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AS An ARTFUR1AS IDYL-
Upon taffet Of most soft and verdant moss,
Beneath the spreading brnnches of an nucien
oak,
Miss Mu1fet sat, and upward eazed
TO where linnet perrhed and sung,
And rocked him gently to and fro.
Soft ble.' the breeze
And mildly swayed the bough;
Loud sung the bird,
And swectly dreamed the maid
Dreamed brightly Of -he days to come
The guilen days with her fair future b1eut- Z
Fhen one-sone wondrous, stately knight
3f our great Arthurs Table Round -
one brave as Launcelot, and
Spotless as the pure Sir Guiahad-
should come. and, coming, choose her
For his loyc and in her name,
And for the sake Of her fair eyes,
}hou;d do most KnIghtly deeds.
And, Us she dreamed md softly sighed,
Size pcEsiyely began to stir,
fith tiny golden spoon.
Within IN antique dish upon her Imp,
some snow-white, milky curds;
soft we're they, full ct crea9 and rich,
And, as she stirred, she smiled,
Then gently tasted them,
And, smiling, ate, nor sighed no more.
10! as she atc-nor harbored thought Of i'll
Scar and nearer yet, there to her crept
4 monster great and terrible,
Ni1h huge, misshApcn body-leaden eyes
full many :. long and hairy leg,
And soft and ste:llthy fOOtstep.
Nearer still he came Miss Munet yet,
All unwilling his dread neighborhood,
Did eat her curls and dream.
Blithe, On the bough. the liunet sung
All terrestrial natures, sleeping, wrapt
T.. MOST sweet tranquility.
Closer still; the spider drew, and.
Pausing beside her, lifted up his head
And kuzed into her face.
Miss Mulfer then, her consciousness alive
To his dread eyes upon her fixed,
Turned and bcheld him. ....-
And straiRhtway sprung upon her feet;
And, letting full her dish and spoon,
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SCATTERING.

GREEN-10OM GOSSIP.
Charles Archer joins the tsOofty- Gooft' COM
pany at Columbus, O.
"Our Railroad Men," they say, has been fa-
yorably received In Cincinnati.
sardou's ''Patrio," under the name Of " Fa-
therland," is soon to be presented at the Boston
Museum.
Mention is made Of new drama by John
Brougha1n, entitled "Home-Rule; or, Justice for
Ireland" Il
Clara Morris Is acting ut Baldwin's, San Fran
cisco. and she has a new play entitled " The Soul
Of m Actress
We read Of new play by native dramatist
of Iceland, which is beautifully entitled "sigri-
den Eyrjagjordansol."
They say that new play by BARLEY Campbell
is 70 be Produced in the preliminary season 1T
the Union Square Theatre, New York, next fall.
Financial distress has closed the doors Of the
milwaukee, Theatre. 1fr. c. S. Sullivan, Its late
lessee, Is in town looking for something to turn
up.
Ada Gray has engaged W. Coggswell as q
member Of her troupe, and Wood Benson has
pany.
Mrs, Butler Fnnny :Kemble} recently said, IN
t feRly TO 9uestion e by the baroness @ n nafaetI =,
ShDtock he would rewrite the part
The New York Tribune says that Mrs Bowers
and Mr.. McCollom may be members Of Edwin
Booths company during tho Forthcoming short
seasdn Of that eminent tragedian.
. It ts said that Charles r. Thorne, Jr, will
"star' next season, and that danes O'Ncill, now
ut baldwiu's, San Francisco, will take his pmce
as leading man OF the uuion Square COMPANY.
An effort is afoot in London to found dra-
matte academy. 4 meeting OF actors ana otn-
ers interested in the stage has been hciu ,t1 ana
Mcssrs. Hare, Byron, Neville, Vczsn, and John
plan.
:, Edwin Booth says Of Steele Mackayes Madison
Square Theatre: 1t certainly IL the perfection
OF 4 comedy theatre. It is beautiful n every
aetai hope, with all my neaft, e, 1 Laat aat Mrt
aiackuye will be amply rewarded for the great
Improvement he has made in theatrical decofa-
ton aud mechanism"
Stuart Robson sends to the Detroit tFse FIEss
vigorous reply to an onslaugnt iatels shic n1e +bs ~
inc Aev A. T. Pcrson On the stafe IN par Ta,ea .4 Is,
name a single State Prison which numbers
among its inmates an actor, and VIII contr1p-
ute fl00 to the Irish Famine Fund II ne can
name q single State Prison that docs 71ot nolo u
preacher
At Mackaye's new Madison Square Theatre,
'' Hazel Kirke" will soon be withdrawn IN tnvor
Coghlan viii mai make her her first appearance az Peg
SnoG Ea3s Mr nlv Mis Esef T Ta IT, When M IS
Nr. Couidock, Mrs. Whiffen. and the rest OF tue
company. Mr. George CLARK has been aaoga H1rx 70
the organization, aid will appear as E>''se's '"'e.
The Gilbert-Daly CONTROVERSY over YER "cha11ty r.
Inst letter by the author Of Pinafore~ ~ ne thas
defines his position: II am helpless pu1 Fatnee
Interesting beginner In stage-crat1 L asa,ac nase
stumbled ha91 ap9n something shped into stage
play. That accomplished and mga'y ut,S11st. nsaa4
author, Ar. Augusrin Daily. comes 70 NY asslst-
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The Gravel Hines.

