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deaths occur -luring the vacation period
and provided also that Associate Jus
tlce William II Moody lias so far re
covered hlH heulth that he ran Join
StatoH enters upon Us fall term It will
and esteem Some one lm.s said that
Governor Hughes, while In the main
his colleagues cm the beneh.
Governor Charles 10. Hughes of New
York state will he welcomed to mom
berahlp by the Individual members of
thu court with full hearted pleasure
conservative, In a man who believes that the laws
Hhoulil be Interpreted In the spirit of tUli) rather
than in the spirit of 18.50 The criticism on the
Judgments rendered on occasion by the Supreme
court has been to the effect that seemlnglv home
of tho members Ilvo in the pa-rt. and that obji'ctlou
, has been made to allowing
new lights to strike th las
of the nncIcntB."
Tho Supremo court of Hi
1 'nlted States Ih snid to be the
most dignified body in the
world. It looks It, but it must
not bu taken for granted that
these judges, from the vet
eran Chief Justice Fuller
dovsu to tho youngest man on
the bench, have not their
times of relaxation when they
give full vent to their sense
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of humor. Justice John
M. Harlan, who Is seven
ty-nino years old, Im-t a
rare humor and he likes
to give It play. Justice
I'M ward I). White of I.ou
l-Uann, who has been pro
nounced by many of the
leading lawyerrr of the
country to have a "jinllcl.il mind" not excelled
in the United States, has hard work at times to
keep from giving vent to hlit humorous concep
tion of things as they appear in court. Such a
proceeding would be dubbed undignified, and so
Judge White manages to control his How of wit
when in court, but when the tribunal Is not In
session he gives his mood full play.
Judgo Oliver Wendell Holmes, son of one of
the most distinguished American scholars and
one of Its rarest humorists, has a great deal of
the fun of his father In him, but self-confessedly
he tries to hold its expression In check on many
occasions because it might be said that ho was
trying to make Oliver Wendell Holmes tho
second nppcar as Oliver Wendell Holmes the
first, and this the present Justice modestly holds,
to ho Impossible.
Not long ago a lawyer went to tho residence
of one of tho associate Justices of tho Supromo
court, a married man and one who tho lawyer
thought was tho stablest of the staid. The vis
itor had gono to see the Justice to gut some ad
vlco on behalf of a person who ho know was n
family friend cf tho ouo of whom he was seeking
advisory help.
it seems that the man's wife bad died, and
while tho husband was a kindly disposed and
most excellent man generally, his fathor-In-Iaw
and mother-in-law Insisted on taking the chil
dren who had been loft motherless. Tho wid
ower did not want to part with his children and
neither did ho want to make a light which
would bring tho children into public notice and
show that ho had had a breach with his wife's
fathor and mother.
The lawyer who was calling on the justice
said, "What would you do if your father-in-law
and mother-in-law on your wife's death tried to
get your children away from you?" Tho answer
came quick and Blmrp, "I'd tell them to go to tho
devil."
Now It hnpponed that the Just Ire's wife was
sitting at his olbow nnd the Invyer at this strong
expression from tho Judkiil minded one looked
with trepldntion nt Mrs. Justice, expecting to
see her overcome with mortification at her hus
band's outbrenk. Tho lsltor was rolloved and
also somewhat surprised when Mrs. Justlco said,
I'd tell them to go to the devil, too."
Tlio household court being thus iinnnlnious,
tho lawyer wont away and gave advlco to his
client, and tho presumption Is that within a day
or two tho ralhor-ln-law and mother-in-law went
to tho devil.
Tho justices of the Supreme court put on their
robes In n room which is across the main corri
dor of tho capltol from the courtroom. In order
to reach tho bench they are obliged to cross thu
corridor and this thoy do In procession, tho clork
of thu court loading the way like a plonoor nnd
being followed by tho chief justice and tho asso
ciate justices In order of rank.
It Is on tho stroko of twelve, noon, that this
procession takes up Its way, and as It Is known
that noon Is tho hour for tho court opeulng tho
corridor is nlwaya filled with peoplo win want to
hee tho Judges flln by. Just before tliev appear
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In the (loorwio of
their robing room four
attendants take up
their places in the cor
ridor and st retch
across It two thick
silken cords, thus
ranking passageway
through which the
procession moves It
Is the most dlgnllled
looking proceeding
possible and tho Jus
tices look neither to
the right nor the left,
but conscious that
there are scores of on
Inohei'M. each one
hows, but b o w s
straight ahead In or
der that there may be
no disci liulnatlon in
couitesy between those
of the public who are
standing on the right
and those standing on
the left. It is a per
fectlv impartial bow
ing proceeding and while It la dlRiiineil It strike
Bomo people also as being awfully funny.
