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The herald., 1896-02-03
BICYCLES

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IL ealeable try the want columns of The Herald
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you many dollars.
q LARSEN & CO., HAVE THE AGENCY
% for Relay Bicycles. .2s w. First st. $40
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FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK
FOR SALE-MLSCEL

TOR sALE-A GOOD FRESH COW. CALL
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FOR RENT-HOUSES

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line; month, 81 per line.
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T7OR RENT-T HAVE a CHOICE LOT FOR
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n COOL tenant, on d long leas, at low rent
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EDUCATIONAL

NTOODBURr BUSINESS COLLEGE UN-
w corporated), 226 s. Spring st.. is the Oldest
and largest commercial school in Southern Celifor
mia; the most beautiful college rooms and equip
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use a large faculty Of experienced and able in
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ough business course and course In shorthand
and typewritins under an experienced stenogra-
pher Write or call for illustrated catalogue and
full information. q. A. HOUGH, president. N.
G. . FELKER, ice-president.
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FINANCIAL

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line; month. 81 per line.
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PIANOS

For next ten days, new, high rrade pianos to be
sold regardless OF prices NoLhng finer in the city.
Call row and select from entire stosk, 506 s.
Broadway. 1-aSif
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SPECIAL NOTICES

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IN Co. will strictly enforce the following rules:
The hours Tor sprinkling are between the hours of
@ and o'clock a. and and o'clock p. m. For
a violation of the above regulations the water will
he shut of and fine of 60 will he charged before
the water will be turned on again. 4sJ
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vTyELL YOUR NEIGHBOR ABOUT THE HER
Il aid. II is great newspaper. Send a sample
copy east occasionally. If you don't want to send
your own paper call A. the Office and have them
mailed direct free Of COST
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PHYSICIANS


TAR WM DAWSON, VITAPATHIC PHYSI-
~ clan; u years practice in this city; treats by
the new international system of electric therapeu-
tics, with the latest improved batteries and appl-
ances, slillfully applied and the results are truly
nlarvelous electric and medlcated baths; see
sworn statements at Office. $40 S. Broadway. Con-
sultation free. 3-2S
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NOT PARTICULAR WHAT HE STOLE.
A Literary Sneak Thief Who Took
ANYTHING SmnI and Valuable.

From Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
A large amount of stolen property has
been turned over to the Boston police by
Charles s. Lecky, who was arrested We'd
nesday and confessed to being fiat thief
who has been operating in Boston for
some time past. He says that he has been
thief only for the last two months, but
he admits that in that time he has proba-
bly, broken into twenty-five flats and
houses.
The young man is Pole, and his real
name is StZelecki, but since he has been
in Boston he has been known as Charles
S. Lecky alas Walsh. He was arrested
Wednesday night, and confessed to being
the man who had been committing num-
erous thefts in flats in the Back Bay and
in the South End.
There has been a good deal of this sort
of work going on in the city during the last
two weeks, and the inspectors have been
busiy engaged in searching for the man
concerned in it. Wednesday Lecky was
seen leaving a pawnshop on Pleasant
street, and his appearance tailed with
that of young man seen about several
of the houses where theftS had been COM
mitted. He was arrested and taken to Po-
lice station No. I. He was searched and
when several stolen articles were found
upon him he confessed that he was the
man wanted, and taking the inspectors
to his room on EuStiS street. showed them
a large amount of stolen goods, and also
gave uD a number of tickets for goods
which he had pawned. A young man who
gives the name of George Gourley who
has been roomfng with Lecky, was also
arrested on suspicion, as the inspectors
thought that he was implicated in the
cases. After carefully questioning Gour-
ley, however, they became satisfied that
he had nothing to do with Lecky, and he
was discharged.
Lecky is rather a singular character as
a thief, for he is of refined appearance
and gentlemanly manner. He wears
glasses, and looks more like a student
than a successful sneak thief. He was
brought from the city prison Thursday
and Photographed, and after q conference
with Chief Inspector Watts was taken be-
fore Chairman Martin and Commissioner
Curtis of the board of police and to them
told the story of his life. He has been in
Boston for about year, but il was only
some two months ago that he departed
from the paths of honesty. When he came
TO Boston he went to live at Mrs. Mar
tins, 38 Greenwich Park, and soon after
ward he secured employment at the Of
fee of the Commonwealth, a weekly pa
per. His work was principally office work
but he showed such a literary instinct
that from time to time he was given on
portunties to display his talent He was
allowed to write book notices. ETC. and
1t was apparent that he had a future
ahead of him in the literary line
But he tired OF that kind Of work after
a while, and several months ago secured
employment in the Office Of the Brooklire
Gaslight Company as a clerk. While con-
nected with the Commonwealth he had
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
Toad Lore.
From Chambers Journal.


