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How the Lat Juror Wu Woo.
Dr. Robert D. Sheppard, business
agent of th Northwestern university,
relates n Htory of bow he once won a
lnwflt.it. which illustrates the iimuner In
which lawyers eomotiiueH adapt them
selves to thoir juries.
"Thero wits no question," said Dr.
Sheppurd, '"but iltnt I was in tho right
of the riu-e. Tho evidence was conclu
sive, Mm law whs nu my side, and
when ii y attorney a:'oso to make his
fipflijiiitf iiild'fsH lm thought l:ti hnd the
tarn won. I( briefly reviewed the evi
flouoo, fttitod tho law iu tlio citse, uud
was about to cio.-o hn iirgumiuit when
he noticed t lint nuoot the jurors, ustolid
old farmer, did line cpeiii to be with
him. The other 11 uiou had already de
cided tho en'! in their own minds, but
the fnrnier had a slnggiih, set expres
sion on his countenance, which boded uo
good for me or my can). Again my law
yer reviewed the evidence, addressing
his remarks entirely to this one man,
but no impression was made. The same
stolid expression still occupied the man's
faco, and ho seemed as little likely to be
moved as the courthouse in which the
trial was taking place. The attorney
tried all kinds of arguments, and final
ly, when he was about giving np in de
spair, a happy thought 6truck him. He
repeated again the bare facts, aud when
he came to a phtco where the person op
posing ui had made an egregious error
in judgment he leauod over to the old
farmer and said:
" 'And I want to tell you, my friend,
that thero 's where he dropped bis water
melon. '
"The old farmer's face lighted up,
aud from that moment the case was won.
Tho jury was out loss than live minutes
and brought back n verdict for all tnati
bad asked. "Chicago Chronicle.
She Saw Scowl Then.
Minnie I never noticed before that
this mirror bad a wrinkle in it.
Mamie I thought yon were able to
see wrinkles in any mirror yon looked
into. Indianapolis Journal
Unique Mall Service.
The inhabitants of the small group of
islands situuted on the south of Iceland
possess a very curious method of com
munication in their so called "bottle
post. " When the wind blows from the
south and one of the islanders wishes to
communicate with the mainland, he
puts bis letters into a well corked bot
tle, and to insure their delivery he in
closes at the same time a plug or twist
of tobacco or a cigar. The wiiid speed
ily impels the bottle to the shores of the
mother island, where people are usually
on tho lookout who are willing to de
liver the contents of the bottle in return
for tho inclosed remuneration.
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Items ot General Interest
From All Sections.
DEVELOPMENT ANi PBOHHESS
All the Cltlea and Towns of the PaoIHe
State and Territories
Washlucton.
Over 100 acres will be devoted to
water-melons in the Wenatob.ee valley
this season.
Howard Wolf, of Yakima, has be
gun a four years' term at tbe peniten
tiary for robbery.
Tbe Christian ohuroh at Puyallup
expects to worship ia a new meeting
house before many months.
The fishing year promise! to be a
lively one at Bellingham bay. Several
new traps have been located.
A burelar entered the residence of F.
Pine, in Woodland, Clark ooanty, last
week, and secured $28.50 in money.
Pierce oounty commissioners bave
deolded that the ooanty must dispense
with the services of a deputy surveyor.
A (rood deal of work is being done at
the Ilwaoo cranberry farm in preparing
to properly flood and cultivate the
plants.
When Britradier-General Boutelle
wai in Ilwaoo last week, be gave the
Journal to. understand tbe militia
would remain for some time yet.
Seattle'i oonnoil ia at work drafting
a new liquor license ordinance to su
persede the present voluminous oode.
No radioal ohangea are proposed.
A Brotherhood of the Aged bai been
organized at Tekoa, in Whitman ooan
ty, by gentlemen over 60 years ot age.
They will hold meetings twioeamonth.
The Ainslie sawmill, at Winlook has
been sold to a syndioate from Essex,
Ont, for $15,000. Preparations are
being made to put tbe mill in shape
and to start np as soon as possible.
Mrs. C. S. Wilson, of Spokane, has
been ohosen by the 8orosi8 Club, of
Spokane, to repreesnt it at the federa
tion of women's olabs.whloh will meet
in Louisville, Ky., May 86, 87 and 28.
Deep-sea sailors are few on Paget
sound just now. Vessels going foreign
have unusual difficulty in securing fall
orews, and the boarding-bouse men are
kept more than busy supplying the de
mand for able seamen.
