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) VOLTJMK 11. .!: I KOUliS WITJI II UN A N I> WO- U 1>I i;N Of Til K K?VOIjUTION. I, , 5 Doctor Frankli.r.s I0rn\nd-Hoy. . [Copyrighted, 1 <S, by Funk ?V Wnjjnalls. ; 'Would \ ou like to l?c introduced to Dr. KnmUiinV errand-l>ov?" asked a friend wit'i whom 1 was so- : 1 ^ journinjur ? few days in Philadelphia, in the year mm. ?!<* i*- a most re markahlo man," said mv friend, "and lias been a prominent citizen hero for fully sixty years." "It would i>e a spooiul privilege," I replied. We crossed tho Schuylkill to West Philadelphia, and made our way to the Pennsylvania Asylum for tho Insane. At the entrance i*ato mv friend was warmly oreeted by a \ courteous old jrentleman, apparently about sixt-livo years of aoe, who was introduced to me as colonel Jlobert Carr, hud 1 was introduced to him as a citizen of New York in ?piest of reminiscences of events of our lonirpast history from the lips of survivors of actors in the war. "You bear the whole name," 1 | sail!, "of thcMrish baronet who was one of tho commissioners sent to 1 lre<ni!ato New Kn?dnnd" and to assist in snatching our province from 1 tho Dutch two hundred years hiro." "Of the same family stock, probably, for I was born in Ireland," ho replied. "Come in, jrentlemon, ami 1 bo seated. It is an early hour, and wo shall have few interruptions." I He led the way to a small furnish - od room, and there wo spent about ? two hours very profitably with the i i venerable gatekeeper of tho Asylum,' and tho errnnd-bov cf Dr. Franklin.. ;i who was then over eighty-throe : ( years of niro, and \vhos? career had ? O 7 boon checkered bv many vicissitudes. c Ho was a stftul-lmiit, vigorous man, t possessed of sound health and ro- ' r markable buoyancy of spirits. He t assured me that no had not been sick 1 in over sixty years. t "You say you were born in Ire- 1 land. Mv friend tells mo that vour life has boon quite an ovontful one?" j J remarked. 1 i "Somewhat,* h? said. "Hut it is now .veil nigh over," he continued. i "1 try to forget the miseries which t are few, and to remember the mer- r eies which are many." \ At my request he gave brief i i sketch of his life's ii storv. lie was s brought to Philadelphia from Ire- ( land bv his parents when he was six ! >yoors of age. His father was a I school teacher and lived next door \ to Dr. Franklin. In due time young! si C.'arr learned the art of printing with 1> Mr. Haohe, Franklin's grandson, and ' ji soon rose to the head of his profos- i sion in Hhiladelpiiia. In 180-1, when \ he was only twenty-six years old, he \ \was awarded the first pri/.e of a so- \ tn'oty for the best specimens of prin t tinon exhibition. He was employ-! 1 cd to print "Wilson's "Ornithology'* I o from the manuscript, also a reprint of 1 of "Iloes's Cyclopedia." As a young < ine^nber of the famous Philadelphia I military corps known as the "Me- 1 Phorson Blues," he was one of the i firing squad on the occasion of the t celebration of Washington's funeral \ bv Congress, then in session at Phi- f ledolphia. Five of his associates 'i were living in that citv at the timo of my visit, namely: Samuel Breck. , t aged ninety; S. Palmer, aged eigh-; 1 ty-one; S. F. Smith, aged eighty- j i one; Charles N. Banker, aged eigh_ tv-ifivo; Quinton Campbell, aged'] eighty-live. 1 saw three of the five' v j veterans at that time. I e In 1812 Mr. Carr was commission- s ed major of a Pennsylvania reed- n ment of infantry, aturrose to lieuton- r ant-colonel tho following year. Serv- \ ing faithfully all through'the war of s 1812-1 d, Colonel Carr was honora- ' \ blv discharged at its close, and for il mjvny yenrs ho was the sole survivor t of the field officers of tho Army of 1< 1812, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey I and Delaware. lie married a daugh-j t ^ ter of William Bartram, tho propri- j I ^tor of the famous llotanic Garden < near Philadelphia, and in rioht of s his wife, after her father's death, he s carried it on from 1808 until 1850, a r period of more than forty years. | 11 Ho served the State as adjutant- 1 1 general a low years, and was for a lonfj timo an alderman and justice of f the peaco in