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THE SECRETS OF THE 8PB1NO. Come out and hear the robins sing,1 And hoar the bluebirds' tale of.spring , " And BCO the Bjvdllnws on the wins. Como out and listen , listen low , And hear the grasses as they grow , And list the little winds that blow. And learn to read their secret well The secret that they softly tell To bird and bee in drowsy dell. Of bloomy banks that are to be , Of fragrant field and leafy tree , And all the summer mystery. Of bud , blossom , flower'andjfruit , That quickens now in sap and root , And now in tender springing shoot. Como out , come out , the days are long , But Nature sings her sacred song In secret ways the days are long. * But swift as sweet from day to day , From hour to hour the tuneful lay Buns headlong on a changeful way. Come out , then , in the early glow Of early springtime's bud and blow , Come out and hear the grasses grow. And all the secrets of the spring That melt and murmur , speak and sing. To ears attuned to listening. [ Nora Perry. GREATEST AMERICAN CONGRESS. An Interview "With Samuel Calvin , Con gressman in 1848. "Washington at the time of my elec tion had about forty thousand inhabi tants , and was scarcely suggestive of the place as it now is. We had then only the old or central portion of the capitol. The leading hotels were the National , Willard's , Brown's , now the Metropolitan , and Gadsby's. Of these the National took the lead. Omni buses plied upon the streets in lieu of street cars , yet wo had a familiarity with each other and with the people of the place which is unheard of now. Going into a hotel I would know everybody , but now every face is strange. Only a little while ago a grey- haired old man spoke to me , though I myself failed to recognize one 1 had known very well in the old times. In the house ! ah , there were giants in those days. Massachusetts sent Win- throp and Mann ; Georgia , Toombs , Stevens and CobD ; Ohio , Giddings , Roat and Schenck ; Pennsylvania , Strong , Stevens and Chandler ; North Carolina , Stanley. Mr. Giddings , the oldest member , once declared in my hearing that this was the ablest house of all preceding legislative bodies , but that at the same time it was the most inefficient. The slavery agitation the compromise measures occupied and distracted the whole time and atten tion of the session , which closed on the last day of September , 1850 , after a continuous session of ten months. This session was She last opportunity of seeing the giants together in the senate. Mr. Calhoun died in 1850 , and on Fiilmore's succession to the presi dency in July of the same year Mr. Webster was transferred from the sen ate to the state department. Benton's term expired with that congress , and Clay died in 1852. At the same time Seward , Cass , Berrien , Bell and Doug las were also members of the senate. Ah , what a body of men it was ! WEBSTER BECALLED. "Of these great men Webster seemed to me most conspicuous. I remember him as a large , stout man in appear ance , about six feet tall , full-chested a magnificent specimen physically , with enormous head , dark eyes and hair and very dark sfcin. He was the most solemnly majestic man I ever saw. I never saw him laugh and scarcely saw him smile. After the passage o1 the compromise measure , in the sup port of which ho had risked his status with the north , he for the first time ir my acquaintance with him looke. pleasant. There was nothing person ally attractive about him , neither w& there anything pretentious or assumim in his appearance or manner , but his innate colossal grandeur overawed and repelled most men. You did not see a crowd around him as around Clay ; men would stand back and say , 'There goes the God-like Daniel. ' Yet I am told that at his dinner table , when thawed by a little brandy , he was ex tremely genial and full of wit and re partee , all present listening to him in silence. In speech , as in physical movement , he was somewhat slow and sluggish , but when worked up he was awfully grand , using the Euglish Ian- .guage in all its simplicity and powei , I can't describe Webster's eloquence- no man can-do that but 'awful gran deur' comes as near a faint conceptior of it as I can conceive. CLA.T THE CONTROLLING SPIRIT. "Mr. Clay was much unlike Web ster ; he was remarkably kind , genia and social , with more personal magnet ism than any one I ever knew Wherever found there was sure to be i crowd of men , women or childrer about him. His name was on everj one's lips , uttered in tones of love anc affection. He was the great mastei spirit among these men. Although nol intellectually the equal ofVebster yet he was the controlling spirit in ever ] legislative body with which he wai connected. He was a man of the high est honor , integrity and patriotism , : man of strong convictions and of mos indomitable courage and firmness am as brave as ever lived , born to com mand one of the kings of men. "In person Clay was tall , over sb feet , quite slender and , unlike Bentoi or Webster , had not great persona strength. His speech was eloquen and impassioned , remarkably sympa thetic and magnetic. Webster awe ( by his lofty grandeur. Clay excitec love and