VOL. LYI. HARTER, AUCTIONEER, MILLHErM, PA. J C. SPRINGER, Fashionable Barber. Next Door to JOURNAL Store, MII.LHKXH, PA. JgROCKERHOFF HOUSE, ALLEGHENY STREET, BELLKFONTE, - - - PA C. O. MOMFLLEN. PROPRIETOR. Good Sample Room on First Floor. •9-Free Buss to and from all Trains. Special rates to witnesses and Jurors. 4-1 IRYIN HOUSE. (Most Central Hotel in the City,) Comer MAIN and JAY Streets, Lock Have*, Fa. 8. WOODS CALWJELL, Proprleter. Good Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers on first floor. D. H. MINGLE, Physician and Surgeon, MAIN Street, MILLHEIM, Pa. JOHN F. HARTER, PRACTICAL DENTIST, Office ia 2d story of TomUnsoa't Gro cery Store, On MAIN Street, MILLHEIM, Pa. Br KIMTF.K. ■ FASHION ABLE BOOT A SHOE MAKEB Shop next door to Foote's Store, Main St., Boots. Shoes and Gaiters made to order, and sat isfactory work guaranteed. Repairing done prompt ly and cheaply, and in a neat style. C. T. Alexandet. C. M. Bower. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office in Garm&n's new building. JOHN B. LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. Office on Allegheny Street. QLEMENT DALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Northwest corner of Diamond. HOY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, FA. Orphans Court business a Specialty. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Practices In all the courts of Centre County. Special attention to Collections. Consultations in German or English. J. A. Beaver] " jTw. OepbartT JgEAVER standing opposite to her, with folded arms, and a height that seemed to her positively command ing. "I received a note from you, she said, "this morning." "Yes, and why did you not wait for me to call ?" he asked quietly. "I was ashamed to put you to the trouble," said Lily, in a low voice. "I knew, of course, the object of your call." "Did you?" He elevated his brows slightly. "And I knew very well that I had not the money for you," she added in des peration, "But here is ten dollars, and if you will please let me know the whole amount, 1 will endeavor to pay it by instalments as best I can." 44 You are mistaken, Miss Vennor," said the Doctor. "My motive in calling, had nothing whatever to do with the collection of my bill." Lily looked at him with innocent sur prise. She did not understand him. "I had a question to ask you," said the Doctor. "About the children ?" "No; about yourself." "Yes," he said, "and I will ask it now. Miss Yennor. "In those weeks when I came daily to your bouse, and saw you stand like a little angel at the bedside of those little ones, 1 made up my mind that you, of all women, came nearest my ideal of sweet, womanly perfection. "Aud I vowe 1 withiu myself to ask you to be my wife. "So now, Miss Veuuor—Lily—you know why I was coming !" It soemed like a dream of unreal bliss to Lily VeLuor, that homeward walk through the twilight, with Bruce Ingra hain's arm to support her, his beloved presence so near to her. She had been a toiler in life's sha dow ever since she could remember ; but she was coming into her heritage of happiness at last. Little Midge and Edith were looking out for her, over the stairway, as she earne home. "It's Lily," cried Midge, in an audi ble stage whisper. "Our Lily ! "But she isn't alone. "There'b some one with her. "Oh, Edie, I guess it's her valentine ! "Old Mrs. Noma says that everyone has a valentine to-day." "You dear little prophet," cried Doc tor lugraham, catching up the little child iu his arms. "You are right. "It is Lily's valentiue !" Doctor lugraham !" exclaimed Edith, slowly. "Well, if I was to chose a valentine out of ail the world for Lily, I should say Doctor lugraham!" And Lily, in a voice that was almost a whisper, added "So should I!" Children'* Eye*. Dr. Mitteudorf, of Now York, recent ly said that myopia, or shortsightedness has been oalled a disease of civilization, and, unless prompt measures were taken to counteract the injurious influences which led to the development of the dis ease, it must more and moro be regard ed as a disease of civilized life. The cause of the disease, he explained, were debility of the sclerotic, hereditary pre disposition, long ooutinued tsu of the eyes on small objects and an increase of interocular pressure by interference with the circulation of the iutorior of the eye. The disease was incurable, but could l>e successfully arrested by the applica tion of proper glasses. f lhe most dang erous period of myopia to set in was from the ages of 5 to 15 years, and an examination of the pupils attending schools of New York led to the follow ing discoveries; Out