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RossIsrs RECIPES FOR ovERrUREs.

The Poltaue publishes letter written
by Rossini, or, at all events, attributed to
Rosslni, on the subject of the difficulties
attending overtures, and the proper mode
OF remedying them. The document takes
the form of reply to young musician
who had consulted the maestro It runs
as follows: General and invariable rule i:
DO not compose the overture before the
very eve of the first representation. Moth.
ing produces inspiration SO much as neces-
sity, the melting presence OF the copyist
who is awaiting your work strip by strip,
and the terrifying sight of despairing
manager tearing out his hair by the roots
The real chefs d@aure have never been
composed under other circumstances. In
Italy, in my day, managers were all bald
before they were thirty.
First Recipe composed the overture
to Othsllo' IN a little room in the Babaia
Palace, in which the most ferocious aud
baldest of managers shut me up, with
aaGcaroni a PeGa, and the threat that he
would only let me out alive if provided
with the last note of the said overture.
Second Recipe composed the over
ture TO the Lazza Ladra, not on the eve,
but on the very day of the first representa-
ton, in the flies OF the L4 Scala Theater,
at Milan, whittier the manager, a worthy
rival OF Babaja, had relocated me under
the guard of four machinists. These
four wretches were ordered to
throw down my work, sheet by
sheet, to copyists who sat below in the
body OF the theater, transcribing, and
sending the manuscript bit by bit to the
chef d'orcheStre, who had it rehearsed. II
due amount were not forthcoming, the
barbarians in question were directed to
throw me IN proprid persona to the copy
lists.
" Third Recipe-I did better in the case
of the overture to II Barbiere,' which |
did not compose at all, having made use of
the overture to Elisabetta, an excessively
SeyiG opera, instead of the one written for
the above equally bH6a piece. The public
seemed delighted by the substitution.
Fourth Recipe composed the over
ture, or, more properly speaking, the mu-
steal introduction, to the 'Comte DRY
while fishing in company with NJ Aguado,
who never ceased talking to me the whole
time about Spanish finances.
So Fifth Recipe composed the over
ture to Guillaume Tell, under somewhat
analogous circumstances, in some rooms on
the Boulevard Montmartre, which were
filed night and day with posse of fellows
smoking, drinking, talking. singing and
believing in my ears, while / was working
away with might and main.
Sixth Recipe-I never composed any
overture at all for Noise, which is the
easiest way Of all. and was followed by
my good friend Meyerbeer for Robert lie
Diable,' and the Huguenots, as well as,
SO they say. for the 'Prophete. % [Galig-
mani
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LAUGH MORE.

Mothers do not laugh enough. The
housekeeping is so onerous, the children sc
often trying to nerves and temper, the
servants most exasperating, and even John,
kind good husband that he is, cannot un.
derstand all our vexations and discourage.
ments, and so wearied do we often feel
that it is too much for the household to
depend on us, in addition to all our cares,
for social sunshine as well. Yet the house.
hold does, and must. Father may be
bright and CHEEKY, his laugh rings out, but
if the mothers laugh fails, even the ia.
thsr's cheerfulness seems to lose much Of
its infection. In the sad but forcible lines
of one of Joanna Baillie's dramas
Her little child had caught the trick of grief,
And sighed amid its playthiugs-
We may catch glimpse of the stern, re.
pressed life at Boutwell, Manse, where
"the repression of all emotions, even the
gentlest, seems to have been the constant
lesson" / remember well hearing a lady
say, "When child, | used to wish SC
often that my mother would look cheerful. .
Then laugh, mother, even if you do fee
almost too weary to exert the facial mus
Giles, and you have to make pitiful effort
which comes nigh bringing tears instead Of
laugh. You will feel better for the
effort, and so will the children. The little
ones, unconsciously to you and themselves,
are catching the very phases of counte-
nance which will go far to brighten OF
cloud some future home.
Then laugh, mother-parlor, nursery and
kitchen all feel the effect of your smile OF
frown. The CHEEKY laugh of mother goes
down through generations, as well as hel
frown. And when the mothers eyes are
closed, and lips and hands forever still,
there is no sweeter epitaph which children
and friends can give than, "She was al.
ways bright and cheerful"
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THE VALUE OF vIy1sEcr1oN.

