davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

friends applied to me for a copy of it
was unable to crafty them. Remembered
having seen MI. Gales (of the old National
lntelligencer firm of Gales & Seaton) TAX
ing notes in the senate chamber, and ! an.
piled to him for assistance. Mr.. Gales said
he was sorry, but SO much time had elapsed
since he made his notes that he did not be.
lieve he could read them. And when he
tried to do so, at my request, he found he
could not. This was very annoying, rs |
was by this time very anxious to preserve
the speech.
MIR. Gales perceived my annoyance and
said it had sometimes happened that when
he could not read his own notes Mrs. Gales
had been able to read them for him. So we
went to Mrs. Gales. ! gave her my brief
notes or headings, from which | had made
the speech in the senate, and Mr.. Gales
gave her the notes which he had made in
shorthand. The result is my published
speech in reply to Hayne, which l had not
thought very highly of, but which l now
regard as one of my best efforts. Its pres
ervation is due solely to Mrs. Gales"
ROBERT GRAvEA
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

A'SSA A&ND
the spot where, ten or a dozen years ago, was
found one morning the corpse of Phoebe
Paulin. The life blood had flowed from
the poor girls body through a small wound
made by one knife thrust in the neck, 50
skilfully placed as to reach the carotid ar
terry. She was not more than IS years old,
and she seems to have been a general ia
vorite from the name in which the neigh
bors still speak of her.
1.-THE mountain vas afre with excite
ment," said a farmer Of the vicinity in
describing the finding of the body and the
search for the murderer, and detectives
from Newark and New York were on the
case for months. But nothing came of the
investigation, although there were two or
three arrests"
The great world has long ago forgotten
all about the Phoebe Paulin mystery, al
though at the time it excited almost, il not
quite, as much interest as the Railway
mystery of later years. On the spot where
Phobe's body was found the Salvation
Army built a speakers stand and some
rough board benches early last spring, and
there they held meetings all the summer
through.
A quarter of a mile farther west on the
mountain top is a tiny lake, and from its
shore n may look across the narrow val
ley still farther west to the second noun
tain, near the summit of which CLEANS q
w~hitewashed stone that marks the place
where Washington once camped during
the war of Independence.
M. l. DEXTER.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
Paper From SunaOwers.
TSDecial Corrasnondonca

ABILENE, Kan, Nov. 14.-Kansas has
found way to utilize another of its riches.
The great fields of %sunflowers that through
the summe are seas of gold, and give the
commonwealth its familiar title, 1.-THE Sum
flower State" are to be put to q practical
rather than an aesthetic use. The gigantic
weeds are the bane Of the farmer, as they
take possession of every uncultivated nook.
and wave their yellow medallions from the
tops of 8 and 10 foot stalks for six months
of the year. Sometimes the chief expense
in preparing the fields for spring grain is
to rid them of the old sunf1ower stalks. It
has often been said that if the weed could
be used for any purpose whatever Kansas
would be wealthy.
The prediction seems about to come true.
The president of a paper mill ut Salina had
difficulty in getting straw with which to
make paper. He looked upon the acres of
sunf1owers that grace the bottom lands of
the Smoky Hill river and went to expert
menting. With a latiron and hammer he
pounded up the stalks and decided that the
pulp would do. He arranged for a trial OF
the weeds in lieu of straw ut his mill, and
the result surprised not only the spectators
gathered at the trial, but himself as we'll,
The fiber was better than that of straw Da-
per. The %toughncss enables u larger
amount of paper to be produced from a
given amount of pulp. The gummy sub
stance that destroys SO much straw paper
at the press rolls is absent, and the sheets
run through the dricrs and finishing cal
cndcrs without sticking or. tearing. Tie
entire stock Of the sunflower is used, and
the SINAI cost Of the raw material, being
merely that of gathering, promises to make
the new manufacture profitable. The mill
is turning put the unique product steadily,
and others will soon take it up.
Thus far only express and hardware pa
pers are being manufactured regularly
though sufficient paper Of n better quality
was made to print The Daily Republican Of
Salina on the day of the trial, Oct. q.
Kansas seems to he only just learning the
extent OF its resources. 1t has a corner on
s%unflowers and eau utilize them.
G. NJ. HARGKR
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
CAST Up BY THE SEA,
THE STORY OF JOHN RIDLEY AND
HIS DAUGHTER.
Tho Singular Phenomenon at tho Mouth
Of Spanish Wells Harbor-Fate of . Mys.
FERROUS Englishman - h Dreadful
Storm, Of the bahamas.
Especial Correspondence.l