of 203 scholars attending the Thirteenth street gram mar school only 6 were nearsighted. At grainroer sohool No. 58 628 ohildren were examined, of whom 8| per cent, wore suffering from myopia. This in cluded 425 American children, among whom there were 34 cases of myopia, and 273 Germans, of whom 26 wero suffering from myopia. At grammar school No. 35, of 030 Americans 10 per cent, were myopic, and of 266 Germans per cent, were afflicted with disease. At Columbia College 201 students ware examined, and of these 62, or 35 per cent., wero found to be nearsighted, the percentage beiug greater iu the academical department than in the school of mines. Further iuvestigation, with a veiw to testing the hereditary nature of the disease, showed that, of 45 Jews, AO per cent, came from myopic families; of 82 German myopics, 2, or 35 per cent., came from myopic families, and of 16' American children, only 42, or 31 per sent., had myopia in their families. In all oases it was found my opia increased with the length of school life. Very serious complications arose in this disease by neglecting the use of glasses, and frequently total blindness resulted from this neglect. He advo cated, as a means of relieving the dis ease, rest and application of suitable glasses, which, in many instances, should he tinted blue, in order to avoid irritation from bright lights lJie popu lar prejudice of the poorer classes led to very mischievous results, and often to hopeless blindness. A Lar;e Private Library. The owner of one of the largest pri vate libraries hi tue country died re cently his home in Albany, N. Y. His name was Koyal Woodward, and he was not an author, a professional man or a rich connoisseur, but a pedler of sewing siik For many years he had invested the greater part of his earn ings, which were considerable, in books, and '"is supposed to have left," says the Troy Tiinss, 4 'more than 30,000 vol umes. His tastes ran in the direction of theology, genealogies and town his tories. His library was never arranged, but was stowed from garret to cellar, in parlor and woodshed. He also owned large collections of engravings and auto graphs. Mr, Woodward was an hon orary member of a number of antiqua rian and literary societies in this coun try and Europe." Tame benevolence: Fogg says he never tinisnes a cigar but he thinks, "Another temptation removed from the young men of America J" KRdr Wit. History is full of example* of the suc cess attained by quick-witted men. De Gram moot, when a young man, waited on Cardinal Richelieu, and surprised the great minister in a somewhat undignified amusement of leaping on a wall. The cardinal looked annoyed—a less ready witted man would have apologized and re tired. But Be Uratmnont was wiser, and exclaimed, "1 will wager that I can leap higher than your eminence." The chal lenge was accepted. I>e Orammont was courtier enough to allow himself to be sur passed, and the cardinal was his friend for the future. This readiness is confined to no rank of life. Horace Walpole gives an instance of it in a Pans tishwoman. The dauphin having recovered from a se rious illness, the "dames de la Halle'' waited on the King (Louis XV.) to offer their congratulations. "What would have become of us bad our d&uphiu died?'' said the spokeswoman: "we should have lost our all." "Ves," put m a second fish woman, who observed the King's brow darken at this somewhat , too, is the ro mantic young lady, whose step in itself is suggestive of rope ladders and mysterious mooulight. There is a go-out am oug-tne heathen g.iodness of gait that will mark the evangelist damsel ten blocks from a prayer meeting, and the step of the liter ary woman has an onomatoposia about it that proclaims her at once. So it is throughout the whole catalogue of female traits, aud no one who studies the subject with any degree of care can help being convinced that a womau's walk is not an obscure factor in the giaud results of her street victories. A Foeiu Written on Gralu of Rice. A Chinese teacher has just presented quite a curiosity to the City Hall Museum. Many of our readers have doubtless seen specimens of printing compressed within very small limits, such for instance as the whole of the Lord's Prayer contained with in a circle the siea of a finger ring. This, however, is not a specimen of minute ty pography, hut of caligraphy, for it consists of a stanza of poetry, c imposed by the teacher himself, which coutains thirty three distinct and well formed Chinese characters written out iu full style without any contractions, though the most compli cated characters are not introduced