THE MIDDLEBURGH POST.
GEO. W. WAQENSEIXEIt, Editor.
iilTHCB E. COOPEIt, Manager.
MMillftiui-irh. la. November, m, n?4.
It is related n singular that fat men
seldom commit suicide.
Tho greatest trouble in tho Korean
war in likely to arino from a super
abundance of umpires, tho Washing
ton Star predicts.
Tho fSerman Government has issued
an edict thnt the names for new babies
must lie taken only from tho Bible,
and the roll of Priuccs and National
heroes.
Tho p cnnsylvania Supremo Conrt
liaRaconftrmcd tho decree of the lower
court thnt School Boards havo the
right to exclude from tho publio
f-chnol children who havo Lot been
vaccinated.
W. T. Stead says thnt founding uni
versities was a favorite pastime of
American millionaire, and (loldwiu
Smith replies thnt such a institno is
not easily to bo distinguished from
public spirit an 1 munificence.
On nccotint of the income tax in
Germany the waiter employed ot tho
report has to Keep book of the amouut
of tips taken in by him. Not only
bin salary, but hi donccM, too, must
be accounted fur to the commissioners.
Until somo forty yearn ago it was
customary among the Japanese to tho
filiate on the tip of tho Uo.se. This
rendered a written certificate a super
Unity. The proof of vaccination wan
nlwaya in evidence, though whether
the practice enhanced facial beauty is
questionable.
In Switzerland and on the Rhino
the recent adoption of standard Cen
tral Europe time ban seriously af
fected the receipts of tho gas com
panics. Tho timo ranges from half
an hour to nearly an hour earlier than
tho local time, and the peoplo have
accommodated their habits to tho
change in the clocks.
If miners can bo enabled to livo
three hours after the t'ainp strikes
their working places, predicts Every
" 1 "le renown , of Sir Humphr"
iJavy will be eclipsed. ' An "English
man, whoso name will become familiar
if he is right, claims to have con
structed a steel case which, with com
pressed oxygen and a respirator, will
bring this about.
Tho introduction of tho trolley cars
in Philadelphia, which provide not
only a menus of transportation but an
easy and enjoyable ride, has given
rise to "trolley car parties," states
tho New York Advertiser. Tho Tenth
and Eleventh street conipauy, in
Philadelphia, has arranged so that a
car can bo chartered for a round trip
for $6, uud all tho passengers that can
bo accommodated are allowed to ride.
No stops are mado oud tho curs go
whizziug along at u delightful pace.
In commenting upon tho fact that
Miss Klumpke, an American lady, has
been admitted as a doctor of sciences
at tho Sorboune, a correspondent in
l'aris says that her cane commends
itself to all who question woman's fit
ness for scientific research. Among
scnsiblo peoplo thero is no such qucs
tion. l!ut there is a very serious
question us to whether it would be a
good thiug for tho human ruce for any
considerable number of women to do
voto their lives to purely nervous
work to work, that is, which must
ie done wholly through nervous strew.
Professor Hite, who has just re
turned from the exploration of Labra
dor, says: "There is no population
in Labrador outside of tho few fisher
men scattered along tho scacoast, but
before leaving Capo Churles we were
invited to the greatest social event in
the whole of Labrador last summer.
It was a dance given in a fish houso.
There were three girls and two Esqui
mau belles to bo distributed as part
ners among more than fifty men. An
Esquimau with an old fiddle made tho
ruusio and played tho "Arkansaw
Traveler" in very effective style. Re
garding our collections, a splendid as
sortment of insect life was secured. I
found eight new butterflies which havo
not been described in the entomology
of Labrador. Tho animal life in sub
Arctio as well as the floia.and is there
fore rather scauty. In addition to
the larger animals which cuiuo under
the head of game, somo rare water
ahrows were discovered, and a remark
ably varied collection of toads pecu
liar to Labrador. Two new land birds
were secured, and a largo collodion
of waUr fowl."
MAN'S HERITAGE.
This Is your heritage, children of light,
The goodliest heritage under the tan
Courage to stand in the thick ot the flaht.
The grave to give shelter, life's battle won.
