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1 VOL. NO. 277. A PLAYER QUEEN Career of Ellen. Terry, England's Greatest Actress.

PLAYED PUCK AGED EIGHT Made Her London Debut at 15 and Married, at 16. gooa Reaches Her Fiftieth Tear Some tkr ar Rolri Thii rf tile WamuHuActcd. I Henry Irving would, of course, nave had an American vogue on his own merits, but Henry Irving without Ellen Terry would have been quite another Henry-Terry caught our fancy and captured our reason, too. All this is nothing strange. She an artiste, and a woman good withal to look at.

Celebrities' lives, if these folks be plans, are always Interesting, perhaps cause we Imagine them to partake of the Protean variety that is the characteristic of their originals' theatrical In the London New Illustrated Magazine a friendly writer, recounting the career of Ellea Terry, nominates her the "player queen," a good phrase, Shakespearean like, and just the romantic conceit to entertain as the life of this actress is agreeably unfolded. "The year wiH be still young when, all being well, the leading lady of the London Lyceum will celebrate her fiftieth birthday. It Is over forty years since Miss Terry made her first appearance on the stare; and she Is, happily for the playgoing public of Kng- MISS IERRT AS PUCK. an appeared for the first time on the stage In this role. afd land and America, still in harness, and as I write Is hard at work rehearsing and creating for such an actress does, in truth, 'create' yet another character to be added to her already long list.

Her Juvenile Delist. "She was born in Coventry, where her father, Benjamin Terry, and mother were on a professional visit at the period. The date Is Feb. 27, 1848. She made her first appearance on the stage eight years later as Maml-llus in 'The Winter's Tale at the Princess' theater, under the management of Charles Keen.

Th6 ehild-actresa made a success, for-no less an authority than the Times considered that the played the 'boy Mamillus with a' vivacious precocity that proves her a worthy relation of her sister. The revival ran for 102 nights, and then, on Oct. 16 of the same year, came the production of "A Midsummer Night's In which she played Puck, a part which, according to Kean's biographer, she acted 'with restless, elfish animation, "and an evident -enjoyment of her wn mischievous pranks. This revival occupied the stage for 260 performances, until, a Oct. 18.

1858. another elaborate Shakespearean production, 'King John, claimed attention. The part of Arthur was played with great sweetness, clearness of enunciation, and delicate light and shade by 'Miss Ellen Her performance was not mechanical. It had not the customary element of MIS3 TERRT AS usually associated with the stage child. In these early days the novice appeared as Tiger Tim, in Edmund Tales' farce.

"If the Cap and In a 'boy's rart, a page, In The Merchant of Following the Princess'-engagement came a tour, under the management of her father, and In conjunction with. her sister Kate, in which the young actresses gave a simple but successful drawing-room Terry made her first appearance at tie Lyceum on the: occasion of her acting Ophelia in the memorable revival of 1678. Early In 1862 the sisters Terry were xv3 'CONTAiNm Editorial Page: Four. taaooaa.oeeooaeoe) In an excellent stock company at Bristol, i where they had for associates Mrs. Kendal (then Madge Robertson), las Henrietta Hod son (Mrs.

Laboucherc), Mr. Coghlan.Mr. Grorge Rlgnold, and Rlgnold. Miss Ellen Terry here acted Hero to her sis -ters Beatrice, and previously to that event, on Sept. 16, 1862, Cupid to Miss Kate's Diana la a burlesque of After playing many parts, and consequently gaining the ex-cellent experience which was to be obtained In heboid days of 'stock Miss Ellen Terry, 'of the Theaters -Royal.

Bristol and made her adult London debut: but, be It observed, she was" barely 15 years old on the March 19, 1863, when, at the Haymarket theater, she played Gertrude to the Captain Maydenblush of E. A. Sot hern. MISS TERRY AS PORTIA. In the version of La Joie de la Malson' called The Little Treasure.

Miss Terry Instantly won her spurs In a character In- which the challenged comparison with the original Little Treasure, Blanche Fane, a lovely girl who made all London mad by her acting of the part at the Haymarket in January, 1856. Lady Bancroft (Marie Wilton) subsequently played the role at the Adelphi. 'But a short time since, this young wrote the Times, 'was known as the successor of her sister. Miss Kate Terry, in the representation of the most Juvenile characters, and now she is matured into one of the happiest specimens of what the French call the ingenue that have been seen on any On June 18, 1S63, she returned to the scene of her childish triumphs, the Princess', where she acted Desdemona to the Othello of Walter Montgomery. Charles Reade'a Picture of Her.

