Pedestrian Hlita. The common thing* of life We little weigh; Amulet much cere end etriie We seldom stay To think of whet concern* Our every-day Hepoeclul liie. One leerna Not all one may. We're given tanning hint*, And gni|jpn to talk; We now giro jrou a few glint* Of how to walk. Alwayskeep to the loft; by this course you show a spirit untrainmeled by the thrall of convention. It mar irritate those you meet; hut wlutt of that, so long as their irritation hurts them and not you? The above rule may be departed from with propriety when the person met also shows an inclination to go to the left. Then, while pretending to do tffo same, dart suddenly to the righf With prac tice, liy dodging first to one side and then to the other, you may keep a person at hay for several minutes. Not only is this a good example physically, but it) affords you an opportunity to study your j cis-a-ttw. The proper study of mankind is man. Hy all means carry a cane. In the hands of an expert it is a powerfttl aux iliary in making pedestrianism a ltoon. It should be carried oyer the shoulder, the ferrule end on a level with the eye of j the person following in your wake. If you ran contrive to stop abruptly now ami then, it will greatly add to his pleas ure. a If not convenient to carry the cane as above, another favorite fashion is to trail it a few feet behind you. Tin* only ob jection to this is that occasionally some ungentlemaniy individual will tretul on your stick and break it. However, the pleasure afforded your fellows in tripping over your cane amply compensates for j the loss of one now and then. Prodigies mav be accomplished witli ! an umbrella. When one comes to deal- j ing with this, he quits matters mundane ; and soars to tin l empyrean. When elosed, the umbrella should lie carried under the arm or on the shoulder, j l)o this, and the oculist will bless you. When carried under the arm, a feat of surpassing merit ran he achieved by any one after a little practice. This consists in turning half round suddenly. Hy this you kill two birds with one stone, or rather one umbrella. This exploit al ways calls forth remark. With an open umbrella great amuse ment can he obtained by knocking off hats, eye-glasses and even wigs. This is 1 rather too common to he recommended , as a novelty, to lie sure, hut it should \ not, nevertheless, be overlooked. • Never walk in a direct path; it is in Ix'tter taste to wabble from side to side ! of the walk. This gives any person be- j bind you a diversity of view to the front; i besides which, it exercises the patience j of him who would pass you too eagerly j Patience l>eing a virtue, it should lx>cx- j ereiscd. Of course it would be idle to instruct , ladies how to dispose their garments. < They are such consummate experts in this matter that we shall attempt hut i one reflection. Trains should be worn as far back on the sidewalk as the length of thematerial ! will allow. In the absence of a train, a shawl can le substituted. If any ill- \ mannered man should step on vour trail- ; ing garments of the day, treat him sum- i marily. and in the manner his aid deserves. Where there are two orthree together, , thev may live in every heart by walking t with due deliberation and spreading out j to the breadth of the pave. It is your duty to run into all the j lailiesyou meet. It lias a tendency to; m throw back their shoulders, you know, l/idies are oftencr round-shouldered than 1 men. You would best not attempt this 1 with men. Tlioy might not appreciate your well-intentioned attentions. If you have parcels with you, your own good sense will teach you how to' dispose them so as to cover ail the sur-' face possible. The law of gravitation is your sufficient warrant for this. With an oil can or paint pot you may be more potent than the greatest earthly monarch. The possibilities of these ac- j cessorios are illimitable. There might be many more rules laid down. But the above are sufficient. II strictly followed, you will be immortal- j ir.ed —and very quickly.