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tobite the iust. lim
'emintno Offlcei-Beeker's Threats,
ihiogto^i Dispatch the Cleveland Leader,
is LucSy Horton, a fair and dashing
ette.jwell known in local society,
threatened to throttle the treasury
department. She hua spoken and writ
ten the mandate. It is that sfie must be,
given a clerkship or Secretary Folger
and Appointment Clerk Butler must bite
the dust.' Lucy is not without a history,
and her Record is written in blood. She
is probably 25 years of age, hence she
cannot be classed as unsophisticated,
aad has been a resident of this city for
iveral years. A very few years ago
she fire (A a slug of lead into the'body of
tfSa son |of Senator Morgan of Alabama
leftjhiin for dead. She said? the
man had seduced, and betrayed
8le is tall, slender, rather vivac
an# good-looking. It is said she can
love- with a fervor seldom equalled, and
hate with a vengeance worthy ofa pirate.
Six months or more after, the smoke
from the field wbeie she shot young
Morgan having cleared away, she ap
plied for a position in the treasury de
partment. She made her apulication'in
peifeoTi, and was accompanied, it is said,
Ingersoll, Representative Shel-
leiDarger oi Pennsylvania, and other
id and reputable people, who urced
'•secretary to give her a place. The
|ople who recommended her were
ived by her pleasant promises. As
Bqan as Secretary Forger heard her
name he bluntly refused to help her.
But the old gentleman was soon out
nianeuvered by ardent friends. She
wteff given a position as a "sub" for three
months uuder another name than Lucy
Horton, and at the expiration of that
lp she succeeded in securing another
i.e months' lease of life. It was dur
the last quaite? that she displayed a
ritnottobe courted by the saints,
,rebv a prominent clerk in the de
merft-wu8 transferred from one di
vision to another and came near losing
his official head. Appointing Clerk But
ler, discovering Lucy's unenvied quali
ties, refused to help her to another term
at the end of her la?t employment.
Again her old desire for blood returned.
She coldly entered Mr But er's room in
tie department a few days ago and in
formed him that unless he reinstated her
she would shoot him, und Secretary Fol
"•r, too, remarking with emphasis, "and
won't miss my aim, either^,".- £l which
r. Butler assumed she meant itnmedi-
W. work, and tie-replied that he would
ottreqjfti&ras others had if she ever
'tempted to shoot him, but would re
llv with the same effect as though she
were a masculine. Lucy left Mr. But
ler's room with her anger unsoothed
Returning to her home, she indited a
note to Mr. Butler, and ^threatened his
life if he did not give her a place at once,
and essayed the same fate to Secretary
Folger. Not hearing from her note she
wrote again.and again. The others were
ofthesame purport as the first, "A
clerkship of your lives, Messrs. Butler
a$d Folger." Mr. Butler informed Sec
Folger of the woman's threats,
IfcWopbrtedto him her dangerous char
acter, but did not say to the secretary
that his life was also threatened. On
Thursday Miss-Horton entered the of
fice of the appointment clerk. She was
calm and her Jface bloodless. She was
penitent. She is subject to hysterics,
and after begging to ue received back
she was seized with an hysterical spasm
and enacted a scene that would put out
pathos its very self. But Mr. Butler, to
save bis honor, could not take her back,
and refused flatly to do so. She came
again yesterday, and again to-day. Her
visits werelong, probably of two or three
hours' duration. This afternoon she re
peated her threat that she will shoot Mr
Butler and the secretary, and those who
know her say she does not talk so for
pastime. Since she has grown so de
monstrative, Congressmen Shellenbar
ger, Mr. Ingersoll, and other influential
friends, have abandoned her.
IHE SUN AMD MOON.
What Man Says Who Is Constantly
Gazing at the Heavenly Bodies.
"Has your observation of the sun spots
shown you any laws or system governing
then,?".) asked a Boston Herald reporter oi
the tejescope man" on Boston common
I "I oan't say that it has, except that
••i-tiiey-always, make their appearance on
the western edge of i&e sun and pass acress
ihe disk, leaving it at the eastern edge,
There are two courses for this passage, one
north and one south of the sun's eqnator.
