A Reminiscence Of Senator Sumner

At t,hw Ikne every remmisoenoe of this rtistinguished stntesman has especial interest, and thousands will cali to mind eome incident or remark whieh made nt the timo an impresgion wbich ramdas, The wnter of this, eome four years smce, eiijoyed for soran weeks peculiar opportnnitíea for an intímate acquainthiioo with the Serfator in brtnginK together and arranging for his oonvenienoe tlie facts and argumenta in Mipport of a inoasure which he soon after in his own language and method, and with a power et illustration for whioh he alone was ecjiml, presented in the Sonate. One day, tho convoreation turnod upon theongin of liousehold ph rases and exj.ressions, the Senator remarked that he claiined to have Kiven to our language the phrase, "Equality before the law " I inqiimd of him, "Whut do yon mear, by thisr1 Is it that the oondition of eqnahty among men is antecedent to law; orisit, that after laws are paesed itwn bpcoiao equal nnder thomï In short, does the term Ieore, i„ your mind uptiify anterior to or in the jiretente of!" ' Hb remained for a moment, in silenoe and then replied : " I nevcr l,efnr„ thougbt that tho phraue bad a doublé menning. I meant the lat ter only I see there ia moto in it than I thought of' Il...,,nncipal antecedes the applieation " rhonext time T mot the Senator was hut imUjt or two before lus last illueta, in The Congrewional Library. Hustily aliudw to a gubject wluch bad been inenHoned to h,m littlo time beforo by n mutual friend, hu reiuarkod "I fetíl a lerper interest in this subject than I can wcll expres. Come and see me ; but iust iiuvv 1 cui loolsing up a pHssafro in Aristutle, and making a translation." I oould not help asking myself' how many stateaíiien of our day are in the habit of thus resortingr to this fonntain from whenos tbj world drew its wisdom for more than tliousand yearsr- 'Washington Chronide. The ïaunton (inzette says : A lady ontering a country store, recently, and noticing the Windows draped in mournine ■isked who was dead. "Mr. Suniner " responded the polito atttndant. ' Oh " responded the obtuso iuterrogator, ' wás Le a clerk here r" -S,uma7 Lo,"Shaw"hs boqueathed f 6, ,000 to charitablo institutions in Bortón, rcuieinbering the Catholics and i rnttsUnU rhkp.