.Itis allowed to accumulate there until thodrawer is full. The drawer Is qulto big anddeep, and will hold SIO,OOO worth of thedust. You would not imagine itto he avery precious substance if you found aquantity of it in some odd place ;illooks asmuch like powdered tinsel as anything else.However, it is woith SM an ounce, andwhen a drawer fullis collected the gold isforwarded to the mint in Philadelphia,which subjects it to assay and sends acheck for lis value.

The young woman is held responsible forthe safety of ihe gold in the drawer. Shecarries the key to it about with her always,and nobody but herself is allowed access toit. There docs not seem to be any reasonwhy she should not slyly pocket a smallquantity of itoccasionally ii she desired,though the number of books of gold foilcharged against her do servo as some nut ofcheck in the account as to the meial em-ployed in this Washington Star.

Alady who owes a considerable portionof her charms to art was much annoyed thoother day, says the Birmingham Mail, onreceiving a dozen of her .carefully retouchedcartes from her photographer to read on theback of each photograph the words: "Thooriginal of this portrait is carefully pre-served." She has not yet recovered fromthis unexpected "back" thrust.

THE DETECTIVESOF PARIS.

Who They Are and Something

About Their Methods.

Their Offices, Ways of Working and Pay.

four Sections for Various Duties, AllUnder Command of Chief Goron.

\u25a0^\u25a0.HE detective force, writes a corre-jvJߣ>spondent from Paris to the Globe-§ls Democrat of St. Louis, consists ofabout 350 men. Its nominal head is the

Prefect of Police, M. Loze, but its realchief is M. Goron. This brigade, as it is

called here, is divided into four grand sec-tions, with principal inspectors, brigadiers,sub-brigadiers and simple inspectors, thisterm being tho general name given toevery member of the police who does not

wear a uniform. These four sections are:The central or permanent service, the

bureaucrats, public thoroughfares, and

mours, or section charged with the sup-pression of prostitution under all its forms.

The central service is the largest one. Itis in charge of a principal inspector, M.Orion; a brigadier, M. Arehimhaiid; sevensub-brigadiers and thirty inspectors. One-third of the men arc always on duty. The jdetectives in this section arrest individualsagainst whom warrants have been issued, Iprotect persons threatened with death or |assault, watch men who are reported asdangerous, or mild lunatics whose state isnot sufficiently grave to warrant their in-carceration In an asylum, and furnish thedetails for all sudden expeditions.

The service for the public thoroughfaresis called tho "flying brigade," and is under

command of Principal Inspector Gaillarde,who, with Soudals, was sent to Havana tobring hack Eyraud. There are forty menin this section; they have no determinedduty, but roam about the streets, exploreall the quarters of the city day and nightand arrest persons caught in flagrant delit.These detectives are obliged to disguisethemselves in all sort of ways and to mm,--,,,. with allmaimer ofpersons ;they hobnobwith the camelots, or street peddlers, whoare often mixed up with suspicious affairs,and repeatedly serve as indicators for thepolice; they are also on good terms Withthe frail sisterhood, and from them gatherinteresting information about Individualswho are wanted.

At the head of the bureaucrats is M.Souiiieres, who although not having thetitle, is in reality deputy chief. The bu-reaucrats receive and register all the notesfurnished about individuals arrested, at-

tend to the correspondence and the financesand furnish daily reports to the parquet, alegal 1111 signifying the Public Prosecut-ing Attorney and" his deputies. They alsohave charge of the records of all personswho Iaye been arrested.

The various offices of tho Paris DetectiveBureau are In that part of the Palais deJustice devoted to the depot, or central jstation. The entrance is from the Quai doI'li.r, ge. To the right a cardboard signbung on a door indicates that it leads to

the Service do la Suretee. Au inspector isalways stationed at this door to give thenecessary information to visitors. On theground floor, to the left, is the room whereprisoners are lead to be questioned, or"cooked," before being taken to the Juged'lnetruction, or examining magistrate.Further on is the dormitory of the men ofthe \u0084 otral service, which they call the"lions' ditch." Hero the detectives sleepupon mattresses, some completely un-dressed, others half clothed, while otherslie down without even taking off theircoats. When a search is to be made the in-spectors detailed are roused, and the leaderreceives his instructions while the otherslisten. . .