This It your heritage, children ot Ool
The hollret heritage, gift of the soul j
Faith to uplift from the olntoh of the elod.
Love to Infold and make perfectly whole.
William Hale, In the Independent.
THE SHASTA LILY.
T ETTTK L. TH0MPS0!.
INES, tall and state
ly, repeated 1 n
thrillinz tones the
strange rhythmic
lore revealed to
them by breezes
from land and sea
a fur. Cottonwoods
bent gracefully to
View their fair ro.
flections in placid pools by the Sacra
mento's edge. Birds, in their green
shelter, twittered their joyous matins.
Bees hummed about the wild azaleas
whoso sweetness drifted out through
highway and byway mingling with the
pungent (iceiit of pine and fir. In the
distance rose Shasta, pare, majestic,
glorious in tho morning light. The
Castle Peak thrust sharp, gray crags
upwards against the serene blue of the
sky. Just visible through leafy vistas
tho gables of tho "Tavern" bore sufli
eient evidence of hospitable habita
t;on. Numbers of the guests had
strolled down to the station to greet
tho morning passengers.
The train proved to be late, ami
nothing loth, wo had chosen to await
its arrival ; so loitering on the bridge,
leaning over the rail to watch tho
glisttiiiug fish as they darted in spots
of silver along tho swift waters, or
lounging on piles of sweet-smelling
lumber, one mid nil found the sun
shine and fragrance and beanty ample
excuse for lniipy indolence.
While watching tho rows of curious
faces at tho ear windows, a complain
ing voice near by recalled my stray
ing atteiitiou.
"There are tho Blanks 1 Oh, why
couldn't they stay nt home? There
isn't a girl at tho Tavern, not even
the very prettiest one, who cau shine
with the least little glimmer when
Mrs. Blank is in eight," and with n
puthetio siirh, a very attractive girl
hastened off to condole with her fellow
suflerers.
To bo sure, there was Mrs. Blank,
and as I looked I felt that I had never
before fully realized her loveliness.
She seemed to have gained a new
charm; only an expression, perhaps,
but whatever the cause, it puzzled me.
Walking slowly up through the pine
grove, she now and then passed a
caressing hand across the rough
trunks which lined the path, and
while others hastened to the hotel she
lingered, along the way y ". if the pine
carp eaxmy tolur tVi "
Ont 1 he paused for a glimpse of
the CiV, JVsks, and as she gazed at
the greS. ."--a and domes a wonder
ful light
turning, sT - j,rked full into the eyes
of her husbJ it who had been eagerly
noting ewrj,;nauge in uer coun
tenance. !
"It is inspiration," I said. "She
loves the mountains, and tho pines,
and her husband."
As 1 sat on the west veranda that
afternoon, watching the quaint effects
of light nud shude on tho peaks of
Castle rocks as they rose sharply
above tho dark pines which seemed
striving with ever hopeless endeavor
to reach the summit, tho Blanks
passed near me.
"How glad 1 am to breatho tho old
familiar atmosphere again. I believe
I was truly homesick for tho scent ot
pines," said she; and from tho look
which accompanied his reply I knew
that she was the one fair and gracious
beiug for him in all tho world.
Just then ouo of a group of men
called to him: "Wo want to climb
tho peaks to-morrow. You know the
trail. Will you go with us?"
"Certainly ; I shall enjoy tho trip ;"
but a gentle pressure on his arm
caused him to look down into a very
white fuce and eyes which showed
abject terror.
With a sudden exclamation ho said,
turning again to tho men, "On soc
ond thoughts, I must beg you to ex
cuse me. I am sorry, but I can give
you all necessary directions."
That eveniug, after a stroll up the
logging roud, wo gathered ou our fa
vorite veranda. For awhile we were
silent, absorbed in the moon-traced
beauty of the night. The gTeat crags
were tipped with innumerable silver
spires, and a broad baud of softest
light wus stretched across the meadows
below. No breeze stirred the frugraut
air. Only the murmurs of the stream
and tho faint sounds of distant music
broke the stillness until a low voice
said: "Now, Stella, is the very timo
for tho story you promised. .Some
thing to do with Castle Peaks, was it
not?"
