Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-09
MORNING. DECEMBER 9, 1884

other day in the upper part of the city for having caused a crowd to collect to hear the result of the Jerome park races The police court placed him under bonds to keep the peace, but Judge Barrett, of the supreme court, to whom he appealed, could not find that he had been guilty of any offense There is one thing" said Judge Barrett, "that people should get out of their minds that it was heinous offense for citizen to refuse to obey the most extraordinary com mand of a policeman. It is proper that not only should citizens get that idea out of their heads if it had been put there, and it seemed that it had, but the idea should also get out of the policemen and magistrates It is not crime to refuse to obey an order of an of ficer which is not 2 proper one"
 It has long been laid down as an axiom in diamond lore that the precious stone was capable of absorbing rays of light and after ward emitting them in the dark. While this was abundantly proved by theory it has been difficult to put it to an actual test, for natu- rally the great diamonds of the world are not accessible for the purpose. Recently, how ever, private person, the fortunate possessor of a stone of 92 karats, valued at $500, ,000, lent his diamond for scientific investigation These have been very satisfactorily conduct ed, and the phosphorescent qualities of the stone may be regarded as proved. The stone was exposed for an hour .o the direct action of the suns rays, and then removed to a dark room. For more than twenty minutes it emitted light strong enough to make a sheet of white paper held near it perfectly visible
 There is at least one important branch of business-the boot and shoe trade-in which the decrease has been very small. Of the shipments of boots and shoes from Boston to points outside New England accurate re- cords are kept. Since January 1 the total shipments have been 2,416, ,229 cases, against 2, 510, ,265 cases to date last year, and 2,309, 621 cases in 1882, and 2,181 1881 cases in 1881. This shows that the movement this year has been larger than in any year except 1883, and the decrease since last year has been only 96, GOO cases, less than 4 per cent. Reports are that the boot and shoe business is in as good condition as almost any other important branch of trade. Slow sales earlier in the year prevented overprodnction, and there is now much more hopeful feeling, with a large number of buyers in the mar ket. It is thought that the southern trade still carries over more goods from the past than is desirable, but that in other quarters the market is not overstoeked.
 Woman has shown that she can do jury duty we'll in Washington territory. Four women were on the jury which had the case of smuggler named Willy to deal with The jury at first stood eight to four for conviction, the four including three women The man and one woman soon suc- cumbed to the majority, but Mrs. Almira Kidd and Mrs. Nellie Wood still stood out various arguments, among others, that they were mere women, and ought to do the men did, that the cause of woman suffrage would be injured and so on. Mrs. Wood re- piled with point and dignity: EWhat has woman's rights to do with this case? We are here to decide whether this man is guilty or not" One of the men very domineer- ing and dictatorial and told them they ought to be ashamed of themselves, and some of them put up an insulting inscription, "De- frauders-we lre tired of the women." The two women held the fort however; the other two camped down upon a bed which was brought in. Some public talk about the fail ure to agree led the minority to state these facts in a Seattle paper.