(In ibis floor also is the greffe, or recordoffice, where every person arrested hy thedetectives is first brought for examination

byTHE INSPECTOR.

To see if they have "been there before."Some of the agents are very clever at rec-ognizing criminals who try to conceal theiridentity. Gaillarde, especially, lias a greatmemory of faces, and can tell his man tenyears after he lias once put eyes upon him.

The offices of the chief ami the bureau-crats are on the first floor. M.Goron of-fice gives on to the Quai dcs Orfevres, andis a large, well-lighted room, fullof objectsrelating to his calling. Suspended about |

the walls aro instruments employed by theFrunoh . nnd for.-inn police

—handcuffs,

chains, cabriolets (or twisters), clubs, lan-terns, and besides, photographs, carica-tures, etc. Near M.Boron's office are thorooms of the principal inspectors, with theexception of that of

'the central

service, which is on the ground floor. Themost interesting room is the one devoted tothe dossiers of persons who have alreadyhad disputes with Dame Justice. In thisroom there are thousands of slips of paper,classed by alphabetical order, containing ina few lines the name, description and ju-dicial antecedents of old QJtepriaßsi '___j.eall -lersr-os .aiesiei.- on a warrant are'Drought, while the detective hunts throjghthe records to see what previous offenseshave been committed by his prisoners.

There is also on this floor a "propertyroom," which contains a varied lot of dis-guises. The anthropometric or identifica-tion service is attached to tho detectivebureau and is located in this part of thebuilding. Every person arrested, whetherguilty or not, is measured so as 10 seewhether he has given a false name; for, byllie anthropometric method, an old offendercan he easily recognized if his dossier ex-ists under another name.

M. Marie Goron, the present chief of thedetective bureau, is an efficient Officer, andhas been remarkably successful Inall theimportant cases that have arisen since liewas named chief In 1887. He is inthe primeof life, having recently entered upon hisforty-fourth year, and has worked his wayfrom the lowest rank to his presentposition. M. Goron had previouslyknocked about the world, and thus

•aafateKyu^ -i practical knowledge of -"->»•

1,i?ia*Things. He is a chief, nouveanjett, that is to say, ho is nol surrounded

Iwithmystery, ami is easily accessible tn call-j ers. He is not an enemy of reporters; he

admits that if newspaper men sometimesbother the detectives by divining what

I they are going to do and thus give thecriminal a hint, tho most, of the time re-

-1 porters are really useful hy the aid anil pub-Ilicity they extend to the police. M. Goron1 goes to his office at 8 oclock in

the morning, and his day is over atj midnight unless some event requires hisj presence longer. He eats when he can;'

sleeps with one eye open, and is alwayswithin call. Althe time of the Wilson case

i M. (loron was suspended from office for aI while because he was suspected of sympa-

thy for M. (irevy's son-in-law, but thesesuspicions wero soon recognized as un-founded, and tho chief was promptly re-stored to his position.

(iiiillnrde, Jaume and Soudals are thebest known among the detectives, for theyhave been connected with the most cele-brated cases of receut years. Gaillarde is52 years old ami was born at Montlouis, onthe Spanish border. He Is an average-sized man, with black hair and heard, apale face and two bright

MISCHIEVOUS EYE*.lie has been on the detective force since

1867, and for the last few years has hadcharge of the flying brigade. However,when there is an intricate mystery to beunraveled Gaillarde is generally one of themen detailed to look up the affair. He isvery highly appreciated by the Judges andauthorities in medical jurisprudence, for hehas the faculty of telling by the mcro sightof a corpse the kind of death and underwhat circumstances the crime was com-mitted. He is, besides, one of the bestlileurs. or trackers, of the force, and onceon the trailof a criminal is pretty sure tohunt him down In the Ion,; run. SpeakingSpanish, he is always chosen to search foroffenders who escape to the other side oftne Pyrenees.