They are never nearer the equator than
thirty degree? or nearer the poles than tb.e
airne distance, se that their tracks are pret
ty regular. Besides this, I don't see that
hey" have any laws, though it is verylnter
eating to watch their changes. By means
of the micrometer, a delicate appliance that
is placed under the lens in tne eye-piece,
|we aro enabled to measure the diameter of
these spots by comparison with the known
I diameter of the sun's disk. The average
I s'ze is from 12,OQO to 18,000 miles. The
largest I have ever seen crossed the sun last
year. It was in April, and there were two
of.them, one 35,000 miles in diameter and
the other 30,600. They occupied thirteen
days in crussing—.that is about the average
ime, as the passage ranges from twelve to
|feen days. Nothing more was seen until
October of the same year, when there ap
peared what was evidently one of the same
pair that I had seen six months before. At
all events, it was of the same size and shape,
Jind, having made careful observation oi
"both. I couldn't he# believing they were
the same. I had also seen at different
times cavities that could be looked into
you look into the cavity of a cup, and
.again I have seen clearly defined conical
peaks."
•3)o these forms change rapidlyf"
•*Not so rapidly as to be perceptible, un
ites* one were to stand for a long time at
the glass. In a few hours, however, the
difference becomes very marked, and ten or
twelve hours show great changes. In one
case I was matching what appeared a per
fectly biack spot, when I saw a light film
begin to form at the edge and stretch to
ward the center. It passed the center and
extended two-thirds ot the way across to
the opposite side from which it started.
Then it began to retreat, having reached
what I estimated to be a distance of nine
thousand miles from the starting point, and
in Bwe hours from the time it began to form it
wholly disappeared. This intense and rap
id action not commonly observed. From
last October last June several spots of
thi medium tfee were seen. On the 17th of
JtfnVthere ap^ared a cluster of thirteen
srio'.g. Looking for them the next day I
Hand that they Sad been consolidated into
ap small and beautiful snot wltb a
Jenumbra around it. From that time up
4&lK^dnday the display was varied from
J.y to day, sometimes showing four grsat
fast era at once, and sometimes separating
|to single spots. During the last, week of
ne and the last week in July the largest
ot of the series were seen, being very
ing and narrow. On July 18th I counted
forty-one spots, and fr several days the
Jiumber remained about the same. It is
|iot unusual to see what appear to be cavi
ties, wi'h filmy bridges across them."
"Are your, Observations of the sky at
finigbt equally as interesting?"
I Well, I keep a pret.y olose watch for nn
1 usual movements. Just now there is noth-
In especially to bs observed, except the
ivoon. The fixed stars, looked at through
the telescope, appear very much as they do
to the nakedr%e. I have seen some inter
sting thingsVl Inpiter, eepec'ally in the
changing oolorljf' its belts, having eb*
served five at oil
thing the people
and lor myself l",
tbe more I look
ie. The moon is a
wowy of looking at,
|it more interesting
dead body."
e"
|p HIS FIRST HIGH HAT.
I met hira in the crowded street—
'Twaa on a Sabbath mom—
And on the gentle breezes] sweet,
Repentant, erring man to greet.
ifw
The sound of bells was bo ne.
He passed me with averted eyes
And stony downcast face
His mien was cold, his look was shy,
His vision bore a crimson-dye,
And he quickened his tardy pace.
What was it, you ask, that made him so?
Ah! I can tell you that—
It was not coldness yon know,
Bu^ woe, dear reader, mental woe
He had on his first high hat.
—Puck.
TRAINING PUGILISTS
How It Is Done—The Diet and, tbe
Exercise—Tne Prize -Fighter's Or
deal.
An old trainer of pugilists thus ex
plained his manner of operations to a
Louisville Commercial reporter.:
The very first thing to bo done is to
BtuJy the constitution of the subject i'
he is delicately constituted the training
course must be adopted to his strength,
and even if he is a strong, healthy and
tough man, care must be taken not to
overstrain him.
My first active work is to put my man
upon a course of mild purgatives. This
treatment expels poisonous humors, soft
ens the internal fats, and renders the
system susceptible to the regular train
ing which follows as soon as the subject
has been thoroughly cleaned out.
