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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Another Wisconsin Diamond

Recently a young son of Charles De
vine, who resides on farm - miles
southwest o. the village of Oregon,
Dane county, Wis. found a brilliant
little stone in pebbly clay hank and
carried it home as q curiosity. The
father submitted It to William II.
Hobbs, professor OF mincralogy and
metallurgy in the University cf Wis
consin, and he said that II was a genu
inc diamond, 1t measures thTee-eighths
of an incL in diameter, weighs four
carats, and is a rhombic dodecahedrOE,
with its - faces slightly rounded, one
of the signs of a good stone. 1t was III
the glacial drift and came Of course
from the north, where geolo-ists have
long insisted conditions exist favorable
to diamond discoveries. This specimen
is of good color and is worm perhaps
5000.
This find recalls the big diamond
found at Waukesha in 1884. which sold
for 81, 600, and about which extensive
litigation occurred. Both finds arc IN
the same drift. The Oregon diamond
bed is among the Sugar river pearl fish
cries of southern Dane county.
waukee Sentinel.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
The Cravfish and the Ieyees,

Whenever | hear of a break in the
levee down III my district, | know that
nine chances to one Crawtsh have
caused it. The assertion may sound
slightly exaggerated, but it is a fact
nevertE eless that the Troublesome little
crawfish work more danger to the le-
wees than does the water. On a big rise,
when the bed of the river is stretched
from embankment TO embankment, the
crawfish barrow into the leveeS and
live there in the moist earth. They
multiply faster than maggOts and loosen
up the earth worse than moles.
The levee may be completely sOdded
with grass and you see no external evil
dence of the damage going on within,
but when the next big rise comes you
Will see it. | have frequently known
the water to break through the levee two
or three feet from the top, and You can at
tribute it TO nothing but the destructive
work of crawfish This was particular
ly true of the break at Offut's in 1889,
when a portion of the town of Green
vile was submerged. The builder of
the levee in the future Will have to take
into account the crawfish as one of his
most stubborn foes. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Save the Forests.

Some years ago the government Of
Bavaria sent skilled forester 10 study
the conditions of timber growth In the
United States. While here he made the
remark, as if speaking of a matter gen
orally known and accepted:
In 80 years YOU will have to import
your timber. and as You will probably
prefer American kinds we shall begin to
grow them, in order to lie eready to serd
them to you at the proper time.
What an instance of scientific fore
thought, and withal what Il warning!
Perhaps it is not Yet too late to grow
on our own lands the timber we shall
need generation or two hence. but if
we are TO DO SO it Is time 10 take rigor-
Gus steps to stop reckless forest destruc
tiOn and to encourage scientific cultiva-
ton.
While our government sells outright
its forest lands for So 30 an acre. France
obtains almost exactly the same sum
yearly from each acre of its forest land
by sales of timber. We spend our cap
ital France makes an income. and
safeguards its capital.
Palissy, the famous French potter.
who was wise in other things as well
as in porcelain, declared that the neg
lect of forests in his day was mot a
mistake, but calamity and a curse for
France" That country has since
learned the lesson. When Will ours
follow its ple?-Youth's Compau-
ion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Swearing.

1t may be said without exaggeration
that swearing forms an important fac
tor in the masculine vocabulary of
nearly every civilized nation. Great
writers like Shakespeare knew this. a
collection of Shakespearean Oaths and
epithetS with their etymology would
fill a volume. Shakespeare realized
that they were inseparable from faith
ful portrayal of virile human charac-
ter; that no truthful picture Of COM
mon life would be possible without the
in which mon express their emotions.
But conventionality forbids to nine
teenth century writers what the Eliza
bethan age not only tolerated. but ap-
proved. Philadelphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
SOME OLD TIME GAMES.
Many of the Present Day Sports Were Bor-
rowed From the Past.