admiration. It was said tha were Webster to lose'his head it woul ( be the end of him , but if a simila mishap should befall Clay he woulc still bo a preat orator and patriot. "With Calhoun I had little persona intercourse or acquaintance. Ho wa the great leader of the nullification ant secession movement , and I , as an ar dent partisan Whig , was much preju diced against him. But his was i mighty intellect ; his mind was pro found , analytical and metaphysical. Like Clay , he was a thin , spare man , but not-Eo tall. Hte head was covered with thick black and gray hair , gener ally cut. quite close , standing erect ; black , piercing eyes , and complexion- dark. His general appearance indi cated a proud , haughty , disappointed and chafed spirit , and his political enemies called him John 'Cataline1 Calhoun. To my prejudiced mind he often reminded me of Sallust's graphic picture of Cataline , but ho was a man of lofty and irreproachable character. In 1850 his health was so poor that he was unable to deliver his last speech , but had it read. ' Benton was a large , fat man. His vanity , egotism and pomposity was re markable , and when he arose to speak in the senate , there waS that in his air and manner that proclaimed ; 'Let all the world keep silence ; I , Thomas H. Benton , of Missouri , speaketh.1 And everybody kept silent , tou , for he spoke as few men could speak. I heard what he himself called his 'sarsaparilla speech , ' against the compromise meas ures , and it was one of the grandest efforts of the Thirty-first congress. Benton had been the Ajax Tellemon of the Jackson administration , and often on the stump I had fairly burst my suspenders denouncing him , but when I really knew him I found that he hated secessionists and fire-eaters worse than even I could do. I ad mired him about as I did Clay ; he was a thoroughly honest , patriotic and bold man , a man of strong convictions , great research and almost unlimited ability.11 The narrator stopped and fixed a sharp gaze upon his interlocutor. "Here , Pve been talking a full two hours , young men,11 he said , "hardly knowing but that I was back in the old halls a wain. Yon must excuse me from talking further. I never was much of a politician , but I have been through what few now living can boast of the greatest congress of American history. " Mr. Lincoln's Safety Deposit. Fiom the Indianapolis Sentinel. Abraham Lincoln , while a resident of New Salem , 111. , followed various avocations. With all the rest he was "storekeeper11 and postmaster. On a certain occasion one of his friends , having : learned that an agent of the and "drum postoifice department a mer11 were in the village the former to collect what was due the govern ment from Lincoln , as postmaster , the latter to receive from him , as trader , what was owing the firm represented by himself and knowing that Lincoln was never overburdened- spare funds , went to the store and offered to lend him sufficient to meet the claims he was so soon to be called upon to settle. "You are very kind,11 said Lincoln , "but I do not think I shall re- quire-your assistance.11 "Within a few minutes the agent entered their pres ence , and Lincoln took an old stocking from a drawer , out of which he poured a lot of copper and silver coin the latter mostly in pieces of small denomi nation. "There is the very money I have taken on account of the postof- fice , " he remarke'd to the agent , "and I think you will find it the exact amount due you. " It was to a cent. Thte business had hardly been concluded when in came the "drummer. " Lin coln had recourse to another old stock ing , with a similar result. So soon as the two were again by themselves the friend said : " 1 suppose were a third creditor to present himself a third stocking would enable you to settle with him , " smiling. "Yes , " returned the future president. "Look here , " and he held up three other stockings. "In each of these is the sum I severally owe to three parties , the only persona in the world to whom I am pecuniarily indebted. I see you are amused at my method of transacting business. I never allow myself to use money that ia route , and not 24 as stated last week. One of the clerks also informs us that they need two more clerks to handle the immense amount of papers and letters carric.d through to Colorado , and that the cars now on the run afford poor fa cilities for handling the mail. They ! have the promise of better cars fro the Q. soon. From aiitjtier hi Boston Post. Both the Packer boys , Kobert and Harry , were treated like equals by their father and mother. In the little village where this good old man lived there was a summer hotel , which was patronized considerably during the sea son , young Harry Packer often taking his meals there. A young girl riamed Lockwood , the daughter of a respecta ble citizen living near the village , came in to assist waiting on the table. The frequency of , Harry Packer meals at the hotel attracted some attention , and his brother Robert , "Bob-as he was familiarly and affectionately called by almost all who ever knew him , said one day before the father and Harry at the breakfast table that Harry was stveet on a little girl down at the hotel and