V4fVsnta CITY ENtr.) Chrpnicle.
II you want to make certain Virginia CITY
merchant real mad, nsk him il he has q gravel
and won 500, but took In payment an undeyei
oped gravel mine: His friends teased him ter
ribiy about the alleged worthless property, and.
ut last getting little excited, he told them tat
before he got. through with that mine thew
would see that he was not such q fool as they
took him for. Then be wrote to some rich ac
Being hard up, he would sell cheap for 5000
Then he bought 500 worth Of gold dust. and
nuggets, and ealted the claim thoroughly with
bought 1t Immediately. and paid him his Sc 0o1i
cash. In three weeks they got ont S8 OCl wnrfh
Of orc. That Virginia City man didn't smile for
u month.
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CALENDAR FOR TEE WEEK

Feb. 229-Thrd Sunday IN Lent.
March 1-Seyeuteenth Day Of Lent
Maryh Eighteenth Day Of Lent
March 3-Nineteeuth Day Of Lent
March 4-Twenticth Day of Lent
March 5-Tweuty-tirst Day OF Lent.
Murch G-Twenty- second Day Of Lent.
CATHOLIC.
Feb, 39.-Third Sunday in Lent
March 1-Feria-
March 3-FeriA-
March 3-FeriA.
March 4-St. Casfmir, c.: st. Lncius. p. NJ.
March 5-The Five Wounds Of Our Lord.
March E-Feria. - ."f';''@ - ''S. 80 ~
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A French Thief.

4 christening in a Paris church recently led to
the capture Of thief> who, it is believed, Is
notorious culprit Whilo the nurse was waiting
with the child on her knees, man came up and
asked permission to kiss the infant. His request
was erunted, for in France such instances OF
spontaneous affection are not uncommon.
While the embrace Was being bcsto:xed the
nurse felt hand in her pocket. and exclaimed.
stThief!" The man ran away, but was captured
With ths womaus purse in his possession.
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PLAYS OF THE WEEK.
"a TRIPLE COuRrsutP."
By ". D. Eaton, from the German OF Rosen
reduced at Hooley's Theatre, Chicago, Feb.