In 1864 two days before her sixteenth birthday! Ellen Alice Terry married and retired from public life. In a little more than two years, however, she returned to the stage, for a single night. June 20, 1866, playing, for the first time, at the Olympic, Helen in "The Hunchback," for the benefit of Miss Kate Terry, who then played Julia, also for the first time. Twelve months later, June S. 1867, she returned to the stage.

In an Important engagement at the Queen's theater she first met Henry Irving, playing, on Dec. 6. 1667, Katharine to his Petruchlo. Miss Terry was absent from the stage for six years prior to Feb. 28, 1874, when the Queen's theater once more welcomed her, this time in the MISS TERRT AS NANCE OLDFIELD.

character of PhlUppa Chester In a revival of Charles Reade'a drama. "The Wandering Heir." It is not a little curious. In view of Miss Terry's personality and her subsequent career, to find ber hailed on this occasion as a substitute for Mrs. John Wood. Later she QUEEN KATHERINE.

played, at Astley's theater, the character of the heroine, Susan Merton. in a revival of Reade's famous drama, "It's Never Too Late to Mend." Charles Reads had occasion to be grateful to the actress for more than one impersonation. His opinion of Miss. Terry is characteristic of him, and should be put on record: "Ellen Terry Is an enigma. Her eyes are pale, her nose rather long, her mouth nothing particular, complexion a delicate brick-dust, ber hair rather like tow.

Yet, somehow, she Is beautiful. Her expression (Continued on Pag Thirty-Four.) afv CHICAGO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1897. LABOR IN FRANCE Its Success When Seeking Better-. ment In Strikes. HOW A STRIKE FAILED Comparative Study of the Discontented French "Workman.

Hie Strikes Hare Broaarht Hint hat JTUatht Relief Services of Arbitration Boards. PARIS. Dec. 11. The trades unions of France have an enrollment of 420.000 workmen, who, divided in craft, have two common standing grievances, long hours and small pay.

A short time ago. fired by what they heard of the great strike in England and the manifestations of sympathy with It, some of the leaders conceived the idea of a general strike upon British lines, thinking that one grand union In the common cause might enable the workman to bring his employer to terms. The French labor leaders, however, are not, as In some countries, potentates with salaries; fhey are Just ordinary workmen who have to earn their bread as their fellows do. and. If they are not timid, they are usually cautious for that reason.

The course of action upon which they may determine Is as costly to themselves and their families, in the event of Us turning out badly, as It Is to their followers. In this Instance, then, these labor leaders did a great deal of consulting before they broached the subject of a general strike to the councils of the various unions. From the drift of the discussion they came to the conclusion that a great majority of the unions could be depended upon and that the matter was worth trying. They outlined their plans to the general councils and advocated first, as a test, the accumulation of a war fund. The various councils called the unions Into secret conclave and explained the project.

It was to be war to the knife against the employers, and every -workman was expected to stand close to his brother. It waa to be the great event in the annals of organized labor. A Labor Fiasco. wVioh rank and file of the made-to their leaders will probably never oe lorgouen ui If undlscerning captains. Neither organized labor nor unorganised labor has ever seen the like of the storm that was raised.

Fronf Finlsterre to the Gironde and back, to the great factories of Lille the roar of dissent thundered. Amid it all the proposed collection was made. Four hundred and twenty thousand enrolled French workmen contributed to the fund for fighting their employer the sum of exactly $66.23. This was In a country whose workpeople have grievances which are not imaginary. The law prohibits employers from requiring a man to work more than twelve hours out of twenty-four, seven days In the week.

In any Industrial occupation, so-called. It does not touch agricultural or commercial pursuits. In which there is practically no limit as regards hours. In many trades, particularly in those allied to building; carpentry, masonry, bricklaying, plastering, and plumbing, for instance the legal limit- Is worked up to. and most of the workmen In these lines are employed from 7 to 7, Sundays as well as week days.

