davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
Artemus Ward Gn.ures His Life.

l kun to the konclusion lately that life
war so Onsartine, that the only way for me
to stand fair chance with other folks was
to git my life ensured, so | called on the
agent of the "Garden Angel Life Insurance.
Company :" and answered the following
questions which war put to me from the top
Nv pair NV gold specs, by sleak little
man, with as tatan old bellyon him as eny
man ever had.
lst. Are you mail or femail? If So
state how long have you been so lu.u $50
I'd. Are you subject to fits; and il so,
do you have more than one at time? -,
Sd. What are your fighting weight?
4th. DID you ever have any ancestors,
and if so. how wmuch? Hg q retTfU1I
9th. What is your legal opinion of the ,
constitutionality of the ten command
9Th, Du you ever have eny height
mares? ."
9TH. Are you married or orsingle, or are
you a bachelor? E tn9mqui'4S iHol YLIJ
-Sth.o Du you believe in future state2,7
III you du, state it..
9th. What are your private sentiments
about rush on rats in a bed-can 1t be did :
successfully? .5anaiaeliU lo alsa adt
10th. Have you ever committed suicide,
and if so, how does itseem TO affect you?
Alter answering the above questions like
q man in the conhrmiti, the sleek little fat
old man, with gold specs on sed was in
sured for life, and probably would remain
SO for a term NV years. / thanked him aud d
smiled won Nv my most pensive smiles. ,o,lt
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
Reconstrucnon Ouestions.

1t is understood at Washington that Sum
ner and Wendell Phillips are dissatisfied
with the testimony given by Gen. Lee to
the Reconstruction committee. They
propose that he be recalled to answer the
following "loyal" questions, as more par
ticularly calculated to interest their Yam
kee people:
Is there a piece of Pilgrim rock any
where in Virginia? and if there is not,
would it not be a judicious step to send a
piece of it to Richmond?
Have you yourself ever seen chair that
came over in the MaytlOwer? and If not,
would you like to see one?
How many people in Virginia look upon
Gen. Butler as great military genius?
answer the same question as to Gems.
Banks and Schenck.
DO the cOlored race in Virginia generally
go in when it rains? and if not, why not?
Was Hannibal, in your Judgment. ne
gro? answer the same question as to OJhel-
10 and Hannibal Hdmlin
Do the colOred people in Virginia usual
" sleep with their heads under the bed
clothes? and how far will emancipation
modify this habit?
What effect is emancipation likely to
have upon the comparative consumption
OF corn bread and wheat bread?
Are the colored people in Virginia fond
of bright colors? and if so, what effect will
emancipation be likely to have upon this
taste?
Will the people of Virginia be inclined to
give up the eating of bacon aud greens and
TO substitute therefor the Yankee dishes of
pork and beans and Goldfish and potatoes? !?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia against
Quckwheat cakes and popped corii as
Yankee dishes? And is that prejudice in-
creasing or decreasing?
In your Judgment have secession doc
trines been promoted in Virginia by the
drinking of mint juleps? And is there any
prejudice there against sherry cobblers as a
Northern drink?
Would young man in Virginia be dis
inclined to marry Yankee girl who was
young, good-lOoking, and rich mans
daughter?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia against
Rhode Island coal as the product of a
Northern State?
Do the people of Virginia play poker
and if so, would Virginia secessiOnist be
willing to pay the money won of him at
that game by Northern man?
What is the sentiment of Virginia as to
the BlOOmer costume, and is it likely to be
modified in the future? ...
Do the people of Virginia regard Wen
dell Phillips as the greatest American
orator? and if not, are they likely to come
l to that opinion hereafter! .
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
T'oilcttes nt :, E'Iorentinc IsaII.

