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Dignity of the Nation's Supreme .Court.
- "Wrt ItnnVA. tlnnol.-
,i , """ '"ipuaiug eniranco or a
judicia body was ever devised than
tUaf o:'tho chief justice of tho su
preme court into tho supreme court
Jhf.mbep a beautiful, Semi-circular
nail with a noble arched ceiling in
the center of the capital building,
until the wings of the capital were
completed this hall was the senate
chamber and echoed, in the olden
time with the' eloquence of Daniel
Webster, Henry 'Clay, John Ran
dolph and John Tyler. It is now
sacred to. the use of the most august
secjular tribunal in the' world.
Across it run& a long platform
with nine ereat armcrmirH. thnf rf
the chief justice slightly, differing
j.rom me, rest, oemg in the middle.
.Before the bench is a wide, red-cor-
' peted space for the lawyers and be
yond this are arranged around the
Bemi-circle, red-cushioned benches
for spectators. Behind the bench on
- Vhich the. justices sit is a large
screen,' 6r feredos with a door in the
middle.
Four chief justices have presided
in the hall; Chief Justice Taney, the
only Catholic chief justice in the
roll; Chief Justice Salmon. P. Chase,
said to be the handsomest man ever
seen upon the supreme bench, and
one of the ablest; Chief Justice
Waite, who came to this great office
a man little known, but who filled
the place well, and Chief Justice
Fuller, whose chair was lately
draped Jn crepe.
.The. supreme court-chamber Is as
hushed and noiseless as a cathedral.
The big leather-covered doors swing
unheard upon their hinges. Specta
tors entering are required to move
as quietly and to refrain from whis
pering or opening a book or a news-
Bff k T le?cl Elasa at
the bench, as some greon tourists
have dared, 'is a hanging crime. All
of these requirements are rigidly en
forced by a band of attendants who
are only a trifle less Imposing than
the justices themselves. No voice
is raised in the chamber except that
of tap advocates in pleading and an
occasional question from the bench.
By the -doors stand official lynxes
who watch sharply to see that order
and silence- are maintained.
At 11 o'clock, when the court con
venes tho lawyers are in waiting
to bo a moment late would be tho
unpardonable sin. There are al
ways spectators awaiting tho court
sometimes anxious clients with tre
mendous interests involved. When
the court is ready to appear an offi
cial advances and gives three thun
dering raps which sound like the
crack of doom, and proclaims:
"The supreme court approaches."
At that all present rise, a' door is
opened by another functionary and
tho long line of justices in their
robes, headed by the chief justice,
Is seen majestically crossing the cor
ridors from their robing room. When
they reach the wide doors, respect
fully held open for them, tho crier
announces:
"The honorable, tho chief justice
and the associate justices of the su
preme court of the United States."
The justices, headed by the chief
justice, then enter, going behind the
long screen, so that four of them
may be on one side of the chief jus
tice and four" on the other. Their
entrance and place on tho bench are
strictly regulated by seniority of ser
vice. The chief justice enters from
the door in the screen, held open
for him. All mount tub bonch and;
standing for a moment, bow cere
moniously to thn rich fin i. ir
to the lawyers und spectators, rfljt
uim uow,nS in return. The
chief justlco seats hlmaolf, the other
justices then tako their seats, tho
spectators sit and tho court crier
proclaims:
"Tho supreme court pf tho United
States is now in session."
Tho etiquetto of lawyers in tho
presence of tho supremo court Is
very rigid. It extends even to their
clothes. Counsel are expected to
wear frock coats with black neck
ties, and if one should dare to ap
pear in a Back coat in that open red
carpeted space facing tho nine jus
tices ho would bo tapped on tho nrm
by a court officer and ruthlessly told
to go homo and dress himself prop
erly. Some time ago a western law
yer appeared before tho court with
out a cravat Ho was promptly noti
fied that tho court declined to hear
what ho had to say until ho was
properly garbed.
In short, the supremo court must
bo handled with caro, and at tho
slightest jolt something will always
be heard to drop. There is a tradi
tion that about soventy-flvo years
ago a liberty was taken with a jus
tice of the supremo court whilo on
tho bench. It was dono by Henry
Clay, and he escaped with his life.
In thoso days justices took snuff on
tho bench, and Justice Bushrod
Washington one day held his snuff
box open with his hand extended on
tho arm of his chair, Henry Clay
was arguing a case, and in the midst
of a slight pause he leaned forward
and -deliberately took a pinch of snuff
from Justlco Washington's snuffbox.
