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From the Detroit Free Press.l
&c ding A-Fishing.'

The man who invented the fish.
hook will some day have q monu.
ment. 1t will be a granite column
500 feet high, built by the boys
alone. A boy might possibly get
along with marbles, tops, stills, balls
and kites, yet he would feel that
there was an aching void some
where. A kite does well enough
as long as it will outsail all other
kites and the string doesn't break,
and q pair of stilts are good prop
erty until after the first fail; but
for real solid pleasure the fish-hook
can never be beaten. A boy will
always expect more and get less
from it than anything else invented,
but he never gets too discouraged
TO try again. Il
The Smith boy was observed try
ing his luck yesterday in a pond on
a vacant lot on Alfred street. AS
far back as last December his moth.
er promised him half a day out of
school as soon as the fish began to
bite, and yesterday was the glorious
day. Where there's water there
ought to be fish, according to every
-body's reckoning, and the youth
surrounded" that wee little pond
hole with its barrel of muddy water
with just as much enthusiasm as a
man would throw line into Lake
st. Clair. He had ham, sweetcake.
potato, dried beef and boiled egg
for bait, and when he had spit up.
Oh the bait and cast in his hook
all the Seth Greens ever BON
couldn't have convinced him that
he would fail of at least one good
big bite. For two long hours he
tished for sturgeon and pickerel and
pike, changing the bait now and
then and never forgetting to spit
Oh it, and as he hauled UP for the
last time he would simply admit
that it wasn't just the right sort of
day to go fishing. If he had had
a little one to carry home his tri-
umph .weuld have been more com.
plete, but yet his eyes were like dia-
monds as he met two boys on the
corner and called out
"Say! I've stayed out of school
whole halliday and been a-fisbing.
l didn't catch any fish, COS they
were all OH their nests, but you
ought to have seen the big frog
which tumbled off a stone y
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President Lincoln to General
Hooker.

In the Providence Journal of May
9th is printed letter from Lincoln
to General Hooker, written just af-
ter the latter had taken command
of the army of the Potomac. The
letter was penned in January, 1868,
and, while the President yet re-
tanned it id bis possession, an init.
mate friend chanced to be in his
cabinet one night, and the Presi-
dent read it him, remarking, 81
shall not read this to anybody else,
but l want to know how it strikes
you." During the following April
or May, while the army of the Po.
tomac lay opposite Fredericksburg,
and friend accompanied the Presi.
dent to General Hooker's head.
quarters on a visit. One night,
General Hooker, alone in his tent
with this gentleman, said: "The
President says that he showed you
this letter." and he then took out
that document, which was closely
written on a sheet of letter paper
The tears stood in the Generals
bright eyes as he added: "lti is such
a letter as a father might have writ
ten to sou. And yet he hurt me-"
Then dashing the water from his
eyes, he said: "When l have been
to Richmond, shall have this let
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Ibad a pretty room at tho hotel

