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Show PEARLS FOUND ON COCOANUT TREES Washington, Sept. 14 Pearls are growing on cocoanut trees in the Malay Ma-lay peninsula and the novel discovery h6 heen made the subject of a special spec-ial report from Consul Gen. Dubois to ' Ihe department of commerce and la J bor. The pearls are said to be not I unlike those of the oyster, containing ! calcium carbonate and a little organic matter. Certain concretions form ', i Just beneath the stem of the cocoanut I shell, and the result Is a pure white ' pearl which brings a high price. Tho I pearl Is supposed by the Malays to j possess some kind of a charm |