Before the justices could recover
from this awful aggression Mr. Clay
proceeded to lay tho whole court
offi
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StatCH lins nrovidod nn rw1nntint mm.
JsUmenwfdc ibis icrrlhlo ofTcnaeaod,
tho Justlcos wcro forced to condone
Itut as Justice Wojriilnfstonffrur
wiml solomply saldi .
jl boliovo Honry Clay to be tliS
only man in tho Unltod 8tatetiwjid
would have dared to take such a
liberty." .,.,
That wAjj sovonty-flvo years ngof
Nobody has taken a liborty with tho
supremo court olnco, but a catns
tropho happened at the Whlto Hauso
during tho Roosevelt administration,
and shortly after tho ministers of.
ten great nations wore rained to am
bassadors. It was tho cuBtom until
President Taft entered tho Whlto
Houso to give a special reception in
honor of tho supremo court during
tho official oeaflon. This had been
preceded by a reception to tho diplo
matic corps, In which tho ambassa
dors being tho guests of honor, had
precedence. It was noticed that
thoro was a sparse sprinkling of tho
justices on tho occasion. On tho
evening of tho reception In honor of
tho supreme court tho justices as
sembled, ready, as guests of honor,
to bo received by tho president and
Mrs. Itoosevolt. To their horror,
however, along camo a string of am
bassadors, who coolly walked In and
wore presented In advanco of tho
supremo court.
But that was not tho worst of It.
All diplomats are flerco sticklers for
precedence, and as tho tail of the
last ambassador's coat passed Into
the bluo room tho minister next la
rank was treading on tho ambassa
dor's heels. It became impossible to
check tho line of diplomats who fol?
lowed each other rapidly, whilo the
What About Brain Food?
"This Question Cam up in the Recent
A "Weekly" printed some criticisms of the
claims made for our foods. It evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers, and brought suit for libel. At tho trial
some interesting facts came out.
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts,, however, were quite
clearly established:
-Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au
thority Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos
phate of Potash), 2.91 per cent of the total,
5.33 of all Mineral Salts.
This is over one-half.
Beaunis, another authority shows "Phos
phoric Acid combined" and Potash 73.44 per
cent from a total of 101.07.
Considerable more than one-nan oi raos
phato of Potash.
Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus, (which join and make Phos
phate of Potash), is considerable more than
one-half of all the mineral, salts In the food.
Dr Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the con
stituent elements of the body, - says: 'The
gra? matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic cell-salt Potassium Phos
phate (Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites
with albumen and by the addition of oxygen
creates nervo fluid or the gray matter of the
brain. Of course, there is a trace of other
salts and other organic matter ,in. nerve fluid,
but Potassium Phosphate is thfe' chief factor,
out fuut1" ,. HAlfvtn attract, by
Us own law of affinity, all things -needed to man,,
Trial for Libel.
Further on he says: "The beginning and
end of tho matter is to supply tho lacking prin
ciple, and in molecular form, exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply deficiencies this Is the only law of
cure."
The natural conclusion is that if Phosphate
of Potash is the needed mineral element in
brain and you use food, which does not contain
it, you have brain fag because its daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, if you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for brain
building. In tho trial a sneer was uttered because
Mr. Post announced that ho had made years
of research In this country and some clinics
of Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who sneer
at facts they know nothing about.
Mind does not work well on a brain that Is
broken down by lack of nourishment.
A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &c, &c, directly
interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalin, the
digestive juice of tho mouth, and also interfere
with the flow of the. digestive juices of stomach
and pancreas.
Therefore, the mental state of tho individual
has- much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.. .
This trial has demonstrated:
That Brain Is made of Phosphate of Potash
as tho principal Mineral Salt, added to albumen
and water.
That Grape-Nuts contains that clement as
moro than one-half of all Its mineral salts.
A healthy brain is important, if one would
"do things" In this world.
A man who sneers at "Mind" sneers at the
best and least understood part of himself.
That part vhlch some folks believe links us to
the Infinite.
Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which
to act, and Nature has defined a way to mako
a healthy brain and renew it day by day as it
Is used up from work of tho previous day.
Nature's way to rebuild Is by the use of food
which supplies the things required.
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There's a Reason"
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