The Italian ladies do not appear to be at !
all behind their PARTISAN sisters in the
mania for linery. At fancy ball lately
given at Florence by the wealthy banker
and Senator, Sgnor Fenzi, u lady is de-
scrbcG as having achieved ''the most alb
solute triumph of plastic beauty" by APP
pearing in simple skirt of white satin
over tight-fttng tlesh-colored silk, while
the classic "cothurn" replaced the modern
shoe. A Hungarian lady, the youthful D
Countess. Karsly, if less paradisaic in her
garb, was yet more "the cynOsure of neigh
boring eyes" She represented the Mer de
Glace. Beneath double veil of white and
of blue tulle, by way of clouds appeared
the terrific undulations of the Mer de Glace,
painted and woven on a white satin skirt.
Sharp-pointed blocks of ice, bears, chamois, =
birds of prey, understanding character
istic was omitted. A very loose tunic,
forming train, depicted on the left side Il
mass of white and blue clouds, and on then
right splendid sun darting rays of light,
At the bottom of the white satin skirt q
light silvered stuff simulated hoar frost.
The body of the dress was OF white satin,
cut in small pointed basqpes, trimmed with
swansdown and glass. The Countess FROST
ed hair was prevented from falling quite
loose by crystal chains, while herhead was
framed, as it were, in swansdown. ,-l.sJt
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
lFrom the Boston Commercial
.GOrurnaIisn. '-

The April number of the North American
Reuie,o has readable article on the career
of the Nelo York Herald and its editor and
on the subject of journalism generally. at
is plain" says the article in question, that
journalism will henceiorth and forever b e
an important and crowded profession in
the United States. The daily newspaper
is one of those things rooted in the necessi-
ties of modern civilization. The steam en-
gine is not more essential to us. The daily
newspaper is what connects each individ-
ual with the general life of mankind and
makes him part and parcel of the whole,
so that we can almost say that people who
neither read newspapers, nor converse with
those who do, are not members of the hui
man family; that is, not actually so now
though like the negroes of Guinea, they
may become such in time. They are be-
yond the pale, they have no hold of the
electric chain, and therefore do not receive
the shock" ,.....
Amoraing or evening which comes with
out the issue of the journals seems strange
and unnatural. Society is self-conscious
through the newspapers. 1t has, as it were,
a sensitive epdermis, making of it an or
ganized, selt-conseious being by means of
Journals. 1t is doubtful whether our mode
of Government would be possible or prac-
ticable without newspapers. ul.f
Once in while some small, cheap poll
tican announces to the world from his seat
in Congress that he never notices the as
saults of newspapers, that they are utterly
below his contempt. Such remark is Oh
ten in the mouths OF small congressman,
whose importance is solely due to the pa
pers. Look at the colossal wealth which
our pill makers have heaped up through
lei CHI ha
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
Suicide of EX-GOVernOr BigIer's
Son. ..

The Clearfeld, Pa.) Journal, of April .,
says:
Intelligence reached this place yesterday
evening of the death of Reed Bigler, eld-
est son of Ex-Governor Bigler. Some two
weeks since he went down the river on
raft as far as Lock Haven, where he arrived
sick Of fever, but was getting better. For
several days previous to his death he show
ed signs of mental wanderings, supeTin-,
duced by his disease, yet no fears were en-
tertained of his speedy recovery, as he was
going about. On Monday, between 1 and
2 o'clock =. NJ, he went to his room, OpeI-
ell a trunk, took out some clean clothing, {
and it would seem, after having done this,
being attacked with mental alteration, he
took his pistol ana shot himself the ball en-
tering the mouth aud lodging near the
brain in the back part Of the head. The q
report of the pistol a. once aroused the in
mates of the house, who hastened to his
room, where they found him sitting on the
bed, the pistol lying in the trunk. He ask
ed several persons rs they entered what
was the matter, all the while bleeding pro- :
fusely. He soon became faint from the
loss CT blood, and expired some fifteen
minutes after the occurrence. ... -,-.aT
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19

