Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-15
!, ASHTABULA, O. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY is, 1855.


For long time sponges we're supposed
to he plants. Messrs. Agassz aud Gould
10 1913. called them So: bdt fster o,,ser
vaiions have decided tbetn 10 be suirnafs
aud they are placed 10 the class PSotosos
The class mos, resembling plants. 9di 20 g
When frst found III fhs water, atheif ap
peatsnce Is very 0difefeui IRON this whicl
you now see, This is the skeleton only, nj,
psft eoriesponding TO our bones ho WheI
this wss complete living thing, deep dow,
uuder bthe ocean, il was eosered hu1te
the outside, aud Hlied 10 every ohe Of ties
little holes With as6ft Substance, sonethin,
like the white Of sa egg, and this WIS Iik,
our fesh. t. was fssteoed tightly 20,
rock aud its color was a dull Hdish Blsci
on The upper side, ana Il tiifty White below
II was forue !y supposed 10 he plant, be
cause II was slsuys fast Ia one place bat,
fUf other reasons il Is decidedly ah animal.
All through this mass Is D regular 'cireaIa.
la,ion, like our blood and food. It,has
beeu seen 10 absorb nutfitious matt ef4tRa,
is, TO eat, or, rather, to drinks You see
/ sIi over its surface orlfiees or holes 'theIe
comaieniea,e with each o. her siI TIT ough
out. luto the largest Of these, called pores
The sea: water Is constantly entering, aud
odt " the sn,alp oags, called rentis il IL re-
galariy spouted out aLd il douotiess Cad.
ia this sea water minute animsIs which
serve II for food, aud Increase It's bulk. -
. Aud this s range auinai. pre- doces other.
like iiseli--l Will tell you how. .'ta
From The soft parry aEIit;ls gIobdie ia
seen to q BAT of--dnd after moving about d
while very briskly, here aud there, as IL
look 6g for place. il fastshs il self to some
rock Mex, gradually, begiusato be seen
the more sott skeleton (Shat we Have
here y the soft part increases, aud 50 il
grows uot very slowly ei,her--fot the div
ers 6nd II, AZ the end Of three years, large
enough to bring away "a h'1oo' 9ato1
Po get these spohgcs from the bottom oi
the ocean furnishes occupation for q great
number oi people. Que Thousand men are
busy 10 the Ottoman archipelago sl5ne I;
and thousands, besides, with mauy hundr ID
boats, are engaged iu the gulf Of NJ aebti,
on the Birbary coast aud elsewhere so
tina ia many villages there, from May 10
September, the best diving time, only old
men, women, and children can be found
The finest kind is brought from the
E seau sea. At daylight there, in the
summer time, when the weather is pleasant
for il requires smooth watef-tbe boats,
each with six or eight tnen and one pait ol
oars" will leave the shore, and proceed to
wheie the wa.erA is eight or ten, or even
thirty. .fa,homs deer; for those found in
shsllOw water are very Inferior. l99 9'2"
Here they stop. and the divers prepare
10 Sde,cend. Dl Each one puts hoop
around his neck. and to this ias,ens q bag
IN which tbe sponges are put as' they are
gathered In very deep water the awe
Uses rope With heavy stone to IT, H,
sinks the stone to. the spot he iintends 4
.each, ana thus II holds the rope steady
which be uses 10 assist hmselfin ctming o.
again 10 tie surface. bod7o." en-" 9a0on'
After being busy thus till noon. they re
turn TO soms of those pleasant lit'lsl hooks
which abo nd on the, shores Of The archipel.
ago, to prepare what ehey Gave gat . I'd 81
for sale, s'N p" N''''~ ~' D'Ni''<
aTh2f st thing is 10 press out the sof
part Of tde animal. and then 10 bleach the
remainder 10 the som; 50 they beat them
and stamp 90 ,bem,D aad lrample them
Till he 9 is no more life left. Tue skeler on
part Is thea WASHED. and sp cad In the
Sen un2ii it is quite clean. and grows TO be
his dull yeliowish coior5 then il is packed
10 bags and sent 10 market for sale--.enr
To- ali ports Of Asia, Europe and Amerlca
aud used mostly for washing purposes. 'a