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NEWS SUMMABY "asterii and Midcllo States, Tjie Union iitinlers employed nt tho TOnl vcreity l'ross, Cnmbridge, Mnss., Btruck work, being dissntlsfled wilh tho prcsent rnto. A coMrAKY with $2,000,OCO hna bcen or ganlzod In New York under tho nnmo of tho Electric Rnilwny compnny of tho United Statcs. "It Is prorocd to rnn rnllwnys wilh electricity ns a mollvo powor, mid tho coin. pnny 1ms ncquired tho pntonts of Thomna A. Edison nnd rJtephon D. Fiold for clcctrlo railwnys. . Meaem l.tCO caninos ot lngti nnd 'ow degrees cotnpelcd for prfzcs nt tho Bovcnlh nnuunl exhibitionof tho Westminster Kennel club in New "York. An , elderly lady while decornting her daughter'a gravo in Grcenwocd ccmotorj'i Brookijn, wns tnken suddenlyill and died of licnrt disease. Commaint has b( ou mnde that many honsesoccupied by Chinmr.cn in New York's Chineso qunrlo's nro dcns of iniqtiity, nbidingplncos for tho mornl dcstruction of young white girls, nnd nu investigntion is tnking rlnce. Cabualties fiom lightning nro occurring nmong tho first cnsos reportod bcing ono from I'leaFanlvillc, N. J. Charlcs Scolt, n well-to-do wheelwright of tlint place, was instnntly killcd by bcing struck by lightning whilo stnnding outpide of his forgo. Scott was sixty-ono jenta of nge, and hnd hcld innny pnblic positionp'. GEOnaE II. CoRLtsa, of Rhodo Island, ia tmilding tho engines for tho first ootton mills to bo erected in Chinn. Tiie New York polico hnvo becn rniding tho Chineso opium dena in tho'city, ntid hnvo mndo numerousnrrcsls. TJx n collision on tho Iludson River rnil road ncnr l'eekskill, N. Y., two Western Now Yorkdrovora on their wny to New York with cattlo wero killcd. WinD MoConkei waa hanged nt 1'itts burg, Ponn., for thomurdor of Georgo A.Mc Clnro. Uo declnrod lio wr.s innocent, nnd mot denth without flinching. MeConkoy was ono of n gnng of yonng outlawp, nnd his viclim was n liardware mercliantof McKoes port, wlioso store tliey had robbcd, and wliom tliey mnrdered whilo ho was scarching for liia atolen proporty in a ravinc. Anoelo Cornetti, thotnurderer of Daniel "nsli, n fellow convict at Sing Sing prison in 1881, was hnngcd in tho prison ynrd nt Whilo I'lains. N. Y. Hns. Jesmc R. Gbant, mother of ex-l'resi-dent Grant, died n few days ago in Jersey City, N. J., nged cighty-four years. Her re mains wero takcn by General Grant to Cin. cinnnti for iutermcnt. At New Castle, Del., tho shoriff whipped nino prisoncrs, aevcn of wl.om had becn con victed of larceny nnd two of receiving stolen goods. Ex-GovEnxon Iskael Wasiidurn, Jn., of Jlnine, died tho otlier day in l'hiladelphia, whitlior ho had gono to underga medical trentment. Mr. Wahburn wns born in 1H1, had served in Cougress f evernl terms, in 18C0 was electsd governor of Mninc, nnd lo-elected tho following yoar. In lSGi! lie was appointed collector of customs nt 1'ort land, Me., and hcld that offico uutil lfe7r. South and West. M. T. 1'olk, Tennessee's defaulting Stnte trcasurcr, haa becn relenscd on 3.",0OO bail. TnEntSA FAnt, wife of Uniled States Senn tor Fair, of Nevnda, has bcgun a suit for di vorco ngninst her hnsband. Aftek n Bevcro liailstorm in Dcuor, Col., tho strccts wero ccvcrsd to tho depth of six inchcs with hailstonca an inch in dinmeter, Majoii 'ASBA, n Unitcd Stntea nrmy pay matcr, who nllcged rccently that ho hnd becn robbcd of $L'l,CO0 on n train ncnr Fort "Worth, Texos, hna confcsed thnt tho wholo trnnfnction wbb n frand to covcr hU short nccount with tho government, nnd hna bcen arrcstcd. GovEBNon-ELECT Daniel, of Gcorgin, was innogurntcd nt Atlnntn. Tiie Washington nnd Western railroail was sold nt publio salo in AlexnnJria, Vn., for 400,000. Samuei. TiioMrsox, cditor of tho OxforO (Mis3.) F.wjle, wns phot nnd killed by Deputy Shcriff Chnrles Rutler, who was arrofted. Doimie Cnr, Knn., was rcpartcd to bo in tho hands of a, mob, supportcd by tho innyor, nnd Governor Glick was cnlled upon to placothe town undor ranrtial law. Two negroos quarreled in tho Btablca of tho ,fnir nssociation in IiOuisville, Ky., nnd one nttemptcd to ahoot tho other. A third party etruck his nnn nnd tho pistol was dia chnrged, tho ball striking n inuro valued nt $4,000, in tho neck, killing her instnntly. Sittinq Ruli,, tho renowned Indian cliief, has settled near Fort Yntes, Uukota, whero hc will go intofarming. Memohiai. day wns gonorally observcd thronghout the Southern Stntca by dccornt ing tho Foldiers' grnves in tho