"Oh, do tell it," pleaded another.
"The Crogs aro woudorful to-night,
and it will be so realistio to have the
very mountains themselves tht be
fore our eyes."
Ho we listened to the story of "The
Shasta Lily" told in Stella's low, im
pressive toucr, so thoroughly,- iu har
mony with tho scene.
Several years ago, before the iron
horse had plunged his way northward,
a small building, scarcely more than a
cabin, stood near the bridge span
ning the Sucrameuto, at tho foot of
Castle Crags. This was the noma of a
beautiful girl, tho pride of the coun
try far and near. She was the beauty
of the neighborhood, which might be
considered to extend from Bissons to
Sim's. At seventeen she wM the re
cipient of attentions from every man,
woman and child who came, under the
influence of ber sweet face and gentle
ways. All newoomere beard at one
of Mary Dean. The stage driver him
self condescended with a pompous
proprietary flourish of bis whip to
point ont to bis passengers the humble
roof which sheltered her, and would
expatiate garrulously concerning her
loveliness. Her parents proudly ac
cepted the lact that the was the belle
of several counties and added their
share to the universal admiration.
From a certain charming pose of
her pretty bead and slender, graceful
throat some one of her more imagina
tive admirers had suggested a like
ness to the exquisite Shasta lily, and
from that moment the appellation bad
clung persistently to this fair name
sake of so fair a flower.
On the December night of my story
a ball was in progress at the old stage
station which then stood on the very
site now occupied by the tavern.
From the windows and doors lights
shone out upon the sombre back
ground of pines. Strains of the
"fiddle" mingled with soun.Is of gay
voices and restless feet. Above all,
keeping timo with the music, rose the
shrill calls: "For'd gents," "Swing
yer pardners," followed by the scrape,
scrape, scrape of the advancing aud
receding roughly-clad feet.
It was a motley crowd there as
sembled. Bed shirts, blue shirts and
"li'iled shirts" were on a plaue of
equality.
The fun and excitement increased,
and the scraping of heavy boots grew
into a scufilo as each dancer made an
effort to eclipse his neighbor in the
"swing." The fiddler marked time
with head and feet, participating vig
orously in the reigning enjoyment.
Mary Dean was, as usual, the chief
attraction. Tall, fair and graceful, she
was pre-eminent among her compan
ions.
A, with nn added flourish and a
shriller squeak of the fiddle, the danc
ing censed, Murv moved toward the
open window. Tho flood of light from
within the room illumined her slight
figure aud delicate profile, accentua
ting tho likeness to the graceful lily
and creating a picture to charm even
the most indifferent. Not so to be
classed, however, were two young men
who, sheltered by the darkness, had
been watching the merry dancers.
They gazed steadfastly at "this lovely
girl and then turned fierco eyes upon
each other. Evidently no neighborly
friendship existed between them. Not
a word was spoken, but volumes might
be read iu the set lips and lowering
brows. As though impelled by one
sentiment they stepped simultaneously
toward tno window where .Mury leaned
pensively against the frame.
Some troubled thought stirred her
usually tranquil countenances as, with
a start, sho perceived their approach.
Uae of the young men was well
dressed, with "city" plainly discernible
in his style of clothing.
1 he other, thongh not careless in
attire, were the customary rouzh garb
of the sturdy miners of.th' region.
His manners were brusque aud bis
voice took on even a sterner accent
than usual.
"Mary," he said aburptly, "words
are useless. You know our hearts,
and you have promised to decide be
tween us to night. Wo will bear
trirlinj no longer."
This wooiug was like himself, bluff
and straightforward, but probably
not as worthy iu a maiden's opinion
ai more vehement protestations of de
votion might be.
Mary, however, unmoved by this
steru demand, with serene eyes
looked upward to the sharp crags out
lined against tho starset skv.
Then sho gazed intently at tho faeo
of each lover, but still her thoughts
wero uuspokeu. Again her dance
sought the rigid cliffs. Then a slow
smile lighted her eyes and curved the
perfect lids, and, drawing a glove from
a pocket, sho held it toward the two
men.
