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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29
Dudes Unpopular in st. Louis.

There was great excitement on Sixth
street, between Pine and Olive streets,
last Saturday afternoon, towards dusk,
occasioned by drove of newsboys and
bootblacks chasing dude-a real live
dude-along the street. Businessmen
and clerks stood in their doorways to
enjoy the sight, and ladies and gentle
men halted on the pave to watch the
fun. The dude was blonde, with a
tight curling mustache, black silk hat,
short, tight-iitting coat, tight black
pants, pointed shoes, and high round
collar. He carried a cane, wore u
''glawss'' in his blooming eye, and had
the proper lum-tum walk for one OF his
class. One Gentleman said it was Rich
ard Mansfield, of the "Parisian Ro-
nance company; others who seemed
to know declared that it was a specially
artist from the Variety Theatre on South
Fourth street. The gamins got on TO
him very quickly, and before he reached
Pine street there. were between sixty
and one hundred of them at his heels.
'Shoot the dude '' they cried, sect
on to his gun-cases - '.Stag the dice p
''Get on to the Seymour - and other
expressions were freely used, while some
of the lads m re reckless than the 9TH
ers pelted him with clods of mud. He
turned on the crowd frequently to shake
his cane at and demonstrate with them.
but the more he did so the greater pleas
ure his prosecutors seemed to take In
harassing him. By the time he got to
Olive street the boys had made holy
show of the poor fellow" and when
he escaped from them into an Olive
street car, looking like lithograpt
freely spattered with mud, the boys still
followed the car, hooting and yelling
intent on pushing their persecution Il
the utmost limit. They followed the
car to Seventh street, and then gave uE
the chase. A dude doesn' stand mucf
of show in Western towns. Loui
Posi- Dispatch.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


Wareham, Mass, is making tho
iron-clad steel nail from muck bar iron
and STEEL scraps, ten do lars a ton
cheaper than the old iron nail, as strong
as steel and as flexible rs iron. Boston
Herald. stf
Tea has been successfully and
easily grown in Georgia for several
years, but no effort has been made to
prepare It for market on a scale to at
tract the attention OF wholesale buyers,
according to the Savannah NeiOs.
Engineering in China has achieved
a notable triumph in the construction
# the bridge at Lagang, over an arm
Of the China Sea, It is five miles long,
built entirely of stone, has 800 arches
seventy feet high, and the roadway is
seventy feet wide, The pillars are sew
enty.tive feet apart. Paw III
Blindness is steadily decreasing in
England, owing, it is considered, to the
advance in surgical treatment Of the
eyes, and TO the decline of such dis
eases as smallpox, etc, among chill
dren. For thirty years this Addiction
has gradually lessened; hut within the
last decade the improvements specially
" ~ -, -. ~. So.
- ne l@Iess novelsy IN oweuen Is an
en nnd nn engine wnich oaiiy prouu ,s
l,ooV.voo uoNes OF lnaecnes, ~ rsselves
tne raw maser.aI eDlocks OF wpou' AZ
eng emu nnu Ewes up aS she otuer sne
Ina.ches neatly arsangSu ~ vneie LoASs'
Isauy 10 De pac4kAee, ! NJ woou WHICH,
IN . .ne course u lasS SUMMIT IN ~ VIZ VIZ
Drougne over 10 JonKoplng 70 Nc inaue
Into matcnes. nileo Iwehsy see"iners
anu elSnI saliing-Vessels.
--.Dr Clauston, OF the Edinburgh
Asylum, Scotland, is substituting milk
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29
PITH AND POINT.

