Show I Good news comes to California olive raisers in the Intelligence that the olive crop In southern Italy and Sicily I this year Is a total failure owing ito the ravages o the oil fly which appeared ap-peared In unusual numbers on account of the long drought last summer and fall The loss to the provinces of Bar and Lecce alone is estimated at COOOO 000 lire or SILOOOQOO There will of course be a corresponding scarcity of oIl Tho account says too that the people ascribe a part at least of their misfortune to the fact that so many insectdevouring songbirds have been klllrd that they are no longer any protection pro-tection The wickedest fashion that has prevailed for the last live years has hen the wearing of the plumage of songbirds on ladies hats |