Human viyisection, pursued for its
beneficent purpose, is difficult and dan
| gerous practice. Il requires the most
accurate and thorough knowledge of the
organization of the human body, and ex-
tensive experience in working upon it. In
its earlier stages, when little was known of
the living system, it was a dreadful bar
barism, manipulation of torture, and, in
serious cases, more liable to injure than to
benefit The province of surgery has ever
depended upon knowledge and experience,
and it has become successful in proportion
as knowledge has increased and the oppor-
tunities of practice have been enlarged.
Modern surgery has advanced with the
most rapid strides, and at every step has
made humanity its debtor. And this,
also, everybody knows.
Yet, from the beginning, men have COM
bined to hinder the development of this
art upon which so much of human welfare
depends. For thousands OF years the dis
section CT the dead human body-the only
source of knowledge to the surgeon--was
held horrible thing by the multitude,
was denounced as sacrilege by the Church,
and was forbidden by the State.
In recent times it has been discovered
that there Is unity of method and law
running through all forms of organic life,
such as was never suspected in former ages.
This was great step in the progress OF
science, and great opening for the physi..
clan and surgeon, as the whole realm of
inferior life was at once made tributary to
the development of the PHYSICIANS art
that is, the human vivisector, who had
been hitherto greatly cramped and embar
raised by the difficulties and limited scope
of his operations, could now carry on his
inquiries more thoroughly and comprehen.
sively by experiments upon the lower ami
mails. 1t was grand possibility, and,
broadly considered, forms the most impor-
tant step in the progress of medical and
surgical science and art.
But, here again, ignorance and prejudice
have, even in our day, combined to hinder
the use and extension of knowledge vital
to human benefit. As the human body
was once forbidden to be dissected, SO now
it is forbidden to vivisect the lower ami
mails. Administration societies are formed,
and vivisection legislation is sought
and has been obtained to defeat the work
OF the experimental Psychologist. The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. express great sympathy
for the poor dumb animals, and assume to
be their protectors The sympathy is
commendable, the function assumed
most proper one, and the field for the exer-
else of both boundless, SO that these friends
OF the suffering animals can exhaust all
their energies in protective work, without
meddling with the Psychologists. Il Popu-
lar Science Monthly
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oLLA-poDRIDA.
A concordance to the revised New Tesla.
ment is being prepared In London.

A concordance to the revised New Tesla.
ment is being prepared in London.
Queen Anne Boleyn p represented by a
late writer as having listened to this song
from one of her admirers
What were this world, without the star of love-
A sky without star
A desert, whose bright sparkling fountains prove
A mirage from afar;
An idle garden, without fruit or flowers,
To charm the fly ng hours
Thine eyes are stars, to light the world below;
On thy fair cheeks reposes
The blushius fiowerS Love twines 20 deck his brow
Loves crown OF roses
Love, lowering Ger thy dewy fragrant lips,
His hll OF nectar sips.
The twelve locSets worn by Lady
Brookes Miss Maynard's) bridesmaids at
the great wedding at Westminster Abbey
are described as exceptionally beautiful,
being very costly works Of art. Each was
formed OF diamonds and pearls. worked
with the greatest skill into the most ex
quisi,e representation of the form and
petals of a da,sy-appropriate emblems of
the youth and innocence of the bride and
her bridesmaids, as well as souvenirs of
been known to her family and friends since
her birth being Daisy.
There was one picturesque incident
about the wedding OF Stephanie. No
sooner was the ceremony concluded
than the High Master of Ceremonies,
stepping forward. requested all the Bel
gians in waiting on the Princess
the Stewards, Chamberlains and ladies'
to follow him, and led them away their
duties were at an end, for Princess Ste
phanie was now an Austrian. Next in
slant the Master of Ceremonies appeared
at the head of new cortege of ladies and
gentlemen in. waiting accredited to the
Crown Princess-this time Austrians and
Hungarians This part of the ceremony
was, perhaps, the most impressive of all,
and the Crown Princess was deeply
moved
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A COUNTESS IN THE CIRCUS.

