VI TEHEl MffP ! v vr .T. W11ENWV.E A8E.JU,D.fa -tv - Oli AY. twhbn wo are old uml KtriV. lo o, WuonVo iiro olu fln ilrrnyA t , Wtiou utflnst 'tis tt'I. nil o or, " ifThQ turmoil ot tho tiny. In tb&TitilMOjfhouworovon. Iu oiir'HrCa fulr twllhjUt tlmo, Wqjil look iipnn tho inorn, love, , tipon our early prime. "ThtuikOi d tor all thaMvcot nays I" jAVe'U w litapor wlillo wo limy, When vfo tiro old and k my. love. Whon we uro old alid if i ay. When ravrero young1 nnd jniy.lovo, 7 Wuon wo'wjf to young- un n&y, When d I-tint aeutneil IleoomUer, 4 AiuKnll was golden Muvj i Amid our ltfo h linnl turmoil, . Our true lovo iuido 113 tyrin e, Wo thought not of tho mori'ow, Wo rook il dot of tho grtivP: So fur HeOmed llfo lUuntwtllKht, 80 far the oltwo of U i When wo weioyounmuidKay, love,, , When wo wore yotiK and pay. Now we nro old and irravt love, Now wunioolfl 1111J KnO't 1 Tho iilKlit-tdu uu lows gather, Wo have not lontf to Stay. Tin' Inst sere loaves hlivd tnlten, Tho bnn bleak hnimjtie bund, Put your dour hand? )u uiltiot lovo,' , Thus, thus wo'H wait tho owl. ' " l hunk God for all th6 Kindness 1" In peaceful hope wo'll my. . Now wo aro old nnd irrav lovo, Now wu 11 rn nlil mill irriiv. t -K ti n'Mlhcrtll'. STEP-MOTHER MD STEP-SOH. Story of Love, Jealousy, Ha tred, Keveugo ftiul Heroie f Self-Sacrliico. Dv the. Author of "Dora Thorn?," "A Dridat 0 Love." "At IHir, With llcrtclf" "A UoUlcn Unwn," " IHiWi Loved Win llettt" "A lime In 'lliumi," Ac, Ac. CHAl'TRlt IX.-CoNTixirKn. Ros lookotl round ami saw that llioy wore all uftiiist him save Lath V.iola. wlio cried out in pity. Then .suddenly another young girl" stopped 'forward, beautiful as a piclurn, a light on hor lovely, Southern face, her dross of am ber and white falling in statuesque folds around her, and amber roses nestling in her hair. She advanced to where tho littlo group stood -Lady Cumnor, with her white face full of tragic sorrow, Sir Austen, too bewildered to speak, Ross, half iiuliirniuit, half despairing, and ilftattnit.ilin. nm LadyAiola, holding his hantl, as though j - .., .....A (II .llllllllif llllll she would idmg to him when all hope ' j.iuuu. jjeum raiseu ner iace 10 iacy Cumnor; ami thoso wlio saw it never torgot it, iSgwriplion, O0rperyM r;TJATan e c OFFiriAf. IWPKfet OV TIIHlCOV. . " Ho is innocent," sho said, calmly. sho looked at him with pity'iix her boau "N I did it. 1 will answer to Heaven and tiful eyes. . ' to you 'for tho littlo life lost I swear that 1,4 did not do it, ai They fell back from and that I did!" her with a crv of horror, and loft hor standing alone. The silence of unutterable horror lay over them all. Lady Cumnor was tho lirst, to speak. "You!" sho cried. J'What had I done to ou that you should slay my child? You, a woman yourself, to take my darling Horn jno." Loam's dark head drooped for ono moment; then sho raised her pale, ago nized face. " 1 ropont now," sho said, "but I killed tho child." "Loam," cried Koss, "you did not; you cou'tl not! it is impossible!" " It i-, true," sho declared. "Boforo Heaven I say that it is mv fault the child is dead. I killed it!" " sooner uoiiovo it of you even than of him. Ilo is a man; ho might hesitate before ho took the life of a littlo child. You aro a woman whoso heart is on lire to avouge what you consider his wrongs. I will not say, Ldam Dynevor, that it is a conspiracy between 'you; I will not say that between you you plotted tho death of my boy. I will not say that, although it may be true." ' "My dearest Hosier," eriod,Sir, Aus ton, whoso distress of mind at the loss of his child was &o great that ho could hardly speak, "pray bo calm! Y'ou must not Miy such things." "May 1 not speak tho truth to tho murderess of my child? She tolls ypu sho killed our littlo Hugh. I believe there is always evil lurking in tho dark face of a Southern woman. I demand