Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-14

| sale They are often piled up on thD
shore and left there TO decay, ln orde
that the pearls may be squeezed out
Not all OF the oysters have pearls 10
them but a very poor shell may some.
times contain a very fine pearl. SO that
great care is used IN handling the prod
duct
HOW PEARLS ARE FORMED.
Pearls, you know, are caused by
some foreign substance working COS way
into the flesh OF the oyster. IL may De
a grain Of sand q small pebble or
other foreign matter The oyster tries
20 protect himself from 10 by putting o
coating OF pearl about 10. and this coat.
Ing goes on and on until at last we
have O pearl.
Indeed, / am told that pearls are now
being made In Japan and China by
taking the oysters from the sea and
carefully opening them just wide
enough 10 slip "a particle OF sand be-
tween the leaves Of the shell. The
oysters thus treated are planted and
fed and within n short time each be-
gins TO grow a pearl 10 Is said that
the French bore holes through the
oysters shell and insert a little silver
Of glass ana about this the oyster grows
a pearl.
have seen something Of the pearl
fisheries Of different parts OF the world
Some Of the best until recently have
been in Ceylon but more are now be-
Ing discovered in the Persian gulf
where about S2,000005 worth are taken
out every year. The fishing there II
done by naked Arabs. who plug mp
their noses and ears before they 20
down into the water, and. like the Mo-
ros here. tie great stones 10 their feet
TO enable them 90 remain down the
more easily. In Panama the diving n
done by the native COlomblans. They
find both pearls and shells and some
OF the shells are exceedingly fine. Not
long ago a sea captain made "a contract
with the natives Of Panama bay 10
clean the barnacles from the bottom OF
his ship. They did so, and among the
shells fastened 10 the hull found an
oyster containing a pearl worth 5000
The captain claimed that the pearl
should be his, but he was not able TO
the C0lombans 10 give &c up.
! am told here that the best pearls
come from oysters which are about
four years Old and that they range
greatly IN value according 10 color and
shape Those which are perfectly
round are most priced The most OF
me sulu product c0nsts OF small pearls.
many seed pearls being found The
largest pearl known 90 the world Is
about as big around as an English wal
lut 10 weighs three ounces. but its
ihape Re not perfect sphere
] md IL very difficult 10 get much
from the English concern
ng the pearl industry here. They have
succeeded 70 the business Of a Chinese.
Who evidently found IL quite profitable.
0r he Us said To- be millionaire and |
s one OF the richest men OF the Phil
ppines The English evidently have a /
'o0d thing and prefer 90 Keep the de- |
ais concerning Il secret.
What they pay the sultan / DO not /
now but ! am told that the Chinese
ave him 81 600 a month for the prlW- /
eye OF fishing In the deep waters Of the /
TIE ISLAND OF sULU.
During the past week / have coasted |
round the Island OF sulu. 1t is one OF /
me most beautiful Of the Philippine I
roup, made up Of mountains and val |
,ys covered with rich grass and here /
nd there spotted with forests From i
DE ships the hills make me think Of |
be- mountains OF West Virginia rather i
han tropics, save that many OF the i
eaks are extinct oraters and you can
see that the land Is vol
anic, The grass appears 10 be very
len. II grows SO uxulantly that i'm
ding through the country / have OF.
IN found Il above my head when / sat I
% my pony The trees on the mount
ms are large, some OF them being OF
Iahognny teak and other hardwo0ds.
here Is but little cultivation any
here. The island Is about ten miles I
ide and thirty miles long. and the
lost OF 1t Is as wild as when the Moros
ime over from Borneo and took po-
.sslon Of Il centuries ago.
OUR sULU CAPITAL.
The town OF Jolo has about 1000 pop
.ation IL may be called our capital I
4 the Sulu Islands for II was built by
.e spanlqrds and consequently belongs Z
Uncle Sam, The town IS one OF the
ost beautiful OF all the settlements
the Philippine Islands. II Is more
te a botanical garden than town. I
S wide streets, paved with white sand.
oss one another at right angles. They
% shaded by great trees, The limbs of
hIch meet and intertwine overhead.
akIng a series OF arbors which enable
Iu TO walk with safety through them
midday, although you are on the
.ge Of the equator Here and there
rough the town are small parks filed
Ith tropical trees and flowers. The
le city has running Water.and bitches
I'VE ben made through the streets
hich half circle the trees and irrlgate
EN-. The main street ends I'm a pier
inning out into the ocean The upper !
ID OF It IS o. plaza or drill ground,
here the soldiers parade morning and I
ening, and where the band frequently |
avs
one OF the curious features OF the
wn Is its wall This consists OF one !
lclmcss Of brick built on a concrete |
sa a yard high. II could be easily /
ttared down by a cannon. but Il was |
'aulcd &C. protect the spanIards from |
a inuces aud arrows OF the MorOs
b ihig reason you see cracks or holes
Go af intervals, each crack Just wide
1geh for n gun 90 be poked through
ir the same reason the mortar on tor
the wall Is filled with broken Wine
tiles. so placed that they will cut the
gers Of any one who tries 20 climb
er
Iolo has often been In n state OF siege.
/. he Spanlards have had many wars
IA these MOhammedans The gates
tn now are never LEFT open at night.
ID no more than one hundred Moros
q allowed 20 come TO town az dime.
be- Spaniards restricted the Morts TO
rain limits outside the town. They
"a a dead line over which 10 q Moro
'pped he was sure 10 be shot by their
ntrles.
UNCLE SANS PROPERTY.
'ncle Sam has a limited title 10 the !
lis Of the Sulu archipelago. lie does
own property here as On other parts [
tre Philippines. his title being linz )
q by the treaty made with the sui. I
d. He succeeds, however. 10 an that 9
E Spaniards owned This consisted o
q number OF towns scattered over q
p island, which We're used as military {
sts. lie owns here not only Jol0 d
idc the wall but the land for radl. I
of about a mile around the town.
is liuo Is marked out by block | a
uses. IA each Of which our soldiers a