"Yes, I will give ray answer. Somo-
where near the end oi the trail, at the
summit of tho peaks, you will find a
pair of gloves like this. I left them
thero last week. He who will first
pluco one of them in my hand may
claim me."
Like a thunderbolt fell this decision
upon each of the listener's. The feat
was a trifle to accomplish, but could it
be possible for love to dictate such
condition. If she cared for either,
could any girl be williug to leave her
fate subject to such doubttul order
ing? lleavy hearta were theirs, but
lovo was powerful and wiusome. Mary
Dean was tho prize. Withont a word
or glance the two meu vanished into
the night, and Mary turned with a
sigh. Wus it significant of relief, re
gret or gratified vanity?
In the mormug, when the dancers
begnu to think of startiug homeward,
they discovered, to their dismay, thut
(larK clouds Lad gathered over the
('rags, about whoso domes aud shafts
the lightning played in fitful flashes.
Soon tho storm was on them in fer
ritin power.
Blinding torrents of rain, ouswept
by tho fury of tho tempest, threat
ened to wrest the Very buildings from
their foundations. Giant trees were
splintered by thunderbolts seemingly
hurled from tho mighty crags. Amid
the tumultuous roar of tho storm
could be hoard on every side the terror-fraught
strain, and groan, and
crash of fulling trees. Then some oue
thought ot the bridge. "It will go 1"
was the cry, aud while frightened
women cowered within the walls the
men fought their way down to Dean'a
beside the boiling,ruging river to see
if aught might be dono to save the
bridge.
With a strength born of tho danger,
Mary Dean followed. Neither plead
ing nor threat could peisuado her to
seek shelter, but with haggard face and
anxious eyes she sought some sign
from those whom she had sent into such
awful peril.
"The bridge I the bridge is going!"
as great log, rolling and plunging as
it was borne, down Ly the furious
stream, struck the bridge with tre
mendous force, wrenching it from its
supports.
Yet still it remained, held by some
obstruction which surely could not
withstand the slightest added strain.
At that moment Mary's eager eyes es-
Cicd a dark figure on the opposite
ank slowly battling away toward the
bridge-crossing. Home instinct caused
her to glanoe backward, and there,
close at band, was ber other lover,
with a triumphant smile, waving a
flimsy glove as a symbol of his victory.
In ft few seconds that glove would
be in her band and she must abide by
her promise. Then it was when love
asserted control. Doubts disappeared.
Was there no escape? Oh, if she were
only on the other bankl But the
bridge ah I she can reach it she
will 1 and with a bound she sprang to
the log, then to the bridge. The spec
tators were horror-stricken as they
saw the slight figure of the girl in that
perilous position in midstream, on
that swaying bridge, and scarcely able
to withstand the violence of the storm.
Not one of all those brave men dared
to venture to her rescue, for any added
weight upon those unstable timbers
meant new peril for the girl whose life
was so precious to them. Their com
mands to retrace her steps were un
heeded. Yonder another log came
sweeping onward, propelled by the
united forces of 'wind and stream.
There was no hope for Mary Dean un
less she reached the opposite bank be
fore the log could strike the bridge.
With suspended breath they watched
her progress. Sho neared tho end.
Their hearts seemed to cense beating
as the log turned in the rapid stream,
aud with a tcrriblo crash tho bridge
at last gave way. But Mary Dean
was safe. She had gained the land,
and after the first moment of silent
thanksgiving cheer on cheer rang
above the storm as Mary was clasped
in tho arms of her chosen lover. He
had brought the second glove and
thus proved his allegiance. Many a
tear of sympathy glistened in the
eyes of those strong men, for tho
rnouutain wooer had won their dar
ling, and they had little pity for the
city man who had sought the prize.
Stella's voice ceases, and a spell
scorned to rest upon us as we gazed at
tho Crags, so calmly beautiful in the
transforming radiuuee of tho peaceful
moon.
"Wasn't that a gloriously brave
act?" murmured the heiress, "and all
for love."
"Yes," added Stella, "it was grand.
The story was related to me two years
ago while 1 was staying at tho old log
house. It impressed me so strongly
that I have ever since had an intense
longing to see the original. I would
go far to see such a real heroine as
that."