into the iil'P itian poem. It seems almost in credible, but it is a fact that the whole of these thirty-three characters are iuscribed on one grain of unhulled rice. It is only another instance of the patient toil which a Chinaman will spend over apparently un remuuerative work. The grain of paddy in enclosed under a magnifying glass, in a silver locket. Accompanying it is a wood en box containing a sort of discourse, of which the grain of paddy is the text. There are also other papers with it, some relating to the presentation of this curiosi ty to the Royal Princess, Prince Albert Victor, and George, of Wales, for whom it was originally intended, hut owing to the hitch which occurred in the whole of the arrangements at that time, and the intend ing donor was never able to accomplish his object, though he used every means in his power to do so. Diamond Thlmi. A New York diamond thief worked the following plan all over the country with great success. He would.in company with a lady, enter any "marked" jewelry house and select a lot of valuable gems. With the utmost suavity he would order them sent to hia hotel, (J. O. D., immediately, and with the lady would quit the store, enter a hack and "drive to the hotel. The messenger arrived at the hotel, would be directed up lo the purchaser's room, the latter having previously left word with the clerk to send him up immediately upon his arrival. The messenger upon knocking at the pretended purchaser's door, would be in vited in, and very politely requested to produce the diamonds and receive his money. Immediately upon the diamonds being handed to him, the sharper would by a cough give a signal to hia accomplice in the next room. • She would then call hioi and ask him to come into her room, just for a minute, immediately. The knave would thereupon place the jewels in a ca binet that stood in the room, and excusing himself, would withdraw for a moment. The messenger would wait a reasonable time for his reappearaece.and then,becom ing weary, would go to the cabinet to take possession of the jewels, wnen voilai they would be non est. The cabinet has been made in such a manner that its drawers pull out from the back. It has been placed against a door connecting with the next room, a part of which has been cut #ut. 1 he thieves from the other room have ab straoted the jewels and fled. Another scheme that is very often worked is for the thief to enter a diamond establishment and look over certain dia monds. After makiug a minute examina tion of them he will leave, promising to call the next day. He will call at the ap pointed time and again ask to be shown the "sparks." After examining them he will request the clerk to haud him an en velops. Upon receiving it he places the gems in the envelope, in the presence of the cierk, puts his name on the envelope, pays a small amount deposit and asks that they be kept for him until the morrow, when he will call and pay the balance. To this the salesman gladly consents, and lays the envelope one side from the customer. The next day and the next arrives and go ing without the appearance of tbe purcha ser, the envelope is opened and to the as tonishment of the unlucky seller, counter feits ol the gentune articles are found en closed. The thief's mode of operation is as follows; Upon calling at the store the first time he takes away in his mind a mi nute description of the diamonds he has examined. Repairing to some "crooked" jeweler he has duplicate paste ones made with the same setting. Piacing these in tbe palm ot his baud so as to conceal them iroin the pirty who is to wait on him, he re-enters tbe jewelry house at the appoint ed time. Upon being handed the stones he dexterously lets the counterfeits fall liom the palm of bis band to tbe ends of his fingers,at the same time rapidly carry ing the genuiues to bis palm. Tins feat, as a mailer of cour&e,is ak n if egerdem&in, and requires a vast amount of practice, combined with a wonderful control of the iacial muocies. Having changed tbe arti cles iu tbe position desired, it is a very easy matter to deceive the clerk into a be lief that the"Donas"are being placed in the envelope. A Philadelpoia expert was amassing a fortune at this game, when be coming too bold or reckless,lie either by accident or intent attempted to 4 'walk" the same estaohebment twice, and was caught. The plan executed by the gang in Louis ville recently w*s the oldest known to crooks, that is of employing a "staul' to attract the attention of the "main guy" while one or more men do the work. The propiietor in the case hardly deserves sym pathy for