that she bo punished! I demand that justice bo meted put to hor, and that' n life bo given'forthe lifo tnkon! Would any woman accuse herself of thnt which was not true? Would any woman en danger her lifo for a lio? Answer mo.'" From tho crowd camo no reply; but Lady Cumnor read pity in overy lace. " You pity her!" sho cried. "What compassion havo you for mo, whoso darling lies murdered thero?" a doc tor had been summoned, but ho had pronounced lifo to. bvo,oxtlnct.,"Sho tolls mo sho has slain my child, and your hearts go out in pity towards hor! I say sho ought to bo stoned to death, for sho has slain tho sweetest of chil drenmy onlyiohjiUl! j?ity her? No; a lifo for a lifo! I will toll vou why sho has slain my child, Sho c'hose to-day because sho thought that overy ono would bo too intent to notice hor move ments, anil sho has killed him because listen!" ,. , Ai! doopor sllonco'-'fell upo'mtho crowds overy man and woman of Svliich bent forward to hoar,,.' '; ". Hovauso alio is going to marry Koss Cumnor, and this child stood between her lover and his.' fortune! That hor motive. J.ob hor deny it if sho imiii! Shu ii'innnl' " was. uuti! She cannot! i win iiuvor uonove us crieu koss. . those who watched her had expected it ' bored that Loam had n is utie, sue repeaioti. for' some ttmo Lady Cumnor fell, al- Kiiilty of murder, anil men j.ai y oumnor seemed to ro- ' most without life, and was carried bo tried for her life, cover 'from her shook of horror. Sho senseless into tho house, whero so short i "Toll mo tho truth," ho 1UUKCU ai. 1110 LHl'l S t. m(l 111 rr DntOl'n lOV. .i f inn K, (,,,-, ..11 li.wl I.,,,... !-.:... -i.. ..i ' 1,,,.1...,1 ,.,. Ill I . , O --- --"-- n,, - muni uviuiu im nun UUUIl ivoil VllV illlll iwnnuu ou 111 aim 6U liuill I I oan believe it," sho said. ,lI can mirth. Thon tho servants bore the lit- wdro frightened. " iw .n.i wni vt tmimm . iip.im y rf.!rmtrj HNP word! oti aoni&iKfamol from the "s.woin lips abut diasswiodiout&ft V-is lS.IlIS0lTftU lUISU,!' n j M Do you deny it, Loam DynovorPjE asked Lady Ctimnof.'but Ihe trirl made no reply. ,,lYdU nro quite" riht in ngtf adding falsehood to munlnr. You have talked much about solf.siicrillco; perhaps ypu think; that in slaying thej child who stootl between your lover hud hid fortune OU have douo SEi praisoworthy deed. Ybu forgb yojfij forgot. Ho willjiavo Larqltton. Icraj now; butyod shall Spay 'for it Syithyodr Spanish wbimui's sort 'luiA Laroht6fi JNloro will novor bonola you. You wilj not bo hero to, see it; you will pay tho; penalty for your crime. ' M i! ioani," cneuJto33, in agony, "you1 duL not do 11 i am stiro you did not! ", You avd thb chlof wituoss jfirtiinsb- . . . ...'' '.-. her," said Lady Cumnor. "You sent tho child to her;" and Itos trembled. as ho recalled What ho hud said. ' You will have to irlw evidence" no-ainst lnfrX I appeal to atl prg8ent--i(lyou not say inui wiiuu yuu uiueuii 1110 iiijiio ono on tho bunk you told him to run to auntio Lenin P You cannot deny it; you said so, unasked." ' Ho need not dqny it," said Loam; "there is no occasion tosay moro. Lady Viola, you h'avo boon- very noble and true; do not fear for Koss; ho is safe. 1, audi-only, am to blamo fortKbdoath of the child" I have no moroftb say." Despite her avowals ofgiiilt-and this plau-jiblo motive ascribed to her, there wore many who, touched by hor youth and loveliness, would have defended hor, believing hor to bo innocent; blit Lady Cumnor would allow of no inter ference. " Speak onco more," she said. r nsk you, boforo I give you iu charge, ,aro you guilty or notP" ' "J, and lalono, am guilty," replied tho girl. "Forgive mo, llOss,. for myf also judg ment ot you," cried Lady Cumnor, upon hearing thoso words. "Alas, why did 1 ever trust my beloved ch'ild to strangers' hands?' Oh. wretched day that tills daughter of a treacherous race made my house hor homo! I knowhow how I loved mv littlo Hush, and 1 would not have lost him hundred Larehton Meres. Oh, my murdered 1 darling, wanting you, what is all the world to mo I1" She wrung her hands, she cried aloud t in hor aniruish. and Sir Auatiui. who 1 was still overwhelmed with grief, 'im-j,1 I iilorvu her to be calm. Sho refused tjj j bo comforted, and slio would not allow T 1 1 1 IIIIIIV ot 111 I ! 