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CHAPTER XXIII. Acton did not find his task with Lady •Prendergast nearly so h.ird a one as he Tiad' prepored for. She was not a woman to be obdurate, .nor to indulge in personal antipathy or vindictiveness, except when she conceived *she was obeying the stern behests of duty. What had ever been prominent in her mind, in her long and obdurate hostility toward Cave Harding, was the harm and disgrace which his courses and associates might bring upon Camilla and the impediment these might prove to settling the girl creditably in life. And now «11 that was over. Lady Prendergast saw tier beloved one fading away like some lovely dissolving view, ami know only too well that it was a mere race between them to the grave. “Oh, let him come by all means," she had exclaimed, somewhat astonishing Cyril by interrupting his long chain of ■carefully prepared arguments. “XV ho knows but seeing him again, forgiven by me, and repentant, Camilla may wish to live for his sake if not for ours.” And the formerly hard old lady felt, as she said those last words, the old wild jealous revolt within her; but valiantly she subdued the feeling. “And when,” she asked, “would you propose that I receive him?” “Why. the sooner the kinder, both to liim and Camilla.” “Shall I ask him here on a visit?" This was so much more than Acton had dreamt of that it almost took away liis breath. An intuitive feeling told him that he had better not accept too much 4111 at once. He said: “Oh, Lady Prendergast, there is no measure to your bounty. I never contemplated such extreme goodness. But no, my dear friend Harding has long been ureustomed to rough it. There is a spare room at th? rambling old farm where I am staying; let him come down to me there, at any rate for the present. One favor more. I see Camilla coming in. Alay I l;e so selfish as to ciaim the pleasure of imparting to her the news of your Kenevasity? Oh, how she will love you!" “By all means, so run along and meet her.” lie waited for no second bidding, and accosted Camilla upon the lawn, with: , “You see i am an earlier visitor than , usual to-day. 1 have a piece of news ; whkth will startle and delight even you.” i , The girl flushed up, but that meant ; ( nothing. She did so now many, many f times a day for little or no apparent i , cause. “Delight me?” she said, surprised, yet indifferent. “Your dear grandmamma has asked jour father to come and see you here. , lie begged me to try whether she would consent to an interview, and Lady Pren■dergast, nobly forgetting all differences, Jit once expressed a wish that both Mr. Harding and myself should take up our abode here.” The tears rushed to Camilla’s eyes. Knowing her grandmamma as she did, this complete abandonment of the policy •nf years, this utter yielding up of that iron will, and for love of herself, as she well knew, was to the girl's mind something ineffably touching. She wanted instantly to take the old lady in her arms, thank heaven that the last barrier between them was broken down, and weep out her thanks upon her bosom. She could now, indeed, love her without reserve. “And you have done this—for me?" •she said, giving her hand again to Cyril. It was, of course, his cue to make the most capital he could out of the matter, but his cleverness told him that this was Tiest to be done by modestly affecting to ascribe all merit to others, and deprecating the idea that he deserved excessive thanks. “I merely endeavored,” he said, “to -carry out your father's earnest request that he might see you again on any terms. Lady Prendergast's own generous heart, and her deep love for you, have -done the rest." “It is very well for you to put it in that way; but I am confident—l take nothing from my gran’ma’s goodness in saying that without your zeal, and also your delicate tact, all might have failed. Now do not deny it. That is my conviction, and in it I remain forever—mind, forever.” And she laughed with the drops still ■dancing in her eyes. Then off she went to do her other thanksgiving. Acton remained for awhile, sauntering among the flower beds and butterflies. He told himself that he had decidedly ■“scored.” as he put it. Presently he Joined the ladies within, and agreed to stay for dinner. The letter sent off that afternoon to the prodigal father, and his coming arrival, formed the staple of conversation among the trio. A gayer tone I than usual reigned around, and the hours | flow by more pleasantly than they