The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-13
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Jail and tried in the courts here for
offences committed by them and their
followers.
The Battle of the BuffalOes," from
Alexander Majors Seventy Years on
| the Frontier, gives a thrilling ac-
count of a conflict between two mon
ster leaders of opposing herds. 1t is
a story of an age. now gone, when
! countless herds of buffalo roamed over
the western plains.
! In the first of three selections from
John n. Edwards works on Gen. Shell
by. the writer analyses the character
of that distinguished warrior, point
/ ing out the features that made him
! the leader he was.
In the other extracts the author
l tells of Shelby's March to Mexico"
/ at the close of the Civil War and his
offer of service in Maximilian's army
/ Gen. Nathaniel Lyon was in COM
mand of the arsenal at st. Louis at
| the outbreak of the Civil War and
was determined to save the ammu-
tion and other supplies stored there
| for the Union. How he did this is
told in an extract from Thomas L.
Sneed's THE Fight for Missouri"
| From the same book is taken the
story of Gen. Sterling Price, who,
though a native of Virginia, moved to
this state when very young and be-
came one of its most gifted and be-
I loved leaders.
James 5. Rollins Speech.
James S. Rollins. whose name is
closely associated with that of Boone
County. made a very excellent speech
in Congress, of which body he was a
member, toward the close of the Civil
War. 1t is given in this collection 1t
was on the Thirteenth Amendment
and is taken from Memoirs of James
Sidney Rollins"
Kate Field discOurses entertaining
ly on the Opening of Parliament"
her remarks being from Hap Haz-
ards. The difficulty of obtaining
cards of admission, the entrance of
the various dignitaries, official and
otherwise, and the Queens speech,
with which the Queen had nothing to
do, are among the points touched up
on.
DR. Denton J. Snider's criticism on
Hamlet is from the pen of a gifted
writer. 1t is taken from THE Shake
spearian Drama"
DR.. Eugene r. Hendrix gives beau
tiful description of Agra, the city of
Tai. This wonderful mausoleum of
marble and precious stones built 300
years ago, was erected to the memory
of the favorite wife of the emperor. 1t
took $4,000 men twenty-five years to
finish it. The account is from Around
the World"
Twenty years ago Winston Church
ills Richard Carvel" was easily one
of the best sellers" 1t is very read
able today. One Of>its best chapters,
THE Sea Fight" is in this book.
d. r. McAnally describes The Irish
Police" their methods, their lives,
their dangers, their ambitions are all
gwen as he tells them in Irish Won
ders."
Tramping Through Asia.
Lee Merriwether made a trip as a
tramp over Europe and Asia, begin
ming with the voyage across. He wrote
about it afterwards in an entertain
ing manner. Two passages are given
in Missouri Literature" His de-
scription of the Atlantic steerage does
not tempt one to try it for pleasure
In the sojourn in Asia Minor We meet
with him countless far-away- Moses
and see the bowling dervishes gyrat-
ing on their home soil
The Money Kings" from The Story
of the Jews" gives the history of the
amassing of the fabulous wealth of
the ROthchilds. James X. Hosmer
traces the fortunes of this family from
nothing 200 years ago to the point
where they controlled thrones.
From the same work is taken the |
story of Benjamin Disraeli. 1t tells !
of the obstacles. seemingly insur-
mountable, which the despised, ridi- |
culed member of Parliament overcame, |
until he finally reached the exalted
position of Lord Beaconsfield, leader
of the proud Tories.
Eugene Field is represented by a |
tribute to MY Grandmother" in prose.
in which field he is little known.
In the Whirl of the Tornado" is |