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The Benton weekly record., 1882-05-11
The TuiIeries Doomed.

Republican France, while restoring the
gardens of the tTuileries for the use Of the
people, has decreed the demolition Of the
palace Of her rulers. The buildings for
over three hundred years have been silent
witnesses Of the national fortunes. They
were commenced by Catherine de Medicis
on the ground where in olden times all the
tiles Of Paris were manufactured, Hence
the name tuileries, or tile shops. Henry
w. continued what Catharine had COM
menced, but neither staged for any time in
the new palace. After the lapse of CEN
tury Louis XIV, on reaching his twenty
second year, was taken with caprice to
live in the Tuileries, and it was then that
the buildings were finished. The grand
monarch, however, generally resided in
Versailles. But when he died his young
son became for time the occupant of the
Tuileries, while the regent celebrated his
family orgies at the Palais Royal. AS sLouig
grew older he went to Versailles with
Madame de Pompadour, and the Tuileries
was turned into an opera house, where the
Royal Academy OF Music installed itself,
In ITO French comedy dispossessed the
opera and took possession Of the palace.
Louis XVI. made it his habitation, and
lost his crown there. Napoleon T., Louis
XVIII, and Charles x. fsuccessively oc-
cupied it, and Napoleon III. carried out
the stupendous undertaking Of uniting the
Tuileries with the Louvre. His work was
soon after destroyed. In May, 1871, the
immense pile Of buildings was almost com
pletely gutted By fire on the day following
the entry Of the republican troops into
Paris, the last act of the expiring Com
mune.
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The murderorus Ir,dtas,s.


San FRANCISCO, April "a Tomb
stone dispatch says: Parties have just
arrived conveying information that I. J !.
Florney, James LambIey and Jack Fife
are badly wounded Between fifty and
100 Indians attacked the camp in the fore
noon, killing two and Wounding others,
but five managed to hide among the brush
until the Indians retired. About sixty
men are employed in the vicinity, but only
those named were present at the time.
The Indians stole ten head of mules and
burned the cabins.
LoRDsBURG, April 20. Solomon, Of san
Simon, sent special messenger on the
night of the 26th to Guthrie s ranch, re-
questing him to notify ali persons on the
Gila river that 500 White Mountain
Apaehes had broken outfrom the San Car
los reservation, and were heading for the
ella. A son Of Captain Lawson, who was
recently killed by the Indians at Cold
Gulch, arrived at Guthrie's from Clifton
yesterday with dispatches Of similar
tenor. There are over thirty men at
Guthrie's, well armed and fortified.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 3o.-The Seventh
Infantry, Gen. John Gibbon commanding,
with headquarters 1t Fort Smelling, are
ordered to hold themselves il readiness to
proceed at once to Arizona and take part
in the Apache campaign. The Fourth IL
fantry and Third Cavalry are under Ike
orders.
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How to Shear Sheep.

A correspondent in answer to al i'll
quiry il the The Rural World says: | see
an inquiry about how to shear sheep, and
as am an experienced sheep shearer, !
will give my way. Take a piece Of oil
cloth about six feet square and tack the
sides down On the floor loose enough to
permita sufficient amount Of cut hay, OF
even straw to be stuffed under it, to make
a cushion, then tack the fourth side down.
This makes a nice, clean, soft place to
shear on, provide yourself with a good,
bright, highly polished pair of offset shears
that is shear that the blades set down
from the hand-hold.
Set the sheep up with its belly toward
you, then commence at the foretop and
shear down around the head and neck, and
strip one shoulder, then turn and shear
down the other shoulder, and side and
belly land one hind leg all along to the
back bone, then turn over and shear down
the other side, keeping the sheep in sit
ting position the most of the time. In
turning the sheep let the head hang over
one knee, and then the other in easy posi-
ton for sheep and. .shearer; when you want
the hind leg Strengthened out, do not take
hold of the leg with your hand, but put
your thumb On the stitfle joint, as it's call
ed in horses, and press back, the leg will
straighten ont smooth, and the sheep will
hold still, but If you take hold Of the leg
and undertake to pull it out straight, the
sheep will kick and struggle; keep the
sheep in such position that the skin will
be tight all the time where you are shear
ing, do not pull the wool down, as that
pulls the skin up, and you will cut it, but
pull the skin mp tight and bend the sheep
SO the surface you are shearing over will
be as smooth as possible. Never tie a
sheep, and do not use any violence towards
them. When you catch sheep take hold
around the body, do not catch hold of the
wool on the back and drag them to the
place Of shearing; Of course this way will
be new to many, and you will think at first
that it will be almost Impossible to shear
this way, but stick to the directions given
here, and in short time you will become
an expert IL you can ever learn. Some
men can never learn to be fast sIearers. I
can shear . pound Of wool minute of a
good sheep.
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Dante Gabrielle ROsSetti.