1 1 II II 1 1 olnlil 1 r lin vn .w ww.j w . i.w. iivl.l, ...l. lJ kO. A V(- moved until she herself had givon Lnm Dynovor in charge. Ho- s would not leave Lcam. near to her, and said: Once ho drew "Trust me, Loam, trust Tiio."'. Ami I do trust you imnlicitlv.Tsho 'ro. plied. ' , "But, Loam." ho said, "you did not do it. You could not have done it You, so gentle, so sweet, so good; you could not have done it. If all the world be lieved it, I would not." "You know best, 'J she answered: and there was something of reproach in hor oyes that ho could not understand. bir Auston, in Ins distrorfs and alarm, asked his son to ride quickly Jto Mars- ton Abbey in search of his great friend, .Lord bnarestone, who lived there. "I shall not be long, Learn, any darling," said Koss; "keep up your spir its. I will come back to you as quickly as I can." Meanwhile Lady Cumnor knelt by tho dead body of her child. Tho crowd broke up into groups. At last and tie body away. Koss rode hard, in his father's wish. accordance' with t His very heart i seemed on lire. He was quite suro that Learn was innocent; it could not bo, as his step-mother said, that sho had committed tho crime for his sake. Ho was almost mad with anger, pity and pain. It had siting him sharply for a fow minutes, tho fact that his father had made another vwll and had given away Larehton Moro; but he wouliTjuivo got over his disappointment, ho w,ould havo lived it down. Larehton Moro and all his father's mdnoy besides were lpss than nothing compared with tho lifo of his half-brother. . - Ho rode as ho had never riddon jio foro. Learn in danger his bright, dear, beautiful love! In his abstrac tion lie forgot how dangerously lov tho trees mot overhead at ono part? of pio high-road. Suddenly, without a" mo ment's wnrnilicr. ii linilfrli atrnnt- liij head with such terrible foryo that it ii was a wonder, qc was not Killed on tho gpoi. as it was, no leiiirom iiis horse; nd' llfo animal, 'errifib, rushed on wildly, 'dragging hljjJJGjitH Jstopftod by apass,or-by. , ' ThrQQ hours after hqJiad left tjliome,? Koss was carried back.'V'wreck of (tho halo, vigorous man who hiul loft.it full of lifo and energy. ' Tho occurrence added tp tho j'iprror of tho day. Tho .doctors, who wore summoned in hot haste, looked doubtfully at him.- Thoy thought ho could hardly survive such injuries. Ono arm wag; broken, one of his wrists terribly injured, and a'sovoro wound on tho head rendered him quito insonsiblo. T'Kb doctors know all that had happened on that dav: uml thoy said that no wouldjmost probably have brain fovor. And thoy werof right, When ho would have most -wished to bo up and doing, whon tho vory lifo of tho girl ho loved wns'nt- stakeilft Ifu was lying at death 's door.' I 5 V1 ' Tho g loom did nohjpass fawny from mo house oven when little -Hu i. whoso loss n" every ouo uopiorod, was m xHi buried; for, oh that very day, whon the mw, tuo doe tilllkopu, was JUmC' iu this iT h 'i ail ? ' v,..t (flfcfc. I uiqy wero imstfliconj UtiMlUma ITjityoLRrrivod. "7 W had 1 'i . iCHAPTKlt X. Thdlrinl'of Lqnm Dynpvor for mur ,d6r wtvs tho sonsation of thoday, anil mconle orimo fidn nil narta nrtnOno-liiiiil itobo;pro.sqttt; for tho story wa 11 most irdmRiitic duo, nnd it had "gono tho '-round of tho nowspapors. 'Xhb rosult (ld Ofa Wlfilltr l.rwl fni-Ann... 