Smyrna times., 1859-11-03
ISCELLAN NEO US.

A Pearl, worth fifty thousand dollars.
The Shah of Persia has in his possession, the
famous pearl found at Catifa, in Arabia, and
bought by Tavernier, originally, for this enor-
nous sum 1t is pear-shaped aud without
blemsh, and from two to three inches in length.
10 the present day of oyster discovery. and
with the possibility that branch of the Long
Island family may be the bivalve Mollusk,"
containing the occasional pearl, it may be well
to refresh our memory as to how these children
of the sea are graded. writer in the Ma
hOaGI Inteligencer says:
"A pearl is small concretion which is FORM
ed within the hard envelope of shell-fsh, but
particularly in what is called the mother-of-
pearl oyster. which nearly resembles IN shape
the common oyster, but is larger, being usually
about three inches in diameter. The pearls
are most commonly contained in the she'll, but
sometimes they are found in the thickest and
most heshy parts of the oyster. A single oys-
ter will frequently contain several pearls and
1t is on record that one has been known TO con.
tain one hundred and fifty. The pearl itself is
supposed to be the result of some accidental
deposit or extravasation of the liquor secreted
by the animal in the gradual enlargement OF
its shell-very small iu the first instance, but
increased by successive layers of pearly mat
ter. The formation of the pearl has, however,
embarrassed both ancient and modern natural
lists to explain, and has given occasion to
number of very curious hypotheses. Some
have even supposed that pearls are formed like
other stones in animals.
Refugees for the UnmarriageabIe.
George HiIlard in one of his capital letters
from London to the Boston Courier, speaks of q
class of " sojourners in London who are men of
birth and breeding, but not possessed of an in
come sufficient to marry-for marriage, here,
upon a small income is solemn thing-who
have no homes, or rather houses, of their own,
and pass their lives in lodgings with occasional
visits to the continent" etc. He then proceeds
to speak of the "club life," which is the SUBJ
stute, to such men, for domestic bliss:
But there is one element in the life of such
man which have not stated: he would, al
most invariably, be member of some one of
the many clubs in London, which ire such cha
raceristic features of modern London life. In
his club he would find all the material comforts
Of the most luxurious home, at a very moder-
ate expense: well-chosen library all the
fOregn and domestic; pen, ink, and paper the
attendance of well-IraIned servants; and be-
sides these he may take all his meals at the
club, and upon any scale of expense that he
chooses. These clubs are successful applIca-
lions of that principle of aggregation or combi-
nation which lies at the bottom of so many OF
the sociallslic schemes of the present day the
principle is right, and the only question
Is how far it can be carried, and whether
1t can be carried any farther than it has
been done in the London clubs. The prin
eiple is, that what is done for many can bt
done more cheaply, 10 proportion to the mum
befs, than what is done for one-you can feet
or warm a hundred for sum less than hun
dred times what il takes to warm one.
thousand persons club togetheE and pay seven
ty-fve dollars each this will erect and furnis
q large and handsome building, and then eacI
OF these persons will pay thirty dollars year
which will supply an income to carry It on.-
Though thousand persons have right to US
The club. yet not more than thy or hunore
are actually using it any one time."
Is il time the women were inventing som
system of matrimonial living, which shall ou
possible THE CLUB, as to economy and comfort
A Cny's Pride in its Women.
Ahe Phliadeiphia Ctty Aee"s shos aohonish'
us that our patriotic pride should not be excl'
siyely . hero worship"
sCullivated women are as much an orn
ment and honor 10 city or state as cultivate
men, France has as much distinction fro
Madame de Stael as from the the most brillia
Of its philosophers. Fanny Burney (Madan
D'Arblay), Mrs Macauley. Agnes Strickian
and numerous other females, shed The highe
las're on England. The Irish boast OF M
Edgeworth. Of the Porters, OF Lady Norga
lad Of Lady Biessington, with spirit indicali