Dante Gabrielle Rossetti, whose death ut
the age Of - years was recently announc-
ed by cable, was a distinguished member
Of English and artistic circles. His father.
Gabrielle R0ssetti, who WAS born at Fosto,
in Italy, in 1888, fed to England a political
refugee in 1921, There he published 4
criticism on Dante's poems in which lie
tried to show that ii Dantc's time the DO
cts of Italy used ambiguous language
which contained yelled attacks upon tlle
Papacy and concealed their ideal Of the
true religion under the form of Il woman
beloved by them. This singular view was
upheld by the author il several ESSAYS Of
great literary excellence. He was also
celebrated for his stirring Italian national
songs, and was appointed Professor Of
Italian Literature in Kings College. Lon
don. The children of this literary refugee
were all noted for their talent, and. in the
case of Dante Gabrielle, genius, i'll tile fields
OF art and literature. Christina, the eldest
sister, was q poet of no mean order. VIII
liam Michael Rossett is well known as a
critic and annot"tor, lis kSCriticism on the
Poems and Ballads of SWinburne'' brino
his most prominent work. The Younger
sister, Maria, was known as the author of
an able ''Study of Dante" !" But tile subject
Of this sketch far surpassed his brother
and sisters III the order Of his genius. He
is best known, perhaps, as the exponent Of
Pre-Raphaclite Views on Art, which he
illustrated III Il number Of beautiful Daint
ingsand upheld III the 'SGerm, = a period
ical which he edited for many years.
Along with Millais and Holman Hunt he
formed the Pre-Rapaelite Brotherhood,
and has adhered more closely to the funda-
mental principles Of that school than aDv
of bis old associates. His most celebrated
pictures are the Fair Rosamond. .Erre
AncillO Domini," and s'Beatriee Dead ;,
In the field Of poetry RozsettI was also one
Of the founders Of What may be consider
ed a new school, his associates ana follow
ers being such men as oWinburne, Morris.
and Oscar Wide. The yoIuptuousnesso Of
their ztyle-and sometimes their senti-
ments--has gained for them tile not inant
title Of the ''Fleshy School In this par
ticnlar Rossetti was much less pronounced
than sWinburne o. Oscar Wilde. In 1861
(Rossettil published his early Italian
Poets, from D'AIcamo to Dante, series
OF the most beautiful translations. His
rendering Of Dante's poems in EaoIisb il
probably as excellenta work of this Kind
as exists. Both as poet and painter he per
formed his work with rare fidelity, and
his influence will not soon die.
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and felt all over in spots, for Ispected
every mint he'd nip me, and what made il
worse, didn't know whar abouts he'd
take hold. Bow! WOW. WOW! Then |
tried coaxin-Come here, good fellow, ses
/, and whistled a little to him, but it
wash no use. Thar he stood and kept up
his everlastin whinin and barkin al night.
cou'dn't tell when daylight was brakin
only by the chickens CROWN, and I was
monstrol.s glad to hear 'em, for if I'd had
to stay there one hour more, don't believe
I'd ever got out Of that bag alive.'
cold Miss Stallins come out first, and
soon as she seed the bag, ses she:''
'What upon yearth has Joseph went and
put in that bag? I'll lay it's a yearlin
Or some live animal, Or Bruin wouldn't
bark at it so.''
'She went in to call the gals, and I sot
thar, shiverin all over 80 couldn't hardly
speak if I tried to-but didn't say moth
in. Bimeby they all cone runnin out on
the porcl,.''
My goodness! what is 1t? ses Miss
Mary''
"Oh, it's alive, ses Miss Kesiah; | seed
it move"
"CalI Cato, an make him cut the rope,
ses Miss Carline, and let's see what it is.
Come here, Cato, and get this bag down."
Don't hurt it for the world sea Miss
Mary
"Cato united the rope that was round
the jice and let the bag down easy on the
floor, and [ tumbled out, all covered with
corn meal from head to foot.'s
Goodness gracious ses Miss Mary, If
it amt the Majer hirnself.''
Yes, ses /, and you know you promis-
ed to keep my Crismus present as long as
you lived"
THE gals laughed themselves almost to
deth, and went to brushin off the meal as
fast as they could, sayin they was gwine to
hang that bag up every Crismus till they
got husbands, too.''
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Charles II. DarsYin's Lille.