'I'l. .. i 'camp to tho. conclusion that tho pris oner was 6f unsound mlild; "and she Wius ordorod to. bo confined during hor Maicsty's" pleasure. , K 'J ho verdict gave general sa'tisf notion. It appeardd terrible that. -.oven if guilty, sho Bhpuld bo imnlslicd with death. Lady Cumnor, howoybr, was not well plotvsod. TO horfitHoomotl that tho ono wlo had taken liotS chiltl's .lfo ought to atonp. for ft witlijiur own. Loam Dyncvor was to remain in (ho prison at Lurohtoti for a few wcoks, and then bo removed to a criminal lunatic asvlum. ' Six wooks Iiiid'iiass'cd slnco (ho trial ended, and already it was almost for gotten.. It had boon a nine day'B W.ondor; but other wonders had sue ' ceded it. Learn Dynevor was forgotten "except by it fow. Lady Viola Carllon Was laithful toher;iinU, when thohaud noma Neapolitan urged his suit with al most .irrosisjibjlo , forvor, slto saltl to hini, in'heV frank fashion: "I like you much bettor than I did; indeed, to bo quite frank with you, I like you bettor than 1 evor thought 1 should. Hilt I will never marry any one until the mystery of Loam D'yndvor is solved. Sho never hurt that child. 1 was noar her all tho day of tlio trial; sho is more liko an angel than a women. Thore is a mystery, and it must bo solved. Try to unravel it, Prince; and, thon well, wo 'do not know how joyful thb bolls of Larehton Church mav peal afterwards!" 'I ho Prince looked dismayed. "If 1 may not marry you until that ; mystery bo solved, cnrinannit, wo shall tiftYm mnvri' fit oil It !u n uImhh.ii dark allhir which I cannot understand." "You must try to do ho," said Lady Viola. "1 shall try. If over tho day comos whon beautiful Leant Dnovor stands before mon as I boliovo sho stands boforo Heaven, then. Prince. you, can. again puj, the question you have asKeu" Tho roses and tho lilies had faded, ' II1II 111IMII11I1 MniVliru M'lllVI 111 h nmn mil , ---w .. a. w i. v& .. . u . w ... ..v1'..l, j,l , the fair oartli lay smiling in thoautumu sunshine, when Moss Cumnor slowly came back to life again. It had been a hard struggle. All that ho had gone Through mental anguish, tho horror of tho day of little Hugh's death culminated in tho terrible fovor which laid him low and took the strength of his manhood from him. Ho was thin, almost shadowy in appearance. His face. was white and worn; while tho largo Spanish eyes sooniod to have grown even larger. Tho lirst moment that ho regained perfect consciousness he asked; "Whcro is Learn?" His anxious watchers soothed him with gcntlo word?, and told him that sho wasi-quitp-safo. Then' ho asked how long he Had boon lying thoro; thoy told him six weeks. "Six weeks!" ho repealed---' and they never forgot his cry. "Is she HvingP' ho demanded. "Tell 1110 tho,truth do not docoivo me is she living'.'" His agitation was terrible. Reason, rot timing to him, brought back tho wnoio ureatuui story, and no reinoin- ownod horsolf that she was to cried; and ho loath thai they Sho was quite well, thev assured him, and lie should see her assodn as ho was strong enough. I will get strong." lie said, tromb Has sho asked ling with emotion. ' for mo?" "Yes not onco, but many times," thoy told him. -' I must mako haste to get woll," ho said: nnd ho did. No patient' was moro obedient or docile. He had an object in view. Lady Cumnor had been in his roajn ovory day. At lirst she would not show any anxiety about him. If ho had not slain hor littlo son, tho girl ho loved had done so, and sho could not forgive him. But, one day, whon ho was un usually violent in his delirium, she went in to try to sootlio him. While sho stood bv his bedside ho hold out his arms to hor and called hor "mothor." ..At lirst sho shrank from him and shud- uorou at, tjio word. J Jioseopnd time ho uttered' i hor heart was pjerced; the third time, she, the Haughty? jealous woman wno nail pursued nun with im placable jealousy, laid his head on her urcast and soothed him with kindly