In manufacturing, mining, and transportation the of labor are shorter, but only In rare Instances are they less than sixty-five hours a week. This applies to women as well as to men, but there are restrictions in the case of minors, and no child of less than 12 years may be employed, except by its parents. Waaea fo Satisfactory. The wages that go with these hours are likewise unsatisfactory to the workpeople. After the period of apprenticeship a man In France earns less than half the sum a workman in the same trade in America earns.

Out of his wages he is compelled to pay, directly and indirectly, a much greater proportion for the support of the state, but on the other hand, the purchasing power of "what Is left is somewhat greater, and his family averages but one-half the size. Charles Guyot, a sociologist who has been studying the French workman of today, finds him to be a much more discontented person In this generation than in the last, a fact which be ascribes largely to American conditions and what the Frenchman has heard of them through friends who have emigrated. He sums up the French workman's position thus: "The Frenchman works from one-third to one-half as hard as the American, and no Inducement in the way of high wages would persuade and no power on earth could make him work any harder. In most trades an Amer ican will do more work in six hours than a Frenchman will do in twelve, and he will do It better. He will do it better because be knows how to do It better, nearly always, and because he takes more pains.

A Frenchman does not wish to lose all sight of his pleasures when he works; he wants his little glass of wine or beer at least once in three hours, and he cannot work without bis cigar ette. He also loses too much time In stopping te look critically at bis work. He talks too much, and his nature is too sociable. In a word and I say it only because it is a truth which any man who has been In both countries must have observed when the French workman "works he dawdles; when the American workman works be works. I believe the Frenchman, considering bis temperament, is happier with his work than the American is with his.

I think he would be very unhappy with the American's. The French workman does not dress so well as the American, but I think he lives better. By all the standards which may be applied to him he should be happier. Tet be Very Limited gmccess. That be grumbles more continuously or In a louder voice than his brother of other countries to as much a matter of uncertainty as is the question whether he has more to grumble about; but that bis complaints often are as fruitless the last report of the Minister of Commerce will show.

In 1896 there were In France 476 strikes. Involving 49,861 workpeople 41,442 men, ft, 406 women, and 2.003 children. Considerably more than halt of these strikes occurred In textile factories, and the great majority of the lockouts lasted only a few days. The main cause for striking was a demand for increase of wages, and, after that, matters of trivial Importance; there were very few strikes for shorter working hours. But the most significant figures are those relating to nal settlement.

The strikers were successful in making the employers submit to their, demands In fewer than 10 per cent of the number of strikes. They effected a compromise in about 80 per cent, and in 60 per cent they were totally defeated. This, too, in the fact of the fact that to per cent of the compromise cases were arbitrated according to the law of 1892. which was put forth as a popular measure in favor of the working people. The cost to labor of its victories was the loss 644,108 (leys' wages In the 476 strikes.

Arbitration accordance with the law not ed is being called more and more into play for the settlement of labor disputes, but so far it has not been a signal success. What I more efficacious, particularly In preventing strikes by amicable discussion of 'disputes between employers and employed. Is the time-honored eonsells oea prud'hommce. instituted at Lyons in 1806. and extended gradually to all the large towns The country.

These tribunals are organised after the form of courts of law, and the Judges are employers and workmen duly elected under supervision cf the govern ment. Their functions cover almost every conceivable subject, but they are mainly occupied with questions of wage and' hours of labor. In their proceedings there rs something that recalls the easy-going office of a country Justice of the peace in America, and there Is very little of the pomp and ceremony that attaches to most of the official institutions of the third French republic. The eonsells des prud'bommes are pre-eminently courts of common sense, and probably the French worklngman owes mora to them than he realizes. AUSTRIA'S PREMIER.

Native Taleats Early Breagkt Hlan to Imperial Kotleo. Paul. Baron Oautseh von Frakenthurm. who has succeeded Count Badenl as Premier of Austria, was bora at Dobllng, near Vienna, on Feb. 26, 1851, and is, therefore, young for a Premier.

He is the son of Karl Gautsch, a commissioner of police, and began life as a 'tutor at the Therealanum. In Vienna, a school for tbo sons of poor noblemen and BAR? OAtnWCH. (The New Austrian Premier.) fcr the sons of high civil servants ennobled by the Emperor. But he soon, showed himself to be a capable man. A strong clerical and an able organiser of the feudal party, be was early noticed by the Emperor.