had ' been wont to do for some time. Cave came down four days later, and ! leaving happened to win a few sovereigns i the night before, he was in the highest ! spirits. Acton drove to meet and bring liim from the station, and both men cam? Io dinner at Silvermead. Os course there was nothing like a fuss or a scene. The father kissed his child and shook hands with Lady Prendergast as if he had dined with them every day for a month past, ri’s spirits chanced to be up, and so all Ills alarm about Camilla’s health was for.gotten. And the next day they were all together stgain, and so on every day up till the eve of Monday in Goodwood week. CHAPTER XXIV. Happy and contented as the gambler -seemed and even was at Silvermead, the ducal race week had attractions for him which were not to be withstood. He had backed Alcestos for the Cup, to an extent far exceeding what even Acton had any idea of; in fact, Harding, on certain inSormation he had received of a private

trial, chose to believe that the horse could not lose. He accordingly looked solely to the chance of his winning, and thus was never tired of taking the odds upon his favorite. And so,- with a little circumspection, ho managed to make that three hundred pounds stretch and stretch until at the present moment he stood to lose every shilling of four thousand pounds upon that one coup. It was not until the evening before his departure that Acton, being alone with her ho loved so cruelly, suddenly startled her from her supposed security. After a short pause in a simple discussion as to the orthodoxy of a recent semi-religious poem, he said, quite coldly: “You know, I suppose, that your good father favors our marriage?" She started; then, the next instant, telling herself that the question meant no renewal of his suit, she said, looking up at his face in the bright moonlight, to road what might be there: “Why do you toll me this?" “I thought it only kind to prepare you for what he is sure to say or to write to you. But he will probably speak, for you know he returns on Saturday, not to the farm this time, but here, to stay at Silvermead." “You have told him nothing, then?” “1 assure you I have.” “Oh! But ho cannot have understood yon; my papa is good and loving; he would never coerce me, and now ” “Believe me, I described everything to him in the fullest detail; he has told me often that it will break his heart if you do not change your mind.” “Change my mind! I change now! Oh, ho cannot know what ho is talking about," and she laughed bitterly. Then with sudden energy: “I will go to him at once. You shall see. A few words and all will Iw settled. I know my own dear father.” “Do not disturb him now. See through the window. He is deep in sixpenny piquet with Lady Prendergast. Surely | there is no hurry.” “Oh, no; nothing can make nny real dis- I ference. It is merely a question of dis polling, a little soom r or later, this fool ish hope of papa’s.” “Why foolish?" “Surely you ought to know. Have yn so soon forgotten my words of the other night? To go over the old ground again is useless. My father has ever ie-cn loving and gentle. If you think he is going to command me nor., give up the illusion, for. even were he to do so, 1 should not dream of obeying him." To himself Alton said: “We shall see about that!" Aad they went within do .ys to find Mr. Harding more jubilant than ever. lie bad won, and winning with him was alway winning, whatever the amount. Acton took care to give father and daughter no chance opportunity of a tete-a-tete, ami in this the lateness of th.- hour well seconded him. Camilla would not condescend so far ns to make a formal demand for one. Iler pride told her it was paying Acton, whom she was beginning to hate in earnest now, too great honor. Nothing worth recording occurred during the next few days at Silvermead. Ac i ton called on the morning after the scene j just described, but only to say he was running up to town on business, and to ask the ladies if they had any commands : for London. He should be back, he thought, on Thursday or Friday. As he ■ drove away an immense relief seemed to come to Camilla, who breathed a secret prayer that he might not return. On Friday, however, at noon, he sent a note over to say he was back at the farn , and asking if he might come to dim r. Os course the answer was "yes," and he arrived about seven, bringing with him various small purchases which he had been instructed to make for Lady I‘rendergas Neither of the ladies could help