Fortune Jaume is one of the shrewdestmen in the detective service. When a mur-der li» been committed he is the first offi-cer sent to the spot, and rarely conies awaywithout having found an indication thatputs him on the right track. Calm,patieut and persistent, he followsa ease formouths, studying allit.phases. Iflie fallsto succeed after several attempts he doesnot give up in despair, but lays the matteraside for a tew weeks and attends to someOther affair; then, whin the criminal thinksIlls case hi forgotten, .limine starts out*again, having secured some new points, andono lino morning puts his baud on the cul-prit's shoulder.

Soudals, who accompanied Gaillarde toHavana to bring back Eyraud. has been adetective since 1872. -Jot quite 50 years oldhe looks much younger, with a calm, colaface surrounded witha dark beard, and hisshort, stout figure. ii0 never appears tolake any Interest in what goes on aroundhim,and yet liesees Midbears alland remem-bers everything. Always well dressed youwould take him for a well-to-do businessman, and most persons are surprised when.they learn that this unassuming looking

gentleman is one of the most skillfuldetect-ives. Soudals may l6 said to have a.spe-cialty for capturing Unfaithful bank 1resi-dent', cashiers and!other financiers who

take French leave after making as many

dupes as possible. Thus 16 was sent alter

I'hilippart, the .Belgian,' who was engage*in several gigantic Windiing op"» °ns

n Mouvet, Director of tho BenoneParis enue, who lied :o Constantinople ;Almijer, 01.9 of tile cleverest swindlers

of this - century Savreux,-

defaultingcashier of the Eastern Hallway Company,and almost as clever as Allmaver in Seep-ing just ahead of the detectives on histrack. SoudaiS arreted Savreux at Viennahist as the runaway was putting ftletterinto the 1ostoßice box. The joke of thomatter was that in this letter, which wasaddressed to tha Public Prosecuting At-torney at 1aris, Savreux chaffed the magis-trate because the detectives had not beensharp enough to catch him. When askedhow he succeeded in arresting men aboutwhom he had very incomplete descriptions,Soudais replied:

"Besides having a good scent there arecertain principles that must always be ob-served. A financier, having been accus-tomed to live well, will invariably stay atthe best hotels. Clerks who run away witha few thousands. in their pockets imaginethat their money willalways last, aud theyspend without counting. Hut itis easy tosee that they are not accustomed to beingrich from the way they treat the womenthat are frequently with them. A black-guard who has stolen buys new clothes,but wears

THE SAME SHIKT FOR A WEEK.no puts on patent leather hoots and ashiny tall hat, hut his false collar is out ofstyle. Atthe hotel table he does not knowhow to behave like a gentleman, and hismanners are remarked. The most difficultmen to catch are those between "23 and 553"ears of ace. The youngest men betraythemselves by their inexperience, and theold ones cannot skip quickly from one cityto another."

Gustave Hossignol is about the same ageas Jaume, and is gay as aParisian, althoughborn at Strasbourg, (if average height,thick set and slightly bald, Hossignol is oneof the bravest men in the service. Ho hastaken part iiia large number of capturesand been wounded several times. An ideaof his courage may be had from this fact:When, four years ago, he arrested the An-archist Duval, who had robbed and set lireto the house of Mine. Madelitine Lemalre,the well-known artiste, lie was stabbedsix times in the hack and in theneck. Notwithstanding these terriblewounds he kept hold of his piisoner untilhe was safely lodged in the Central Station.Hossiguol has a passion for dangerous af-fairs, and is never so happy as when calledupon to search for a criminal In a localitywhere itis uot prudent even for a police-man to venture alone. Then lie starts offwith his face painted and his dress madeup to imitate tile appearance of those withwhom he will have to mingle. He knowsthe nooks and corners of Paris, and the lan-guage, gestures and mien of nil classes.

lloullier is ono of the few detectives whospeak English, ami whenever a Frenchcriminal escapes to England, he is the manscut to catch him and bring him back. Henaturally has other work to attend to, forcomparatively few culprits scoot to Loudon;they prefer Brussels or other cities on theContinent, where they find belter oppor-tunities for speaking their native language,lileuze, a small, gray-haired man with aquick eye and the appearance of a shop-keeper, is a pupil of Gaillarde, and in thenumerous cases entrusted to him has shownrare qualities. Prince, a tall handsome manol 40, has worked his way up from simpleagent to be principal inspector and one ofthe most trusted men on the force. Archini-baud, Bourlet, iiarhaste, Orion, Clttiict,Vautriu, Prouvere, Lassere, Peltier, Wal-hen, Paris and Webber are among the otherdetectives who have the best notes.

