, 1878-03-29

r.f 0 everything, these reyolu.
...- H...I NaE. u1 grades, 20 officers
rr #- receiving ut commands. All
H..s. aHi each lid what seemed
H.. - .m-.I 1r herself, both as 10
F.IHaffrr frd as O. the manner of his
.. bog uuaEaHdi,m. In order to gain
... .I.u.H ui wurkmen, numbers of
r.# rHsuHuist, learned trades and
...rsI shops Toward the end of 1915
ole p..Ice discovered that attempts were
H.rI made o. excite the working popu-
.auuu uf st Petersburg; but before any
arrest, could be made the persons sus.
uHJ,.i escaped to Moscow, where they
Iyyi under false names and started new
circles. after the model of those to which
they bai belonged at the capital. Thus,
by dispensing the propagandists, the area
Of propagandism mad been greatly in
creased
The method was the same everywhere.
In the case of wOrkmen and peasants
stress was laid on the insutiiciency of the
land allotted to the latter under the
emancipation act, and on the severity of
the taxation; and it was pointed out that
if the possessors of land upon the upper
classes were maSsacred, peasants and
workmen might have land in plenty with.
out being taxed at all. To persons high
er up in the social scale, the plotters en-
larged on the sutferings of the people and
represented the economical position as
hopeless, adding that there was no escape
for them except through revolution and
the destruction of the present political
system. These ideas were promulgated,
not only among doctors, lawyers, mechan-
les, and peasants, but among the priests
and army officers. They were whispered
not only in the universities, the techno-
! logical institutes, and the workshops, but
in the ecclesiastical seminaries and the
military schools of the empire. In the
army, both Nihilism and Pan-Slavism
prevail, although, in truth, the officers are
said to bother themselves less about the
latter than is generally supposed. The
officers of the Russian army consist Of
three classes: The upper ranks, which
are filled from the territorial gentry the
regimental officers, noble by reason of
their parents service; and those promoted
from the ranks. All of these, no matter
what their rank, who trouble themselves
about politics are either Nihilists or Pan
Slavists. The former, like all Nihilists,
believe that whatever is systematic in
human affairs must come down, and
nothing is to rule PROSTATE universe.
They condemn all PHILOSOPHERS and sys-
TENS, religions and governments. They
say none are perfect, and so dismiss them
all. What they hope for is the ultimate
triumph of nothingism. Their motto is
that of Danton, destruei The chief of
the staff of the czarowitz, writes one cor
respondent, sis Pan-Slavic to an enthusi-
astic degree" Another correspondent
goes so far as to say that "regimental Off
GERS are Nihilists to man." So extern
siW have been these ideas that it is be-
lieved by many Russians that the war
with Turkey alone prevented revolution
at home.
The trial Just terminated, notwithstand-
ing that only very few of those indicted
were convicted, may, and undoubtedly
will, lead to substantial results. The
fate of the convicted ones will, in all
probability, be banishment to Siberia.
In the meantime, preparations are going
on at Odessa and Moscow for the trials
of several hundred Others charged with
like political offenses against their coun-
try.-NeO York Times. VI
SowNG too thickly, the London Farmer
informs US, is fault among farmers
quite as common in Europe as in this
country. Some seem to think that the
thicker they SOW, the heavier will be their
crop, view of which experience has
shown the fallacy. Besides the waste of
seed, often very considerable, nothing is
more conducive to the "layiBg" Of the
crop than overthick sowing, and if much
wet weather is experienced, the crop will
be little else than straw. And though it
may thrive better in dry weather, the ear
will be deficient both in quantity and
quality, especially on sandy soil or poor
land generally. The quantity of seed to
be sown in given area depends on the
cultivation and manuring bestowed on
| the soil, and the more carefully these
have been attended to, the greater is the
chance that every grain win grow vigor-
ously, ahd the less wisdom in sowing too
thiokly.
A HONE Observation-Disclosures is
a dreadful weapon of domestic tyranny.
Many household can feel the grinding
power Of selhshness which disguises itself
under the form Of delicacy Of tastes and
habita. Many are the tears of vexation,
anxiety, modification, and disappoint-
ment, oceasioned by the unfeeling tenn
[ per and inconsiderate exactions which are
the legitimate fruit Of undue attention to
personal comfort. One must be little OBJ
servant % what Is about hin, if he have not
sometimes been driven by the ingenious
fcquidtions Of the self-indulgent, to wish
that the hair-shirt, the pulse-and- water,
and the hinty bed Of the anchorite could
be tried for the information of such.
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