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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

youngest daughter, was an infant. She was
born in the house in which she was mar
ried; the new postotfice now stands on the
spot, the government having bought it from
the family. Mrs. McClelland is a member
of the Connecticut Society Of the Colonial
Danes, of the Society of New England
Women. of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. and is the director for Illinois
Children Of the American Revolution.
She numbers among her ancestors some
of the noted men of this country. among
them being William Childs. who was also
an ancestor of George w. Childs. of Phil
adelphia. For years the rigor of Chicago's
to the South during the cold months. Her
wide travel in both this country and Eu-
rope has given her ample opportunities for
studying human nature and types. and she
has written short sketches for publication
at odd times whenever she has found some
thing that has appealed to her. OF the
Daughter of Two Nations" which is her
first effort to go between covers, it has
been said that it is to the children what
Hugh Wynne' has proved to grown peo-
pie.
1t has been suggested that there are dra-
matte possibilities in the story. and Mrs,
McClelland is now considering the question
Of arranging it for production on the
stage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
CAN IT Be REGENERATION?
THE SUDDEN LEARNING OF A BOs-
TON WOMAN HARD TO EXPLAIN.
In Two Years Mrs. Marie Buchanan
Becomes Americas Foremost
EEyptoIoEist-What
Has Done.

Mrs. Marie N. Buckman. an u~nassuming
little New England woman. was teaching Il
class of boys il Sunday school one day
when the subject of the Egyptian influence
upon the Israelites was taken up. At once
che felt an awakened interest in the lesson
that seemed strange to her. She grew en-
tkusiastic at the thought of the rich life
of the people who lived along the banks of
the Nile ages ago and left such enduring
witnesses of the skill and art for the in
struction and enjoyment OF the nations
that were Yet to be born.
The grandeur of their civilization and the
sublimity Of their history touched her as
rothing ever had before. She announced to
her class that they would take up the SUBJ
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
MRS. MOLLlGAN, BRAKEMAN.
HER AMBITION NOW IS TO BECOME
A PASSENGER CONDUCTOR.
Clad In Bloomer Overnlls, Tight Jacket
With Leather Belt. on Her Head
q Skull Cap, h Does Duty
on Top Of Freight Cars.

Mrs. Jessie Mulligan, widow Of James
Mulligan, railroad conductor. who was
killed on the Yellowstone division of the
Northern Pacific railroad six months ago,
is now employed by the Northern Pacific
company In the capacity Of freight train
brakeman, and has been SO employed for
the past three months. She sets brakes.
couples cars. turns switches and performs
the various other duties that are required
of a brakeman. She is considered by or
ficials of the road and by the men with
whom she works to be a first-class. cap
able employe. and it Is said she will not
be compelled to twist brakes" the usual
length of time before receiving promo
ton.
She is on the extra list" OF the division
now and is obliged to go out on whatever
run happens to be assigned to her crew.
so that her work is of the hardest and
most disagreeable kind in the train service.
but she is always on hand when wanted.
night or day. blizzard or hurricane. and
never grumbles at her work, as Disagree
able as it may be. Though daily associa-
ton with rough railroad men and frequent
ly compelled to put up at section houses.
boarding cars or third class hotels. she
her unquestionable department at all times
has merited the consideration due to her
sex.
The New York World says that Mrs.
Mulligan became a brakeman not from
choice but from sheer necessity. When her
husband died they were heavily in debt.
and after paying funeral expenses she had
barely enough money left to pay a months
board. The railroad men who had known
James Mulligan presented her with a purse
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
Balloon Net of spiders, web.

According to the Paris Temps corre-
spondent at Antananarivo. a special fine
net. made entirely of spiders webs. is be-
ing manufactured in he professional
very simple one. The thread of several
dozen spiders is wound on winders. the
quantity produced by each spider ranging
OF the web is removed by repeated wash
Ing; and the web made into a thread of
eight strands. When the thread is spun
very fine. but very strong. 1t is to be used
Tor an experimental covering of a navi-
gable balloon by NJ. Renard the head Of
the French military balloon school at
Chalais. near Paris. who has been engaged
for many years in experimenting in aerial
navigation. 1t is believed that the differ
ence In the weight Of an ordinary covering
and the spiders wei net will make q great
Improvement.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
Leze Majesty.