q, 1850:
aee1Re aeReg ghSrs ~ ps Woi MMae1s MesDsE
ssas %'!!!s% s iams HEss.t
Clara Waite louise ~ sylsester s
Emma Nlihers Emma Feman
Nary Helen Gardner
The first production OF !" a Triple Courtship -
WAS honored with u kind reception at Hooley' 8
on Tuesday night By large audience,-an au-
dtence comprising many members Of the dra-
uatic and journalistic fraternitics. Naturally
enough, there was much interest taken In the
presentation, Mr.. ". D. Eaton, OF this city, be-
ing the author, and public curiosity has been
whetted, Of course, by the recent success Of
that Eentemau's comedy, 'An the Rage" in
Brooklyn and Boston. "A Triple Courtsh1p,"
We believe, Is the second effort OF Mr. Eaton In
the way OF dramatic writing, and his success In
both instances sufficiently shows that he pos
sesses talent In that most difficult branch
Of Observation-Disclosures composition which
he has just begun- Tor "a Triple
Courtship' ~ the author claims nothing more than
an adaptation, and states! the original source
from whence he derived his plot to have been
Koseu, d German author Of considerable rep1l-
tation. Just how much Of 4 Triple Courtship I"
is Rosen's and how much is Euton's we cannot
exactly say, but VIC are told that three-fourtbs
OF the dialog is the work OF the latter. This we
can say, however, that ''4 Triple Courtship''
as given is m exceedingly well-written play,
cleyerly constructed, With excellent characteri-
zation, comtcal situations, and light, agreeable,
interesting plot Should the piece not obtain the
success Its merit entities 1t to, We can only
blame certain members OF the company who in
terpret their parts In a manner evidently never
intended By the author. Further on VIC
shall allude to the acting, and here say that,
while We recognize the many excellcnces of the
play. the work is not without defects; but these
defects ran be readily obvtated- They are
chiefly found tn the first act, the dialog Ut which
il entirely too long drawn out There Is too
much talk and too little action. The second and
the third acts are the best Of the comedy, and
exhibit often purity Of tone III elegance of
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eouer the d multltade fad 9f SINS" That is p,,,n
others will not be strict to mark What HIT for
| faults. '1''t'y o1 their
An author very unlike St. Peter fnn,,.
an example q saying the meaning ot wS;sSS
IS enufe1y pefTelfed by its being tom "ft,sa frOa
as authority for the aphorism: aF'5 aFSeq Quoted ass
1nightier than the sword,,' But " nppent pen Is
wrote no such nonsense The nalwet
"Richelieu," which is thus twisted tdage ~ y =,
its meaning, is this: .o1t Of
Btn Bsneath x the rye of rnsn entirely grrot
"1he pen u m1ehaeF than the S;yrd,
How often do men "entirely rraatn ss
| pear in the world, that either n,6da. =, ap
| government, or under the direct cnntreu91el u91elr
their hands or minds, the pen may be mirbtoett OF
than the sword? For only then does BI1ess Bn1s.sess
unsatisfactory, particularly to the numareny re1y
| writers Of powerful articles in the fnv,oas fa,1s
pers; and the world will continue fo ba ~;
that Bulwer said that their weapon 10 e1 ,se sola
powerful than Gen. Grants. And. indastas ddtots
taey are generally more ao to be dreaded d tha5
OF all passages perverted by yiotant ii.
placement, however, one that is oftenest +
quoted is the most plainly end di,sttSs directi's
| twisted from its proper meaning. Thisuy This !;
| the saying attributed to Shakespeare. i tbas -
''One touch Of nature makes the whaIas hads
Wolld :km: IT. o,,du Io my taston!ishment I
the Globe edition Of Shakspcare's o wors, "
where, however, I cannot believe tbst ).
was placed by the editors; and, Intieef i4 i Ill II
| pears as a part Of a faneiful device. Ihavs
| remarked upon this passage before, but bif 4
will do no harm to consider it again. Far
| the meaning that it has when thus taken = oyt II
Of the context and the doctrine Of whrbH TX (
| is always quoted in support, are directly On. ~
| posed to the purpose with which It va
| written. Probably mot one in a lundrpd
thousand Of those who glibly cite it as ShaS.
speare's dietu!n knows in which Of his works
| not one i'll a thousand has read It IN IL
proper connection. It is In "TroiIus and
! Cressida," one of the most rarely real ~ ~
| Shakspeare's plays. except by the true loyers
| of Shakespeare. :Fhe play was written at two
| periods; and OF the part produced in the later
! period the speeches, put into the mouth II
Ulysses are eminent, even among ShaS.
! speare's dramatic poetry, for their wisdom
| their deep insight into the heart of man. II
| the speeches Of Ulysses in this play We grt
| more nearly personal utterance from ShaS
speare's self than we do In any other Of his
| writings.
| In one Of these speeches Ulysses Is crafti1y
| endeavoring to draw the surly Achilles Out
! of his retirement into the leadership OF, tha
| Greek battle again. Achilles has complained
| that OF late he has not been treated Is be-
| thinks, with SO much consideration as be had
before been in the habit OF receiving. UIys
| neglect is because his retirement Is causing
men to forget his great deeds, and TINT BE-
| cannot expect to be hOnored always for what
/ he has done. The son OF AutoIycus goes on
to explain that this is because the Hhole
world IS addicted to gaplng afteT t;! something
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LITTLE MISS MUfFET.