— lioMon Tran trripl. ' A Forgotten Calamity. The recent inundation in Hungary, j though on a larger scale, Is-ars a resein- I Nance to the terrible calamity that devas tated the Swim valley of Martignv half a century ago, which is still remembered as one of the most formidable floods ever wit- ; noised in that part of Europe. In the spring of IHIS, the I'ranne, which flows , through the vallev, lessened hy degrees till , its channel was left jierfeetly dry. A party sent to reeonnniter found the river com- i pletoly Nocked hy the fall of a huge mass of ' lee, behind which the rising water* were : drowning the upland villages one hy one, while the lower ground was left waterless and parching. It was instantly resolved to avert the threatened outburst by cutting a tunnel through the ice and rwnning off the j water hy degrees. The execution of this t arduous task was one of the most heroic on _ rri ord. For five whole weeks the indomi- ' taMe men, with death staring them in the face, toiled day and night in alternate ! gang*, the water rising around them from below, the half melted ice thundering down upon them from above, and the danger of a sudden overflow increasing every hour. By some miscalculation, the two sections, com- j menring from op|oalte sides, had a twenty- ! foot difference of level, which cost several , days' additional lahorto rectify. At length the water began to flow, and the danger seemed over, when suddenly the bise of the ice barrier, already weakened bv the grow ing heat of summer, gave way with a terri tii crash, and the whole laxly of water burst forth at once, sweeping down the valley with the speed of an express train. Its force and volume mav be estimated by the fact that a solid bridge, ninety feet above the ordinary level of the river, ws* torn away like a thread. Of the whole town ol Mar tignv, nothing escaped but the ruined castle on the higheet ridge, the destruction of life and property being so great that for the time Ix-ing the beautiful aralley was an absolute dwert. An important discovery of a test for dia monds haa been made hy Professor William f'rowkee, of l/mdon, the full details ol which have not yet been made known. He finds that rough diamonds emit an intense blue light when suhj- rted to the action of electricity in a tube from which most of the f air haa item exhausted. Diamonds placed other geui* can tbua be easily dis tinguished. Twenty-two Mennonite families, repre senting 9.100,000, are to nettle at White water, Kan. CHAKLIB BOSS. •eorr ot Ike widow of Ute Baralar who Bellieed to have Mtolon the Boy. It is generally supposed, aays a New York paper, that since tha fall of 1877, when Mosher and Douglass, the supposed nlxluetora of Charlie Boss, were killed at Bay Hidge, Ismg Island, ail search for the alxluctors ceased, ami that tho efforts of Mr. Christian K. Boss were then directed to the finding of his child alive, to the discovery of Ids remains, or to satisfying himself that Ids Ixiy was dead. Few persons know that beyond circum stantial evidence and the dying declara tion of Douglass there was little proof tliut he and Moxhcr stole the child, while it was i vident that there were nt least four persons engaged in the alxlttctlon anil concealment of the Ixiy. Since De cember, |s 4, every effort has been made to confirm (lie suspicion against Moxhcr and Douglass, discover their confeder ates, find out the place where Charlie was concealed and who were his custo dians, and to ascertain whether lie is now dead or alive. All this detective work has beta dona secretly, and, it is believed, without result. Mr. Christian K. Boss, hiluself, has been equal to a host of ile- ! teetives. He has been sided by Chief •tones and <'aptain Ileitis of Philadelphia, Superintendent Walling and many New York detectives, hy a retired Massachu setts merchant, who lias devoted timu ami money to his aid, and hy a I'hiladcl- j pliia tradesman, who lias Ixvn equally j generous. To these may he added the I thousands of amateur detectives that i newspaper reading produces. Dr. Mary 1 Walker credits herself with having aided j in the search, and her theory that Charlie was never stolen is well