The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-03

I l of belligerency between labor and cap l ital, between class and class, all these disquieting clements will be subdued if the gospel of Christ prevails.
 PSYCHOLOGICAL FINANCE" by Nick Sherlock Collier. Issued by The I ton.
 This little skit appears in bright yell low cloth covers with a vivid picture on the title cover of a spectacled wight with lurid necktie and big knife in Tits sheath hitched to the outside of his waistcoat. The man is absorbed with a searchlight which is shedding it's rays voluminously and reveals far be- low it a huge question mark. The book l is announced in the subtitle as ''being a true history of the life and adven- | lures of Mortimer Kensington Queen" For frontispiece presented in cartoon style, while side pictures in colors H. lustrate momentous periods in the ea- l reer of Mortimer Kensington Queen, the hero of this dramatic little tale. It is a tale of Queens heroic entrance into the vortex of Wall street, which was 1 in this way: "Then arose Mortimer Kensington Queen and in one fell swoop he became famous by offering to sell fourteen thousand shares of a stock he didn't own and couldn't get, for thirty-fye dollars a share less than people who wanted 1t and. could get it were paying that very day" But this wasn't all, He offered a big bonus to anyone who would take the shares off his hands at ridiculously low price. But all this was in the ad- vertising pages of a big newspaper and lit was in biz sized ad Strangely enough no tangible address was given in the adv, hence fireworks and de- Itective work.
 Mortimer Kensington Queen contin- ues to slash around" in pyrotechnic style, amazing bulls and bears. One exciting period described vividly was when speculators were rushing madly about and the wash of the sales could be plainly heard outside the confines of the great Stock Exchange" Suddenly in the height of the demoni- ac excitement of everybody, shrill pierc- ling cries of "Help!'' "Help!' were heard Through the throng elbowed a tall sinewy young man, with upturned Enustache and a smile on his rosy lips and in his merry, twinkling eyes. It was no other than our hero Mortimer Kensington Queen He offered re- sponse to the cry for Help" Permit | me to introduce myself" said our hero, with a sweeping bow. T am w. Laws Thompson and I concede myself to be the champion strong man of the finan- cial world"
 The other burst Into tears. "saved" "saved!" he cried. But what can I do for you?" said Mir K. Queen.
 Lift Amalodorous, replied the other anxously,
 Tis done, exclaimed our hero. Removing his coat and displaying l the great muscles of his brawny arms, our hero advanced to where an enor- nous block of Arnalodorous stock lay stohdly on the floor. Placing but the tip of his finger upon 1t he lifted it high above all the heads in the room l A wild cheer went up. "Hurrah for W. Laws Thompson" cried a voice The call was taken up from all parts of the room and echoed in the gall lerles Our hero looked about him com posedly. Then he seemed to shrink.
 His eyes had fallen upon Handsome Hardup, the King of the Detectives With smash the great block of Anal
 odorous fell 'kerehunk" to the floor.
 The sleuth's whispered words f1oated across to his ears, Sure, he's strong, 1 but he couldn't lift the cup I The further adventures of Mortimer will be found in "Frenoolgical Finance 1 winding up with a telegram to the hero
 ''to send 14OoO words to Nobody's Mag.
 pastime for an idle hour.
 The Connecticut Churchman for tht
 present quarter is valuable number
 Of it's eighty pages fully fifty are filled
 with interesting historical matter re lating to the celebration of the bi-cen
 tenary of the Stratford Episeopa
 church held last April. The articles
 are all finely Illustrated. This number
 contains also information concerning
 the diocesan convention held in St
 Thomas church, this city, in June, in
 cluding reports and the address o I Bishop Brewster. There is also an Il
 lustrated article of the new Chris
 church, West Haven, by the rector
 Rev. A. J. Gammack.
 This publication is an attractive ont
 and doubtless is proving helpful me
 dium of communication between tn
 churches of the diocese.
 
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