The emperor of Germany was returning
to Potsdam one evening last summer after
looked out in all directions for a carriage.
However. the only vehicle in sight was a
broken down farm wagon, in which sat a
ter conveyance the emperor decided to ride
back to Potsdam In this one, and he re-
guested the woman to give him a seat.
seeing that he was covered with dust. she
positively refused to let him get into the
wagon: Il don't like his looks" she said.
trot. and wouldn't feel easy with a fellow
like hat beside me-" A hundred yards fur
ther on she met a soldier. who stopped her
and asked: What did the emperor want
of you?" IT don't understand you" She
replied. When he told her that the dust
covered officer whom she had treated with
such scant courtesy was the ruler of Ger
dashed her horse into a gallop and quickly
disappeared in the darkness.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
BABY SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.
The Pastors Daughter Showed How
to Raise $1,000 in Fiv
nut

At the dedication services of the modern
ized sanctuary Of the Washington Heights
NJ. E. church. New York, 5000 nae to
be raised to complete the payment of the
cost of the building. The Rev. Mr.. A. E..
Barnett. pastor. who is one of the most
popular %clergymen in that section. in ap-
Il wish to inform you that the New Year
has brought me a great gift. The stork
visited our home last night. the first of the
lung power and a voice of her own, is there
now. Being the first Miss Barnett. I think
l understood her to say that she. too. is
sion. I therefore take pleasure In placing
500 after the name of Miss Barnett"
1t was a pretty way of presenting the
young lady. just Is hours old, to the con-
gregation. and the 5000 was raised inside
Of five minutes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

is also a physician. She was returning
from a visit to a patient in Berkeley, and
was walking toward Ashby station. when
she encountered the would-be robber. Mrs.
Tuchler tells the story as follows:
II went to the depot and was waiting all
alone, when a man came up to me and said:
What time Is it?' l answered.: 1t must
be nearly $50, the train is coming He
came closer to me and said: Let me see
your watch l told him I had none, and
at once he grabbed the front of my coat
knew what I was doing, but 1 struck him as
hard as l could over the left eye. He
staggered and almost fell. He was dazed,
tie he went behind the station. and in a
minute more he was going across the
tracks as fast as he could on a bicycle"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
FIRST THREAD In AMERICA.
MRS. MARTHA DAVIDSON WOUND
THE FIRST SPOOL OF 1T.
Way Back In the Forties, in the Crude
Little Mill Built by q Scotch
man mt Dracut,
Mass.

Living at Lebanon, ILL.,, the seat Of Nc
kendree college. about twenty-five miles
from st. Louis. in her S0th year. is a woman
who has an interesting historical connection
with one of the now great industries of
America. Mrs. Martha Little Davidson.
the lady referred to. spoiled the first spool
of cotton thread ever wound in America
in the first thread mill ever erected on
this side of the Atlantic.
AT the little village OF Dracut. Mass.
quite close to Lowell, 1.-The spindle city of
America" the first mill was erected by a
Scotch capitalist from Boston. 1t was a
crude affair. run by water power and cal
culated for little else than the process Of
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

until released by the %snowplow. Mrs.
Briefly has stood the exposure without a
murmur. and If she at any time regretted
abandoning homework for railroading she
has given no hint of it.
Mrs. Brierly's hours on the road are the
same as those of the motorman under
whose tuition she is. She reports for duty
at 6:4o a. m.y has an hour off for dinner and
an hour for supper. and leaves the car
when it Is run into the power house at 1890
p. M.
Mrs. Briefly expects to secure a position
on the Port Jarvis %electris road. which will
be put in operation in a week or two. She
seems obliviouS to the attention she at
tracts as she manipulates the controller
and brake handle. and has successfully
baffled all attempts of the employees Of the
road to have fun at her expense.
She has won the respect of her instructor,
Motorman Reed. by the close attention she
has paid to what he has told her concern
ing her duties, and he says that she is by
all odds the most apt pupil he has ever had.
Mrs. Briefly will remain on the Middle
town road for at least a year. She has
proved a drawing card" for the
car on which she runs IS turning in more
money than any car on the line. Mrs.
Briefly is a widow. and simply says she
prefers outdoor employment to housework.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
AN APPEAL TO DIAz.
The President of Mexico Makes Happy
q Little Girl Who Had Told
Him Her Troubles,

