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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16

There Is very quaint old world
superstition in connection with the
kingfisher. which | fancy still obtains
here and there in remote parts Of the
countryside. The superstition is this:
If n stuffed or dried kingfisher be sus-
pended by thread or string from the
beam or ceiling OF room It's breast
will always turn in the direction OF the
prevailing wind. How the notion first
arose and how, in the light OF common
sense and inquiry, It has been so long
perpctuated It ls hard to say, but 1t
has long existed and still exists. |
have clear recollection az a young
ster Of going into humble cottage in
the shires and seeing stuffed king
fisher thus suspended as a weather
vaue.-Country Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
FOlBLES OF LITERARY MEN.

Keats liked red pepper OH his toast.
Dickens was fond OF wearing Jew
elry.
Daudet wore his eyeglasses when
asleep.
Joaquin Miller nails all his chairs
to the wall.
Hawthorne always washed his hands
before reading letter from his wife
Alexandra Dumas the younger bought
a new painting every time he had u
new book published.
Thackeray used to lift his hat when
ever he passed the house in which he
wrote vanity Fair"
Robert Browning could not sit still.
With the constant shufiling OF his feet
holes We're worn in the carpet.
Robert Louis Stevensons favorite
recreation was playing the flute in or
der, as he said, to tune up his ideas.
Darwin had no respect for books and
would cut n big volume In two for con
veniencc in handling, or he would tear
out the leaves he required for refer
ence
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
EVIL EYE CHARMS.
The True Italian Talisman In I'm the
shape OF a Tiny Hand.

In Italy the aristocracy still protects
itself from the evil eye. and the multi
tude is still devoted to the little evil
eye charms to secure immunity from
disaster
The true evil eye charm Of the Ital-
ians is in the shape Of n tiny hand the
index and the little finger being point
ed out and the third and fourth fingers
being held down by the thumb. The
charm, however, is merely a represen-
tation OF the way in which the Italian
holds his hand. When pointed outward
he wishes 10 cast the evil eve on an
enemy, or when turned toward himself
be thinks 10 protect himself from its
malicious spell.
This little charm can he bought in
Italy OF various materials. coral, tor
toSe shell. silver and gold being the
ones In highest favor. The coral
charms are those worn by the poorer
classes. since OF cheap grade of the
material they can be bought for few
sous. Naturally the aristocracy prefer
them of gold. In Italian money these
tiny things then cost the equivalent OF
about SIS Sometimes they are seen
exquisitcly modelled, the fingers and
nails being rs carefully chiseled as
marble statues.
Another small hand that the Italian
wears as charm is known as the
Manus Panthea. Il facsimile OF which
ic tn hn fnttn1 In fhn p,n I'm,
1t is referred TO in various Egyptian
papyrl. and indeed was worn by the
ancients To prevent disease and witch
craft and the evil eye from taking hold
OF them ana To induce love and amia-
billty.
This hand has the thumb. the index
and the middle fingers held out I'm a
straight line. while the other two are
turned under toward the palm OF the
hand. Instead of being smooth on its
outer surface, rs Is the evil eye hand,
IL is covered with many mystical sym
bols-a tooth. n serpent and SO on.
Each of these little signs has its pc
culiar charm and is as we'll understood
and needed among the Italians today
as formerly among the Egyptian magi-
clans.
The third small hand which the Ital-
ians wear FOR their supposed good is
the so called Manus Pontifcous, or the
hand Of the Holy Father. 1t shows the
four fingers held out closely together,
and the thumb alone is curved under
the palm of the hand. As the Manus
Panthea, il is covered on the outside
with mystical symbols. - Washington
Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
No Sweetherrting In Ireland.

Through n great part Of ireland pub
lie opinion, nodded by the clergy, sepa-
rates the sexes as far as possible. At
the church door and wherever else they
conGregate men group on one side, wo-
men on the other. 1t is not well
thought Of for people Of opposite sexes
TO be seen walking along the road to-
gethcr even 10 n market The position
certainly of some ecclesiastics has
been made definite by the refusal Of
certain bishops to allow mixed class
es" In branches Of the Gaelic league.
ON the whole, public opinion discour-
ages whatever can be justly or even
unjustly set down as sweethearting.-
Edinburgh Review.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
IN THE PERSIAN DESERT.
Curious Way In Which Water Is Pro-
cured For Nesd.