bad pretty room at tho hotel
in Nice, but l woke up in the morn.
ing with my face badly bitten. with
mosquitoes. Mosquitoes in Februa-
ry! it was improbable, incOnceiva-
bic, but il was true. was enchant
ed with the idea of writing to
Paris that had been bitten with
mosquitoes in February The next
night was worse yet. l complain
ed to the landlord. "Well they did
take hoid," he said, as if he were
talking 10 a dozen blOod-suckers
"You may well believe it," "Then
you've had enough" al should say
sO." "Then 1 will give you No. 81"
"Aren't there mosquitoes in all the
rooms n 90! no. 1t costs too much.
Can't pay for fire in all the rooms.
l have only one mosquito room
that one you're in, That's for iDva-
lids who come here and want to he
sure that it's summer climate. |
only gave it to you as special
honor. Some people wouldn't be-
lievc they were in Nice, even in
winter, unless the mosquitoes BIT
them.-
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Lewis Gaylord Clark, the editor
of the Knickerbocker Magazine
use d to tell the following story with
great delight:
Some two miles up the river from
st. Johnsbury, VT, is a primitive
sort of a little village called "The
Centre" Here, not long since, the
rustic youth. of the vicinity con.
gregated for IL dance, "and dance
they did," said our informant, "with
an JUNCTION unknown to your city
bellies and beaux." One interesting
man, having imbibed too freely, be-
came "fatigued" in the course OF
the evening, and wisely concluded
to retire for q short rest.
A door ajar near the dancing
hall revealed iDvitingIy a glimpse
Of a estnforta be he'd, off-whicli he
tQbk possession with prospect of an
lti&tlisturbed "snooze."
1t happened, howbeit, that this
was the "ladies' Withdrawing room,' D
and no sooner had he closed his
eyes than pair of blooming dam.
sells came in and began adjusting
their disordered ringlets, the dim
light of the tallow candle not dis.
closing the tenant OF the bed. The
girls had tongues (ike the rest oil
their "seck") which ran in this wise ::
"What nice dance we're hav.
ing! Have you heard anybody say
anything about ME, Janer
"Law, yes, Sally, Jim Brown
says he never saw you look so hand
some as you do tonight. Have you
heard anybody say anything about
me -
"About you! Why, sartin,
heard Joe Flint tell Sam Jones that
you was the prettiest.dressed girl in
the ROOM"
Whereupon the dear things chuck
eled, and ''hxed up" a little more,
and made off towards the ballroom
They had hardly reached the door
when our half conscious friend
raised himself on his elbow, and
quite intelligibly, though slowly in
quired:
"Have you heard aryborry say
anythin' bout me, gals ~
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A Methodist parson in Nevada
has publicity declined to abandon
John Chinaman, The Rev. Mr..
Gober went to Grass Valley from
Sacramento, taking with him a
MongOlian man-ofall-work. The
members of the flock liked the shep-
herd, but hated the shepherds dog,
and it was not long before the board
of stewards demanded the expul-
sion of the Chinaman. The min
lister assured them that John had
lived with them very long time,
was q tolerable christian and an ex-
ceedingly good fellow. and there
was no reason why he should he
discharged from service. The stew
ards subsequently returned to the
attack, and informed the parson
that they would not pay his salary
if he refused to dismiss the Celes-
tial. The reply was, "COme to
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II ~ #
When ! hear o man habitually
using profane and offensive Ian-
guagc, l think to myself, you are
one Of the simple ones, who forfeit
all claim to good society by your
wicked aud pernicious habits.
When l see a man so regardless
of common decency, or the rig hts
Of his fellow rail-car passengers, as
to eject tobacco juice on the floor of
the car, to the disgust and injury
Of decent passengers, think to
myself, you are not only extremely
simple, but criminalIy negligent of
others rights and comforts, and are
better fitted for an occupant of a
staole OF pig stt than. y rail- car. ''1
Finally the most of us can look
back and see many tollies which we
have committed to our deep and
lasting regret, and which might
have been avoided by that prudence
of which the wise man so frequent
ly speaks. VERD MONT.
" Orange Co., Vermont. ,fo.
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church next Sunday evening"" The
church was crowded on the evening

church next Sunday evening"" The
church was crowded on the evening
in question and the sermon was
awaited with breathless interest.
The pastors reference to the Chi.
nese question was brief but pointed.
"The stewards have told me that
unless l discharge the Ohinaman in
my employ they will no longer be
responsible for my salary. My wife
has learned to like John because he
is a good Christian, thinks SO much
of us, and does his work SO faith
fully. / now answer you once for
AL that the Chinaman shall stay
with us and 4 shall continue pastor
OF this Church until the c0hferehce
sees fit otherwise to direct me, sal
ary or no salary, starve or no starve! f!
/ have never yet been intilnidated
from what i considered my duty as
q Christian. And do not propose
to be now Brethren, it strikes me
pretty forcibly that it would be bet.
ter for you to follow the religion
taught in the Bible than that dealt
out on the Sand Lots of San Fran.
CISCO" Prejudice is prejudice, but
grit is also grit. There was ap.
plause from every side of the church,
and when the preacher left the pull.
pit a prominent member of the con.
gregation stepped up to him and
said: "Parson, you have partaken
of my hospitality in the past many
time. Recollect that my latch
string hangs on the outside when
you come that way. There is a
crust in our cupboard when your
salary fails"
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The Cars Own Account.