Philadelphia. In his a days of prosperity ho was an active le promotor of public enterprises. De-i . privod of his property by the vicis-'t E:. "3E Tl^iUZ NOin'ON, KtiHor, . <?. HOCJ F'lHH. | ?u * >iti tics v)l fortune in h's oKl atre, lie iccepted the position of mitckecpor it tin institution whore wo found tint. "Our friond tolls mo," I romarkod that \<.v, wore an errand-uov fori i )r. Kraoklin for a while.' "< Mi vt's," ho replied; "I served iiin as such lor the space of nearly wo years. \V> lived next door to1 Dr. Frnnklm, in Market street, and a* seemed to think much of my father, who was frequently in his house >v invitation. I sometimes went here with my father, ami Franklin rented mo very kindly, having alvays a pleasant word for me. 1 .vas about f^n years old when lie isked tity father to allow me to do irrands for him. Voung as 1 was i 10 sent ino everywhere, and 1 was ,-erv proud. Ho sent to the butcher, he grocer, the printers, the book-I itoros, the <loetor. and to different rentleinen in the ctiy. lie was sick 1 uost of the time while I was with urn, often suffering great pain from lis maindv, andjyet tic continued to a rite a ore at deal. I think he wrote wo or three pamphlets during the ast year of his life. 1 carried his Manuscripts to the printers, and also he proof-sheets. His grandson, benjamin Franklin Hnohe, then just J nit of college, who was much with j lis grandfather, assisted him in rearing the proof-shoots. 'Che young nan started a newspaper in the fall ifter Franklin died, and it was in hi-j 'stablishment tlml I learned the trade-, >f a printer " I "Were you living with Frankiin it the time of his death?" I inquir-1 Ml. "Yes; for throi months,before i: lied 1 was in his room a orea' lea . o do errands for the Doctor, for his ittendant (Mrs. Ilewsor.,) and for he family. For two or three weeks, remember, l)i'. Join's came several imes every dav, and sometimes rouoht Dr. Hush with h m." k-1 o von ' istinetly remember the )or?onal appearance of Franklin V" I nquired. U1 Vrfectly,'* lie answered. "It nade i strone impr -ssion 01 inv nind. When I first began to do or ands for him he was quite well ? vent out frequontlv and received nuch company. I le was then a itrono-bnilt man, over seventy years >1 ag? . about lice feet piino inches in latere, and ticlined to corpulency. li? complexion was fair, though he ,vas an old man; his o\ es were gray m<l very bright when ho was ongared in conversation: his hair was thin ind long, hut not very gray; his nouth was not lartre and had a <l?i-1 O ridedly sweet expression. Franklin vas polite and kind to everyhodv, vhetner he was a servant or a sepaor, for he was always a gentleman. remember when Washington eall'd to see him, while on his way to Sew York to bo inaugurated Prosilent of the 1 nited States. They em>raced like brothers. Franklin had >een suffering much pain that inorling, but was relieved at the time of j he President's call, when his manner! vas cheerful, almost, playfui at times, or he was rejoiced to see his friend. I'hoy never met again on ihc earth."; "You say you learned the printer's rado in the establishment of Mr.' iache, Franklin's grandson,'* 1 renarked. "Yes, I was his apprentice from ; 792 to 1797. After I had been I vith him a year, finding mo rather j Xpert in detecting errors in proofhoots, I was fre juently employed is assistant proof-reader and in ear- j ving the corrected sheets to tie vriters for his paper, The .\>'r< riicr. When tho gov< rnmeni was re noverl to Philadelphia fr in New i'ork, Washington was very friendly o Mr. Bache, because ho was a near tinsman of Franklin, and occasional 1 y wrote something on public maters for Th< Advert im.r. He also! iad official papers printed at our idice I carried corrected proofheets to Provident Washington, and onietiines assisted him in tho eading and making proper printer's nark? for corrections, which he did lot alway undeistund.'' "So you were once an errand-boy or Dr. Franklin and Washington's nsistaut proof-road or," I romarkd. "D i? oven mo, and 1 am proud of, he service," said the veteran with ^ Jl : rro -stotj-irOONW A a bright srriloof satisfaction. "lint \V nsliinfrton's friendship for Macho soon ( ( olod.M lio continued. ''Jefferson rjair.ed tlio control of 1 lac ho and his newspaper, politically, after F reman left the eitv. lie was a vi >'enl pt lit'eal eicunv of Hamilton, von know, ird many articles were published >n Paehe's p?jcr abusing t' i* Secretary of the Treasury ami other leaders of the Federal party, not even sparine- the President. 