his loss, as robberies of the same nature are reported m tbe press almost daily, together with a description of how tne work is done. Perhaps the latest and most unique manner of purloining diamonds is as fol lows: An apparently old decrepit old man, ac companied by his wife or daughter will enter a first class jewelry store and ask to be shown some loose diamonds, or, in other words, diamonds that ha?e been removed from their settings and placed together on a paper, which are all exhibi ted to the purchaser together. The old man in enacting his part, is very near sighted and partially blind, and m order to obtain a good view of the diamonds) places bis head in close proximfff to them. At this instant the lady will point to some other articles in the case and ask their price. Ihe condescending clerk, thinking he is sure to make a good sale, diverts his attention for a moineai from the old gen tleman and reaches in the case to produce tor inspection whatever the lady has asked to be shown. Wow is the opportunity,and with the rapidity almost of thought, the old man darts his tongue into the midst of the loose diamonds. As many of them as touch that member, adhere to it, and are drawn back into the possessor's mouth .The tew that are taken are not missed for the time being, as the stones are never coun ted, but weighed. Ordering some article to be sent to a given address for a blind, the pair take their departure from the store and a hundred chances to ODe are i never detected. Once obtained,the thieves easily dispose of the diamonds to any jeweler, first, of course, removing them from their settings,so ihey cannot be iden tified. While not belonging strictly to the branch ot diamond thievery,a great deal of money is realized by sharpers in the fol lowing way. They get off to some provincial town and stop at its best hotel. After having cultivated the acquaintance of the propri etor, they, in a plausible strain, set forth that iil-fortune has overtaken them, been unlucky at gambling, or something of that sort. However, they have adi iinoiid pin left which they would pawn to pay their bill if there was only a pawn shop in the town, which, of course, there is not. Would the landlord accommodate them with the loan of SSO on it until they re ceived money by express, which was on the way. The uusophiscated landlord sends the pin to the best jeweler in the berg, who pronounces it to be worth not a cent less ihan ssl>o, Such is rtally the fact, the sharpers having tendered a genu ine diamond pin. When the ornament is brought back from the jeweler, who has declared it genuine, the knaves undertake to show the landlord some peculiarity about it While so doing, right under the victim' eyss, they change in for a dupli cate paste one, which has been concealed in the palm of one or the other's hand. The accommodating host carefully locks the bogus pin in the 4 'gopher,"and hands over the stipulated amount, only to find out IU time that he has been "done." Monk* and Ma ♦tiff*. A variety is given to the little streets immediately adjoining the college and tne abbey by the frequent appearance of a couple of monks, accompanied by a dozen or more splendid specimens of the ot. Bernard mastiff. The race of this floe dog is kept vigorous and pure, though all throughout the canton I notice a number of these animals whicft evidently have strains of other blood. In fact, excepting from the monastery itself, the Valaisiaus say you cannot procure a thoroughbred dog, and not always even there, Their peculiar training for the assistance of way farera begins, of courja,only on the moun tains, and it was from the monastery on the St. Bernard that the Prince of Wales obtained, when passing there, the fine can ine specimens which are the ornaments of his kingly kennel at Sandringham. These dogs are fed three times a day with vegetable and animal food. The Christian dog here, contrary to some "dogs of Christians" elsewhere, observes the monastic regime, and is ii nited, on fast days and days of abstinence, in his food. Next to Lindou joint stock com panies, I never saw canine creatures with so much "limited liability." There we about two hundred dogs held here in training orders for the final lessons in hu manitarian seeking and finding on St. Bernard's bleak top. These dogs have most attractive names, and respond to them as intelligently a9 a corporal's guard on roll call. A sort of of stud-book is kept, which, for its detail and accuracy, would draw tears of envy from the racing authorities at Newmarket, and which I look over with an in'arest in dog pedigree that would amaze and amuse