eemetcries. Two Mexicnns omployed on n farm in Teins ijnnrrcled, nnd one stnbbed tho othei in tho region of the hoart, leaving tho knife s'icking in tho wound. Tho wonnded innn quickly drew tlie knifo from hia own breasl nnd stnbbed his nntngonist. Both died in o few minute.?. GovEimon Hlackeuen, of Kentucky, hns pnrdoncd Jnmca S. Sizemore, who wns Bent to tho peniteutinry in 1880 for Bix yenrs, charged with murder. Sizemore voluntnrily took tho odiuin nnd pcnalty on hiraself for tho f nko of his brother, tho rcnl criminnl nnd his Inrge fnmily. His brother, when lyin g receutly, mndo a declnrntion of his gnilt, nnd gnvo snch umnistaknblo proof of tlie truth of his confcssion thnt tho governor issned a pnrdon nt cuco wlitn tho fncta wore mnde known to him. Mn. TAU.MADOE, of tho Milwauko9chnin oor of commerce, hns inidu an eetimato on ihe whent crop of 1683, ching tho following lotala by Stntos: liuslr.h, Dhio L6,(00CO!! Miehignn i!,OO0,(K0 Indinnn :M,OX),(jO0 IllinoiB 2l.0t0.00C tt'isconsin 10,000, 00 Minncsota ; 25,000,000 lowa 22,000,000 Miasouri Kt,CO3,CO0 Knrsaa 2u.000.000 Kobraskn 17,000,000 Dalifornia 20,000.000 Dregon l;),COO,0:o t'enaylvauin 22,000,000 New York 12,000,000 Uther Stntoa nnd Tcrritories 'JC.000.C00 A noiLcn ciplosion in n Mwmill ntar Nn pnncc, Ind., inainntly killcd two men nnd fn tnlly iriiurtd threobrothcta. Amaha Btohk, n promlnent millionnirr, coitmittod fnlcido by bIioqIIdb hlmsplf throug'h tliclunrtnt hlBhctr.oin Clcveland, Ohio. It Jb thotight ho wna siiffering fiom nbcrrntion of niind. Fcun icen wcio hnngcd in different foo tions of the South nnd West tho othor dny, nafollcws! SjlvcsterK. Mnckinssn, twcnty flvo ycnrs old, nt Cambridge, 111., for tho imuder nnd robbcry of n farmcr's wifoj Thomna AV. JnckFon, nt Jnckpon CourU lloupc, Ohio, for tho mnrJer nnd robbery of nn old fnrmcrj Jcrry Blnlock, nt Jnckson port, Ark., for tha mnrder of n man with whom ho hnd qunirelcd, and Hcnry Rcvelho nt Lnko Providonce, Ln., for n mnrder com mitted in 1878. Whaiam CoNNEna, nged twonty-six, who phot nnd killed two men nnd cut two othcrs during n drunkon qunrrol nt Glenmnry, Tonn., wnn hanged on thofo'.lowing day by n crowc', A UESTnucnvE cyclono swopt ncross thc ponthcrn pnrt of Knnsr.B City, Mo., early in the evening, nnroofing nnd dcmoliihiiig buildiligs fcr n distnnco of two milo'. Tho trnck of tho Ptorm rnnged from half n block to two blocka in width. Tho E:iglih hntheran clmrch, n brick building, waa com. Iiletcly domoliphod fifteen minulca aflor thc Sunday-pchool hnd boen dismipscd. Thro; pcraona wero killcd, several lnoro f.itnlly injnrcd nnd othcrs bailly hurt, wliilo tho iiccnninry damngo ia estimnted nt &IO0.OCO. IIelexa, Ark., ia hopelcasly in debt, nnd unlesa the citizens cnn ofTect n oimpromise with tho oity's credilors they will surreuder their charter. AIiw. Faiii wasgrnntcd ndivorco at Virgln ia City, New, from her hnsband, Unitcd Stntoa Senntor Fair, nndwnanllowod $4,25), C03, tho fnmily resi deuco nt Sau Frnncisco, nnd tho custody of threo minor children. Tho custody of the oldcst boy wn3 nwnrdcd to Senntor Fnir. ExrE:.T.a pny that Cnlifornia's whcat crop this year will be tho greateat it has ever hnd, nnd that it mny cxcccd the crop of any other Stato in tho Union. From Washington. Consvl-G ENEr.Aii Meewtt, ln Ixmclon, ro cently Fcnt n circulnr lcttcr to tho Unitcd Stntesconsulsinlro'nndrcqucsting informa tion in rcgnril to tho distrcps prevniling in Ireland. Jlr. Merritt, in n report aummariz ing tho nnswers of tho consuls, anys thnt their Blntcments, whilo ndinitting thegrnvity of thc tittiation, ngrco thnt tho distrcss nt prcsent is not exceptionnl, nnd that the pub liahed nccount8 to tho contrnry nro cx nggerntcd. In tho poorer ngriculturnl dis tricta the condition of thepcnsnntryiamiscr nblo. Tho pnrtial failure of the potnto crop in pnrta of Ireland hns to pomo oxtent nggrn vntcd the situation. Tho Cshories hnvo becn unsncccfsful, nnd thorniny autumnnndwin tcr havo intorfered with tho work of tho lnborer. The prcspects of ameliornting tho condition of tho pcople in the immcdiato future nro mopt dipconrnging. Tho conpuls ngreo that the prcsent condition must nct ns n powerful stimulus to cmigrntion. CnAr.LES Lyman, of Connecticut, hna been appointed by I'resident .Arthur ns chicf ex nminorof tho oivil servico commis-'ion. D. B. Randolph Keim, who hnd been recom mendod for the position, bnt who'O candi dacy met with much oppoaitiou from the newapapors, withdraw