Almost in the center of Persia lies
leZd. n city Of perhaps 10000 people,
on the great caravan route. IL is city
of the desert, says the author Of Five
Years In Persian Town." but how
complete that desert is and how large
IL is hard 10 realize.
In going from the Caspian sea to
iezd one sees strip OF green country
thirty miles wide along the sea and
another twenty miles in diameter
round Teheran. Aside from that there
is nothing but waste.
The desert in Persia. however. is OF
many kinds. There are places where
the ground is absolutely bare except
for the thick crusts OF salt that lie
like snowdrifts, streaking the plain in
every direction. There are also places
equally salt where the proximity OF n
certain amount Of useless water pro-
duccs a larger quantity Of plant life
than in the ordinary desert. For the
rest there is vast waste OF sandy
patches and OF gravelly soil, fertile
enough when water can be brought to
II. sometimes ilccked with dry. brown
ish shrubs. sometimes quite bare.
Two desert plants never touch one
another. In the most favorable places
two very tiny shrubs may be found
within two yards OF each other. but
with a single exception one does not
see on the central Persian caravan
route place away from the hills
with enough natural growth to modify
the color of the distance
Even in the oases no seed comes up
that is not purposely sown; no plant
seems 10 have any association with
the rest. One fixes the eye on each of
them individually rs upon single
unit, not as on part Of field or a
garden.
The water for these oases is brought
10y the most difficult means imagina-
bic. 1t is found in abundance at the
foot Of the mountains, perhaps 300
feet underground. When a well has
been sunk and plenty Of water found
hunt is made for the nearest place
I'm the desert which Is lower than wa
ter level in the well. Such n spot is
Yezd thirty miles from the sources
which water II. In a line with that
place other wells are sunk thirty or
forty yards apart each shallower than
the one before, and then from the Sc
lectcd site n tunnel is run in TO the first
pit. from that TO the second, and so on
back TO the wells, even though they be
forty miles away. Through this un-
dcrground channel flows the life giving
water.
Sometimes II happens that a sudden
hard rain falls in this desert country.
1t brings many disasters, for the sun
baked mud roofs OF the dwellings nre
caved in. their walls are washed away,
and other damage is done them. But,
worst OF all, too much water washes
out and caves in these "Quana" chan
nels, and until they are again dug out
no water comes TO town.
1t has happened Mt Yezd that n single
rainy day, the water from which had
dried away or sunk into the ground be-
fore the next sunrise, has, 10y filling
the channels, caused water famine
In the city for three months.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
Japnnesc Finger Napkins.

The Japanese have n picturesque I'm
provcmcnt on finger bowls. At the
conclusion Of the rcpast a tiny basket,
woven Of exquisite straw and in orna-
mental design. Is placed before each
guest. This basket contains n filmy,
satiny, paper napkin, printed with ap-
pie blossoms, chrysanthemums, irises
or some other attractive design, and
twisted lightly into fower-like shape.
Before being placed In the basket the
napkin has been slightly dampened
with perfumed water, the scent cor
responding with the design. and this
napkin the guest uses instead OF dip
ping the hands In water.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
The Extinct NIamo.

Perhaps the most notable native bird
OF the Sandwich Islands was the ma.
mo. which has been extinct compare.
lively only a few years. 1t had two
little tufts of yellow feathers on IFS
wings, which were used exclusively in
lrhe manufacture Of cloaks worn by the
kings Of those islands. The estimated
value Of one OF the cloaks is 100000,
and 1t took an almost indefinite mum.
Der of birds to furnish the feathers
London Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
oINEYVILLE FREE LIBRARY.

The following BOOKS were placed
on the shelves at Olneyyille Free
Library: "Dr. Lavender's People,
Margaret Deland; The Travelling
Thirds" Senator North" Gertrude
Atherton: Mr.. Patti" Joseph Lin
coin. The Fighting Chance Robert
Chambers: Tides Of Barnegat,
Wood Fire in no. g." +. Hopkinson
smith: "slowmarket Mystery The
Kings Diamonds" Louis Tracy: call
of the Wild" Jack London; Story
NJ Liberty" - copies), c. c. Coffin:
"Nan from America" Mrs Henry de
Ia Pasteur: The Saint Antonio
Fou3rrario. "ConistOn. 'Orisis,
Winston Churchill; Under the Arch
Lady Henry Somerset: The. Virgin
ian" owen Wister; "Glengarry
school Days" Ralph Connor; Little
Sbepherd OF Kingdom Come t2l
cories). John Fox, Jr.; 'Doroaster'
Marian Crawford; Marquis OF Los
sre.' George Macdonald; scott 5
Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.
new edition Of Rand a McNally's In
dexed atlas Of the world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
charlie. Y. Liked Mechanics.

