Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-08

ran riot. and introduced them to a set
which had made millions and were WHO
TO make millions more. The good, prudent
wife looked on and enjoyed the noNeL.sS,
unframed by the feverish people ABOUT
her, bur not so with her husbahd. ne
caught the fever of speculation and went
in deeper and deeper until his entire lor.
tune was invested in stocks OF a great
quicksilver mine. For a year the plans
work well. The stocks of the mine mount
TO n fabulous price. the money 10 cohtroi
the product is forthcoming, ana the syn
dicate Is master OF the ile!u. III LIS I'm
happens. though. that uDsets their calcu-
~latiors: the consumers Of mercury calmly
shut down their works and refuse TO ouy.
The market becomes gintted, miiilons Il
required To control the stocks and the
product: finally the syndicate reaches me
end of its resources. and then comes tne
crash. Banks burst. the bottom drops OUT
of quicksilver mining stocks: there Is Il
panic on the bourse. and the financial CEN
tiers of Europe are shaken.
DIR. kopDel. professor of German, has
been in the deal, but not as a principal.
He has been Il soeculator on the outside
and his friend lienneberg does not give
him = hint to sell out at II proper tune.
even when he is asked. The professor has
bought mining stock on the tip OF a pro-
fessional tout when it was low. and as II
mounts higher and higher he goes into it
vestments are worth more than a Quarter
of a million francs. He is not satisfied
with this. He wants to make it an even
half million. When it reaches that figure
he will sell out and retire. The break finds
him loaded down and the usua! disaster re-
suits: This is not a tame recital; as Nor,
personalities which make every page
abound with exciting interest. The vol
ume is in every way built On n grand
scale. and every character fits into the
place designed as only a master workman
can mako them. The volume deals with
phases of German life in Paris. and Mr..
Nordau throws a rare charm over all, but
screens none from the results of their
folly.
Sermon Stories for Boys and Girls by
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ard hearts of children in a pleasant, and a:
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are expressed in the freshness and simple
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work to take up The Weir Of Hermlston;.
So completely outlined that such a master
of romance as Quiller-Couch mas easily
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Men in Epieram.' Compiled by Fred
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white Aprons and Head of a Hun
dred." BY Maud Wilder Goodwin Boston:
/ Little, Brown & Co. white Aprons Is
a romance of Bacon's rebellion in Virginia:
dating back to 1876, when the governor OF
the province refused to allow NirginianS
to defend themselves from the savages. and
they rebelled and made a fierce fight under
the leadership of General Bacon. The real
history of the event is dim and uncertain.
hut enough of ii is assured to give romance
all it needs. AS General Bacon was throw
ing up breastworks and not ready for bat
tie, he sent a Laughter of Governor Berke-
ley to jamestown to say to the COVER nor
that his the governors wife and other
ladies would be placed in front of his
b eastworks until their completion at noon
and asked the governor to delay his early
attack ard not fire upon the women OF Ills
owr household. This order placing the
white aprons in front until ready for bat
tie gives name to the story. From a lit
erary standpoint it is a fine piece of work.
and from the standpoint of the lover OF
romance it is excellent. Its plot Is SIM
PIE. full of little surprises. pure in sentt-
ment. and Astounding in heroism. The Sec
ord volume of the set is romances of colo
NAL Virginia. entitled THE Head of d
Hundred by the same author. 1t Is an
account of certain passages in the life OF
Humphrey Huntoon. Esq. an officer in the
cclCny of Virginia. in which romantic love
and heroism are APPLY interviewer, with the
life and manners and customs of those far
away days before civilization controlled the
Ole Dominion.