Writing of the attempt to assas-
sinate the emperor of Russia in St.
Petersburg, a correspondent states
that as soon as the Gar had enter
ed the Winter Palace after the at
tempt had been made to shoot him,
he gave orders for all his friends
an, I'D, .ne dIgh State officials Is 5e
admitted to his presence, aud re-
peated to them the event which had
just occurred in the following
terms.
81 was taking my usual walk
this morning at nine o'clock and,
feeling rather tired, [ was about to
return to the palace, when l saw
coming toward me along the de-
serted flags good looking young
man of about thirty years of age.
| looked at him mechanically as he
approached, thinking the while if
that man wished to kill me it would
be very easy for him to do so. This
strange presentiment was all the
more ineXplicable as there was
nothing about him to suggest
his being a conspirator. He wore
the dress of clerk in the Finance
Department and his demeanOr was
perfectly correct. AS this thought
was passing through my mind l
saw him put his hand into the pock-
ct of his cloak, take from it q pistol
and aim at me. Instinctively l
darted aside. The shot went off
and missed me. just as l was on
the point of calling for help sec
Ond shot went off, and, thanks to
the movement l made to right my
self, it likewise missed its aim. l
then called for help. Policemen
appeared Immediately. l walked
straight toward the would -be-assas.
sin, who stood still few PAGES off.
His arm seemed suddenly paIa.
lyzed. The men rushed at him.
He seemed to recover himself, and
fred two more shots, one of which
unfortunately wounded one of my
preservers, while the otEer hit the
wall near me. At last the wretch
was secured and disarmed. There
upon, to tell you the truth, l felt
rather faint, and was brought
back to the palace. Let us praise
God, my friends. 1t is He who has
spared my life"
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The most important question OF
the near future is whether yellow
fever will return this summer. No
greater misfortune could befall the
country, North as well as South,
than the reappearance with the hot
weather Of the dreaded pestilence.
[tjs said to be an axiom of South
ern hygiene, established by prece-
dent, that the yellow fever il never
epidemic for two successive seasons.
But the epidemic Of last year de-
molisbed many theories that had
come to be rega Ided as axioms by
the pedical profersi9p. II invaded
localities and attacked cidssese Of
people that, by theory and prece-
dent, should have been exempt from
its ravages. 1t manifested itself in
new symptoms and under modified
forms, battling experience and re.
quiring new systems of treatment,
and this to such degree that there
has been considerable doubt as to
the identity of the fever of 1878
with the yellow fever of the past.
If the cities of the South rely upon
precedent to protect them from the
plague this summer, and neglect to
take all sanitary precautions possi-
BILE, they will make deplOrable
mistake. One thing is certain The
yellow fever cannot be barred out
from our territory by any amount
of Congressional legislation.
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ter printed" This was more than
sixteen years ago, and the letter has
just now seen the light OF day.
ExEOUrIvl MAMsIoN,