nothing the young man’s unusually high spirits. Joy is indeed a more difficult emotion to conceal even than great grief, except, that is, in the first few moments of a terrible sorrow. It happens that to-night Camilla actually sought an occasion for being alone with Acton, but there was nothing in this at all flattering to him. As soon as she found one she said: “Can you by chance tell me how it has fare! with my father at Good wood? He promised to write and has not done so?" "No, I have seen or hoard nothing of him since Monday night. He was off at daybreak next morning.” The girl bent her head pensively as she ■ sai-1. more to herself than to Acton: “Oh. how I do wish he would take to something else!” "Just want I have urged a hundred times." rejoined he brightly.' “With his intelligence, for he is clever in almost anything, I am sure he might ' even now make himself a carder,” said j his daughter. "Lot us both try and persuade bin'..” Even in this good work Camilla did not relish the partnership, but she oniv I said: “I asked him what race he was most i interested in, and which horse he had backed, but he just put me off by declaring it always brought him ill luck to talk about his bets. Still, 1 should so like to know he had not lost. You cannot tell me?” The arrival of a telegram here broke in upon their conversation. “A telegram for Miss Harding.” “From papa,” she said, as she road it. “Ah, he tells me nothing, merely to acquaint gran’ma that he will be here to breakfast.” “Well,” exclaimed Cyril, “you will not have long to wait. I dare say you will be up early to drive and meet him at the station, and so would like to go early' to bed. Good-night. I shall walk home across the fields and hope for the best.” It was from no wish to spare Camilla that the young man had concealed from her the secret of his high spirits to-night. They had a twofold cause. Firstly, his

trusty lawyer had informed him in London that certain awkward inquiries emanating, it was supposed, from Jack Forbes and his medical friend, Sir Ewing Crofton, had at last been successfully diverted upon a false scent. Secondly—oh, blissful news—Alcestos had lost the Goodwood Cup. CHAPTER XXV. The very first glance which Camilla caught of her poor father the following morning told a terrible tale. The man who,had set forth but so few days before, blithe, demonair, positively young, looked now a mere wreck. He had left her a sort of Croesus, so thoroughly’ did he already possess in imagination the expected thousands he was to win. He returned a beggar—worse by far than a beggar; a gentleman who had staked upon honor what he did not possess, and, most maddening of all. who had a fair, proud daughter to blush for him. As they drove away to Silvermead he put his arm around her ami asked with a smile: •‘And how is my little pet? Eh? And the old lady at home? Well, I hope, eh?" “Oh, yes, papa, dearest, but what of yourself? You look unhappy! Say, have you lost?” "N-not largely, dearest. If you read my unhappiness, Ixdieve me it is because I have not won certain large sums, which upon niy honor, 1 consider* d as good as nt my banker’s. Oh, 1 wns right! My judgment in racing mutters is well-nigh infallible. Upon my soul, my darling, it is.” “Well, then?” “A fatality, my dear, one of those things that happen only to mo! Alcestos—that was the horse that carried all my money—was pulling Fordham out of the saddle—full of running, and looked like linishing alone; when that wretched Jemmy Kit^— Jemmy Kite is the lightweight, my darling why do they allow such children to ride?—the Jockey Club ought to pass a law; however, little Kite he’s not fourteen, and such an imp you never saw in this world riding Artillery. Artillery, although a slow brute, is no Iwy’s horse — well, cannons bang against my animal, nearly knocking him down. 1 thought we were out of it; but no, in the last few strides he came again, and to show how right all my calcuiutions were, and what pounds we had in hand, Alcestos was only beat a head.” "Then you didn't lose much?" “1 didn't los ■ by much, you menn,” said poor H irdmg in his excitement; "but the horse might ns well have been l« i aten out of sight as far us the money goes.” "Os course, of course,’ «adly smiled Camilla. "Even 1 know emmgh racing to see that.” They were now at their little journey’* end. Camilla h i«i determined to have a thorough explanation with her father on a certain subject, the very first opportunity. She now, however. Inisicd herself