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#Pi^^23S»==: fit tf-'*\ 1 '.£'/ ^\^ .lift? fe> rf.K- 1 >?§ 't The Massena Observer. THURSDAY, DJX3EMBER 30. 1897 OLDEST OLD MAID. One Bnndred and Twelve Yean •! A«e Is Betty Dowllm. The Cincinnati Enquirer some time ago stated that \Aunt Betty\ Dowllng, of Seymour, lad., aged 101, was prob- ably the oldest old maid living. There lives a few miles southwest of Hunting- ton, lnd.. an old maid who is 11 years older than Miss Dowling. Her name is SJargaret Ann Bailey. There are rec- ords in the possession of the family which prove beyond doubt that the old lady has reached the advanced age of 112. \Aunt Ptggy\ Bailey, as she i s fa- miliarly called, was born in Harrison county, Ky., March 10, 1785. She re- i. » AUNT BETTY DOWLING. <The Oldest Old Maid In the United States.) Wained in Kentucky until 1863. Since that t!me she has made her home with • great-grandnlece, Mrs. Maria Bailey, and they live now on a farm nine miles southwest of Huntington. Annt Peggy's mother lived to the age of 106 years, her father was 102 when he died, and she had an aunt, Buth Tay- lor, who lived to the age of 116 years. Aunt Peggy was the eighth of 11 chil- dren, and she i s the only survivor of the family except her youngest brother Washington, who, so far as she knows, is still alive. If living, Washington is near the. 100>year mark. Ever since Aunt Peggy was eight years old she has smoked tobacco. She works about the house the same as the rest of the family, doing chores, milking the cows, feeding the chickens, hunting the eggs and assisting with the cooking and other housework. She has splendid eyesight, and has never used glasses in her life. When asked why she never married, the old lady replied, with apparent feel- ing: \Just because I didn't want to. This getting married business is a desperate' thing, and I never wanted to take any chances. I have seen so much of it that I don't think I want any of it. I never saw any man that 1 thought I would like well enough to marry.\ \Did you never have a sweetheart?\ \That's nobody's business, ymint; man,\ she replied, warmly. \When I was a young girl I used to go with the fel- We.jpeatoif**ne girls, but I never wanted to- get married. We had just as good times in those days as the young folks do now, but it was different.\ Aunt Peggy's health is good. During her entire life she has had but one se- rious sick spell, and that was about 12 years ago, but at present she is well. and apparently bids fair to live and enjoy her old pipe for several years to come. WORK OF THE INVENTOR& A German has invented an electrical hair drier composed of'a sliding comb plate, held on a frame, with an electric wire embedded in an insulated layer lo heat the comb plate. An Englishman has patented a ham- mock chair in which the fabric forming the seat and back is fixed to a roller at the upper end of the back, which is pro- vided with a ratchet and spring pawl, bo the seat can be made tight or loose by turning the roller. To convert an ordinary bathtub into a vapor or medicated both a. flexible cover is placed over the edges with an aperture 1 for the neck, and the med- icinal ingredients are placed in a per- meable bag suspended from the under side of the cover. A Massachusetts man has invented a key-fastener, which consists of a U-shaped piece of metal which slips over the knob spindle and carries a plate at either end, with a screw to draw them together and clamp the key so it cannot be turned from the outside. Hats and caps can be left on a new hook without danger of theft, a sliding bolt being fitted with a lock and key, by which the garments are clamped tightly and eannot be released until the owner inserts the key to draw the bolt. Automatic fans are attached to a newly-patented rocking chair and are operated by (.two crank-arms, each hav- ing one end resting on the floor and the opposite ends attached to a pivoted, toothed segment, which turns a cog- wheel mounted on the lower end of the fan shaft. Checks can be