Not long ago President Diaz. of Mexico,
received a letter from a little girl of
Pueblo. in which she said: Mamma locked
up my doll. and I wasn't naughty. Please
make her let me have it again" A day
the genial president a handsome doll, with
a note stating his belief. should she re-
main good. her mother would never have
occasion to lock it away. BY that time
the girls parents had got vino of the
message to Diaz. and they wrote to him
expressing regret that their willful child
with him. A note was received in reniy
from the presidents secretary assuring the
worthy people that his exalted superior
had quite enjoyed the experience. and was
pleased to have the worry of holding office
relieved occasionally by such a quaint
episode.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

been thus ornamented with diamonds. rub
les and %sapphires to the value of a thou
sand dollars. Imagine a turtle less thar an
inch long being worth $1,000.
A tiny ring is run through the edge Of
the shell. and to this Is attached a gold
chain of very fine links. A pin at the other
end secures the chain to the wearer's bod
ice or hair. just as she pleases, and the be-
jeweled captive is allowed the length Of
his chain to make his explorations.
The little reptiles appear in no way IN
jured by the work upon their shells, nor
their cargoes of precious stones. 1t is said
that In time they even display an affection
for their mistresses. and show other symp-
toms of unexpected intelligence. mis- claim.
however, need not be taken without a grain
of salt.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

courtly manner that marks the profess
sors every action? Mrs. SHIRLEY evidently
CID not try. for before long she acknowi-
successful. ~
1t was planned that the marriage of the
man OF IS TO the woman of sc should be
celebrated In the city hal! on New Years
morning. But the arrangemen for Mayor
Van Wyck's reception prevented. So Pro-
lessor Bell and Mrs. SHIRLEY. the one COM
tario; met in the parlors of the Park Ave
hue hotel.
Professor Bells son. A. Graham Bell
and the %latter's daughter, Miss Essie MAY
Sell: Mrs. Shibley's niece. Miss Hattie
Mace. and her nephew. Harry Guess, and
I. e Shayne. were present at the cere-
monS. at which the Rev. DR.. Patterson
OF B~inghamton. a pupil in elocution OF
Professor Bell fifty years ago in Edin-
burgh. Scotland. oficiated,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

The first wedding in Greater New York
was celebrated at the Park Avenue hotel
when Professor Alexander Melville Bell.
of Washington. married Mrs, H. q. Sbib.
ley. Of Perth. Ont.
a romace of the story book kind
brought about the wedding.
Professor Bells wife, who had been deaf
for years. died two years ago. Just a year
after Mrs. Shibley's husband left her a
widow. Mrs. SHIRLEY lived in Perth. Ont.
and a photograph of her graced n man.
tel I'm the home of DIR. Kennedy. of whom
Professor Bell became a guest last sum-
mer.
Professor Bell was attracted by the
beauty OF the picture and begged DR..
kennedy to bring about a meeting be-
tween himself and the original. He found
that the photographer did not do half Jus-
tice TO the woman and told her so.
What woman could resist n pretty COM
plimert, especially when delivered in the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
Odd Incident. of Antipodean Life.

The Bombay Advocate of India saws:
Catching elephants In pits. a system in
vogue in Southern India. appears to be
exciting work for the forest officer, for
he never knows what will be his next bag.
Last year, in North Malabar, thirteen
elephants were caught. and In addition
eight sambhur. eleven bison and three
spotted deer. These animals, one is glad
to relate. were all released uninjured. OF
the thirteen elephants. two died from the
was shot in the pit. The price Of an ele,
plant within a few weeks of its capture
varies from Rs. 40 to Rs. SIS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
MRS. ELLA G. M'CLELLAND.
Wife of a Chicago Lawyer Writer of a
Popular Book-"Daughter of Two
Nations" Her First Book.