1 n ilor tho name of the .h/i'Oi''/, the paper published most scandalous attacks upon Washington's adininis (ration. 1 distinctly remember the oreat excitement in Philadelphia caused by an outrM<roous article in the . I Knu'ti against W ashington, a day or two after lie retired from the Presidency in the sprine1 of lj#^y| I will remember thai the l? ii<-^B al Spring (iarden, who had hu^^H^Hgl diers under Wushinffton, ^B IB incensed that they mai^^HBgMraE body to attack the .1 They threw its types ii and nearly destroyed It^V s the rooms." "Political exeiteim nt that time, di?l it not?" 1 -Vt'.-TJ ' - .\ e v i w arated families and nd )^ioi^Bn|fl?9H| pulpits became political I remember that in May, ^^SggBH a day of fiistino and t>: tiyer^HBHlHl istcrs, l?v ilic pnijiii, and phi lost ' 9 H t-d>I' of Pkiladoh hi ? > ill ited t') \ iee !H'?> t. I ifpublicans or Domoern - who ''W thus denou ncet^, I'm!' \ i < i ice. Bacho, with armed friends, m? pro-j tected I ho Am'oru oflieo ihat no! daiiiam; was done. Mr. Bacho was personally assaulted on tho street, 1 >ut was not much injured; but the same year he fell a victim to tho terr Me scourge of yellow fever, which - tin ite the cit y fearful." "You mentioned Mr. h'reman, the poet of tho Revolution. i)id vou know him personally?" i inquired, j "Very well, though not intimately*.'1 he answered, "for he left Philadelphia while I was \et an appren-' tice sixteen or sever.teen years old. 1 e W>1S s M?!i 1! in vt'il iii-i-i I.. ?l.? ' built, Imp robust in :ippcaranco, havin?r foi.ov m! the sea for many years, lie was ->> Huguenot decent, and about forty years old when I llrst saw him. Iliseyos wero dark and brilliant; his hair was a rich dark brown; his smile was exceedingly captivating; his voice was sweet; his whole face beamed with intelligende, and and his deportment indicated a true gentleman. Mr. .lefferson first employed him as translating clerk of the State department, but he was soon engaged in edit in"n f) r> a newspaper which was the organ of the Kepnhlican party. It was more j violent in its attack's upon Hamilton and Washington's public policy than Macho's- paper was afterwards. Lotlg years subsequently Fremoan acknowledged that mnnv of the most r> v violent articles were written b\ .Jefferson himself, lint .Jefferson must. I not 1)0 blamed," said Colonel Carr, ' for at. that time he was reallv a monomaniac on the subject of miscalled French 'democracy.He had lately come from France, and was thorough!,(imbued with the spirit of the radical French revolutionists. Fronoftu, von know, celebrated in stirring verso the American victories during the war ot 1' I" i-?. Poor Froneau! He perish ! in a cold storm near Freehold, New .J t- in December, JS)i2, when ii. 'h 'ghtieth year of his age." "J)i 1 you know p Tsonady C a; les Thomson, the permanent Secretary of the Continental Congress?" 1 in quired. "I know liim nuito intimately for several years," replied Colonel ('arr. ' "I fust became partially acquainted with him about the year 1800. Ho was then busy in making his translatioii'of tho Keptuagint, or Old Tes lament Scriptu os, from the original Greeks int"> blnglish. Ho also trati lated the New Testament. 1 had tho reputation then of being the most I careful proof-reader in Philadelphia ai d when Mr. Thomson began to j have in., great work put in type he employed mo to read tho last rovi > -srcxrie -w-o:^:; V. S. ('.. THURSDAY 1 sod proofs. The w'nolo Uildo trans- I latoil I>v Mr. Thomson whs published 1)\- the Widow Aitkin, u Conr 11 volumes, in 1S0S. Jit about the . x ...i i i..o i i i v v? in-ii i n-ii luiiiim^ mm mow en ar?o of tho llotanic Garden." I "What wns the personal appoitr* 1 wire of Mr. Thomson?" 