Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — Artificial Pearls from Fish Scales. [ARTICLE]

Artificial Pearls from Fish Scales.

According to a consular bulletin a call has been made upon the United States consulate at Lyons. France, to supply fish scales, to tie used in the manufacture of artificial pearls and other ornaments by means of a process recently discovered by a French chemist.