words. All tho anger, jealousy and bitter hatred died out thonSHaSlio was a woman with passions stronger and doopor than thoso of most women, but with a hoart that could bo softened. When Ross' burning hoadreqtcd on hor breast, slio fqrgot to hato tho Spanish woman or her son. From that tlmo hor foolings toward him changed. She still hatod Lcam with undying hate; but Ross well. Ross ,ip his weakness had' called her "mothor," had olung tohqr, had-fallcn asjocfp with his head on hor broastV and -sire could pot dislike him again, bho thought, tpo, how much misory and anguish might havo been spared, hor had sho tried to m like him from the first. Asrhc stronger thoy talked more together. Sho would say to him, wifh listless, folded hands: ( "Lifo will never bo the same to mo" again, Ross. 1 loved my baby so woll! tePM end forc tho? bmF People, think that sins iro not puuislibll' iti this lifo. All, hoo how Hoavoh has punished mot I was joalous and Hatod our dead mother, Ros; and, iu pun ishment, I Have lost my child. Jf I had boon, patiohlnhd lovihg, my littlo Hugh would have boon spared to mo niyllttlo Hugh!" ' But tho moro kind and gontlo sho bo camo to Ross, tho mbro virulent and mtonso DOcamo hor hatred of Lcam. Sho fully boliovod that alio had de stroyed her child, and that thb solo mo tive for it Was hor lovo for Ross. Lady Cumnor would talk to Him by tho hour about It; but ho wasstcadfnst and loyal. Nothing over shook his faith in Loam for ono moment nothing could. "But, Ross," Lady Cumnor wduld say to him, 'you admit yoursulf (hat you saw bur in tho distanoo and told tho ohild to run to hor. Ho started off, and nothing was-scon of him again un til ho was found drowned." "Thoro is soino way of accounting for it." said Ross. "Then why did sho say sho did it why accuse horsolf?" "I cannot toll. , Tliat is tho mystery. Tho littlo onu admired tho water-lilies vory much. Ho would havo gathered thorn all if 1 had allowed him, Ho may havo fallen iu. Ouo of a hundred un foreseen accidents may have pencil." hap- "Yes, yos," criod Lady Cumnor, im pationUy; "I grant all that! But why did she accuse horsolf P" "That is tho piystory I mean to sOlvo," ho said. "As soon as I am strong enough to move I shall visit hor, and thon 1 shall discovor how to go to work. If I had not lost my health and strength, that absurd trial would never havo takon place. Tho baro idea of calling Loam mad!" " It was tho only moans of saving hor lifo," ronliod Lady Cumnor. "Bettor to bo oallod mad than wicked, Ross." "She is neither. Lady Cumnor; nnd 1 will prove it," ho said. TO UK CONTINUKO. Born Deaf and Blind. All infants aro deaf at birth, bocauso tho outer oar is as yet closed, and thoro is no air iu tho middlo oar. A t espouse to a strong sound is observed, at the oarliost, in six hours, often not for n day, sometimes not for two or throo days. Tho awakening of the sense may bo recognized by means of the drawing up of tho arms and the whole body, and tho rapid blinking which a loud noise provokes; and it is a sign of deafness if the child, after its ears havo had timo to come into a suitable condition for hearing, fails to respond thus to a strong sound. The faculty of seoing has a similar growth. Light seonis at lirst unpleasant, and only faint lights are borno; tho baby shuts its oyos tight whon a caudle is brought near them. Brightness and darkness, if thoy aro marked, can bo distinguished, but with this tho ollieo of tho oyes iu tho earliest day is exhausted. Ono will look to tho right, the other to tho loft; ono may bo open, the other shut; ono will be still while the other moves. On about tho ninth day most infants begin to stare into tho void, or if a bright ob ject, as a caudlo, is brought boforo them, as if thoy wore looking at it; but it is easily found out. by trial that thoro is no real soeing, for