Evening star., 1893-10-07

bright and full of lie. Ills steI. is vigor-
Gus. and he keeps his joints wen oiled by
long walks. He sOmetlrnes walks from the
Capitol To his home, distance of three
miles, and 4 frequently see h::a measuring
hour
The most of the judges walk out to the
Capitol, and one of the funniest sights is to
see Brewer and Harlan coming on a dog
trot down Pennsylvania avenue with the
chief justice in the middle. They have
taken OF their .sOwES, AMI though by look
Ing at their faces YOU can tell that they are
eminent neE. the view from the rear pre-
sents two ordinary mortals in slouch hats
with little man under silk plug in the
middle.
Look ut Judge Gray.
One OF the biggest men on the bench is
Justice Gray Of Massachusetts. He is iul-
ly as tall Justice Harlan. and he weighs
more lie runs rather to adipose It's
sue. His face reminds me of the best pic
lures which you see in the magazines Of
the babies which are advertised as being
brought up on artificial fool! AMI his flesh
looks clean enough and sweet enough to
eat He Is a sober man, however end his
SIX feet Two Is one mass u judicial dignity
he prides himself on his POSITION. and he
thinks the three greatest things On earth
the Supreme Court, the state Of Massachu-
setts and Harvard College. His uncle left
In the neishborhood of $1,000 10 Harvard
and he gave 81. go to the college library,
Judge HornLlOwer'. Famous Ance.-
tors.
Justice Gray IS rich and blue blooded and
this is the case with most of the justices.
Gray's grandfather made fortune In ship
building. and he had at one time sixty
s4uare-rigged ships on the ocean. He was
bora in Ala ssacnGsetts in 1850, and he was,
when he died. the richest man in the state.
IL Is fro!a him that a part OF Justice
Gray wealth comes. The new justice, Mr..
hOrnOIower. traces his ancestry back to
Ensi-,ll and Josiah hornblower. the
first of the family who came to this
In order - bIili a steam engine here.
He brought all the parts with him
from England. and he put up the first steam
engine ever put Up in the United States
lie was not more than twenty-five wears
old at the time, and the engine was used
In the Schuyler copper mines in Hudson
county, " }. After II was finished he pro-
poSed to 50 back To ENGLAND. but the own
ers of the mine persuaded him to stay. and
he married Elizabeth Kingsland. who was
the descendant of one % the judges of the
supreme court in New Jersey In colonial
days. IL was from this woman his great
grandmother. that the new justice prob
ably inherits his judicial ability for her son
his grandfather. Judge Joseph Horr blower
was one of the most famous lawyers New
Jersey mas known. He was chief justice of
the state. and he wrote number of law
books He WIS the youngest of twelve chill
cren. and was sickly that he could not
be sent 10 school AZ the age of sixteen
he had 4 stroke of paralysis. and he lost the
memory of everything he had learned up
to that time. He began all over again as
soon as he was cured. and against the ad-
vice of every me studied law. He worked
right along up to the time of his DEATH how
ever. and became very famous. living to
the advanced age OF eighty-eight. He had
eight children.and one of these was VIM.
II Hcrnolower. the father of the new JUS
tce- He began life by studying law, but
was converted ami dropped the law for the
ology. He became Presbyterian preacher,
anu died or paralysis just ten years ago.
justice Hornblower. after graduating at
princeton. began his practice in New York.
Every one knows how he made himself IA
nous there. and how his practice has for
years amounted to three or four times the
sum he VIII get as justice OF the Supreme
Court.
His Magnificent Country Home.
The new justice Is said to be rich. He
has made a fortune at the law. and he in
herited. IN told. pretty penny from his
father He will probably build house
In Washington. Justice Horntlower's sum-