Tbe next resort is to out-door exercise
such as walking and running, succeeded
by heavy sweats if necessary to get rid
of superflrous flesh and, when the man
is very large and fleshy, the occasional
use of hot baths should be combined
with the original medication. There is
nothing so good as these hot baths to
cool feverish blood and open the pores
that give ventilation to the inter-orgaus.
Without this cleansing and reducing pro
cess has been thoroughly done, all sub
sequent efforts of the trainer will be of no
account.
As an example of a day's regular train
ing, I get my man up early in the morn
ing, allowing him nothing but a glass of
sherry with an egg in it before breakfast,
and start him out for a three mile walk
at a moderate gait, thus bracing his
nerves and giving him the benefit of the
fresh morning air. Returning, a break
fast is taken, consisting of gruel, a nice
lean mutton chop, dry toast without,
butter, boiled eggs and a cup of tea. He
is now permitted to lounge or
saunter about for an hour
or so, then dresses in
extra clothing and starts out for a
"sweat." He is walked oat about seven
miles at a strong gait, and back again at
a very fast gait. On our return, instead
of giving him hot gin or other stimula
ing drinks, as some trainers are in the
habit of doing I generally resort to a
bowl of chamomile tea. Then stripping
him to the buff, I rub his body until it is
thoroughly dry and his skin is in a glow,
and givejhim a cold shower bath, follow
ing it up with a cold plunge bath con
taining rock salt and vinegar, rubbing
him from head to foot with a sponge
while he is still in the bath. This has a
curative effect upon all chafes and
bruises resulting from his exercise, and
at the same time hardens the flesh,
When my man comes outof his bath I
wipe him perfectly dry and hand-rub
him vigorously all over the body, and
allow him to lie down with a light sheet
over him until his nerves .become quiet
after this violent exercise, then I get
him up, and clad in clean linen and
comfortable clothing, he walks leisurely
around until the dinner hour. If he
feels very thirsty I generally allow him
to take a glass of ola ale. At dinner the
fare consists of beefsteak cooked as
rare as his apDetite and digestion can
manage, dry toast, boiled eggs, and
other articles of food net calculated to
relax or purge.
After dinner I take him out Tor a walk oi
twelve miles or so, dressed in light cloth
ing, and we go at a good sharp walk not
so rapidly however, as to get up exces
sive sweating. Returning, I set him to
work at the dumb bells for a quarter
of an hour, then to fight the "bag" for
half an hour, using gioves if training for
a glove fight. To cultivate quickness of
action he is exercised at fighting the
"bladder," and uses light dumb bells.
Occasionally we take a row in a boat
where the location admits of such exer
cise, or play at foot-ball, or any other
proper athletic exercise as time allows.
Then comes supper—tea, mutton-chop,
dry toast and eggs, with other articles as
allowed at dinner, but these extra dish
es are not permitted according to the
fancy of the man under training fan in
telligent ^trainer I will watch these as
sharply as any physician does the diet oi
a very sick patient, and what I know to
be improper food I rule out peremptor
ily.
After supper we take a leisurely stroll
of two or three miles and back, and
this constitutes the end of his day's
work and he is ready to retire for the
night. About an hour before going to
bed I allow a bottle of Bass' ale and a
bit of dry toast. Once in bed he re
ceives a thorough liand-rubbing, and is
disturbed no more until morning. ThiB
program is repeated daily until the
{natch in view takes place, unless, as
sometimes happens, a man becomes
feverish or off his feed, when the heav
ier work has to be suspended for a time.
A trainer's business is chiefly to get
his man thoroughly sound, physically
Of course I sometimes put on the gloves
with my man, but he is supposed to un
derstand the munly art before he comes
under my care. Whatever defects I
ma/,,
observe in his "form" it is my duty
to correct by proper instruction, but
nothing beyond tbat.
The trainer must keep the party con
stantly under his eye, asleep or awake,
as he is responsible to the backers far
his man's conduct and condition.