Charles V. Of Spain, like Louis XVI.
Of France, was particularly fond Of
timepleces and had a decided taste for
mechanics. When In Germany he in
vented a carriage for his own accom-
modation. and after bis abdication he
would amuse himself In making little
puppets-soldlcrs performing their ex-
ercises, girls dancing with their tam
bourlncs and little wooden birds that
would fly In and out OF the window.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
Thunder and Lightning.

Here Is a Georgia youngsters definl.
ton of thunder and lightning:
THE thunder Is nav readin' n lee
turc to paw, an the lightnin' Is paw
runnn' TO git away from IL. But I
doubt II lightnln' kin beat him when
he jumps the garden fence an hits the
grit"'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
A Reasonable Reapsst,

"Pa. Uncle James has given me his
steamer trunk"
"Wcll, what of ~"
"NOw, pa, don't be peevisb. Couldn't
you give me trip 10 Europe 10 sort of
round out Uncle James presentp-
Houston Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
All In the Point of View

ut seems a terrible thing 10 lead n
dogs life" painted the cur with the
tin can attachment, crawling into cor.
ner TO rest himself.
"Oh, don't knowr contentedly an
swered the lap dog g.-Chlcago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
self Esteem.

Druggist-Huh! You seem 10 think
you are the boss Of this establishment.
New Clerk-Oh. no, sir. Druggist
Then why do you talk like blooming
idioti-Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16

Circumstances are beyond the con
troll OF man, but bis conduct Is in bis
own power
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
The 0lnouViII0 TlmHS.

The "Times" may be found TOR
sale each week as follows:
Nar.on avenue ..J. McCabe
Cineyville Square james Shawcross
Hartford avenue ....J. +. Heffernan
Centerdale George T. Batcheldei
North Scituate ........'f fost Onlce
Ceorgiaville Richard Tobin
Also at the Times Once.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16
Ion Int.

"And you didn't propose 10 herr
"No"
"WhyT
Il was leading up 70 II. but suddenly
noted that her voice had a sort Of pre-
vious enga cement ing."-Smart Set.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-16

\ meeting of the Town Council and
Probate Court of the Town of Scitu
ate was aeld Saturday at the Town
Council gambler at 1 o'clock. Mem
lers present were John \. Battey
Jr. Edwin l.. Hawkes., Asahel A.
Peck. Frank H.Wilbur, Gilbert w.
Adams. Edwin O. Pierce and George
\. Kennedy.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
CONTINUES
 TO HOLD FIRST PLACE

Amalgamated continues the active feature among the copper securities. and the action of this stock is very closely watched by all interested hold CTS of copper stocks; it is looked upon as being the leader in any activity in copper shares.
 The settlement of litigation with the Heinze interests of course means that a policy of active development and expansion of the Amalgamated properties will be inaugurated, and We think that holders of Amalgamated shares can look forward to seeing the results of this policy reflected in the price of the company's shares, and the gradual increase in a dividend rate 10 at least per cent before any great length Of time.
 Money conditions may interfere for the time being with any activity in the sCoek market.
 Butte Coalition properties are un- dergoing a system of management un- known to them heretofore. They are being worked to the best possible ad- vantage for the ore in them, and the proceeds from the operation of its mines will go to the company's stock holders instead of being diverted into political and court channels. The company's production, which is now aJ the rate of over 30.000,000 pounds of copper per year, will be largely in creased within the next year. The deepest workings in any of it's mines is about l.GO0 feet, and the company's future is very promising: i-. fact, no copper company outside of Amalga- mated and North Butte has greater possibilities.
 North Butte earnings are more than double present dividend requirements. and with their new hoist in commis- sion by June l, as is expected now, an increase in dividend disbursement is anticipated when the directors meet 10 consider the next dividend.
 It is not generally known that d large amount of it's surplus earnings has been put into new properties dur irg the past year. and it Is now in position to increase its operations ma terially
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20

