The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-04-03

posed of smaller pc cs, Is made into
beads, They find lively sale abroad,
bul go OIL rather slow here, A set OF
amber iewelry-pin ear rings can be
bong I very reasonable here, but NJ
present there Is no call for II, The low
price Is on account OF there being no
duty ON IL; curously enough, II comes
under the head Of gum and Is admitted
free, For the last year nearly sbO,0OO
worth of II was imported, showing that
there Is some demand for III but, rs |
have said, II comes from smokers, Tho
dealers here buy II by the weights
whore about two hundred hnd llfly
pieces make pound II Is Sl6O, but
where tour pieces 20 10 the pound u
runs upto fifty dollars ora hundred dol
lNrs, ~ the ease may be, II has many
oolOrs, Green Is most valued, though
others prefer black that matches well
with GolOrcd meerschaum, The real
amber yellow, however brings the best
prlcei the cloudy Is pretty, but not so
valuable,
IMITATION IMnER,
"CurIously enough" continued tho
speaker there Is more money In the
Imitation of amber than there Is In tho
real nrl Gle, Various compounds are
used, glass paste being the principal,
Another mixture Is OF turpcnllne and
caOulchoue while lnsccd Oh, gum
mast'c and lIlhargc Is also used To
the latter powdered copll is added,
which gives the appearance Of veins,
II you aid 10 this prcci Us compound
ants Of dccnlcomanla you will have the
material out OF which about oil the cheap
amber goods are made. Thesamo thing
was on exhibition NJ the Centennial and
many were deceived by the excellence
of the work, However, there Is u very
simple method Of determining the good
from the bad, which Is 10 burn u piece,
II II burns with some noise and does not
drop or run, Il Is all right; but II II
mells away and drops, you may be sure
II Is some Of the connections mont oncd,
Cellulold also makes u good imitation
OF the real thing, Speaking OF frauds
reminds me OF curious one that seems
10 be u regular business, happened
10 boNp TO Il, however and was not
caught, ! stopped at q railroad station
some time ago, when o young English
man OF pronounced type stepped up
and told me long aud affecting yarn
about having Job offered him IN linltl.
more, ending up by asking me for tho
loan OF s,6O, Offering rs security u
handsomely colorod mrcrschaum pipe,
with fine amber mOuthploco, lie sad
could see Il was worth thirty dollars,
but saw the amber was bogus Nt n
glance, However, taking the pipe, !
said; AN rights III try it, He raised
all sorts Of objections, but walked into
the bar filed up the pipe aud when |
turned about he was gone The first
application Of heat turned II ~ white ~
paper aud the COloring was some kind
Of OIL gave tho pipe 10 the bar-LoCpcr
as o keepsake, Probably some ono
buys such one every day In the year,
Eyes real amber ranges from black
TO white, In Conslantinoplc u pipe
stem OF real mllk-whllo Is valued ut fifty
dollars on more, An equally valued red
hue Is produced by treating the yellow
kind to the action Of sulphurlc acid,
Green amber comes principally from
America, but the black variety Is o kind
Of q puzzle aud, chemically, entirely
different from the Others; In fact, Il Is
moi true amber In the strict sense Of the
word, but variety Of JET or highly oyy.
died bllumon, and, chemically, Il Hes
between cOnnol coal and torbanltc.
Amber Is worked In this country and In
certain temperatures Is flexible Work
men now hold II over lamps and actu-
ally draw II out by hand into required
lengths and shapes, and In tins way u
pipC-stcm nearly two feet In length has
been drawn from piece Of amber GXl
inches IN 81 o, IN working II for Jew.
,lry II is first cut into the general shO Q
required with knives and Is then turned
with a lathe aud polished by various
methods, Amber dust Is used rs n
warn sh, aud vast quantities are sent 10
China, whore 10 burn II Is considered
the highest mark Of respect that can be-
paid distinguished guest. " Hitddct-
phid TNHcN