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Wonders of the Yellowstone.
TIE GIANTEss" GEYsER,

TIE "GIANTEss GEYsER
Our search for new wonders leading us
across the Fire Hole River, we assembled
gentle, incrusted slope, and came suddenly
upon large oval aperture with scalloped
edges the diameters of which were eighteen
and twenty-five feet, the sides corrugated
and covered with a grayish-white silicious
deposit, which was dis tinctly visible at the
depth of one hundred feet below the sur
face. No water could be discovered, but
we could Distinctly hear it gurgling and
boiling at a great distance below. Suddenly
it began to rise, boiling and spluttering,
and sending out huge masses of steam,
causing general stampede of our company,
driving us some distance from our point of
observation. When within about forty
feet of the surface it became stationary
and we returned to look down upon it, 1t
was foaming at a terrible rate, occasionally
emitting small jets of hot water nearly to
the mouth of the orifice. All at once it
seemed seized with fearful spasm, and
rose with increditable rapidity, hardly af-
fording us time to flee to safe distance,
when it burst from the orifce with terrific
momentum, rising in a celumn the full size
Of this immense aperture to the height of
sixty feet; and through and out of the
apex of this vast aqueous mass, five or six
lesser jets or round columns of water, vary
ing in size from six to fifteen inches in
diameter, were projected to the marvellous
height of two hundred and fifty feet
These lesser jets, so much higher than the
main column, and shooting through it,
doubtless proceed from auxiliary pipes lead
ing into the principal orifice near the bot
tom, where the explosive force is greater.
If the theory that water by constant boil
ing becomes explosive when freed from air
be true, this nationally accounts for all
Irregularities in the eruptions of the gey-
sers.
This grand eruption continued for
twenty minutes, and was the most magnifi-
standing on the side of the geyser nearest
the sun, the CLEANS of which filled the
sparkling column of water and spray with
myriads of rainbows, whose arches were
constantly changing,-dipping and fut-
tering hther and thither, and disappearing
only to be succeeded by others, again and
again, amid the aqueous column, while the
minute globules into which the spent jets
were ditfused when falling sparkled like a
shower Of diamonds, and around every
shadow which the denser clouds of vapor,
interrupting the suns rays, cast upon the
column, could be seen a luminous circle
radiant with all the colors of the prism,
and resembling the halo Of glory represent
ed in paintings as encircling the head of
Divinity. All that we had previously wit
messed seemed tame in comparison with the
perfect grandeur and beauty of this dis
play. Two of these wonderful eruptions
occurred during the twenty-five hours we
remained in the valley. This geyser we
named "The Giantess.-Scribner for June.
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In Clover.
BY WALTER THORNBURY.

I've made myself nest
Where the grass is all in flower,
Where the wild rose sheds its leaves,
Where the great oN-daiSies tower.
| watch the butterfly
Roam all the wild field over,
AS lazily lie
For once at least in clover.
The swallows skim and dip
Around me and above me;
The wild doves in the copse
Murmur as if they love me.
| hear 4 voice once dear
In every blackbird's whistle,
And even in the chirp
Of the goldfinch on the thistle.
l am lord of these domains
For a summer hour at least,
And l bid the fairies come
To the revel and the feast.
From the honeysuckle's bloom,
From the bell of the fox glove swaying
From the cup of every flower
Where the little elves are playing.
My pipe by my lazy hand
Burns like a gunner's fuse,
When the dead man trampled lies;
And see, there over my shoes
The ants, an eager host,
Are bent upon invading,
Fierce, ruthless, hot, and keen,
For conquest and crusading.
Between the why stalks
OF grasses gayly dancing
| see shy creatures peep,
And fairies quick eyes glancing;
Small monsters climb and pry
Upon the cowslip blossom,
Clinging like sailor boys
When the sou westers toss EN-.
The dragon-tly with wings
Of silver guaze is darling
The midges circling waltz
In greedy anger parting.
In the brook that near me flows
The yellow lily's swimming,
Where just beyond the mill
The fuller stream is trimming.
Close by me in the field
The dappled cows are browsing,
And there on the kingcups gold
The sleeping bee is browsing.
AS the fairies will not come,
At least in any number,
I'll steal just half an hour
For a little dreamy slumber.
feel like a man enchanted
By these summer sounds and sights;
Titania, come to me,
Crowned with thy glow-worm lights.
Come in the sunlight dim,
And kiss me as I'm sleeping;
Already thy fairy guards
Their secret watch are keeping.
I fall from cloud to cloud,
Down precipice of dreams,
Deeper than ever Vulcan fell,-
| see strange lands and streams
When all at once soft lips touch mine
1t's a fact that ! am stating,)
And the sweetest voice you ever heard
Says, "Darling, tea is waiting"
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other birds, it does long after they are able

