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Hector Berlioz's Love Romance.

Berlioz was present at the first representa-
tion of Hamlet at the Odeon, and at once
conceived for Henrietta Smithson what he
calls ga mortal love-" His own words best de-
scribe the impression made. "The effect of
her prodigious talent, or rather her dramatic
genius, on my imagination and my heart was
only comparable to the complete upsetting
caused by the poet of whom she was the wor
thy interpreter. Next day Romeo and Juliet
was on the bill. From, the third act until the
end, scarcely breathing as if hand of iron
were COMPRISING my heart, said to myself
with entire conviction, Il am a lost mani 1t
should be added that did not then know
word of English and had only got glimpse of
Shakespeare through Letourneur's misty trans
lation."
To get nearer view of the grande tragedienne
he entered the theatre during rehearsal.
Romeo in the tomb, overwhelmed with de-
spair was carrying Juliet in his arms. Berloz,
after glance at the Shakespearinn group,
screamed out, wrung his hands and ran away.
Juliet saw, heard, and took fright, telling the
other actors to have care of that gentleman
with the wicked looking eyes. Not promis-
iSlng beginning for an ardent lover! Common
sense people will be inclined to remark, Gen
ius to madness closely is allied"
But the favor of the Paris public is far from
stable. Miss Smithson went out of fashion as
1ast as she came IN. counting on the constaI-
cy of the Parisians' enthusiasm, she had un-
dertaken the management OF an English thea
tre, and rapidly experienced JdciliS deScenSuS
toward ruin, beside which she broke her leg
Mile. Mars behaved admirably on that occa-
sion-and limping Juliets do not draw. Not
withstanding which impediments Hector got
presented to Henriette and married her, in
spite of her familys violent opposition. On his
part he was obliged to obtain his parents con-
sent, according to French law, by sonnationS
respectueuses, that is, by legal compulsion. On
their wedding day all the bride possessed was
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Carlyle and Tennyson.

Henry James in the Atlantic
heard Carlyle, last night, maintain his hab-
itual thesis against Mr. Tennyson, in the pres
ence of Mr.. Moxon and one or two other per-
sons. Carlyle rode very high horse indeed,
being inspired to mount and lavishly ply the
spur BY Mr.. Tennyson, for whom he had the
liveliest regard; and it was not long before
William the Conqueror and Oliver Cromwell
were trotted out of their mouldy cerements, to
affront Sir Robert Peel and the Irish Viceroy,
whose name escapes me. "Nothing," Carlyle
over and over again said aud sung "no.hing
will ever pry England out of the slough she is
in, but to stop looking at Manchester as heav-
ems gate, and free trade as the everlasting
Gods law man is bound to keep holy. Tne
human stomach, 1 admit, Is q memorable ne
cessity, which will not allow itself, moreover,
to be long neglected; and politica, economy no
doubt has its own right to be heard among all
our multifarious iargon, But / tell you the
stomach is not the supreme necessity our pota-
to-evangelists make it. nor is political economy
any tolerable substitute for the eternal veraci-
ties. To think of our head men believin' the
stomach to be the man, and legislatin' for the
stomach, and compellin' this old England into
the downright vassalage of the stomach! Such
men as these, forsooth, to rule England the
England once ruled by Oliver CROMWELL! No
wonder the impudent knave O'Connel takes
them by the beard, shakes his big fist in their
faces does his own dirty will, in fact, with En-
gland, altogether! Oh, for day of Duke
William again!'
In vain his fellow Arcadian protested that
England was no longer the England of Duke
William, nor even of Oliver Cromwell, but
totally new England, with self-consciousness
all new and unlike theirs; Carlyle only chant
ed or canted the more Justify his inevitable
ding-dong: Oh. for a day of Duke William
again!
Tired out, at last, the long suffering poet
cried: II suppose you would like your Duke
William back, to cut off some twelve hundred
Cambridge gentlemen's legs, and leave their
owners squat upon the ground, that they
mightn be able any longer to hear arms against
himp' "Ah!' shrieked the remorseless bag
pipes, in a perfect collie of delight to find its
supreme blast thus unwarily invoked, "ah!
that was no doubt very sad thing for the
Duke to do, but somehow he conceived he had
right to do it; and upon the whole he had!''
Let me tell your returning hero one thing
them replied his practical-minded friend,
land that is that he had better steer clear of
my precincts, or he will feel my knife in his
CUTS very soon." 1t was in fact this indignant
aud unaffected prose of the distinguished poet
which alone embalmed the insncere colloquy
to my remembrance, or set its colors, so to
speak
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Old Bill Gridley.
His Wonderful Self-control When His
New Carpet Was Ruined.