known. In the search for the hoy the widow of i Wm. Moxhcr, who with a confederate, j Wm. Douglass, was shot and killed in 1 DceenilxT, 1*74. while attempting a bur- I glnry in the house of Judge \ an Brunt nt ! Bay Bidge, lias )x-en constantly sought ; after, and her time ami patience were so ! taxed by visits from persons who wished to gratify their curiosity that she has j constantly changed her residence. She ; now lives in the Twentieth ward witli 1 her little girl, her two boys Ix-ing away at school. M r. M oslier, who is a tall, good-look ing matron, is now wretchedly jxior. <>f 1 one of the amateur detectives she spoke 1 impatiently. Under the pretense of giv- j ing her a little amusement, lie once hxik I her to tlie Fifth Avenue Theater to sis- 1 "Pique," expecting that she would lx*- | tray a guilty knowledge, but she was 1 not moved hy the play, the plot of which hinges on the amluctfon of a child from ' estranged parents, and their reeoneilia- < tion through the search for lym. She j told him she was offended at the ruse. He asked her to confess her husband's guilt on the promise that it would help ! tier brother out of Moyatncnsing prison, where he was sent for alleged complicity 1 in the abduction. lie had brought her a ! paraffine imprint of her dead husband's j hand, purporting to have |-,-n molded ! hy the spirits, and said if she had courage enough lie would bring her a east of his ; face; hut she told him that if her dead husband walked into the room in which • they were, dragging his coffin after him. it would have no meaning to her. She 1 had nothing to confess, ami thought that 1 after all tile trouble that her husband : had brought on her she should lx- allow- ' ed to live in peace, and bring up her . children, whom *h<* loved as dearly a* Mr. Boss loved hix bov. Of Mr. Boss Mrs, Moslu-r spoke very ' kindly. For him she said she had a deep , respect. They met whenever Mr. Rqea chose to call on Iter for information, and she told him frankly whatever was in her power to tell, and had concealed nothing i from him. In regard to the missing hoy, Mr*, j Mnelier said; "Why shouldn't he fx* alive? I said that if the boy was alive and well—as I have every reason to Ix-licvc lie wis —siX weeks after the abduction. \ witli all the line and cry after him. the person who had him tlcn could just a* ■ well ks-p him out of sight for six year*." i About herself the wife of the dead | burglar said: " I was quite a young girl ' when I met Moslier. I was only fifteen and wore short dresses. lam a young woman yet. , M 7 father was a gunsmith. ; He lives and is respected. I did not know of my huhnnd s real occupation ' for a long time, lut this 1 will say. that if I had to select a husband over again. 1 I would do as I did, for lie was a gixxi 1 husband to me, ax gixwl a one as 1 could wish for. Ile was a!wav what i called 'in trouble,' and in 1873 broke jail at Freehold, Monmouth county, N. J., and kept out of the way of the authorities. We moved to Philadelphia, and hires! a house in Monroe street. William can vassed for a picture dealer, and was so well liked hy him that lie could have pone in business with him I knew noth ing of the nhdurtion. but this I do know. 1 that op the 4th of July, 1874. the day that the Ixiy was stolen, I and William sat at the window of our house in Mon roe street and saw our children letting off firecrackers. I was w'th William constantly at this time, and I well re memher that while I stood at hi* side lie read with apparently ns inueh interest ; as I did a placard on a fence in Philadel phia relating to the alxluetion. We moved to New York in August, and ai- j though I knew that William was wanted ; by the police, I did not know that it was on suspicion that he wax concerned in the nhdurtion. I was with him all the time lie was in hiding, hut I did not think that his crime was so serious, for we J had often walked in the streets, and he i did not appear to lx afraid. Oh, what Useless fellows those detective* are! I nUxhl by one all night while lie said that j he would give a thousand dollars to know where my