indelibly marked to prevent raising by a new protector which has number dies to mutilate or break the fiber of the paper, which at the same time forces ink into the mu- tilations so i t cannot be erased with- out destroying the fiber. ODDS AND ENDS. PROF. JAMfcS M. CRAFTS. New President of the Maaaaohmaetta Iaatito.tr of Technology- James M. Crafts, who has been se- lected to fill the vacancy left by the death of Gen. Francis A. Walker in the presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is at present the head of the chemistry department of thait big school. He i s one of the foremost educators of the day. Prof. Crafts is a native of Boston, and on both sides he i s descended from the PROF. JAMBS M. CRAFTS. (President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) l-est stock of New England. He wa s {rraduated from the Lawrence scientific school in 1859 and spent three years in Germany in the study of chemistry Bt Freiburg, Sat-hsen and Heidelberg, lie next spent four years in the medi- cal srhool of the university of Paris. 1I<- has singular advantage as a pupil of Prof. Wurtz. one of the greatest of liv- ing organic chemists. In 1865 Prof. Crafts decided to return to the United Elates. Before he left France he was decorated by the French government with the legion of Honor. In 1867 Mr. Crafts, then 28 years old. was made professor of chemistry in Cornell uni- versity, and two years later he was called to the chair of chemistry in the Massachusetts institute. For 20 years or more Prof. Crafts has divided his work between the laboratories of the Boston school and of France. He has been acting president of the school since Gen. Walker's death. 'KOwi' 1 taaaaatwja** : ',. • **?s W22S3E222222 y±h ^ilti^p^^tplttVivtt^WI, Optician E. L. Ufheeh Graduate from New York, will b^| Potsdam, Albion House, Jan. 10 & Massena, Whites Hotel, Jao, 12. ^ Norwood, Whitney House, Jan. life Brasher Falls, Nichols House, Jan. 1 And every six weeks thereafter,' Work guaranteed. Come and h( your eyes correctly fitted for glassj| ^\Examinations Free. EL. WHEELER,| HHannsvflle, IS. 't f- r •T**' realdeat at «ae Board at Halted S itfiffs, qa*aj»l,.A#ajal»«»», t .Ghar|*ft mpnn 4 #iq w«* recently ap- ^iat«d%^pift|o|th.e hoard of United jtfe»iger#r,iU appraisers by the secre- jry o*\tfc*£fclfM»> i y. wa s born inCan- (ibury, N. |j„ on January 28,1831. Be \ t te&reAti&f. a. farm and received a amon school education. His early ^lining was euppjeinented by the valu- Ble experience of a clerk in a country |bre and also i» a railroad office, all the bile, like Macaulay in his boyhood. favouring books in every department literature during his spare hours. aring this period of self-education, he The uBe of the X rays has .had a curious result in Paris. A painting, as to the authorship of which there was somedoubt, was \radiographed where- upon the artist's name—Albert Durer— was discovered beneath the accumulat- ed dirt of many years, thus establish- ing the authentioity of the picture. In Konigsberg, in Prussia, an alarm- ing epidemic has broken out amonig the school children, in the fiormi of an in- fectious inflammation of the eyes, known In the fatherland as granulose. Of the 15,000 children who attend school in the town itself no fewer than one- third are suffering from this painful disease, while in the country round Konigsberg 25 per cent, of the younger generation have been struck by the contagion. Very irritating to some card players are soiled or sticky cards, but a new* pack is not the only way out of the difficulty. A dirty pack may be rubbed over with a srdall piece of butter used for each card and applied by means of a new piece of r%nne). Continue rub- bing till the butter has absorbed the dirt and been itself absorbed by the flannel. Then gloss the cards again by rubMn^tbjMia.Mt^.'i J«tap^a»fd&r~ evident even to the housewife, wf*o can smell the raging fire in her kitchen range, even though she may be up two flights of stairs. It is said that zinc will give off sufficient vapor even at a low temperature to produce chemical changes in photographic plates, and that this occurs in a vacuum as well as in the open air. Experimenters say that the lowest known temperature at which metal vaporizes is 184 degrees Fahrenheit. ON THE STAGE. A new variety of chrysanthemum, rich purple in hue, has been named aft- er Lillian RusselL Henry Arthur Jones has sold to Charles Frohman .the American rights to his latest play, \The Liars.