The French detectives are hard-workedand poorly paid set of men. The chief re-ceives a salary of S2BOO, ami with fees audallowances this sura is brought up to amaximum of $3500, After thirty years'service lie Is entitled to a retiring pensionof 81000. A simplo inspector begins on asalary of i'-W, and when be reaches thohighest grade, that of principal inspec-tor, his pay is SiOO; the retiring pen-sion is $250. Besides his salary, adetective receives v premium for" allarrests made of persons caught in theact. These premiums vary from ilfor thearrest of a countcneiter or house-breakerto 00 cents for simple theft In the streets.The money thus earned, as well as thegillsmade to the men by individuals audfilms, is deposited at the bureau and dis-tributed every three months according tograde the chief is not included 111 this dis-tribution. Notwithstanding the great ser-vice performed by these men, they neverreceive the Legion of Honor, a decorationthat is bestowed on a Government clerk.

TUB -NASTURTIUM.

How ItCan lie Msiln to Flourish in AnyGitrllen.

People who wish to he odd or exclusivein their flower gardens, as in everythingelse, may say the nasturtium is to"common.So are pure air and sunshine common, butwe love them none the less for that.Lust summer Ihad some beautiful holly-hocks, which attracted large numbersof bees. These bees were also drawn tothe nasturtiums, carrying the pollen fromcue plant to another and giving me in thelast half of the season the most beautifulvarieties ol the flowers that 1ever saw. In-deed this pftrt of the garden was such asource of pleasure, and 1learned so muchabout the flower, that 1wanted every one tohave a nasturtium bed and to understandhow to get tho best results from it. Theliowers Were in. .11. a..,.ti.... s nnsf. "Test,nop";-<-aiid south, and they did well everywhere. People told me they would not dowell if the soil were too rich, but this wasafter they had been planted in very richearth, and 1 found as the season went onthat those in the richest soil did the best.Myneighbor is devoted to flowers nud hasthe greatest success with them, and 1amindebted to her for much of the pleasureand pride of which my garden is the source.As soon as the frost was out of theground and the weather seemed settled, anarrow bed beside a fence and another be-side the piazza were spaded, and then thor-oughly raked. They had been coveredwith manure la the fall, earth and manurebeing thoroughly mixed, Some. small plantswhich had been raised iv the house wereset out close to the fence and piazza andabout twenty Inches apart. These plautsgrew rapidly and began to blossom in aweek or two. Ina lino with these plantsseeds were sown about five inchesapart nud one inch deep. Theseseeds and plants were fur climbing.A few seeds of the dwarf nastur-tium were planted in the front part of the"Jed, but not enough to shade the climbingplants, as all flowers do better for havingthe sun shine on the ground at their roots.The plants were well watered, and, whenthey began to ruu, were fastened for supportto the feuce and piazza. The method of fas-tening, was this : Old kid gloves wero cutinto strips about one-third of an inch wideand two inches long; the strip of kid wasbrought around the vino and firmlyfastenedto the support with one sin.illtack, the loopbeing loose enough to allow the vine togrow. As the vines grew, the new units,of course, had to be fastened to the supportand this was done about once or twicea week. The leaves « ero large andstrong, but my neighbor, who bad greaterexperience than i, told me to take oil' atleast half of them, else there would not bomany flowers. Atfirst 1would not consentto this, for alter years of city life, where ithad been almost impossible to make anykind of plant grow in a sunless backyard, itseemed wrong to deprive tho vinesof a single leaf. However, 1 found thatwhile the vines were luxuriant there werefew blossoms. Then Iyielded and took offthe leaves, sometimes a bushel at alime, which made the plants put outstrong shoots in all directions and blossomfreely. They continued to grow and blos-som until the lrost killed them, some ofthem rising toa height of twelve feet.—MariaI'arloa inGood Housekeeping.

