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4MBER.
A. Valuable Commodity and How
It is Obtained.
The Chief Supply Procured Oft
the Baltic Coast.
The bulk of the amber supply of the
world comes row from the region
known as the Samland, on the east
Prussia coast of the Baltic, about half
way between Kurischos Hiff and Fris¬
ches Haff, and from the lighthouse at
Brusterot cau be seen with the naked
eye the whole stretch of coast on which
the precious petrifaction is now found,
and from which it has come for 3000
years. The belt of “blue earth’’ in
which the detached fragments of amber
are found lies from 20 to 80 feet below
the surface of tho beach. The amber
cm be and L to somo extent obtained
by mining but under the water the vein
comes much nearer to tho surface and
is frequently exposed entirely by the
action of tho waves so that fishing for
the amber is easier than digging, and
most of it is obtained in that way.
Tho amber fishermen are not Ger¬
mans, but a Samaite race of Kurish ori¬
gin, ancient foes of tho Cossack and
tho Russ. They aro a vigorous and
hardy race, and need to be to carry on
their business. They work in stormy
weather, whon tho waves have loosened
masses of amber from the ocean bed,
and are rolling it about in the surf
mingled with groat masses of seaweod.
The fishormen, with long hook forks
and hand nets, wade shoulder deep into
the water. Tho women stand along the
shore as near as they can to tho waves.
The men with their forks
poko up the masses of seaweed
and drag them in toward tho shore as
much as possible. With the nets thoy
endeavor to gather in pieces of amber
that may be flmting about in the water.
As fast as tho seaweod is got to the
Bhore it is passed to the women, who
4 >ick from it tho bits of ambor that cling
to it, and put them into bags to be sold
to the dealers. Some dealers stay about
the beach white tho fishing is going on,
hoping 1 6 catch up somo particularly
valuable specimen before any ono else
has a chan co at it.
After fere storm is or* Share rem*ir*
the most profitable part of the harvest to
be gathered. The ambnr that can be
got whila tho storm is raging, is mostly
in small pieces, but largo blocks of it
disentangled by the waves are too
heavy to bo washed within reach of the
fishermen. When tho sea is smooth
enough for tho bottom to bo seen
through from five to fifteen feet of
water, the fishermen row out and look
for these blocks, recovering them by
long-pronged forks and nets.
The nmbre is also obtained in more
systematic fashion from the reefs, some
three-quarters of a milo off shore, whoro
the meeting of different currents has
caused it to bo Leaped up with immense
quantities of seaweed and rubbish. For
tea months in the year a little fleet of
black boats is anchored over these reefs,
the largest and most valuablo of which
is COO feot long by 400 foot wide, and
divers sent down, ono from every
boat, are poking about amid tho
seaweed, discovering blocks of
the amber and raising it to the sur¬
face. Each diver remains under water
for five hours at a stretch, and the labor
is said to bo vory trying. Sometimes
blocks so largo are discovered that it
takes two or even three men to bring
them to tho surface. Such masses as
this bring fancy prices, from $75 to $150
each, tho ordinary amber bringing only
about $4.50 a pound. Tho water,
during most of the fishing season, is icy
cold, and the divers havo to endure
great hardships.
The amber obtained from tho water is
nearly all transparent and glassliko.
The pale, straw-tinted pieces go to Con¬
stantinople and North Africa to be
made into mouth pieces. The bone
colorad and veined slabs make jewelry
for the Italian peasants, and the sherry
tinted specimens go for ornamants for
the African and South Pacific trade.—
[New York Sun.
English Bog Carrying.
A correspondent writes that on at¬
tending services at Sherbourne church,
Gloucestershire, Eng., recently he was
much astonished and indignant to see a
lady enter and take her seat, with a
large shaggy terrier under her arm. On
inquiry he discovered that the lady was
a titled dame of the neighborhood and
that she p rsisted in bringing the dog
to church, in spite of the expressed ob
jections ot the rector. The dog, my
informant ?,dds, conducted himself de
corously throughout the service, which
shows, to my mind, that he had a bet¬
ter sense of whit was due to the place
than his mistress. I dare say, too, that
be gets as much benefit from the ser¬
vice. That, however, is beside the
question. It is obviously impossible
that every owner of a pet animal can
be allowed to bring it to church with
sanctions any distinction in this reaped
between the titled and the untitled
Bern hers of his flock. —[London Truth.
THE DEMOCRAT, CRAWF JRDVILLE, GEORGIA.
BUT COME
snd See.
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---IS STILL AT HIS OLD STAND IN- ;
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SELLING TBEIBT GOODS 5
AT THE VERY -SUCH LOWEST AS- PRICES./
Dry Goods, Provisions, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats j
And Anything Else A on Want.
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Plumber Steam and Gas Fittf C
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INSPIRATORS, I
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FURNITURE WARR-ROOIS,
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COTTON FACTORS.
Augusta, Greorgm
Mr. W. M. Jordan has been actively engaged in the Ootton Business dmin
the past fourteen years.
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738 Reynolds Steet AUGUSTA, F A.
■ -DEALER IN
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j ns to come and see what we are doing and the prices we
are giving. Very truly,
DAVIS, BRO. ft SEALS,
Georgia
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