1 inqnit (I. uIio was past seventy year* of ajro -when I first boc nine acquainted (1 with hi in. Ife was rather tall, quite e spare in flesh:'his face was vorv thin 1 and much furrowed; Ids bind eves * were trulv st>arl<lino, and his straight . ' ? r> rt | white hair hutqr in ijraceful curls at r the ends below his ears. His whole h appearance was venerable; yet his !' step elastic, and his voice wie stron.o" J o clear and musical. He lived, as von ? c l<now, utitil 1 S'M, when he wii? in the ( ^jjjsiH^tifth year of Ids a;re" js ffl|^S3^fc^n-m'r:d>!e printer and sol- ! " memorable interexceodinudv inter's about to eomtnunic ate n i ?c11 !\e w:? called awav . sttor# farewel'. e wT nt i Arlington Height; . , PUM P MP 11 ilVPllM i SPVPU- t JJllO lliiv Illld JlMplldt il ; YC*'1 n pomhi Mavp duiieoiI :i . , t; ,r thiil," ho said. In icipateii in tin* cphIpu- a ion of i !i" birt li id A.Vi 1 - 1t ml, i ho iirst iirinter in i -i t iiw V. hold by >i i< ! i isto.i Sociot\ : ji and on t-lio 22d of Kobrunry, 1864, li when ii" was parti oiirbty-six yours of * iip'p, be read Washington"' I are well ' Address boforo tlio veterans of tlio war of 1812 at Philadelphia. Ho ( died en tlio 1 Titli of April, I860. j o 15 i : N S O \ .1. I .OsSI Mi, 1 J.,1), -ml? r' Wonderful (irowtli of the Order | p of the liiiiu s Dnuji liter. i ! \ In Jamiiivv, 188(1, a l-irele of ton .. ladies, consistint!' of Mrs. Maroaret I llottoiup, Miss Ilamersley, Miss !>ichinson, Mrs. Theodore Irvine1, Mrs. Pavson, Mrs. Cortland <lo . Povstor [ I'Mc* 1?!, Mrs. I'uvrjjles, Miss S-dionek ( oimI Miss I.ibby mot in answer to t Mrs. 1 lottoiiip's invitatioi to dismiss * and Jtrrnnee oino nltm which should ( ii . . |i unite all Christian women in one ' o eriuul sisterhood of service. \dopt- j ino tho system of JMward h.'. Hale's u I Ten Times One," club constituted j I: themselves a "(.'entral Ten," :it ruiml I winch should cr\stalize otlP'r tens of ,, workers, not assuming any aulnority ; c or responsibility over thoin, but sim- v ply to form a nucleus around which thoy mioht cluster, and from \v liich ! ' . (1 nh?fht radiate cncourumMnent. advice v and guidance. Of the various names 1, proposed for tin order that of tlioj King's Laughters, suggested by Mrs. 1 Irvine', was most favorably received, ~ and finally adopted; tho badge of tho ; n ordpr was se'ected in the small silver o cross <:"d w* 11 the royal color; the.l' uatclv. d chosen was the sitnolo i | ? ' In 11. ' "?/' of tho apostles of old,1 j, and the ofies of act'on selected n were: "Look forward and not back." "Look out and not in." "Look up and not down." "Lend a hand." . i Tho socie'y as organized had no constitution and no code of laws save < th< one <rret?oral regulation that wh*uever .>ny reasonable request should !h uiadn "In 'lis \<une" it should !> granted without question or delay. ^ Since t' nvmse gr; u th < f the or- ? der it en doe ned ox xlient to eonstitct the central I'd <>n execu- 1 tive conimtytoe, 01* fldvisorv board, I,! with Mrs. Lottomo as president. It 1 i l i - was jiiso uoomou as in?- society increased that tin' formation of hands 1 of Tens was impracticiblo, and that * n "'1 en" mi<*ht comnrisc as ninny i 11 members as was deemed advisable by its loader. I.eavintr tho essential ? J > a IiI?c tv of the Tons in the choice of > work and method of its accomplish- ^ moots, tlio <freat variety of inquiries 1-1 and views concerning minor details ^ lias neccss tated tho drawing up of a ,, constitution, which is soon to bo pub- h lishod, and tin* compilation of a cer * .tain amount of printed information, J which may ho obtained, together with tho badges, of Miss ' 11. Lib "J, by, 18 Washington place, New Vork o WAY 10, I^SHS. 