in waiting upon him nt breakfast, coaxing him t » get through that meal with what comf- rt he might, and about eleven o'clock invit I him to take his cigarette in a certain spa ions summer hoe.wq and there it was. - eated by his side, that ahe la'gun what she be* > a very few words would bring to a finai and satisfactory its ut*. (T«» b* ronlinuedd Writing Letter* on Brinks. I’ersmn nml ’ h.aldenn improvem< n?s on Egyptian methods of producing and preserving lit ratuf were of great value to the literary world of that era. mid even this generation Ims reaped bene’l’c. from them. Instead of doing their printing on pyramids and monuments where moth and rust emild not corrupt, they engraved their short stories, local paragraphs, billet-doux and corres(H>nden> e on soft <i.iv brick*, which were afterwards burned, making an ex’remely durable literature In th s it was much more convenient for the postolm e department, for it was easier to send them from city to city than to : carry around Cleopatra's w -dh s. in either case it would be a little unpleavI ant for our modern letter carrier about St. Vai -mines day. Epistolary corres: ondem e was apt to be a li tie slow by this brick process, but a letter om-e completed, lasted as long ns painted china. We can imagine a <onvi isation something like this in those days: "Have you written to your mother lately. Mis. Dooars?" asks Mrs. Daarvjeehn/. "Oh. yes." answers the former, point lug to a row of soft clay cakes on a side table: "1 begat, a letter three week* agoand it is nearly finished now. Next week I will send it to be tired, and my mother will be delighted to think that I answered her last letter so soon."— Washington I’athtinder. The Queen’s Mistress. It is said that the one woman of whom Queen Victoria stands in respectful awe is Mrs. Mussens. the house, keeper of Balmoral Castle. She has held her position of power for many years, and rules everybody who comes within her domain with a rod of iron, even in,. Queen herself. Her Majesty on one occasion took a fancy to a certain housemaid and requested that the care of her own apartments should be given to the girl. Mrs. Mussens. however. thought differently, and informed her Miip-sty that such a mark of prefereiicb would only turn the young woman’s head and utterly spoil her. The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, listened in silence and meekly acquiesced in her housc kcoper's decision. The Moon’s Shape. According to the teachings of advanced modern astronomy it is a mistake to suppose that the shape of the moon is similar to that of the earth. It is believed nowadays that the moon is a perfect ellipse, its figure lining nearly exact 1c one-third longer than it is broad. 1 lie elliptical theory of our satellite's shape is founded on the wellknown fact that a certain side (encl, rather) of the moon is always presented to our view. Tins is caused by the moon revolving once on her axis in exactly the same period of time tliat she revolves around the earth. Her elongated shape was probably caused by the attraction of the earth when both planets were young and soft. The air pressure on a person of ordinary size is thirteen and a half tons.

THE^UNDAY school) SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Schol ar i y Exposition of the Lesson o,, Chts Worthy of Calm Reflect on-H a if an Hour’s Study of the Berl pt ures-Time Well Spent. r, ii J-eMonTor June 14. nii-wHn “Christ died fir ->ur sins L 5: 3 g t 0 the Scripturcs.’’-1 Cor. 'Uns lesson is found in Luke 23: 33-46 and hns f or its Bllb j e( . t Jesug Crueified nnint of n °i' V this lesson to the central a »'l indeed of all the .. •. man. 1 here is a now evangethat puts Ht the forefront the • ' ’* on the Mount and makes the idea ° H or social kingdom on ’nt i ,h ' l‘ a ™mount idea in revival work. But Have a care. The Horns of Hattin , wer ai Kh» hut Calvary overtops them ah. ne shall never find a better, or. indeed another beginning place; nnd we know of no way to I,ring in the kingdom save as sinners bow humbly at the foot of the cross and there, one by one, confess their sins and find salvation through the blood of Jesus. Let the cross stand where it belongs. Let the nltar of penitence hold its rightful place. “Seek ye, first, the kingdom of God and his rightcousness (a righteousness not of the law) ami all these things shall be added.” Lesson Hints. * M hen they were come to the place.” At list, the place! Christ had been drawing nigh to it from all eternity. “Called <'alvary," place of a skull. \\ hatever they called it liefore, it takes a new name now. Place of redemption, place of atonement for the sins of the world. Name it yourself; what do vou call it? I here wore two crosses alongside of the cross of atonement. Suffering being an ini idem of all life, mankind is sns|M-ud<sl on one cross, or the other, one of blatant self-esteem, the other of penitent selfabandon. Suffering does not save, it is the cross in the midst that saves. lather forgive them; for they know not what they do." or what they are doing. Then how cruelly ring in the cold, hard w >rds, “And they parted his raiment and cast lots." On the cross all pb.v. at the foot of the rr<»s -merciless gree I. I lie people stood lieholding.” as if it were lint a spe,-taele on a Roman holiday. Angels above were also liehohling. but with what diffen :u emotions? Ami God Is-h- 'd. rromble, man. "If he he Christ, the c’v sen of God." Had they nnderstoo 1 ;hc voice that spoke over Christ's heal ft jutlc while l« tore. hare so ind n > place (nr this “if. ' Fot right where i! : st of yielding himself in sacrifice f.»r o-her*. saying. "Father, d «r:f • thy name," G.»l's approval thunder»l from the h. tv.:s tJohn 12; gsi. -if th..u I*. king." <aid the soldiers, “save thy»< if " ]• « their Mtinmtioa of k.ms-h. > and Ability t. ( take car* -f- j -df But Christ was here taking . ire of 4 « -H i. Thu «a« his high r kuig-rs-momh.; .. vl , • 1 ' H , kingdom. Christ ,s k ■_• 1 •>>.- , but S.>lllS ton. lie i« Coin Ith • > Ist <( • visible kingsfi.p. T !» . g o fr- 4 nieeil Christ's pr. •! -:. ! -n! -ivrd a part will h ain t! t* -f , .r! “This day whh rm- ri »rv! " Ivo things arc clearly ml i I tb That Chris! was 11 b ’ i' lav in pira.lts,-; the eons, inn, j,> 7 „( ■ r-?bf ’ after death, and imm.-d at. iy “the v-it ..f t!. . temple Wns re;. " A:: i Rome has »-t b.-. ri able, w : th h - human n emi.ag. to ebse the n n:. The way .* o-„ a. Illustrations. A glimpse of I .11 ray. |bs. k G 1f u it. Sime lidatel — d may yet look and lIW S, black night settling down <..i Israel's camp, hut. in the darkne-s of tne midnight hour, a dash of |:ghtii;:ra rev o il ig the serpent on the pol,- t . S >:m -.mitten pilgrim, who even then Lai but to R. kto hi.- May some one se.- Je- is crui iticd to Jay, as a per^m,.’ S n:->r. "The light of the world is Je< is,” we sing ami the < :■ >" - : ’ ’ white light at the center of the radiance. Teachers, guard the doctrine of bl .. I atonement well. There are th --e who would obscure this light. There are win L of doctrine blowing that make to n iff it out. When the sailors on the lifeboat had but one match with w!ii<h to light the lantern that guarded their way in the night and showed their wherealsmts, they gathered very carefully about it. protecting it with their h its and garments. Teachers in the class to-day beware of Satan’s adverse winds. Tell the story of the cross. There is saving power in it. Its record is wouderfui. Charles Wesley was robbed of his purse. He said to the highwayman, with the emphasis of their -vlitude, "The Ido . 1 of Jesus Christ clean- th us from all sin.” Years after, the preach, r was met at the door of a church by a man who said to him that the vers there spoken was the means of his conversion. Let the sufferings of the divine Son be a sufficient commentary in the promise, "My grace is sufficient for thee.” As liouis XII. of I’ranee ascended the throne he caus-’d to be drawn up a list of those who had been his enemies and opposed him. Opposite each name he marke i a large black cross. The enemies of the king thinking this meant vengeance and death, fled. But the king recalled them and assured them that the sign of the cross had been put beside each name only to remind him of the cross of Christ, whose example of forgiveness it was his desire to follow. “Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide.” Next Lesson—" The Rison Lord."—Luke 24: 3G-53. Be Honest. You cannot afford not to be honest. Thb great necessity of your nature is not that you should be rich or loaded down with empty and doubtful honors, but that you should be a man. And to be a man means to be pure, honest, nprighft^gtmm-ous, and everything the Creator designed you should be. A man ' cannot afford to be dishonest, for the moment he commences to be'so, that ' moment he ceases to be a man. The moment you declare with all your heart and soul your intention to be honest, that moment God comes to your aid and assistance.

