Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-10
HUNTING FOR PEARLS.
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 Two famous pearl divers recently visited San Francisco to buy a large quantity of air pumps, diving suits and like paraphernalia of the sea. Opu and Taipu are their names, and they are generally regarded as stars in .heir periloas line of work. They were born on one of the islands of the Dan- gerous archipelago group They speak good English, however, and both are thoroughly familiar with the civiliza- tion of West Australia, where they have spsnt most of their lives as pearl hunters says the New York Telegraph. Taipu is the principal native pearl Aerchant of the many hundreds who have embarked in the trade since the natives of the Paumotu islands first dabbled in that form of conner ce. He owns a pearling dredger and a ship; both are engaged in the trade in south western waters. His ship, however, is 6 mere hulk that travels less than ninety miles along the coast. They depend principally upon pearl shells for income, since to stake earnings on the pearls alone would be to invite loss. Valuable pearls are not frequent enough to make it pay, but the com mercia1 mother-of-pearl is made from t1e shells that they deal i'll. When 1t comes to hunting for the real pearl there is not any kind of a scoop or 1redger than can take the place Of men's eyes; diving and treading the deep is the only way to find valuable pearls. As a rule, these are some dis tance apart, scattered over the rocky bed of the ocean, Sometimes man will pick up a fortune i'll a few weeks and sometimes he will hardly make expenses in a season. Pearling is still profitable, for the crude shells are sold at from $500 to S750 ton, and there ts always chance that diver may make enough ip eae day to quit for life. "We do not dive farther than sixty to 100 feet" said Opu, for the pressure is too great Even at thesa dopths men cannot remain down over live or ten minutes. and the average life of the deep diver is short
 1t Satisfied tfe Bishop.
 Methodist preachers and laymen who attended the recent conference in Washington have gore home, but have left behind them stories which will not appear in the regular report of the proceedings. Perhaps no man at the conference yielded more power and at the sametime enlivened the proceed ings more by his bright sayings than Bishop w. A Ga9dler. One day in ad. vocating more liberal lonsening of the purse strings he said that several years ago he sent an article to a paper In which he said that I've pray too loud and work too little" The intel- iigent compositor got in his fine Ital- ian hand. and when the article ap- peared it read. "We bray too loud and wo4k too little" T let it go at that said the bishop, "The fact is, I be- lieye the printer was right, and I never attempted to correct ft'-Washington Correspondence of New York Sun.
 Peanut Burrer.
 According to a prominent dealer. peanut butter is rapidly becoming an important commercial product. It is made by grinding peanuts very fine and reducing the mass to a paste, from which large part of the oil is re. moved. A little salt is then added Many physicians recognize the nutri tious value of this butter t has all the wholesome qualities of nuts with Sut being so indigestible. Peanut but ter is excellent for the poor, too, for it contains quite as much nourishment as ordinary butter and is much less expensive