that was the reason he bid not come to his meals regularly. Harrj colored.up a little and after they had finished their breakfast the old judge seated himself on the front porch , which overlooks Hauch Chunk and gives such a magnificent view of the Lehigh valley , the moving boats and trains , which his own industry had created and brought together , the olt gentleman said : "Harry , who is thu girl Robert refers to ? " "Miss Lockwood , father , the daugh ter of a man you know very well. " "Are you going to marry her , Har ry ? " said the judge. " 1 have some notion of it , father,1 said Harry. L "Well , wait till 1 go down and se < her , " said the judge , and then pick ing up his old white hat and cane , thi judge quietly ambled down to the hole and asked for Miss Lockwood. Shi L innocently came into the office of th < hotel , with her dining-room apron on and seated herself beside the judge Just what he said to her , or she to him will never be exactly Known unless shi tells it , but when the judge came ou he was smiling and appeared might ; well pleased. He went home an ! found Harry still sitting on the pore ] where he had left him. By this time the judge's face had resumed its usual crave but kind expression. "Well } Harry , " he said , "that is a very nice girl uown there , but she'has-no .money. We'must raise her some. " The old judge put down his memor anda for § 50,000 , the mother and the others for $25,000 each , and this $160- 000 was placed in the bank to the ex clusive and immediate credit of Miss Lockwood ; the engagement was an nounced , the wedding day fixed , the marriage took place and Harry Packer got the girl he liked. Ell Perkins as a Mason and a News paper Han. Interview In Oil Cltr Derrick. Eli Perkins passed through Oil City yesterday en route for New Xork. He said he had been recently made a Koyal Arch Mason. Our reporter found Mr. Perkins at the depot. He was intently devouring a book on masonry , prepar ing himself to attend the grand lodge in New York. Desiring to interview him , our reporter asked him from whence he came. "From my homo in the holy city of New York. " "What came you here to do ? " "To learn to subdue my evil pas sions and make money lecturing and writing. " "Then you are a newspaper man , I presume ? " "I am so taken and accepted among fellows and brothers. " "How may I know you to be a news paper man ? " "By having , when treated , never re fused , and now am ready to be treated again. " "How else may I know you to be a newspap er man ? " "By certain signs ; examing my empty grip , and by offering me a free pass to anything. " "Where did yon first become a news paper man ? " "In my mind. " "Where next ? " "In the office of a duly constituted newspaper in the holy city of New York. " ' How were you made a newpaper man ? " "I was first blindfolded and my face blackened with printer's ink. In this londition I was driven three times .round the room by the managing edi- , or , with a red ink roller for a bit. I was then conducted to the Grand Wor- hipful Master , Hugh J. Hastings , in he East , where I took the solemn.oaths nd obligations of Journalism. " "Will you be off or from ? " "Off as soon as the train starts. " "Fromwhat and to what ? " "From Oil City to New York. Good bye ! " and Eli was off. An Annecdote of Jenny Lind. all Mall Budget. As an illustration of the constant anxiety of artists concerning their powers , Mrs. Reeves tells how one famous prima donna refused to sit down at all on a day when she was to sing. "No , she would walkabout the room , talking , perhaps , singing per haps , sometimes even busy with her needle and thread , but never sitting down the livelong day until the per- formannce was over. " "Why , I re member well enough how one day Jenny Lind ( Mine. Goldshmidt ) , Mr. Reeves , Mr. Otto Schmidt and myself were in the room , and through the morning Jenny Lind and my husband were never still , pacing : one past the other , with music in hand , singing and practicing , and intent on the work be fore them. 'Why , Jenny , ' said Mr. Goldschmidt , 'you must have sung those songs many times before ; surely there is no need for all this. ' But the re monstrance was in vain. 'You are a fine musician , ' said Mme. Goldschmidt , in her quiet , decisive manner to her husband , 'but Mr. Reeves and I are singers , and we know what is best for us. Leave us alone. ' Suppose you had called to see Jenny Lind on a day when she was singing. She would probably come into the room with a bundle of music in her hand , put it on a , chair and sit down on it ; talk away pleasantly enough for a few min utes , become abstracted , rise , take up the music , turn to a passage in one oi the pieces , and hum it over. Having satisfied herself of her correctness , sht would replace it and sit down again as calmly as possible and resume the con versation .at the point it was left off. ' ' Woman as "Wheat Speculators. From a broker the Chicago Tribune has learned that there are perhaps a : many as 500 women in that city who speculate regularly , and that manj leading brokers refuse their custom , "They kick first , last and always , " he said , "if they lose ; and if they win s dollar or two or § 50 they talk you