One of the prettiest of the ecuyeres, or
lady riders, at the Hippodrome has met
with tragic end. Her name was put on
the bills as Mademoiselle Fanny Gyika.
Some said that the coronet of countess en-
broidered on her saddle and trappings real
ly belonged to her, while others declared
that they had been assumed with the same
readiness as that which transformed the
commonplace Sally Scroggins into Ada de
Montmorency for stage purposes. Death
has torn aside the veil, and the unfortunate
lady, who died on Tuesday, and was buried
yesterday, was not only real countess,
but the wife of a very wealthy gentleman
holding an important appointment at Bu-
charest. He was present at the funeral
and he took greatly to heart the death
of the lady, who was only "a, and
at the very zenith of her beauty
when she met with the accident which
ended fatally. Hers was one of those
wild and rowing dispositions, more suited
to the Gypsy camp than to domestic
duties. She left her husband and wan
dered from circus to circus, refusing every
offer to return home. At last she came to
Paris and made an engagement with NJ.
Zidler, of the Hippodrome. just week
ago she made her last appearance before
the public. She was riding her favorite
charger, Sultan, and, after putting him
through his PAGES, she galloped round the
arena to receive the applause of the au-
dience. Somehow the horse backed or
SHE'D at handkerchief and unseated his
rider, whose foot got fast in the stirrup.
She was dragged for some distance, and
when taken up had to be conveyed to the
hospital with compound fracture of the
ankle. She was told that she must lose
her leg, but she refused to undergo the
operation, preferring death, which super.
vened through modification of the injured
limb within few days.-[London Globe.
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RovER's PETITION.

Kind traveller, do not pass me by,
And thus poor old dog forsake;
But stop moment on your way,
And hear my woe, for PHYS sake
"My name is Rover; yonder house
Was once my home for many year;
My master loved me; every hand
Caressed young Rover, far and near.
The children rode upon my back,
And could hear my praises sung;
With joy licked the pretty feef,
AS round my shaggy sides they chung.
81 watched them while they PLAYED or slept
| gave them all had to give;
Ny streng h was theirs from morn till night
For only them / cared TO live.
q Now am old, and blind, and lame,
They've turned me out to die alone,
Without shelter for my head,
Without scrap OF bread or bone.
'This morning can hardly crawl,
VI hile shiveriBg in the snow and hail
Ny teeth are dropping one by one;
scarce have strength to wag my tail.
"Tm palsied grown with mortal pains,
Nv withered limbs are useless now;
Ny voice is almost gone, you see,
And can hardly make my bow.
Perhaps you'll lead me to a shed,
Where may find some friendly straw
On which to lay my aching limbs,
And rest my he pless broken paw.
"Stranger. excuse this story long,
And pardon, pray, my LIST app al;
You've owned dog yourself, perhaps,
And learned that dogs, like men, can feel.
Yes, poor old Rover, come with me,
Food, with warm shelter, III supply
Aud Heaven forgive the cruel souls
Who drove you forth to starve and die
flames t. Fields last poem
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BIRD INTELLIGENCE.

One of the most surprising examples of
animal or bird intelligence occurred in this
city last evening. A lady was in the back
part of her lot feeding little chickens from
dish filled with cornmeal and dough,
when brown thrush lit on the edge of
the dish, pecked the lady's hand, and fly
ing into the air lowered over her. The
lady resumed her feeding again, when the
thrush settled and pecked her hand. Sew
eral times the bird did the same thing, each
time flying off short distance towards a
hedge fence and then returning. Finally
the lady was thoroughly interested in the
birds movements and arose. As she
did so the bird whirled over her several
times and flew straight for the hedge.
As the lady continued to stand
the bird came back again, few to
the hedge some rods away. This time
the lady followed, but every time she
stopped the bird would come back, wheel
around, and then fly to a certain spot in
the hedge and hover around it. At last
the lady went to the hedge, and approach
ing the spot above which the bird was cir
cling, she was surprised to hear faint,
plaintive chirrup, and examining the spot
found a young thrush caught between two
branches in such manner that it was fast
being killed. She released the bird, and
holding it in her hand opened it to let it
fly, but it was too much exhausted. She
then took it and set it on post, when the
old bird at once came and Lit by its side.
caressing it in an overjoyed manner. As
the lady walked to the house the old bird
flew toward her, lowering over her, and
was apparently twittering its gratitude.
The lady watched the birds from the win
dow until the little one recovered suffi-
GENTLY to fy.-[Ottawa tKas.) Republican.
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HUMAN ENDURANCE IN THE WATER

