The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

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Macedonian cry hClr a So. .. m.
torpo,ion nbout ,nc..,>, ar' doesn't
s,v why br wants it, Int o. .,!- d Who is
lannon's MS nm artist carver u-ivC I'D mer-
,chorm. and who pronanly ,@S more
about the latter ticls than ul ,iy else in
the country, readily OWNED wat started
him M.
"He has found a bed Of Eaoln, or CHINA
clay, and thinks he has struck a nice. ns'u''.
mine Persons have been doinG that ire
quently IN different parts OF the country, ana
in that way ,Omo OF the finest AMI most NAlu-
able haoi,u deposits have been found j. Is
good thing 10 have people LOOKING o't l0F
anything OF value, Tor even II they uoht StI
what they are alter they are Hkey TO 'h'ch
something else. But anybody can t'" very
easily the difference between genuine nle'l-
schlum and kaoiln or any o'h'r clay Wet u
piece OF mcerschaun WIN your tongue anu
then cut Shaving or IL "l'A sharp Nlh'',
50. \ on see II cur's up mo reSHllr >""'
ing. gov, Try tuat WAN lump oI Gay Hi'
you Will see that all you 'ut OH i"I'' l"l'
dust. If you nave microscope Jn" GA" ~
ply sun more Conclusive VpsI' h' '' " '''
OF mcei'cnalill, ANA uNutr Tue n"'i '1''g'
its fracture WIII snow that II Is eHt'r''y CON-
posed OF the most HinU'eIy a.o"'H'c C.-h''
shells conceiVablc, twisted anu I'"'''u t'-
gcther INTO a soAd mass NoIl'lI5 ''so looms
IKE II,
but should not be az al Su'p'''N'
m"eTschauh were TO be Ws~o' G.I s''"I-
where IN this country some Day we nave
pretty Md'h every ihIuS 'n1I - '""'" ~ any
other part oi the "of"' why GO you KNOW
finer amber Is discovered III lLIS country IMAM
comes from tine old word con "Io"
where II Is touhd, buI soiho"At'e Ia -ieAlo''
believe, and IL Is IL. large clear h'"'''S
pieces very often. mere are specimens u
amber IN The ,o!uihbia 'pIi'Ee mus uih'
taken from coai formations III '"iH county
and have an idca That our amber Il a soloI-
lied ana lctrlIleI petroleum. lou Know 'hao
nobody has ever riGhIiy determined yeV "ha'
amber Is, although IL n supposed W I've sohle
kind OF pctrlhed gum wen, IL sV''iiu' 70
reason that II We nave the amber we o"9hI
to have meerschauih also, or nature uesiSi
to supply us with the ueSt pipe material OF
home production would he iaiilre. but
until we find 1t we have sui 10 GepcAd
upon the same source OF supply that the
world has had to rely upon since the days OF
Pliny, who knew about as much concerning
this foam Of the sea- as we do today
'To answer the questions of your Oregon
correspondent: All the meerschaum comes
from little place called Eskischia, in Asia
Minor, where it is found at depth Of about
fifty feet unIer ground, but how it is found
only the Turks who find it know. Those
Turks are very religious Mohammedans, and
on article Of their faith seems to DC tue duty
of killing any Christians who come about
there asking questions concerning the nicer
schaum They have kept up that practice for
so many centuries that they have finally
really made it habit They don't even en-
courage their co-religionists in impertinent
curiosity about it. Merchants who deal in it,
and live within five miles of where it is pro-
duced, have never visited the mines. They
are a philosophic people, and prefer liv-