tc death. They are governed by dreams and seances , and if the market goes against them , they swear by the dream and say they have been swindled. ] suppose there are many women pos sessed of private fortunes who extracl a pleasure from speculation , but thej generally do business through some personal friend on the regular board , and not on the call board. I knon from experience that there are verj few men who would permit their wives to engage in such practices. It is nol womanly pastime , to say the least , anci ought , I think , to afford grounds foi divorce. It makes the woman hard and coarse , destroys her beauty , and turn * a happy , handsome creature into at ugly pest , for gambling is sure to be come a monomania with them , anc they can talk nothing else. I know o : the wife of a prominent merchant wh ( got so badly 'left' that she pawned hei diamonds for $500 , not long ago , anc would have lost them but for ber hus band , who found it one at the last mo ment and redeemed them. Then hi got a gun and went around to see th < broker. The latter , however , happen ed to be out , or there might have beei bloodshed. So , as I said before , don't want any of it in mine. " The New York Telegram asks : "Ar boys getting worse ? " They are not It is impossible. The Moliere plastron in .variou forms is much worn. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. The Measure aa It Finally Passed the Senate. The bankruptcy bill as passed by the senate , constitutes the several district courts of the United States and terri tories , and .the supreme court of the District of Columbia , courts of bank ruptcy , with jurisdiction on all ques tions of claims , assets , exemption ? , com position and discharge. For the pur poses of bankruptcy the courts shall bo always open , as well in vacation as in term time , and when the district judge is from any cause unable to act , the cir cuit judge may do so. On the applica tion of any party interested , the district judge may certify to any question of law involved to the United States cir cuit court , which is given general su perintendence and jurisdiction of all bankruptcy proceedings , and the de cision of the circuit court shall not bo revised by the supreme court of the United States , except upon a certificate of disagreement , between the two cir cuit judges. The circuit court shall ap point within each judicial district such a number of commissioners as may bo necessary , not exceeding in any state the number of members in congress to which the state is entitled ; each com missioner to give bonds in the sum of " 35,000 for the faithful performance of iis duties. He is given all the powers f master in chancery and may repre- ent and act for the judge in holding meetings and conducting the business specially committed to him. The circuit jourt shall also appoint two supervisors n bankruptcy for each judicial cir- iuit , who shall personally examine into he administration of all bankruptcy proceedings in his circuit , call the' at tention of the commissioners , clerks and xustees to matters which would facili- ate speedy and economical settlements and move the court for action against delinquent trustees. He shall visit and "nspect the office and business of every Commissioner and clerks in his circuit .s often as once every six month and make a report to the circuit court. The upervisor's compensation , as fixed , is 52,000. The court may , however , da- iree further allowance , not Ita exceed $10 for each case instituted before him during the year , but not more than $100 in any one year. The supervisors and commissioners may be allowed a reasonable sum for disbursements , items : o be verified by oath. Any party peti- ioning for bankruptcy , whether debtor or creditor , shall pay to the clerk of the court $50 , and every trustee shall pay one per cent , of the gross amount realized from the assets , and every debtor rating composition shall pay one-half of one per cent , on the amount of such composition. These fees are all to be paid by the clerk into the treasury of the United States. Any per son owing debts exceeding $300 and un able to pay may , by petition , apply to be adjudicated a bankrupt , and the filing of such petition shall be deemed an act of bankruptcy. Any person owing debts exceeding $1,000 , who leaves his state to avoid his creditors or conceals himself to avoid arrest on a series of egal processess , or makes a fraudulent transfer of property , or suspends the payment of his commercial paper or opens accounts for thirty years after the same is due or payable , or who makes fraudulent preferences , shall be deemed committed of an act of bank ruptcy and may be adjudged a bank rupt on the petition of three or more of his creditors , whose bills would amount in all to $500. The bill excepts - cepts and exempts in favor of bank rupts the necessary and proper wearin apparel for himself and family an such other property .as may be ex empted from attachment by the laws of the United States or state in which the bankruptcy proceeding are insti tuted , and the court may , from the as sets , allow the bankrupt a sum , not to exceed $500 , for his support pending the proceedings , if the