There is a mysterious connection be-
tween toads and warts. This is known
across the Atlantic. where, in New Eng
land, they say that one who kills a toad
VIII have as many warts as the victim
has spots. Toads are used for the cure
or warts by American boys, who operate
by rubbing the troublesome eXcresences
against one of the unfortunate reptiles
impaled on a sharp stick. Live toads,
or their limbs, confined in a bag worn
round the neck, as described by Sir Ken
elm Digby, were good for quinsy, would
stop bleeding at the nose, and above
all, were a most valuable remedy for
kings evil or scrofula. A belief in the
efficacy of live toad in cases Of scrofula
Is still widely held in the west of Eng
land. Not many years ago certain
cunning man" used to hold an annual
gathering at Stalhridge in Dorsetshire,
which was locally known as Toad Fair
because the quack sold, at no Cheap
rate, less torn from the bodies of living
toads which, when placed in bags and
worn round the neck. were reckoned as
sovereign remedies for scrofula, and for
those who had been overlooked" or be-
witched. These toad doctors" used to
travel about the country dispensing these
abomlnahle and cruelty obtained RENE
aes 20 the credulous sufferers from
Kings evil Seven shillngs was com
mon price asked for a bag containing
one OF these limbs, price that must
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

made the acquaintance Of the Rev Edward
Everett Hale, who took a liking to the
young man, and when he went to work
for the gas company, being required to
give a bond, he preached the matter to
DR.. Hale, and the latter willingly went
security for the young mans honesty and
integrity. As a result of DR.. Hale's in
dorsement, Lecky easily obtained the de-
sired job, and while he was connected with
the company showed himself TO be an able
and competent young man.
While he was connected with the COM
pany he went to the houses of several
of the Back Bay Sound End and Rox-
bury, people-whom he afterward robbed
land by satisfying the occupants that
he was an employee Of the company was
allowed to enter the houses and look at
the meters, on the pretense that there
was something the matter with them.
His refined appearance was greatly in
his favor, and his honesty was never
doubted. While he made these visits he
never stole anything, but got the lay
of the premises which aided him in
committing the robberies later. He has
always operated in the daytime, when
the members of the houses he had Sc
lected were absent for the afternoon. He
always secured entrance to the places
either by means of false keys or by
prying open the doors by means of
chisel. Most of the property that he Sc
cured he could usually take away in his
pockets, although on several occasions
1t is apparent that he must have either
done articles up in bundles or had va
Use with him.
The property as spread out at head
quarters Thursday made a big showing
Among the articles are eighty-two spoons,
many of them silver; five rings, one watch
and a watch safe, two watch movements,
a silver set of three pieces, six gold
chains, about dozen napkin rings a
gold belt, two loose diamond stones, gold
stylographic pens, silver knives and forks,
a silver mirror, gold and ivory penholders,
numerous scarfpins, necklaces, breast
pins, cuff buttons, a bunch of keys, fea-
Their boas, Fellows English and French
dictionary in case, a china clock, mag
nifying glass, revolver. tortoise shell
clasps gambling implements, carpenters
tools. Yale locks Egyptian souvenir
spoons, corkscrews, gold and silver spec
tacles in cases. piceolo, Christian Endeav-
or badges pocketbooks, combs, prayer
beads, brooches, Spanish and rare coins,
knives, opera glasses, snakeskin card
case, Trilby triller. cyclometer, costly pen
wipers, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, yard
of light figured silk, tea gowns, table
cloths, mems and womens clothing of
every description. In all about 175 lots of
property have been recovered.
Lecky was held in $500 bail for the
April grand jury.
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have been very profitable to the doc
tor"
A less cruel method sometimes adopted
by the .scrofulous or those suffering from
glandular swellings, was to enclose a live
toad in bag, and hang it up in a room,
in the faith that as the toad died and
wasted away, so the disease would depart
or the swelling be reduced. This. how
ever, must have required an unusual de-
gree Of faith, for the toad might con-
tinue alive in its bag for quite an uncon-
scionable time, without a thought of dy-
ing to oblige the sufferer. There are many
stories told of toads having been found
alive at great depths in the earth, en-
closed in blocks of coal, or in the solid
stone, where, according to some legends,
they must have remained without light or
air Tor countless ages. But although many
OF these stories are somewhat mythical,
ii is an undoubted fact that the toad can
sustain life for considerable periods with
out access TO air. Experiments have been
made with toads by enclosing them in
boxes which, again. were encased in
