The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-26
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.Itui1n connection with ithe sailing oi
Captain Clark, OF. New London, Conn,
/ for the Society Islands, to engage in
fthe peaFp ifsl4eFy, the 4ete5FdE7n ofsthat
citysgiN es AHl1st eli of ahis sexpeiiaIce
ain that business ahd q description oi
the mangeEi in which it Isl earriedseue
4 Captain Elarl2 TWas the) )fiFsty ReHsoll
|; -who ever successfully Y PEeseeuteddtle
lgbpsinesS Q t pearl fshiRg bY submarine
!, EdiEipg j p arm 81: :pts He made his frst
u experiment about tWelFesY years since
!, on theleo4sts of aSeuthi e.Ameficas and,
y his venture 81 proEiAgo successful has
: followed fhe ,bnsin ess,.eit ither in Son tn
y sAmegleAps waters ola I'M the Salt OF
:. aHfor8iR o He has heretofore found
the richest pear on the Heastef EG q,
II dor. uo7 Last Yeatri heso ~ ogkeds 5onaths
a coast Of Cal ifoFiiia, aud realized from
y HE. sal OF the shells (Which are HmRde
! IN to knife handles, paper cutters,1etcs9
$35,O0O. Last seasons operations
having about exhausted the supply 10
this region, be has determined to seek
5tloat anne W fielrsj aad nhas selected the
j lkSoeioty islands. Sixfmeh are a'eaaired
i Hospitals eacig eafs 10 q .art16r with
& 4lwhieho the diver Is fitted! !sxiefsT he
4 fishery isaye ti3el oTS6egIdHs a1@is car
dried3 onofrom small boats, which are
lbanchoFed in what is deem ed to- be a
dipnomisiHg loeslityy and. from which
Il the silver EesoeRds. 81 He takesU with
0hiuI a basket 4FlIiofi hold three peck s
]iof oysters, and W hen this is He'd
lkmalzss "a signal oi5 the5Iife line, which
jEa attached ito slais zbodygp9Ub b6H this
sig1GSlothe,fuH basket iss hofsted into
i the boatY aAu15a0 empty basket sent
1 4doWn.sjR the diver ordinaFil y remains
lIiltler waters ffStns fouPito I've hours,
but fSaptain; Clark informs as that in
ishoal sWEter he has worked ten hours
4 per day dor eig ht day in succession.
1 iInsshoal WateF, of coarse, the pressure
Lon tneIIiReF isEDpmpar1tipefy small,
and heDexperienc c9s slft1le fatigue comy
/ pared with that which he nf8e1s7 when
! working alta greatAdepth. The small
! bostIW ithRHhich the life elhneseonuaan
i nicatesBhitts position az sloften as NAV
DE neeessafyy upon a. signal from the
diyer.N ThespeaFl oysters areaat Eari-,
sous depths. from one to- twenty faith
7oIns, but GaptainnC Clarkisk experience
has been they are most abun dant in
water from aeu Il to twelve dathoms'
deep.y sGheyUare gensfahyd found on
F0ekydb0tt on1-@so onleti1ne nesi in sand =
! tbux nRvero on muddy bottom& The
general impression that the pearls are
attached to the e-shell of the oyster is
iuOdgFect. row. IN the meat of
/ the OYSTER Sometimes they break
through the skin and attach them
,se lNes ,nbutapeasls OF ith fss description
are Rlwxys of aHiinfeFiolsl q uSlity and
ligenerablyI de fectiFep in formation. Z In
South Bl1erican. Wal eFso Z, 500 o fsters,
aFe5 eoIHsiieIedl BaI lafSeA day catch
but the average lis sHtlehil6ss Than tliis.
bGapta Gta1iQ has seen las mary as forty
tpearlsfltalLeli from d single s0tstef.-f
bThePesgeme to- be 7ne lrH4e gov etiifng
the gre with off the pearls. = Often
aEhote davis catch. Ralis prove eompar-
afivsiy UWortliesAg and Then again a.