oSOAA vs. -
J Especial Correspondence.l
+, SPANISH WELLa, Bahama Islands, Nov.
A.-The natives Of this region still speak
| with awe of the hurricane Of CO." It was
indeed q dreadful storm, and it spread
deaths mantle all over these beautiful
isles. We who live in the busy world have
we'll nigh forgotten the disaster. Its men,
DRY is crowded out of our calendar. But
the people Of Eleuthcra and other Bahama
islands lead almost eventless lives, and a
casualty such as that hurricane is perfect
ly fresh to this day.
Passing up the coast of Eleuthera from
Harbor island to Spanish Well, l saw the
timbers of a vessel projecting above the
sand of q little beach. When l arrived at
Spanish Wells, Joe Pindar and l sailed day
after day in his dingy, and l heard the
story of Ridley's Head. also learned the
history of the wreck.
ldoubt if in all the world there is a more
singular phenomenon of nature than this
presented in Ridley's Head. At the mouth
of Spanish Wells harbor II series of high,
Jagged cliffs jut boldly out over the ocean.
A native of the settlement will convey you
in Il boat to the harbor entrance, and when
he reaches the right spot You will see Rid
ley's Head. a stranger would never find
it himself, but with . Bahaman as a pilot
you will behold the crags blend and blend
until a gigantic profile is formed. The out
line is that of the face of III old man. Ev-
cry lineament is stern, from the firm chin
to the high forehead. Bushes perfectly re-
semble hair. n fragment of rock has fallen
into the water, and that is Ridley's Hat.
The face must measure 30 feet in length.
1t is a wonderful sight.
The eastern coast of Eleuthera is very
rough. Instead of the smiling landscape
that greets us AS we approach the majority
of the Bahamas, here the waves beat against
precipitous headlands or rocky shores.
From Harbor island up around the north
east of Eleuthera to Spanish Wells the sea
is especially dangerous for vessels. The in
side passage is rarely attempted-never
without an experienced pilot. Reefs show
in every direction, and through them and
skirting the inhospitable coast winds a mar
row channel. Sometimes there is scarcely
room for a schooner to slide along. The
vicinity is dreaded by sailors and is hardly
equaled in the world. God help the ship
caught on a lee shore at this point. The
sharp coral rocks would splinter her in an
instant, and the bones of the crew would
be broken in pieces.
The brig John Drew of Nova Scotia was
%overtaken half way between Harbor island
and Spanish Wells by the hurricane of
1865. She was, of course, absolutely help
less and was driven, in the first fury of the
storm, over the reefs upon the shore. When
the gale had ceased, such was the force Of
wind and wave that only a few timbers
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
{ Of His Wonderful Success.
Especial Correspondence.l

OAKLAND. CAL, Nov. a.-Great as was
Napoleon-great In all things except his
inglorious wars-the venerable Methodist
bishop of Africa is a greater man in all
things The work he has done during his
81 years of service as an evangelist is SIM
ply incredible. Sitting at his table yester-
day, said, You have travelled much far
ther than any man perhaps. living or dead,"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