In this country I have trained a large
number of good men, among whom were
Abe Hicken and Harry, his brother,
and Johnny Moore. Abe Hicken was
the light weight champion of the world
when he cnmc uuder iny care. His con
test was with Pete McGuire, who fought
Chandler, of California., for $1,0JO a side
and the light weight championship of
America. Harry Hit-ken fought Camp
bell for a similar money Btake, and
Moore met Dougherty of Philadelphia
for a $1,000 stake. I trained Tracey for
his great walking-match at Chicago,
when he beat O'Leary's best time by
three miles and a quarter and had two
hours to snare. There is a fact
connected with his performance that
shows what careful training will accom
plish. When he entered upon his
walk of six days and nights he weighed
194 pounds and at the finish weighed 160
pounds, while other contestants lost
from twenty to thirty pounds each."
Some one here asked the.trailer why
it was regarded so necessary to train
against fat and he replied. "Fat is
death to a man's chances in any kind of
an athletic contest. I have seen a fat
gamecock of the best strain refuse to fight
and fat bull-terriers drop over on their
backs and howl at the approach of the
adversary in better training. Take the
race-course, a f«.t trottet will break into
Hop in spite of all tbat can be done
IOBO tbe race. But the same anima
ood training will stay every time. It
so with men."
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Prices Fifty Tears Ago.
From the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, Aug.'16
The appended letter was written by
Mr John Stair 60 years ago to-day to his
nephew, Th mas Stair, of London, Eng
land. The letter was recently sent by
Mr. Alfred Stair of Manchester, England
son of Thomas Stair, to Mr.
S. H. Curtiss,
of this city. At the time the letter was
written Mr Stair was teaching a private
school in Newburg, but directly after
moved into the city:
County op Cutahga, Ohio,
NBWBUHG,Aug. 16,18S3.
My Dear Thomas: An opportunity
offers of sending a few lines to yon by
way of "cheapside," which I gladly em
brace. You have thought it Btiange,
perhaps that I have not written you be
fore, but when I tell you that on every
letter we send to England we have 25
to pay postage to New York, and 27
cents for every one we receive
(if brought by private hand and posted
at New York, 25 cents,) added to which
the uncommon scarcity of money, yon
will cease to be surprised. Frequently
men who a»e possessed of .a good farm
and considerable stock are weeks and
months without a cent They barter, or
as they call it,trade for almost everything
and are so accustomed to it that
they don't feel it, but it is par
ticularly trying to foreigners who have
not the means to do so, consequently
their resources are soon drained, unless
they have sufficient to purchase a farm,
where, by hard work, they may soon
supply nearly all their wants. Many
raise all they eat, with few exceptions,
such as tea, coffee, &c. They raise their
own wool and flax, which is spun and
woven by the women for clothing, so
that a farmer is the most independent
person this country, and any person
with a small income may live well for
one-third that they can in England.
Before I give you the prices of a fe W
things, I should tell you that our ac
counts are kept by dollars (marked
thus $) and cents. A dollar is equal to
8s. York or 100 cents. For large tur
keys, 50 cents each, fowls, Is. or 121-2
cents each: roasting pigs. 25 cents each
mutton, beef, veal, pork, &c, 4 cents per
pound when bought by the quarter, 2 to
21-2 cen's per pound butter from 9
cents to Is. per pound cheese, 6 cents
ser pound groceries, with the excep
ion of tea, as dear as in England.
Young Hyson, $1 per pound cows from
$10 to $25 each horses from $30 to $1000
each clothing of all kinds is dear. So
rou see this is the poor man's country,
}Ut unless he has land, or can labor
hard, a man with a family of small
children stands but a poor chance. Situa
tions for single men are very scarce, ex
cept as bartenders at taverns,clerks, &c
Shopmen are Detter off generally in the
old country, with little more than their
board and lodging. New York is quite
overdone, so many stop there. We ar
rived there the 1st of September, just
as the cholera began to abate. Its'rav
ages there, and indeed nearly all over
the StateB, were very great. We were
mercifully perserved all the way, al
though at several times lodging under
the same roof with it, but without know
ing it at the time. There were cases in
every town we passed through1 It has
again broken out in the Southern States,
and I expect will reach Cleveland, six
miles from us, it being a place where so
many immigrants land. It is a very in
creasing place, and for the size of it, the
prettiest town I have seen in America.