You may say what you like about old Bill
Gridley," said gentleman just down from
Bode to crowd who were spinning for hot
Scotches in Phil McGovern's back room the
other night 81 knows there's lots or fellers
talkn' against him-'specially now he's dead
but alters speak of man as 1 find him, an
OLD Bill was as fair and square one as wish
to see, spite of his crankiness"
Putty bad-tempered, wasn't hep said Phil.
who was sprinkling red pepper on sa 1t herring
to encourage trade.
well, he was-and he wasn't. I've seen
that man keep his grip ON himself and 90 along
cool and easy like when any other man in the
camp would have stood ON his hind legs and
roared. l call to mind suthin' that happened
once way back in the flush days that showed
what big heart old Gridley had in his shirt.
You see, we were at a mining camp called
Lone Skull, up on the Feather river and Bill,
claim had panned out so rich that he began to
put on a good deal of style. He had the lar. est
snanty IN the place-four rooms-and what
must Gridley do but send clear round the
Horn for carpet for the paror. 1t took iir,
nearly year to get it out, and then il was the
only carpet in that part of the State White
ground, with yellow and red flowers. Folks
used to come miles t. see it."
is this yarn III one act?' growled a friend of
the miner, who was wistfuliy watching the bar
keeper take the lid off some hot choyder i'm The
other room.
"It's in one scene, Continued the marty
from Bodie. "Lemme see, where was /? Well,
to make long story short, was playing Pedro
IN Bits best room one night, with some ,,ros-
spectors Just up from Frisco, and was losing
considerable dust, when dropped on one Of
them taking jack out of his sleeve As luck
would have 1t. wasn't heeled that night, so |
Just picked up tobacco knife that Law on the
table and cut the fellows throat clean across
Good scheme. too grunted a faro steerer
in approval.
We'll, as was saying, old Gridley, who
was III the next room, heard the scuffie and
came in. There was that cut chap Iyiny on
the floor, with his blood all over the carpet
the whole thing Just ruined. Everybody was
scared to sea Bills face, it looked Just awful /
expected to get bullet through INV head
quicker'n a wink.
This is pretty rough ON me- says Gridley,
lookin' at the carpet
L know, Bill says |, and axes your bar
parding, old man. L never once Thought of
the carpet. L wouldn't er done il of had.
NO, don't believe you would, Tom,' saws
he, kinder sorrowful like. L don't believe you
would. And he actually helped me throw the
corpse outen the winder, and kinder wipe up
the muss a little. l tell you, gentlemen old
Bill Gridley was a white man. he was: and if
ever go back on him, after that, Tm a
coyote!'
And they all agreed that a man must have a
pretty big heart to act like that, after all.
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Kingston On. H.) Letter to Boston Journal
Daniel WebSter's Father.

Col. Ebenezer Webster, the father of Daniel
Webster, was born in this town, and both his
father and mother were of the original Kings
ton stock. He greatly resembled his illustri
GUS son. Personally, both were of remarkably
dark and swarthy hue. In his youth he served
in the old French war, which General Stark
considered the only war New Hampshire was
ever engaged in that was really worth the
name OF a war. New Ham pshire sent four reg
iments to the army that captured Louisburg,
and Colonel Ebenezer Webster was undoubt-
edly "there." When the Colonel moved
from Kingston, he settled in that part
of New Salisbury which is now called
Franklin. And Daniel Webster said
he there sent up the smoke of his pipe and
log hut chimney at point nearer the North
Star than that occupied by any otner of his
MaiesGy's subjects. Mr.. Webster combined
the occupations of farmer and inn-keeper, a
combination common in those days. On the
lonely, thinly settled roads of the frontier al
most every well-to-do farmer was known to
travellers as person ready to entertain man
and beast in the most hospitable manner for
the most reasonable compensation. The rest
OF the settlers could be depended upon in an
emergency to offer all they had for the relief
Of passing travellers. Hawthorne in his beau.
tiful story of the ambitious guest, wherein is
detailed the oft told Wiley House tragedy.
speaks of this general open house life that
prevailed in upper and central New Hamp-
shire in old times.
Mr.. Webster took an active part in public
affairs, and at the breaking out Of the Revolu-
tion led Salisbury company of volunteer so,-
diers to Cambridge. Subsequently he fought
at White Plains and Bennington, and was at
West Point at the time of Arnold's treason.
He continued in service till the close of the
war, and left it with the well-earned rank of
colonel. After the war he was several times
chosen REPRESENTATIVE to the Legislature, and
was made judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, which position he retained to the end of
his life. he was remarkable for his integrity
his sound common sense and his answering
patriotism Take him for all in all, we must
concede that this town has never produced a
man more worthy of respect or one who could
more safely be held up as a model for the
young men of this any other day. Colonel
Webster died at the age of sixty-nine. Daniel
Webster at seventy, Ezekiel, said by his brorn
or Daniel to have been the handsomest man he
ever saw, at forty nine. The Webste. 3 do not
seem to have been a long-lived race. A rest
less, untiring activity characterized them, and
they were inclined to wear themselves out
with hard work. The great Daniel was an old
man at 6O; his father had been through more
at that age than most men of far more ad-
vanced years, and Ezekiel at 40 was one of the
IuoSt eminent lawyers of New England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25
EE:s;,LALlME, Manager.
Nm Insolvency

