The morning call., 1893-10-08
Bro WIN

out OF his gown and he looks like a gray
haired boy. He is not as big as was SeDa-
tor Spooner, and like Spooner he obably
frequently grows indignant at the idea
that a man. to be great, ought to be at
least seventeen feet high. AS to the other
justices, Harlan is over six feet, and he
must weigh in the neighborhood of 800
pounds. He is great, broad-shoudered,
rOund-limbed giant, with the red corpus
cles which denote plenty of iron shining out
of every part of his frame. His eyes are
bright and full Of life. HE step is vlgor-
Gus, and he keeps his joints well oiled by
long walks. He sometimes walks from the
Capitol to his home. a distance OF three
miles, and frequently see him measuring
off The sidewalk at pace Of four miles an
hour.
The most of the Judges walk out to the
Capitol, and one of he funniest sights is
10 see Brewer and Harlan coming ON q
dog trot down Pennsylvania avenue with
the Chief Justice in the middle. They
have taken off their gowns. and though by
looking al their faces you can tell that
they are eminent men, the view from the
rear presents two ordinary mortals in
slouch hats with little man under a silk
plug in the middle.
One Of the biggest men on the bench is
Justice Gray Of Massachusetts. He is
fully as tall as Justice Harland. and he
weighs more. He runs rather to adipose
tissue. His face reminds me of the best
pictures which you see in the magazines Of
the babies which are advertised as being
brought up on artificial food. and his flesh
looks clean enough and sweet enough TO
eat. He is sober man, however, and his
six feet two is one mass Of judicial dignity.
He prdes 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 neighborhood of 100000 to Har-
ward, and he gave $4,000 10 the college
library.
Justice Gray is rich and blue blooded,
and this is the case with most Of the JUS
tces. Gray's grandfather made fortune
in ship building, and he had at one time
sixty square-rigged ships on the ocean. He
was born in Massachusetts in 1850, and he
was, when he died, the richest man in the
State. 1t is from him that part of JUS
tice Gray's wealth comes. The new Justice.
Mr.. Horn blower, traces his ancestry back
to England. Josiah Hornblower, the first
of the family who came to this
in order to build 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. He was not more than % years
old at the time, and the engine was used in
the Schuyler copper mines In Hudson
Comfy. n. J. After it was finished he pro-
posed to 90 back to England, but the own
ers of the mine persuaded him to stay, and
he married Eliza beth Kingsland, who was
the descendant of one of the Judges of che
Supreme Court in New Jersey in colonial
days. 1t was from this woman. his great.
grandmother, that the new Justice prob
ably inherits mis- judicial ability. for her
son, his grandfather, Judge Joseph Horn
blower, was one of the most famous law
yers New Jersey has known. lie was
Chief Justice of the State and he wrote
number of law books. He was the young
est of twelve children and was so slckly
that he could not be sent to school. at
the age of 16 years he had stroke of
paralysis, and he lost the memory of every
thing he had learned up to that time. He
began all over again as soon as he was
cured. and against the advice OF every
one 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 IS. He had eight chill
dren, and one of these was William ID.
Hornblower, the father OF the new JUS
tice. He began life by studying law, but
was converted and dropped the law for
theology He became Presbyterian
preacher. and died of paralysis just ten
years ago. Justice Hornblower, after
graduating at Princeton, began his practice
in New York. Every one knows how he
made himself famous there, and how his
practice has for years amounted to three
or four times the sum he will get as JUS
tice of the Supreme Court.
The new Justice is said TO be rich. He
has made fortune at the law, and he IN
herited. I am told. pretty penny from
his father. He will probably build house
in Washington. Justice Hornblowers sum
ner home will be at southampton. IL. l..
He has just finished building large cottage
there His house is surrounded by SIX acres
of ground, and the lot has frontage OF