The People And New Hampshire Patriot

A pearl-making industry has sprung up in the Thuringian forests of Germany, and a large demand for the goods from abroad has made a boom in wages. The secret of making the so-called "lack-lustre" pearls was accidentally discovered by a workman who put one of the original samples in his mouth, and felt a tiny grain of sand on it. Previous to this acids had been tried without success, but the lucky workman tried "rubbing up" the pearls with common sand, and in less than a week hundreds of his fellows were making a living at the same work, and handsome goods were produced that now find a ready sale in the markets of the world.