| Show i irmi jl ja SOME CURIOUS FACTS tile TB origin of r amber aint cearl I by u n ll lawr wr amber Is curious stuff said a collector of curios to a star reporter tho other day it la is only com coin parati voly recently that its ita nature has been known cnown anil and oven everi at this day very low few people seoul to have any notion ai to to what it li 14 in roa rB Allty lity tho the r it as even m flioy onnel that it was liy ily friction ho asto as to attract light substances aub stances and nd our word ord cocci fron froin tho th reck name naino for or amber which va 3 A fa torito with itil them aloin willi wai liow how tile insects BO frequently founie lit amber c came t to io 10 so atod nut r uti ai a moil orn crill po otlia phrased it that ill alio llio thing will eltiser rich or rare hut liow tajo dovil wd it get re 1 q I leavo myself Konn it ik chuel offery of very amber I 1 in n which it t ni til 11 ard with ivo five ir irai 93 adi 4 looking os as it it might alavo yesterday ll doubtless it bad boon been dc dcarl wl fur for thou of years tho mystery regarding abis mo nort rt of Is cail ly tn onti gli it is under that amber Is alio llio fossil puni gurn of tin an extinct hind of conr loaring true I 1 jn it tho the process of it ardeli tig I 1 t I 1 hn in alio llio illes and other creatures i preserve preserved in the of it tire today to lo day it is covered cd plentifully hy diggIng lit in certain patriot tho great plains of north germany chero broo flouris fied ath also found in along ailon tho shores of tile fla itic in ili tho the bollow at Ial mlekon 11 in lat innico In nilo it Is id luff in regular anines olse elsewhere where it Is ii picked from din s and it ii gota loal of it is 14 gathered lit in the shapo ot of no lillos bait up till ly by tile bios tim tho of amber in li l i a cup cil enado of that mator in ater lal at tho 11 righton SIus england lnla tid jt it was af found tit llovy some years e irs ugo ago together alli it 1 weapons ci pona and cutonilli uto tita willi ot of itono stono and bronzo so it il 14 evidently very ancient in clont indeed d lit in tile fourt eurith century und anil befaro amber was vaa mado enado into li and forke with ono prong which asca ij ly y antl chupela dignitaries it was moro more al niblo ablo than gold thou than now it Is worth from ia tu to 0 n pound nc lie cordin to Us its quality finality rilo must most important use madlof it Is for meerschaum and other pipes by tile way is 14 it material aug out of tile parth in fit turkey it comos in boxes holding fifty pounds and valued tit nt from S SO to tile tho dust and ch I 1 ps obtained f roll roin it in ili the process of 0 manufacture tire worked into pipes this material being c allva 11 amber dust la Is invited ino llod and tho product Is what la is sold ns as Inn iberi nu 1 11 aliat what liat it very beautiful sphere ol of crystal tills this lil igl said tile tho nian man tal chigin in lila its hand n cool globo that look til inco it arigo dott drop which tile collector linn doil oled him lor for yos yes that I li ii i a pretty I 1 BUp portO YOU iou uio abaro oatho w regarding vich rock crystal cryst nl thay thought it wn iia s actually lal nully iw ico frozen to grunt great density by duration of time beyond liquidation allu Krysta llod jn ili oreo greck means aco tho the rat hamoui writer on oil natural I 1 philosophy puny who wrote broto more facia lint were not truo than over any mail inan colle collected ateLl to together other huford or kince says tile crystal la Is undoubtedly water f aroon rozen by cold tio HO tri tonio ill that at noth nol liln ing call it again roman of 0 that time were to carry such sphere ni as this one in their hands during hoc bot weather lor for coolness it was waa tho thing also to lo havo tile mator lal worked into wano jugs tilli other voa ioli noro nero hail had two drinking cupi of 0 crystal ury worth vach atia ain 1 tt it cusmai lulla ladle also hut but whon ito ho learned loarn cl th that vt lio ito had lost lili IcIng dom ito ho hioko them loat lest thoy fall ill into tho hands of any 1111 olao elso A crystal lona iona wai w employed tn lit to tl ti hayrod vestal coital fire alio broat caro was wai eiten not to put the crystal waro varo tit in it a warm place for fear that it 11 v kulil tho moat romark ablo ils ilia covery ot of crystal on revord was buado ili abobo tilt glacier liy it party ivirty lilt jt tourists a single cavo lit in the granito 3 1000 crystals crystola of ot from oo 00 5 to 10 loo pousila eight abul till what aliat liat Is athla lt talal hla that tho coll octor la is a i chinese god with ath it 11 coat of clearl hy by a roil real pearl on oil aneli pirlant pirla ot iho tho coast ot of tile tho flower y j King kingdom doin as produce pearl oysters austers i k ls 14 otton often mado of u illan inaina 1 pearci by intro d into the shells of tj tho 10 live oysters foreign lorelyn objects ot of various wilds Id nils you doubtless know now that tho the pearl is a n morbid til in alio A Agra gnile inot ot canil or st boino e 1 into tho the oyster unil and uio the t itshok ly alio with coating after coating cont loff of its iti own pearly quere tile interruption of 0 light iv bv tile tho coats or of which the tit pearl is ia formed in this way gives it its beautiful luster taking ad vantage of 0 this habit babit ot of tilt tho pearl oyster tho the ingen ingenious tous chinaman t i P pries r I 1 i s it and puts puta in whatever t r lilikes ho ti likes mambort may bo a little nuro figure ot of ft a god like this tho the oyster gocs to work and covers it with peael until after a tow low months tho idol Is a peurl ida 11 |