"I wonder what I should have done
had I been in her place, "said frivolous
isell. ."I think, lt.waa v- ked in her.
to send them off as she die1. Yes,
absolutely wicked."
"Oh, not wicked," cried a passion
ate voice, "I entreat you: only
thoughtless," and we all turned to
ward Mrs. Blank, who had risen, and
with flashing eyes, in which the tears
still shown, confronted our astonished
faces. One hand was outstretched as
if pleading for leniency of judgment
toward our heroine. Then, as some
sudden consciousness overcame her
impulse, she added, "I bog your trnr-
dou, but I was much affected by your
iiuecdotc, aud with a low "good
night," sho left us.
The next eveuiug at sunset we went
down the road for a view of glorified
Shusta.
The warm air, balmy with aroma of
pine and sweetness of wild blooms,
the hum and buzz ot insects, and tho
incessant murmur of the Sacramento,
ull lulled mo into day dreams. I
could see tho graoeful flguro of the
slender mountain maid as she passed
amid her native forests surrounded by
all this wealth of nature.
I could hear tho rumbling of wheels
and tho snap of the flourishing whip
announced the approach of the stage
as it dashed down this very road only
to disappear in a cloud of dust. I
could hear the words of the driver
but no. Whose voice was it thus sud
denly recalling mo to consciousness of
my surroundings?
Wo have reuched the river and there,
near tho ruins of an old bridge, stood
the Blanks. It was the husband's
voice that had intruded upon my
reverie. And tho wife replied:
"When I como here I live over again
all the suspense and dread of those
tcrriblo hours. I thought I bad over
come such weakness, but when you
promised yesterday to go up the cliffs
it was more than I could bear, and yet
I am ever grateful for tho test which
taught me to read my own heart
aright."
"And I," said her husband, "re
member the fearless heart that led my
darling across the bridge, and the
dear love that prompted her to brave
the danger."
Aud then I realizod that this
brilliant, cultured, altogether charm
ing woman was none other than the
dearly beloved "Shasta Lily."
"Ah I look at Shasta," he said.
A golden flood was sweeping down
ward from s.immit to baso, while over
all a rosy light shimmered with
chuugeful radiance. A wraith-like
cloud circled round aud round the
summit. Then all was changed, and
the noble monarch of the north wore
a crown of fire, a diadem of peerless
splendor. Sau Francisco Examiner.
Albert Messerly, a Wheeling (W.
Ya.) drummer, was thrown off the
platform ot a lUltiinoro and Ohio
train and over an embankment, and an
undextaker, upon a doctor's certificate
that the man diod from tho shook,
was preparing the body for shipment
home, when Messerly recovered,
A GREAT TRIBUNAL
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UM TED STATES.
It is the Court of Last Resort In the
United 9Utes Its Robins
Room Opening a
Session.
Ty-TIIE United States Supreme
I ourt, writes Ueorge Uran
J tham Bain, moves slowly, not
(, alone because of the dignity
m Tno couri and or its members,
though they are restraining influences.
The great importance of a dnoisinn t
this, the court of last resort, makes it
imperative that the greatest car be
exercised in determining a verdict
So though urgent matters are ad
vanced on the docket At vrv m
there is no haste about transacting the
routine business. Everything takes
its turn.
The position of Associate Justice of
me supreme Court is no sinecure it
cannot even be classed as "an eay
job." The Justices give full value for
the S10.000 a year which each of them
receives. Their time on the bench
averaging about four and a half
hours a day during tho term is not
the only time devoted to their duties.
Every Saturday they gather iu tho
consultation room in the basement of
tho Cupitol. This room was once tho
office of tho clerk of tho circuit ;
tho Supremo Court chnmber was at
that time tho chamber of tho United
States Senate. To these consulta
tions of tho Justices no one is ad
mitted not even tho clerk of tho
court. Here the cases which have been
argued during the week aro discussed.
Here the judgment of tho court is de
termined and tho task of writing an
opiuiou is assigned to one or more
Justices in each case. I say ono or
more, because tho Justices tiro unani
mous in their determination of a mat
ter, and iu cao of a division the
views of the court aro prepared by
one of the Justices aud tho views of
the dissenting Justices aro prepared
by another. These opinions aro
written out at their homes by the
Justices to whom they aro assigned
nud then thev are hroutrht to thnnnn.
sulfation room and read to the full
bench. If they are approved they aro
laid before tho court on Mouday,
which in decisiou day.
