The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-12

about way, constantly striking ur
against distractions, The idea is that
the smoke, striking the distractions, will
deposit some of its moisture etc.
THE trouble with Twain Is that his
raptures can always be read two ways.
The latest American idea is a pith of
ivory to slip into the stem Of any pipe.
1t catches the deposits, and the ivory
can be withdrawn at once and cleaned
after each pipe. Then there was the vi
olet wood pipe which a New York man
said he discovered, but which was sold
twenty years before the date of his al
legged discovery. 1t is made of the myall
wood of Australia, smelling of violet 1t
was never popular. The latest is the
needlewood pipe, very porous, hard
wood.
at is not generally known that dur
ing the past four years this country has
been making the bulk Of it's briar pipes
right here. Instead Of importing the I'M
shaped bowls from France. There is a
fine factory here equipped with splendid
machinery, duplicates Of which have
been exported to Australia, as the best
in the world. Previously all the cheaper
pipes We're Of German make, and it was
not until prominent English firm came
here and built up a fine trade for high
priced goods all through the country
that our manufacturers awoke to the
possibilities of the situation. Now eve
rything is modelled on those English
shapes, improved out Of sight, as much
LAWYER prices to the smoker. The reduc-
ton is not all duty; it is due more to re-
amber goods. See this pipe with brar
head and fourteen-inch amber stem?
Every year the president of certain
bank buys dozen or more of these for
presents. Six years ago they cost him
seventy-t two dollars each; to-day they
cost him thirty dollars and there is
three times the profit for me. The old
stems were made of pieces Of amber,
jointed, every Joint being from five to
seven inches long. A process was in
vented by which pieces could be slightly
heated and pressed together, undetected
except by the use of the Nicoll prism.
Then came the deluge. AS amber could
be so pressed it could also be adultera-
ted with gum copa and so cheapened,
with this defect that whereas true am
Der improves with age, the adulteration
slowly grows white as cheese, until the
stem, losing it's translucency, becomes
opaque. There are handsome amber
pipes made now which are the wonder
of Europeans. They cost here about ten
dollars each; the bowl and stem are OF
this pressed amber, fitted with an in
side bowl of meerschaum, the mouth
piece being Joined and the bowl mounted
with chased eighteen carat gold. They
have nothing like them on the other side
as yet / sold two dozen to an English
man the other day. We are far ahead
of them in artistic pipes anyway, al
though they still turp out the best briar
goods. They get from five to fifteen
dollars for plain briar, which, howev-
er, will last mans life; just what our
dealers do not want
"Meerschaum during the past year has
In price 40 per cent. with
further advances in sight. This clay
comes from Asia Minor, and the natives
at present simply do not bring in sup
plies: hence the increase in price, Nicer
schaum goods are not selling much, ex-
cept to Germans and saloon keepers. -
New Yorw Sun.