it'isonly when tho light is brought directly within its lino of vision that tho ovo is directed toward it. Greek Brigands. Greek brigandage is a regularly or ganized business. A littlo capital for the purchase of arms is required. Pa pers aro drawn up, in which tho shares of the captain and the mon are speci fied. Sometimes routes aro lot by ono baud to another for a per centnge. It proving exceptionally good iu one case, tho parties camo vory noar bringing tho affair into court on a law suit. Death to tho captivo is almost certain if tho ransom is not paid. A ransom which was mice on its way from Constantino ple was stolon from tho messenger by another band, but tho captivo was killed all the same. A farmer having two children captured could sond tho monoy only for ono, and the boy was returned. Ilo bogged a littlo delay, but tho band wcro on tho move and could not wait. The littlo girl was found afterward with a stab in tho heart and wild flowers in hor hand. These rob bers never drink wine, never neglect thoir religious duties, always cross themselves boforo eating, and never omit tho numerous fasts tho Greek Church insists upon. Some aro woll read; ono loading scoundrel always travels about with a small library. The Reporter's Failure. Such was tho qjigernoss to "scoop'' tho other follows that ono Western newspaper sent a man across tho Atlan tic to steal an advance eopy of tho now Now Testament, 'Aftor having triod iu vain at tho publishing houses ho turned to a guileless country parson who liaiL boon engaged in tho revision, saw in his study a copy of tho book, took its dimensions, noted its binding and let tering and went away to havo a volume manufactured whiih should bo its pre cise duplicate in appearance. Ho triod during another intorviow to exchange tho spurious book for tho genuine, hut failed at last. Roasting, on his home ward voyage, of his plan, ono of tho party remarked that "it was a pHy ho had' not secured a copy that ho might discover that an ancient legend, Thou slialt not steal,' had not h'cou rovisod out of it." Dctruit Free Press. Reminiscent: Jones says that thu clouds of his early childhood were no biggor than a woman's hand, but a squall always followed thorn. mam j i . i ' rieasantl Homo's. A littlo tjtno aud labor will mako the grounds about tlio house look tidy, noat and inviting. Thoro Is no use in hav ing the yards all covered with stlckg, tilling aniriast year's burdock stocks, to stick thoir Hateful burs into clothes and stockings. A garden rako, and a wheelbarrow, with u pair of strong hnnds, will clean up all tho refuse stuIL and If therb aro dry leavos drifting around so much tho hotter, it will all mako a good absorbent for tlio manure shod or piggery. No matter if tho house Is old, or brown, or moss grown with ago, If it is cloanod up neatly, it will look asdfit-woro comfortable and givo a favorable impression of tlio in habitants, and a fow flower roots set out and trimmed up nicely will mako tho homoliost place look ploasant. A fow vinos, running up tho sides of tho house so as to shade tho windows and doors aro as muoh of an ornamont to an old house, as-thoy aro to a lino man sion. A pretty porch oan bo made over tho door, by sotting long polos each side of the stops and passing strings ovor tho top backward and forward. If hop vinos can bo ontainodsot out soino roots oloso by tho polos and train the vinos up tho polos nd string across tho top. If you cannot got hpp vinos, plant boans, morning glotio.s, or swoot peas; and train them to run up, nnd )ou will have something that will give pleasuro all tho long summer days. Boys will onjoy helping if you only show them how to do it, and it will bo a life-long pleasuro to thorn to know how to make things look protty. Do not think it will take too muoh tlmo, for what is timo tor, only to make ono