husband was; and in Philadelphia they searched the house without avail in which my huslnind was hiding. I was with him up to the night > before lie was killed. We stopped at an i east aide hotel near police hindquarters. I That very night lie talked alxmt the Boss 1 ease. nn some whore and Is- at pence. I would, if I obtained important infor j tnation for Mr. Boss, take thw next train for Philadelphia, and I have never de { reived lihn. He lias tried to entrap mc, • hut at last lie admitted that it was In I vain, and that lie believed nie. The last I time I saw liini he wanted, as usual, to I know if I could remember something | which would help to lead him to Ids 1 child, or if I had heard anything new! "Da I believe that the child liveeF Why, my faith In hi* existence is an firm as Mr. Rosa'. Ye* sir, the boy is alive, and you'll see that Mr. Rom will one day get him." rnnlNhment of "the Leather Ulove.' The following U from a work called "Journey in Morocco": The governor of Halia, the largest and moHt important province in the empire, which Ibng maintained it* independence ef the sul tan, iiad hereditary jlalmstothe govern ment of the twelve Shellah tribes who make up the population. Although miserably fallen away from it* ancient prosperity—ln tlie time of l*'o Aftjcanus (In. the sixteenth century) there were Mix or seven populous towns where there is now nothing better than a village— the province still furnishes much agricul tural produce and livestock, and send* hides, grain, oil and other merchandise for exj*irtation to the |>ort of Mogado. The governor, at the time of our visit, had long held his office; l>y liberal con tributions to the imperial treasury he had kept himself in tlie favor ot tlie sultan while aiiiassing vast wealth. I'owerful and feared, lie might have maintained his authority unhrok< n, hut that, hy a continuous course of op pression and cruelty, he at length stirrisl I up the spirit of resistance among his \ own people. Vengeance, however atro cious. for acts of revolt is MI fullv the admitted right of men in authority in Morocco, that it did not seem tocount foi much in the indictim-nt against him that on one occasion lie inflicted on several hundred—some said a thousand—prison ers tlie terrible punishment of tlie " leather glove." A lump of quicklime is ) placed in the victim'*open palm, the hand j is closed over it. and hound fast with a; pice of rawhide. The other hand is i fastened with a chain behind the hack, while tlie hound fist is plunged in water, j When, on the ninth day, lie- wretched, man ban the remaining Iron! set free, it ; i* to find himself a mutilated object for ! life, unless mortification ha* set in. and : death reilevsa bint from farther suffer- ( ing. Hut, in addition to such act* as these, the K aid of 11 aha was accused of capricious deeds <>t ferocity that revolted | the consciences of his people. Among other stories of the kind, we were told that on some occasion, when he was having a wall made raund his garden.) he happened to see a youth jump over ' the low, unfinish'sl fence. Keel 1 a in some way annoyed at this, he had the ! unfortunate hoy's right foot struck off a* a icssuti not to repeat the experiment. Cattle, Sheep and Hog*. * The IVtroit Frtt /Vex, says : The Cincin- j nsli /-.'rxpjirer deserve* the Is-ll for the chain- i pion wnr map. It is a nop uf the I'niled Slates, and on every Stale are three ani- j mal, a row, a hog and a heep ; and on each animal is an array of figures denoting the numher that then-is in the Slate. In some of the emaller State* there is a diffi culty in telling which is which, hut, as a l general tiling, the curl on the tail denote* the pig, tlie horns, the row, and of coup* it ; stand* to reason that the other mul le ll,e sheep. In Arizona, New Mexico, Indian Territory, I'tah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ami I'akota, the three animals have no figure* on, ami MI it may Is- inferred that only rxie of each rla inhabit* tho*e sec tion* of the country. Texas wems to take ttie lead in cattle, having 4,o(kt,;,.Too. ( alifornia leads , off on sheep, with 6,000,0410; tthio next, with 3,783,000; Texas, 3,074.700; Minnu sot*. 