In 1885. at the age of 12. he was Minister of Instruction In the TaaOe Cabinet, and there fa waa distinguished by the ability with Which be discharged- the duties of his When Count Taaffe fell. Baron Canteen became president of the Therealanum. having been in the meantime created a barvn and life member of the Vpper House.

On the formation of the Ba-decr- Ministry he again became Minister of Public Instruction, In that position he introduced many educational reforms, among them being the admission of women to the matriculation examination at the university. THE KING OF BENIN. Black Poteatato, Whose People Massacred Esgllik CesusliiUaers. Overami, the King of Benin, is now a prisoner. The accompanying portrait of blm was taken on board the Niger Coast protectorate steamer Ivy.

in which be was conveyed to Old Calabar. Overami, will be remembered, escaped whoa the city of Benin was taken, and a fruitless search, was made for blm. On Aug. 5 he surrendered at Benin oity. He and his chiefs were tried for the massacre of the mission sent to Benin last January Six chiefs were found guilty.

One died before the trial, two committed suicide, two were executed, and one, Ologbo BherL the chief next in rank OVXRAM1. (The Kins of Benin.) to the King. Is still at large. The King at present doe not appear to have been implicated In the massacre. But bis fate is largely dependent: on the capture of Ologbo, who can, If be wijl.

throw more light on the matter. In meantime the King is a prisoner. On the wsy to Old Calabar Overami was kept constantly on deck, so that the natives of the various-villages passed en route might see that be. was really in the bands of the white men. 'MADE IN GERMANY." The Thorax la the British Side.

The oommerclalattache of the Berlin embassy, Mr. Harriss Gastrell, has prepared a report relating to German trade in the first three quarters of thecurrent year, and a comparison with British trade In the same period, which shows a decrease of British exports of 4,664,000 over the same nine months of 1894, ss contrasted with an increase of 3.350,000 for German exports. Comparing England and Germany, therefore. In the net Improvement over 1S96 figures (or the similar nine months, the net balance in favor of Germany's progress is, for exportation. 8,014,000, consisting of a decrease in British exports of 4.664,000 during this year, and an Increase of 3.350.000 on the other band for German exports; and.

for Importation, Germany has also a plus of 196.000. These, it must be said, are serious figures to contemplate; "and it will be an anxious question whether this large difference in total results will still further increase, or whether It will decrease by the end of the present year. The value of the total exportation of Germany (in the nine months In question) for the pest three years has been, again deducting prec'ous metals, fi20.378.000 In 189S. 130.650,-000 In 1896, and 133,900,000 In 1897. The improvement, therefore, in these three years has been the large one of One of the chief points of contrast to which the report calls attention in the exports of the two countries for the nine months of this year Is a falling off, valued at 4,682.362, for the exportation of.

British "cotton piece-goods," as opposed to a gain for exports of German "cotton and cotton goods" of 335,000. The Increased value cf Importation into the German empire In 1867 was chiefly due to the larger quantities of raw material, such as cotton, bides, and skins, and of wool and timber and There Is a very large decrease In importation ef wool and woolen goods, and the figures Indicate that German markets are beiing more supplied by German manufacturers to the exclusion of similar foreign commodities. Londijn Daily Graphic. Ycn've no tofea sow nicely Hood's 8arsapaiilla kits the needs of people who are "not exactly r'g-bt," and yet not slrk. It seems to oil up the whole sncchscUm ot the bofiy.

FORTY" PAGES. LUNCH WAGON TALES Interesting life of the Sandwich Car WELL-POSTED PERSONAGE Menu Offered by the Itinerant Restaurant. Many Classes of Patrons Are easterners aa4 Eajoy the Delicacies of All leaw. Chicago during tbe day with the feverish, turbulent, rushing 'current of business life and Chicago after night with Its army of pleasure-seekers and those whose occupation demands thelrtlme after sunset, is practically two different cities. There are features of tbe cosmopolitan city's existence aader the glare of Ka multiform lights that one never sees during the day.

They make an interesting study to the observer of men and character. One who is an habitue of Chicago after nightfall and who has cause to drift Just beyond the bounds of the congested district cannot fall to have taken at, leash a passing interest in the ubiquitous "sandwich cars." They are a typical Chicago institution and are tbe legitimate successors of tbe "bot-tamalo man and the Italian with bla pushcart supplying all varletiea of provender. These cars are only of recent date and are constructed In most Instances la an artistic and picturesque style. They call to mind the Itinerant photograph cars that made the rounds of villages In the good old days and were the delight of the burgher. They also resemble the cars of traveling minstrels and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows.