general condition of crops Government Report Show Plenty of Rain and Good Proepecta. The climatic and crop bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agri- ' culture says that except in the Statea °5 lower Missouri and central Mississippi valleys, where severe local storms and heavy rainfall have caused much ■ damage, the past week has been generally favorable. Corn planting is now practically finished in the more northerly corn States, except in North Dakota, where it is still in progress. In the central corn belt the crop has made rapid growth. \ inter wheat harvest is well advanced in Texas and Oklahoma and has begun as far north as the southern portions of Kan- ' bus, Missouri and Illinois; wheat is ripening rapidly in Indiana and Ohio. The report by States follows: tvfra' ^' lo w eek has been showery, with violent storms In the southwest arid south portions, which did much damage. Th# land Is too wet for work, and corn cultiva--I>»7 i „ b V‘“ de, ®yed and some replanting has been done. H heat harvest is just beginning in the extreme south portion and rye harvest In favored fields In central and north portions. Clover cutting beginning, oats rank growth, gardens and potatoes exVQlynt. br'wuu corn a good stamf. VV IS< ONSIN. The moderately heavy rains and cool nights have been somewhat unfavorable to growing crops, though a week of sunshine would place tln-ui again in ex'-cilent condition. < orn planting altout completed and ixjtato planting under way. Wheat Improving and beading In southern section. Oats and grasses excellent. Sunshine is needetl. Sot TH DAKOTA.—Coni, with ample subshine. Showers scattered, mostly light, but heavy tn localities. All vegetation mads healthy growth, but ent worms are injuring corn and more rain would lie lieneflclal in localities. Corn planting about complete. NEBRASKA. Week favorable n>r farm work ami corn planting has been pushed, and most of tlie crop is now in the ground. Early corn six Inches high and much of it cultivated. Small grain a very rank growth and lodging slightly except tn extreme western counties, where It has suffered from drought. Kansas. Very warm, with much rain In east part of the State and but little In west part. I'nfavorable conditions for grains in west portion. Much work done in fields and c->rn growing well. Wheat harvest began in south. MISSOI’RI. Excessive rains, except In Soni - central mid northwest counties, further delayed farm work and caused much additional damage by fl »rl, and washing. Severe local storms also did much damage In places. Corn very foul, some rust in wheat, other ••r>p< doing well. Wheat harvest commeneed In s,mth. ln\\ \ l'arm work retarded in large part of State by heavy rains nnd cloudiness. Drying w- athcr needed for completing corn planting and subduing weeds, winter wheat an.l rye doing well, but other grain crops Sil >w s >me ill effects of excessive moisture. INDI AN \ Numerous go-sl rains improved er >ps; lir.il ami hs-al storms did injury. Wlmit t-: | barb i ire ripening; rye and oats ar-' !n best ■ -milsl-m. C.-ta stands well in ■ :- in fiei-ls, grass Is luq r ived, but short In !■> -nilti.s «*!<!•» Very fnvorniile week Some curly c»r i !n »e:-h portion of state sved wo on I enlfii Hinn Wheat m e :r'ng rnpllly and heels filling w»4l. Imt straw short and thin on ground; r>p past m,y further or special trupr o--:nen- nl*o d i-- igo by fly anil rust. Conq.’erable tobieeo •_ MICHIGAN i -d. v • weather has impr ■ 1 ra,- it mid gr ।--. am! C ere Is less ■ mipt iint <>f rn«t and IL'selan fly in wheat. Rye neir y ail head ;• ■ I I-o\s fl: -. C»m in • ' < pi : ■ --i • 1 \ J .-r> * - 'Ul’g i -.0-r.-.' . -xc -s; ov.v. ‘nt In g »■> I . . i • ,-rri • J p- : :•< !• .d'y whip. p*4 off by wl I. but oilier fruit very promising. ' JEANNETTE DEAD MONUVENT. ■ Proposition to Erect i Pnpllcalf One in Wno.ll.imi. S - Ci r - » cxp--e’.-l to introd . -I •—! S ces S-nate a*-,or- y• . pr- Ie ' t'.e erect, -n of a n • ‘ ' grn < ,>f tii- 1 : -.'