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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, HMW. GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER PAGE FOUR. G>y101^’5 I&arl If Back Hurts Flush liidneys Drink Plenty of Water and Taka Glass of Salta Before Break fast OccMlonaliy THE HOSPITAL BIRD When yotir kidneys hurt »nd your back feels sore, don't get scared and Îrrocced to load your stomach with a ot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's urinous waste and stimulate them to their normal activity. The function of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 34 hours they strain from it NX) grains of acid and waste, so we can readily understand the vital importance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of good water—you can’t drink too much ; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jal Salts. Take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morn ing for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia. and has been used for years to help clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system , so they are no longer a source of irrita tion, thus often relieving bladder weak ness. Jad Salts in inexpensive; can not in jure: makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which everyone should take now and then to help keep their kidneys dean and active. Try this : also keep up the waiter drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache. By all means have your physician examine your kidneys at least twice a year. X-Rays From Glowworms. Professor Muracka, a Japanese sci entist. has reported some curious re sults obtained by him during the sum mer while experimenting with the light of glowworms. He operated with 3tx' glowworms at Kyoto, and he says that the light which they emitted, when fil tered through cardboard or cop|>er plates, showed the properties of X- rays, or Becquerel's fluorescence rays. Arab Pearl Diver With Nose Clip. (Prsaartd by th» National Geographic So ciety. Washington. D. C. > after CHRISTMAS- cyeanof useful enjoyment After Christmas when so many gifts are forgotten and discarded, your remembrance will go on being used and en joyed every day for years — if it's something electrical. If you would like to save ▼our wife much of her hardest work—ask your electrical deal er about his special house keeping equipment. He will undoubtedly arrange easy time-payments for you. Check over this list of acceptable gifts with him today. Electric Toaster Something every woman wants. A splendid gift for the girl at school, college, or in business. Electric Table Stove Quick — endless uses. Cooks entire luiicheons, suppers — right on the table. Electric Waffle Iron For delicious, crispy brown waffles. Mother can sit right at the table and yet keep the plates filled. Electric Percolator Makes coffee better and quicker. Anybody who keeps house will appre ciate one. GIFTS that do the Work Electric Range Vacuum Cleaner Electric Sewing Machine Washing Machine (On easy payments) ■4 CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER. COMPANY WUR PARTNERS IN rR.OI.KE5S I Ceylon has the oldest pearl fisheries in the world save perhaps those of the Persian gulf. And the Ceylon fisheries have been among the most prolific. Mil lions and millions of dollars' worth of those lustrous gems have come from the waters off the western and north western shores of the Island since this fascinating sort of fishing began prob ably 1.0U0 years before Christ. Most of the pearls gathered in this long period have gone to the rajahs and princes of India; and even in the re cent years in which there have been fisheries, these same insatiable collec tors of pearls have absorbed from 00 to 99 per cent of the Ceylon "catch.” One unfortunate feature of the Cey lon pearl fisheries is their uudependa- bility. At intervals the pearl oysters mysteriously disappear and a number of years may puss without their reap pearance. Then just as mysteriously hundreds of millions of the young bi valves will be found on the banks and lucrative fishing will again be possible. There was such a disappearance fif teen years ago, and no important fish ing has been possible since. But this year It has been found the sands and rocks of the banks are covered by count less young oysters, and it is believed that once more in 1924 the famous old Ceylon pearl banks will be adding their wealth to India's vast stores. The pearl "oyster" of Ceylon, like those of other lands, is really not an oyster at all. It is more nearly re lated to the mussels than to the oys ters, and it differs markedly from the latter iu having a byssus, or a bundle of tough fibers, by which it attaches Itself to the bottom. The maximum size attained by the Ceylon pearl oys ter is only four inches, and the shells are so thin