The sandwich cars, which' make a point BAB A HOT DOa SANDWICH. of some degree of pretension, are gorgeously painted on their exterior, resplendent with all the primary colors, blended into designs artistic and otherwise. They are not lacking In fancy name, either, as one may infer from The Bun-beam," 'Twilight," "LiKSe Chicago." "Our Favorite," and others of equal suggestive-nesa. v. Baslaeas Is Preiscroas, Msny of them do a most prosperous business, possibly one man owning, three, or.

more and hiring a cook for each. They are taken to their headquarters each evening at 6 o'clock and are removed at 6 o'clock the next morning, tbe hours allowed them by the city fathers. Each one Is managed by a "professor" wro does the cooking and is the ne plus ultra of the ranch. He la a master of cuisine in his lice, can get up a "hot dog sandwich" to the queen's tazte. and can flop ever an egg on the siaziing griddle with tbe celerity and adeptness with which "Our Uncle" Anson captures a hot' grounder as it comes tearing along in the direction of first base.

No one ever saw a "professor" but that be waa the Jolllest fellow In ten states. He sixes up a customer in a few seconds by the clock and enters Into a conversation in entire keeping with his mental caliber and condition, as he waits for bis delicacy. He ia even better Informed than the ton-sorial artist, the target of so many shots from the cruel funny man. The "sandwich car professor" is cognisant of all that Is transpiring in the neighborhood and knows Its picturesque and interesting characters. He can converse on local politics.

Is fully Informed as to city council, its members, and Its future actions. Iatcraatloaal. Isswea Dlscassea. He branches out into state political Issues and then discourses on tariff, the monetary, and internal improvement questions. His scope Is even wider, tor be talks about Hawaii.

Cuba, the Klondike, and the. seal fisheries. International comity is a favorite theme. The "professor" is a raconteur, dishing up' stories and traditions galore. He descants on Chicago before the fire and its future greatness.

Geographical, botanical, or THE WATFARER'S FRIEND. metaphysical problems never confound blm. He Is the beat Informed mass ot aggregated protoplasm extant. An his customer stands shivering, waiting for his chicken sandwich, the oil stove sounds like a peanut whistle, the gasoline light plays and toys with the breese as it rushes through the various openings of the glass windows. The professor turns the Juicy chicken bone in the skillet, dashes on a supply of pepper and salt, and entertains the anxious purchaser, wno couia scarcely oe termed In polite language an epicure.

Meaa of the Cars. 'The favorite dishes' which tbe chef of the lunch car sets before bis guests are "hot dog." egg. chicken, corned beef, bam, roast beef, sebwitxer cheese, hamburger steak sandwiches, era In season, and saur-kraut. Between tb wlleee of bread be adds some few slices of cucumber pickle and onions. What choice morsels he can offer! Tbe beat trade is between 11 and o'clock.

It is then that Jhe denlsens of the board Id g-bouee districts are returning borne, the night prowlers are abroad, and the citizens bard by become hungry. The neighbors feel an aching void, both In their throat and stomachs, about 10:30 o'clock every night. Some one takes a bucket, gets some beer, and then orders sandwiches for the crowd. "You have noticed." said a lunch-wagon man. "that we are always located at a cor' A PHILANTHROPIST.

ner near a saloon. We are of mutual advantage when it comes to trade from the residents who carry home their sandwiches and beer to partake of them. "Vou see, a man will come to us. give bis order for sendwlchee, go Into the saloon, get bis beer, and wait until I have prepared bis provender. Wo have a very heavy trade of this kind where wo wrap up sandwiches to be taken home to be eaten.

"Another class of customers are those going home from seeing the sights down town or attending a variety theater. We catch a number of the 10 and 20 cent seat vaudeville people, who do not feel at borne In a restaurant. Arc the Beat Patreas. The loungers' about tbe saloons are good friends of ours, and so are the dance-hall boys and girls. 'Then we get a good supply of the staggering set, who have Imbibed too freely.

We 'Jolly them along, and If in a good frame of mind, they will almost buy our entire stock. "We once bad a large trade in Wiener wuret sandwiches, or 'hot as they are more commonly called. Ever since people got the Idea that Luetgert boiled his wife in the vat at bis sausage factory It baa given a black eye to 'hot dogs. You wouldn't believe that the people to whom we cater are so fastidious, but they are. "We cad usually tell from a man's appearance and general make-up Just what he enjoys la the wsy of sandwiches.