-I --f the J.- ran. ' ••• Ar ‘ -v-. !.th':i in W-nol-li. - rr. \. -a \ •k. The monum- nt. ;f th pr- ’.-:it pl.ra .s carried out, ) ra- et .' rid’.l., J 1 S' n. I* ..I . M -Xt MEXT MEI.VII I E ERECTED. will 1-- slmi' r to that erected of wood aul <o:ie by George AV. Melville, the prose .t engineor-ii: chief f the navy, over the spot whe:n> the body of the brave De Lotg and his coni[>anioiis were first buried. The amount of money required will be small. It is proposed to duplicate this tomb in every rraspect in Woodlawn cemetery, to which place the bodies of the brave De Ixing and most of his companions were removed in the winter of 18S.">-S4. The only difference between the monument proposed to be constniet.nl and that which marked tbu original tom!) of the De Long party will be that the cross will be of cast bronze instead of timb-r. IS MRS. HARDIN NOW. Marriage of Vice President Stevenson’s Daughter Julia. At Washington, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of friends from both official and resident society, Miss

Julia, the eldest daughter of VicePresident and Mrs. Stevenson, was married to Rev. Martin D. Hardin, son of • Mr. and Mrs. I’. Watt Hardin of Danville, Ky. Four years ago to-day the young couple became acquainted. The ceremony took place

1 MISS STEVENSON.

at the Now York Avenue I’resbyterian Church at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe officiating, and ■ it was witnessed by President and Mrs. Cleveland, the members of the cabinet and their families, a number of foreign ambassadors and ministers and their families, and a large number of Congressmen, i The Presbyterian general assembly ad- , journed after exceeding any record for । dispatch of business. Two important matters wore finished, the appointment of . the committee to confer with the officers of the Board of Home Missions of New York and the adoption of a paper in relation to the licensure of students from Union College by a vote of 222 to 88 was the other. W. C. Arnold, president of the Mer- , chants’ National Bank of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is dead, aged 74 years.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Mr. and Mrs. Austin’s Scvantj-rcnr Years of Wedded Bliss—John Graham, a Man of Mystery, Diesat Anderson —Oil Men Despondent. A Rcmarkab’e Conpte. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah T. Austin, ot Rolling Prairie, near Laporte, are believed to be the oldest married couple in Indiana. They recently celebrated their seventy-fourth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Austin was Miss Hannah Teeter and she been me- the wife of Mr. Austin before coming to Indiana rn 1834. they la-ing pioneers of this section of the State. Both husband and wife are hale and hearty, a living testimonial that early marriages are not detrimental to longevity. The residence of the couple in Lap,.rte County has l>een continuous front the time they came West from New York in the days when northern Indiana was yet a wihlerness of forest trees. Twelve children were born of this union, five of whom are living— two daughters and three sons. Mr. Austin lias been sick but few lays during his life. He has always been temperate and the venerable couple believe that they will live io celebrate many more anniversaries. Their faculties are unimpaired and life with its changing scenes is still sweet to them. Duel in Lebanon Streets. Wallace Riley, for many years a prominent resi.lent of Lebanon, was killed instantly Monday morning by Thomas Allen. a stock buyer. Allen's son. aged 17. had been keeping company with Riley’s daughter, aged 24. On account of the difference in the ages of the young people, both fathers objected to their marriage, but the couple succeeded in securing a marriage license Friday evening and were married. Immediately after the marriage they left for I'litnam County, and remained there until a telegram advising them of the tragedy called them home. ■When Miss Riley failed to come home Friday night her father set out to learn the cause. He soon heard of the marriage. lie denounced the elder Allen as helping on the marriage. The men met on the streets Saturday afternoon. Riley said; “Defen 1 yoursel:! One of us is ra*, VS W aW WAI T ACE EI!.! V. THOMAS ALLEN. t ■ Iler Riley polio 1 his n volver. A le.i sai l lie was unarmed, ami the two : t/> Il hard ware establishment in search f >r a weapon for Allen. They were finally ^eparatvl K*f<>re any bl .