Sam Pine re ,oiees in the proud dis
tinction of being the leader OF gang
of burglars in New Jersey. At the risk
Of destroy ng our American forests,
somebody should pitch Pine into dun-
geon.-M Y World. -it
-"No man. said Richter, ''can
either live piously or de righteous with
out having wife, 1t does not follow,
however, that the more wives man
has, the more piously lie lives and the
more RICH eous he d-es, Boston Post. +,
The editor wrote: .i,The most .eK-
pensive drug in the markets. egotinin, =
and the compositor made the last word
"egotism" The idea is ridiculous.
Egotism has be ONE "a drug in the
Market to be sure, butit is the cheap:
est. ~ orristoWp Herald. $40 aalai1t
wAs q drug clerk the female is not a
Brilliant success. When you wink at
her across a soda fountain she doesn I
know whether to put in a little Balm OF
Gi.ead in your soda or TO hang her head
and blus l.-Btsmarok Tribune. s.
A Connecticut factory turns ont
two thousand corsets u day. Another
indication of the increasing power Of
the press, and at the same time an evil
denccsof the staying power of the land
Of steady habits and ligneous nutmegs.
Boston Transcript. ~
"A prominent and prosperous farm.
er of Michigan Is quoted as saying re-
Gently when / was boy and
trud ed along TO school was taught to
take oil my hat and make obeisancc
whenever met grown person How
is 1t nowP Why, man Is fortunate il
he can ass by hool-house without
Icing SNOWFALL d. Detroit Pos. ~
An old ne 2ro and his son called on
the editor OF a New Orleans newspaper
81 wants my son ter work in yer Office
sah.i What can he doY'' sOhl al
fust he KANT do nuthin' but edick YOU
paper; but AFTER awhile, when learns
mo sense he ken bla your boots an
sweep de flo. IN. Y. Independent.
Mamma, what is meant by littlt
pitcF ers have ears'P" asked little boy
Where did you ear that e<pressionP'
demanded tie mother, with considera
lie show of interest. ''Last night
mamma, in the d ning.room Kal
was setting tie table. heard papi
say it 10 her Just as opened the door.
--PtiIG tet1hiG Call. abli5 @
While New Yorker was nosinl
around Birmingham, Ala, in sea ch Q
a coal or ron mine at Fargain, ma
t We costed m with request for be-
ents, and added: "0nly yeste dag
owned coal mine worth y 5000.
"And why don't You own it to-day?
because a n an got me drunk an
coaxed me to trade it for an old mule.
''And how VII ten cents help yoaP
"Why, I,want It 20 get whisky to q
him drunk enough to ira Is back for
bl nd dog and an old shotgun. StranI
or, don't let me lose $4,000 for ii
want of ten cents. y He got it, va
StTset Net1s
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The Inventor Of Standard Time.

Since the new standard time has been
adopted the credit for it has been CLAIM
ed for several persons, and there seem
really three or four different persons
who Independently conceivefthe idea of
making the time standard substantially
the same as has been adopted But
have appeared in different newspapers
claiming particularly the credit for the
new standard for Iryf Charles +.
Dowd, of Saratoga, and describing
infinitely what he did with relation
thereto. The history of his Ell, rts is,
we believe, truthful. Prof. Dowd, as
long ago as 1869, proposed the adoption
of uniform railroad time, and he mod
flied his plan so that eventually it he
came almost identical with that which
MIR. Allen proposed year ago and is
now adopted, He published pamphlet
giving the difference between Washing
ton time and the local tine Of some
5000 stations, with the idea then that
local time would be preserved. lie sub
mitted his ideas to railroad men and
railroad organizations with great zeal.
Yet it does not now appear that Prof.
Dowd's labors had the slightest effect.
There never was any opposition worth
mentioning to the adoption of a uniform
time standard, and there was, as we
have said. more than one person who
developed the present system independ-
emily. When the question came up
last year scarcely any one knew what
Prof. Dowd's plan was, in spite of all
his labors. In tn office, where per-
Aal
where to preserve information of the
kind, we know only that he proposed
some plan for uniform standard Mr..
Allen who wrought out in detail the
plan adopted, was, we believe, entirely
ignorant Of Mr.. Dowd's plan until his
own was completed. Nevertheless so
far as the conception of four standards
one hour apart is concerned, credit for
priority dout tless belongs to Prof.
Dowd though those who came after
him conceived the same thing independ-
emily. But this conception did not
give us standard time, and never would
have given it. 1t was the working out
method for the practical application
of the system, making the changes come
at the termini of railroad divisions,
doing beforehand the work of adjust.
ment which otherwise would have had
to be done by hundreds Of railroad
officers all over the country, and SC
would not have been done at all stimuli
taneously, as was necessary, and pre-
senting plan completely ready for its
adoption, that gave us standard time,
and this was done by Mr.. w. +. Allen;
and his knowledge of the necessity OF
this preliminary work, and the skill and
completeness with which he did it, en-.
abled him to secure the adoption of d
uniform standard, with probably hard
ly 1.-THE OF the effort which was made
by Prof. Dowd without any result what
ever, unless it were accustoming some
people to the idea of time standard.
His idea, his zeal, his industry deserve
all credit, but his efforts were not di-
rected so as to attain the object aimed
at, and even if his plan had been con.
sciously adopted by Mr.. Allen. the
credit for its adoption would still belong
to the latter. -RdilY0ad Gazette.
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HAHNvIILE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1884.

