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. * ' . IB BANUINtt f A WHKTCI A Cincinnati despatch Bay : John B. Hi flmau WM hanged bare on Tues- day morning io the jail yard (or the uiur der o( LIB ion. Ha wept while listening to the reading of the death warrant tuid begged piteounly uot to be " downed 10 the papers." He bad to be held while being handcuffed and wai supported oo the Hoaflold by two men while ilia noose wan adjusted. He made no speech. Hoffmai/n crime wa* that of killing one of bin eone in January, 1883: It wae the second erime of the kind be had committed in five year*. Hoffman was a German, with a wife and MX children in 1878. Coming home drank one night .be entered the room where Kdward, bit eldest sou, aged 20, wai alone. lie bad eoaroely entered hen the neigh- bor! were startled by the report of a piatol. They found Edward on the floor with a pistol-ball in hie chest, from which he died in a few minotee, begging that hi* father be exonerated beeiaaee be wa* drunk. A careless ooroner held an inqueet and brought in a verdict of " not guilty," and a lax judiciary let the matter pas* without bringing it before the Grand Jury. Edward bad been the main support of the family, including hie drunken and inhuman father. Hoffman then attempted suicide by banging, and bin eon Robert, then about fifteen yean old, out him down. Five years later Mrs. Hoffman abandoned the brute. She and her children stuck together, and Robert, a bright, industrious young nan, '21 yean old, wan the main dependence ol the family. The family were) living In a tenement-house, and weie doing better than they ever before bad done. On the morning of Jan. 12th, 1*88. Robert Hoffman stalled before daylight to open the grocery store in wbiob be wae a trusted clerk. He bad no sooner stepped into the ball of the tenement bouse than the flash of a pistol lighted the darkness, and he fell dead, shot through the head. Hi* father bad been ttanding in the door- way on the opposite side of the ball all night long waiting for tbii opportunity to deprive airs. Hiflmau of her support. Hoffman was arrested, but wa* not indicted until more than a year after in fact, joet before the great riot. His trisl and con- viction followed the riot. The jury in this case prayed when they went out and brought a verdict in a few minutes. He died detected by all who knew him and by none more than by his fellow -prisoners in the county jail. ^ A re>e>K TNAOKDV. Flrr i nirhl(H f-r Para* < WMUSI Hurmd I* l...ih %.ioil,r *lu...l l-r./.o lo II. mh. A last (Friday) night's Detroit despatch says : A terrible ore occurred at Lapeer County I'oor Farm, two milee from Lapeer, Mich, last night, resulting in the loan of one life and much suffering to otters. The tore originated in the poor bouse, where thirty-seven inmates were boused, and is supposed to have been canned by a defec- tive chimney. The main building was entirely destroyed, together with it* oon tento, consisting of furniture, bedding, clothing, provisions, etc. One woman was burned todeatb, but all the other inmates were taken out alive, and are now quar- tered in farm houses in the neigh hoc hood. The poor creature who loet her life wa* an insane woman named Bertha Rockwell. Hhe WSH got out- side with the others, but daubed back into the blazing building and was burned to death, only her charred and blackened bones being found in the debn* this morn- ing. Another insane woman named PL < i be Salisbury, escaped from her keeper* dur- ing the excitement, and clad only in her uigbt gown tan two mile* into tbe country before she could be recaptured. Kbe was badly frozen, tbe thermometer indicating below zero at tbe time. However, abe will probably recover if she receives proper care. The condition of tbe surviving inmate* i* pitiable, but their temporary wants are being supplied. There are no fire fighting appliances at the poor bouse, hot the surrounding building* were saved by throwing snow upou them. Tbe pecuniary loss to tbe county is about Sti 000. AT I n . I K WN ilium > Ol I. rm r hol lira it .in. I HI* \l il. \ ound. .1 I,. Hbb, r A last Thursday) nigbt'i Cleveland despatch says : Last evening a farmer named Harrington, living near Geneva, was called to tbe door, and on opening it wa* confronted by a masked man who pre anted a revolver, and said he wanted the farmer'* money. The handkerchief fell from tbe robber's eyes