< was shed. Monday morning Riley w:. :• tii. .-'roots early, an 1 was load ■ h - ciaitus that he was after Allen. It , y v - j::-! coming -tit of the postoffice r > ■m when Allen drove up in his carriage, i! g .tc I and passe 1 in. Aft. r getting his nil.’ lu> -tartel to leave the postoffice. w':rn Riley accosted him with drawn w ip■>::. Like a ilash Allen drew bis pis: d m l th-' firing began. Riley fired two shots a:i 1 Alien four. When the .a, >k ch ared away Riley was lying in the postoffice door, and Allen's son, who w;tne<-e 1 the affray from his father’s carriag ■. h;nl received a severe wound in the right si le. Allen was arrested and is in j ii!. Both men are wealthy and influential. Riley has cut a prominent figure in politics for many years. Slump in Petroleum Prices. The ue -k j :st passed has been a d.sastr >us one over the Indiana oil field, and in. n wh > were considered in high luck a month ago ara in anyi’alng but an easy frame <>f mind now. The decline in the price of crude oil has been so great as to make it unprofitable ... work the wells, and i in- demand being so sm.iU. the tanks .ind repositories are tilled to the fullest * ap.c :ty. Thr four dc tTs'Tiave'Tieen . igincred where owners f wells have - I out all they had on hand at 2-1 cents a barrel. This makes a loss to them. Compnnies and private individuals all over the gas belt have shut down their wells and are waiting for times to brighten ar 1 tii" :m-n wlio were erecting derricks are stopping the work. The outlook to many is hazardous and to all very dismal. his safe to say that the number of wells compleied this month will fall 50 per cent short of last month, while it showed a decrease over the preceding one. Leasing of land has slopped altogether, and many options have been dropped. A monlh ago money was passing hands lively. but now it is being held close. All Over the State. At Amity, a small village in Johnson County. James Needham and Samuel Sylvester, with another man, were found playing cards in a box car. when their wives approached and locked the door. *The men thought that the closing >f the door was the work of other parties, ami Needham tired a shol. which struck Mrs. Sylvester in the abdomen and she will die. John Graham came from some point in the South twenty years ago and settle! near Pendleton. l*te never spoke of the past, lived secluded and amassed <V>,;hh» worth of property. He became influential. but his desire to be .alone threw a mantle of mystery around him. Graham diei last week, and when the c muty was railed on to take care of his property, which was unclaimed by anyone, it was found that he had made no will and left no heirs. Graham often said that he had no relatives and that he was destined to wipe out the family mime by dying without heirs. The property will be converted to ihe school fund, as provided by law. An epidemic of black diphtheria is raging at Schererville. In the family of John Boney one child is dead and the death of four more is expected hourly. Wednesday morning the children were apparently well and in a few hours were deathly sick. Disbarment proceedings were instituted in Anderson against Prosecutor Scalan, ex-Deputy Prosecutor Doss and Attorney G. R. Call. Call is charged with bribery, Doss with accepting bribes, and prosecuting the State, and the prosecutor with acquiescing in the action of the exprosecutor, who was at the time his deput#.