The assembling nt 41n Si
Court is a matter of much form and
ceremony. The hour of assembling
is noon. Tho court meets at "the
place provided by law." so that If
Congress after adjournment of the
court decided to move its quarters it
would have simply to conform to the
new law without snecial action bv th
court itself. The "placo provided by
law" this year is as usual the Supreme
Court chamber in the Cauitol at
Washington. The Justices cathar at
Voout halt past elevec o'clock a. !rfr
' a.1. . . .
me rooing room, inis ts a small room
adjoining the clerk's office, which is
directly across the hall from the Su
preme Court chamber. The clerk's
office wos on t the office of the Sec
retary of tho Senate. In the robing
room hangs a portrait of Chief Jus
tice Jay, attired iu a robe with scarlet
facings. Such gaudy equipment has
not been seen in tho court room with
iu the memory of this generation at
least.
Around tho walls of the robing room
hang the black silk gowns of tho Jus
tices and a number of second hand
gowns. A Justice pays as mmh for
his robe of oflico as he would pay for a
handsomo suit of clothing. There is
a fixed price for the gowu, and a prico
which does not vary with the fluctua
tions in the duties ou silk. Ono wo
man has made all the Justices' gowns
for forty years, and her invariable
price for oue is 9100. Like the tailors
who make a specialty of outfits for
officers of the army and navy, sho
knows just what are the requirements
of a Justice's gown, and all that her
customer has to be concerned about is
the fit The gown must set well across
the shoulders, and it should reach
from the neck to the heels, but it
should not drag on the floor. I say
floor, becauso except on inauguration
day the Justice does not wear his gown
out of doors. When ho attends an of
ficial dinner or reception at the White
House bo wears the garb of everyday
life.
Tho Jintice wears his robe only
when the Supreme Court as a body is
participating in soue official oeremony.
lie may go gowned to a funeral if it is
an official funeral He wears it at the
inauguration of a President. But or
dinarily he puts it on in the robing
room in the morning and takes it off
in the robing loom at dusk. He does
not wear it even in the consulting
room. So there is very little wear
and tear on it, and one robe outwears
several suits of clothing.
According to the technical descrip
tion of it, the Justice's robe is made
st large straight widths of silk. It is
three aud a quarter yards wide at the
bottom. It has a narrow hem around
the bottom and a broad hem down the
front. It is gauged at the top to a
yoke, which is short ou the shoulders
and forms a deep scallop at tho back.
The flowing sleeves are a yard and a
quarter wide, and reach to the wrist.
Having donned their robes with the
aid of the old attendants and they
are old enough to be conspicuous even
in this city of long services the Jus
tices, at a few minutes before noon,
cross the hall to the anto-room of the
court. The trausit of tho Justices is
a mutter of daily interest and wonder
to the visitors at the Capitol. It is
tho signal for a laid a very subdued,
dignified raid on the door of tho
court room, where a colored man sits,
solemnly manipulating tho swinging
door with a cord. Only so many peo
ple aro admitted to tho court room,
aud the number is small. There are
but ft few rows of benobes outsidt ft,1
the Bar. No crowding of the com
At noon, led by the Chief Jn:.
the Justices file into the court
behind the long row of pillars ytQ
...tru. tun unrruw gmierj gal(rT
by the way, which is never used noi'
Xnere is a theatrical touch to the n
trance. The black-robed flgureiala
lojnirnuunij MCUlUll Ilia piliaft a. I
llian .a .4 . . . . Li
nal, appear at the spaces between t
pillars and move to their places. Tv
vuiei i;unuce, oi course, sits in tt
uiiuuii-. vh ine rigni oi me unief Jj,
tice sits the Justice longest in then
,.. imivumcD uow is iwr, titV
who was appointed by President li
colu in 1803. On the loft of the Ctv
Misuce niis jusiico narian, wno stan-ii
next to Mr. Field in point of servio.