that they may be crushed between the fingers. Most of Them in Gulf of Manaar. Pearl oysters are found on all parts of the coast of Ceylon, but exist in suf ficient abundance to suport an impor tant fishery only in the Gulf of Manaar, which is a large indentation between Ceylon nnd India, lying immediately south of the line of giant stepping- stones known as Adam's Bridge. The pearl oysters are more or less concentrated on banks, which occupy a shallow, level plateau extending from the shore for a distance of three miles in the southern section to 20 miles in tlie northern und broadest part of the gulf. This plateau is bounded by the ten or twelve fathom curve, and falls away quite abruptly, so that within a very short distance of the fishing grounds we may get soundings of 100 fathoms, or even 1,000 fathoms. The urea of the pearling grounds Is about MAi square miles. The Ixrttom is for the most part sand, diversified by outcrop pings of calcareous rocks, which form flat or slightly inclined ledges, on which the pearl oysters grow. Aggre gations of ledges constitute “ppars.'' or banks, which centuries ago received names that are still applied. The largest and most Important of these grounds is Cheval paar, lying from nine to thirteen miles offshore at a depth of five to eight and one-half fathoms, and extending about six and one half miles from north to south and four and one-half miles from east to west. The number of oysters produced are absolutely beyond comprehension, dome years ago, on one paar five miles long and two miles wide, small pearl oysters were ascertained to be present to the number of 10,000 per square yard, In places forming a layer over the bottom nine Inches deep. One diver, who was down only 30 seconds, brought up 3,225 young oysters by actual count. This condition of the grounds was determined In November by government inspectors; in Decern her of the same year no oysters what ever were found -all baa disappeared A little girt named Jerry. Daddy, •‘was ill tn a hospital. Oh, alio had felt ao sick and had had so wretch* ed a time but now she was feeling bet ter and ah* was sitting up in bed every day fur several hours. “She had aat up In a chair for a half an hour now every day. and one day while she was sitting up In her chair having her supper a little canary bird flew in the window. Jerry was afraid the little bird would be very much frieghteued so ahe spoke to bitu in the softest tone of voice. “ T don't know your name so I shall call you Dicky Bird.' she said. The lit tle canary had perched upon the back of • chair, and now tlsat be had been spokeu to he turned and looked at Jerry and putting his head on one aide chirped a little greeting to her. “ Ob, you dear little bird, how 1» lite you are,' said Jerry. Again the little bird chirped as though to Bay that be waa rery glad she was pleased with bis manners. “'You must bsve been a pet bird and I suppose you flew out of an open window and then lost your way,' Jerry continued. “The little bird chirped again ns though to agree. " 'I wonder If you're hungry,' Jerry Mid. “Once more the bird chirped and then he sang a Mt of a song as though to say be would sing and so perhaps earn a nice supper. "Jerry put some bread crumbs oil a saucer and put the saucer a little dis tance away from her on a bureau. Soon the little bird flew over to the bureau, lie had been watching Jerry very closely. “'Won't you have some aupperT asked Jerry. “And the little bird as though In answer to her question tried some of the bread crumbs. He seemed so tame that Jerry decided she would put some crumbs on her hand and bold her hnnd out to see if he would come and eat from her hand. And sure enough he did. He did not seem to be frightened at all. In fact he acted as though It was not at all unusual for him to be fed. “Then Jerry took a leaf of nice crisp lettuce which was on her tray and gave It to the bird before she put any dress ing on her lettuce. For she kuew that salt and pepper and vinegar and oil would not be good for the bird. And the bird ate the piece of lettuce from her fingers and when be had finished he perched hlmsstf upon Jerry's first Inger, holding on with bis little clsws. “Then he gnve a peck at Jerry's finger as though to say, ‘I could eat a little more, young lady.' “And Jerry took the hint. "She gave him some more lettuce and he ate that, and then she gnve him a few cake crumbs and bo ate those. another hunk, as If by magic, known as tlie Perlya paar. acicntlflc experts tn the year 1902 estimated the number of young oysters at one hun dred thousand million, but so Insecure was their existence that on Inspection a few months later tt was found that all had been swept away. Under Government Control. The fisheries have been under gov- emment control and the taking of the oysters is permitted