IN Study ANGLO-SAIQN.
Little Miss Muffct
Sat on tuiIet,
Eating Of curus and whey;
There came great spider,
And sat l.tw11 beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet aTnyi
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ance, and out of the fund ot his experience, Ut
erary utility, and delicately- -chastenea tastg s
confers upon my pieoe exactly what It Wan!ea Iea
to make it worthy Of place on his boards-1aT'
Skfntler.n

ance, and out of the fund ot his experience ~
erary utility, and delicately- -chastenea tasss ns
confers upon my pleoe exactly WAL asom5fe !. %ausf
to make 1t worthy Of place on his boaros-4ft'*
Skinner"
The girl Zmo, at tho Aquarium, In LONDON, L. on o
Jan 81 was thrown from the catapult with e11 snon
force that hor body wont clenn through TIE @ WeaK @
just missed hitting the girders. and fell With
When picked up " one sdo Of her face appeared
projected through her cheek; her body was aniv. ).
ering violently; she was perfectly unconscious:
Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer and Mr.: H. F: Abbey have
signed contract In virtue Of which the n follow"
y E Hbys bSson will Hs Rcnoh It .ns
Daughter" nnd 1.-THE Danchetrs.' These plays
will be presented, in most respects, with tneir
origlnnl Gusts. scenery. costumes, etc. The con-
tract culls for IN engagement OF seven weeks,
beginning April T., the date On which the regular
season OF the Union Square Theatre ends.
Various mustcaf improvements haye been
made in New York theatres within the past
into the cellar both In Rootb's Theatre and Wal
put put It Into the aae - II % ar Ab5ey of tue
Park, "s9g9ests ths T+bnas Of that CITY," would
retire from. the Vicinity without broken ear
drums." 4 happy thought which might be aug
gcsted to some Of our local managers.
Among the cash contributions from the ladies
and gentlemen in the dramatic md musical pro-
fcssio1,s to the Irish Relief Fund, are John Nc
Crllongh, $3.50: E. \. 6othern, 5000: Dion Duuct-
Rnyliond. 500; Barley Campbell, sloo; Frank
Mayo, $l0O and 10 per cent Of the receipts Of the
Olympic for mouth; F, 7. Barnum. $l0o; J. c.
Mccof!om 500; Edward HurrIgan: sloo: Tony
Hart, $lGo; Mnry Anderson, $l0V; Fanny Dayen-
port, SlDQ; Glmore's band, 500; Rose Cpghlan,
$50; Arthur Wallack, $50; Harold 3. Wallack,
$50: Edwin Price, $50; Mrs, F. L. Davenport,
81, and many others smaller sums.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
The following stars and combinations will,
during the coming week, play ut tho places
named: Managers and agents please forward
routes by Friday of each week:
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FROM THE GERMAN OF B0DENsTEDT.