stuck out of the sand to mark her grave,
The elements had buried her deep. Her
cargo OF tobacco was never reached BY the
wreckers. The bodies of the crew were
swallowed by the reefs. The captains re-
mains were washed upon the crags and
there found. Two persons ~miraculously
escaped. The bodies of a man and young
girl were discovered in a shallow near the
shore. They were not l~ifeless, and with no
inconsiderable exertion the inhabitants
who had collected there famed the spark
of vitality in each into a steady flame.
The stranger, when he had recovered con-
seriousness, said his name was John Ridley.
The girl was his daughter. When the YES
sci became u~nmanageable, the two bound
life preservers about them and jumped in
to the ships boat. The captain followed
them. All the crew had taken the other
boat and deserted. The frail craft contain
ing these three was carried over the reefs,
right up to the shore, and Their capsized.
The captain doubtless was hurled on a rock
and stunned, but the mar and girl man.
aged to cling together. He grasped a crag
and hung on until the spray choked him.
Then, it seems. the pillows flung him and
his fainting daughter into an angle behind
a reef. Here they were in a comparatively
sheltered place. And so life was vouch-
safed to John Ridley and his child. He
never told his history.
Inquiry since has demonstrated that he
was an Englishman of wealthy and noble
connections. He was accused of a crime
and fled from Liverpool to America, He
took passage from Baltimore on the Drew.
for his daughters health, he said. He ex.
pressed no desire to return to America. An
occasional fruiter is the only vessel that
visits Spanish Wells. Ridley appeared to
be satisfied with his lot and bought a
house there, and with the assistance of his
n%eighbors furnished it. He was uncom-
municative, and although he appreciated
the favors shown him he sought no company
save that of his daughter. He idolized her.
Bessie Ridley was a veritable angel of LIGHT
to these simple, homely Bahamas. Her
blue eyes, her wavy hair, her slender little
ngure, her sweetness of disposition, form
an ideal worshiped to this day by these
islanders.
Ridley purchased a dingy, and he and
Bessie spent most of the daytime on the
water. Two years passed. On a SUNDAY
afternoon a squall rushed down from the
east, and many Il small boat was wrecked
near Spanish Wells. After the storm was
over the body of the nglishman was found,
battered and disligured, ut the base of the
great head. Life was extinct. The girl,
BESSIE Ridley, was never seen again, but
her hat, daintily Ornamented with colorcd
grasses. was picked up way on top Of the
cliff.
And sc Ridley's Head was christencd.
They say That on bad nights the spirit of
the English maiden can be seen the1e fit.
ting from crag to crag. But John Ridley
rests quietly in the little graveyard ut Span
tsh Wells. ED l.. SAniN
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
A SLIGHTLY SPOT.
Within the Range of Vision Of Vast Huas.
lnterextA.
Especial Corrcspondence.l

luterextx.
Especial Corrcspondence.l
ORANGE, n. j., Nov. ia most slightly
spot is Eagle rock. which rears its stony
front on the eastern edge Of the Orange
mountain just west Of this city. It cannot
be said Of the view from its summit that it
is possessed Of features Of rugged natural
grandeur, but the expanse OF land and
water is very wide. and u more beautiful
panorama has rarely been unrolled by
Dame Nature for the inspection of mortals
In human interest it Is doubtful il this
view is equaled the world over. From
Eagle rock one may overlook the homes
and places OF business OF a larger number OF
his fellow men than from any other natural
point of observation.
At the mountains foot and climbing up
its sides are the city OF Orange, with a pop
ulation Of 10000; the towns Of Montclair,
with 5000; South Orange, with 5000: Bloom
field, with 5000. The city of Newark, pop.
ulation 100000, lies to the east of these, and
farther to the south Elizabeth, with 4O, 900
Bayonne, with $1,000, is found east of Eliza
beth, and a part of Jersey City, population
10000, is also visible. Just east of Newark
are Harrison, population 10000, and Kear-
ney, 1000. Hoboken, where dwell $4,000. is
shut out from sight by the palisades, but
may be included because the eye reaches
beyond, and a dozen smaller New Jersey
places, aggregating 5000. are also in full
view.
Beyond the Hudson lies the city of New
York, with her $500, 600 to 2,0OO,OO0 inhab-
%itants, plainly visible on a clear day, and
still beyond New York the heights of
Brooklyn, the City of Churches. where
live 100000 more, are to be seen. The total
so far is large enough, but this is not all.
for on some OF these fine autumn days the
tall tower at Coney Island comes intoview,
so that it is only fair to include the $4,000
or more who live between Brooklyn and
the island and 5000 who dwell permanent
ly on that bank of sand. The northern por-
ton of Staten Island, bearing Il population
Of at least $1,000, may also be seen when the
haze is entirely cleared away. and this
brings the grand total up 20 3.:a,o:,. iWO.
To add to the interest OF the scene white
sails and the smoky trails of steam craft
are visible on the bays OF Newark and New
York, md the hurGyiny trains OF Il net
work OF railroads that intrrsr.t the land
scape like the threads OF Il design of a cur
pet pass constantly across the field. Where
else have nature and humanity combined
to make u picture OF such varied life and
motion and absorbin. interest?
lido not know that any story of romance
is told of Eagle rock, but only half Il mile
to the west. on the mountains las top. is
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
Some Details About Suicide.

From an analysis Of 100 cases of suicide
a contemporary concludes that, according
to the evidence obtained, men destroy them
selves with much greater readiness than
women. The proportion is about two ia
one. Middle age is the period ut which the
tendency is most marked, and the middle
class holds the same position in the social
scale. Mental influence is more active than
any physical inducemelt, and pecuniary
and related social difficulties fill a larger
space than any other group of motives.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
BY WORDS AND DEEDS
JOAQUIN MILLER WRITES OF A RE-
MARkABLE EVANGELIST.