goods comes from England, and about oper
fifth from the United States. The. ValGJ "a
goods exported to Porto Rico alone
amounts to nearly three millions of dol
lars. This valuation is taken from the re-
turns made TO the Custom House on sim
pie declaration of the merchants, no exam
ination whatever taking place. The value
given is not stated in the Invoice. need
hardly say that the goods, when exported,
represent far higher value.
Independently of the merchant steamers
belonging to the different lines, the men-of-
war and ships in distress, the port of st.
Thomas is now visited yearly by about
2,200 vessels of abont 100000 tuns burthen,
all carrying on regular trade.
CLIMATE.
A word as to the climate of St. Thomas.
To describe it as exceptionally unhealthy Is
as gross and vile alibel as was ever got up
for particular purpose. 1t is annually
visited by great number OF Europeans
and Americans, who are, as also the sailors
and merchant clerks, much exposed to the
sun, and who frequently, had almost said
as a rule, indulge to a great excess In more
than one way. That yellow fever should
now and then break out among such Is not
strange, and not to be attributed to the To-
cality. 1t would do so anywhere in the
tropics. Its dangers are to be avoided by
moderation and prudence. Formanyyears
there have been, even under such favorable
circumstances, but few cases of yellow te-
yer; and if we except this scourge, the ISL
and is remarkably healthy; none more so in
the West Indies. The town is built in
manner conducive to health, and is kept
exceedingly clean. The harbor is being
dredged, and by cutting through small
strip OF land, separating the haFbor to the
west from an adjacent bay, sufficiently
strong current has been created to keep up
healthy circulation in the waters of the
Correspondence ". Y. EUentng Post.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19

The Cincinnati NattondI Unson Republic
cam asks: ~ M pa zoOtild - Ash
rs it not singular that the Radicals inip
Congress are so fervently enamored of this
bill, (Civil Rights bilD when it Is isadmitted /,
that ii was modelled on what was to them
the Odious Fagitive Slave Law, which was
viii some one please explain this evident
Inconsistency on the part Of our Radical
Friends in Congress? .,ea.i. ~
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
NUMBER 25O. nrr

editorial writer is anonymous, hence no
matter how brilliantlis genius or influence
tial his peu, he ia not so well known torthF ]
public as some petty demagogue, who talks.
prOsy couimon-places from the stump on
his seat in International Legislature. ~ ~
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-19
The Islnnd or Sd. ,Ehomas.

The island, about fifteen miles long and
five broad, is situated in longitude 65 deg.
26 min. west, and in latitude Is deg. %
min. The only town in the island is also
called st. Thomas, and contained in 1860
permanent population of eleven thousand
four hundred souls-the population of the
whole island being about 1880. 1t is easi-
ly approached by vessels coming from
north, south, east and west, so much so
that it is the principal harbor of refuge for
all vessels in distress in these seas. Its ca
pacious and deep harbor, opening to the
south, can be entered without pilot, and
offers safe and secure anchorage. The
port has been for many years provided with
slip, OH which ships of great tonnage
could be repaired, and the present year will
see finished floating dock, capable of "a
commodating the largest ocean steamers,
should they require repair. 1t will be the
second of its kind in the West Indies, as
Havana is the only other port that possesses
one, and it must add greatly to the import
ance of st. Thomas.
The harbor of st. Thomas is the rendez-
vous of the men-ofwar of all nations !;
more so of Americans, perhaps, than of any
other nation. They come there to coal, to
provision, and to receive dispatches from
home.
1t need scarcely be pointed out that the
supplying of these different lines of mer-
chant steamers and men-of-war, as well rs
the reftting of vessels arrived in distress,
has opened an extensive and profitable bus
ineSs. rs
If we leave the harbor, and land in the
little town, situated in semi-circle on the
southern slopes of the hills that protect the
harbor towards the north, we find veal
thy, prosperous little community of mer-
chants from all parts of the world, The two
nations, numbering the fewest representa-
tives are, however, unfortunately for Mr..
Trollope, the Americans and the Danish.
TRADE. .t . .ss.
The greatest and most numerous firms
are German, English, French and Italian.
The trade and prosperity OF st. Thomas
date from far back. AS early as 1882 it was
made practically free port, open TO all
nations. 1t was this wise commercial pol
icy that made it the emporium for the
other islands and the Spanish Main Its
greatest prosperity it enjoyed, perhaps,
anterior to the peace of 1915, or in the
years Immediately after. In the decade
from 1S2O-29 the port was, on an average,
visited yearly by two thousand, nine
hundred vessels.
The value of the yearly imports to ST..
Thomas, with its 1850 inhabitants, is es-
timated at present to be about six millions
of dollars. One-half Of the imported
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

The PRESIDENT AND H1s Politics.
According to the New York Tribune,
" the President informed Dean Rich-
mond, before the New York election
that he should in no wise interfere
with New York politics that he con-
sidered himself pledged to no party,
and that only those who approved OF
his present policy could be regarded
as his friends. He further stated that
the policy of reconstruction which no
is now pursuing is not an experiment,
but the settled course which he has
determined to carry out without ref
erence to the wishes of any party.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