\ Augustin Daly is apparently much in- censed at the action of Beerbohm Tree in offering Ada Itehan the part of Eatherine in \Eatherine and Petruc- oio\ and is freeing his mind with con- siderable vigor. Maude Adaims was for several years known as the youngest leading lady on the New York stage. Her successor to that title is pretty Florence Rockwell, of \Cumberland '61,\ who is said to be just 18—a couple of years younger than was Miss Adams when the distinction was hers. A day or two ago Miss Olga Nether- sole received a parcel containing the manuscript of a play, which has been following iher arftind for two years. The first legible date on the cover is September 23, 1S95, Sydney, N. S. W., and the last October 19, 1897, Liverpool. It was marked by the Dublin post office: \Received at Grafton Street Walk in t;his condition.\ The parcel was orig- inally addressed to Miss Nethereoje, in London. FOR YOUR '98 WHEEL. Cork is used to fitl a new bicycle tire, the center being left hollow and filled with solid rubber balls to assist in mak- ing a resilient tire. To indicate the level of the oil i n bi- cycle and carriage lamps a glass or prism is soldered to the Bide of the reservoir with a screw stopper at the top for filling the lamp, The w ick tube in a new bicycle lamp is- telescopically mounted in the reser- voir and is supported by springs, which prevent the transmission of shocks to the burner, the lantern being rigidly attached to the wheel. A newly designed bicycle frame has the top bar removable at the rear, with a brace set in the frame jnst above the crank-hanger, to which the top bar is fastened, to make a strong lady's wheel. A new luggage carrier for bicycles has a central shaft which rests at its lower end in the supporting bracket attached to the bicycle, with a-«eiiea of ribs around the shaft, which open nmd close like an inverted umbrella. NEW - LIVER — «'•!» FINE CARRIAGES —GOOD HORSES— —LOW RATES— Team Work at Reasonable Rates. C. H. B0VHT0H West Centre Street, Massena, N. Pi Word Hbout Pianos FROM THE Ogdensburg Music Stor Some things we DON'T and some things we DO. We DON'T rush off to the Newgg paper office every time we sell a pm ano, and publish the fact, giving tEngj name of our customer, etc. We DO sell Pianos, and have cently sold several in Massena, toattjg of which it will be a pleasure to on£J customers and ourselves to refer anj| intending purchaser. <j§ We DON'T have the only nor the good pianos in the market. We DO keep a large stock repj?e| senting all the different grades and? as good as we can find of each guadef We DON'T claim that we can se)| as good a piano as there is made for' $200 to $250. I We DO sell a good,practical,reliabli| piano at those prices but more money- buys better goods always. We DO make the price right, the terms right and guarantee perfect sitisfaction with any piano we and will make it to your im you h&xB a»y intentKMiBTof r ing & piano to consult our sa W. J. BARB&fL The Cheapest Place to bug.. is AT- G. J*. SHUITH'S MASSENA, N. Y. He has a large line of Parlor Coal and Wood Stoves, Cook Stoves and Ranges That he will sell very low for Cash. Wooden Kave Troughs and Toledo Pumps. G. H. SNfUTH, MASSENA. N. Y. any quantity desired. For Building and Flagging Purposes. Suitable for building crocs- walks, etc., will be gotten out in any shape and size that may be required. We can furnish heavy stone 7 to 14 inches thick. Will be de- livered on cars or in village. One-half price if taken at the quarry. « Russell $ Finnegan. CHARLES HENRY HAM. president Board of United States General Appraisers.) such books as then constituted the 1 course for young law students. 