The little town of Chinook, opposite
Flavel, is having quite a boom. A
large ball building and ohuroh are
among the new edifices. A temperance
agitation has resulted in the denial of
saloon uoenses to all applicants.
The Fidalgo Island Canning Com
pany, Anaoortes raoning company
and P. I. Cook each has a new oannery
plant at Anaoortes well under way.
The two former have main buildings
80x825 feet, and several smaller build
ings.
The Rosalia oreamery is doing a
good business. It receives about 7,000
pounds of milk per day. The farmers
are getting a lot of good miloh cows,
and are putting up barns and sheds, as
they oan sell milk aa well in winter as
in summer.
Walla Walla is likely to take ad
vantage of an aot of the last legisla
ture, enabling oities to establish and
maintain by taxation publio libraries.
A donation of $1,000 in cash or books
required, and the tax mast not ex-
oeed half a mill.
The 6-year-old son of Mr. Larson, a
farmer living near Ferndale, in What
oom ooanty, mysteriously disappeared
last week, and nothing has since been
learned of his whereabouts. There is
a suspioion that he has been stolen by
some Lnmmi Indians.
Auditor Lyons has received for reo-
ord a patent from tbe United 8tates
to the Northern Paoiflo Railroad Com
pany, oovering about 85,000 aores of
land in Cowlitz oounty. The patent
was dated March 81, 1896, just in time
to make said lands taxable for this
year.
A ohuroh building bai just been
dedicated in the Moxee valley, with a
seating oapaoity of 300 and costing
$1,700. This leads tbe Yakima Times
to recall the fact that, aooordlng to the
Indian legend, an evil spirit ruled in
the Moxee valley and the night never
oaught a red man enoampsd there. A
daylight journey was always planned
aoross the haunted valley.
George Wilson, a surveyor, wai ar
rested in North Yakima recently,
oharged with gTand laroeny. He bad
obtained entrance into the residence of
Fred R. Reed, and carried off a case of
table knives, valued at $40, a $58
camera, a pair of field glasfes, a half
dozen spoons, a pie knife and other ar
ticles. Wilson confessed to having
taken the plunder, some of which was
pawned, and the balanoe sold.
A settlement of the strike of he
electrical workers in Spokane was
effected last week, and all the men at
once went back to work. Tbe men
from tbe office who had been sent out
to trim lamps were reoalled, and tbe
regular trimmers took their places and
completed the work. The settlement
is said to be satisfactory all around,
as the men have all they askd for, al
though in a slightly different way than
the request was made. The demand
was pay and a half for overtime for
all members of that anion. Tbe settle
ment was to put the men involved on
a salary, which is said to be even high
er than was askd hv thim.
The Hood River box factory is veri
busy making sound bixe and crates
for the coming strawberry crop.
It is estimated that 16,180 white bal
lots will be required for the 86 pre
oinota of Marion ooanty st tbe ooming
election.
One day last week tbe Albany cream,
ery, including the Sbedd skimming
station, took in 13,000 pounds of milk,
from which 680 pounds of butter were
made."'
Sheriff Johnson, of Lane oounty,
tamed over to County Treasurer Gray
$11,074.03 of tux money, which made
$70,453.25 oolleoted, leaving a balanoe
of about $50,000 yet to oouie.
Herrick's canuory at Tbe Dalles, was
started up last week on 1 two and one-
half tons of fish. About twenty-one
operatives are employed. The oannery
has a capacity of from ten to fifteen
tons daily.
Tbe tug Tonquin is to take into
Silets bay a supply of nails and build
ers hardware, to be used in the erec
tion of the oannery building. The Ton
quin will be the third vessel known to
have entered the bay.
A. J. Palmer, while working in the
timber, near Yonoalla, in Douglas
ooanty, was struok by a falling tree.
His oollarbone was broken, and be was
otherwise severely bruised; but it is
thought he will recover. ' at
The Dayton Herald enumerates the
following bale and hearty old timers
in that vicinity: A. P. Robertson, of
Unionvale, is over 82 years of age, and
oan do a good day's work on the farm.
John Baxter, of Dayton, over 82, is
hearty; so is James Baxter, who is
over 84. The two latter, although ot
the same name, are not related.