other birds, it does long after they are able
to fly.
The whip-poor- is scarcely ever seen
during the day, but their notes may be
heard ringing out, clear and loud, long after
shutdown, and then ceasing few hours to
be resumed at daybreak, to be again inter-
rupted by the appearance of bright Sol -
Those highly superstitious persons, the
Indians, have a tradition that the whip
poor-will's monody was not heard before
the massacre of their race by the white
invaders, and that they are the spirits of
their massacred brethren ; they hold them
in holy horror; believing that if they
alight on house some of its inmates will
shortly die. Although We respect, and
pity, the superstition of the poor Indian,
we will always welcome the solemn mono
tone of the whip-poor
What, never done wilt always sing?
Can no persuasion keep thee still?
Has thy small Tyre no other string,
Beside that Whip poor-will?"
Ills even so,-'tis mine own thought,
And not thy note does Willy wrong:
Then sing away-with sweetness fraught-
Ring that complaining, constant song
Whip-poor-willr
ToUn Point, Nay Is, 1871.
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Man, from the Birds Point of View.

The English papers notice a comedy by
Mr.. William J. Courthorpe, entitled ''The
Paradise of the Birds which they COM
pare not unfavorably with the " Birds of
the Greek Aristophanes, after which it is
modelled. 1t has a purpose, to satirize the
Darwinian theory of natural selection.-
Through mans depredations, the race of
birds is supposed to have disappeared from
the earth. A plague of insects has taken
their place. A poet and a Darwinian phi
losopher are sent out as committee to
seek the place to which the birds have with
drawn, which proves to be somewhere in
the neighborhood Of the North Pole-to
obtain eggs wherewith the stock of birds
may be replenished, and mankind may
thereby be delivered from the ills which it
has brought upon itself. Arrived at the
spot, which is called the "Limbo of the
Obsolete they find "myriads of hapless
embryes,' including those of birds that
were extinct long ago, and of birds that
never existed" the Roc, Dnornis, and
Cock Horse" They knock at the porter's
lodge, which is represented by a roc's egg,
and parley ensues. The philosopher
explains his theory of the origin of things
from protoplasm and development by nat
ural selection, and the birds express very
freely their opinion of man as
-"a thing of two legs,
Yet not born out of eggs;
Nor ancient, but rather
Scarce knows his grandfather /;
Who lives but span,
Too broad in the branches
Far nesting in branches,
Roturier, roundhead ridiculous man.
The nightingale adds:
"Man that is born of a woman,
Man, her unwebfooted drake,
Featherless, beaklcss, and human,
Is what he is by mistake.
For they say that sleep fell on Nature
In the midst of the making of things,
And she left him Il two-legged creature,
But wanting in wings"
The birds respond in chorus:
"Kluk lux lux ! kio =. coo
Peewee! cav cav! cuckoo!
TIC . tuwheet 4! tuwhoo! pipitopan!
| Chilly unfeathered, wingless, short tethered,
Restless, bird nestless, unfortunate man y
Evidently they thought natural selection
was a failure, if such a result rs man was
its ultimate development. The committee
barely escape atoning with their lives for
the sins of man against the birds, but their
request is granted.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE METHODIST, of New York. has alwa

THE NETHODIST, of New York, has always
l. been edited with marked ability by Rev. Dr. CROOKS
Its publishers have just aed TO its editorial corps
Rev. ABEL STEVENS equally experienced journalist
and author Of the best History of Nrtlndism c&tant-
They have also engaged contributions and from
the Rev T. De WITT TALMAGE, whose and p0pu-
larity preacher, writer aud lecturer, almost
unexamplrd. and whose free Tabernacle in Brooklyn,
with its congregation Of 600 people. is of the
marves of the age. Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHER has !,
Lecture Room Talk every week.
THE METHODIST abodnds in good things is dull
dry. has stories for children hints farmers and
somc thing for everybody. Mrs vikings great serial
story almost ready. They offer for the price Of one
years subscription tS250) to send THE METHODIST from
now until July lst 1872. Specimen copies free III
Nassau Street, New York.
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NOTICE..
ANN T. McCREA, next friend, &c,