Jinen comes Mr. Uray on the rig'
(one seat removed from the Chief Jr!
tice), then Mr. Brewer on the left, J.
isrown on the right, Mr. Sbiras on tt
i en, .11 r. Jackson on the right and )
White on the left. The lost seat ,
tho left hand of tho Chief Justice
always occupied by tho youngest
tne tniei Justices the latest t
pointee.
When the Justices enter tho co-
crier raps three times and says in
sing-song tono: "Oyez, oyez, on,
All persons having business before t
honorable tho Supreme Court of t
United States are adruonisho I to ln
near and give attention as tho co-
is about to assemble. God blest tj
United btatcs and tho honor
court I"
When tho gavel first falls all th
wiinin tne bar ot tho court rise
remain standing until tho Justice,
a signal from the Chiof Justice, ti
their seats. As they sit down tLi
bow to the Attorney-General and :
members of the bar.
Usually tho first business nnd
fact, almost tho only business of:
first day of the term is the swenr
in of lawyers who havo practice;
tho Supremo Courts of the States,
who, by the fulfillment of some ot
condition, are eligible to admi:
They aro sworn in in batches of In
dozen. They gather about the cltr
desk and as many as con do so c
veuieutly lay their right bauds on
little old Bible which has been ir
moro thau half a century, ami
clerk reads to them the form of o
This ceremony concluded, the c
adjourns and tho Justices march
as solemnly as they marched in,
proceed to tho robing room, w'l
they removo their garments of
and satin.
Although it is the ambition oft-
young lawyer to practice before
Supreme Court, that practice dues
atlord the opportunities which at
be found iu courts of original jr.
diction. Tho "argument" madet
Supreme Court is hardly more th.
stater . of fact and ft quotatiut
DtiOrk Whn Mr. f 11 Availing
pearea oeioro tne Supreme Ucii:
few years ago he read bis argot
from manuscript. The only otbc
rresident who has appeared in th
preme Court room is John Qu
Adams, and he argued one case. 1
is usually a dry formality about
heuring of a case which makes the
sions of the court very monotouu.
those who are not directly inter,
in the matter on trial.
The Scorpion's Sutclile.
Tho natives of Lucca, in Italy I
sert that tho scorpion will destro'
self if exposed to a sudden light, j
a writer in Nature said that hi' I
formant and her friends, while 1 1
ing during the summer mouth I
baths ot Luces, wero much mi-1
by the intrusion of small black
pious into tho house aud their :j
secreted among the bod-clotLt I
shoes aud in other articles of
that they soon bocauie aitt'!j
catching the scorpions and tlii
of them in the manner suk-I''
"This consisted in confining tbi
mal under an inverted drinking
or tumbler below which a cur'
iuserted wheu tho capturo was
and then waiting till dark, miM
bringing the light of a caudle nn
the glass iu which the auimal wi-l
fined. No sooner was this dou I
the scorpion invariably showed
ot great excitsment, running 'I
aud round the interior of the tu J
with reckless velocity for a uuu. j
times.
"This stato having lasted font
ute or more, the auimal sud.Ut
came quiet, and turning its t
the binder part of its body i"
back, brought its recurved Htiu.
upon the middle of tho heuJ
piercing it forcibly iu a few
became qutto motionless, and, i-
quite dead. This observation "j
peated quite frequently in tr
was adopted as the bust plan v
ting rid of tho pests, aud the
people were in the habit of b-
them with impunity numediutn.'
they wero so killed, and of pn
many of thorn as curiosities.
known that scorpions kill tucul
when surrounded bv a rinir oi il
Too Ingenious.
A Dubuque (Iowa) man took l
quarter dollars and chiseled
tirBt syllable ot the word ":
and tho last syllable of the wur
lar." The letter "r" was then o
to "n," making the iuscriptH
"ten dol." Thou he gilded tN
aud offered them to tradcsim'
par value of $10 each. It
genious scheme, but Undo
myrmidons are no blind worsH
mgeuuity. Ihe gentleman ir
buque is now languishing in J
troit i reo Press.
Meningitis is most deinlljl
Petersburg, where 600 deathi '
OUO aro from this disease.