and Mrs. Harrington exclaimed, " I know him '" " Yon do, do yon?" snooted tbe ruffian, "take that then !" and be fired, the bullet going through her shoulder. She ran to a neigh bor for help, and on returning with friends, evidence of a desperate straggle wae found. Harrington lay dead on tbe floor with a bullet bole in bis forehead. Tbe murderer i* a fellow named Feck, who lived two milee from tbe farm. Citizens are scouring tbe country for him. P.o/, M Hlll.lnr.. Tbe world *s full of kindness that never wa* ipoken, and that I* not much better than no kindness at all. The fuel in the etove make* the room warm, but there are great piles of fallen tree* lying on rooks and on tope of bills where nobody can get them ; these do not make anybody warm. Ton might freese to death for want of wood in plain sight of these fallen trees if yon had no mean* of getting tbe wood borne and making a fire of it. Just so in a family ; love is what make* the parent*! and ohil dren, the bmthen and cistern happy. Bat f they take care never to eay a word about it , if they keep it a profound secret a* if it were a crime, they will not be much hap pier than if there was not any love among them ; tbe house will seem cool even In summer, and if you live there yon will envy tbe dog when any one calls him poor fellow. . There are few avenue* Often to tbe col ored youth. Tbe number who have capital is limited, and necessity forces them to take menial place* in hotels, on railroad*, in (tore* and private families. The great danger that threaten* tbe future of tbe negro i* the foroed ignorance of them as to trades. It must be met Mid overcome. Loviti-iUt T.mn. VI Kb A.llvNU I hrllllnn , . nr. .1 sTIr* ! 4 .loll, ...lumllrrol. K.-.u . mm* I- Mini A last (Thursday) nigbt'i Brooklyn despatch say* : A fire broke out tbis after noon in tbe large building of the Catholic Male Orphan Asylum, containing seven hundred and eighty -five orphans, tixly of whom were in the dormitory on the top floor. Whether or not all escaped cannot be told until the roll is called. It i* thought some were leet. Bi*ter Mary Josephine, who wai in the dormitory at the time the fire broke out, made heroic effort* to lav* the little one*. She remained in tbe room until driven out by tbe flamei. Then BUS ran to the window, where she stood upon tbe cornice until a fireman from the root swung his coat to her. Tbe ii*tr caught the coat, but when tbe fireman tried to pull her Irom her perilou* position she ioelber grasp and fell beadlong to the ground. An 8 year-old boy jumped from the third story and wa* severely injured. There wai great excitement among the inmate*. It IB believed that all the children on tbe lower floor* e*o*ped. A spectator say* he is confident he saw a woman fall b*ck into the smoke. There were thirty suiter* in the asylum at the time, hot it l* believed they all escaped. Father Maboney, who was in charge ot tbe building, tbinks all tbe children escaped. Several thrilling incidents occurred while the children were being rescued. Two civilians handed seven boys down from the second story window, when tbe dames compelled them to retreat. Two firemen fell from ladder* and were severely injured. Tbe excitement in and around tbe building wa* intense. Hundred* of partially olad children foroed themselves through every conceivable avenue of egress, and rushed shivering to tbe nearest place of Shelter. Tbe fire originated in tbe drying-room, where a boy with a candle accidentally ignited eome clothing. The bnildicg, wh:oh occupied tbe entire block, wae destroyed. Loss on building 1800,000. Bister Mary Josephine has since died from ber injuries. TUB l i l.o \ UK l i>i. i ... ihln* lor. %boui ih, II .. - II ..it. ! nun. .1 I I.. K, v. .,, ,1 A last (Thursday) night'* London del- patch says : Tbe seneation oauied by last Saturday's explosion at London bridge ban been revived and latenulied by to-day's development*. Co). Magendib'erepott, and tbe Lord Mayor'* t tier of i"> 000 reward for tbe arrest of tboee who canted the explosion, prove that it wa* not an accident, bat ao intentional outrage deliberately planned, but executed with great stupidity. The theory that the explosion was canted by the special detectives who were discharged on account ot a return of confidence, bin many sup- porters, and tbe Irish Nationalist papers accept this view with a difference. The Dublin Inited Ireland eey* : Tb