Grant's Pass enjoys the distinction
of having, a delegate to each of the na
tional conventions. Abe Ax tell has
been selected to represent Oregon in
the Populist convention, J. W. Howard
in the Demooratio, and R. A. Booth in
the Republican. All expect to be pres
ent in person.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer says
it is rumored that the Dnfur flooring
mills have been sold to a resident of
Portland. It is stated that the prioe
paid for the mills was $10,000, and
the wheat stored in the warehouse,
amounting to about 12,000 bushels,
was sold at 50 oents a bushel
The sheep-raisers of Grant oounty
have nnt lost many lambs, says the
Long Creek Eagle. Regardless of tbe
stormy weather that prevailed during
the month of April, some sheepmen
olaim their inorease in lambs will reaoh
about 100 per oent, while the average
will be between 80 and 90 per oent.
H. P. Moore, on tbe Illinois river in
Carry ooanty, says he is suooessfolly
raising figs. He has a tree on which
the first crop will soon ripen, and the
others are ooming along faHt Last
year the tree ripened figs and will do
so again this year, thus showing that
they oan be raised in this vicinity.
He has an olive tree, which be will
cultivate as an experiment, to see it it
will thrive in that section.
Mr. Sohanno, says The Dalles Chron
icle, has made special inquiries regard
ing the probable fruit orop the oom
ing season and finds that it will gen
erally be good, with only rare exoep
ions. From Grants, Hood River,
Mosier, Three Mile and the oonntry
south oome very enoouraging reports
that all kinds of fruit will mature a
full orop, exoept that in places some
varieties of peaohes are partially affeot-
ed. . '
Idaho.
A postofficie has been established at
Chappin, in Fremont oonnty. , ''
Parties ooming in from the Ne
Peroe reservation aay that the rains
have made the roads impassable.
The postoffioe department has for
warded the commission of Mary A.
Starrh, the new postmaster of Jesse. .
The wagon of a settler and ' family,
while ascending the grade at Big Can
yon, near Kendriok, On. the Clearwater
river, went over tbe grade, down the
hillside and into tbe river. The whole
family .went down with the wagon.
Fishermen resoned the settler, his wife
and children, with some difflonlty, but
tbe wagon, horses and household furni
ture of tbe settler were lost.
Joseph Crawford, a trapper, found
the remains of Andrew Allen, on tbe
North Fork, three miles above tbe
month of Pritohard oreek. Allen was
an old-timer, and well known in Mur
ray. He left in November, 1898, on
a . banting trip. Searoh was made a
few days later for him, bat his traoks
were covered by the first snow of the
year. Nothing was known ot what
became ot him until his discovery.
Tbe remains found were bones, a gun,
army buttons and a batohet There
was an empty shell in the gun, prob
ably fired for help while be was perish
ing. Montana.
There has been received at tbe Hel
ena land offioe 761 patents fur lands in
that distriot
The woolmen ot Montana at a recent
meeting, endorsed the position taken
by Senators Mantle and Carter in vot
ing against the Dingley revenue bill.
They olaim that the interests of the
wool grower and manufacturer and the
miner are too closely allied to admit of
tbe least discrimination of one against
the other by legislative aotion.
Helena has oarried off first honor in
the matter of postoffioe receipts for the
vear ending March 81, in this state.
Her ttal reciepts fir the year were
$41,087.80, while those of Butte were
$40,521 28 Both cities are, however,
of the first-clas order, and the post
masters receive $4,000 per annum.
The government mineral land com
miwionnrs are at work in all the dis
tricts of the state, and thy ar rnneiv
ing the aid of prominent mining men
from tbe different districts Them ia
not tbe slightest reason for sinul.
piece of mineral land being olaMifld
as agricultural providing citizen lend
their assistance.
FARM AND GARDEN.
BRIEF HINTS AS TO THEIR SUC
CESSFUL MANAGEMENT.
Improvement In Corrnnle Direction
for I'luntlng Trcea Plow Corn
Ground Karly-Advantage of Wide
Tlrea and Low Wheel.
A New Currant,
While for iiinnv years there has been
but little Improvement In currant and
tula come almost exclusively from tlio
other side or tne
Atlantic within lu
cent years Ameri
can fruit growers
bave realized the
groat Importance of
this fruit as a mar
ket crop. Several
intelligent experi
menters have nmdo
a specialty of cur
rant, and have
CfJJ 1 succeeded in pro
ax duclng some new
'V G varieties of unus'l-
a I excellence. Mr.