The Bishop Of Africa and His Fifty-ono
Year, Work-A Napoleon Of Missiona-
Secret Of His wonderfnl Sucr..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
SWIFT WINGED PENS.
WONDERFUL SKILL AND TALENT OF
CONGRESSIONAL REPORTERS.
Catching Oratory on the Fly-Stenograph.
ers In the Senate aud House-A PEN
ehant For Revision of Remarks-Faulty
Accuracy-A Glance Into the Past.
Especial Correspondence,l

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Nov. ia profession BY
itself is that Of parliamentary reporting.
The official reporter must be a first class
stenographer. The 10 men who take down
verbatim reports of the senate and house
debates are 10 of the best stenographers in
the world. 1t costs the government $4,000
a year for the salaries of these reporters
alone. In the house five men are employed,
each at the salary of 5000 a year. They
are officers Of the house and are not subject
to removal by change of party majority.
This is a very good income even for a
skilled st%enographer, but out of his salary
each man is compelled to pay the wages Of
the assistants whom he employs to write
out his reports. 1t would be impossible
for one of the stenographers to do both his
reporting and his transcribing, for it is
necessary that the work Of writing out
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
Prison Foundations.

According to the latest returns Russia
has the largest prison populntion-lOs, $40.
Next comes India, with $50; Italy, with
q ,s2s; Japan. with G3,s2s; France, with co.
SS6; the United States, with 5O,25S, and
Great Britain, with 3O,474.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
wanton Slaughter of Big Game.

The result of the failure of the last Wyo-
ming legislature to make an appropriation
to pay a game warden has been the wanton
slaughter Of elk and antelope all over the
state.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

About l,e5O,OOO square miles of looking
glasses are manufactured annually In Eu.
rnno
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-22
Brief Tacoma News.

TAcoIA. June ai-The H,bernians will
give th.ir bail July ; At Macauly's hall.
Herman rsunm. who beat Art Johnson
into unit sciousaes, last night on finding
the latttr in compromising position with
his wifi. was today admitted 20 bail in the
sum OF $500
Two teaths from scarlet fever occurred
today iis.de of three hours in the family
OF Mr.. "a Bei.efinciIe on Tacoma avenue
two OF. his children dying. Two other
chiidre:, are sick with the disease.
The county authorities have arranged TO
take possession of the county courthouse
PENDING a settlement With Contractor
Long.
Mayir Huson has gone over the books
of the sracoma Light and Water Com
pany. ::nd he asserts that the company Is
dong ,nore business IN the commcrclal
c.ect-it iight branch than NJ the time il
Was proposed that the city huv the plant
This Mas done because statements have
been n adc THAI the company vas selling
OIL its commercial business sfle- having
arrangsd 10 sell out 10 the city.
The American Teredo Proof COMPANY
vas !nfo' poratea today To preserve wood
from G;rrdos and IRE by chemical treat
nient, The capita. stock Is $lO0. 0a, ana!
the ln,.orpogaiors are George T. Gardner.
: e. I.ewsnap. NJ. F. Perry. c. o. Barns.
". \ sen aai L. iIAi.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-22

. free silver bin. About tArse-fousshs OF the
Democrats and one-fouxsh OF the Republicans
voaId have voted for free coinage bill /
voted fer TIE Sherman law 70 prevent the dnan-
eial cricss which would result from free silver
bill ! urged in the eaucuses that the opera
ton Of the oct b limited 70 ave and then
% ten yoars, bns the atnendmeas was not
accepted. think ts would b we'll 20 60
back to tho currency Law which existed
before the national hank law. gold to b coined
as the mint free OF charge and silver also to b
coined on the payment OF seiginorsgs by the
owner OF the bullion. and II not enough for the
needs OF currency Be presented the secretary ol
the treasury b authorized TO buy suiicieai
auantis,es In this way the demand aud supply
would regulate itself and silver would not b
driven out of use. do not believe in disrsns-
ing with silver. and II such m arrangement can.
not be made. why not ix . new ratio between
gold and silver, based on tho present market
value. no such ratio 20 bs permanent! Il would
have TO be changed from time 70 time ~ the
PRODUCTION OF gold or silver increased. but
think that . fair ratio fixed now would last
twenty years. have not much faith In the set.
Element Of currency BY international conkressee-
The European idea OF the use OF silver u dit
feeent from ours.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-22