surely that she was the right one, but
he felt it, and without wa ting for more
he said:
"Miss Graham, last night l heard a
mans voice say, She does not love me
any more. Tonight saw a woman 8
face. say the same thing most bitterly. l
don't know what the trouble is, but /
know something is wrong. May send
Archie in hereP'
She was sobbing, and before she
could say no Jim had Archie there.
The beautiful dark eyes were full of
tears, and the marble cheek told of suf-
fering, and the voice was broken that
sa d: 81 am SO sorry, and l do love
YOU" Neither ever told the story of
their quarrel.
In what Jim deemed proper length
of time he took Nellie and whispered to
Tom to bring ''Motheriup to "rhe Re-
treat i
Mrs. Beresford, all unsuspieious OF
the trap laid for her by undutiful jim
ME, was led like lamb to the slaughter
to 1.-THE Retreat" where she encounter
ed two very happy young gentlemen
and two equally frightened young
ladies.
so, mother! we have talked them
over" cried Jim, while sweet Nellie
Brown put her arms around Mother
Beresford and said: '.Dear Mrs. Beres-
ford, we love you too well to offend you
by refusing your boys. '--A9staG .Bro0sl
IN CHICAGO Tribune.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

in the center of a Big circle of gold
watches in Maiden Lane New York
City, watchmaker's window is a hand
some open-faced ehromometer with
this placard: THE first watch ever
made in America by machinery" Ii is
a relic. 1t was made in Roxbury,
Mass, about 1850. 1t runs for eight
days with single winding. 1t was the
first watch ever made in this country
that was entirely manufactur d by ma
chinery. 1t is as perfect a. the stand
ard watch of to day, and differs but lit
tie IN the general plan Of construction.
IN 7. Tribune.
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ALONE.

'tAno alone. The fierce rocks rise above me
Cruel and cold;
e forests weave their verdant chains around
Fold upon fold
*Koss the chasm demonstrated blackness
Rings evermore,
s9.n snadowy depths of dim and lonesome
The torrents roar.
leys, ~" ~ '-'''eu '"'7
Far, far below;
AEar tne laugh of brooks, the chant of foun-
Solemn and slow.
~ 4, mirth and music speed the joyous mo-
Glad voices ring;
~ rise Loves holy altar-fires to Heaven,
For He is King.
~ I'll ABOVE, the grand peaks bathed in sill
Rise cold and clear,
~ aleaven s-own splendOr gilds their snow
y Drawing me near.
p neart, be brave! Our path lies on andup-
ward. lE4 81
THROUGH wees unknown.
Asg ,gains the heights where glory rests I'M
Must walk alone. -
Sarah d. Hobart, in Current.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

1t is thought that the fire among
the brokers' Offices in New York the
other day was prevented from spread
ing by the immense blocks Of watered
stock stored about the premises. Y.
G9dphic.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

There is supposed to be some beer
drinking in this country, but it is only
twenty quarts per head in the United
States to 125 in Great Britain, and 1863
in Belgium. N y AGH
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02
SOUTHERN STANDARD Nc5I1NNVIILl TENNESSEE g1TUKDY

years, am prepared TO nole The
changes. have often heard the Pink
Wouack farm spoken Of ns Il very
prhuerive farm, but never realiz' d it,
value until | went nver that portion Of
il | had never seen before. With this
rich soil coupled with Mr.. Womack's
good judgement, ! am at no loss To nc.
count for his success.
was sorry to find Mr.. Womack in
pour health, yet granftd 10 SIZE the
tender. atitctionatp care manifested hy
his son, Frank and most excellent wife.
Emma in his behalf. Such care will
contribute greatly to his enjoyment,
and he certainly deserves il. .,
am glad To know the Standard i
craving in popular favors. 1t certain.
ly deserves success.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02
Notice to Tax Payers.

FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY NEXT
the law requires to put all the unc"llerled
taxes for 1888 in the hands of the constabl, S
of the different districts for collection.
Don't put it off till the mSt day. Twill then
be thronged. jan. "a, 1854.
II. A. CUNNINGHAM, Trustee.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02
PATENTS

Obtained, and all other business in the u.
:. Patent Office attended to for Moderate
Fees.
Our Office is opposite the L. s. Patent,and
we Oan obtain patents in legs time than those
remote from Washington.
Send MODEL or DRAWING. We advise
aS to patentability free IF charge; and We
make no charge unless we obtain patent.
Wien patent is granted drawing otyonr
invention, with claims, your name and adj
dress, will be published in the United States
Patent Office Gazette paper Of immense
circulation, and the only one shat publishes
this FREE
We refer here, to the Postmaster, the
Supt. Of Money Order Div, and to officials
of the L. :. atent office. For circular ad.
vice, terms and references to actual clientS
in your own State or county, write tu
q 4. SNOW e. GO,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, u. G,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02
A God Mine Discovered il East Ten
nessae.

A correspondent Of the Knoxville
Tribune writes:
\ rich gold mine has heelr discover
I'd in Sewer county, Tennessee, on the
waters of Little River near he North
CaroIina line.
Il is the richest gold mine ever dis
covered in ihj sscticn. Recently
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02

there has been found m one gold pan
tuIl of sand, from seventy tn eighty per
cent Of gold, some grains the size of
wheat grain. This is undoubtedly the
largest quantity of this metal ever dis.
covered in Que he'd or vein. and The fa.
Cililies tor working good. All that is
needed is capital aud labor TO develop
this. hidden treasure. Tennessee can
boast Of gold MS well as California.
This mine is located on tho land form.
prly owned by Richard Evans, of Sc
virr county, Tennessee.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02

81 wonder what has taken away my
appetite for breakfast? said festive
Fifth avenue man 81 expect it was
your happy tight last night, dear" re.
piled his witc.-[ New York Journal
j. T. aud r. H. Patton ,ld recent
ly To W. F. NJ. Betty, 81 bushels of
clover seed at S. The seed was all
taken as toll last season.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-02
s. MCRAMsEY
AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
A Supply of Seeds for GRIP Reporters
Guaranteed for Experimental
Purposes.
Nashville Void.

Nashville Void.
Commissi Iner McWhirter, who hn,
spent the last two weeks in Washington,
returned Yesterday morning, and III
formed the reporter of the WORLD thar
tnrJugh the cooperation of the mem
bers of Congress from Tennessee he had
secured full quota Of rare tobacco,
garden and field SEEDS for each one ri
his crop correspondents, and that the
same had been forwarded through tn,
mails by and under the frank of the
member Of Congress for the respec iv'
Congressional district in which the crol
reporter resides. OK
tennessee will this year receive tn
largest amount Of seeds tor experiment
tai test ever before distributed to il,
farmers, and We may he pardoned Fl"
expressing the hope although hope i
dften delusive) that our farmers will
plant and cultivate every variety O
field and garden products with u view
of carrying off the prizes to be awarded
by the CIR at Ma isnal and In rrna>
rional Exposition and Cotton Centen
NAL at New Orl ans in Dec. 1884
The Commissioner is grat'6td to re,
port that the bill formulated by thu
Hon. Mr.. Aiken, Of South Carolina.
for the purpose of converting the D.
partment Of Agriculture into o Depart.
ment Of State, thereby advancing what
is now known as COmmi.a ner Of Az
riculture to t,at of Secretary of the
same, has long been demanded by the
f,rmers Of the entire country, anil is
very popular with the members Of tie
lower House, and will, witaoIt doubt.
be passed by tie body. SOne Of the
ar lent friends Of the bill ent4rtain
doubts as to its being approved by the
Senate, bat, however, express the hope
that justice and wisdom will, in the
end, obtain.
The pleuro pneumonia, or cattle
plague bill as it is known, ia immense
ly popular with all dealers in live stock
aud will pass the House Of Representa-
tives and also the Senate if the con1ti
tutional scruples of two or three lead
ing Republicans can be settled. The
bill appropriates two hundred aud fit,
thousand dollars and the States like
sum TO be used in stamping out thi'
terrible disease which now exists in th,
States Of New York, New jersey
Pennsylvania, Maryland aud Virginia
1t is to be hoped that our Govern
ment will not commit the error thai
cost England four hundred million q
dollars, and that it will act promptly
heroically and effectively in this mos
important matter. ttB
The appropriation of two hundred
aud fifty thousand dollars recommends
I'd by Gen. Hazer as the least amour
necessary to accomplish the object y
furnishing fnrewarning signals Of colo
waves, frosts, storms, inclemencies, etc
to every accessible agricultural neigh
harhood, will. it is believed Ivy III,
Commissioner, pass both Houses 0
Congress by handsome majority.
We can congratulate the farmers o
the country ut large upon the brigh
future dawning upon agriculture, thu
basis Of national wealth and nationa
gloy,
A God Mine Discovered il East Ten
npSsae.
The Evening critic., 1884-01-22
General Passenger Aren't.
& OHIO ROTDl
THE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE NJ nv
LINE BETWEEN