Jacob Moore, of
Wyoming County,
N. Y., the orlglna
tor of the Brighton
grape, the Bnrtlett
Beckul pear, and
other valuable
fruits, has In recent
years devoted him
self particularly to
the Improvement
red cross CUHRAICT fllB urrant. of
which, hv ludlcioua crossing, he has
produced several excellent varieties,
tho beet of which he considers the Red
Cross. As seen In our Illustration, the
clusters are long and well-necked, and
the berries verv large. Prof. Beach,
of the New York experiment station.
describes the fruit as "of large size;
stein long between cane and bunch;
fruit a shnde darker than ray, but
lighter than Cherry; averaging larger
than Fay; very mltd; sub-acid for a red
currant; cluster larger than Cherry.
The flavor Is less sprightly than elthor
Fay or Cherry."
Planting Tree.
As ninny trees aro destroyed each
year 1 1. rough carelessness in trans
planting them, it la In order to say a
few words on this subject. In the first
place nil the bruised roots, as well as
those torn apart and left rough, should
be cut off, leaving a clean, straight
cut. If the roots have been exposed to
the air their ends should also be cut,
as the fine points will he dried so that
they cannot take up the water which
they should. As little time as possible
should elapse after the trees are taken
from the soil before they are set Into it
again. Have the holes Into which they
are to be placed dug a little lower than
the trees aro to be set. The loose earth
should bo thrown back again so that
the tree roots may be left with a few
Inches of loose soil under tbem as well
as above them. It takes two to proper
ly set a tree. One holds the tree In
place while the other carefully throws
fine soil among Its roots, packing aud
pressing It down after enough earth bas
been put on to cover tne roots, n-ven
with the tree roots in place It will be
necessary to secure some other soil
than that dug from the hole to fill it up
again. It should be slightly mounded,
so as to allow for settling as the soil
becomes more compnet. The tree should
be watered by sprinkling slowly a
whole pailful of water for each tree.
It should not be poured In, ns It will
wash the soil and make vacant spaces
around tho roots. After watering,
mulch the Boll and cut back the top of
the tree to the few buds that are needed
to form its first branches.
.
Starting Egg Plant.
Although the egg Dlant is generally
considered a difficult crop to raise, It Is
on the contrary quite as easily grown
aa the tomato if rightly managed; and
persona having a surplus over and
above what Is required for weir own
use will find the sale of the eggs quito
profitable. In most markets they bring
from 5 cents to 25 cents apiece in a
small way. The seed should be sown
In flats about 15 Inches square by 8 or
4 Inches deep: 1111 the boxes nearly full
of rich finely pulverized soil, sow one
eighth of an ounce of seed to the
Square foot and cover down firmly upon
the seed. They require to be kept In
a temperature of 70 to 80 degrees dur
ing the day and about 10 degrees lower
at night When they begin to crowd,
thin to 2 Inches apart They should
be set boxes and all. In a cold frame to
harden oft before planting out of doors.
It Is not best to plant too early In the
season. Pull the plants up with plenty
of soil adhering to the roots, and set In
rows 2 feet apart and 18 Inches be
tween the plants In the row, pressing
plenty of One moist dirt firmly around
the plants, and they will grow off nice
ly with very little check from the opera
tion. American Agriculturist
Timothy for Lawns,
Timothy grass is reckoned rather
coarse for lawns, but It pake a sod
so much quicker than do the finer
grasses that It should always be sown
to hold the soil while the other gras!S
aro coming In. By cutting frequently
with the lawn mower the timothy will
be kept from growing too rank. In a
year or two under such treatment the
timothy will have run out and tbe
lawn will be much better than as If It
had not, been sown at first It Is very
hard to get lawn seed that Is free from
seeds of w eeds, while it Is not difficult
to secure pure timothy seed.
Peed I'otntoe.
There are more than the usual num
ber of new varieties of potatoes offered
this season, aud It Is safe to claim that
the majority of them will drop out of
slirht next year to give place to another
batch of new varieties. aU of which art
the best introduced." It Is well for
farmers to test new varieties, but this)
may be done to advantage with one or
two potatoes. For your general crop
stick to tho kinds that you know ar
adapted to your soli and climate nntll
yon are sut'j that soma new variety Is
better.
Wide Tlrea and Low Wheel.
Tlio farmer who hns never used a
low-wheeled wagon ennnot understand
how much more convenient they ars
than a high-wheeled wagon to boas;
corn In, haul manure or hay. They are
right down by the sldo of you, and not
up as high as your head. Everybody
knows how handy It is to load a sled;
It Is the same with a low wagon. Some
contend that they pull heavier than
high wheels, but my experience is that
they pull Just as easy with tbe same
kind of a load, even up hill; on very
rough ground tbe high wheels may D
best.