writer or speaker is '..h,. to hs I'D. garded a reckle. ana irresponsible liar.
 nave secured the estimates of .wo mining engineers, high class, con sey vative men, one a graduate of liar ward, the other of Columbia. both well acquainted with the geology and min eralogy of the camp. and familiar with all the development, who figured first separately and afterward in con s6ltation, and they agreed upon the statement as sufficiently reserved and cautious, that the camp contains to- day, practically in sight. the astound- ing aggregate of one billion tons.
 The fin sight," as used by them is nor, we ought to say. used quite in the mining sense of the term, but partly in the strict mining sense, and partly as justifiable geological infer ence-
 Now. one billion tons carrying 40 cents to the ton in gold, gives: gold value of four hundred million dollars; carrying s1 in silver, one million dol lars.
 These responsible gentlemen thought it safe to reckon the average copper contents at three and one-half per cent. But to avoid any suspicion of a desire to exaggerate the riches of the camp, we shall here adopt the average of the lowest grade section of the camp, two and a half per cent. or 50 pounds of refined copper to the ton. Even on that low estimate, it shows a money value that staggers belief. ...
 Fifty pounds to the ton, gives an aggregate of fifty billion pounds of pure copper in sight
 At eighteen and a half cents 9 pound. this gives a total copper value in sight of nine billion, two hundred and fifty million dollars. Add silver value, one billion dollars; gold value four hundred million; total metal value, ten billion, six hundred and fifty million dollars.
 That foots up the astounding value of almost eleven billion dollars.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
BODY OF DEAD MAN
 FOUND NEAR PRESCOTT.
IS THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF BEN MOORE, OF INDIAN
 APolls. n,

The Prescott Courier says that Judge Keohane. Deputy SheriS Bowdre and Undertaken Ncsin returned Tues day evening from Granite Mountain, where they viewed and buried ths re- mains of man found pssr Table Mountain, at the south end of Granite Mounta.n,. mad not fer from the Mint Val Ley road, Jim Storm drove them over tnere and helped bury the re- mSins. The man had been dead Tor several months. The body was torn by coyotes and there was nosning found to identify the rematAs, which were those of a white znan, and a sound set of teeth indicated that he was not old. w. r. Cobb. of Jerome informed Deputy Bowdre that the re mains might be those of Ben Moore of Indianapolis, Ind, who left Jerome January l5 last for Prescott and has not been heard of since. He left 6 gold watch, clothing. etc. in Jerome He has an uncle blythe name of Ed Harvey in Pueblo.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
fFrom the Ely, .Nev.. ,5ews.)

(From the Ely. -Nev.. 7Sews.)
 Ii is impossible to speak the stu pendous copper deposits al Ely, with the reserve which win col nand the in. mediate confidence of those who hear of our wonderful camp for zoe first time. because the .suae and value of the deposits are almos, In cre..ply great.
 The best informed aipsaE men of the United States are nov beginning to clearly comprehend it's actual greatness for the first tim, and as a conseo. .1ence there is 1; scramble amorg the great miners and capital ists of the country to gaiI foothold in the camp.
 The money exchanges il the trans fers of Ely mining property during the month of March exc, ed those of all the rest of Nevada n1Sre than six times over. and some I.otable mine sales wer made during l-arch in the Bullfrog district.
 Bullfrog is probably the greatest all-gold camp today in Nsvada- It is believed to have S40.00O,t % of value iE sight. or practically in sight. Bull frog is a truly great caml, and worthy of the implicit confideLee of those who are putting their l-Ioney in to develop its vast mines.
 The gold values in the Ely copper deposit are very low, al eraging only about two pennywcights 70 the ton abour 40 cents worth-but the magni- tude of the ore deposit Is so vast that the total gold value in sight today observe, we say in sight today equals the stupendous sum of s400.- 0o0. 900. The silver values are also low, buu We think may be safely plac- ed at s1 per ton for the whole dis trict. In some of the mines it is cer- tainly more than that.
 One billion tons in sight. There is no incentive for sensational figures on the Ely copper deposit, but quite the contrary, because, as said before, 1 the most reserved statement that can be made is so astonishing that, al 1 first blush, it looks incredible and the
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20