3.000.00Q; Michigan, 1,750,000; New York, 1,518,100; Wisconsin, 1,323,000; ' l'enhsylvariia, 1,307,000; Illinois, 1,258,500, I and ao on. California ia the most sheepish State; lowa the most hoggish. It ha* 2,950,000h0g*; Illinois, 2,900,000; Missouri, 2,5*5,000; Indiana, 2,422,5**1; and Ohio; 2,250.000; Michigan ha* only 556,100 hogs. Kentucky, 1,960,000; Tennessee, 1,84*1,900; I < ieirgia, 1,5*6,000; Minnewola, 1,2*1, 1y lwing blown a distance of fifty yard*. Over one hundred children were rendcr cd fathcrlc* fit the xcrldeat. At the ; mine's mouth the nir wsi.* tilled with tlie lamentations of women and children. . It was a sad sight to ee the iVad men brought out one by one, an me distance. A thick green smoke hung like a pall over the tunnel for nlsut ten minutes. Uc- mine i entered iy a main drive or tunnel. The workings rie a* they penetrate the hill, and tin- fall wliiell assist* the drain age causes foul air to accumulate in the ; upper end of the mine. The workings extend about five hundred yards from theentranee. Most of the men appeared to have escaped the first effect of the fire damp, and were making for the mouth or the mine when they were overpowered by the " after * damp." Some of them must have pushed along from cine to two hundred yards Ix-fore they fell. At one place thirteen bodies j were found in a heap, " Eccentricities." Young ladies are fond of bird*—so are eat*. The man who won't walk for a wager will run for a ferrylioat. Tlie girl who possesses a valuable pair of bracelet* never wear* wristlet*. It is dangerous to ask a woman idle question* when *hc is adding up a gro j eery bill. A horse-car conductor always pull* the strap with the hand which 1* cleeo rated with an amethyst ring. Although lard, butter, bread and al -1 most everything else has depreciated in value, postage stamps are just a* expen sive n* tliey were during the war. A ton of roal lying calmly on a side walk for a couple of hour* will attract more marked attention In an ordinary ncighliorliood than will the debut of a | strange dog. The swallow*, happy, hlilha *nU gay, Are flying round in flork*, The merry-henrle*r*oii was covered with a hroad-hriuiincU. low-crowned hat of grayi-h-w hitc felt, -onipletcly shading the shoulders, encircled hv a brood roll or band of silver hue, with fringe of the same upon it* outer edge*. Hi* fis-t w< re arim-d with the enormou* spur* of tin middle ages, with rowel* Illliv twelve; inches in circumference and having a small lx'll attached to the sides of c*. h. wliese music, joirieii to tiint of the niiiitl t'TTnents of his horse, sis ms to di linti the w i alth and consistuenca of tlie • ava lien, Tlie divoration* of the horse wen mn inure dnsliing and infinitely more custly than those of his rider. A small bridle, heavily ornamented with *ilvcr. with a very large and powerful tiit, by mean* of which the inost stuhhom an imal can le- instantaneously stopped when at full speed; stlrrtt|* .f solni or plated silver, and an immense saddle with large saddb-flap* of *kin, dnsntl , with the hair on. lianging down in front to the horse's knees, while a heavy pet- | tieoat-like covering of stiff. *!)oratcly stani|cil tirowrn leather, failed a Cnrtil shield, incliensl the whole hind parts well down t> the hnunehe*. At this j point it terminatisl in n deep, henry fringe of iron chainwork. wliose jing- | ling noise seem* to constitute tlie chief happiness of the Mexican rider. All i these aixoutcrment.s —the bridle, saddle, etc. — were richly embroidered and dec orated in the gold, silviT and colored silk* which make tlie complete equip ment and hnrni** of a Mexican eava liero so expensive. The leggins. spurs, leather* and covering* of the stirrup* an' all embroidered; some of tliv former j are MI elalxiratclv ornamented a* to cost f l.'ifl II pair, while tlie whole dp-**, if! it lias any pretense to fashion, cannot be pun-hasisl for lea* than SSOO. The t •addle* an' particularly expensive, and in almost evi*ry saddler's shop may be i sc-n half