English exhibit admirable palienoe under tbe ttenseless and wicked (rights to which they are subjected, but tbe police direct tbe dynamite conspiracy and pay for the explo- sion*." Tbe researobee into tbe txploiion are causing a sensation as tbe disolonuree show that the outrage wae planned with an amount of coolness and determination and foresight hitherto nnoredited to the terrorists. Everything proves that tbe partioipatora in tbe plot must have remained beneath tbe bridge a q natter ot an' hour despite tbe swiftness of tbe current. Tbe work was prosecuted wilb immense difficulty, but tbe deep shadows were sufficient to prevent detection. It is believed tbat a chemical fuse was used to ignite the ixplosion giving tbe conspirators time to escaped and catch tbe tram for Paris. The tide on Saturday was lower than for tbe pact few months or than will be until spring. Tbe hour selected was when tbe tide was lowest, proving tbat tbe plot was carefully elaborated. A I 11 % x.i YAK!*. A 'I ., ii I . li. II.... Mr Maw ih. ...>. i ! il" il. h. MM.I 'I....I. r.d. A Boaton despatch says : Jam** Nick 1 - ernon, on trial for shooting his wife, told tbe story of hi* crime on tbe stand last Wednesday. He bad been drinking very hard, hs said, and shot ber without provo- cation or warniog. After be did it he weut out and drank more and then started for Cbelnea, From Chelsea," he aaid. " I went lo Bail Boatoo, then be.cH to Chelsea and I know not where afterward*. I wok* up in a wood at night. I stayed there two or three days. Tben I was walking along at night and beard eome talking and two fellows came up to me. They walked put and then I walked up to them. Tbe caught up to me after I passed and ran ihead of me. I turned round and went back to a bridge. I beard a swe*t voice talking, and on looking up eaw my wife. She wa* light in front of me, and when I stepped the walked ahead of me, looking back over her shoulder. When ihe got over the bridge she stopped and faced me. There was a bright thing on ber forehead like a diamond. She bad a happy smile on bir face. I got clone up to ber and laid ' Ellen.' Her veil fell down and ihe diiappeared, and I liave never seen her since." ool.r.. In I r.lng HlimllBO. The coolness and aelf-poaaeMion of tbat very remarkable man, Sergeant 8. Free tier, wa* strikingly illustrated in tbe following anecdote of bis second duel with the late Henry B. Foote General Foote. , which i* taken from bis memoir by his brother, say* l,i rry Other Saturday. Tbe meeting occur- red on tbe right bank of tbe Mimissippi river, opposite Viok*bnrg, and at the Brat fire Mr. Prenti**' pistol *nspped, while General Foote missed, shooting over him. Tbis Inereaoed tbe eagernea* ot tbe large crowd assembled to witness tbe affair to snob a degree tbat they preeeed up on each tide of tbe line, until tbere was left quite a narrow space, soaroely room enough lor the pannage of tbe balls. After the parties had resumed their positions, pistol in band and triggers let, awaiting the word for a second fire, everything being a* stiH as death, Mr. Prentis* observed a little boy, who, anxious to *e* " the fun," wai olimbling a sapling in hii rear and laid to him, " My eon, you bad better take care : General Foote I* hooting rather wild." A OIBMAtiB TO .n tt i HOIMA I r.lml I llrr ! run. ll.r Hi. bop. ol ih. OeWlrmiT oul. r. u Bl H.lllmor. ..u. I - l Ike i- urlhrrn< r ! Iht Work el IN. hi.i i N. Tbe pastoral of tbe Bishop* was read at tbe Centenary Conference of Methodist*, at Baltimore. It is addressed " To the Methods! people iu the United States and Canada." Il say H . " Permit us to remind you, dear brethren, while we extend hearty congratulation* upon the Buooesn of the past and expreas the proloundest conviction tbat even nobler and grander achievement* await ui in tbe future, tbat tbe tmiwior given ue by Provi- dential allotment m not yet accomplished. We entreat yon, brethren, do not forget that hitherto Methodists have been din tinguisbed by the etnphaaistbey have given tbe eaaenlial doctrines of Christianity. In all the years of our hi*tory, the trnthe relating to God, to moral government, to immorality, to eternal retribution, have been sacredly maintained and asserted with great dutinolneee, and that we have aeld in common with all Cbrutian people to tbe inspiration and divine authority of the Scripture, divine origin of the obnrob, vocation