THE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE Oh LY
THE Va FLU Wi S SSf ,S T S% VEST,
DoonLN ThA sTkEL IRAAHI fsiY COUPLER
sched iSab to take effect SUNDAY. NOVEMBER
Leave Washington from station corner Of New
oerssS sye rl9a and street by Eastern Standard
For Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis
daily Ct S0S A. M, iol5 A. M, 10. 10 P. M, With
s aSnysg coaches and Palace Sleeping Cars to
Chicago except Saturday. '"
d $40 e " q 81 s a Nj nd
tr9it, with Sleeping Cars to Pittsburgh
fHf d dSedo ana Retroit via MonroeyIile lois
Ing and Lake Erie II. II. Wv "sS''
Ts@in Az, fSr rhilaaelphs and New York at $40
daily with Parlor and sleeping Car attached.
sic of o Ss nna ioc On AZ wesk dsys s9S
Az ~ 4Sminute train), 44o $40. 100 siO. 10 and
Tog b on Sundays 49, 800 800 A NJ
% o on saRndsy o 80 ana &c No. o and 40
I %iisf +. r. 1924 M isi0 p NJ sS' 40 and
For stations on Metropolltan Branch, $40
H. dai ana f Sfo n MI daiy except Sunday
branch. $40 daily sxcept Sunday; IL for Ie9%son
ssss and xeS 5 sss S4sasIs a
MI NJ 1SlS A. NJ AS PM and 5.4S p. NJ. daily, eI.
For HaRerstown. Io.I5A. NJ. and las p. M. daily
except Sunday. '
TALES ar1l Se rom N The ~ Wsst daily dal5y
rem EsS yoSk and and Philadelphia ass $50 A.
O. From Annapolis, $40 1880 A. NJ, $50. 637 p. M;
From Lexington. 6.S Sc A. NJ daily, and 2i5pM
daily. except Sunday.
ceP, snndsy So r N; daily rom Point Of Rocss
$780, 716, 7:b0, o, DO and TO- 20 A M 10 tx d RI a.
The Evening critic., 1884-01-22
ARE you GAZING AT MET
That's What the Comet Would Say
Tonight If IL COuId Talk

II the sky is clear tonight the comet may
be seen with the naked eye Immediately after
darkness begins, In the south, west by south,
about 80 degrees above the horizon, Its tail
sticking up and pointing directly away from
where the sun set. At first glance 1t
looks like q star obscured by mist
and 1t takes keen scrutiny to dis.
Germ the tail. In an hour after darkness
sets In IL Will have sunk out OF sight. While
II may disappoint the public who have been
looking for brilliant comet, II has great In
terest for astronomers as return OF a 70-year
comet very close to the calculated time. II is
covered July 20, 1912, by Pons, aud its return
ber 2, 1888, reported a comet. 1t was
observed and an orbit calculated, when
It was found 10 be the 1912 comet
returned. II was first seen with the naked
eye about December 10, 1883, much cloudi-
ness and the full moon having interfered with
its being observed sooner. Reports OF It's hav-
ing been seen came from Key West, from Mex
leo, and from captains OF ships. Within ten
days II Will disappear in the southwest hori-
zoD, fading gradually and being lost In the
mist low down. September % II gave an ex-
traordinary outburst OF light which was no
ticed through telescopes. Fifteen days ago it
showed some little commotion In It's nucleus.
The tail 10 about 80 long In telescopes. The
coma, or haze surrounding the nucleus, which
10 tho star-like point In centre OF head, 10 very
large for 80 small q comet. The comet IL now
about 10O,000,000 miles from the earth and
70,00O000 miles from the sun. on January
20 It Will BIO at Its nearest point to the sun.