'it v. Never was less saiil or written, ti',1 never so few plans made for any \<rk. a- tin design r the -ocety yas v> move -ilentlv and steadily,, ml to secretly accomplish its purioso of hriil^iiif.r the chasm between he rich ami the poor, ami to unite 11 women cummed in nnv kind of rood work in such a way as to seuro to each the sympathy and coperation of all. \ ct From almost verv state in the I nion, and from he most remote countries over the <?a India, Australia and Now Xeuiind -from people in evor\ walk in if<*, from pastors of churches, matons of hospitals, teachers of schools, colors of philanthropic societies, resident:- of colleevs, from the belles f Fifth avenue and the street oamin f the liowory come tidinos of the ontincd or<jan;/ation of tens upon lis of Kino's Daughters, until JS(RK) i I \ er crosses have lieen sold and It),i(H) ineinhers have enrolled their ames auiono the Kino's I )n\ioT.ters, Ithoiod) the societv has been orj^an>.od onlv two years. In .1 anuarv of this year ti branch roani/.ation was established, known s the Kino's Sens. and through their! Iforts aheady a missionary chapel 1 as been bniided in the city of Haiti* ! n. re, whoso rector to be support.d entirely by the I* in.?j s Sons. As iV?t* tii * kind of work nccan dished by ties remarkablesiatorhocj L is too varied and extensive to he j ecorded in detail. There are l ens j hat v'si' V) 'fens that supply lie hosrcti i and homes with flowers, ens that support foreign missionaies. Terns that sine- and Tens that >w. Tens that endow beds in In sjiiii Is. Tens that orovido pleasant ountrv homes for deserving poor,; ltd l ens that, simply "bridle their on?ruc" n ! i leaver to live in we 5 mi e! \rit\ with all men" a\) , lull' N ; I It.' K ;;;; due. s ro found n or< n i >01 in tho oitie and I litter towns than iii Uio rurnl ?I is- j lit is, niul in the west and south they! ro iii h. abundant than in the cuSt, iv.ino- to t'ue previous establishment if Kdward K. 1 laic's Ten Times < >nc 'labs. The rapid jrrowth, liarmoniiu8 unity, ceuselosi activity, varied ml ittiiijih: charities, and sympathetic co-operations of the society are i aid to lie unparalleled in the liisto v ?>f any organization known. Withi) two years it has girdled the jrlobo i vith the idmm of its silver crosses' In 11 is \ aim1."' ?? O ( d'.iiii i i i)|iic in F ',ti<?lnlid. Colored peoplo who are ambitious or usvociali :i with white people and 0 escape the social inferiority of. la ir position in the I nited States, iiotild emigrate to iCnirland. In this ountrv there does not appear any ne j ml ice against the colored broth-1 r. In fact, there appears to be a ircjudice in his favor. There are 01 many negroes in Kn?jdand in prolortion to the whites, but those who re thero appear to be specially do-! itrilled with their situation. The, monies in Vino'laml have free interourso and companionship with the whites of a correspond in<r and even uporior <rrado of iiitelT'trence and dneatien. I ha\cseen any number i" no?n*o men out walking or ridino t r*? iith wonion, well dressed, respect ado at d intelligent looking. It is also common enouid) to sec cM-ru women attended by clean cut, food looking Knmlishmcn. If the j icjrro woman docs not have a white tlcndant, it is because she prefers mo of her own race, I havo seen ai nunbor of nepro in on and women in Cnglm 1, but I have invariably seen hem in roiniianv with whites. I do iot remember having soon negro nen or women in company. Mftvinff i early the entire wiiite population of One-land to pick and choose from, hov have > ulimdh' shown :i disorim- | nation {oa si ' ie r own color. 1 he ?n v noticeable prejudice, therefore, n lCngland against t!io negro comes roin the negroes tliemseles. ?('. i'il,rlm'<l iit A . )'. World. A Utile M union Hearer. .VTamim had -lid "Good-night," nd Xe.l i.i . .1 do were loft alone in i heir lath* v. t'- i< ils. "loo," ' As; -.i 1 \'t?d, "wasn't !iat a I rst-* ate s<v ; on he new ruin* ^ter preached the morning?" "Yes, I guess so,'' Joe responded, leepily. " 'Hear >e ono another's Imrdctns.' "in glad i can remember the text, :auso he said ho hoped we - would. I lean to try and live by it too, just s lie tola us; don't yon, Joe?'' lint this time Joe was fast asleep, ud only answered by a snore; so <?'od lay thinking a few minutes loner, and then dropped asleep himelf. Tlx* next morning ho woko up rinht oo'' oarlv. had not f->r ottou hi* </ooJ rovniution, and v/hon o said his morning pnivor ho askod *0(1 to hoi]) him to ho ono of Hi.) ittlo Inwion-boarers that day. Thou' o wont to work with willing feof lid enjjor hands. I (o brought mum- | ia n pail of wator from tho woll, and oal and wood from llio collar. Ho HI ,5t) I*?t \ nniiin. fed tlio chickens, and when baby kuto be&fnn t<? crv