Mrs. Ella Gale McClelland. whose book.
entitled "a Daughter of Two Nations" is
listed among the holiday successes. is the
wife Of Thomas S. McClelland. a well
known Chicago lawyer.
She was born in the city Of Milwaukee.
where her father. John Gale, went from
New York in 1896. He was one of the prom
inent men of the state from that time, own
ing large tracts of land in Waukesha. where
the records show he gave ground for parks.
and in many ways he proved his liberality
to the state of Wisconsin while residing
in Milwaukee, where he had large interests.
An old paper in the possession of the FAM
lily shows her father as one of the founders
of the Masonic order of the state of Wis
consin. He died while Mrs. McClelland. his
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
BRAVE CALIFORNIA WOMAN.
Mrs. TuchIer Felled a FoOtpad VIII
Attempted to Hold
Her Tn.

The other day DIR A. NJ. Tuchler. of San
Francisco, knocked a footpad out for at
tempting to hold her up. She is now nurs-
ing a sore and and the ~highwayman a
black eye.
The woman who thus valiantly defended
herself, her watch and her purse lives at
1912 Mission street, with her husband, who
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
TURTLES AS ORNAMENTS.
The Are to Be the Successors of
the Lizard and the
ReetIe.

Turtles. studded with jewels and crawling
about the heads and necks Of society's
fairest women. is a fad now prevalent in
Paris. And as New York aims never to be
very far behind Paris. such a thing may
before long be seen in this country.
h pet turtles are very small. The
shells are covered with an ornament of
filigree gold, in which are set as many
gems as the owner may wish. Some have
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

Grinning. the madman shook his chain.
We'll" said the wheeiman. IF I could do
that. instead of having. to stick to my 81
pattern. I think I'd smile q few myseif."S
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
Hamlet without the Prince.

BY an unfortunate oversight the name
of the bridegroom, Mr.. Thomas Mitchell.
was omitted in the account of Miss HaW-
kins wedding yesterday-Cape Times.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

IT'S here. it's here. the glad New Year.
Let joy come fast and thick;
The beautiful snow falls softly on
Say, now. who threw that brick?
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

Those new neighbors seem to be great
borrowers" Borrowers? One night when
they gave a dinner they borrowed our FAM
lily album. "-Chicago Record,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
P%ARLIAMENT'S "TYPIST."
She Is a Prosperous Woman, and Has
Had the Position Two

Miss May Ashworth. the official type
writer to the houses of parliament-typist.
they call her In England-has held that po-
sition since March, 1895. when she received
the appointment from Herbert Gladstone.
who was then commissioner of works.
She has a room set apart for the use OF
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

she is no more able to account than any
one else.
She states as a simple fact that when
her interest in Egyptology was first awak.
ened she used to be asked the meaning of
certain emblems and hieroglyphics and
would answer without hesitation, never
stopping to think that she had not ascer-
tanned 1t for herself. but in looking the
matter up she invariably found that she
had given the correct Interpretation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
MRS. BRIEFLY, M0T0RMAN.
h Says That She Prefers Outdoor
Employment to House

Mrs. Mabel Briefly. of Matamoras. Pa.
went 30 work Thursday as motorwoman
on a car of the Middletown-Goshen New
York Traction company.
She had a rough experience. Her car be-
came stalled in a heavy snowstorm mid
way between Middletown and Goshen. and
remained at a Standstill for several hours,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
i. II RefncarnntiOn.

The language. too. which would naturally
be supposed 10 be difficult for one to ac-
quire who was master of no tongue but
the English, came to her with rare facility.
1T Is so simple and so musical that one
cannot help remembering it," she explained
on being asked how 1t was possible for her
TO commit TO memory the long selections
which she has ever ready at her tongues
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
M0NKEYS,AS NECK ORNAMENTS
Worn by Swell Parisiennes, WIN
Affect the Bizarre-He Is Chained
Alive to the Lady's Gfrdle.