Every Monday, as soon as court assembles It
Is the custom to read decisions on cases whlcti
have been considered and on which the court
Is to pass judgment. If the decision of a great
case Is expected tho courtroom always is crowded
and the members of the bar, newspaper men and
others who have been present before on like
occasions, look anxiously to see which Judge Is
to rend the Important decision. If any one of
three or four justices Is to read 11 there Is a dis
tinct sense of disappointment, because nobody
except the rending judge Is likely to hear the
decision. In oilier words, some of the Judges of
tho supremo court have such weak voices that
not even the men closest to them can catch what
they say and everybody must wait until the deci
sion can bo read before knowing what It means.
This Inability or perhaps lack of desire on the
part of somo of tho justices to read out loud, Is a
great trial to tho newspnper correspondents who
are anxious to telegraph tho new of the decision
nt tho earliest moment possible. There are other
troubles which beset tho correspondentB as well
as thoso which come from the poor enunciation
and the weak voices of some of the justices.
Legal language Is the hardest kind of language
for the layman to understand, and tho result Is
thnt when the decision Is read the first part of
occasionally makes It pccm certain that one side
has won the case, while the tall end of the dccii
slon may reverse even thing and give the case
to tho other side.
Thoro was ono striking Instance of this in a
great case which wus decided threo years ago.
The city of Chicago was trylilg to effect changes
In Its street-cnr system. The streot-car compa
nies hold that their franchise was good for 100
years and thnt tho city could not oust them from
any of tholr privileges under their franchise. Tho
enso wont to tho Supreme court nnd was of tre
mendous interest to all tho cities In tho United
States. Moreover, tho speculative interests of
tho country weio awaiting the decision with tho
keenest nnxluty nnd Interest, for If It wont ono
way It meant thnt certain stocks still would bo
ol great valuo, nnd If it went tho other way it
menus that thoy would be worth little.
The decision wns read lu tho Supreme court
by a Judgo who had a good voice. Everybody
had mado up his mind thnt If tho Supreme court
decided that tho railroad companies had a hun
dred years' fianchlso thoy had won tho enso ami
that the city had lost. This was regarded as tho
crucial featuro of tho w holo controversy.
Tho newspaper correspondents from tho great
cities were In nttendnnco nt tho court when the
decision was read and thoy wero ready to
dispatch inossenRoru Instantly to tho telegraph
ofllco with a brief dispatch Baying olther "Tho
companies win," or "Tho city wins." This was
all that was to bo sent out at tho first Instance,
for tho situation was understood In every news
paper ofllco In tho country, and u single tip as to
which sldo won would bo hulllclent to relonso
long stories of tho railroad controversy, and other
stories already wrltton of what the victory meant
for the companies or for the clt In
the very first part of tho decision the
statement was made that the Supremo
court had decided that the companies
bad a franchise for 100 years. Instantly
some of the correspondents sent dis
patches, "The companies win." Two or
three correspondents wero held In tholr seatii by a
cautionary word irom u veteran who hail done
long service In the Supremo court. He said, "Walt."
In a fo minutes, as the rending went on. It
became apparent that the court Inul decided that
while tho companies bad a franchise for 100 years
they had practically no rights under It. On tho
strength of the mistake which was made In send
ing out some of the llrsl dispatches on that day
stocks went up and then when the truth camo out
they tumbled so fast that they hurt their hends.
When the Justices led by the clork and tho
chief Justice enter the Supremo courtroom every
body stands. When the Judges hnvo taken their
seats the court crier, after tho mnnner of court
criers since the time of tho patriarchs, declares
that the high and houoiablc court is in session nnd
that Justice Is to be dispensed. Just before taking
their seats the Justices bow to the assembled
throng and tho throng bows back. When the court
crier's voice has died away everybody takes his
seat and tho proceedings begin.
The Supreme court sits In the old sennte cham
ber of the capltol. It Is the room whero Webstar,
llayne, Clay, Calhoun and others fought tholr bat
tles Tho gallery Is a tiny affair capable of seating
only about thirty people and tho wonder Is how
when Webster delivered, his great oration In reply
to Hnyne (hero could buve been present tho great
crowd of which history tells us.
It was In tho Supreme courtroom that tho elec
toral commission which decided the Hayes-TIIden
contest held Its sessions. Tho fifteen members
of that commission occupied the scnts of the jus
tices and It Is snld that during the progress of tho
hearing the little room was crowded literally to
suffocation nnd that ninny people wero overcome.