| Men and animals are able to sustain
themselves for long distances in the water,
and would do so much oftener were they
not incapacitated, in regard of the former
| at least, by sheer terror, as well as CON-
| plete Ignorance of their real powers.
| Webb's wonderful endurance will never be
| forgotten. But there are other instances
only less remarkable. Some years since
the second mate of ship fell overheard
while In the act OF listing a sail. 1t was
! blowing fresh: the time was night, and
the place some miles out in the stormy
German ocean. The hardy fellow never
the,,-Ss managed to gain the English coast
Brock. With dozen other pilots, was ply
ing for fares ny Yarmouth and as the
main. sheet was behaved, sudden puff of
wind upset the boat, ;Then presently all
persisted except Brock himself, who, from
in the afternoon of an OctobHr evening
to the next morning, swan thirteen miles
before he was able to hail vessel at
anchor N the otfing. Animals themselves
are capable of swimming immense dis
tances, although unable to rest by the
way. A dog recently swan thirty miles
in American order to rejoin his master. A
mule and dog washed overheard during
gale in the Bay of Biscay have been
known to make their way to shore. A dog
swan ashore with letter in his mouth at
the Cape of Good Hope. The crew OF the
ship to which the dog belonged all per-
ished. which they need not have done had
they only ventured to tread water as
the dog did. As a certain ship was
laboring heavily in the trough OF the
sea, it was found needful, in order to
tighten the vessel, to throw some troop
horses overheard, which had been taken in
at Corunna. The poor things, my inform
ant, staff-surgeon, told me, when they
found themselves abandoned, faced round
and swan for miles after the vessel. A
man on the east coast OF Lincolnshire saved
quite number of lives by swimming out
on horseback to vessels in distress. He
commonly rode an old gray mare, but,
when the mare was not to hand, he took
the first horse that offered.-[Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
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PICKING FRUIT.-The following sugges.
tons in regard to picking fruit for canning
are furnished by gentleman conversant
with the business at pays to pick your
fruit carefully and in time /: il in right con.
dition one day the next will be too late to
pick. Go over your trees many times.
Don't try to pick all at once. If green,
you lose weight. If too ripe, it is spoiled
for canning. The proper condition for
apricot, plum, peach and nectarine is when
fully matured, but before softening. Use
shallow boxes. Shakes make good boxes
and are cheap. Above all, bring to the
cannery, or send to the market, at the
earliest possible moment after picking.
1t is not too late to thin out some fruit.
Trees that overbear do not yield marketa-
bic fruit"
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THE Uses OF A SAND BAG.-One of the
most convenient articles to be used in a
sck.room is a sand bag. est some clean,
fine sand, dry it thoroughly in kettle on
the stove, make bag about eight inches
square OF flannel, fill it with the dry sand.
sew the opening carefully together, and
cover the bag with cotton or linen
cloth. This will prevent the sand from
sitting out, and will also enable you to
heat the bag quickly by placing it in the
oven, or even On top of the stove After
once using this you will never again attempt
to warm the feet or hands OF sick
person with bottle OF hot water or
brick The sand holds the heat long
time, and the bag can be tucked up to the
back without hurting the invalid. 1t is a
good plan to make two or three of the
bags and keep them ready for use.-[New
York Post.
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Anti.clericalism is making itself ridicu-
lous as well as intolerant in France. A
young girl in Paris school who was being
examined about the crusades spoke of st.
Louis. The examiner put on look OF
astonishment and replied 'Mademoiselle,
will you explain yourself Is it Louis TX.
of whom you wish to speak p " Yes, sir, y
answered the. girl. Very well, made.
moiselle, call him Louis TX. / know that
by great gifts of money they obtained his
canonization from the clergy, but l do not
know him under the name of st. Louis"
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Lrn1AE. P1sKHAn,s Vegetable {

LYDIA Z. PISKHAM's Vegetable Compound,
the great medicine for the cure of all female
complaints, is the greatest strengthener of the
back, stomach, nerves, kidneys, urinary and
genital organs of man and woman ever known.
Send for circulars to Lydia E. Pinkhsm,
Lynn, Mass.
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BgRrAUDs INFALLIBLE IsJEcTIos.-The famous
French remedy for gonorrhea, gleet, etc. N. s.
Hammer, Sacramento, agent for Pacific coast Sent
O. o. D. to any address,
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9. DE5ERNARDl & CO.,
WHOLESALE COMMISSION pEALERs N
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Vegetables,
Fruit, Fish and General Produce.