Of course. -we have cur regular customers, who never desert us." The lunch cara are mostly to be en the North Side, along Clark and State streets, on the West Side west or Clinton street, and cn the South Side south of Van Buren. la the "Levee" District. In the "levee" district the ears do a flourishing trade, the "levee ladies" being good patrons. The "professors" branch out In this region on a more exteniive scale, offering in addition to sandwiches some doughnuts, celery, cabbage, and a bowl of soup.

These "levee" ears are gsyly decorated and have a regular menu printed on a large card attached to the roof. During the winter season the "professors have rather a cold berth. The sides of the rar consist of sliding glass windows; so when the wind Is strong It blows In through every crevice. The only beating apparatus Is an oil stove. After the recent Harvmrd-Tale-Princelon alumni smoker, the Eight before the Tale-Ikarvard game in some of tbe younger alumni became very hilarious about midnight, went to the North Side, and made themselves aa eight-horse team.

They captured a lunch car, drew it several squares on the run. nntll the frantic cries of te "professor" brought police aid. It Is not often that a sandwich man Is held, up. although some try to get the delicacies and skulk off without paying fcr them. The "professor" Is usually too wary for them.

Many a lunch wagon ehef, however, allows bis heart to expand when a poor, benlghte ragamuffin asks for a "litUe favor." MORE MONEY ORDER OFFICES. List to Be larrtssed 1,000 a Meats Troahle Over Money Orders Forsaa. WASHINGTON. D. C.

Dec 24. Tbe Post- office Department will, within the next twelve months, practically double the number of money order offices In the United adding to the list at the rate of about a thousand a month. This Is the Idea of Postmaster General Gary. The money-order department of the post- office is the greatest Institution of Us kind In the country. It bandies 14,000,000 In the course of a year, for which It Issues and redeems 33,000,000 pieces of The business.

In spite of the small rate charged. Is handled at a profit, and at an inflnltesmal percentage of loss. In many instances people going from place to place buy Orders payable to themselves, and use them as a raits, rnis is done to a large extent in the farming regions ot the West, where farm hands seek work from place to place and send their money ahead of them by means of the money order, thus using tbe system as a savings bank. Just now the department is confronted by an unusual and an embarrassing state of affairs. The form in which the money orders are Issued Is tbe subject of litigation, and the courts may at any moment decide that tbe department has no right to use this form.

Some years ago the department tried to find a form by whieh the checking of the accounts could be facilitated. After much Investigation it adopted the present form, familiar to alu It was said then that It had been patented but the department was under the impression that that would not Interfere with its use at all. A short time ago the patentees of the system began ault -against the contractors who furnish to the department the blank form for infringement of patent, and applied for in Injunction to prevent them from furnishing any more to the department. The case is now before the court, and there Is a probability that the contentions of the plaintiff will be sustained. It is to guard against this contingency that the department la seeking to change the form.

Congress having prescribed the form, it would be illegal for the department -to change it, and It the contractors were enjoined from furnishing the blanks- the department would have to violate the law, override the Injunction, or close up business. reason for changing the form Is that It has been found that it Is not altogether satisfactory. It Is almost impossible to print the figures along the edges so that they shall correspond exactly on the back and front. At a consequence mistakes are constantly occur! og. The department ia anxious to return to the old system of filling out orders by hand.

Congress soon be asked to authorise this. PAGES 33 TO 40. JUDGE GARY AS HE IS The life Story of IiUetgert's Trial Judge. HE WAS ANARCHY'S FOB His Start with His Old Friend Judge Tuley. Storlea That Illastrate His JadlelaX Capacity and Tesaperasaeat a- rial Who Drives for Tralk.

Judge Joseph Easton Gary, now presiding over tbe Luetgert trial, baa been on the bench a little over a third of a century. His oldest and probably most Intimate friend Is Judge M. F. Tuley. who bas beea longest a member of tbe Chicago bar.

