Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-22
N %CURI0SITIES,
The Star Route Jurymen,
Pen Pictures of a Dozen Unfor-
tunate Mortals.

Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Here is the Jury chosen by Ameri.
can justice to Judge o case Involving
governmental questions, and costing
In fees over q half q million dollars to
try. Such q juryl A set of men
whom you would hardly set to manag.
Ing q saw-mill; certainly not II the
machinery was at all intricate. Coarse
featured, low-browed, uneducated,
vulgar.faced men, they look 40 though
they had never read q newspaper and
had never owned an honest opinion.
Five of them are chewing tobacco,
and their jaws are moving up and
down In unison with those of Jerry
Wilson, who 10 now addressing them.
One of them In the back row is asleep,
and q fly Is crawling on the under lip
Of his w%ide-open mouth. Most Of the
rest are leaning back In their chairs,
aud ak jurors have their chairs rest
Ing on two legs.
Four of them are negroes, and these
are the most respectable looking part
Of the twelve. They are better dress.
ed. They look cleaner, and, as q rule,
they pay better attention than their
white brothers. One OF these negroes
the third from the left on the back
row-looks as though he might be .
o full blooded African. His skin Il ID
black a. Q cake Of stove polish, aud
1t shines with the same sandy metal
lilo lustre. His hair IL short aud woolly
his forehead low, his face narrow, and
his eyes black. He Ia not fat, wears
q white collar, and looks respectable.
Negro No. 2 sits next to him. He
Is q mulatto. His skin Ia Of o sole
leather yellow and his face Is rather
Inclined to the Caucasian. His hair
has hardly Q curl, and he probably
takes after q white father. No. Q Il
not so clean looking as No. l. HI.
irsyed shirt band around his thick, fa'
neck has no collar attached to 1t ant
Is decidedly dirty.
Negro No. 8 Is also q mulatto, bu'
he looks by no means intelligent. Hi
features follow the thick. Tipped, fat
nossd African type, and his color 10
gingerbread brown. He wears O BROW
shirt and laughs q good deal as helook
over the court room.
Negro No. 4 sits on the front row
He Is the best looking man on the jury
= His features take after those of Sens
tor Bruce, but his color Is darker, an,
they lack the intellectual cast of tn
senator's. No. 4 has q high, broa,
forehead, jet black eyes, and round
full checks. He Is as well dressed q
any man on the jury, and his blu
flannel shirt and white collar becom
him we'll.
The two best looking men In tn
star route jury sit at the two ends O
the front row. That on the right fac
Ing tho judge Is a lean, hatohet.face'
, man of fitty.fve, with iron gray wills
kers, q lean nose, blue eyes, and OIL
expression which reminds one of tn
resigned look of q sanotifed deacon
mixed with that of q village grocer
The nan on the other end looks q lit
tie like General Sheldon, now eoverno
Of New Mexico o rough.looklng fel
D low with a long black beard, mike
with threads Of gray, and a rosy faca
He Is not q dilettante fellow, and h
doesn't care for appearances. II
leaves his vest entirely unbuttoned
- aud at this moment he has pulled u
his shirt In front so that 1t looks iik,
q balloon with the wind half exhausted
The two men On the back row ar
brunette and blonde. Brunette sit
at the left. Hair jet, face lean, fort
head low and narrow, jaws big an
continually moving, chews Tobacco
continually, and spends more tim
, In looking after the water cooler tina
j. at the speaker.
The blonde Is Of Q warm temper'
ment. He sweats continually. b
also ohews, and splits twice to br,
} nette's once. Blonde has q straw DOL
lored mustaohe, which makes . ha
;. crescent over his mouth, running
!. the bottom of his chin. His hair
short, his BARS large, and
, wears . flashy shirt pin and two b
q rings.
:, The man next to this gentlem,
: looks like . bruiser. he has sho
+ hair, clipped; In fact, close to Il
scalp. Hi forehead ID high enoug
but his general aspect II neither int,
= ligent nov winning. He yAwns . gre
deal, and his favorite position Il lyil
back In his chair, with bis feet on q
sf floor, and his head against Il
r. wall. He ID about thirty years old.
In Thereare only three men left. Tn
In cit together In the front row. T
nd first Il an ordinary man Of %, wearll
Z. . bunch of lilac In his buttonhole. T
It. next Il older and looks like q misal
n thrope, and the last Ii . white man
yellow that he might be classs d vi
d the negro by his side. He IL an q
u, man, at least his hair Is growing grs
but 1t Is straight, and his features
y" decidedly Caucasian. Such IL t
: jury Of the Star route trial. Such
the jury to which speeches Of sew
days length are made. Such Ia I
jury who eighteen hours out Of I
twenty.four 90 where they please Q
y talk with whom they please, when
their deoision depends the fate
M milllonaires and the purity of the g
ernment.
~ THE READY REVOLVER.