Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — Amber Is Scarce, and Nobody Care”. [ARTICLE]

Amber Is Scarce, and Nobody Care”.

enuine amber is becoming scarcer v rp j ear, and it will not be long beore a real amber c gar-holder or pYip i'om wdl be a rarity and a luxury. The e amber is a fossil gum, which was reduced in large quantities by trees ■living a resinous sa \ which flowed mi t e trunks and gathered in masses tihe roo's. It is found in the grou d marshes and other p:aces where fors ourißhed in former times, and is I o secured by dredg ng. The Baltic ui B a k Pleas and the German ocean rmerly produced it in considerable unt.tes. but their supplies arc now r. tiy much exhausted. There is ali - e s tisfaction. however, in knowing 1 t. the nutation amber is just as goof . i the real.