happy aud good. Childron can bo taught early in lifo to mako thomsolvos usoiul, and thoro is no child but that llkos to seo a pleasant homo, and if thoy know how to do it, will take hold and holi) mako it pleasant. Wo all of us form an idea of a per son's character when wo pass his dwell ing. If wo boo tho yards all in a litter, and pigs, calves anil chickens hopping over logs and chips; wo aro imme diately impressed with the belief that shiftless people live thoro. A row of sunflowers, or a clump of hollyhocks aro au improvement to any placo; and look far bettor than rank pig woods, or mayweed, growing everywhere. Thoro is no excuse for tho surroundings of a farm house to be filthy and uluttotod up with everything; "only just sheer laziness, nnd tlonH-cnrcitiDcncas. I guess that is a now word, but it is as oxp'ross ivo none as I know. Cor. Rural A'cto Yorker. Tho Settleincnfor au Assigned Estato A Remarkable Case. Tho final proceeding in the matter of the Frank Leslie assignment was takon in Now York City a fow daysago. An order was entered acquitting Mr. Isaao W. England, tho assigned, from all further obligation to the trust, nnd dis charging ami releasing tho bondsmen who nail liocoiiio his sureties in the sum of ono hundred thousand dollars, and canceling their bond. Tho case 1ms boon a remarkable one, and, it is said, probably stands unparalleled in tho ju diciary history of Now York State. It is peculiar in that it probably is tho only instance on record where au as signed estate, instead of being sold iu accordance with the provisions of the assignment, has been carried on by the assignoo in tho interest of tho creditors for a ported of nearly four yoars. Tho experiment was a hazardous ono, but in this case it scorns to hnvo boon attended with the bost results. Tho estatoat the time it camo into the possession of the assignoo was inventoried at suvonty-livo thousand dollars, and was encumbered by debts amounting to about four hun dred thousand dollars. In less than four yours the assignoo lias compromised nnd obtained releases from all tho crod- itois and has turned ovor to tho execu trix of Mr. Frank Leslie, who had meantime died, au estate worth cer tainly not less than five hundred thou sand dollars. Though several millions of dollars passed through Mr. Kugland's hands during his ass'igneeship, his ac counts wore passed without tlio chal lenge of a dollar. In thoso days whon so much has to bo published about de linquent trustees and estates absorbed in tho process of administration, it is gratifying to find so conspicuous an il lustration of a trust faltluully and wiso Iy administered. A man in Kurokii, Nov., has a curiosity at-his store iu tho shupo of a whisky-tippling mouse, that conies up as regular for his" liquor as tho most veritable old toddy tippler in the town. It appears that his mouseship has ac quired a tasto for the ardent by lapping up the fjtray drops that fall from the faucets of tho long row of barrels in the storo, and, liko a roul human, has been led into a whirlpool of an overween ing indulgence by the practipo of oc casional "nipping." whim under tho influence tho long-tailed toper cuts up the most curious antics. Ho rolls around on the lloor in a perfect spirit of drunken reoklessness, stands on his Head, ami plays regular "high jinks" among tho barrels and bottles. As with mankind, whisky seems to mako him sociable, anil when on pno of his jamborees ho cuts around through thu storo and ollieo without tho least np paront fear, and is aS familiar and friendly with tlio boys as can bo, ovou running up thoir logs and allowing them to handle him. A oypross tree' in Clay Count', Florida, is 'Jf foot G inches in circumfer ence four feet from tho ground. To bo short in his accounts is, in a cashier, a crime; iu a roportor it is a Virtue. -- --" '"rfriMTWif if