Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-25

pared 10 suffer famine ana fight o.
the eud This Hakhuut incident 3
the most striking one lr th. carr ire
our OF tho aEHr.au reform. M vn.I
millions OF lc ants have taken al-
vantage though tine Uer. peasant
mass rescuts b.
A perfected method OF obtaining
pearls has been discovered by O Rug
sian scientist. Czeslav Khemuctskg
who is iu charge of the Poncyyezh
Eical station of Tho Imperial Pis-
cioultural society. Fine specimens
OF unattached pearls three 90 five mil
llmeters in diameter have been ob-
yained by this method in from three
to five years. No detail Of the dis
covcry has been communicated by ia
author 20 anyone. but II is supposed
TO be based on the japanese system OF
artificial irritation of the pearl mol
lusk by tho Introduction of foreign
substance.
The oysteer gradually covers the
nacreous or glass beads, which are In
troduced through a perforation in the
shell with layers Of pearl matter. The
japanese subject 100000 oysters to
this process yearly on the pearl banks
in the Gulf Of Ago, The principal
fault with their product is that 1t g
generally found attached to the valve
II the shell closely ingroWn or al
tached 10 the mstrix by d thin stem.
such semi-glohular pearls have only a
limited use. for rings and pins, but
not for earrings OF necklaces.
Mr. Khmelevsky has solved the
problem Of producing perfect unal-
tached pearls. A group of persons ia
terested IN the exploitation Of this
discovery has recently commissioned a
young naturalist TO go to Japan ana
Germany TO investigate methods IN
use. The government has also taken
an interest in the matter though IS
Piscutural establishment at Nikolsk.
A serious supposit.on exists that
brook trout harbor pearl oyster spawn
on its scales and gills. 1t is intended
TO take advantage of this fact in con.
nection with the culture OF the fresh
water pearl oyster in tho north Of
Russia
In the time Of Peter the Great this
was an important branch Of state rev
enus. and thousands Of persons gained
their livelihood at the Russian fresh
water pearl banks IN the north ard
northwest.
q
OF late years hunting has counted
few enthusiasts among members Of
the imperial family, Though the i'm
perial game preserve covering $50. 600
acres, and the supplementary state
preserve If $4,000 acres are second
to none in variety and abundance Of
game, the imperial familys modest
total for last year was 1857 head II
game killed, including bears, elks,
3 lynxes 50 foxes, 53s rabbits, 43J
pheasaRts. No aurochs was killed or
hunted, presumably on account Of the
severe epidemic which depleted the
only extant herd of these animals in
the state preserve al BieloViezh. The
total for 1905 was greater than that
Of any recent year. with l,s7S head
killed.
. . .
A mukden dispatch transmits a re-
port In the japanese official newspa-
per Of that city regarding the appear
ance of a mysterious disease In the
Chinese city Of Chang Chun. Its symp-
toms are gidiiness, throat-ache, fol-
lowed by violent diarrhea. eDath en-
sued In ten out Of seventy-two cases
recorded during one week. Physicians
have been summoned from the out
side to diagnose the new disease Jap.
anese doctors have declAred II TO be
faithfully its obligations under the
Mukden International Plague Con-
ference rules. Though marmot hunt
ing in Mongolia was prohibited. and
its suppression entrusted 20 the Chi
nese. no steps to that effect have been
taken by the authorities. one Rus
a variety OF Maltese fever.
. . Q .
Harhin advices declare that the
Chinese government Is not fulfilling
sian doctor who made a reconnals- |
sance in a Mongolian district counted |
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