THE sheriff of Boise county has pre-
sented to the Idaho Legislature bill
for $500, to reimburse the expenses
incurred in defending the county jail
of Boise county against the Vigilantes
last summer.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

Fort Goodwin, on the Gila River
in Arizona, is about the sickliest place
in the United States. More than one>
half of the men posted there are con-
tinually on the sick list.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

THE citizens Of The Emporium are moving
to increase the fund, designed to construct
the wagon road from Pen d'Oreille Lake to
the Jocko Reservation.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

Col. O'Mahoney, the chief OF the
Fenians has challenged Henry J. Rays
mond, editor of tho New York Times
RAYMOND is non .combatant, but very
saucy, and, sometimes libollous in his
style.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. %, 1856.

joe SMITH, the originator OF MOT
monism, has appeared spiritually to
the Nazarenes of st. Johns Precinct
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

Columbia Lodge, No. 81 I. O. o. F.--
Meets every Friday evening at 81 o'clock, in Gates
Hall, corner of Second and Court Streets Brothers in
good standing are invited to attend. By order N.G.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

DJr. william Birnbaum espe ctfully In
FORMS his patrons, and particularly the ladies Of
this city and vicinity that he will sell at private SALE
At auction prices his Main street, the bal
of his splendid stock of Watches Diamonds Jew
ery and Fancy Goods As this will be the last opportu
nifty to purchase the ladies and the public invited
to call.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

THE Third House of the Idaho Leg
islature is presided over by the Hon.
/. N. Smith, sometimes called "lron ="
Smith. Thomas Bail, of Bailsdale is
volunteer governor of Idaho. His
message is nearly as funny as that OF
Gov. Lyon.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

THE rents of houses in the principal
business centres of the South have ad'
vanced from one hundred to one thou.
sand per cent. Atlanta, Nashville ana
Memphis are the most prosperous OF
southern cities since peace has been
re- established.
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

Wasco Lodge, No. 15, f. A. 81 A. NJ .---
Holds its stated the Fret and Third
Saturdays Of each month"; at their hail. in Dalles City
Brethren in good standing invited to attend.
SETH L. PORE, Sec'y. BY order of the W. NJ
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

alf of the men posted there are cons t
inually on the sick list. T
Col. O'Mahoney, the chief OF the
J senians, has challenged Henry }. Rays
nond, editor of tho New York Times.
is non, ,combatant, but very
,aucy, and, sometimes libollous in his
style.
THE sheriff of Boise county has pre-
sented to the Idaho Legislature bill
for $1,000, to reimburse the expenses
incurred in defending the county jail
of Boise county against the Vigllantes
last summer.
The Third House of the Idaho Leg
isIature is presided over by the Hon.
I N. Smith, sometimes called "lron"
Smith. Thomas Bail, of Bailsdale is
volunteer governor of Idaho. His
message is nearly as funny as that OF
Gov. Lyon.
The rents of houses in the principal
business centres of the South have ad'
vanced from one hundred to one thou.
sand per cent. Atlanta, Nashville and
Memphis are the most prosperous Oh
{ southern cities since peace has been
re- established.
The paper mail is sometimes one
hundred days in coming overland from
California to The Emporium. This
arises from q convenient practice OF
= \the contractors, which consists IN
bringing the heavier mail: matter
ever itis-NAewAY..-.Th it Lower Bridge
on the Des Chutes was carried away
by sudden rise of the water, one day
last week. The catastrophe was
caused by the sudden rise of water,
caused by heavy rains on the head of
the river. The loss must reach pretty
we'll up in the thousands, but we have
no means of fixing it with any degree
of exactness.
IHE SNow.-The heavy fall of snow
has stopped travel on the railroad
from this place to Cello. Three loco.
motives have been employed in trying
to open the track, but one days work
demonstrated that they could not
clear it for quarter of mile. A
large number of men are employed in
elearing it of, and before they sue.
eeed in doing it, the Chinook wind is
likely to come TO their assistance.
The ESCAPE OF SpEvENs.-The Dub.
lin Evening Hail says: Whom the es-
cape of Stevens, the Head Centre. of
the Fenian Brotherhood for ireland.
was discovered, a duplicate key was
found in the lock of the cell in which
was confined, which locks six other
doors, leading from corridor to corri-
dor. 1t had been opened with a pass
key. The tables of the dining hall
had been removed to the garden and
placed against the wall, so as to afford
an, easy ascent to che summit. Who
ever did this must bave been thor-
oughly acquainted with the top of the
prison and its vicinity, as Immediately
outside the wall, and corresponding
to nfcety with the spot at which the
tables had been placed, stands tree
affording the best means of descent.
"a s @t 7e {1s...< =
ftiDgss {fss
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