from tho contest in n letHr to the I'rosident. Tiic retiring Turkish minister, Aristnrch Bey, prescnted his lctters of recall to tho l'resident, and his b icceBsor, Tewlik l'ashn, presented his credentials. Eacii of tho thrce civil pervico commis eioners will visit n number of the principa citics of the counlry to cstnblish locnl ex nmining bonrds for tho pnrpose of cnrrying out tlio provisions of the civil servico reforui nct. Tho commissioners oxpoct to rotum to Washington by Juno 1, nnd to begin exnm inntions for tho departmcnt Bcrvico nt tho nntional capitnl June 10. Tho locnl oxam ining boards will begin tho oxamiuntion of candidntcs nbout Juno 18. In Auril thero nrrived in tho Unitod S'n'e 8f,245 pasjcngeip, of whom 78,47.) we:o emi. grnnta. Some of tho gold coin issued from the United Statea mint nt New Orlcnns in Jnnuary, 182, ia found to bo doficient m weight. The roponsibility reta upon the nssaycr of tho New Orlcnns mint. Poreign News. Two newspnrers hnvo been Buppresscdin Viennn for politicnl rensons. Tiie Hnlifnx ( N. S.) nnthontics hnvo bcen scnred by n rumored Feninnnttackupon tho city by sen. BnADEAuan, being preventcd from tnking liis Bcnt in tho British houso of commons will rcsign. Eostilities hnvo bcen resumed betwccn Ihe Chilinn nnd l'eruvian troopa. Two en gngcmonts wero fought, tho Chilinn loaa bcing four killed nnd twelvo wounded, nnd tho l'eruvian loss fifty-nine killed. Mn. Glahstone will pny I.ord Wolselcy and T.oni Alcostcr n lump sum of money fov their 'nrviccs in Egypt iustead of granting their. pcnsicns,whichwoulddosccndto their lieiri. A FirtE nt Aspinwnll, Tannmn, deslroyca len houscB near tho rnilrond stntion. Tiie Americnncxhibitsinthointernntionnl fishorioa eihibitiou, Loudou, eiceed thoso of nll Europo. Eaiil SrrucEU, tho lord-lieutcnnnt of Iro Innd, haa coinmutcd tho denth tuntcnco of l'ntrick Belnney, who plendt d guilty to tl.o chnrgo of complicity iu the murder of Lord Frederick Cavt ndish nnd Mr. Burko. Neaiilv 200 deatha havo occurred from tha glandular plngne iu Souliuinuin nnd Ilngdnd, nnd n c.mrantino hna been estnblii'hoJ nlong tl.oTiirkiih frontier. Intkllioence from Rnvcnnn, Itnly. gives paitlculnra of nsensntional m lrder, of which tl.nl city hns just been tho seano. Itnppoara thnt tho cditor of tho nowapnper Sulcil tlo I'Avenir had written nnd published nn nrticlu stroniily comlemning tho mismanngemont of n local orphan nsjlum. Tho diroctor of the FStablHlmiont took nmbrnga nt this strong criticism nnd, nrmcd with n rovolver, wnylnid SignorZirnrdini, tho cditor, nnd shot him through the boJy. Signor Zirnrdini imuio diatdy foll, crying out, "Idio willingly for juatiro, honor nnd tho good of my country." Ho waa carried to tho local ho;iital, whero ho oxpired shortly nfter ntbnirsion. Tha crime has caused much emotion iu tho city, uhoiotho inurderod mnu wns well knswn and popular. HosTiLrnEa hnvo becn oponodbetwcen tho Frcnch nnd Chineso in Tonquin. A foroa of 4,000 Annnmito or Chineso troopa nttnckcd Hnuol, tho cnpitnl of Tonquin, but wero ro puUed by tho Frcnch. At tho third trinl of Timothy Kolly, chnrgo-.l with participation in tho murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish nnd Mr. Burko in I)ub. lin, the jury found n verdict of guilty ngninst tho prisonor, nnd ho wns scntcuced to bo hnngcd. Mf.xioan troops hnvo hnd nnother fight wilh Apnches, numberinir nbout 20). Tho Indinns wero routoil nfter n Cerco baltlc, having elovcn killcd nnd mr.ny wounded. Tho M?iican loss wna fivo killod nnd cigh wounded. A tbaoedy which hns cnuped n grcatFensa tion in l'aria ia reported. Whilo n marriago party waa procceding nloug tho street on tho wny to tho ohurch whero tho oaremony wns to be pcrformed, n rival of tho bridcgroom suddcnly apponrod on tho sccno nnd shot nnd killcd him. Tho ns ts9in poisoned him Belf immcdintely nflor flring tho fntnl shot AilEnicAN indnstrinl nrt has securcd n grcat (riumph in tho nppointment just mnde of Messrp. Tiffnuy & Co., of Now York, na spo cinl jenclera nnd gold nnd silversmiths to tho queen of Englnud, tho l'rinoo nnd l'rinccss of Wnks, tho omperor nnd emprosa of Ruppin, tho Grnnd Duko Vladimir, of Rus sia, nnd tho kings of Belgium, Itnly, 1'oriu cnl nnd Grocce. Jo?Erii MuLEEr, indictadon tho oliargo of planning tho murdor of Juror Field in Dublin, lns been convicted nnd sentencedto pennl servitudo for lifo. Advicei ojncerning tho rovolution iu Hajti Btnto that C30 fugitivo inhabitants of Mirngoano hnvo reached l'ort nu I'rinco on boarJ n Norweginn bark. Thay say that tho robels Wot up n bridgo nt Miragoano with dynamito, killing 200 persons nnd wouuding 200 more. Lewin Mozley. n London broker, hns failcd for ovcr $2,f.00,000. Mnkingntotnlof 402,000,0:0 ngninst W3, COO.000, lnst yenr's prociuction. A iievolt in Chinn hns been Bupprcsped by tho behcnding of thirty-fivo lcadera of tho uprising. A fiout between tho forccs of tho Ameo of Afghnnistan nnd tho Shinwnrrris resulted in tho lntter's defent, with 200 killed. 