BIZ. Darwin was born in Shrewsbury.
England, February IL, 1900. His father
was Dl. Robert Waring Darwin phYsi-
elan and th& son Of DR. Erasmus Darwin,
the poet, philosopher, and physician. Mr..
DarWin's mother was Il daughter OF Josiah
NcdgWood, the modern founder of rlh:
English pottery manufacture Mr. Nssl,-
win Was graduated from Christ,s College.
Cambridge, in 1881. lie accompanied the
ship Beagle III her scientific cireunnayira-
ton Of the world the same wear. He was
the naturalist Of the expedition, aud served
without salary, and partly lit his own ex-
pense. On bis return TO England he pub
lshed journal Of the voyage Lie after
wards prosecuted his scientific inyesti@a-
tions i'll England. lie published s"l'he
Structure and Distribution OF Coral
Reefs, ," 1912; theological Observations OH
Volcanic Islands" lst4 Geological OBJ
serVations in South Amcriea,' - 1916. and
III 1881, 1858 and 1855 4 E'M0nograDh of
the Family Cirrhipeda" aud 'sFossil SDe-
cies." Ills SOrigin Of Species by Means
OF Natural SeIection," published in 1850,
was translated into many European Ian
91lages, and gave rise 10 much controversy.
III 1892 he published i work on the "Fer-
tilization OF Orchids, and in 1868 on the
"Tariation Of Animals and Plants Under
Domestication." In iS7I he gave to the
world his treatise Oh the 'nescent OF AI:u
and Selection in Relation to Sex" lie has
since published many separate papers, ne
tably on '"Ihe Geology Of the Falkland
Islands, THE Formation Of Vegetable
Mould Through tile Action OF Worms"
ION the Expression Of tile Emotions in
Men and Animals" and on t;Eolcanic
Phenomena" and '<Ihe Distribution Of
Erratic BouIders, - both the latter relating
to South America. He received the Copley
and the Royal medals from the Royal So
ciety, and the N0lItston l'alladiau medal
from the Geological Society. He was elact-
ed member of various English and for
elgn bodies. was made a Knight Of the Or
der ''Pour Ia Mcriro'' by the Prussian Gov
ernment, corresponding member Of The
Academy Of Vienna, 1871, and had con-
ferred upon him rlle Degree NJ u. by the
University Of Leyden IL 1875, and tie de
gree Of III. u. by tile University Of Cam
bridge in 1877. In the following year he
was elected spending member Of the
French Academy Of Sciences. Eelnalried
his cousin, A[iss Emma Welswood, in
1881. and leaves several children
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Devon Cattle.

Devon cattle are the most ancient Of the
various English breeds. It is claimed that
they were found roaming their particular
district Of Devonshire at the time of the
first invasion of England by the Romans
under Julius Cesar. They have continued
to preserve the same characteristics as
then, never undergoing any change or ad-
mixture down to the present day. They
are Of medium size, and exquisitely fine in
all their points; indeed, compared with
other cattle, they are like the Arabian
compared with other horses. The horns
are cream-colored, with black tips, long
and slender, gracefully upturned in the
cows and oxen, but much shorter and low
er curved from the head i'll the bulls. The
eyes are like those of the gazelle, with
golden rim around each; the nosea pure
orange shade; the skin rich cream to vel
low. The hair is silky IN summer, with
an undergroWth Of soft fur in winter, and
varies in color from q light to bright,
deep red. The only exception to this is
mere or less white hairs III the switch Of
the tail, and an occasional white patch on
the bag of the cow, particularly in those of
the deep milking families. They are al
most as round in the body as barrel;
straight in the upper and lower limbs, with
deep chest, full brisket, crops, chine and
quarters well let down in the twist. They
are very hardy and thrifty, mature early,
are sure breeders and both large and rich
mixers Whea bred for this purpose, and
at all times they make the best Of beef.
They are the most active and intelligent Of
any race Of cattle; !; are easily broken to
the yoke Or harness; can be trained to
walk four miles III hour and trot six. The
latter pace is as natural to them as 10 an
ordinary horse. The usual live weight Of
well fatted, full grown oxen varies from
q 200 to 1,6oo pounds, though some are
still heavier; that OF cows from 900 to ], .
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The Indian War;

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28,---A Lords
burg dispatch says: a courier arrived this
evening from Guthrie's ranch on the ella.
He brings news that q large body of Indi-
ans are on the Gila destroying everything,
They left on raid through that.section on
Friday and Saturday last.
Newton and a large party are strongly
fortified and are hourly expecting an at
tack. They sent here for q supply Of arms
and ammunition, but none are available
The party report having buried thirty
bodies, making a total Of oyer fifty buried
on the ella and Clifton during the past
week
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General Hgurlbut,s Funeral.