of the ministry, value of the sacraments, and the indmpeniableuese of ihe BtncteHt morality according to tbe Sew Testament standard . and that yet beyond all these point* we have iiade conspicuous tbe heinouineej* of sin. tbe necessity of atonement, universality of proviB nal redemption, freedom of will and reene I of grace. Not one of these can be discarded or distorted without marring tbe scheme of salvation revealed in the gopeL ' But even thane foundation truths, bow- ever emphasized, will not meet tbe demands of tbe soul and never f mid have produced tbe phenomena of Methodist life and ustory. Tbere are other dcctrines to be emphasised doctrines which relate to sal- vation applied ai well as provided doctrines which underlie tbe -experiences of tbe soul in its emergence out of tbe dark noes and death of sin into the light snd life f rigbteonenes* . Tbe other doctrines have been tbe rallying cry cf Mttbodum in tbe ;>aat and most be in the future. They are repentance, faitb, justification, adoption, ;ne witness of tbe spirit, anotifloation and Jbrutian perfection. Out of these come all oar experiences, all oar joy* and hope*, our inspiration and zeal ; and upon these are built all our ipeoial irm* and mean* of grace, cur charities, our bene volet !, and our correctional institution*. These doetrioee, above all other*, have given tone and shape and spirit to the org*nirui, and determined te work and place in history. Take f com Methodism them doctrines of experience, or even tbe emphasis, given them, or over- lay them witb lifeless forms or oeremouien or mar them by human speculations con- cerning the modi of divine procedure in them, or confute them by any conceivable departure from their simplicity so they ball btooioe only doctrines of tbe creed, unverified in tbe nonl aa tbe vary essence of aalvation, and then our glory is departed 'orever. We, therefore, plead with you, Brethren, as you value tbe purity of tbe burob and it* power to coiivei t tbe people, and spread toriptnral holineee, bold laet beae doctrine* a* they come from the father*, a* they appear in tbe Boriptnree and as they have been attested by the experience of tbe Church in pant agis." The addreae also urgee tbe maintenance of family religion. Tbe holieet sanctuary on earth," tbe address aays, " > the Cbrist- mae borne. Neither church nor Sunday tohool can do the work of the. home, or Moome an adequate substitute, for tbe ii.rtu- ence of piety iu tbe household. See to it :bat obildren be all taught of tbe Lord With Hound instruction, let the hand of restraint be employed, yet with such firm- nees sod gentleness a* to win and keep tbe obildren, a* well as to hold them in snbjeo- tu M to authority." The addreee speaks of tbe Sabbath as tbe pillar of Christian civilization. " The spiritual Church without Ibe Sabbath i* an impossibility. Ood ha* consecrated one- leventb of our days to rest and worship. Tbe law enjoining its observance, IH both positive and moral, imbedded in tbe deca- logue, enforced in (be New Testament and interpreted and illustrated in tbe practice of the primitive Church. The grand march tor tbe conquest of all laurtn for Christ has begun. Tb voice of the Lord bids us go forward. We dare not accept a secondary place. Witb oar schools and colleges, with our wealth and culture, with our social power and vast numbers, we most have a large share in tbe world's evangelization." Hew M him. i mrcmmr mm B.llvr. Whittier. tbe poet, IH reported as saying to an interviewer recently : " Trifle* BO me times bave an important bearing on one's life. A copy ot tbe Hartford Krriev fell under my eye, and I determined to tend ite editor, George 1). Prentice, a few poems, wbiob be kindly published. My contribution* continued, and when he resigned in order to live in Louisville, where be made for himself a reputation a* one of tbe most brilliant journalist* as well a* pungent and witty paragrapbiit* in America, hi advised tbe publisher to end for me to tske his place). I wai out in tbe oorn field hoeing when the letter came to me Inviting me to take editorial obargs of the paper. 