1'hesident AiiTiiun ia now mnking nr rnngementfl for n trip this Bummor to Cnli foinia. On his rcturn trip ho will visit tho YclIowBtono l'nrk. Tiie intornationnl Csherics oxhibition in Iiondon was opened by tho I'rinco of Wales in prescnco of n Inrge n'semblage. The hoad-? of 1") rebcllious Shinwarria havc been bronpht to tho Afghan nmcer at Jclnlabad nnd hnvo been exposed on t!i city's gntea. Eigiit Imndred Irish emigranti who hid bcen nssistod by the government cmbarked nt Galwny for Bcston. LIGIIT.MXG'S DEADIjY WO'.IK. .-lxl.lvr( nml a I.nrKi- Airmniit ol I'ropcrl J.CINt. W1111.E n treineudous thunder-Ftorm was rnging tho lightning set Cro to nn oil tnnk of tho Nntional Storngo compnny nt Communi pnw, N. J., nndcren'edn serlcs of territlc cx. plosions, onoof which resulted in tho Iojs of six lives. Tho company's promises nro on low ground, Jireotly on tho shore of New York bay. They compri'O nbout twenty ncrcs, nnd upon tho'o ncrJ twenty-pixirouoil tnnks, two single-story brick houca for thc storngo of barrels nnd threo smaller brick buildings ucd rcspcctioly ns tho cngine house, machino fIiqp nnd business of fice. Tho tnnks wo.-o of vnrioua sizes, the lnrgest onos having n capacity oi 2.",000 barrels and tho Einallest n capacity ot 2,C05 barrels. Tho largoat wero cigl.ty feet in diameter. Their foundntions wcra of brick, nnd they were constructed of that mntorinl to n hiight of nbout lifteen feet from the ground. Abovo that they were mado of hcavy boiler iron. At3:30 o'clock in tho morning, whilo tho storm wasnt its lieight, n bolt of lightning thnt illuminod tho surrounding country for milo? struck tnnk 11. Tha tnnk was full of oil, nnd instnntly explodej with n report so loud thnt it b-oko windowa in Jcrsey City. nndwi-a di:-tiuctly heard and fult throiig',- out rsew lorl;, uroolvlyn nuil tuzniietn. ine jiiof of tho hugo tr.uk wns blown olf iu n thouaaud frnginento. nnd n fh?ut of lhiiuo photup moro than !0)feut. iutlieiiir. Thcn iinmiiiiso volumea of smoke poured out of the blnzimr tnnk. Tho exptosion had so Fhitterod the onst crly side of thu tnnk that it brokodown, r.u J thoiluming oil, tlms re!easd, surrounded tho neighboring tanka. Tho ueareit of Uu60, 5o. 7, was tho next to oxplode. It wcnt up with n fearful detonntian nnd left to mark whore it had stood only a few bricks of its foundntioii. Its contcnts nlso sprand iu evcry dircction. Tho iuton? 0 lieut of tho firo nnd tho surging wavcs of buruing oil rendored it nlmost impossiblo to mnko nny vigorous ellorts to extinguish tho lhimos. Whon tlie firo depnrtment of Jersey City, for which n generul nlarm had been souudcd, nrrited tho burning oil hnd lired tho threo pierj ot tho compnny nnd sixbnrges moorednttheni. Tho boats nnd two of tho piers wero com pletely destroycd, nnd a long section of n picr running out to Blnck Tom Island wna burned to cinders. Af tcr tho dcstruction of tnnk 7 the flnmcs sprend to tnuka 1, 2, ;!, 4, fi, (, 8 nnd 10. nnd each deafcning explosion wns followed by 11 tnll touguo of llnmo nnd n deiiso column of smoke. The situntion of tho remniuing tnnks, most of which stood on hi','!ior ground ncross tha ruilroad trncks, snved them. Aftcr tank 11 hndoxploded Wntchmnn Ed wnrd Johnson nnd u number of men, nmong whom wero sovernleiuployesof tho Englo Oil refmery'i bognn to plny with such hose na Ihoy could procuro upon tho neighboring tnnks. White tliey wero so engnged tho burning oil swept down npon tnnk 7, im modintoly in f ront of them. Chief Fnrrier Uirectod liis fircmen to withdraw from tho ynrd. Tho others, howovor, continucd their ('fforts to inntcr tho blnzo. Scnrccly had tho firemen renched a plnco of safcty outsido tho yant whon tho tank explodcd. Tho oil that it rontained burst through tho grcnt gaping iioles in its sido nnd swept down n decline into tho b iy. Most ot tho men who had ro innincd hnd timo to escnpe, but a group of workmcn nt tho east Bido of tho tank found their rotrent cut off. They