a Darwin in a ileraid's Cellege. The first family of dogs here are proud of their lineage as if they belonged to the blue blood of all dogdorn, chronicled in the "Bow-wow Peerage" or the canine " Who's Who " One old family traces its origin to the dog days of the celebrated Bishop Leon, who was hurled rrom his palace windows in the fourteenth century by a spendthrift nephew, who was the roue cur of this can ton. I may mention, on the subject of theee dogs and their sense of smell, that it is keener than in dogs of the smaller and more domestic type. It is by the smell that they are guided in their chief works. It has been said thai " pet dogs," lap dogs, and dogs undogged, it I may use the term, by silly fondling and female nursing, are less strong in their sense of smell than the natural dog pure and simple. A dog de prived of smelling powers ceases to be a dog. Bchiff, in Lis treatise on dogs and their faculties, says the dog with a loss] of smell loses its faculty of faithfulness to ward its master, whom it recognizes and loves simply on account of his individual perfume. ' He caused some other dogs to be deolfactorizec 1 , and forever after they forget their cunning, and knew no master, be he ever S J kind. The olefact >ry nerve in the Mount St. Bernard mastiff is par ticularly large, liDeraliy containing sinuses tor increasing the olfactory surface, and you do not discover it so developed m small dogs. FlalierlM att Cueale. The fishing fleet of Cane ale, both for dredging oysters and catching fish, num bers more than 200 lugger-ribbed crafi of small tonnage. These boats are owned partly by single individuals, partly by their crews, who have clubbed together for co partnership. Their tackle and gear cost as much as the boats and sails; the nets, which are chiefly made at Nantee, being the great item of expense. The seine is never used; the trawl, which is fitted with a huge head-bag or receptacle, being the sort of snare generally adopted. Each boat ha 9 a functionary called a "mistress:" that is, a woman who has contracted, under certain conditions, for the sale of the take •f the craft. The crew have, therefore, nothing to do with the disposal of the fish. The produce of the sale effected by the "mistress" is generally divided into five parts—two to the owner or owners of the boat, one to the skipper and two to the crew, the woman having previously deduc ted her legitimate profits. The life of a 'Kjancalais", as these fishermen dub them selves, is one even more rife with danger than that of others of their calling. The Bay of Mont St. Michel is one of the most perilous seas iu the world. Equatorial tides rise in it to the height of titty feet, and ordinary tides to thirty-five feet. The distance between high and low water marks is moie than six miles in some places, and the rapidity of the currents, especially on a stormy day, maelstrom like. Quicksands, too, are numerous, and a boat siioaled on one of them during ebb tide has little chance of its crew being saved; as regards itself, none. In calm weather the boats fish m the shallowest waters, their keels occasionally heeling in the mud; and here they take soles, turbot, doree, brill and skate in considerable quantities. Government forbids fishing within a mile of the shore; but so soon as night sets in and screens the fishermen and their fleets from the lookouts of the steam gunboat at Granville aDd the coast guard sailing schooner at C&ncale, the boats are run withm the prescribed limits, and the forbidden fruit tasted. Oysters are allow ed to be taken only on certain days at cer tain times of the year, a strict watch being kept by the two vessels above mentioned, from which signals are made when dredg ing is to commence aid to cease. Fi3hing proper, however, goes on all the year, the ODly restriction, witn the exceptioa ot the fixed distance trom the shore, as already mentioned, being that of mailage, or size of tne meshes of the nets. Meshes wider by the fraction ot an inch only, having been ordered bv the Government to be used and their use continued for a few years, brought the population of Cancala to the verg of starvation, fishes that were entangled before escaping now. In fact, so momentous a question is this one of mailage among a class of Individuals who earn their living from the depths of the sea that candidates for State or municipal offices invariably promise tbe electors to obtain for them the privilege of smaUer meshes for the fishing nets, thai promise, whether earned out or not, being the only safe "card" for securing success. Mailage is the bug-bear of Canotdais. NO 46.