Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-10
Something A00UT M909sC0AUN
AND 0rME0 PIPES ANU AMHE9.

Moersohaum is, of oourse, the ne plNs
ultra Of pipsdom. Formerly all meer-
achaum WAS wrought in Europe. Vienna
being its hone. The working Of this
valuable subst moe has, Of late years,
however. been largely transferred 70
New York. from zoo to 2hO workers be-
ing at present employed upon it in that
city alone. The very finest meerschaum
in the world comes to New York for
m manufacture. az the A,neric IN meer-
schsum users, ~ GLASS, demand the
very best. Crude meerschaum IL found
in several parts Of Europe, but its chief
home 10 Asia Minor. II il found in
pockets, In sandy soil, from the sizs
of . walnut 10 that Of = msn's head.
The sand is roughly trimmed of. and
the meerschaum is packed in boxes
about q foot long aud two feet vide. It
IL marketed chiefly through American
merchants. The qualities Of iDser
schaum differ. the various grades being
packed separately.
The workers in meerschaum in this
country save all the chips, filings aud
bOxings from the true clay. rhess are
barrelled and sent 70 Europe, and by .
process known there bat not ~ yet Ob
tainabie in this country. these remnants
are pressed up into blocks again, and
other pipes are out from them, called
chip mesrsohsun, or known to the
trade as Massa." The making Of
chip meerschaun 10 ono interest at
least which the Yankee has not yet
been able 10 utilize TO his own beReht.
IL 10 only question Of time, however,
for hs will sarely appropriate the
method sooner or later, or invent
better.
There IL china pips u.sd to come
extent In America, though wholly BY the
Dutch. Is has stem any where from
one to three feet long. The Turkish
water pipe. or "narghile," u the most
elaborate and costly Of the pipe family.
and there hSs been quite n sale for them
during the year, chiefly to students aud
young men Who have probably read OF
their destinations in novels Of Turkish
life. Tho peculiarity Of this pipe liea in
ita water globe or receptacle At the base,
through which the smoke pSsses, cool
ing the smoke on its way to the mouth.
The narRhile frequently has ~ many ~
four mouth pieces, % that several can
pnrtioipaso at onoe. The bowl In very
large. The standard resss upon the door.
and An habituAl nnrghilc user requires
A0000vuO0
want 70 All the pipe and keep il clean.
The uae OF briarwood pipes has in
creased wonderfully within the past few
yeara. Woskmen are imported N this
country for lie manufsc,urs. besides q
qoodly number Of native y ,rkmen, Who
and constant employment in making
up the wood into pipes Of various
shanee and vslues. Many u these pipes
ars turned out by mAehinesv. the true
briafweod COMES from Aasyl~nd o.
~ r"S.sousne srrivai q New York. Oar
Gsrmrn cieixens claim the hsuor Of hav-
;nc ehovn us the true sxsesnsss Of .
vnr6 n;r,e- The French, alse. are great
Scs,.1sn nina emskers. and there 10
v~,SsHv AZ kriarvwd vhioh IN imported
c.css frsnss direce.
Hr.hs, n foend in iss pority ON the
49, a. ths Rlsck Sea. IL is a fossil
| ssa -, ri ;rSc 1sssv cseturies aso' ana
.u ...,s 80 shs -. - n 80 10 the nils the
~. - vssS ~ ~ ssrsb avay, and fisher
nan hook ths gum ous tangled With