Feemcd nt n Iofs whnt to do to nvoid destruction. Ihobaywnj 011 ono fide, tho threntcned tank on tho other, nnd before them wns tho torrent of flunio. A boy nmong them poiutod townrd tho noithenst, whoro thu ground waa clear, nnd then thjy stnrtcd nt n lun in that direction. They hnd not gono ir.oru thiu half 11 dozcn yurds whon the tuuk exploilod with nu nwful crnsh nnd hurlod its sh itterad iion tlioets nnd its blazing oil upou them. Six wero killcd. Their nnraos wero John Ilerbert, Gcorao Davios, Heury Kngler, Job oph Jenkin, Richnrd Conklin nud Willinm Currie, n boy. All lind btou omployed by tho Kngle Itolining coinpnny, whosu worka wero closo by, nnd hnd voluntoerod to nsist t'10 storago company's peoplo in oitiuguish ing tho firc, Tlio New Civil Fonlcc Hiilcs. Tho new ci II rcrvicc iuIcf, na npprovcd by l'roident Arthur, prohibit politicnl nspe.'s iiicntp, nnd tho exercisn of officinl nnthority or influenco to cocrco tho politicnl nction of nnypcrponi mnko it tho duty cf collcctora, postmnslers mid olher olGccrs to glvo euch informntion ns is uicdcd to onnblo thc coin mipsion to tolect competcnt cxnminorpj di vide tho servico into threo brnr.chep. not in clnding Inborcrs or workmcn, or oillcers re quired to bo confirmcd by the Fenntoj dosig nnto tlio employes in tho Washington depnrt ments ns tho clnFsiiiod ilepnrtmentnl servico, tho other brnnchoa of tho pcrvice to bo tha clapsiflcdciistompnndthoclnssified potolllco Bervireas frovidoforopen compotititocxnmi. nnticns forndmission to the Bcrvice,limilodto orthogrnjihy, rcnninnship, f rnctions, perccn tage, iutcrcBt, di.count, elcments of book. kecping, eleinents of tho Englif h language, nnd cloments of the geogrnphy. history nnd government of tho United Stntisi provide nlso for oxnminntiona for tromotiona in the pervice flx tho Ftnndnrds of pioficiency re r.nired 111 tho Fevcrnl exaininntions; decribe tlio pteps to bo Inkcn by nppliccnts to bo nd niittcd to cxnniinatiou; nuthoriie the com mippion to hold cxnminnticiiB nt plnces con venitnt for npplicnnta from different Stntie nnd Tcrritories; proido forgrnding 01am. ined cnndidntca in the orderof Iheir excel. lcnco; piovido thnt ncnnciea Fl.nll be fillod from thopo who grndo highet.t, r.nd limit originnl nppointment to npiobntionniytcrm of six months, nfter which the prolationei niny bo nbsolutely npi.ointtd. U10 follouing nro cxccptcd from cxnminn tiona: Tho coniidtntinl clerk or secretary of nny hend of n depnrtment or ollice, cnshierp, of collectors nnd of postmnsterp, superintcndentsof money ordcr divisions in roetofticep, tho diroct ctistodinns of money forwhopo fidclity nnother ofliccr ia under oflicinl bond, persons cmployed cxclusivcly in tho secret sorvico of tho government, 01 na trnnplntors, or intcrprctors, or stcnogrn. phcrs; personswhoso cniplojmcnt is exclu. sivo'y i.rofcpsionnl, chief clerks, superin. tendents, nndchiofs of divisions of buroauB. FASHIOJf X0TES. Plaitcd skirts uro very much worn. Urocaded foulards will 1 0 much worn. Colored lace3 will bo worn to trim seasido costumes. Thero is a tcndency in all dross goods toward tho gay colors. l)la;k lacs bonncts aro faslitonablo for middle-agcd woinen. Plowers, fruiti and feathcrs trim tho summer liats in iirofusion. The crowns of mo.it of tli3 new bonnets are made eitlier of gold bjads or gold braid. Iled or green silkpompon triinmin ; aro fashionably worn on walking cos tumes of twoed or nun's-grav ladies' cloth. (jarnet, crimsm, in fact, rcds in all bhades, will bo the colors most uscd this summer in facing hats and bonnets. A new way of applying lloral trim mings on bonnets is to sew singlo blooms on in a doublo row outsido the briin, so as to mako a flat bordering. Ivory-whito Canton crepe for a bas'jue, train and lanibrequin tlounces, and a skirt of Terry velvet ma'o an exquisito combination for a dinner dress. Folsonoiis l'lants and Flowcrs. Thero aro many plants whose leavcs, llowers and seed contain virulent poisons, which evcry ono should know, so as to avoid them and keep children from them. Uuttereups possess a poisonouspro erty which disa;ipears when tho llowers are dried in liay ; no cow will feed ur.on tlietn whilo in blo?som. So caustic are the petals that they will somttimes intlanu' tho skin of tender llngers. Evcry child should be cau tione.l against cating them ; indeed, it isdesirablctoeaution childre:-i about tasting tho petals of any llower, or putting leaves into their months, e.xcept thoso known