~ With the experience Of years in this business
and every facility to prosecute it, and by the use
the very latest improvements in packages, we
respectfully state to the trade, that feeling oun
ability to select the best OF goods prices suitable
to the present time, We solicit their patronage
shall endeayor to merit preference for all favora
they may be pleased to extend to us. Respectfully,
D. DEBERNARDI & co.
EE wIts. pleasure we notify the public
that we again in the Retail Department of the
Sacramento Market, No. sos street. We shall en-.
deavor to make this market of the neatest in
the State. Nothing but first class articles win be
kept such az FRUIT, VEGETABLES, POULTRY,
GAME, FISH, etc. We will be able to accommodate
the largest purchaser as well as the smallest, as
have in connection q large Wholesale Department,
rn25-lm D. DEBERNARDI s. co
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TORPID Liver and kidneys poison the blood.
Kidney.Wort Ievives them and cleanses the
system.
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Lyon at BARNES.
EfoMMIssIoN MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN
Produce. Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Cheese,
Poultry, Green and Dry Fruits, Honey, Beans, etc
ALFALFA SEED.
TT Potatoes in carload lots or less
je23-lptf Nos. 81 and % street
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JARRETT & RlcE's
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sar THE FUNNIEST PLAY ON RgcoRpl ps
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MONDAY AND TUESDAY, July IS AND 10, 1881.
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OF the road from Longchamps to the
Champs Elysees it was impossible for the
horses to trot at all. The carriages were
five abreast, ard when they did not move
slowly they were at standstill, so great
the crowd and SO urgent were the precau.
tions to prevent accidents. Gensdarmes
were stationed at nearly every crossing in
the road, and were actively employed in
directing the different carriages, making
openings for the foot passengers to cross
over, allowing but one line of vehicles sta
toned on the road, and maintaining strict
order everywhere. Not single accident
was recorded, and in spite of the immense
affiuence of people everything passed off in
the most charming and satisfactory manner.
In fact no one understands managing
crowds better than the French do besides
no crowds are ever seen as orderly and as
sober. neglected to say that the race of
the grand prix was made in three minutes
and fifteen seconds. The grand prix has
been run for eighteen times. 1t was won
nine times by French horse, seven times
by an English horse, once by Hungarian
horse, and this time by an American horse.
VAL
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ADJUSTMENTS.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.

II. s. BEALs wSoacer
:. C. MoIr. Acting Maraser
Daily Republican., 1881-03-26
Trouble Abouta nouSe

Jacob W.yssr brought salt Sgatns!
Israel and John P. Cornell before Magis-
,r2te VsndeTgritt, this morning, be-
cause they hindered him from moving
in house at Second and Jefferson
streets. The house 10 question ST one
time belonged to the Cornells. They
gave Dela~are Loan Association mort
cages upon it. Failing TO pay their in.
IeTest upon he NOR gaKea, the dwelling
vas recently sold St sheriff sale by tie
loan association. Mr.. Weyser WAS the
pnTchase.. Yesterday the CornelPs,
previous TO moving, nailed the house
up. Mr.. Wry3er attempted to take pos
session this morning, but vas prevent
Cd by TIA. CorueII'. He called ofioer Dill
lon to his aid and Lis furniture Was
placed In the building. When the OF
fcer left the Cornells threw Mr.. Wey-
ser's furniture Into the strest. Tho
magistrate ioed John So aud Israel 81
aud costs. They were also required TO
furnish peace bonds. John says he is
afraid Wsyser will take his life and
has brought sui! against him. The
hearing will come up before the mayor
this evening.