1856 the subject of this sketch sd t o Chicago, where, after some ex- igence in a leading banking bouse, he lumed the study of the law, and was lifted to the bar in 1860. Hon. Mel- W, Fuller, now chief justice of the yited States supreme court, was then lining light of the Chicago bar, and formed a co-partnership with Mr. which continued for about five . Mr. Ham developed a pronounced and capacity for literary work, he wrote a great deal for magazines newspapers, subsequently publish- two or three books of value. His & on 'manual training, is regarded valuable storehouse of classical and iitistieal knowledge, including prac- |1 and- philosophical learning. Mr. is the author of the aphorism; curse of mankind is the effort to id labor.\ 1871 President Grant appointedMr. to the important post of appraiser the port of Chicago, which he held |1 Mr. Cleveland's accession to the sidency. Upon retiring from that :e he became assistant county treas- jjr of Cook county. Hewa&appoin'ted States general appraiser about >n years ago. Mr. Ham enjoys an iommon degree of facility and letiveness as a public speaker and he fjreely exercised his power of |ech in efforts to promote education. DOG'S WINTER BLANKET. Very Lateat Pari. Style (or Lit- tle Canine Pet a. ijthey make fashionable blank- 3ogs. just as they make fash- |ble : dresses for women, and the ~ at has on last winter's coat is lered by his acquaintances as one \ not at all up to date. Jpmaterial for blankets this win- t6r||ij|white chamois skin. Pure white iSgmwije fashionable than the tan, al- though:, both are used. The lining is wlJtlJtO^ match the dog's complexion, ere is a thin interlining of sheet wadding. ' accepted shape is a big oval, ;isi:tied with a ribbon underneath, tljihe neck there stands a very fll»r that suggests a Medici. It lined, and adds a great deal to whfe Anus. m JO'S WINTER BLANKET. (A Poqdie ©ressed According to the Latest ffif Fashion.) the sfrnfeliness of the occasion. If the dog i|l||%hly favored, he has two coats —a tb™|ohe for the house and a heavy one Ipr^ihe street. If his mistiress is i'3, of him. sh e embroiders his Hji the back, where they can and perhaps she adds her own or the family coat of arms. {pjtderdown from Norway. ThftSffiMng of eider ducks for their downffwi'Wvel industry on the Nor- wegiaj|>^tM»Sfc islands, which are owned by p^mnpindlviduals. The birds are naturl|8j|wnd, but, being fed when neces||t)ra|£b\y the keepers, who also protei$i ; |fei§m from the ravens and eagleM|MK|?ttieh of th»ir shyness and come &|f|Mt|ing time in great numbers. attenjf|pt|sn by a train of gulls and wild d||Qk%>f many varfeties. The in- dustr^l^aly profitable. A*jUf.^j|i e stamping, color. a, \black stamping color, ab- <• to' washing and to light. tton and woolen goods, dis- \rite of nitrate of silver in spirits of salamraoniac. er solution, five parts ft parts soda in 13 parts ^•'both, solutions and heat $,'£» porcelain dish, on a wa- !P the liquid i« black. The '''dp-will be visible at one* * fast when dry. After the close of 1897 buniness when we had plenty of time we set onr entice force at work building bicycles EXPRESSLY FOR THE CHRISTMAS TRADE, And we will soon have 2100 ready for shipment. They.are^gantly anishei and well built, and In fact are specially fine for this purpose, and wa can save those who contemplate buying- fully 50 per cent. Mo present could be mo're acceptable, and we can make you a price now which will be much lower than yon can bny a cheap bicvele for In 1898. These machines are fitted with 1898 tires, and fully guaranteed. SENT ANYWHERE ON APPROVAL. We do not sell to dealers but our entire output goes to the rider at one small factory price. If your son or daughter is In poor health, buy a bicycle anrfnote the improvement*which will follow. B.cycles keep the young folks out of bad company. Write ns for our Christ- mas offer on a standard high grade