1 could not bave been more nurprieed if I bad been offered tbe crown of England. What education, what experience bad I for each a task ! I knew little ot men and thingi or book*. I wai singularly defloieat in knowledge of the affairs of the day. And yet tbe tack, for- midable ae it seemed to me, was worth attempting Bo I accepted tbe trust. I had much to learn, but I set myself reeo- Intely to fill tbe position, and I succeeded, after bard work and pstient stndy, in making tbe paper acceptable toiti readers. Bir MOM* Montefior* is reported to have completely recovered bn health. A <n. .ll.ii nl fr.min. Inlt.n. It iibot a step oh Down to the dep-ob. The way In nuite itep-ob Tbat leads to tbe decp-ob. I nlipped on a grape-on Jolt by Ihe May-poll. In * More near tbe ile-pot I boDRbt thin imall tea-pot. 1'erhapn, lo end the ailttiloo. We'd belter henceforth oall it Htatlon. " Can yon tell me, sir," asked a young lady at a book *bop, "in what order Thackeray wrote bis book*?" " No, lady," replied tbe gentlemanly ealee-gentleman, bat, don't yea know, I believe it wae In order to make money." i Hl rilfcKt.. Ii. I. b ol IBM hdllr ol I rulh Labouohere, the member for Northamp- ton, le a good deal in evidence, in Parlia- ment, and in hi* Oliver, audaoiou* psper, l'r'i:>t. He ii not unlike) Mr. James G. Blame, tbe defeated candidate for tbe White Houne, iu appearance. He i* about tbe same height and build, wears hi* beard, and i* aomiwbat alow in bis movement*. Mr. Blame ha* a square forehead and a larger no*e ; but tbere IH not much more in hi* haad than ii stowed away in tbe Labouohere brain. A well-educated, and a travelled man, Labcnebere has, I dare say, far lea* earneet views of life than Mr. Blaine has, is certainly far more indifferent to tbe opinion of Mr*. Orundy, and possi- bly tbe only likeness between tnem is in tbe build, beight and manner of wearing tbe beard. Thin trifling aimilarity may, however, help tbe reader to realize the figure of Labooebere. It he cared a brasa farthing, or even leas, tor anything or any- body, Laboncbere would bave more influ- ence in the House of Commons and out of it. Life ii to him an amusement. Hi ha* plenty of money and plenty of brains. A eat in Parliament, share m tbe Daily Newi, a paper of his own, a bank, a house in town, a classic home on tbe Tbame*, a clever wife, of whom he i* really fond, and a baby that i* to bim a constant surprise ; be finds bii time well occupied. He nae none of tbe fears of bosinea* men ; bis bread is buttered on botb side* ; be IH rich beyond tbe danger* of inch pecula- tion* a* hi cares to indnlg* in ; and bia heart i* neither conaumed by tbe flrei of patriotism, nor tbe oankir of a lofty ambitition. Borne people detpiae bim ; be doee not care. Some people admire bim ; be doe* not care. Afiw friends like bim ; he doee not care. Bull fewer probably love bim ; he does not care. He iia good story- teller. His beet anecdotes are against bimeelf. An a financier and man of busi- ness, he I* far more generous than in generally known . and I have never beard a whi*per against bis honor as a banker, speculator and man of holiness. Ue has a ulighf drawl in bia speech , i* a capital talker ; a liberal hot . and be *tana* at the extreme end ot tbe extreme*! political party in tbe mate. Hie latent rad'oal performance was to propose in the Ilouaei of Commons a motion not to exact term*, but favoring the abolition ol tbe upper Houne. In spite of the Premier, he pushed the motion to a division, and got 71 vote*) in it* favor. Tbe result was loudly cheered by bis Irish friends and Radical colleague*. Bom* politician* regard tbe division a> " very ngninoaut." MM Alexander Graham Bell, who ha* now been pronounced Ibe tint inventor of tbe working telephone by every court bat tbe Supreme Court of the United Stales, and who expects to win in tbe latter court aa in tbe others, i* not peroeitibly elated by bis success, write* a Washington oorren- poudent to the Philadelphia Record. He) bean prosperity as will ae any man I ever knew. He in immensely neb, and by hi* invention all the memben of hi* family have been enriched. But Bell i* just the ame cheery, eager, bard- working devotee of toien 9 that be was back ID the old days of hi* poverty and obsiourily. Hell oaren nothing for money a* mousy. Ue in not a money-maker. Like Agassi/, and all other great soteututa, he is to buy to make money." Of coarse, he likes the things that money will provide bis band- some house on Bolt circle, with all its elaborate oonvenieocee, its slegant furnish- iogi and itn beautiful works of art, hie workshop, tbe " Volta Laboratory," on Connecticut avenue, hi* apparatus and bis library. But he would be