EhHndredn oysters 1willHb6s openedi in
sueoession;eaeh one 6fewliieh contains.
acpeaFlj 'FheA lar6esS ospeeHhen ever
taken byi Gap9sS0iar4k weighed one
! quarter of anao9fnee ,aIid Had 1T been
| Peufeut'a would readily have brought
| in thes market $50s0o0s' 5sIt was, how
laevefy married , by several serious de-
fects, ,nandi FOnl yaS4,O90 was realized
from its sale. .tsao5.Ts1ls ys} 6
lssf, F,nunl aRu gliEEaN h1z12iA /
lsf,tiiEs att1 goau gniir4lm 8nas sIl
Ftxa sdt 81 iydhatE5yYqf TfG7Ftssfaa sxg.i4d
sPhe LegfslatutBo6f QfegaH DEGREES
shat in that Com mo IEweaftAi the voi6n-
| tary separation of man and wife shall
i wbfk ( ktieDlegaFe effect OF divorces. In
liaiana has shithefte eHj Dyed tffe iistitic-
1ti0naOfi possessing titIlei broadcast and
smoothest hfghwaysaof escape from
c0hna biaI wv eafilFessi eoF woe which
bw ere iOpen TOW that melancholy sand
endless procession of fugitives.9 She
khas qaBat1V siTereasbd 4 her transient
/ popaIa tioA the re venue of1hef board
lisg -hu1ses ard alto fh6y s, and fh elive-s
/ IinesslOf her l46af new BbaPefs, by the
| liberality of oflhefsstatutof7 provisions
RON this point! sdBat lithis seniihence is
now stitogheIs qiaf can s14eiregaii it
with Outadopting the simple and COM
preiIBnsiY essystem put in force by the
lIOFego gonianss q 7Itsis diff ffienItsindeed1 to
liiuIagine aifslrthersian paiIicatioir oFithei
! process. i4Yheni husband can divorce.
hhnselfIby putting on his hat and GO
liHg Iddheaeorher, or a wife by
| yoking up the oxen and going to visit
her mothers without legal fees, hcita-
btions; notices ,pOraothe technical form
alities, all has besnii done for matri-
monial InalcoHtents w hieh it is posi-
Eible to dogs lThissenHS Shtened and zen
erous legislation will doubtless oeca-
sion a-farge accession of population to-
iithe Statea n Statistics sigdify that more
HW0men thah men seek divorces, and,
as the ne -dlFotced female is OBJ
served ito be especially sensitive and
responsive to9good toffers,i may be.
that the Oregonfali Ceiebs have bit
nPon, this expedieft for the purpose
of deeoyiug wives to- them. Women
are very scarce iiro these frontier re-
when New England sefIooImistress
arrives in aan fOregoH7 town she lie
waited upon by the entire adult male
kpopulation and proposed for by each
in due form, and this serious competi-
tion7usually ends IN game of all fours
fbetW eent thgE pars0n and the justice of
thepeace,t the winner taking the school,
tnIaSam and the a.est of ftheieompetitors
going out on the prairie to swear. 1t
is indeed said that several a eargoes
ofgYouhg ladies' sellp 80 me years since
ifForng Ne W En- gland to the Pacific
coast most.ol them Rerespfop p6scd for
Through speaking 4'uIHpetslas soon as
the' 81 eanTcI. c am o fvTittih lflaflingi dis
tahceoof the Hharfiq Such searei tya' of
aWiVes asithis eHiAoBsIi ustif1es almost
sany1reasoIsble motleig Of invoking
snpplyxasP Perhaps etlieai roHhlabodt
bmode adopted ibAs the, OregeIl Legfsla-
4ufe 'inaygtulaF but as clever and efiee-
five az ANY which 6ould have5 Beeifde-
piseak - World. 4nf IS t3I1ssiU huoW
fss1 syiLEa- -zza fa2ssa.z.- ]. Z zaagi ,aanf
hsMY Y4EEkPjsseoSoaF2 PjsseoSoaF2 Booo4ss.4--I q 81. have
stood in mud and water two or three
Inches deep, for fen ours q day. for a
week, without Feeling any dampness
or having any difficulty i'm getting NV