Am T. MCUKEA, ncNt ITcnN, &c.
CHARLES S McCREA and HENRY e. p. McCEEA.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chanccry
ORDERED This 2Sth day of April. ISL, that the sale
made and reported by James T. Mccullough Trustee fol
of Real Estate of David A. hcCrea. deceased b
ratified and confirmed. unless to the contrar,
thereof he shown before the :iOth day of June
next provided copy of this Order be inserted III som
newspaper printed in Cecil county once week for on,
month before the Both day of May. next.
The Report the amount of sales to he $4,000.
DAVID SCOTT Clerk.
True copy; test, DAN I'D SCOTT.
april % lS7l-lm Clerk.
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AGRICULTURE AND LABOR.

In pursuance Of the Address to the People of Mary
land issued by order of the Convcntion held i'll the city
of Baltimore the 18th of December last, the Convcn
ton again in til" city Of Baltimore. THURS
DAY. june LIST 10 o'clock A. at Rancs Hall. corner
of Baltimore Street and Post Office Avenue for the pur
pose Of receiving reports and perfrCing oranZaun.-
The Delegates from the different counties earnestly
requested to he punctual in attendance.
ODEN BOWIE,
NAV II, 1S7l-3w President.
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Fulflnent.

Waking in May, the peach-tree thought
"ldle and bare ! and weaving naught !
Here have | slept the winter through,
!, with my masters work to dol
Started the buds. The blossoms came
Till all the branches were atlame.
She rocked the birds and wove the green,
A busy tree as ever was seen
Busy and blithe. She drank the dew,
She caught the sunbeams gliding through;
She drew her wealth from sky and soil,
And rustled gayly in her toll.
Now see the peach-tree's dropping head,
With all her fruit adjusting red.
knowing her Masters work is done,
She meekly resteth in the sun.
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Circumstances alter cases. Red paint,
which is an improvement on the looks of
old houses, is but an injury to the cheeks
of young ladies.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given t" all persons having claims
against Cecil county. to file the in the Commits
siuncrs Office before the 10th instant, they will
he excluded from the Levy of ISL.
BY order. VIM. L. Miller
may 49, 1s7l-3w Clerk
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NOTICE.

All persons hereby forewarncd from trcspassina
on the premises Of Anthony Reyb"ld in Grove Neck
Cecil county, Md of which am tenant, as intend Il
the law against all who hereafter rcspass
Nav g. lSTl-lw JOHN LAVENDER.
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NOTICE.
KIRK BROWN AND OTHERS


In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chanccry.
April - ISL.
ORDERED That the sales made and reported by l.. Mar
shall IIaincS and William j. Jones' Trustees for the sale
of the Real Estate Of Kirk Brown, deceased he ratified
and confirmed unless to the contrary thereof bf
shown before the thrtich day of June, next pro
vlci. a copy of this Order hc inserted in paper
printed Elktnn week for month before the
thirteth day of May. next.
The Report states the amount Of sales to he SS5oo00
DAVID SCOTT. Clerk.
True copy: test, DAVID SCOTT,
nprl % lS12-1m Clerk.
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For SALE.

BAY MARE. with COLT six weeks old
llZ4 NGuod worker and ladys hackney.
LIZ Apply at
HOWARD TITUS SHOP,
NAV 20. 1S1I-2w Elkton, Nd.
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Seventeen Hundred Years in the Oven.

One house in Pompeii had evidently been
in state of repair when the volcano-storm
buried it. Painters and decorators, and
cleaners were masters of the situation.-
The household gods were all in disorder,
and the family, if not out of town, must
have been undergoing that condition of
misery which spring cleanings and other
like infections inevitably entail. Painters
pots and brushes and workmen' S tools were
scattered about. Tell-tale spots of white
wash starred wall and floor. Such domes-
tic implements as pots and kettles had been
bundled up in corner all by themselves,
and the cook was nowhere. Dinner, how
ever, had not been forgotten. A solitary
pot stood simmering Gf it ever did simmer)
on the stove. And start not, for it is true)
there was bronze dish in waiting before
the oven, and on the dish sucking pig, all
ready to be baked. But the oven was
already engaged with its full complement
Of bread. So the sucking pig had to wait.
And it never entered the oven, and the
loaves were never taken out till after a
sojourn of 100 years! They have been
cooking ever since November 23d, AID. 20.
NJ. Fiorelli has them now in his museum
at Pompeii, twenty-one of them, rather
hard, of course, and black, but perfectly
preserved.-Leisure Hour.
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7 OCUST POSTS
Il For sale hy
narL JOHN PARTRIDGE
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FRAGRANT SAPOLIENE