rowed From the Past.
1t is curious to note how some Of the
games of the early ages have been hand
ed down to the present time. The game.
for instance, known 10 most of Us as
odd and even was also favOIite with
the young Egyptian. and many OF the
little counters that he used are still
preserved in the British museum. There
Is also the game of drafts. which was
played on a checkered board in the earli-
EST times. The poor children were con-
tent with craftsmen and boxes made OF
rough pieces of clay, but the richer ones
usually had beautifully carved iron
headed craftsmen and boxes.
The young Greeks, too, We're well
provided with toys and games for their
amusement. The toys We're chiefly dolls
made of baked clay, the arms and legs
being jointed with string. and there
fore movable. They had favorite game
called Chytriand. which has heen PIE
served through many ages, and Is now
played by boys Of today under the we'll
known name OF pu&s IN the corner. In
France the game is called Qultre coins,
or four corners. Both IN the old game
and in the modern version five players
are required, one occupying each Of the
corners, while the fifth player stands
in the middle. In ancient Gr-ece he
were an earthen pipkin on his he al and
was called pot: in France at the (res-
ent day he Is the nlgaud, or simpleton,
and by us Is called puSS.
To guess the number of fingers anoth-
er held up was also favorite amuse-
ment, and this. too. is frequently play
ed ar the present time. So you see how
carefully the character Of the amuse-
ments and the playthings of the very
early ages has been maintained in the
toys and games in use today.-New-
castle Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Cotton Gins.

Some recent improvements iii cotton
gins are claimed TO insure much great
er economy and efficiency than have
hitherto been attained. the difficulty be-
ing now overcome of obtaining the full
length Of the various staples ON account
of the machinery III use tearing the lint
before the parting of the entire length
of the fiber from the rollers. AS now
improved, the machine is so constructed
as to allow al changes for meeting
these various lengths III staples to be
made without even having to stop the
operator from his work, whereas the
gin now in use not only necessitates the
stopping of the machine, but requires a
great amount of time In which TO effect
the change. Another Improvement in
this machine is an appliance in cOnnec-
tiOn with the inner blade, consisting of
spring which allows it to give when
the pressure Of cotton passing through
the roller is too severe, thus preventing
the inner and outer blades from coming
in contact with each other. The great
wear of the roller is by this means saved.
New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Whistling on Shipboard.

If you want to see a disgusted man,
just whistle on shipboard before a sail
or. You never knew sailor to whis-
tie. He will tell you all about "whis-
tling down the wind. > but he cCnld not
get up a puc}er to save his ship. You
remember that old story about a sea
captain who refused to take aboard a
woman who whistled. and knowing the
old superstition feared tha. N.5h her
on board F., would 20 ,CIe of ship
wreck. 1 40 not know how it is with
the captains of vessels now, for almost
every woman seems to know how to
whistle and keeps up the fashiOn.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens. that
for years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR. i.
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's brnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and We stand ready to
efund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
emedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. B. A. Smith
Druggist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
ChPerfulneSs.

That cheerfulness can be cultivated
is well illustrated by the story of lady
and gentleman who were in timber
yard. situated by dirty. foul smelling
river.
The lady said. How good the pine
boards smell,'
Pine boards" exclaimed the gentle
man. just smell this foul river.''
No, thank you. the lady replied.
Il prefer 20 smell the pine boards. -
Rams Horn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
went TO its rainmaker and demanded his
immediate attention thereto.

went TO its rainmaker and demanded MS
immediate attention thereto.
He at once set to work TO weave a
sort of hurdle of the branches and
leaves of tree famed for its rain pro-
ducing qualities, which, being finished,
was placed, with proper incantations,
at the bottom of what should have been
a water hole in the now parched bed Of
the mountain torrent. There it was
then held in place with stones. Down
came the rain; nor did it cease for 4S
hours. by which time 1t had become too
much of a good thing. Soon the rain
producing hurdle was quite 10 feet IN
der water in the seething torrent, and
the people, much to their dismay, saw
that their vans and the surrounding
earth were beginning 10 wash away
down the hillsides.
The lieutenant continues: Now
mark what comes Of foolirg with the
elements. No man Cf the hill country
was able T. dive TO the bottom OF the
water hole 10 phil up the hurdle with
its weight Cf stones, so the Il ercileSs
rain still held Cr. Al last the shore na-
tives. accustomed L. swimming and div
ing, heard what the matter was, and
some of them coming to the assistance
the compeller Of the elements was re-
covered from Its watery bed and-the
Iain stopped,
1t is such a coincidence as this. hap
pening perhaps once III a decade, which
causes this people. now thoroughly
Christianized. to refuse to give up their
rain doctors. although all other out
ward forms Of rank superstition appear
TO have been freely Abandoned d-LouiS-
Vile COurier-JOuln"i.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
An Indians Diplomacy.

heard good story of a celebrated
Indian potentate who took an English
peer. who was staying with him. out
shooting. Truth TO tell. the peer shot
very badly, and the eastern prince was
sorely puzzled to combine oriental cow
pliment and empty gamebags. At last.
with low bow, ne said. Your excel
lency shot splendidly, but God was
very merciful 10 the little birdS.'-
London Gentlewoman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
A BIT OF RAlNMhKlNG.