BELv1DERE, H., April 2o--The remains
of General Stephen A. Hurlbut, late Min
lister to Peru, were buried with appropriate
ceremonies here to-day. About 10000
people were present. Among the parti-
cipants were five companies OF the Third
regiment Of regular State militia, six En-
campments of Knights Templars and a
number of blue lodges also the bench and
bar Of Belgidere and three hundred
veterans of the late war who served under
him.
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Ehe T3asres Cavalry TO the Front.

OMAHA, May General Crook, com
nanding the Department Of the Platte.
sends this morning the Third Cavalry to
| Delnilg, n. M., the junction Of the Atchi-
son, Topeka 4 Santa Ee railroad and the
Southern Pacific, for duty against the
/ Apaches. Tile regiment is ordered to pro-
ceed by rail with all possible dispatch, and
to take camp An& garrison equipage, fifteen
wagons ami teams, and twenty days ra-
ti0as. Mails and express over southern
lines are subject to interruption and the
situation is quite alarming. The troops are
! accustomed TO frontier service, and will re-
port TO General Wilcox within three days
for actual business. The Union Pacific
furnishes the regiment transportation and
forwards them via Denver and Pueblo, with
tirst-class trains. The Fourth Infantry is
still under orders.
SAN Francisco, May IA Lorllsburg
special says: Dispatches just received here
report al engagement On April 28th be-
tween Capt. Tupper's communal and the
Indians at point twenty-five miles south
OF the Colorado This country is near
the lire Of Old Mexico Fifteen Indians
are reported Killed. Tupper's loss is four
killed. Capt, Brady, with five companies
OF the Fifteenth and TWenty-third Infan-
Try, will lca"o here tonight for Richmond,
Oh the Gla river, thirty miles northne est of
J,6f
palteS OF the IWenty-third Infantry, has
been or,Icfedto remain here as a guard.
DENVER, May IAN evening paper pub
fishes an interview alleged to have been
held yesterday morning with Chris Gibson,
government scout, just returned from the
Ute reservation, denying the reported
killing Of Chief ColoroW, Of the Utes. Gill
son says lie talked with that chieftan on
the 10Th ult
CHEYENNE, May 1.-The Third Cavalry,
under General Bracket, containing twelve
companies, leaves Wyoming tomorrow for
the Indian war III Arizona. Special dis
patches say that it is potable that the
White River Jtes will create trouble over
the killing Of Chief Jack. The removal of
the Third Cavalry to Arizona lessons the
protection ofsettlers in Wyoming and Col
0rad0.
CHIcAGo, May 1.-Sone time ago the In
dian Department requested the military to
arrest Captain Jack, Of the White River
Ites, who was in the vicinity Of Fort Wa
shakee, Wyoming. The arrest was made
on april 29lh. Shortly after he attempted
to escape, and fled to tepee near by,
where he secured a carbine and killed Ser
gean6 Richard Casey, Of the Third Cavalry.
4 mountain howitzer was then fired into
the tepee, killing Jack instantly. Captain
Jack was notorious leader in the Thorn
burg and Mee1el massacre, and was
very dangerous and a very bad Indian.
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ApA ST7 AIR EsE4Y.
An Attempt 10 Murder Vanderbilt.
Field agad Davenport with Exs
piosiyes.