•InlyGougi-berry Wine.

"Not a little of tho alleged champagnenow sold in this country as the genuine

French article/* said a prominent wine im-porter to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter,"is simply ripened gooseberry wine, bottledand labeled to represent well-knownbrands.Itnot only looks, hut also tastes like cham-pagne, and it has a . sparkle and foam aswell. Very few champagne- drinkers inthis country can tell the duTeience whenripened gooseberry wine is palmed offupontin-in. Itis an exceedingly palatable bever-age, and has the merit of beiug wholesomeas well as inviting.

"Another point in its fivor 13 that it canbe sold at a comparatively cheap rate andstill afford a good profit to the dealer. Itisfat preferable to the manufactured cham-pagnes which used to be sold here so largelyand which wore simply poison indisguise.

THE REDFERNAUTUMN IDEAS.

Latest Novelties in the.English

Tailor-Made Costume.

Something That Is the Perfection cf Fit—An

Elegant Calling Costume, and a Beau-

tiful Walking Gown.

Special to The Scspay Calx.

JC^T-iEW YORK, Sept. 1, 1800.— From itsfXI'-,1earliest inception the English t lilor1Vail costume, as created by Kedforn, liasbeeu something unique in its striking de-sign, its perfection of fit and thorough at-tention to all details. And more than everis this tho case in this fallof 1890, for thenew models just issued have received an'extra amount of consideration at the handsof artists and designers, and inconsequenceare distinguished by some features whichwillmake them a thingapart from the workof the ordinary dressmaker, and from the"imported" stock to be found in nil theshow parlors of the regular shops. A glanceat the accompanying sketches will explainbetter than mere words can do some ol thecharacteristics of the Redfern produc-tion;. In the first illustration is pre-sented an elegant calling costume of

rich black velvet, fitting closely over thefront and sides, and hanging in longstraight folds—as such a handsome fabricshould to be effective. The lower half ofthe skirt is covered, except at the back, withan appliqued border, fully five-eighthsof a yard wide, of white corded silk,upon which is a close and elaboratedesign in oxidized silver braid. Thebodice opens in a narrow, deep V, overa collar and folded ve~t of white chinacrepe, and each side of this opening is awide, braided band of the silk, which

passes around the neck and down the frontunder a braided girdle, and then hangs inscarf ends almost to the knee. Deep cuffsof the while crepe are upon the close velvetsleeves, and are buttoned on the inner seamwith a row •>! small silver n.-ions. Thesecond sketch is a Kedferu walking gown of

fancy French cloth, dark green, with figuresof wood-brown. Across lite front and sidesthe skirt is cut in small square turrets, andthese are bordered by narrow bands ofmink, which makes a charming contrastagainst dark green. Similar turrets edgethe basque, which has also lengthwise bandsof ribbon velvet down the fronts ami uponthe shoulder pull's, A brown feather boafinishes this costume during the early fall,but is replaced after by a mink cape. ii.

A walkinggown.

A calling costume.

HE FOKBADE .THE'

BANKS,

Because the Girl Jilted II111 for n Young• Filly. . .

One Sunday, after a preacher had finishedhis sermon in one of the rural districts, ayoung couple stood up fcelore him to beunited in the holy lion of matrimony, saysthe Americas i.(la.) Recorder.

The parson asked the usual question :"Ifany one objects to the marriage of A and Blet him now speak or forever after hold hispeace."

Alter a short pause he was about to pro-ceed with the ceremony, when a young man,minus coat, with unkempt hair, dirty faceand red eyes, arose mid lilublieringlysaid:".Mr. Preacher, 1object Lizzie has prom-ised to marry me, and she has got my ringon her linger; and 'cause Bob gave her ayoung fillynnd has a new house she hasflung me off."

The indignant bride retorted by flingingthe ring to him. She then, turning to theparson, said: "1 did net promise to marryJake. liegave me the ring and Ireturnedit to him. Iwouldn't marry him ifhe werethe last man under the sun."

Jake ran out of the churcli without pick-ing up the ring, while the ceremony was fin-ished in the most approved style, and theyoung couple left for the bridegroom's home'amid much lejoiciug.

THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES,

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