thick mortar or other material which eff
fectually excluded all air; and, after many
months, when the mortar has been broken
away, and the boxes opened, the toads
have been found within, still alive, and ap-
parenty little the worse for their pro-
lOnged Incarceration.
One undoubted vulgar error" about the
toad may be mentioned in conclusion; and
that is the old belief that there are no
toads in Ireland. 1t was said that when
ST. Patrick cleared the Emerald Isle of
snakes. he also banished forever all toads.
Shakespeare makes Richard II allude to
the belief in the lines:
Now for our Irish wars;
We must supplant those rough rug-headed
kerns
Which live like venom where no venom
else
But only they have privilege to live.
But despite this poetic Endorsement Of
St. Patrick's claim, the story or belief
must be classed as vulgar error. for in
many parts of Ireland toads are to be met
with, just as in other countries with pa
iron saints of less anti-reptilian reputa-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
BORR0W OR BE "sTUCK TIP,
To he i'm style ON the East side, New
York, Loans Must BE Asked,
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
AS credit is the basis of all commerce
so it is the foundation upon which society
rests on the East side.
Polonius' advice, Neither a borrower
nor a lender be- would find little favor
among the good ladies who conduct their
housekeeping so largely on the common
wealth plan in the lower wards of New
York city. 1t is etiquette on the East side
to borrow articles of domestic use, and if
a new neighbor neglects to avail herself
of the privilege, she is regarded as stuck
up.
"5hure. thot Mrs. Flanagan niver bor-
rvs anything av me, an III not ask any
thing av her, says Mrs. ORourlxe, in an
injured tone. "Mebbe she thinks tn tiinss
l how are not gud enough for her"
Mrs. Flanagan could hardly insult Mrs
O'Rourke more than by not exchanging
these courtesies of soap, fatirons, pinChes
Of sugar and salt and drons of mill
perities of life on the East side.
The little girl who is able to neeotia q
domestic transactions of this kind Is a
common feature OF the East side. She
nearest friend Of the family when an ener-
gency arises, and says:
III yer please, Mrs. Kelly, me mudder
wants ter know If you'd be SO kind ~ tor
lend her IN loan Of yer chist purtector
ana a cup Of flour. cause she put too much
water in Their bread, an didn't hev en-
Dough of flour ter stiffen it,"
The 'chist purtector' and the flour re
handed over az once. with the kind in
curry:
And how is yer pure mither this moyr-
in, kauef Shure she's a good woman
so Abe is" '''''''
Mrs. Kelly will want to "borrv" sono
thing OF katie's mather before the dav is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
ADVENTURES OF a CONVICT.
Rats, Snakes, Fevers, and EnOch Ar
den Finely Mingled.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
A remarkable story of adventure has
been told to M. Cochefort, head of the
Paris detective service, by an escaped
convict named Bourdet. According to his
story Bourdet, an engineer by trade, was
sentenced to a long term of penal servI-
tude in the year 1881, and was sent to the
penal settlement in French Guiana. In 1885
he determined to escape.
Owing to his efficiency as a workman he
was made foreman of a party of eonviets
who were sent to work in an isolated part
of the forest under the supervision of a
warder. He communicated his design TO
five OF the convictS, and they managed to
secretly construct a raft, on which they
intended to make their way to Dutch
Guiana by sea. Taking advantage of a
fete day, on which the surveillance was
relaxed, the six men got safely away on
the raft. Their provisions consisted of A
small quantity of rice, which each man
had saved from his rations, and four of
them had also little quinine
They made their way some distance
down the coast, and then landed to push
to fever, and was abandoned to die. The
fugitives were next set upon BY some In
dams, who captured two of them, ana
Bourdet and his two remaining cornnaI,-
ions escaped. Their next adventure was
with a large serpent, which they unforf-
unately stumbled over, and the reDtiIe
seized one OF the men and crushed him
to death, the other two being unabSe
to rescue him, as they We're unarmed
Bourdet and his remaining Companion.
after enduring terrible hardships reach,
Dutch Guiana %
At this stage the companion sold his
remaining 1eL3 rice and -quinine, and Joined a
band OF wandering Indians Bourdet. ieft
to himself. crossed the river on an i'm.
provlsed raft, and after much privation
MANAGED to continue his journey to
several years in the gold mines. ana baT,
ING aInassed small sum of money he re-
turned to France to see his relatives.
On ms way through Paris he was rob-
bed of his money by a swindler IN snjto
OF TINS ne reached his home, but as MA
reception there was decidedly cold, he re-
ployment and being in danger 81 star-
vation. he had no resource but to sfve
hlmseff up to the police and request to bs
sent back to the penal settlement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
THING IN The WORLD.
sy GUY r. RAssARD.