ture IF per cent, and this reduction of 25 per cent signifies a diminution equal to the respective federal tax.
 The executive desiring further to relieve the mining industry, freed them from import duties on the pr.n- cipal articles coming from abroad, to be used in the mines or in the treat ment of metals, although some of the exceptions are only of a temporary character.
 According to calculations made as regards the production Of the last fIs- cal year, the reduction of taxes and dues that have been decreed will cause a sacrifice to the federal bud get of clcse on s4.OOO, O00 annually.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
MEXICO LOWERS TAXES
 ON MINING INDUSTRY

h aecordaace with the new lcgisla- ton mining taxes and dIe3 in Me- ico h fe been sabiect to the fol.ol ing qualifications:
 1) The internal tax has been fixed at 3jz per cent and 1 # per cent. according to whether the metals were in taeir natural state or had been treated and refined. (2) The coin age tax has been abolished. (3) The title to mines tax has been reduced from s10 to s5 per pertenencia. (4) The annual tax has also been reduced from s10 to SC per pertenencia, and in some instances to s3. (5.) The local taxes cannot exceed in the flu
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
CHEAPER COPPER REDUCTION
 PROMISED FROM BOSTON

According to information received by the Review from Boston a mining engineer of that city has invented a process for the reduction of copper which it is stated, will almost revolu- ton ize that industry. It is claimed that it will bring the price of reduc- tion of copper from ore to ingot be- low three cents a pound. Experiments have shown the process to be effective. It is further stated that it is to be applied to the low grade ores of this territory, probably in the Globe dis trict.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
ORE FOR HUMBOLDT.

Kean and John St. Charles shipped q car load of ore from the Midnight mine to the Humboldt shelter last Thursday. The ore is from the 70 foot level of the mine and is said tC carry good values in copper, gold and silver. The mine is showing UT large bodies of high grade ores. whicf will be blocked out for stoping.-Mo have Miner.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
GO TO PIMA COUNTY
 TO INSPECT MINING PROPERTY

H. F. Brandt and Will Scott left Naco this week fer Pima county where they will inspect a mining property forty miles from Tucson in the Santa Rita mountains. The above named gentlemen, together with local people, are interested in the group as a close holding company doing devel- opment work. On tho present trip MT Brandt goes to survey the group and sample the property.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
C. & A. SHELTER RETURNS
 FOR MONTH OF MARCH

The smelter returns for March, we understand, were 3,93S, 900 pounds, which includes the production from the Lake Superior G Pittsburg and Pit;sburg & Duluth. This makes the total output for the first three months of the year 12.7SS.OOO pounds, against 7.S0S, 900 for 1905.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
SYMPATHY OF STOCKS
Markets Are 0ulled by Awful Effect of Catastrophe in San Francisco.
lRY Frank | GrafN


 BlSBEE. April l9.-Little or no at teation has been paid to Bonanza Cir cie stocks today. Without doubt the public in general had friends in Sa Francisco. e Thsse is little er Hethisg to .ay re Earding the market. onlv ,hat trade ls to a certain exta- ,,.nenaed or they are paS,ng d gr,at deal of atten Gen te soe New York market on ae- ceaas bI banks calling in the call toahs- The wire service was given over 10 UT Jose who were unfortunate enough co have relatives and frienas in An Francisco. and other teie- f.ams had to wait, which was no more than right. In the New York mar eet the leased wire has not been working at all during the day, al though the New York market suffer ed considerably. while the Boston market was closed on account Of eler ton. American is being offered fee ly at SIP. while Warren is ip great demand at sI6.25 to si6.50. Cochist has fallen off considerably. and is be ing offered at $6.5o.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20

BISBEE, Ariz., April 19, 1906. Market Quiet
 Prices Unchanged.
 The market today was devoid of any features. and trading was nearly at a standstill. Ow- ing to wire trouble in the east the quotation service was poor and there was little doing out side of the trading in local stocks.
 Tomorrow is the last day in which to secure Cananea & Duluth stock at S1.00 per share, as the company's sub- scripuon books will close with tomorrow. and, judging from today's safes of this stock, there will probably be an over subscription.
 Arizona Gold Mining Com pany stock is being dealt in some, locally, at COG per share. This company's property is sit uated near Tucson and is said to be an immense low-grade proposition, and are at pres ent working 30-stamp mill.