New YORK, april ga dastar1ly at
tempt was made to-day by some miscre-
ants on the lives of VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt
and Cyrus W. Field, BY sending them ex-
plosiNes through the mails. Fortunately
the dangerous character of the packages
were discovered en- route to the postoffice
N1sW Z DIRK, April 30.-Early this morn
ing John A. Davenport, Of No. 319 East
Nineteenth street, visited the police head
quarters, carrying with him an Internal
machine similar to those sent to Wm. H.
Vanderbilt and Cyrus w. Field yesterday,
and evidently prepared by the same per-
son. It had been placed in the hallway of
Dayenport's house last night, and explod-
ed at ten o'clock, setting fire to the door
mat, but doing no further damages. The
intention evidently was to set fire to the
house The machine was in cigar box
and bound with with wire, and contained
cotton, which was set on fire by the ex-
plosion of powder, being ignited by a fuse.
Postmaster Pearson has no clue to the
senders Of the explosive packages to Van
derbilt and Field. He will examine the
collectors tomorrow.
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e x pI0ded.

KrSGsyILLE, S. b, April 28, The steam
er Marion exploded her boiler to-day. She
had on boaid a picnic party. Minnie Henry
was instantly killed. Matte and Mamie
Henry are missing, supposed to be drown
ed, Lizzie Henry and j. G. Eason are not
expected to recover. Wm. Trumble is
badly scalded; Minnie Bates, seriously IN
jured; Orville Sites, is missing, supposed
TO be drowned. Lem Richardson (colored),
Of the crew, was drowned; John Williams,
Of the crew, was badly hurt. The vessel
was government steamer and is a wreck.
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citizens in any public capacity, do not hest
tate to impart It. am listening"
The tramp hesitated. ''There amt no
! message as know off, said he, "but it
seems as ifI'd heerd this skullfax talked
about someWheres. -
1sThat is to say" suggested Schuyler,
while you are not charged with any for
NAL mission, you come on the part of the
people of the United States to sound me,
to draw out t.n expression of my views On
public questions, to discover whether anl
disposed to emerge from retirement. Pro-
ceed.'' ..-
sCome to Think resumed the tramp,
cit s1os about Skullfax that heerd talk
Sat last!' murmured Schuyler, rising
from his chair and pacing the floor in great
agitation. <sFeilow citizens, or rather fell
low citizen, I thank you for this 1nexpect-
ed and unsought nomination. [ should
have preferred to remain III the quiete1
walks Of private life, to which my tastes,
my years, and my experience of the i'll
gratitude Of human kind alike incline me;
but this summons is too imperative, too
unanimous to be disregarded. Fellow citi-
zens, or rather fellow citizen, Schuyler
Colfax isat the service of his country"
The statesman sat down to write a letter
to the editor Of the South Bend Tribune,
while the tramp departed, richer by a ten
dollar bill.
so that's Skullfax," soliloquized the
latter; ''it's curis how folks get things
mixed. [ thought from what heerd said
about Skullfax that he was servin' out y
sentence somewheres. IN. 7. tSan.
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Schuyler and the Tramp.

One sunny forenoon Schuyler. Colfax
was leaning over the back gate waiting pa
tiently for the call Of his country. He had
just found a crocus in the flower bed. His
heart was full Of spring, and it seemed to
him chat in the general revivifcation he, too,
might have ! chance. There approached
Schuyler a Wayfaring citizen who wore
one shoe and one split boot.
General said the stranger, could
you give a hungry man nickel?:'
II will willingly give you nickel, y
said Schuyler, blandly, but | am not a
General. My career has been that of a
statesman
SsIhat's It, said the tramp. on show
it in your face. =
."Tell me, my friend, continued schuy-
lei, handing over, not . nickel, but dime
you mingle much with the great world,
and your profession leads you to all the
busy haunts Of nen-telI ME, as. an obser-
yer Of events, do you see any signs Of a
Colfa1 movement? Do you hear any
voices demanding the vindieation Of sohuy-
ler Coltax ~
''Well nsaid the tramp, cautiously, eye
ing first his boot and then his shoe, per
haps do see signs and hear voices; and if
it's worth anything for youto knoW
Schuyler gave the man half a dollar and
invited him into the house.
Now said he, after having provided
his guest with square meal, speak with
out reserve, you bring any message
from the people q. the United States to a
veteran who, however he may shrink from
the oneFons cares Of Office, is still ready to
obey the calls Of duty and serve his fellow
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Escaped .

KEokUK Iowa, May 1.-The Coaslitu-
tioa's Fort Madison lowa) SPECIAL says
Polk Wells, the train robber, escaped from
the penitentiary this morning with two
accomplices, named Fitzgerald and Cook,
by chloroforming their attendant in the
hospital, breaking through the iron roof
and overpowering the hospital guard John
Elder. The latter died from his injuries
and the chloroform. Pursuit has been or
ganized, but no trace has as yet been found
of the escaped men,