Cleans Kid Gloves and all kinds of Cloths and Clothing:
removes Paint. Grease, Tar, &C., INSTANTLY without the
least injury to the finest fabric. Sold 10y Druggists and
Fancy Goods Dealers. FRAGRANT SAPOLIENE CO.,
33 Barclay St, New York, 46 La Sale st. Chicago.
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GoDEY's LADYs Book FOR JUNE.-Cl0se
the title Of the steel plate presented to the
subscribers of the Lady's Book for June.
This is followed by a six-igure colore d
fashion plate, containing walking dresses,
evening dresses, etc; beautiful wood-cut
illustration of four children fighting with
leaves; and another entitled "The Lily"
In addition to all this, the publisher has
been lavish with his wood-cut fashions on
the extension sheet and in his designs for
the work department. With the many
excellent stories by popular writer's in this
number, we commend it to the public.
Address L. A. Cooley, Philadelphia Price
SO year.
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But Philadelphia is doing well. She see

But Philadelphia is doing well. She sees
what is wrong in her system. She perhaps
is conscious that the measures she is now
taking do not quite reach the root of the
evil; but in her own good time she will, it
is hoped, gather up her strength, cut out
heroically the cancer that is eating away
the life of her system, and make her schools
a model for the nation.
Pennsylvania School Journal.
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Agents Read This!

WE WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY
w of $50 per week and expenses, allow
large commission. sell and wonderful invcr-
tions. Address VI. WAGNER Il co, Marshall, Mich.
Clio A DAY FOR ALL with Stencil Tools
sD1O Address A. +. GRAHAM. Springfield, Vt.
(fOGE A MONTH Horse and Carriage furnished
OCZC Expenses paid. II. Shaw, Alfred, Me.
Buy the Apple Parer, Corcr and SIiccr Price 81 100
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DEsoLATIoN IN FRANCE.-Some idea of
the desolation which the war has brought
to France may be gained from the following
account of recent journey of a correspon-
dent through that country: "League after
league we drove along the straight, brown
rlband of road, now slowly rising, then
gently descending the low hills which occa-
sionally varied the monotony Of the plain,
but scarcely living creature came in sight
Here and there couple of women trudged
along, or an old man raised his hat as he
passed the apparently very unusual sight
of a carriage; but young or middle-aged
men were nowhere to be seen, save now
and then one in more or less of uniform,
hurrying northward to military service. 1
was struck by the solitude that seemed to
reign around the farm houses and in the
hamlets. But for the fowls that pecked
about the 6ung-heaps, and for the occa-
sional bark of a viglant cur, one might
have thought them uninhabited. In some
places the land showed signs of recent cul-
tivatiOn, but in many more it was untitled.
From time to time, one came to 4 shep-
herdess, in wooden shoes, sitting on bank
and watching few sheep or goats, but of
cattle scarcely any were to be seen. There
were ploughs in the fields, not waiting till
sunrise should bring out the sturdy team
and whistling ploughman, but with rusty
share, idle for want of hands to drive them.
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BY AGRICOLA.

For The Cecil Wing.
OrnithOlOgy.
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Air Line Railroad.

The Directors of this enterprise, in 1870,
adopted the following
"Whcrcas, it is in accordance with the
spirit Of the original charter of both the Gcor
gia and South Carolina Air Line Railro ID
iginnlly organized, that the Road should be
of Anderson. in the State of South Carolina ;
and Directors be and they are hereby nstruc
ted to have the necessary surveys made and
proceed to locate the Road by the town Of An
dcrson, if it bc practicable to do so without II
greatly increased cost of construction over the
routes Proviicd That tic people of the
county and town of Anderson contribute a
pro rnn proportion with other counties of the
cash agreed to be paid under the existing
contract for building the Road"
The same authority, in 1871, adopted the
following resolutions:
Rrsolpccl, That all work upon the Atlanta
and Richmond Air Limo Railway Company
between Gainesville, Ga, and Grccnviile S.
O., except such work rs is common to all the
proposed lines, be suspended until thorough
and exhaustive surveys and estimates have
been made of the route by Anderson G. H..
that it may be fairly and accurately dctcrmin
cd whether route for the Road may not he
found by that place, reasonably practicable
within the meaning of the resolutions on that
subject adopted at Atlanta in June, 1870.
RcSolrcd That the President do cause such
sur, oys to be forthwith made by some cili
cicnt engineer, in connection with the cngi
nccr furnished by the people Of Anderson
if they please to pnt one on the route with
him-and that accurate estimates Of the
length and cost of said survey and all other
surveys that arc deemed to stand in proper
competition, be made up and reported as soon
as pocsiblc, and that the President then call
meeting of the Board at some convenient
central place to fix definitely the location of
the entire line.
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White Labor in South Carolina.

The Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Of South Carolina seem determined to intro
ducc reliable labor into tho State, and accor.
dinghy we find that ono of the most gigantic
enterprises ever undertaken in the South is
now on foot in Charleston. AS will be seen
by an advertisement in another column, an
Immigration association has been organized
for the purpose of securing settlers upon. their
lands, and in order to raise the necessarily
large capital required, they have adopted the
cxpcdicnt Of a series Of Gift Concerts, to be.
gin in Charleston in October the ticket hold
dcrs of which will be participants in the gran.
dcst opportunity ever offered to become rich
at small risk and with clear conscience
The number of tickets iss ucd is 5000, and
the price is five dollars each.
The first prize is the Academy of Music,
including stores, music halls, &c., built at
cost of S230,000 The second prize is one
hundred thousand dollars in cash, tho third
is twenty five thousand dollars; the fourth is
ten thousand dollars and the fifth is five thou
sand dollars, besides which, there arc twenty
four hundred gifts varying from ten to one
thousand dollars. The scheme has tho IN (.
qualified endorsement of tho best citizens of
South Carolina, mon known in all parts of
the United States.
Generals Butler and Gary were both distin.
guished officers in tho Confederate service
the former having lost leg at Brandy Sta
ton, ono of tho most hotly contested cayal
ry fights of the war Both belong to old
families in Carolina, and have been doing
their best since tho war to restore poaco in
their State under tho United States Govern
mcnt, Gen. Butler having been candidate
for Licute antGoyernor underthe Reform par-
ty, which acknowledged tho pclticcal equal.
ity Of tho races. Mr.. Chadwick is Nor
thcrn gentleman Of largo means, who has
scttlcd in Charleston, and devoted his wealth.
energy and enterprise to tho rccuporaticn Of
the South. Ilo is at present tho owner of
The Academy Of Music in charleston and
other valuable real estate in South Carolina.
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The Civil War in France.

The very name of civil war suggests ter
riblc thoughts to every friend of humanity.
War ip itsolf is rcpulsivc and nntogonistic to
the sentiments of christian ard enlightened
people, nor can any idea Of moral Or political
necessity entirely excuse it But when
merely from ambition or desire of power
civil war springs up, humanity palcs before
the horrors cnac. d in the name of liberty.
The Wholesale butchcry in Paris of French
men by Frcnchmen arc terribly suggestive of
the consequences of civil war Inscnsiblc
to the past greatness and glory of her name,
perpctuatcd in history and in the monuments
of aft adorniug her capital she has with
ruthless hands destroyed all, and seeking
liberty has shown herself unworthy and in
capable of enjoying its blessings. Her
churches and palaces, her monuments and
works of art which have made her capital tho
wonder and admiration of the world, aro
smouldcring in ruins. The liberty she nd.
mircd and sought is drowned in tho blood of
her citizens and with the success of THEIRS,
the question is what will be the Government
Of France? THEIn's has not been contest
for freedom gainst usupcr, but Of faction
against faction for power. The insurgents Of
yesterday are inhabitants Of the grave, while
tho ruling party have aud can maintain no
lasting Government. From the troubles Of
the past many seek power. The Bou.bons,
the Republic aud the Napolcons all look for
it. This shows the peace of France is not
yet secure, unless firm head bo placed in
authdsaty. No people have cssnycd Rrpub
)ican Cove rnmcnt more than the French, and
no people have failed more dcplorably lib
crty with them mcans RIGHTEOUSNESS and ends
in worse dcspoism than the one overthrown.
They are a brave impnlsive people, who need
and require strong Government. This can
only be had under the mouarchical system,
which will doubtless, be the end of Frcnch
troubles.