bicycle. Addresa, AMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY, yxiirrac, MxaKXGMaJN\. Bicyek Saddles, Lamps, Bells, *c, at One-Third Price. YOUNG MAN What sort of a start are you going to make in life? Are you going to make money and be successful business men ' Or are you going to wear yonrselves out in the cheerless drudgery of hard labor* Half of this depends on your parents, the other half on you. Wealth and honors await you if you prepare yourself to take them Men succeed WHO ABE BEADY. If you want to be paid a good salary you must make yourself worthy of It. There are thousands of W0 a week places begging for good m<>n, and millions of $3 a week men begging for poor places. If you are worth $50 a week you will get It-sure. We pre- pare our students to nil the most responsible positions In countintr-rooms and offices in from one-half f> two-thirds the time required elsewhere. The best equipment a young man •an have who expects to make his own way in the world is a course in I i NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE or the NEW YORK BUSINESS INSTITUTE, 81 E. 125th Street, New York, N. Y. Don't throw away time and money by going to temporary who <ls wh<-r. it will cost you less to attend the BEST vW alwavs have a number of sunlcnis m attendance who have left Inferior teachers In difgust. Such people nt ten tell us thm «ix months here is equal to a year in any other sohool. Besides such schools rarely or never uotaln positions for their grad- uates We offer QTC DCM/A Dl^ ,o r firBt lnformatlon o f a vacancy for a Bookkeeper, •frW fid WMilU Stenographer, Clerk or Telegraph Operator, which we successfully fill, and seeure situations promptly for ail graduates of Buniness and Shorthand courses. Befer to Banker?, Merchants and prominent patrons in almost every couniy in the United States. Thousands of'testimonials on request. Students enter any time. No vaca- tions. Expenses moderate. If you are seeking employment and willing to study send for free catalogue—a beautiful book giving much helpful information. Address as above l/nention l/iis paper). CLEMENT C. GAINES, President. POOGHKBBPBIB and NEW YORK . ! « DELICATE AROM/T*^— ..a-* 3 * DEUCI0U$ TASTE FULLESLSTRENCTH^ KN0W#EVERYWHERE. W UfiPn P\/PDvv\/t-icoe: IJ USED EVERYWHERE, LIKED* EVERYWHERE/ \>l WOOD'8 COFFEES ARE 8ELECTEO FROM THE FINEST OF THE WORLO'8 PRODUCTS FOR VOU OF AND YOUR FAMILY. \WOOD\ ANO \GOOD\ MEAN THE SAME THING IN THE COFFEE TRADE. ' s- BOSTON MASS.'^-^^ The Hew York Union Telegraph Co. (INCORPORATED ) Transmits Messages to all parte of the World. Low rates. Direct Connections. M n .../ a wi 1 f• 0 .£ oe ?. ln . M8lo , ne • ^ ortn .8outh and w «8t Bangor, Skerry, East Dickinson, Bruahton. Molra, WestviUe Center, Jewetfs, West Constable, Ft. Covington, Ft Cor. Centerf Bomfaair S?S2LM2. r &.!»S h S I ? jF^ B 5r' rrOUt B c ,v !. r > BrtK«» Street Corners.%£; touuT BoSba^^W Constable, Helena, Massena, MasBena Springs, Louisville and Racket RIVKP N v mnrittRitZi Station, Cazzavllleand Dunbee, P. Q. Also sumTeTofnces at Jtopklna Point.\S%i5« M?nd! Somerstown, St. Regis and Cornwan,Ont. Bate between any stove offices islo cento!* * The only line that has a 25 cent rate to points on the N. N. Y. R. R. QT'Massena Public Office at Cubley's Furniture Store. A. E. RUSSELL, Gen. M#r, No. Bangor, N. Y. ''Brevity is the sou] of wit.\ Good wife, you need SAPOLiO NEWS and OPINIONS Of HatSonal Importance The Sun Alone Contains Both. Daily, by Mail, - - $6 a year Daily and Sunday, by mail, $8 a year The Sunday Sun Is the greatest Sunday News- paper in the world. Price 6c per copy. By mail $2 a year Address THE SUN, New York. FUMI INSURHHCE. The cost of Farm Insurance in The Agricultural Insurance Company Of St» Lawrence County Has averaged only $1-01 per thousand Per year for the past five years This Company chUHanges com- pariPon with any other Mutual In- surance Company in this state. For information corresspond with the seoretMT P. K. MORELAND. Ogden.bur.fr mm m» \}t JK 8 •J I m ~\\^m im H >m ^a $a $M m^ wk •Sv •§'• Iff- 1 K • :''> H .,'r