to bo harmless. Tho oleander contains a deadly poison in its loaves, and is said to be a dangerous plant for tho parlor or dining-room. Tho llower and berries of the wild briony possess a powerful purgative ; and the red bcrries, which attract children, havo poved fatal. Tiioseedsof the l.iburnum and catalpa trees should be kept from children; and there is a poisonous property in their bark. The seeds of tho yeilow and of tho rough-poddtd vetches will produce nausea and severe head aclit. Fod's parslcy lias tuberous roots which havo been mistaken for turnips and produce a fatal elfect an hour aftcr they were eaten. Mcadow heinlosk is said tj bo tho hemlock which Socrates drank; it kills by its intenso action upon tlio nerves, producing complete insensibility, and iwlsy of the arms and legs, and is a most dangerous drug, e.xcept in skill fulhan's. In August it is found in overy iield.by seashure and near moun tain tops, in full blooin, and ladics and children gather its largo clusters of tiny whito llowers in quantities, with out the least idea of their poisonous qualities. The water hemlock, or cow bane, resembles piirsnip, and has been eaten for thoni witli deadly efTects. The wiiter-drop wort resembles celery when not in llower and its roots are also similar to thoso of thoparsnip.but they contain a virulent poison, pro ducing convulsions whieh cndin death in a short time. Tho llno-leaved water-dropwort and the commondrop wort are iilso dangerous weeds. Tho bulbs of the dalfodil wero onco mistaken for leeks and boiled in soup, with very disastrous cfl'ects, making tho wholo household intensely nau seated, and tho children didnot recover from their elfects for several days. Country Geittleman. A Feinliilno Fauey. Tho young ladies of "Washington hiivo taken up a new fancy that of knittin bright colored silk stockings which brings to mind tho following scrap Moating about in tho papers: She can to'k a fnncy acreen, Just tho niccst ever pcen, In n stylo that nll her " culchnwed " set cn chants. But, my friend. 'twixt you nnd me, It would chill a man to bco IIow she Btitched a patch 011 tho old innn's pnnt?, Xew York World, IIELP1NG 1I1S PA TO MOVE. THE BAD BOT MAKEB niMSnLr EX" CEEninOLY USErUL. AMIiik I'ntrrmil I'roKcnltnr In DlaanUn lllniM'lr Wllli ninckliiK llint Woutdn't Wnsti Oirin Um Thnn n WnJi. " Sce lierc, you coon, gct out of herc," sa'.d tho grocery man tu tho bad boy, as ho camo in tho storo with his faco blaeknndshining, "I don't want any colored boys around lierc. AVhito boys break mo up bad cnough." " Oh, iihilopeno,' said tho bad boy, as hoput his hands on his knec3 and laughed so tho candy jars rattled on tho shelves. " You didn'tknow mo. I am tho samo boy that coines in hero and talks your arm off," and tho boy opened tho cheeso box and cut off a pieco of cheeso s.) natural tliat the gro cery man had no dilHculty in rejogniz ing him. " Wliat in tho namo of thc seven sleaping sisters havo you got on your hands and face," said the grocery man, as ho took tho boy by tlie ear and turned him around. "Wliat you gotup in such anoutlandish rig forV "AVell, FI! tell you, if you will kcep walch at tho door. If you seo u bidd licaded coloro 1 man coming along tlio street with a club, you wlnstle, and 1 will fall down c.illar. Tlie bald-headed colored man will be pa. You see, we moved yesterday. l'a told 1110 to gct a vacation from the livery stable, and we would havo fun moving. 13ut I don't want any moro fun. I know when I havo got enough fun. l'a carried all tlie light tliings, and when it came to lifting, hc had a crick in the back. Gosli, I never was so tirrd as I was last night, and 1 hopo we have got settlod, only soinc of tho goods haven't turntd up yet. A drayman took ono load over on the west sido and deliv ered them to a houso that seemed to be exper'ting a load of household f urni turc. Ile thouglit it was all right, if everybody that was moving got a load of goods. AVell. after we got moved pa said wo must makc garden, and hc said we would go out and spado up tlie ground and smw pea and rad ishes iind beets. There was iome neighbors lived in tho next houso to our new one, tiiat was all wimmen, and pa didn't like to have them think he had to work, so hs said it would be ii go.djoke to disguise ourelves as tramps, an l the neighbors would think we had hired some tramps to dig in tlio garden. I told pa of abossscheme to fool them. 1 suggested that we take some of thh shoe blacking