circumstances require it , and reasonable wages for any services rendered his estate at the request of his trustees and the usual fees wheii attending as trustee. Criminal Law in Scotland. Stlionb GIobo-Demoorat. It may be interesting , just now , to know how criminal law is administer ed in Scotland that country of strong creeds and steady habits. The follow ing case gives all necessary informa tion : On the 15th of December last , John Fortune and John McDermid , gamekeepers on the estate of the Earl of Rosebery , were fatally shot by two poachers , Robert Floc&hart Vickers and John Innes. The victims lived n < enough to identify their murder ers in the presence of witnesses , and Vickers and Innes were promptly ar rested and committed to jail. The trial came on before the high court of justiciary in Edinburg , March 10 , and concluded the same day. "The jury then retired , " says the re port , "and after being absent an hour returned a verdict of guilty by a majority. " In Scotland the verdict of nine or more jurors may be received " if unanimity is found"impossible. . Vickers and Innes were immediately sentenced to death , and their execution occurred last Monday. An interval of only three and a half months elapsed between the commission of the crime and its punishment , which in America would be considered altogether too short to secure justice for the accused. Yet there is not the smallest reason to suppose that justice was sacrificed in this case , or that the murderers were not as fnirly dealt with as if they had obtained two or three continuances nnd as many appeals ; while the moral effect of speedy trial , conviction and punish ment , as compared with the immoral effect of the American system , needs no comment. It is worth notice that three of the great English novelists are simultane ously contributing to the Harper peri odicals : Charles Reade , with "A Peril ous Secret , " to the Bazar ; VVilkie Collins , with " 1 Say No , " to the Week ly ; and William Black , with "Judith Shakespeare , " to the Magazine. Liquid oxygen boils at 106 = > C. , and forms into crystals. The critical tem perature , M. Wroblewski also finds , is at a pressure of 40 atmospheres 118 C. ffl. A. SPALDINO , AGENT FOR THE COz COO COO O O 70 tt 9 * > r . 9 f ttO t ' O 70o ,2 i o i 111 V t S CO 111 o Sold Low for bash , or on easy payments or rented until the rent paye tor the organ. M. A. 3 RAIDING , Agent , . r-1 - McOOOK ; , - NEBRASKA. STOCK DIEEGTOEY DENNIS M'KILLIP. Ranch on Bed Willow , Thornburg , Hayes County , Neb. Cattle branded "J. M. " on leftside. Young cattle branded same as above , also "J. " on left jaw. Under-slope right ear. Horses branded "E" on left shoulder. , FOR SALE.My range of 1,000 acres of deeded land In one body , including the Black and Byfield hay lands ; timber and water with two good farm houses and other improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Situated in the Republican val ley west of Red "Willow creek. Call on or address JF. . BLACK. Indianola , fleb. WILSON. Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also dewlap and a crop and under half crop on left ear , and a crop and under bit in the richt. Ranch on the Republican. Post- office , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska. HENRY T. CHURCH. Oborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek , jn south went corner of Frontier county , cat tle branded " 0 L O" on riht side. Also , an over crop ou right ear and under crop on left. Horses , branded ' ' 8' ' on right shoulder. SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO. Indianola , Neb. Range : Republican Val ley , east of Dry Creek , and near head of Spring Creek , in Chase county , J. D. WELBOP.K , Vice President and Superintendent. JOHN HATFIELD & SON. STcCpolc. Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast , on Republican river. Stock branded with a bar and lazy p } on left hip 3 J. B. MESERVE. Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded as above ; alee " 717" on left side : "O.L. " left " 7" and "L. " on hip ; on right hip on right shoulder ; * 'L. "on left shoulder and "X. 'on left jaw. Half under-crop left ear , and square-crop right ear. C. D. PHELPS. Range : Republican Valley , four miles west of Culbertson , south side of Republi can. Stock branded " 161" and " 7-L. " P. O. Address , Culbertson , Neb. THE TURNIP BRAND. Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock branded on left hip , and a fewdoublecross es on left side. C. D. ERCANBRACK. STOKES & TROTH. P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county , Nebraska , Range , Red "Willow , above Car rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the lazv si brand. GEORGE J. FREDERICK. Ranch 4 miles southwest of McCook , onths Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the left hip. P. 0. address , McCook , Neb. W. N. PROCTOR. McCook. Neb. , range ; Red "Willow creek. inFouthwestc rner of Frontier county. Also E. P. brand on right hip and side and swal low-fork in right ear. Horses branded E. P. on right hip. A few branded ' 'A * ' on right hip. ALL LIVE DRUGGISTS SELL BLOSSOM i Anti-Eilions and Dyspeptic Ouie. 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