Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-01-30
PEARLS OF AMERICA.
A GEM EXPERT TALKS ABOUT
THEM INTERESTINGLY.

The Right Way to Take Tbem
The Ind;.ns, v.,..
-. ""'io''-r"mous
ic"" rearls-PearI Growing
Tor Profit.
q Nr
,,onuna tous i1enns nave recently ap-
,oaris &c 60 ~ 'lie g press concerning the
r,rl,;oh ,t,a Sio sugar hiVer, wisconsin,
Ja+;nn i:so NV aii peen without ioun-
snmt - '1 Me some parcels have been
Srnn a fo, o I.,i holh whlch were worth
do1Iars 40" uoainis W over one Thousand
.aaI 1919 a. parcel 10 many who have
30, oiiese accounts II may be interest
aug W Know mat, IN the last twenty
1oarls hans onah @loV'ooo worth OF
States ~ a.. peen Loulso In the united
~ ss,,, - 'na' iailliy OF mollusks known
sa u IT, VI resi- water mussels, the
y;vars 10y &c S aDVunueu az one tlme IN the
fom,,5 :, o u ~ was from pearls
ronao &c saU ese hihu ol sneiis mat the
taLao T. noo.In iAver Iearis was
AZ -. was sne iafne Oh these which
Go,a. :. an ouetohius says induced
~, 49,. ~ : :e nis afniles 10 e'reat BRIT
thn,, soa,,vas n"s wt'li tne pearls wnlch
49,! SeIuie9 'ilaC ne nad puckler
&c w., Will G no presented 10 the temple
lono.a .sS1
uaola peaii iounG py DANIEL
,ri;ah NJ @s .soSrnprook, N. d. IN 1920,
E 49, no T Iinaiiy 20. soid 10 the
,aana niess eugene 1or Sl,ooO, led to q
l poi.ii eAoi'eneno at mat Tune which re-
e thr", "a 'ne raking OF the brooks
%a;,I: nous 'l'e ehIire ohited states.
n
v.ny elaii proportion Oh them, indeed,
W.; 1 r u.a;1 70 contain pearls OF any
.ha au Miiie nearly all IL not quite all,
'n IN n1 1oSs s lUuna were destroyed.
n aoo. luly @iv,oVo worm OF pearls
1oe .o sew SEW 70 New l oaa IN iooou09 and
: ooo oniy aoous @1'oVo worm. Inc eX-
oi'einen! apa'ea untll 1905, when there
wa" M u silgnt revival.
Inc pearls louno IN the American
,D.4. uo ",o rarely perfectly round olten
nu..oh SNAPPED eilat IS nat on one SIDE
MANY are very irregular IN ioTms occa-
eN,y assuming iahtastlc Shapes, as
snee' piru wings, heaas OF animals,
eSc', anu ochers are 100 irregular TO be
VI any use Whatever. Inc color OF
many ~ olteh superb, such as whlte,
Pilh, navy Dlue, someumes rivaliing IN
Drll.lancy even oriental pearls. Then,
IL OF good form, they have high value.
Inc irregular SNAPPED ones, II lne IN
coior' are used 1or scarf pms and other
levers, anu very successfully IN she
aecoration OF etched, enamelled, Oh OH
dlzed silver.
IN certain countries pearl raising IS
dlstinct profession. In eaxony this IN
austry mas peen IN the hands OF the
ocnmeler family since 1916, and cor
rect record has been kept OF every pearl
that mas been obtained, as well os the
name OF the man who found 1t. Their
method OF pearllng consists, not1n open
ing the mussel by boiling, which de-
stroys the pearl, or opening 1t with a
knife or other sharp instrument, which
kills the animal, but IN slipping be-
tween Gne VALVES u ''ie iioiiush sliaIP-
pointed pair OF forceps or pliers, the
handles OF which are slowly pressed to-
gether, thus opening the shell. Should
pearl be- present, 1t can easily De re-
moved, and If no pearls are present the
mollusk is put back III the stream In
this way the "unios" are not extermin-
ated. Unless some such method is
u"oP'o' ~ W, ~" PooP, w
excitement Will lead TO the ext'rm ~
ton OF all our fresh water musseis. Few
pearls at presentare found east OF ONO,
ni.nouSa insn! nn ~ ono 10. $3.50, 80
that State during the past twenty years.
some OF which were IN coiiectlon
made by Mr.. Harris OF Waynesvllie, ~
which was mounted for the Paris Ex-
position. This collection contains q
series OF pearl ornaments, IN when the
pearls are arranged according to the
color or shade, so that IN one the
pearls are green, in another purpi,lsh
brown, in another pink, IN another
cream yellow, and in another waxy
white. One pink pearl OF eight grams
was admired. By reflected hight TINS
pearl had the translucency and color OF
drop Of molten silver in an assay
crucible.
In the common conch, strenuous g.gas,
or trumpet shell, as it is sometimes
called in Florida and the West indies
few pearls of great value have
been found on the FLORIDA coast,
but occasionally they have been
found in the West indies
worth over 1000 each. These gener-
III. ln,,e a catinv 1uStra the structure