II the trees we're having bad dreams.
But as the days flew by. the boy went
as he had said, 10 college, and the girl was
left alone. But always she thought OF
that kiss under the evening stars, ana
OF the quest on which she had sent her
what Il would prove 10 be-that most
beautiful thing. Sometimes il took one
shape, sometimes another; but Il always
and when she lay down upon her cot at
night, II mingled in her prayers. and so IL
Went, days flew into weeks: weeks into
months, and months into years. but the
boy remained a student at the school and
the song Of Cricket grew more and more
sad, as he chirped upon the Uncovered
post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
catarrh Cured by p. p. p,

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CATARRH.
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Great Remedy.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
A New Bike

Harry Brown has the most modern
bicycle o in town. 1t was made by
Mr.. Mnrhig of San Francisco who is
running the first bicycle m~annfactu-
ry on the Pacific coast. Mr.. Browns
new machine possesses many new i'm
provementa. By turning a small leav-
er the gear of the sorocket is changed
from so to 80 or thrown off entirely,
in the latter case the pedals remain
stationary and the wheel goes right
along. The frame is reinforced at
all the joints ana makes a very hand
some and useful wheel.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
Crlnoline Government.

The town Of Gaylor. Kas,, has re-
Gently elected a city government COM
posed entirely of women, The mayor
is a woman, the marshal is a woman
and the council is composed of women.
The platform on which the town put
ITSELF under crinoline government was
not 4-cent soda nor free chewing gum
but a pledge t. rid The city u dives
and gamblers and thus give the hus-
bands a chance to spend their evenings
at home and their money at the drug
store, The men, feeling their inability
to cope with such matters, threw them
selves on the laps of their wives and
sisters and those noble ONE have
gallantly taken up TIE problem Of
protecting the helpless, innocent men
from the horrid toughs and gamblers.
1t is predicted that within a few months
the women of Gaylord will have so rp-
formed the towa that it will be per
fectly safe for "a man to be on the
streets after shutdown without ~,
escort.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
A New Nevada ToWn.

Lima is the name Of the new town
which has just been organized on the
Nevada side Of the State Line District
in Lincoln County. L is but a few
hundred feet on the Nevada side, hut
affords the best location for a town
site to be found Whereabouts, as all the
mining claims nearly can be made
tributary to it. II starts g" with fonr
honses and will have several others
up in the cOursP Of !, H.t K Orten DAYS.
Mail will be rerejvcl via the New
lands post"fffre in Sprin- VALLEY, ed
if present prospects hid ont Il p-titiou
will be sent in for the establishment
of a ~postuffice dire"t-Silver State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
A Good Scheme.

The California Press Associate
has forwarded a letter to the State
Board of Trade, suggesting that it dc
vie a methot of inauCurating "a
movement looking TO Il general 'ett-
bratiOn Of the semi-centtnnial Of the
discovery of gold in California and of
the signing Of the treaty Of Guada-
loupe HidaIgo, under which Calif0r-
MIA was acquired. Those W dates
comes close early in the ear 1898.
They were events tn at determined the
destiny of California, TeXas, Nevada,
Arizona and other Pacific territory.
Texas has nearly completed her pre-
paratiOns for celebrating one Of these
events, but California is the only
State that can appropriately celebrate
both at the same time. The action Of
the association is to be commended,
and it is to be hoped that the State
Board Of Trade will be able to set on
foot such activity as will result in in
ducing the several communities of
California to observe in a proper
manner the semi-centennialS referred
to. There should also be one general
celebration, and where could hat be
held with greater appropriateness
than on the site Of Suffers Fort in
this city?-RecOrd Union.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
High lea:

Muller & Richardson are prepared
to serve the proper material fer she
popular 5 o'clock tea. They have just
received a supply of crackers suitable
list are the celebrated Fleur de- lis
5 O'Clock Tea, lady fingers and other
popular brands They are s"Dd fol
the same price as sold in San Fran
cisco with the expense Of freight de-
ducLed
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18

Which has been used in Carson for
W twenty-five years, has saved
many an ache and pain to those who
know it. 1t is really intended for
horses but works with the same magi-
cal effect On the human. 1t is a pow
erful remedy and for rheumatism is
the king of the world. Aches knocked
out in short order. No horseman
should be without a bottle. Benton's
Liniment is fol sale at all drug stores
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-18
Gold Statistics.

San Francisco, April 1.-THE Min
lug and Scientific Press will print to-
morrow statistics, by counties, Of the
bullion product Of California for 1895,
showing the total gold product to he
fifteen million three hundred and
thirty-four thousand dollars and sixty
nine cents. The total silver product
was s299,7 1870. The gold increase
over 1894 product was $1,411. O35. so
The statistics were prepared for the
Director Of the Mint at Washington