I'm Insolvency.
Court of Insolvency for the County of Cumberland
State of Maine.
April 18th, A. d. 1881.
/ N case of Edwin Coolbroth, insolvent debtor.
L This is to give notice, that on the sixteenth
day of April, A. d. 1881, a warrant in insolvency
was issued by Henry c. Peabody Judge of the court
of insolvency for sail County of Cumberland,
against the estate of said
EDWIN COOLBRO III, OF Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, adjudged to be an
insolvent debtor on petition of said debtor which
petition WAS filed on the sixteenth day of April,
be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said debt
or, and the transfer and delivery of any property
by him are forbidden by law.
That meeting Of the creditors of said debtor to
prove their debts and choose one more assignees
OF his estate will be held at of insolvency
be holden at Probate Court room, in said Portland
on the second day of May, A. d. 1881, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above written.
GEO. w. PARKER,
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger of the Court of Insol-
vency for said County of Cumberland.
aprlSS25
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

ENGLISH farmers have by no means re-
covered as yet from the three bad harvests
which preceded the only moderately good
one OF last year. If landlords had not re
mtted great percentage of the
ordinary rents, there is no doubt
that the country districts would have
suffered even more severely than they have
done. As it is, report tells that thousands
of acres are lying unproductive, because
without tenants, in various parts of En-
gland
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

EX-GOVERNOR James L. Alcorn of Missis-
sippi declines absolutely to be considered a
candidate for Governor of that State at the
next election, but says that some good Re-
publican can be found, and that vigorous
canvass will be made by the party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

we do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

The medal i'll commemoration of the late
Emperor Alexander is being prepared. The
upper side will bear the Russian cross with
the implements of torture and below them.
the Russian imperial crown and a crown of
thorns with glory, and the Emperor's like
ness. On the reverse side of the medal will
be the words ''In memory of the martyrdom
of the Emperor, Alexander II. the Libera-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

HAMBURG BUTLER promises to prove that
the Republicans bought Malone or he will
resign his seat in the Senate. The New
York Commercial Advertiser says he will do
neither. ''He will probably make himself
ridiculous, but that will not induce him to
get out of the public sioht,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

THE State of Ohio has in it's capitol 195
nags, 137 banners, and 65 markers, all priced
relics to the Union soldiers. but fast being
destroyed beyond restoration through the
liberality with which they are allowed to 60
out for reunions .Gc
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The New York Times thinks sit would
be wei. for the people of Georgia if all their
Representatives were as able, as fearless and
as independent as Alexander H. Stephens"
That would make delegation of phenome-
nal strength.
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THERE is too much truth in the following
sneer by the Louisville Courier-Journal: {:
Look out, Charley, he's got pistolp' $50
haze IF' came the reply, and the polished
barrel OF six-shooter cleaned under the
gaslight. This is the beginning of blood
curdling story in a journal from the educat-
ed North, samples of which publication are
being fired into Louisville front yards
every day to tempt the callow youth of the
south side of the Ohio to buy. These papers
make fair sort of kindling, but it would be
much better for everybody if they could
be burnt before they are put to press.
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THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL %.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with cara certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
fuitor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

Buffalo Bill is not so great an actor as Salvi-
nj, but when he dashes upon the stage, kills
seven Indians puts thirteen to flight, removes
aquantity of scalps lined with red flannel, and
rescues the lovely maiden who is chained to
the stake, the audience appears to be perfectly
satisfied with hhim.-Philadelphia Bulletin
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

By request of the patrons of the Skating Rink the
management have arranged for Grand Fancy
Dress Costume and Skating Carnival, on
Wednesday Evening, April ~, 1851.
Music by Chandler's full Brass Band.
Evening Programmed Concert by Chandler's
band, from 7.45 to $40; Grand March at $40;
Exhibition of Fancy Skating at 9.15; General
Skating from $50 to IL.
A Grand Excursion Party of Roller Skaters from
Bath and Brunswick will attend the Carnival. Ar
rangements have been made with Littlefeld and
from so cents to $1.5O each. These same costumes
usually let from SIS to SIG. Military Costumes
will be allowed, No masks are to be used.
General Admission 25 cents, Reserved Seats s
cents extra. Regular tickets will not be good on
this occasion. Tickets will be sale at the Skat-
ing Rink three days in advance.
att 7n,o
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A Contest for Poets.
[Chicago Tribune.1