that is put on with a sponge, and black our faces, and the' neighbors would think we had hire.l nn old culored man iind his boy to work in the garden. L'a said it was immense, and ho told me to go and black up, and if it worKcd ho would black histoif. So I went and put this burnt cork on my face, 'causo it would wash off, and pa looko 1 at me iind said it was a wliack, and for mo to lix him up too. So I got tlie shoe blacking and painted pa o he looked like a coal heaver. Aetualfy, when ma saw him she ordered him olf the premise?, and when he laffed at her and n?ted sassy, sho was going to throw biling water on pa, but I told her the schomo and she let upon pa. Oh.you'd adide to see ns out in tho garden. l'a looked like Uncle Tom, and I looked liko Topsy, onlyl ain't that kind of a colored person. AVo workeil till a boy throwed some tomato cans over the alley fence and htt me, and I piled over tho fenco after him, and left pa. It was my chum, and when I had caughthim we put up a job to get pa to chase us. "We throwed some moro cans, and pa como out and my thum started and I aftcr him, and pa after both of us. Ile chased us two blocks and then we got behind n policeman, and my chum told tho pjlieeinan it was a crazy old colored man that wanted to kidnap us, and tho police man took pa by the neck and was go ing to club him, but pa said he would go home and behave. Ho was olf ul mad, and he went homoand we looked through tho alley fence and saw pa trying to wash off tho blacking. You seo that blacking woa't wash olf. You have to wear it off. l'a would wash his faco witli soapsuds, and then look in tho irlass, and he was blacker evcry timo ho washed, and when ma laffed at him he said tlie olfulest words, sometiiing like'sweet spirit liear my prayer,' then he wa-shed h'tinself again. 1 am going to leavo my burnt cork on, cause if I washed it off pa would know thero had been some smouging s miewhcre. I asked tho shoo storo man how long it would tako tho blacking to wear off, and ho stiid it ought to wear off in a wco'c. 1 imesspa won't g out doors much, un- less it is in tho night. I am going to get him to let me go off in the country lishing, till mino wears olf, i n 1 when I get out of town I will wadi up. Say, you don't think a little blacking hurts a man's comple.ion do you, and you don't think a man ought to get mad becauso it won't wash off, do you?" "Oh, probablyit don't hurt tho com plexion," said tho grociry man, as ho sprinklecl somo fresh water on tho wilted lettucc, so it would look fresh whilo tho hired girl was buying some, "and yet it is miglity unplcasant, whero a man has got an cng.igement to go to r. card party, as I know your pa has to-night. As to getting mad about it, if L was your pa 1 would take a barrel stavo and shatter your car cass." A Juvcnllo's (Juery. On aBoston street cartlie other day ahalf dozen happy fathers wero mateh ing bables. To the ane ulotes of priz childr.-n a listener whoso ollspring had grown to tho ago of talkn'iveness con tributed an nccount of his boy's ex perienco inpeelingan orange with his thumb. AVith great dilllculty tho nnd was ttikcn olf, but to removo tho inner lining or lllm without breaklng into tho pulp was still harder. Finally, in vexation, tho little fellow cried out : " Papa, what makes oranges wear tlannels " Chy nnd Randolplu A "Washington lcttcr says: Just be low tho treasury, witliin gunshot of tho White llouse, lives Davld Callan, ono of thc oldest Citizens of the Dlstriet of Columbia. lio has shaken hands with soventcen I'resilents of the LTnlted States, and he saw th" llamcs burst from tho AVhit.i Houso when the Uritish set firo to it during tho war o 1812. lio is a sort of living recxrd of the past, and his p rsonal r.'colloHlons includo reminisccnccsof the great men of thc country, from Mudison djwn to to-day. I had a delightful talk with him this afterncon. beventy-five years of ago, his memory is as strong as that of Islaine, and ho talks as lluent y as a collego boy, bulib'.ing o or with remin isccnco and antclote. A tnll man with a hlgh foreh-ad.alarge.thln face, silky gray hair anl bushy red cyc brows, he smilos pleasantly while ho chats, and when 1 nientioned Ilen Perley I'oure's iirticle on the " t'apitol at Wiishington," he said he had rcad it, and coniincnce 1 at onco to talk. "I know Mr. Randolph," said he, " and often cainu in contart with him whilo ho was here in AVashington.. llut he was an attstero man. cold and uneompanionable, and he fraterni.ed but little with any one. Il.ss'yle was liarsh. '"How do you do, .Mr. Kandclph? 