a dozen of them, ranging in price from s'2oo to #541(1, and even a* high a* #1.4*10. It is said that the saddler* of j no other country i-an make a Mexican saddle, and it is to be tio|>ed tiint no j decent workman will attempt it. I/xrge and heavy, tliev are very safe and easy ' for the rider; but it is a ran- thing to I si*' a horse return from a journey with out a son' bock Attipol in llii* semi-barbaric garb anil ; astride of a tnyly-caporisoned and pranc ing lil, tlie countryman presented a phiuresnue nnd gallant t'lgure. not a little heightened by the flowing folds of his violet-colored manga: for of all tlie soft-flowing ami ornamental drapery of Mexican costtftne, tlie manga more nearly approaches the ida it perfist grace than any other. Worn somewhat in the fashion of tire scrape, tlie manga differs essential 1? from it. It is made of broadcloth of different hut uniform colors, often of the gayest—bright blue, | scarlet or purple, of velvet or of flne figured cotton of native manufacture. In shape a circle, it i* heavily cm- j hniidcn-d witli silk braid, gold bu-e or cord or velvet around the slit in the ( center through which the loud i* passed. Tills cmlinndery often form* an inner cip'le of itself, extending usually to the 1 turn of the shoulders. Pressed in liis 1 picturesque garb, the Mexican rider ; make* a costume - picture not eo*ily j matched; especially so when, raised on one shoulder to give ft-ce play to the ) arm. the ninnga fall* low on the oppo site *ioriUe].v embroidered, with short sleeves fringed j with lace; around the slender waist, which had never hen deformed hy stay or corset, a rineture of crimson-si lk crape, from which thr e short petticoats fell in graceful folds; a skirt, lace |*.r dered. and the daintiest of Matin slippers I j• i-• -( some sortils-r corner, you will turn in- I stinctively and look at. out, f.s-ling that a pair of eyes have magnetized you into seeking tficm, Vou will know them at once, for they arc such as glanced tit. Nt me from under that shining crown of hair —l.lack, limpid, grave perhaps, with an innocent artfulness, a repressed m*rrl inent behind them, which harmonizes I well with the forcisl I'. tnnrcricss of the mouth. They look out eon,t!a'-ently at you from under the folds of the rcbozo that covers them ; not furtively,but meet ing your glance (irmly if interrogatively, j They might be the eyes of a chanting angel in heaven, or of a young child | dreaming at a threshold upon earth, were not for the suggestions of passion and daring, defiance and ambition which slumber in them. She is very proud, this nol.lana, daughter of the people, and vet is only a sumntuous woman, who loves her poor jewels, her lover, her serenade* ujx.nthe mandolin, and dreads, like any otln-r woman, the cold, .lark, silent earth". I Tripping Ipa Tenor. While on a tour in Ireland the tenor fell ill, and was replaced hy a youthful aspirant to operatic honors of exceeding- ' ly diminutive stature and mean capacity, whose birthplace wa* I Hil.lin, and whose friends had cngag.sl the manager. lint the little man eotild neither sing nor a< t, and his conceit was, strange to say, as great a* his ignorance. Mine Ruder*- d..rfT soon lost patience with liitn. and determined to rid the company of this incubus. Tlie opportunity *< on (s-earred, ami in Dublin. It doesn't much signify what opera was l ing pcrform"d. hut Mute Rudcrsdorff wore a very longdn*",. The unhappy tenor could in no way avoid this very long dress; in whatever posi tion he placed himself, somehow or other lie always found himself standing Upon Mine. KudersdorfT* train. 11>- woulo no sooner disentangle himself and seize the opportunity to strike a picturesque atti tude. when lo! lie beheld the pale pink sliimmcr of Mme. KudersdorflTs rot*-l>e ii'-ath his fis-t. Madame was exasperated lie)ond all endurance; her finest effect* j were spoiled hy the persistent awkward n-s* of the yoiithftif aspirant. "If you st'-p on nit dress again. I give you my word I will trip you up!" Theligtit tenor flctl in horror to anoth'T part of the stage Again he was compelled to approach. in oidcr U> sing in a trio—a few bars—and Is lmld. he wit* firmly but unconsciously I {•looted t.n the dr.