An Effort In the Hebriies Islands Tat
Was Brimful of Success.
Lieutenant Boyle I. S0mcrvlila &
the English navy, who lived Il@, y
years in the Hebrides islands. tell .H
following interesting tale regarding 1 e."
work of professional native =. IL
maker. Toward the end of the al,
just after yam planting, there Game an
unusual period of drought. so that an IL
land tribe in the island of Amhrvjn
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12

W. n NAE-N
Interest paid OH deposits subject 10 check a,
sight l-2 per cent per anhum.
Deposits for Savings received a. low 81 90.
Interest allowed on balance of s. ana over, pay
able on March 18th and Sci temhcr 18th. Deposits
received before the 18th OF each month draw IN
tercst from the lst of the month deposits received
after the 18th draw interest from the lSt OF tlle
next month.
Last dividend was a. the rate Of - per cent
per annum.
This department combines the security AfO ii
edby the capital stock Of the Company with ti,e
advantages of p saving bGnk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
Annual
Reduction
Sale! !
OF FINE CLOAk~ and
FURS.

~ - II - - - AlN rtlN
FURS.
This is a genuine reduction
in the prices of our own fine
stock and not ill,made and
poor qualities bought for the
occasion.
Ladies' Plain and Fur
Trimmed Jackets, 5, $50, 10,
SI2.5o, former prices $Io to
$40.
Ladies' Braid and Fur
Trimmed Skirted Coats II. so,
1900, 1850, $50, former
prices 20 to $40.
Ladies' Plain Tight Fitting
and Paddock Coats IS, 1850
to SIS, former prices 20 to
$40
Children's and Misses Gar
mcnto sold from $50 to $S,
less on each one than early
prices.
Alaska Seal Garments, Fur
CaPes, Neck Scarfs, Muffs
and Gloves Of the finest quail
ity greatly reduced in prices.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
a. HERBERT ARNOLD
Funeral Director and Embalmer.
33i HIGH ST.. ov..OPEN NIGHTS

With twenty FIVE years experience In
the business feels confident he can serve
the public in time of bereavement IN n
satisfactory manner. Carrying good
assortment from the cheapest to the best.
Lady assistant when desired. Telephone
1864
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-12
FINANCIAL.
DIRECTORS:
BANKING ROOM
OLNEYVILLE BRANCH, IRONS ELoCK

l38 Broad Street, cor. EDDY Providence, R. l..
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IN THE HOUSE.
SUGAR INVESTIGATION.
Senator Gray Submits TO the Senate the
Second Batch of Testimony.

Senator Gray Submits TO the Senate the
Second Batch of Testimony.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Senator Gray,
as Chairman of the special committee to
investigate the alleged operations of the
sugar trust in connection with tariff leg
islation, to-day submitted to the Senate
the second batch of testimony taken be-
fore that committee. containing informa-
ton concerning the examination of all the
Democratic members OF the Finance Com
nlittee, including Voorhees,, Jones, Vest,
Harris, MCPHERSON, Mills, Secretary
Carlisle and John Dewitt Warner of the
House of Representatives. Mills denied
all knowledge of the reported secret in
terviews of Carlisle. He, Jones and Vest
prepared the sugar schedule as first re-
ported and knew nothing of the memo
randum from the Secretary. He never
met any member of the trust and denied
any knowledge OF contributions TO the
Democratic campaign fund by the sugar
trust. Carlisle's statement, as it appears
In the published testimony, is not ma
ter1aliy different from that given to the
press the day after he was before the COM
mittee. Mcpherson denied that he ever
said anything about the Democratic party
being under obligations to the sugar
trust. He believed in free sugar, il it
could be made free and a sufficient rev.
enue secured. He did not think it right
to speculate in stocks affected by legisla-
ton, and had never done so. He also had
an understanding with his son to dlscon-
tinue speculation. Representative w arner
testified that the suggestion had been
made to him that if there was not duty
OH sugar the trust would beat the bill.
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MOVEMENT OF INDUsTRIALs.
Andra's Division Arrives at Bakers
fieId-Barker,S Army.