he nut her into her earrtaoo and rolled her about in the sunshine till breakfast was readv. : It was washing day, and matnnia, was so busy that when school-time i came she said she could not spare both the boys, and asked which of them would stay home and take care I of baby. ,Joo looked at Ned and Ned looked at .loo. Hot It loved their lessons, and were proud of the j reports they brought home, k,l don't want to stay,'' said Joe. "Ibibv is awful cross.v I bit Ned riwniMnlmwil lu^ 'i>vt ntul looked up with a bright smile in his blue eyes. "I :l stay and help von, matutna," he said, bravely. It was 11<>t easy work, for Katie was U',vthiiio. and the (Jay .Wis very warm; but Ned did his be^t, and succeeded pretty well 011 the whole. \t last mamma finished her work, and took the baby froni liis uehine arms. "Ilave 1 been a real burden-bearer to-day, mamma? ' ho asked, wistfully. Mamma looked puzzled. "What do you mean, dear?" she asked. "Why, mamma, the minister sab' that 'vervhody oundit to carry their own burdens troubles, van know ?i'i<I tben they ouoht to help other people hear their burdens too. lb* said even boys could Mo it; but I haven't anv burdens of my own to carry, not one, so I'm tivitnr to hob J ' 1 J' O other people." 'fears enme into luainmii's tired eves, and she said: "Yes, Neddie, you have been mamma's little burden -bearer to-dav. Ned didn't see the tears, and he felt so vorv happy that he forgot how tired he was. !'v this time school was over, and ho went with an anprov i.sconscience for an hour's plav with t he otla t ' toys. 't ue . :< penienl. It. was such an undertaking1 that the lover fi ll to ipiaking, like a leaf in autumn shakintr. "It is no.v so deuced lioh.. " Said lie, round the mansion sneaking, lowly to the watch-dog speaking; Inn his boots would keep a siiueaking, and each shadow hold a fright, In tho parlor, feigning sleeping, sat tho maiden's papa, keeping wateh, and often slyly pooping, while tho lo\ ors failed to see. "J 11 just wait and catch them going, anoak around without their knowing, give them both a hearty blowing," said he, chuckling in his glee. From her chamber window, peering, was a stni ing face, (piito cheering to tho lover slowly noaring to tho window just bolow. "I )arling,M came the words enthralling, "is thero danger much of falling? Mist! 1 think 1 heat him calling. No; 1 guess.it isn't so. "i)on't. you fear, mv little duekey," said he, "and we may bo lucky there! I know my own was plucky, liravo, darling; now we'll f!v' Ah, her fatal hesitation! Papa's voice gave indication that the dread investigation of the voices hoard was nigh. "So! my dear, thou wonldst doceive me, and in st\le of burglar leave mo, with tiiy faithless conduct grieve me," papa said, with gun in! hand. Still as statutes both wore stand-! iny, when effentod was the landing and was heard the voice commanding them to halt, with reprimand. 44W hy resort to such a measure and denv vour pa the pleasure of disposing of this treasure in the usual Christian way? "You. youn^ man, are bound to take her, so it seems; but will you make her your dear wife and ne'er forsake her will you, sir? now hear, me, say! 44Ali, vou will! then all is righted; now walk in, the parlor's liyhted, I'arson Jones has been invited, and is sitting, nodding here." Thonce the hapjiy couple wended, and t wo lives for aye were blended, as her papa had intended when their plans had ri. ached his ear. Mokai. " I in so to you are ri^ht, tlien ? ahead." - > 4> +? The \ it in ' i JI c rs 1 * roll t s. The National Bureau of Statistics shows that on the *;7()0,(MK ),(>()() which annua'ly passes into the tills of retailers of intoxicating liquors in this country there is a profit of one hundred and thirty-three an.I one ."mirth percent, If poor people had to pay such o tax as that on broad, there would bo a rebellion. But when a man tosses off a ylass of whis"f<y and pays five cents for the drink, and seven or ei^ht cento to the bar-keeper for tho trouble of handing it to him, ho yenorally thinks the bar keeper an awfully i*ood fellow. tsrrbi(ifJ(>t<f Cnioti. I 'lliltAnu iipii liL'i>l.? I... . />#nu . nm I \ ?? uu UM'll III great profusion upon