-* once more. Mme. ludersdorfT seized her train with Is.tli hands and stepped swiftly on one side, j 'J°he youthful aspirant's legs were drawn from under him. and be measured hi* length on the Imards. Only those who have played before an Irish audience can form any idea of the effect this produced in the house. In vain he gesticulated wildly, in vain he endeavored to aing; j lie actually attempted a protest—the re sult w as only shriek after shriek of Inugh t'-r. It is not necessary to mid that the very light tenor never appeared again n Dublin.— The Theatre. • A /.nln t'blff. The military skill displayed by the Zulu* is more common than might be supposed among the warriors of Southern Africa, some f.fwltose exploits deserve a wider celebrity than they are likely to attain. One of tlie most remark able of these untaught general* was a (Iriqua chief named Titus Africaner, for many v.-ars the firm friend of Dr Livingstone's father-in-law, Robert Moffat. In their youth. Titus ami hi* elder brother, Chris tian, were the terror of tlie whole coun try. never happy except when making in curs ion* upon the surrounding tribe*, or tlielhitch and English settlers. On one occasion, having lxvn robbed of all bi cattle by his chief enemy, llerend (called Nicholas hy tlie Dutch). Titus made a feigned attempt to recover tlie booty, and then drew off.a* ifhopelcs* of success. Hut during tlie night he math-a forced man li of extraoniinary speed, surprisei the enemy'* camp, and. by sending lialf n dozen men to fire a volley into one side of it. drove the panic-stricken crowd out on tlie other, close to where hi* main laxly lay in ambuah. Tlie moon hmi by this time risen, and the fire of the con cealed marksmen was MI deadly that only liemut himself and a few of Ins chief nd lierent*escaped, leaving both the stolen cattle and alt their own in the hands of the Africaner party. On another occa sion. in the heat of a severe " bush-fight," Titus and llerend suddenly came face to fai-c. Both rifle* were instantly leveled, and each being the best marksman of his tribe, tlie death of both seemed certain ; | but at that moment a stray bullock <-amc rushing betwixti them and received the two bullets, whereupon the superstitious warriors at once withdrew from the com bat . A not her of A Meaner'* recorded ex - plots wa to swim, at midnight, with hi* gun on his shoulder, to an island in tlie Oranae river, where he awaited the com- j ing or a hippopotamus, whose lair he had marked, and laid the monster dead with a single shot just as it opened ita huge jaw* to seize him. IVMIV snatching, not for medical, but for political purposes, is sometimes prac tise! in Russia under the authority of the government. Recently a Nihilist, who liail recently been released from prison, died in his own house, and his relatlvixi made preparations for the burial, which was to take place next morning. In the night, however, the body mysteriously disappeared from the house, and it was ascertained that it li-ui lieen surreptitious-' ; ly seized by order of the authorities, who 1 apprehended a Nihilist demonstration at ' the ftinernl. FA EM, (UftDfilf, A FID HOIHFHOLD. of Ui ((arrow In *prln*T When the spring fronts have ceased, saya a New York paper, the condition ol the winter grain in frequently very de plorable After many alternate changes of fr*zing an.l thawing, the plant* in lato-owri Held*, or where the (.land ha* not become well tillered, will be found In great part, nearly drawn from the noil, and with their root* exposed. If thus left, the flint drying wirr*s the root* into tin ground. but they draw the soil over the tdant* and rover the exposal roots. The iH-ne(it in two-fold. The damage and thn-aU'iied loi-s are prevented, and the plant* are -timnlat'-d to a quickened growth. Aft'T several year*' i-x j*-riri<-c in the IIM- of *ueh a harrow in the *pring upon faiJ grain crops, we do not hc*iut to reeoniinend it a* a fa-neficjal work. It i* a question if it would riot he advisa hi- - to add a rolling to the harrowing. • which may he done without trouble by alt in liing a light roller In the harrow by short chains. It would add hut little to the draft, hut much to the effoctivemaw and u>* fulne** of the work. \notlier uw for the harrow at this *e.'l*i>ll I* to ioo*e Up the surface of clover or gr.