It Is an historic chamber and it is ouo of tho places
to which visitors to Washington bend their steps.
In tho mcrbershlp of tho Supremo court thero
aro two veterans of tho Union army and two vet
erans of the Confedornto army. John Marshall
Harlan, who Is a Uepubllcan, rnlsed tho Tenth Ken
tucky Infantry and served In Gen. George II. Thom
as' division. He rose to the rank of colonel and
his name was befoio tho senate for confirmation
ns a brigadier gcnernl at a time lato In tho wnr
when bis fnthcr's death compelled him for family
reasons to retire from tho service.
Oliver Wendell Holmes of Iloston graduated
from Harvard college in 1SC1 and at onco entered
tiro Union army. At tho battle of Hall's Bluff In
October, 1801, HolmeR wns shot through tho
breast and for a long tlmo It wns believed ho could
not. possibly recover. Ho did recover, howovor,
and went back to the front, taking part In the
bnttlo of Antletam, where he wns shot through the
neck, and again his life wus dcspulrcd of. Once
more ho recovored and went to tho front, only to
be wounded again at tho battle of Fredericksburg.
Jufitlco Edward Douglass Whlto was born lu
Jxnrlslnnn and ho served through tho Civil wnr lu
the Confoderato service. Horace Harmon Lurton,
who wns appointed by President Tnft to tho
vacancy cnused by tho death of Justlco Pockham,
entered tho Confederate scrvlco when ho was only
soyentcon years old and ho servod throe yenrs. Ho
was with General Hucknor nt Fort Donolson when
the Confederate commander surrendered to Gen
eral Grant. Lurton wus Grant's cnptlvo and It la
not at nil probable that tho northern soldier had
any conception thnt this youthful prlsonor was ono
day to bo nppolntod to tho Supremo court of tho
United States by a Uepubllcan president.
CITY MAN A8 A "COME ON."
The nverago city rnnn thinks tho farmer who
buys a "gold brick" In need of a gunrdian. Yet
thousands of theso same city men havo paid for
"bricks" which any fnrmor would havo known wero
tho commonest kind of brass. Thoro aro all sorts
of them nlcoly proparod for city men.
Now It Is a Bchemo to buy fruit land on tho
Pacific coast. Our city friend Ib told ho can mako
$1,000 an ncro from tho start. A few days ago
1 found a young man almost on his wny to tho
bank to draw $800 for bucIi a schemo, nays n
writer In tho Metropolitan. Ho had a gnarauty
that in ilvo years ho would bo drawing $3,000 an
nually from his "farm." Next Is Bomo co-operntlvo
schemo for growing poaches in Texas or oranges
In Florida. You do not work. You simply buy
stock in tho enterprise, pny for it. of courso, and
then bit In the shade nnd draw your dividends.
You sit In tho Bhado no doubt of that and tho
dividends draw Mko tho memory of ovll deeds.
DICKINSON ON WORLD TRIP
Secretary of War Starta on Journey
Which Recalls Taft's "Cupid
voyane."
Washington. Secretary of War
Dickinson is otT on a trip that will
take him around the world. Several
years ago William H. Tnft, while the
head of tho war department, mndo
such a oyngo and It camo to be
known as the "Cupid voyage." At
least two weddings resulted from Hint
long Jaunt, that of Atlas Alice Roose
velt and llcpresentntlvo Nicholas
l.ongworth being among them. lu
this trip of Secretary Dickinson's,
however, the pnrt consists mostly of
man led folk.
Tho objective point of Secretary
Dickinson's trip Is tho Philippine
Islands, where he will spend Ilvo
weeks familiarizing himself with con
ditions theie.
On the Bteamer Siberia, on which
he sailed from San Francisco for the
Philippines via Honolulu and Japan,
tho secretary was accompanied by
UNDEFEATED CHAMPION OF THE
NOFtTHWEOT.
Secietary Dickinson.
Mrs. Dickinson, his son, J. M. Dick
inson, Jr, Gen. Clarence It. Edwards,
Mrs. Edwards and daughter, Miss lies
sle Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. l.nrz An
derson, Lincoln It. Chirk, confidential
clerk, and George Long, a messenger.
The secretary Inspects Pearl Har
bor and tho fortifications nt Honolulu
anil Is due to arrive at Yokohama
.lul 15, and will be In Japan until
July 20. going ovoiland to Nagasaki,
where they will sail tar Manila.