lCliCdSO IIlDuue.l
From time to time the Tribune has alluded
with modest pride and confidence to its staff of
poets and last year made an earnest but un-
successful attempt to get on match with the
songsters attached to any other publication
Our bold challenge having met with no re-
spoDse from the effete iourna of the east, we
have now resolved to offer suitable money
prizes for competition in the divine art, be-
lieving that by so doing we shall bring out the
finest fields of poets ever seen aud lower the
record of manystyles of poesy. A programme
has accordingly been arranged for contest to
take place next June in this city. All nomi-
nations should be sent to this office. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
The Nursery Stakes-For poets of twelve
years old and under; one stAnza of four or nine
lines; 10 cents entrance half forfeit, with $3.50
added.
The Wisconsin Derby-For Wisconsin poets
only, all ages; six stanzaS of sentimental verse
weight for age; $500 entrance p. p, with $40
added.
The Filly Stakes-For poetesses only; three
or nine stanzas on a subject to be named at
the post; $500 entrance, half forfeit, with $50
added.
The Madrigal Handicap-For all ages, SUBJ
Ject to be pastoral and treatment non-Swin-
burnian; "a. 90 entrance, p. p. with $50 added.
The Obituary SweepStakes-Open to all Obit-
uary poets, each entry to write at least four
stanzas, which may be ON one or different sub
ects, as desired; all stanzas to be four lines in
length, second and last lines to rhyme no
stanzas commencing "Put away our john
ny's," etc., will be considered; in this sweep
stakes George W. Childs is barred; entrance
Free
The Epic ST. Ledger-For all ages; each con-
testant to furnish an epic of half column or
more, which shall treat of current events.
Winners of the Wisconsin Derby or the Madri-
gal Handicap barred.
The Lyric teeplechase-Thirteen verses
straight away and over three hurdles, in the
shape Of particular words to which rhyme
must be found. Poets refusing the first hurdle
not allowed to start again. Welter weights;
$40 entrance, p. p. with $40 added.
Special Exhibition OF Speed-Grand purse
of 500 of which $25 to second. This purse is
given only on condition that Tennyson and
Longfellow enter and start.
Conversation between two mason's assistants
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

A CENSUS of Cuba just completed shows
white population of 9S0, 1000, colored pop.
ulation of 4S5, 900 and Chinese Al, 900.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

PHILADELPHIA Press: The appointment
OF W. A. NJ. Grier of this State to the posi-
tion of Third Assistant Postmaster General
was not based on the sole qualification that
he was the original Garfield man, but was
made for the additional reason that he is
eminently fitted for the office. And, by the
way, it might as well be made known now
that there was only one original Garfield
man and he has been taken care of. Any
person who attempts to play the General
Washington nurse game on the President by
representing himself as an o. G. M. will
have his trouble for his pains. The account
is closed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-25

JUDGE ToURGEE recently said of his
books: The FOOLS Errand' has reached
sale of 100000 or 100000 volumes 1t has
had marvellous sale. Bricks without
Straw has reached greater sale in three
months than any other novel that was ever
printed-S0,OO0 copies.' How long were
you writing the Fools Errand?' Z" was
asked. "Fifteen years. 1t took me fifteen
years to think it and feel it, and fifteen of
the best years of my life. The mere me-
chanical work was done as the printers
called for the copy. The book was all l got
out of fifteen years of my life, when l daily
held my life in my open hand. But l al
ways had a good time. 1 have always en-
joyed my life. l used to leave home every
other Monday, expecting not to return
again, and grew to like the excitement Of
the Thing. came to write the Fools Err
RANDI in this way: One Sunday morning in
the Summer of 1877 arose early, saying to
my wife, am going to write a book by the
name of "A FOOLS Errand.' by 'one of the
fools.' l went into my library and went to
work, and during that day 1 wrote three
chapters of the book. l laid it away, and
did not take it up again until June, 1879,
when the printing began"
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PORTLAND, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1881.
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS
For Dredging in Portland HarbOr, Me.
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
PORTLAND, Me-, April %, 1881.
signed, will be received at his Office in Portland
Name, until 2.30 o'clock NJ, on FRIDAY, the
lotn Gay OF May, 1881, for dredging 100000 cubic
Portland Harbor, Maine.
Persons desiring to make proposals for the above
are requested to apply to the undersigned, at his
once IN 4531a Congress Street, Portland, Maine,
OF No: ~ Pemberton Square. Boston, Mass, for
spechcations, and for further information con
cerning the same
GEO. THOM, Colonel of Engineers,
apps d6t
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The New York Times says the Worlds
Fair project will be abandoned. =
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Conversation between two mason's assistants
(anglice hod-carrers). Patrick-"Phat's that
news from Oireland, Mike?" Michael
"Worrns and worrus! The dirthy blaguards
are givin us livery thing we ask forl'' Both
bad cess to the loikes av 'em, the thaving op-
prissors. Transcript!
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