-i-* field*. Hy thu* scarify ing the "iirfie tin- grass root* are in din-iil to Mireaft and thus thicken the herbage, rhi* effect i* gr>-atly aided hy Sprue ling Millie frwli Seed. *oini* new variety, pcrhajHt, and giving a fair dm**- tint' riuiriur*- or i (V'rtilizrfTH such as guano, nitrate of soda, dissolved hone, sail, |iia*ter, wood a*h-s, or any other that may 1*- chosen or found con venient. As a rule, our meadows and pastures are re gl-<-t'-d and .-onM-qu<-nt ly jAior; hut by giving theiu atti-tiijon in this way at tlii* Mason their condition at having time may be found much more * satisfacteiry. 'I lo- hacrow i* bIMI useful in spreailing manure which lias fa*-n enrrn-d into the stubble or plowed ground through the winter. The lutnti* are broken, the long litter i* torn, tlie Inwps are spread and mixed with the Miii very thoroughly. if the harrow gathers the littir into heaps those nuty be spread again, ami again harrowed iintij tie whole i* broken up and prois-r --iy distributed. I he roller should follow the harrow in nil these ojs-mtion*. Even should the meadow* m-ed no loosening up of the surfa'-e, they will at least 1*- all the fa-t --lcr for a thorough rolling, which will sink all tufts, stoma* or other imjKsli nieiit* to the mowiT into the soil, and ea\e a smooth surface to work Upon. Household Hint a. *iking purposes. MI.AI.V L'OTAT'T".S. —Selis-t the |Mitat<* so that tin y will 1* nearly of n sire; do not put tie in into the Jilt until the wat'T Iwiils. When done, j*>ur off the wator and remove Uie cover until the steam is goto ; then scatter in a half t'-asj*inful of salt arid cover the jxit with a towel. \\ at cry jMitaU*-* will tints come out mealy. < I I AMM. Dl*Hl„*. —Dinner dishes and plates which have had greasy food ujion them may In- rulitssl off with a little In dian meal l*-fbrc putting into water. They are thus prevented from making tie- water unfit for continued u*-. while tie- meal, saved hy itself, is good for the pig or the chickens. A STKONU CFMKKT.— A cement par ticularly ad.'ijitcd for attaching the hrass work to faitt 10-neck*. lamji, etc., is made bv boiling throe parts of resin with one of caustic soda and five of water. The composition is then mixed with half it* weight of plaster of pari*. It s<>t* firmly in al*iut thnsMjuartT of an hour. It is said to Is- of griat adhesive power, not permeable by petroleum, a low conductor of heat and but supiTfu ially attacked by hot water. I .ft Tint llr.i'S hf. A turn —lt is a bad plan to •• make up" tb<- beds immediately after breakfast. Tliesbs-jiing ajiartmentis in the ltplicd to that spot, and tlie enfeebled grass thus stimulated to rc oceujiy the ground. In this way a pas ture of a hundred arms presents at all times a sod of pure thick grasses, the like of which it would he hard to find on this side of the Atlantic. Yet there are thousands of farmers as well situated and as well able to have such pastures, if they only would, and the same iirin j i-1 pics arc equally or more applicable to mowing lands. Tlie result is not only s matter ol , looks, but of profit. The clieese of the farmer above alluded to is sought fi>r and taken by tlie high-class restaurants and hotels of New York and l'hiladci ! pliia at s fancy price. Much of Its ex* I i el letter is doubt bws due to his hereditary *kill in its manufacture, but ivrtainly the rxccili-nt quality ami perfect uni formity of this ch'snc are due. in no small degree, to the fact that it is made of grass-milk, and because no wced milk or hmwac-milk ever goes into it— llnral .Veto Vorbrr. Dresses for little girls are made up in 1 the same materials as those worn hy their mothers. The general effect of these costumes is that of a kilt and a I rnat. hut in reality they arc ail in one I piece.