The friendship of the two old Jurists dates back to the time when Judge Tuley was appointed attorney general for New Mexico In 1S49 or 1850. Judge Gary, in bis younger day considerable of a rolling stone, caught the (old fever. He had some way drifted out to Springfield, in Southwest Missouri, and was practicing law. When the news cam that gold bad been discovered in California there was nothing for Gary to do but pack bis grip and start. Pay dirt in the law business was aa yet an unknown quantity with the future Judge.

He bas since declared that the only difficulty he experienced was in getting enough things together to fill a grip. He attached himself to a wagon train going out to California by the Southern trail. By tbe time they reached New Mexico young XCDGE CART. Garf waa ready to pitch bis Tbxe months. on the road.

with, a continuous diet' of bacon and coffee. Interspersed with coffee and bacon, had takea the edge off bis appe tite for the yellow metal. He stopped first at "San Miguel, where Judge Tuley was attending Vnlted States court. From there ho went over to Las Vegas, on tbe invitatloa of Jndge Tuley. and set up In the law business.

It bas been said often that tbe two friends struck up aa acquaintance while serving ia the Mexican war. This la a mistake; be cause Judge Gary did not serve ia the Mex- lean war. A Characteristic Story. Among the stories told about Judge Gary at that time, the following is the most char acteristic: He was acting as Judge advocate in a military trial. The prisoner was sentenced to be shot.

There was dissatisfaction, and a new trial waaasked for. After consideration. Judge Gary granted tJw request, but, to the conatcrnation of the de- fendant a friends, it was discovered that be had set the date for a rehearing several days after the prisoner would have been executed. They naturally appeared before the Judge advocate aasV demanded an explanation. Gary -replied soberly that be did not intend to be prejudiced in the matter, and that the mere fact of the prisoner's execution would not bo allowed to militate against blm In the least.

Judge Gary has a reputation as a Joker and a story teller beyond any other man on the bench. Hie wit is absolutely irrepressible. and he baa never been able to keep his pleasantries out of Judicial opinions he has handed down. He gets In all sorts of sly thrusts and even pokes fun at the expense of "bis honor Judge Gary, the court." lie has always been fond of quoting Shakespeare in his decisions, and a good many years ago some wag of a lawyer started the story that the Judge keeps a copy ot a Shakespeare's concordance on his desk and Is thus enabled to quote ccplouily from the great Ellrabethan at the expense of precious little lore. Tbe Judge naturally de nies the allegation and defies the allegator.

out tne story sticks. The Judge has always been fond of thinking rather than reading. Meatal aaa Jadlelal Traits. He makes up his mind quickly. The only criticism passed upon his decisions by lawyers Is that he Jumps at conclusions.

They are obliged to admit, however, that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred he lands on the proper conclusion. Hebas that sort of Intuitive power that goes straight through a mass of syl- logistic argument and arrives unerringly at the proper point, while the average mind would be floundering about amongst whys and wherefore. Judge Horton. a friend of twenty-five years' standing, declares that Judge Gary never la his life made up his mind with the fear of the Supreme court before his Judge Gary's decisions are rendered absolutely Independent of any thought aa to whether that body may upset them or not. At the same time not many Judges have had so tew decisions reversed.

The great tpoch in Judge Gary's career was the ansrchlsta trial at which be pre- sided in 1SS6. At that time be bad to deal with -quest Ions which bad not been raised before, aad In a measure set Important prece-denta for future trials. Tne Supreme court reaffirmed bis rulings, deciding that while there have been come errors, none were of sufficient magnitude to affect the final verdict. The Anarchists' TrlaL The trial lasted almost four months, long enougtt to prove a severe physical and mental strain upon a robust Judjje Although Judge Gary waa then 65 years old, he showed no traces of fatigue or alarm during the procee-ings. His Ufs waa berleved to be la danger, and a year or more afterward a conspiracy to assassinate him was unearthed.

For some months he wss constantly under tbe surveillance ot a detective and constantly dreading the builet or bo mi) of a fanatical avenger. It has been said ot Judge Gary that he has sn immense amount of moral courage, but little physical courage. His old friends say that he is totally Indifferent to put Lie opinion. He is not "thin-skinned. His one thought la to get to the law in a case aad give his Instructions accordingly.

At 75 he Is as alert mentally as a man of SO. He works hard, but be never worries. Once bis mind Is mad up. he puts aside all thought of the matter. Fcr years.

a rerutarty aa the clock struck five, the Judge dtoiared court adjourned. No matter wbat was on. rain or.