Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
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How THE u. SUPREME COURT IS OPEN.
ED.-To begin with, there is degree OF dig.
nifty and stately bearing about the Court ard
its members which Dermeates even to the most
humble attache. 'ihere is quiet in the
court room which re calls the Sabbath of the
Covenanters. Wbe one enters, the invol-
untary feeling comus On that the room is set
aside only for the contemplation of the sober
side of life, and woe to him who jibes or
Jokes in the presence of the Court. The Court
is opened about this fashion: At twelve
o'clock (noon) the Justices come in from the
room and take their seats on the
bench. Away to the lett of the chamber is
seen youthful officer, whose business is to
catch the first glimpse Of the advancing
Judges. Then come three raps with pom
derous gavel by the same officer. This is
meant as a signal for the audience to rise.
Then, with the Chief Justice in advance, the
Judges enter from the right of the chamber.
To the rear of the Justices seats is an aisle.
In the centre is an grched entrance for the
Chief Justice Through this aisle the Judges
file and take position on the right and left.
None enter until the Chief Justice emerges
from the centre entrance. After oil have
filed in, the Chief Justice makes graceful
obeisance to the standing audience. Then the
Justices take seats, stroke of the gavel IS
made and the audience seats itself The
opening of the Court falls upon youthful
officer. 1t is after the old English form.
20, yea oh, yea," etc, and concludes with
the words, "God bless the honorable Supreme
Court" The court is now ready for business
All the Justices are clad in black silk gowns
with an ecclesiastical cut In the dispatch
of business the Chief Justice is quite expe.
ditious. He is always ready with reply to
question, and eminently satisfactory. The
Justices Oh the bench assume different atti-
tudes. Justice Miller sinks down low in his
chair, and but little can be seen of him but
the top of his head so also does Justice
Bradley. The Chief Justice sits erect most
of the time when not hearing an argument,
busy in consulting the calendar. Judge Har-
Ian is the most striking in appearance OF any
of the Judges. He is tall, we'll built and
sits erect Washington Star.
PEcUL1AR.-A man who has any decided
characteristics is pretty sure to be dubbed
peculiar" by bis friends. Strange to say,
that one descriptive word rouses vague doubts
as to the moral worth of the man to whom it
is applied. That. Of course, is absurd. No
two persons are the same throughout, exactly
corresponding in physical, mental and moral
features Idiosyncrasies will be detected in
one, which are not noticeable in the other.
Of the thousand millions that inhabit this
globe, every one differs from. every other one.
Consequently to say of a person that he is Pc
cuhar is a very commonplace statement, chal-
longing no controversy. The point is con-
ceded. How good q thing it is that we are
not moulded after the same pattern Life
would become exceedingly tame, people
mingling with the counterpart Of themselves
at every turn. This would be iutolerable.
The condition would beget an intense longing
for the intimate society of peculiar people.
They would become very winning, if only they
were of pure and noble character. Variety
of gifts, taste, employments, differences in
nationalities, education, accomplishments,
amusements, are all charming pecularities.
The world would be dreary without them.
TO call man peculiar, then, is to make no
accusation against him.
BoYs.-Some people imagine that the world
was made for men. All a mistake; it was
simply intended for boys to amuse themselves
in.. Who enjoy life except the boy, and an
occasional girl or two? Nobody. Grown
up folks try to think they do, and some really
imagine they do, but they are mistaken. Men
work themselves up into a fever Of excite
ment over an election. They hold mass meet
ings and get up torchlight professions of great
length and noisy roar; but do they get any
fun out of it? Not bit. 1t is the boys on
the outside who do that. They build the
bon6res on street corners, and do large
share of the hurrahing. Men in process
sion move along as solemnly as though they
were going to their own funeral, if such a
thing were possible, but the boy who observes
them from the curbstone. or who trots along
close to the drum. major is all animation and
Joy. He takes it all in, and is the freshest
one of the party when the tramp is completed,
no matter how long he is passing any number
of given points. No one gets such keen en-
joyment out of play as the boy in the gal.
lery. And all circuses in the land are gotten
up with an eye single to his especial amuse-
ment If we could be young again, We would
be boy.
A NOVEL WEDDING.-A few days ago,
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