juil an happy without tbem. HuhapplDdi lie* in hi* family OD one hand, aud in hi* M leutifi o pursuits on tbe other. When be i* not bney in hi* laboratory, or in bis library, or iu the free school for deaf mate obildren which be baa eetablwhtd, be us enjoying tbe society of hi* wite and children. They are a delightful family. Tbe man who bae made tbe Bell telephone the splendid busiuees nuooe.es tbat it IH is Bell's fatber- in-law, Oardiner 0. Hnbbard, a man of very great bunmeu ability, who liven m a liai.iUome boiue on Dopont circle, < ppomte Ulaiue'i castle. Hi la ae practical M Bell is theoretical. He, too, is very rieb. A Boston man told me tbe other day that it wa* understood in Boson that Hnbbard mad* $.'.00,000 by the recent rise in Bell telephone (took. Hnbbard i* a vary agreeable old gentleman, who still write* a ;ood deal for tne reviews and magazines, as be need to do when be was a proleesor in Cambridge on a small salary. n A |>| r oprlnl, I III. We find, the following iu the Ilrooklyn aymiM : II ii related of Dr. Newman Hatl, tbat becoming greatly excited over some criticisms paeeed upon an article wbiob he bad written, be eat down and wrote a very aaroailio and bitter reply, which b* carried to tbe celebrated Dr. Bin- ney for sagged ion* and approval. Dr. Hall read tbe document to hi* friend, and whenever he came to any pannage which happened to be particularly bitter, be rub- bed it in witb ao empbaii* tbat would make even a mummy iqneal. Whin be had finished reading he said to Dr. Binney : Well, what do yon think of tbat ?" " Oh," wa* tbe reply, " I thick it remarkably well written, but ha* extremely sharp and bitter tbiog* in it. Have you fixed upon a title for it yet ?" " No, I bave not," replied Dr. Hall , " Perhaps you can aesiil me ?" Tben Dr. Binney said slowly and delibe- rately , " Tbi* would be a capital title: Oo to tbe Devil,' by the author of ' Come to Jesni.' " Tb* phillippio found tbe tire plaoe. James Parry, who died a tew week* ago in Cheater, England, was noted for hi* parsimony, and in believed to bave been a millionaire. Next to the Duke of West- minster, ha WM the largest property owner in Ohetter. He in Mtid once to have niHtruoted a tenant in paying him 110 to bring the amount in two instalment* in order thus to avoid the use of a stamped receipt. A New Haven. Conn., man pawned bis lalse teeth for a quarter recently to 'buy a theatre ticket. Bad drinking water given to a lew oowi owned by a single farmer in Ayrabire, England, oauned an outbreak of typhoid fever in three) hospital*, and the illoea* of 104 patients. Tbs germs of disease wet* transmitted by milk. AIM IN oliibH LANsMt. Tbr oi.i I lu,. l .. .i.. i K.irl rain in Truer n.i Although tbe Englinb language is indebted to tbe Latin for tbe word, the English fair ' wa* a very different thing and answered a very different purpose. They were public marl* for buy i ug aud selling, and could only be atl op by the king's gram or by long and immemorial nssge wbiob represented anob a grant. The right to bold such a fair or market wai jealously guarded, and it wai held to be a nutaauoe to set up a fair near enough to be prejudicial. A new fair could not be eel up within a third part of twenty milee of the old one. If held on the tame day it wai prima faote a nuiaanoe , it on another day, it will uot be presumed to be a nuiaanoe, bat mast be proved to be noon Fair* were held iu churchyard* and later in churches themselves, apd when Ihe peo- ple crowded the monasteries aud abbeys on the fea*t day* ot the church, the monk* knew bow to make the most of the occasion. Tbe Eogluh fair* oomniued busmws with muaement. Wrestling, boxing and single ituok, with an occasional bear- baiting, enlivened tbe scene. Rude dramatic representations were given in booth*, and ihe proteaaional tumblers and acrobat* 'It'ightH crowd*. Tbe Puritan*, when they had the upper band, frowned on such frivolities, but under the reign of " Te Merrie Monarch," " who never laid a foolish thing and never did a wise one," fain nourished. Tbe cattle bow and tbe bench know bave taken it* place, and the raoeooune affords a more congenial elime lor tbe va*t army of itin- erant mirth producer*. In France, how- ever, the rural fair has many of It* old-time attribute*. Held on Sunday, the fete ot Bl. Cloud is perhaps a good type a long row ol booth*, at which are sold all sorts of cake* and