only after an in spection discloses that they are pres ent in sufficient numbers. News that a fishery is to be held travels as by wireless telegraphy throughout Ceylon. India, and other parts of the East, and at the prescribed time 30.000 to 50,000 people gather In a few dflys on a strip of desert sand, with the Gulf of Manaar on one side and the jungle on the other, at a point convenient to the pearl-oys ter grounds. A town overIng a square mile springs up like a boom town in the West, with regular streets, privnte houses, shops, markets, banks, a ceme tery, and government buiidtngs. such as a court honae, post and telegraph offices, prison, and hospital. In the out skirts of the town large water tanks are constructed to supply water for washing clothes and for bathing; there are also wells or cisterns throughout the town. As there Is no harbor, the fishing boats drew up in a long line on the beach. A more heterogeneous aggregation of humanity could hardly be found else where. Besides the officials, with their assistants and servants and the force of 200 native police, there are the multitudes of fishermen, merchants, mechanics, pawnbrokers, money-lend ers, priests, coolies, and pearl buyers and speculators, of every conceivable color, speaking a score of tongues, and representing half a dosen religions. To amuse, divert and prey on those who have legitimate business in the pearl town, there are fakirs, jugglers, danc ers, loggers, gamblers, and loose char acters of both sexes. Sure Enough He Did. As soon as the fishery la over, tlie entire place seems to dissolve in a day as If by magic, the people hurry to Next Jerry put some water in a Httle saucer and not only did the bird drink their homes, the pearl town lapses again Into a solitary sandy waste, and gome water but lie took a little shower bath, too. the beasts of the jungle take posses "How Jerry did laugh. 'Of course,' sion. Marichchukaddi may spring in- she aaid, ‘it isn't usual to bathe in to being the next season, but may re- one'a drinking saucer but maybe you main non-existent for many years. i need a bath ever so badly so I'll for- How the Divers Work. give you. The fishing boats start for th< “‘And anyway I think your bird grounds soon after midnight, so as to manners are excellent, Ton haven't be ready for work as soon as daylight been greedy and yet you have seemed comes. They take positions about the to enjoy your supper.’ supervising vessel moored over tlie “Jerry finisher] her supper and pretty particular ground selected, anchor, goon a nurse came In to take her tray. and remain actively engaged until ‘Oh, I’ve a little visitor,’ cried Jerry, noon, when the entire fl«*t sets sail ‘and I feel so much better already. and starts for the shore. You can't Imagine how he has cheered ’ Except for a loin cloth, the divers me up. Oh, ever and ever so much.' i are naked. Their fingers are covered “Tea. I can,' the nurse said, ‘for by flexible leather shields to protect yon look so much better al ready—lots them from the rough corals and shells. better than you did an hour ago, tn In order to facilitate the descent, each fact’. diver employs a flat, oval stone, weigh “The bird did not seem frightened : ing 30 to 50 pounds. The stone is by the nurse although he flew back to perforated at one end to receive a rope, the chair where he had first perched and close to the stone a kind of himself. stirrup is made In the rope to accom "And then he began to sing, Such a modate tlie diver’s foot. The stone Is magnificent song as he did sing. Oh, | suspended at a def,th of four or five It was a wonderful song, and how Jerry feet below the surface by means of a did enjoy it. cord attached to an outrigger. “Well, the bird became a hospital When ready to descend, the diver pet. lie had n cage given to him but places one foot on the stone, the other he was allowed out when all the win on the rim of a rope basket attached to dows were closed, for if lie flew out of a rope. Inflates his lungs, loosens tlie a window again he might not be ao slip-knot holding the stone, and sinks lucky In finding ao pleasunt a home as rapidly to the bottom. the hospital. It was filled with such The Arab divers wear nose clasps of alee children and Jerry said before i- flexible horn attached to a cord around she left that she only wlslied bls own their necks, whHe the divers of other er knew that he wns happy and giving races simply compress their nostrils happiness to a hospital filled with by hand during the descent. children.” Under the arrangement that pre vailed at the last great fishery, tlie Dropping. divers were allowed to retain ono thlrd “How's the riding school going, old of their catch, to dispose of *s they man?” pleased. The government retained the “Rotten ! 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