Its situation on the lake is so command
ing that it will soon be a place of great
importance, and tbe inhabitants are be
ginning to nave a taste for the fine arts,
so that a person who understood draw
ing, music, &c, so as to teach it Well,
might make money apace there. Me
chanics of all discription meet with em
ployment. Education in this country
is conducted very differently to what it
is in the old country. Each State
is divided into townshipB
of five miles square. Each township is
again divided into districts, and each
district has a school house. These are
called district schoois, and are taught
by a female in the summer and by a
man in the winter. The former is paid
about $6 per month, and board around
at the houses of the different pupils, a
week at each place. The male gets from
$10 to $20 her month, according to the
size of the school, and boards around.
In many places they have select or pri
vate schools. I have kept one here.
We have much reason for thankful
ness, all things considered, for amidst
heavy trials of afflctions, dangers and
privations we have been preserved in a
wonderful manner, for which I desire
to be truly thankful to my Heavenly
Father,and would desire to trust him for
the future. We are exceeding
ly tried for want of cash. I have taken
but little more than $5 in cash for edu
cation since I have been in the country
little more than a sovereign, (they
fetch $4.76.) I must now bid adieu, and
remain your affectionate uncle.
J. Staib.
F. H. StaufF of Lake City and Miss Helen
Brown, daughter ot James Brown ol Min
neiska were united in marriage by Rev. S'las
Hazlett at the residence of the bride's par
enta on Wednesday last.
The St.. Paul directors are expected to de
dare Si per ceut. dividend on the common
stock. The eight months earning of the
company show a gain of $2,200,000 over
1882.
MINNEAPOLIS &.ST.L0UIS O
•KD TH*
"FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE."
Tbe abore li correct map of the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and its Immediate connection*. Through Tralna dally
Trm ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO 0HICA00,
wltturat change, connecting with all llnea
EAST tutd 80UTHEA8T.
The only lint running Through Cars betweem
MINNEAPOLIS and DE8 MOINES, hwtu
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
connecting in Union Depot for ill Point* Sonth ud
Southwest Cloee connection! made with St. P., If.ft M.,
N. P. and St. F. ft Dulotii BdlroKU, from ud to all
points North ud North-Wot.
KWWBMtl Pdilku
Palxob
sunrnci
Cj.u on 11 night Tralna. Through Ticket*, ud bag
gage checked to detonation. For time table*, rate
oi
vie, etc., call npon neareat Ticket Agent, or aedrai
S.
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BOY®,
Gen'l
Tkt* A fin. A|% WtwapfH*
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WONDERFUL PROGRESS.
TTf^T3Xp the beautiful and growing town attracting so much attention this
JJJj seoson by settlers and capitalists, is in a very flourishing condi
tion, and the
MOST INVITING SPOT
*n this fertile territory, known far and wide as the
WEN WHEtT UND OF Hi!
THE BEST IN ALL THE WORLD.
Is the Oonnty Seat of Steele County,
Containing the finest agricultural lands out of doors, and the purest water in the
Northwest. It is situated just right to become a grand center of trade and
travel, and the surrounding country is being rapidly placed under cultivation by
the best class of farmers and citizens the country contains. The rich lands of
the enterprising
Red River Land Company
Are in Steele County, and they offer to all purchasers the best possible induce
ments, especially to those who buy for immediate improvement. They have
W 30,000 ACRES
Yet for sale, and some good government lands can still be obtained in the vicin
ity, also some improved farms at very moderate prices.
Oifers all the facilities of a modern city almost, as an inducement to those who
wish to settle here daily trains, a large hotel, the electric light, first class store'
in all lines, churches, schools, and good society, with an elevator and steam m?
under construction, and depot and warehouse accommodations already ample
all business demands. The
GROWING BUSINESS
Of the place demands the immediate establishment of new stores, shops, &ndu
factories at once.
V\
LOOK INTO IT. INVESTIGATE. GO AND SEE IT.
For further information, maps, price-list of town lots and lands, land hunter's
tickets at reduced rates, and all information of whatever nature, address the
Red River Land Ccv
Or, call on E. H. Steele, Secretary and Treasurer, Boston One Price CI
Store, Minneapolis. Minn.
HOP
HOPE, D. T., or MINNEAPOLIS, Wll*"
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