jimoraok*. Ix>tterie* are going on, and tbere i* lot* of fun. Not very refined always, but always good-natured. At one end are large booth* fitted up lor circuses and dramatic entertainments, and tbe clown, a* of yore, tells on the outside of the wonder* to be Men within. Crowds ol grown men and women are amuimg themselves with obildub games and toys bat the French peasants go back to their irksome tasks with ligbteome bean*, and it i* perbap* a* well tor tbem a* tbe dull practical instruction to be gained Irom one of our agricultural fsirs. National fairs, nob a* the Nijni-Novgorod fair in Hnuia, are interesting to study, and differ a* widely a* the individual* who frequent ihtm. Philadelphia North American. A II I -I III h II I It,,, > , H.v. ibr H. oi farm MrrvsuM H.I,..,, h IP I . . k . d .. ll.r . An incident of the storm a few weeks ago in tne northeast of Scotland has escaped record. Tbe St. Jamet Oatetu 11 indebted to a correspondent for the following account of the gallantry of the wile ol a farm servant gallantry which ought not to be allowed to pa** unrecognized : Daring tbe height of tbe gale on Thursday morn- ing this woman, Mrs. Wbyte, who lives with ber bunbai il in a small cottage on Aberdour beach observed tbe steamer William Hope, of Dundee, wrecked in tbe bay almoet opposite her own door. Without a moment n hesitation, aud in the midst of a blinding shower of bail and sleet, ibis brave woman proceeded as far as she safely could into the Ma and caught tbe end of a rope which one of tbe crew threw to ber. The rope she fastened round ber waist, and with ber feet planted firmly on the beach, and with Ibe ipray dasbing around hsr, nhe stood until those on board tbe steamer were able to make the necessary arrangement* for getting ..bore, wbiob they did lately. Mrs. Why U'lgoodaee* did not end tbere. She took tbe reeened men to ber bumble ooi and, as far as ber poor mean* afforded, supplied that comfort which the destitute aud exhausted crew stood much in need of. Nor is thin tbe first occasion on wbiob tbis poor woman has ihowu bereself a good Samaritan. About two yean ago tbe Swedish barque Aloiater was wrecked on almost tbe ss>uie Ipol as tbe William Hope. Mis Wbyte showed the utmost lympainy and kindness for the stranded foreigners she took them to her bouse, grudging neither lime, convenience, nor material aid nuoh a* wa* in ber power to alleviate their wants. These services bave never been publicly recognized. Herrwhcff, the wonderful blind boat builder, whose fao'orle* and hops are at this pluoe, ha* jut fiuiabed hi* last marvel ot beauty speed and elegance, ai applied to steam yachts, in a (teem launch for Jay Ooold'i use. Kbe is a beautifully modelled craft, gleaming in black walnut, mahogany, brass, nilver and steel, and is intended for New Tork harbor cruising and to accom- pany the rich man's Meato yacht, the Ataianta. Bbe I* nearly 'M feet in length and 74 leet beam. Mr. Herreebxtt ha* made several triale in ber and i* thoroughly satisfied tbat she is the bell ol any ol his suooeesful efforts in tbe yacht -building line. In bar beet ineeding io, tbii harbor tbe little craft ran up to fifteen mile* per hour, bardly rippling tbe water lo do it, aud part- ing il ae easily as a knife. Tbis spoon hat never before been attained by a itoam yacht of bor size. Bbe is on her way to New York, and attr.cts much attention. Il i* aaid the prince of speculator* will upholster her In red silk velvet. She coat over 130,000. BHttol i R.I , Timet. A Joke OP UM .rnn,l OM Has). " Dagonat," In the London lleferie, aayi " Mr. Oladitone bunt into our editorial room Ibe other day with hi* axe in hie band and a broad grin on bit lace. ' I say,' be exclaim*, ' yen haven't gone to prene yet, bave yon ?' ' No.' ' That right. I'v* brought you something for th paper. I wa* cutting down a tree with my boy Herbert, and be wa* telling me about the row at Birmingham. I remarked tbat it wa* wrong ot the boy* to fling tbe benches about. Yee, pa,' he aaid, ' thai was a redistribution of (eat* tbat the Tories couldn't be expected to approve of.' Not bad for Herbert, wa* it, eb! Pot it in if you can. Ta, la t' And tbe bale and hearty old man danced down tbe Blairs foor at a time and went off to Downing street in the highest gl*e." Homebody bti calculated that if the American people ibonld make the effort they could save 1160,000,000 in dree* alone aeb year.