Translated ly An7<1ta Ende1
With ev'ry breath part Of life doth wane;
What once thou lost, by naught thou canst re-
gain.
Seek soon worthy aim for which to strive:
'Tis not thy fault If thou vert born to live,
But thine 1t is II thou hast lived in vain.
AS the mountain torrents rapid flow
But uemblingly reflects the sunlights glow;
And, as its current deeper, cnlmer grows,
The image Of the sky more clearly shows:
Thus dnwns the light Of everlasting truth
But dimiy in tho passionate hearts Of youth;
But. when the battling waves reconcfled,
Reflects within our henrtsi1s innage mild.
How differently people taik of thee;
They praise and they defa,ne. Mira Schaf1y*:
To-day man speak we'll OF thtt. heard
But yesterday full many III evil word.
answered: He who blamcs not openly,
Does to my own esteem no injury.
Contempt deserves who utters sland' 'rous lies,
But the informcr still more despise.
The calumnfatur's . poisoned arrows dart
Behind rny back, from distance dangerless;
But the tnfor1ncr grasps and hasts to press
With smiling kindness them into my heart
[s"Mi.za" with the accent on the last sylia-
name, means "a Prince -; when before, "a
scribe; hence, *@Mirza Scha6y" would be
equivalent to Scribe Schaf1y" During Boden-
strdt's soiourn at Titis Mirza Schatfy was his
teacher of the Tartarcnn and Persian languages.
The celebrated ''Songs OF Mira Sehatfy'' were
1ranslations from these languages; but they are
orginal products Of Bodenstedt' S pen, inspired
by and written more or less under the influence
Of his friendly intercourse with Mira Schany
those poems their peculiar color
C31rCACn Eaf, lES1
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| almost universal, but the aphorism is thus
presented IN the books of authors Ut repute
| met with it lately in one OF Mr.. Troll0pe's,
| reverend diyines and doctors Of divinity.
Now, in. the, first place, Paul, at first or at
| second hand, wrote no such nonsense. In
the latter part Of his first epistle to Timothy
root Of all evil, which, while some
The faith Tie psryersion has ef5ea been mae ruum
easy by the use Of the analytical phrase
ter p nSte1d a of he synthstea
Wlciitfe's trallslations remained, which make
the Apostle declare that covetoGsness is the
root OF all evil, the perversion would have
been impossible, and the world would have
citation Of that which every man in civilized
life must have or die in misery.
But even the declaration that the love of
money IS the root OF all evil is not ST. Paul's,
anu !, mas not q divlnely-inspired origin. Here,
lGcted apothegns, in which he tells us OF that
dirty old Pagan cynic Dlogenes tLat fuil
often ana manye a time did lie saye coyetous-
nesse ness Of money to be tie head paaiee or head
The Greek word whie6 is he here eaia trisIated ia
head palaice, or city, is merely one which we
have transferred bodily into Engish-me-
ttropotts; which means, properly, not the
head or chief city, but the originating or
moLner city, and thus contains clearly Paurs
idea of the root.
4 declaration Of ST. Peter has been no less
perverted, although III different way. lie
IS constantly quoted (although most Of those
who quote him do not know their nuthor) as
saying: CHARITY covers q multitude Of
slns"; and as meaning that it q man be char
Now, these were neither Peter words nor
his meaning. What Peter did write, as he
was exhorting the Christians scattered
throughout Asia Minor to q good and gra-
cious life, was: ''And, above all things.
hare fervent charity for, rather, love
'agape j among yourselves; for charity pNi
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-03-18