Andra'S DIVISION Arrives at Bakers
fieId-Barker's Army.
BAKERSFIELD, June 4.-Ninety-three
of the Andra division of the Industrial
Army arrived at o'clock and are now
camped on the Kern Island Canal. They
appear to be fair class of men, princi-
pally mechanics, who claim they cannot
obtain labor at any rates. They say they
are not destined for Washington, but for
their homes in the Eastern and Western
States. They will receive ample provis-
ions if they behave themselves and will
be sent further south. Two hundred of
the Barker contingent will arrive to-
night at the river, but will not be allowed
in town.
DENVER, June 4.-The LOO members
of the Commonweal army, who have for
three days been constructing flat boats
with which to float down the Platte River
to Plattsmouth, and from there down the
Missouri to st. Louis. have completed
ITO boats and will leave the city to-mor-
row morning. They expect to reach St.
Louis In about twenty days. The army
is we'll provisioned, and to what they al
ready have the Chamber Of Commerce
will add $500 worth. provided 1,200 men
start on this journey.
CAIRO (Ill.), June 1.-The Mayor to-
day issued a quarantine proclamation
against the entrance of the Kelly Indus
trial Army into this city on account of
the navy having been exposed to the
smallpox. The navy will reach here
Wednesday,,
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ODD FELLOWS DISTURBED.
A Case Which the Grand Lodge VIII
be Called Upon to Settle.

A Case Which the Grand Lodge VIII
be Called Upon to Settle.
FARGO (N. d., June A case that has
been disturbing the Odd Fellows of the
Northwest for nearly year past is to be
settled at the session of the Grand Lodge
in Grand Forks this week. After the
Fargo fire on June 7th last, in which the
local lodge of Odd Fellows lost their hall
and its contents, contributions poured in
from outside lodges in answer to an ap-
peal for AID for the stricken members. It
is understood that the total cash received
amounted to upward of $4,000. The
spirit OF sacrifice became epidemic and
an agreement was signed between all the
members to turn all contributions into
the lodge treasury. The odd F'etloaes'
ReUieu of Minneapolis first called atten-
ton to the manner in which these contri-
buttons were used. Since then it has be-
come topic Of conversation III lodge cir
cIes all over the country, it being charged
that the local lodge used the big fire as an
excuse to provide themselves with hall
at the expense of outside lodges. The de-
tense of the Fargo members is that it is
no crime for individual members to sac
ritice contributions to the lodge ex-
chequer instead OF putting it into their
pockets. The Odd Fellows, however,
will watch with interest the action of the
Grand Lodge Of the State in this matter.
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many trains on these roads will be aban-
doned unless coal can be obtained soon.
The Cleveland, LOrain and Wheeling
road will attempt resumption OF traffic
tomorrow.
LITTLE PROSPECT OF A SETTLEMENT.
PITTsBURG, June 4.-There seems little
prospect that settlement of the strike
will be reached as an outcome of to-mor-
rows conference of the miners, officials
and organizations at Columbus. Secre-
tary Warner, with Organizer Harris,
said there will be no 80 cent. COM
promise for the Pittsburg district, for the
miners will not hear of it. They have
struck for 70 cents, and unless they get it
they Will continue the strike.
INTIMIDATING woRKMEN.
CHARLESTON CIV. Va.), June Eighty
strikers arrived in Winifred by the boat
this morning and large number marched
here on the railroad track. 1t is known
that an attempt will be made to intimi-
date the men working here, and Sheriff
Hillman will take out force of deputies
by special train.
WORK OF INCENDIARIEs.
CHARLESTON CIV. Va.), June 4.-In-
formation has been received here that the
drum house at the Davis mines, on Nor
ris Creek, thirty miles above here, was
burned by the strikers, and the Mann's
Creek trestle, on the branch of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, between GiIkenson and
Sewell, was burned Saturday night.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BRIDGE.
SULLIVAN (Ind.), June 4.-Miners at
Shellburn made an attempt to blow up
the bridge one mile from town with
dynamite to-day. The work was not
we'll done and the damage has been re-
paired. The militia are in camp here and
will escort this afternoon the north
bound coal train.
THE COURTS TAKE A HAND.
CHICAGO, June 1.-The Santa Fe Rail-
road applied to Judge Grosscup of the
United States Court to-day for aid to SUBJ
due the miners alleged to be interfering
with the operations of the road at Streator
and Coal City.
Judge Grossup ordered United States
Marshal Arnold to proceed to Streator
Immediately with a posse, instructing
him to swear in all the deputies neces-
sary.
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THE WILLARD PARTY SAFE.
No Truth in the Story of Their
Perishing on the Desert.
AT LEAST THEY WE'RE ALIVE AND
WE'LL FIVE DAYS AGO
and the Passengers Relieved OF
Their Va1ua ables-Twenty-five Thou
sand-Dollar Fire at Guadalupe
Republican Victory in Oregon.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNION.
Los ANGELES, June Al. j. Fife, a
mill man in the employ of the e. e. Hol-
land Milling Company in San Diego
County, arrived in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Fife, IN reference to dispatch from
San Diego relating the story of the prob
able loss of the Millard party in the
desert, said: at must be mistake. /
have just come from that vicinity, and l
know l saw the men of that party five
days ago, alive and well. The whole
party, the two Millards, diamond
George and the colored man came into
the Holland camp ten days ago to get
supply of water. We were short our
selves, but we spared some for the men.
but could not give them any for their
horses. They had already lost some
horses for lack of water, and their remain
ing stock was undoubtedly abandoned,
but the men were all right. 1 am ac-
quainted with Diamond George and the
fact that the colored man was along
proves that / am not mistaken in the
identity of the parties. The dead bodies
found on the desert were not those of the
Millard party. The men who are sup
posed to have died of thirst are now pros
pecting in the neighborhood of the Lost
Horse mine, and are not suffering"
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ELECTION IN OREGON.
Republicans Carry the State by a
Large MAJORITY.