1 am glad to .-ee you. I passed your house tho other d.iy and had a notion to go in, bnt I didnot.'" "'You did just right. AVhenever you como by, just keep right on ; I don't caro to havo callers.' " It was far different from that of Clay, who was ono of lu kindest men who ever camo to Washington. Clay had a good word for everybody. To a man ho would s.iy. putting his liand upon his shouliler' in a l'amiliar way : ' I am glad to sce you t -day ; I saw your good lady at church yesterday. IIow is your familyV To a woman, if he knew her, ho would stop iind shiike hands with her on tho street, and iisk aftcr her hnsband ; and to a young man ho- would put liitnself on familiar terms, and adviso witli him as to his profession or plans for the future. 1 1 ty was a philanthrop st. Randolph a misanthrope, and the one was loved as much as tho othir was. feared iind hatcd. Tho congressincn were all al'raid of Randolph. Th v feared his scathing sarc:im. iind were very careful not to tread upon his toes. Major 1'oore has made a shght mistako in tho story about Randolph and Alston. Randolph had made a very sarcastic r.'inark ujiou Aliton in his siieech before tho House, and as they were going out tho door, Alston, in revenge, struck one ot Randolph' dogs. Randolph immcdintely cut him over tho fa?e with his riding-whip, saying : 'You strike one pup, JL striko another.' For this ho was indict d and fincd twenty dollars." "You say Clay was very popular?' " Yes, he was one of the most popular men of tho past. When he spoke the House was generally crowded, and men came from Baltimore, 1'hiladelphia and Xew York to hear him. He used to livo next door to me. Ho was very fond of horseback riding, and ncarly every morning he would exerciso in this way. AVhen he did not ride he would takea walk, iind early one morn ing on walking down F street, bd'ore most people wero up, he was attacked by a goat of dcided butting propen sities. Tlio goat and Clay fought for a long time. It backed him up against a fence, and Clay caught hol 1 of his horns. Soinetimes Clay would provc the stronger ; at otlier times the goat beqamo tho masler, and Clay had to go to the wall. After a lively tussl- of about a quartcr of an hjtir fricnds camo to liis relief, and the gn at Keu tuckiiin had a chance to go hom" and chango his clothes, which had become somcwhat dirtv during tho fray." Tr.ncrs and ?. Tcrrler. A good ytory is told of William R Travers, the stammering wit of Wall street, Xew York. One day he inet a canine pcddler, who offered to sell Travers a beautiful terrier. but br"d so line as to be a mere midge1. Trav ers askcd: " Wh-a-at is he g-g-o d f-for?" ' Ile is a splendid ratter, Mr. Travers," was the response. " Wc-ell," said Travers, "you bring him t) my h-house to-night and 111 b-b-buy him.'"" In tho evening man iind dog were at Travers' house. ln the centtr cf the library was a porf'elain vas? covered over with a cloth, iind surrouni'ing it wero a scoro of personal i'r.ends. " I'-p-p-ut your d-dng in ther-," sai 1 Travers. The owner of tho valua'lc purp did so, and awiiited rrsults. Iu ii few mcments an uneartbly shri k camo fiom the vase, and, looking down, tho company saw a finely-brcd terrier being shook at will by an enraged rodent. Tlie owner of the dog was duinbfounded, when Travers said: "H-h-how, m-m-uch. did you say you would t-t-t-ake for that d-d-d-og?' " Fifty dollars is my price, Mr. Travers," was tho feeblo response. "F-f-f-ifty dd-d-ollars for tlif d-d-dog? AVhy, 111 s-s se'.l you nn r-r-r-iit for t t-twenty-f f-f-ive." Aniid a peal of boisterous laughter manTand dog disappeared. Coiniioslllon of a Dude. Kato Field says: Take a strip of something that, for tho sako of coa venience, we will call a man which, by tho way, is a gross libl on man. Around its" nock pla3i a tight collar enshrouded with a hideous scarf an 1 breastpin. l'ut upon it a silk hat and a cutaway coat. Clotho its lowcr e tremities" with pants whercin cah es wero nover ni' ant to grow. In its hand a cano and on its feot boots that creak at every step inlimpingmeasur . l'laco a cigaretto in its mouth, teach it ii brief voeabnlary of a.lverbs and .id jectives commeneing with " immensely dover," and llnishing with " seo you later, you know.'' And, in my humble opiniou, you obtain a fnir conception of the brains and capacity of tlie Amorican dude.