Los ANGELES, June 21.-lSpecial. ]-E L.
Clark, late editor and proprietor of the
Anacortes Torch. Of Washington, and a
PEOPLES party leader Of that state, has be.
come the editor of the California Farmer,
the Peoples party publication of this city.
T. D. Curtis. formerly connected with
the Santa Fe Office in Riverside, but who
left to take up his residence four years ago
in Seattle, has returned to resume his resi-
dence in Riverside, bringing his family
with him.
NJ. c. Wilson, notion dealer and watch re-
pairer in Albuquerque, formerly of Seattle.
is dead. His sister, Miss Eva Wilson, OF
Seattle, being called to his bedside in his
last illness, arrived in Albuquerque from
Seattle few days after his death.
w. w. Hou8hten, jeweler Of Seattle,
has been visiting his friend E. A. Pad
gleam, of Pomona, who was formerly a
resident of Seattle.
Charles Rossier, late of the Coronado
Beach Company, Of San Diego. has re-
signed his position and left for Seattle,
where it Is expected he will make his
future home.
c. s. Potts. Of Seattle, has been visiting
Pomona, looking after an orange grove he
bought there two years ago.
n. w. Austin, a contractor and builder
Of Tacoma, has arrived in Riverside, ac-
companied by his wife, intending to make
that place their future home. Mrs. Aus
tin has married daughter living in River
side.
II. c. Henry. a railroad contractor and
mine owner of Seattle. and his family, are
spending season in Ontario, the guests of
{. Z. HARDWOOD.
Z. Riley and wife, of Seattle, are visiting
in Albuquerque. n. NJ, the guests of Rev.
Thomas and wife. of that place. Mr..
Riley was formerly a resident Of Albu-
quesque and clerk of that judicial district.
Mrs. II. S. Parkhurst and her daughter.
Mrs. w. S. Austin, both Of Seattle, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Handsaker at CO.
vna. Mrs. Parkhurst is q we'll known w.
c. T. L. and Y. NJ. c. A. worker, and is
connected with numerous church organi-
cations in Washington.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-22
swEDDIxG AT sKDRO.
Mr. AlrsPt q. MosIer and 1ltss Bessie
a. Reno Halted In Marria9e.

Mr. AlrePt q. MosDer and Miss Bessie
&. Reno Uatted IN Marriage.
sEDRsi. June 2l-[Special. IA fashion.
able welding occurred at 1890 a. m. to-
day ut $he residence Of Mr.. G. T. Bing-
ham, banker of Sedro. The contracting
parties: were Mr.. Albert q. Mosier, OF
Montb|rne. and Miss Bessie A. Reno. OF
Sedro. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. c.. l.. Cuddy. pastor Of Sedro NJ. e.
church. Tho bride was beautifully at
tired ID white crepe do chine and silk
Lace. and carried bouquet of tea roses.
{. After, the ceremony an elaborate we'd
ding breakfast was served in tho dining
rooms. The happy couple were the re-
cipients of many beautiful and valuable
presenta. Among those present were:
Mr.. susi Mrs. c. +. Bingham. Mrs. A. n Reno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus A. Mosier, Of Seattle: Mr..
and Mrs: K vseth. OF Tacoma; Mr. aud Mira. II.
l. Deyiite. OF sedro; SIR. and Mrs. IL Shook. OF
eesstie: PROT. and Mrs r. 6. Bingham, Miss
Eiixsocsh Belle bingham. Mrs A. Hoeret, all OF
Tscomai Mrs W. d. O'Tooe, of Hamilton; Dr.
aaa Mrsi N. r. Matsice. OF sedro: Mr. ana Mira.
Wyman Kirby. OF Seattle; Mr.. and Mira Thomas
smith. ~ Mount Vernon: Mrs. G. l.. Cuddy, Mr.
and Mrf. ". &. Barnes, ". q. Letsou, A. L.
Hoiianas ". oilin. Miss Ora Mosier, Miss
Frsnecss Devinc. OF scdro: Paul ana Hilda
vscth. pf Tacoma; Mack and Misc Rachel
Mosier, 81 Seattle. aud Others.
Amid showers of rice. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mosier seft on the noon train for Mont
burne. where the groom had recently pur.
chased ssnd furnished beautiful home.