The ladies' of Paris have gone to thu
wilds of South America for a new FASH
ion and It's a monkey. Tho
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

monkey gets of cas-
Ter than the tropical
birds they wear in
their hats. He Is
not killed. He is only
chained-chained to
the girdles of the
charming ladies OF
Paris 1t IS a gold
en-. luxurious cap
tivtty.'
The %collarette OF
the strange pet and
LII ornament Is
made of the pre-
cious yellow metal,
studded often
with gems. When-
ever the novelty.
loving ladies of Par
Is now go out for a
drive or a prone
made they would no
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

her staff Of assistants in st. Stephens hall,
but so great has been the demand for their
ditional room is to be set aside for this
purpose. Miss Ashworth seldom goes to the
house herself. the office being conducted by
one of her managers.
In addition to this work Miss Ashworth
has a large office in Victoria street, where
she conducts a typewriting school. and also
has a large corps of assistants for the usual
stenographic and copying work. She has
been in business for ten years. and her
offices have grown from two rooms on a
top floor to an entire suite on the first floor
Of the V~ictorA-Street mansion.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

more think Of leavi
at home than they
1t is strange sight-a
woman tripping along
ess. with a wee. b.
balanced on her arm.
tenance of fashion and
charming ladies' of Pa.
as grotesque as when
er's monkey perches o.
Only one species of
exactions of fashion.
mosette. found in Soutl
He has white whiskel
old grandfather's. His
many dainty hues. pur
back. tawny yellow ;
white on its sides. Hi
and black. like a zebI
for gripping than his
tail he winds around tn
ing lady of Paris who
in the cutest fashion
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

From childhood she had never cared for
flowers with but one exception. that of the
water lily, for which she had strange
fondness. but 1t was not until she had
grown to womanhood that she realized that
this was the sacred lotus of Egypt.
TheosophistS would doubtless explain her
intuitive knowledge of everything pertain
ing to Egypt. as we'll as her physical per-
sonality. by the reincarnation theory. Mrs.
buchanan neither accepts nor rejects it.
She is an orthodox Christian and merely
smiles when asked about the possibility Of
her having lived a previous existence in a
palace by the Nile.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-09-24
A Missouri Sheriff Shot.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. 21.-
Sheriff S. II. Some, of this county, was
shot and dangerously injured by W..
P. Hale, whom he had arrested at his
home near Bass, in this county. Hale
was to be tried by the county court to
determine his sanity, and the sheriff
had arrested him and was preparing to
bring him to the city when the pris-
oner suddenly ran upstairs, secured a
32-caliber revolver, rushed downstairs
and began firing at the sheriff. The
second shot entered the back, and,
ranging upward, lodged under the left
shoulder blade. The sheriff was
brought home, distance of twenty
miles, and the physician who examined
him believes that the wound is dan
perOus.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-09-24
A BIG RAILROAD DEAL.
Jim Hill, Armour and Others Control
the b. g. o.

the Is. a. -.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Philip D. Ar
mour, Marshall Field and Norman B.
Ream have secured control of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad. They have
made James J. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railway, the dominat-
ing factor in the reorganization of the
system, and have gained for Chicago
and the Northwest what is practically
a trunk line from ocean to ocean con-
trolled by Chicago capital.
Mr.. Ream engineered the deal by
which his wealth, that of Mr.. Hill and
Messrs. Armour and Field gained q
controlling interest in the Baltimore
& Ohio, which hereafter is to be Chi
cago enterprise, fed and sustained in
transcontinental affairs by the i'm
mense mileage of the Great Northern
railway. If any road completes the
gap between the terminus of the Great
Northern railway in st. Paul and the
terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio in
chicago it will be the Chicago Great
Western railway, but that is matter
for the future.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-09-24
Another w. C. T. u. ADneal.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-Unsuccessful in
their efforts to induce Governor Tan
ner to substitute water for wine in
the christening of the battleship
Illinois, and failing of the positive
assistance sought from President Nc
Kinley and Secretary of the Navy
Long. the officers of the w. c. I. ..
have focused their endeavors on the
shipbuilders. Mrs. Lillian N. NJ.
Stevens, the national president. has
sent letter to the contractors urging
the use of water instead of wine in
the ceremony.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-09-24

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