If wide tlrea were used our Iowa
roads would be Improved by every ve
hicle that went over tbem. We use a
four-Inch tire on one wagon, and In
hauling loads through the fields, in
stead of cutting ruts In the soft places,
and leaving lumps to pull over In hard
places, It makes a broad, smooth track.
If a road bas ruts it is like tbe ralla
of a street-car track, and a team baa
to walk just so to pull easy, or else
give an extra pull to get out, white a
wide tire runs on top and follows tna
team easily and does not have any
ruts to keep It exactly in tbe same
track. It makes a wider track in pro
portion than narrow wheels. Corr
spondence Wallace's Farm.
Work for Hens While Eating;.
One of the advantages of giving bona
a wide range Is that they get a greater
variety of food and have to eat soore-
slowlv. They are also obliged to tana
a good deal of exercise to secure what
they want. Both of these advantages)
can be secured to hens confined in
yards. In winter grain of different
kins, oats and wheat may be mixed
with cut straw, and the hens be aUowed '
to scratch for It in the ben house. In
spring and summer a small place should
be plowed, sown witn grain ana in
grain harrowed in. Here the hen
should be allowed to exercise them
selves until they get oil the grain sown.
or so nearly bo that scarcely a spear
appears above the surface. Tbe Insect
and worms whli!h the hens will pick
nr. on this nlowed Diece of ground will
make a welcome addition and variety.
In their diet. Hens so managed will
keep on laying until hot weather, when
the moulting season comes on, which
every hen must pass through once
year. The earlier It Is over tne better
It will be for the poulterer's profits. i
Early Plowing for Corn. t
Corn ground should always be plow
ed early and left in the furrow a few
days to be warmed by the sun and air
before being harrowed down. If, bow
ever, It has been plowed too wet, tbe
harrowing Bhould be done before It ha
thoroughly dried. Some farmers put
off plowing their corn ground, thinking;
to get a larger growth of grass or clover
to turn under. But the warming of the
furrow Is worth more than the small
amount of green manure that can be
grown before a later plowing. Bee Ides,
on nny old sod it Is very Important to
have it begin to rot ns early as possible.
Thin in hest secured bv early nlowlnc
and thorough surface cultivation. Wheat
the sod begins to rot It furnishes con
siderable warmth to the soil above It,
which is Just what the corn plant
wonts. ; f
Home-Mads Cheeee. '
It has olways been o surprise to nsv
that more , cheese was not made by
farmers with small dairies for use by
their nwn families. There Is no more
nourishing food than cheese, especially
for furnishing strength. With two
good cows in full flow of milk a fair
sized cheese con be mode, mixing tbe
night and morning milk together. With,
vat and press there Is no more labor
about this than there Is In butter mak
ing, and In hot weather the cheese will
be of better quality than the butter, andl
bring more If put on the market Ex
change. .
Feed for the Yonng Pig.
Sows do not give large amounts of
milk, but what they do give Is very
rich. By the time pigs are two week
old they will need additional rations,
and these should be provided In
trough where the young pigs can feed
by themselves. Give only what can b
eaten quickly and entirely. If milk !
used make It warm as new milk front
their dam. Sweet milk thus warmed
will be quite as good for them as would
new milk, as the last with what they
get from their dnm will tend to fatten
them too much. ,
Enriching the Garden. f
The garden Is never so rich that kt
will not be benefited with more manure
or fertilizer. Keep It always up to the
highest degree of fertility, and begin
tbe war on weeds as soon as they begin
to appear out of the ground. Never
use poor seed In a garden, as you can
not afford to take tbe risk of failure In
germination, and as early vegetable
should be an object every week Is Im
portant In the spring, for the crop
should get a good start before the dry
season sets in.
Etching.
The art of etching from glass was dis
covered by a Nuremberg glass cutter.
By accident a few drops of aqua fort!
fell upon bis spectacles. Uo noticed
that tbey became corroded, and soften
ed where tbe acid bad touched. That
was bint enough. He drew figures
upon glass with varnish, applied cor
roding fluid, then cut away tbe giant
around the drawing. When the var
nish was removed, tbe figures appeared
raised upon a dark ground.
The mlllenlum will soon come when
men begin to carry brotherly love Into
politics.