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Show Wisconsin Pearl Fisheries. Pearl fishing has become quite popular on some of the interior streams in the state, but it is only quite recently that pearl producing clams have been known to exist in the Milwaukee river. It is said that quite a large number of pearls have been taken from this river, but as the finders are very reticent, and will not say just where the clams are to be found, comparatively little is yet known about the discoveries. It is claimed, however, that successful pearling has ' been done near Grafton and Cedarburg Not all clams are pearl producers, and the hunters will be unable to find pearls in many of the clams in the various streams. . It may. be well to suggest, now that pearling is likely to become the rage,-that persons who engage ul pearl hunting should avoid destroying any of these different varieties, as well as the kind from which gems are taken, There is no necessity for doing so, as the shells can be opened, the pearls taken out, and the clams returned to the water uninjured, and perhaps ready to begin their work over again. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Wis-consin. - ' ' , .( - - -i |