Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1903 — A Venice Industry. [ARTICLE]

A Venice Industry.

Venice ewes the sccamnlstlss es great wealth from a sew Industry 9s one es her natives named Joqutn. It was fat the year 1686 that be ohservtd that the scales of a fish called the bleak Hah possessed the jwffitjr es giving s milky hoe te the water, if ter experimenting wttfc It he discovered that when beads were dipped lute It and theft dried they assumed the appearance of pearls. This covering, however, was easily worn away, aad successive experiments led to the manufacturer at hollow glass beads, all blown separately, then polished In revolving cylinders end finally coated Inside with the pearly liquid, the latter being protected with wax. This branch of industry is carried so in Venice to this day.