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
RAsHIN0T0N, d. o., January 20, 1868.
Mcj0r- General Hooker :-General
Il have placed you at the head of
the army OF the Potomac. Ofcourse
l have done this upon what ap.
pears to me to be sufficient reasons,
and yet / think it best for you to
know that there are some things in
regard to which l ON not quite salts.
fed with you. [ believe you to be
brave and skillful soldier, which,
of course like. l also believe you
do not mix politics with your pro-
fession, in which you are right. You
have confidence in yourself, which
|.s s a:aable; ~ NOT an sindispcnsa.
be, duality. You are ambitious,
which, within reasonable bounds i,
does good rather than harm; but l
think that during General Burn
sides command of the army you
have taken counsel of your ambi
ton and thwarted him as much as
you could, in which you did a great
wrong to the country and to most
meritOriOus and honorable brother
officer. l have heard, in such u way
as to believe it, of your recently say
ing that both the army and the
government needed q dictator. OF
course it was not for this, but in
spite OF it, that have given you
the command. Only those gener-
ais who gain successes can set up
dictatOrs. What I now ask of you
is military success and l will risk
the dictatorship. The government
will support you to the utmost Of
its ability, which is neither more
nor less than it has done and will
do for all commanders. much
fear that the spirit which you have
aided TO infuse into the army, of
criticis;ng their commander and
Withholding confidence from him,
will now turn upon you. shall
assist you as tar as l can to put it
down. Neither you nor Napoleon,
if he were alive again, could get any
good out of an army while such a
spirit prevails in it. And now be-
ware of freshness. Beware of rash
ness, but with energy and sleepless
vigilance go forward and give us
victories.
Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.
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Some fort y years ago Gov. VIM.
A. Palmer owned set of mills and
land adjoining the outlet of Joe's
Pond in Danville. One season he
planted quite large piece of pota-
toes on said land. On his land, or
near, lived an eccentric old man by
the name of Micah Hunt, VIII ON the
Governor employed to labor for him
occasionally. At the proper time
Hunt, with others, was engaged in
hoeing the potatoes. In the after
noon the Governor made his ap-
pearance in the field to inspect their
work, and to see what progress they
were making. On looking over the
field he occasionally found a row
not exactly right, and enquired OF
the men which of them hOed it.
With one accord it was pronounced d
to be one of Hunts. After exam.
lining the work done, and finding
many of Hunts rows, the Govern
or went to the men, and called Mr..
Hunt little aside. He approach
ed the Governor, with fear and
trembling, and said:
"They lie, Governor"
81 think so," replied the Govern.
or, shut according to their report
l think you have done the largest
share Of the work, and here is a
dollar extra for you"
Micah took it, and thanked him,
much to the chargin of his fellow
laborers. For years Hunts rows
were by-word in that vicinity.
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deavoring to hear themselves think
Neither had drawn perceptibl'
breath for ten minutes. Outside
were the broad grounds Of the dc
partment buildings. Looking from
the operating-room window the
prospect was clear; not single
person was to be seen. Suddenly
a Georgetown horse car appeared
in the distance. On il came at the
usual rate. Near the building il
stopped. A man got off and start
ed with slow, leisurely steps up the
centre walk TO the door. Inside the
Operating.room the thrilled opera.
tors looked out on his slow, steady
paee, ana could scarcely contain
themselves at his unconcern. He
was meditating, actually meditating
AS though there was nothing to
throw off his hat for and cheer till
he was hoarse. Keeping on he
presently lifted his head and looked
at the window. Tinker was there
and knew him.
"Any news I" he casually in-
quired.
Tinker leaned far out of the win
dow. "Richmond's fallen y he
said.
No tongue can describe the fea-
lures of that man while he was COM
ing to himself. lie turned red and
white by turns, till, suddenly real
izing the meaning of the words, he
waved his arms, then turned and
ran. Down the street he ran,
spreading the news to every one he
met. Soon there was q great crowd.
The excitement rose. The people
seemed almost wild. The War De-
partment was soon besieged. Out
side was a multitude. Inside were
excited officers, clerks, operators,
and an excited President. The out
siders looked in at the insiders, and
the insiders looked out at the out
siders, Questions came hot and
fast from the multitude, and an.
swers we're shouted back from every
man who could get his head to one
of the two windows. The crowd
got the news fairly in its mind, and
then seemed TO want three cheers,
The three became four. Then they
wanted speeches. They got them.
Halt a dozen speeches were under
way in less than that number of
mInuIes. Some were goSa ones.
Andrew johnson was there. He
was saying: "GOd bless the old
flag. If was President of the
United States
At this point something exciting
occurred. Secretary Stanton en-
tered the operating-room leaning
Oh Gen. Eckert's arm. Gen. Eckert
pointed out to him the boy who had
received the message. They were
formally introduced. The next
moment Kettles found himself seiz-
ed by the Secretary and held at
arms length out at the window
above the crowd. The Secretary
called to the crowd that this was
the yonug man who had received
the dispatch of the fall of Rich
mond. The crowd wanted a speech
from him. Kettles gave them a
speech in a few words, appropriate
and pointed, for he was in the hu-
NOR.
Then followed other scenes. Fire
engines were brought Out-anything
to make a noise. In the evening
the city was ablaze with i'll umina-
lions. Kettles, who is now an op-
orator in Boston, says he can never
forget how Father Abraham start.
ed for Secretary StantOn's door at.
ter receiving the dispatch-hop,
skip, and jump, shouting, "Clear
the track y
"Willie" Kettles was Burling-
ton boy, and learned the art and
of telegraphy, in the tel
sgraph Office in that city.
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~ IWrItton IoF tho OfINIoNJ
sermon by . Layman-l' Prov, xi'S
A prudent (wise) man foreseetlh
the evil and hideth himself, but the
simple (foolish) pass on, and are
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John e. Ea6ls..
MISCELLANEOUS.
70 EOfzsSsefsssHsss.

Thr publishers Of the Kew Orleans Times
wish especially at this time that every citizen
Of this State should he a subscriber or reader OF
the Times. Questions OF the greatest inrnr-
tHncc to Loul>ann are pending waiting solution
"A convention of her delegates now in Scs-
sion drafting ali organic law for adoption to
replace : he present constitution, and which It
is hoped Will radically reform those fearful
abuses, WaStcful CXtIHVagancicS and gross i'll
Justices which have been nurtllred by it and
have grown up Undcrit. The subject OF lcstric
tive quarantine as to its efficacy i'll prevent ing
the introduction OF the Srourgc of yellow lever
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business and prosperity of the city of New Or
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large extent public attention. Other vital Ultcs-
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