A correspondent Of Forest and Stream
sends the following method Of preventing
rust in guns:
Rust j. one Of the banes Of sportsman
life, Il he lives in moist, damp climate. and
every true lover of tine gun will hail any
preventive Of that pes, with hearted; de-
light The method is a. follows Have
made cleaning rod nearly filling the bore
Of the gun. Then take strip Of cotton
cloth Canton flannel is best from an inch
VIDE up TO three inches. according TO the
SIZE 0! the bore. and .iN inches longer than
the barrel Of the gun. Satura;e II with any
good oil or vaselne. double about two
niche, Of the end over the end Of the clean
ing rod and pres, into the bore The re-
mainder OF the cloth will. with 4 little as
sistanoe fold itself Iengthwise around the
cleaning rod a. II is introduced thus filling
up the vacant space entirely. BY this
means the air is completely excluded. and
even the small quantity originally in the
barrel is driven out Where air canno, 20
moisture cannot, and the gun may remain
untouched for months, or even be immersed
IN water, without injury 10 the bore. b,
this method the gun can be examined al
any time or prepared for service IN few
second. BY simply Withdrawing the rod
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-03-18

The cellar. laundry and kitchen are
among the places that demand daily care.
If one would guard against much wasteful-
ness. IL is incredible how much that could
be prohtably used, either for the family or
to help the poor, is thrown away or render
ed worthless through the lack Of little
economy. The was,efulness Of only one
day is small, perhaps, and not easily recog-
nized; but the mischief once begun and
suffered TO pass unrebuked. piles up very
rapidly tall il reaches the sum total at tie
end Of the year, which is found TO be i'm
mense.
For instance, the waste of soap and
starch alone in the hands Of an ordinary
good laundress. week after week. would
easily supply poor family with all they
would require. Clothes-lines and clothes
pins left out TO rot and mildew. instead of
being brought in and put in their proper
place, will help TO swell the list Of expenses
al the end OF the year more than one would
al hrst imagine, not only by the actual
expense, but more by the injury done to
clothes by this neglect, Christian Union.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-03-18

" arm air before the sun entirely goes down.
Ii the sash is kept on all the time the plants
be come weak for want of air during the
gro wing day time, and are then more liable
to INJURY by night.
II is on these little matters that some
Judgment is required, but i, soon comes as
natural to one with little experience as
swimming does to Young duck. Just ss
in the case II Young duck. too. it j. a
sort Of Judgment which no newspaper nor
anything but natural tact can teach. let
all who have gardens look around just
now and zee when it can be done. They
will find more chances for these little family
enjoyments than many of them ever dreamed
Of and no doubt will thank US Tor the sug-
gestion when they find how their thought
fulness now is rewarded BY the fullness of
early spring garden things GermaHtolrH
Telegraph.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-03-18
4 9erss Poisoned By Tea.

VERY PECULIAR Cash WHICH HAS BEEN
gECESTLY REPORTED.
The London Lancet remarks that Lord
William Beresford. in addition TO has dis
tinction as a gallant and chisalrous soldier.
will be distinguished in history as the own
er of horse which was poisoned by tea
The Veterinary journal reports the case"
and chaTacterlzes II A. unparalleled in the
annals OF veterinary or even human ioxi-
pounds Of tea in sack, kafhr groom
filed it with corn, and serving out the
contents TO troop Of horses, gave Lord
William Beresford's charger the bulk of the
tea, which was eaten greedily. and produced
the most startling results. The animal
plunged and kicked, and ran backward. al
inter ais galloping madly around. finally
falling into donga. where it lay dashing
It's head on the rocks. and vas dispatched
BY an assegai thrust through the heart
The pos,-mortem appearances indicated eN-
ireme cerebral congests n. The occurrence
as an incident is probably unique. The
phenomena exhibited were. however. char
acieristic Of the action of caifeine-namel,.
cerebral excitement. with partial loss OF
sensihilitl. commissions and death. The
sensor nerves are paraly1ed without any
corresponding paralysis Of the motor
nerves; so that the muscular action. which
proceeds from idea;ion and voliiion. re-
mains unaffected. The reversal Of limb
movements, which produces running back
ward in quadrupeds, j, a common symptom
Of brain disturbance, frequently Witnessed.
for example in the case Of puppies with
Enclosed orania The case j. one Of grea,
interest, and may help to throw light on the
action Of tea. which has no, been sufficient
ly studied. and must he still olasscd As IN
explained