FLOUR is worth $50 hundred in owyhee,
The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23

THE paper mail is sometimes one
hundred days in coming overland from
California to The Emporium. This
arises from convenient practice OF
\the contractors, which consists IN
otbe heavier mail. ma atta- '- i-'--
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-30
improvements.

The Star Is doing good service in giving ex-
preston to the prevailing opini IN with regard
to the importance of embracing the present
opportunity to make such impr o7ement, as in
the interest of present and future generations
should be taken in hand. Every word of the
following extract is written in the right spirit
and deserves to be considered by all who have
the prosperity of the city at heart:
We certainly do not endorse merely fanci-
ful and purely ideal plans, nor have we eve.
committed ourselves to but few, and it would
seem necessary changes; but to those we GER
tainly must adhere. sif 171F ffE
y For instance, much of the town that lies
between Middle and Commercial streets, be-
low Exchange, is almost useless to the busi-
mes community. In front of this TERRITORY is
the best water of the harbor, and in a hun
dred ways it is the most notoriously available
and valuable portion of the city. Yet it
might about as well be situated in Saccarap.
pa, so shut up is it. ALI the Deer and Vine
streets, and even Willow and Silver streets,
that ever were ordained could never make a
business city, for they form no fit avenues for
II ace OF even natural convenience, We use
these merely as an illustration. and we he
Heve tnat merely as a matter of material
prosperity, and that at once. we must do
something towards improving as weA as SIM
ply rebuilding. "s'' - SIN
Nobody will contend that we ought to mt
interior buildings in place of the sd: indeed
there Is an ordinance based upon this noint !.
and why does it not seem quite natural that
other improvements should followa
we stand for no exhaustive expenditure Of
Puoiic money or dreams of castle-builders:
out we go for that which by common forecast
promises better state of things than the old
were u only for this Yankee reason-it al
ways pays" If we cannot have better
CROWNS as well as new ones, then we gain
nothing bv rough experience. ~
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-30
Card.

have returned from Flew York and shall remain
III Portland until September. This will BIZ my last
visit to tic Forcst City" r several years ~ return
TO Now York in September to remain until next May.
then 60 to Europe. Itisnccdlcss for INC TO iniuIm
You what can do for old chronic Complaints That have
ever balcd all other modes Of treatment All seek-
ing my aid should do SO Immediately as my stay A
Portland is iinavoidaby short. Those who afe not
able pay for treatment will he treated free every
Friday afternoon. MY treatment is original with my
self and unlike any othor in use, which ] will
demonstrate TO any intelligent person. Personal ref
crcnec to hundreds of my former rationts.
.ftJYiS q tsi4s etsn DR.. NARvEY.t
pB-OAicc q Free Street, few steps below Whit
ti,r's Drug Store s'Ap'''
q Office hours from 0 to ~ NJ, and to p. N.
Portland May Goth, 1876. . - = '''' SNl&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1866-07-30
A Generous Sin,

Inc following note explains ITSELF Our ac-
knoWledgements are expressed elsewhere:
N. A. FOSTER, ESQ.,:
Sir,-Haying learned that all your files OF
the Daily Press were consumed in the late dis
astrous fire, permit me herewith to tender to
you acomplete file of that paper from the
date of its first issue to July 25th, 1896; also
from Sept. 25th to June Both, 1866.
Allow me to here express my qualification
that the care and slight trouble by which /
have secured the preservation Of these daily
sheets may thus be made conducive to the
future prosperity and success of the Press.
Very respectfully,
NJ. L. STEVENS,