The party Is scheduled to leave Ma
nila on September 0, returning via
Hongkong. Peking and tho Trans
Siberian railroad to Moscow, thence
to Warsaw and through to France,
taking tho stenmer nt Cherbourg
about October S or 10. Thoy will ar
rive In New York about October 15.
FLOWERS ON LAMP POSTS
KnnBas City Dank Follows a Europear
Custom of Decoration
of Streets.
Kansas City, Mo, Every ono who
passes tho corner of Ninth nnd Walnut
notices tho flowers nnd vines In thu
urns on the ornamental lamp posts In
front of the Fidelity Trust building.
Thero are eight of tho poles, four on
tho Walnut street side of tho building
nnd four on tho Ninth street side. Tho
urns nro Just underneath tho lamps.
Blooming geraniums, Inutniia, arcba
nla and hibiscus fill the urns, and a
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trailing fringe of green nnd white
leafed vlnca vino drapes down a foot
or moro around the edges of each.
Tho (lowers and vines nro planted lu
wlro baskets, soml-clrculnr In Bhapo,
so that two Just fill each urn. When
tho flowers In one lose their frngranco
It is to be replaced Immediately by
another. A sudiclent number of bas
kets aro being tended by n gardener so
that fresh (lowers always will bo in
the urns, Tho flowers wero choson be
causo of their ability to withstand tho
sun nnd winds, nnd it is not expected
to bo nocessnry to replace the basketB
moro than three or four times in tho
summer. The limbics of the Iron urns
aro lined with moss to protect tho
roots from tho heat of the metal.
The Idea to havo tho flowers on tho
poles wns obtained from public build
ings In Europe by Henry C. Flower,
president of tho Fldollty Trust company.
I Iff
T. A. Ireland, Rlflo Shot, or Colfa.c,
Wash., Tolls, a Story.
Mr. Ireland Is tho holder of four
world records and hns yet to loso
his first match says he "Kidney
trouble so affected
my vision as to inter
fcro with my shoot
ing. I became so
nervous I could hard
ly hold u gun Ther
was severe pain it
my back and head
nnd my kidneys wero
terribly disordered
Doan'rt Kidney pill.
cured me after f had
doctored and taken
nearly every remedy
imaginable without
relief. I will glvii
further details of my case to inryomi
enclosing stamp."
Henicmbcr the irnrrrc Doan's.
For snle by all dealers, nt) cents .i
box. Foster-Mllburn Co., lluff.ilo, N. Y
Wrong Angle.
"There's a bright side to every
thing."
"A bright side! Mali'"
'Well, there Is."
"Do you mean to tell me. doctor,
that there Is a bright side to my h.iv
Ing had my leg amputated?"
"Indeed, there Ih; nnd If you could
put yourself lu my place ou could
really see It."
Important to Mothers
Examine cnretully evory bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe nud sure remedy lor
Infants and children, and see that It
Hears the l(? sfTT' "z.'
Signature of OuxsfT&&C
In Use For Over ,'JO Years
The Kind You Havo Alwuyn Nought
HIS HOPES.
Jinks Do you expect to move thin
spring?
Fickle I oxpoct to, yes; but hope
my wifo mny decide to grant mo a
reprieve.
Up to Date Milking Scene.
"Wlrirt's going on around hero."
asked the surprised visitor. "Is Mill
a hospital?"
"Oh, no," nnswered the tall man in
tho silk hat; "this Is the stage setting
for a Now England farm drama. The
next act will bo the milking scene."
"Hut I thought the young lady in
tho nntlsoptlc apron was a trained
nurse?"
"Oh, no; she Is the milkmaid. The
young man in tho rubber gloves that
you thought was a doctor Is the farm
boy. As soon as thoy bring in the .ster
ilized stool nud tho pasteurized pail.i
and find tho cow's tooth brush the
milking scene will begin."
Tho Secret.
"Miss Hrlght," whispered MUr
GniiBslp, "can you keep a socrel?"
"Yes," replied MIsa Ilrlght. also
whispering, "I can keop one as well ar
you can."
A "Corner"
In Comfort
For those who know the
pleasure and satisfaction
there is in a glass of
ICED
POSTUM
Make it as usual, dark
and rich boil it thoroughly
to bring out the distinctive
flavour and food value.
Cool witli cracked ice, and
add sugar and lemon; also a
little cream if desired.
Postum is really a food-drink
with tho nutritive elements
of the field grains. Ice it, and
j'ou have a pleasant, safe,
cooling drink for summer
days an agreeable surprise
for those who have never
tried it.
"There's a Reason" for
Postum Cereal Co., Limited.
Battle Creek, Mich.
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