Republicans Carry the State by a
Large Majority.
PORTLAND, June 1.-The most exciting
election in the history of the State took
place to-day. Lord (Rep.) for Governor
is undou ubtedly elected by a large plural
ity. The entire Republican State ticket
is probably elected. with the possible ex-
ception of Irwin for Superintendent of
Schools. The Legislature will be very
close, and the Populists may hold the
balance of power in the Senate, though
the Republican claim they will have a
majority in both houses. Hermann (Rep.)
is returned to Congress from the First
District by from 1000 to 1000 plurality.
Ellis (Rep.) is in the lead in the Second
District, but the greater part of the Sec
ond District is cut off by the flood. and
no returns will be received for several
days.
Out of 300 votes counted in this city,
Judge Lord (Rep.) for Governor, received
$780, If this ratio will be maintained
throughout the State he will have clear
majority over all other candidates, and a
plurality of more than $4,000. The entire
Republican State ticket is elected. The
vote for Ellis (Rep.) for Congress in the
Second District is slightly below that of
Governor, but his plurality Will not be
short of 1000. Hermann (Rep.) for Con-
gress in the Second District will have at
least l,500 plurality. George P. Frank
(Rep.) is elected Mayor of this city by at
least 900 plurality.
Indications are that Judge Lord IRE
publican) for Governor, is elected by not
less than $4,000 plurality. The counting
is slow, and in this city the count will
not be completed before Wednesday
night. At o'clock this Tuesday morn
ing, only 1000 votes out of about 900 in
this city had been counted. OF these
Lord received 53S; Galloway (Dem.) 260,
and Pierce (Pop.) 202. If this ratio is
kept up Lords plurality in the city will
be $500. For Congress, in this city, Ellis
(Rep.) has SD. Riley (Dem.) 2O6. Wal
drop (Pop.) $50. For Mayor. Frank (Rep.)
sos, Inman (Dem.) and (Pop.) $50, Honey
man Gnd.) SO.
The entire Republican legislative
ticket in this county is elected, and from
meager returns outside this city it is
believed the Republicans will con-
troll both branches of the Legislature.
Owing to the flood this city is entirely cut
off from Eastern Oregon. and not word
of news has been received from more
than one-half the State.