the summer mantles, an<l aro arranged in rows of loops, in pointed tabs forming fringe, and in rosettes and bows. NUMBER 13. i:r .11 stk ii I'l'l.i.wt, The I'roshlent Solves a Difficult Problem. Washinoton, I). April 30. The I 'resilient to da\ nominated Melville W. Fuller, of Ciiiciu^o, to bo < 'hiof Justice of the Supreme Court of tho\l nitcd States. The selection of Mr. Fuller was somewhat a surprise, for, although his name has been occasionally mentioned in connection with the Chief Justiceship, none of the members of the Semite judiciary committee laid the slightest intimation that he was to ho the i'resident's choice. When the President's private secretary presorted the nomination to the Senate to-day, together with several other K\eoutivo communications, l>v a singular coincidence Minister Phelps and Senator Ora^ were conversing together in the Senate chamber. The presiding oftpeer glanced < ver the list of nominations arid iinmediatoly notified S? nat*vs ivlmund and Pttnli, 'lie '( uditifr member* of tse judiciary committee. The new- -oread ranidi I iy, and in ie - thjiri live minutes Mr. Fulle'rs nomination was known throughout the Capitol. I asked Senators Hook, Herman, t'ohpiltt, Konna, Kdtnunds, and others w hat they thought of the select m, atnl on every hand the appointment was commended. Senator ' orman said that Mr. Duller was roeo?*iii/ed as one of ti " ablest law\ i. the West, a o(;od Democrat, an eloijut i (. speaker, an aecomnlr-h ?d oonth u and in every way qualified for the liijjh olkoo to which the Dresi lent has nominated him. lie re led with pleasure his meotinir with Mr. Puller when the latter presented to I tiie National Democratic committee J tho claims of Chicago as a desirahlo place in which to holil 11ne\t Democratic National Convention. Senator HeeU commended in tho higlu st tonus Mr. Culler's appointment, and said ho did not anticipate any Democratic opposition to his confirmation. Sonator Colquitt savs ho knows the now ('h?of .Justice hy reputation only, hut has always hoard him spoken of ! as a brilliant and an aide lawyer. Democratic lawyers generally regard the nomination as a cnud one, and, while the Associate .Justices of the Supreme ( 'ourt decline to express an opinion on the subject, in Supreme Court, circles he has the reputation of boing a capable lawyer and promises to bo a worthy successor of Kanev, Ciuiso, Waito, or any other of tho distinguished jurists who have presided over the Supreme ('ourt. Karly in tho Administration of Mr. Cleveland he was tendered tho soliictor L'onoralshii). and -ubseouent!v twtni. r~) I 1 J [' tions on tho < iviI service commision, Intor-State commerce commission find Pacific Railroad commission, all of wliicli bo declined. Ho has boon held in the highest regard bv tho n , President and has been generally endorsed bv Western Democrats. Republican Senators who know him suv thev know of no reason why ho should not be promptly confirmed. Sonator Kdtnunds, when spoken to on tho subject, said he could say nothing as to wliat action the judiciary committee would probably take, and cut off fill further questions by declaring* that he was a blank so far as tho nomination was concerned. In personal appoaranc Mr. Fuller lis unusually handsome; his hair and ! mustache are silvery and h:?. features ; are clear cut and Intelligent. Tn stature he is short and slight comi pared with his associates on tlio So' pre mo Pencil. Mr. Fuller is a man ; of high scholastic, as well as legal, attainments, and as an orator his tal| cuts have won him the title of the Chan nee v M. Depew of the West. In politics he is best described as an old school Democrat, lie was lovnl * in feeling during the war, is a bo* i: ~.i~ > i -1.-1. .. e : m mi jiuv(i[icw"i noeiriny oj States' Rights and an advocate of simplo govornmont. Ho is a mom; hor of the Protestant Episcopal Church and has boon prominetly identified with that orgnni/ation and conspicuous in tho Cheney and other famous ecclesiastical trials, llis^' wife is a refined, quiet lady and the seven daughters of the family are all superior young ladies not only in point of beauty, but in their accomplishments.-?Ar*?e.s and Courier. c