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Show Difference Id Sponges. There are very many people who cannot can-not tell the difference between "Turkey cups" and common reef 6ponges, and they are astounded at the difference in price. They are asked $8 for what, they think they can get just as good foi twenty-fivo cents. There are sponges from Florida called sheep's wool, which, in the opinion of many buyers, are at good, although much cheaper, for all practical purposes as the silk ones. They are used mainly for washing carriages, although they make a good bathing sponge. Reef sponges come from Cuba and Nassau. Turkey cups from around the islands of the Archipelago. Sheep's wool and reef sponges coma in ten, twenty and forty pound bales, and the iinest of the former, known as Rock Island goods, sell wholesale at from $2.80 to $3.15 per pound. The Turkey cups are sorted at Loudon and Paris into three qualities and sent to us in bags. They are sold by the piece. Boston Globe. |