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single established case, during four years although there were 4OOo, 900 negroes in the south, of that crime against white women that after reconstruction had demoralized the freedmen, became so common in that section''
 And he continues. gives quietly the sim I pie facts of the matter as southern men
 have always known them. men of .le north and the east and the west are now beginning to know them:
 "The unwavering fidelity during the | four years of war of so many slaves to the families of their absent masters, and the fact that those who, during that war, left their homes to seek their freedom in variably went without doing any venge-
 ~ ,t. is a phenomenon that speaks for
 itself"
 keynote of the entire book is di- rectly hit upon in the introduction; the | Federal Constitution, as the Supreme Law
 of the Land must not be, trampled or. l And yet. limitation. The author wisely states in some later pages:
 | Had emancipation been under the Fed
 eral Constitution, a national and not ;i
 local question, it is possible that slavery
 might have been abolished in America,
 as 1t was in the mother country, peace l fully and with compensation to owners" " l Andiagain in convincing detail: "Eman- I cpation was an easy task in the northern states, where slaves were few. that labol | never having been profitable, and by lS0a l the last of these states had provided foI 1 the ultimate abolition of slavery within l its borders. But the problem was more l difficult in the southerr states. where the climate was adapted to slave labor
 There slaves were numerous and slav- l cry was interwoven. economically and so-
 cially. with the very fabric of existence Naturally it occurred to thoughtful mer that there ought to be some such solution as that which was subsequently adopted 1 in Engand emancipation of the slaves l with compensation to the owners ly the
 general government. The difficulty in our | country was that the Federal Consttu- 1 ton conferred upon the Federal govern ment no power over slavery in the states no power to eniancipate slaves or com
 pensate owners and that for the individ-
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ual states where negroes were numerous the problem seemed too big
 The book is logically outlined. Four his toric periods are treated thus:
 l. The anti-savery. crusade. 1881 to 1S6o
 2. Secession and four years of war, 1861 to 1865.
 ,. Reconstruction under the Lincoln Johnson plan, with the overthrow by Con gress of that plan and the rule of the negro and carpet-bagger from 1865 to 1876.
 f. Restoration of self-government in the south and the results that have fol- lowed
 To the period of causation the body of the book is given over How threats of secession arose originally in New Eng land; how eventually Anti-slavery senti- ment, a growth indigenous to the south and in healthy and thriving condition | in the south was cut down in it's prime. blackened by the frost of the New Eng land, abolition methods-al this is told squarcly. William Lloyd Garrison Is 1 given no quarter. Here. in fact, is 20th century indictment of the man. Garrison | Is quoted so:
 'T shall strenuously contend for the i'm mediate enfranchisement of our slave pop ulation. I shall be as harsh as truth and | as uncompromising as justice on this sub 1 iect l do not wish to think or speak or write with moderation.'' | Many of the ways and means of the new abolition party are rightfully con demned. Indignation still burns in south ern memories.
 | To the radical mind, however this par tlcular quotation from Garrison has it. points. especially when offset by the fol lowing from Edmund s5url1e: "All government, indeed. every human benefit and enjoyment. every virtue ana every r,r,,dent act is founded on compro mise and barter.'
 | Mr. Herbert approves Mir. Burke
 But controversy aside on this matter the book as a whole serves its purpose And it adds fresh tribute to the memor, of Abraham Lincoln. It flashes, too, new light for northern readers on the Presi dent of the Confectionery. | Mr. Herbert says:
 Jefferson Davis and his cause failed
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imagined that from above was peerlng the horrid face of maniac.
 There was no other sound, and the doctor called again.
 Some one struck match. and immedi- ately afterwards behind the flames or a candle, Snead appeared. When he rec ognized the doctor his countenance beamed with joy.
 Come in, sir" he cried. i've are cer- tainly in need of you. You zee John has come back. We were here all alone in the dariness-just thinking The guests were led into little cham Der which might have served as the den of counterfeiters. The floor was lit tered with bits of steel, the wheels oi carts. the dismantled machinery of broker
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down clocks, beams of timber. the barrel of musket the rockers of a baby crib, the keys of piano, and innumerable other relics of the gutters and alley ways.
 Facing each other from across a bench, on which in other days schocl boys had carved their initials, sat Walter and John, two broken down knights e the cocaine needle. Between the two. it was apparent that there was some connecting link stronger than mere friends hip. It was afterwards developed that the link was love-and that this peculiar affection was the result of a comradeshtp of years during which time each had impressed the other that in all dealings, he was lon the square"
 we might have fallen ever so low
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explained Walter, but never have we stopped to theft-although tue. time has been when others,scrazed as we were for the effect of the dope, might have com mitted murder.
 Here we spend our days in comfort since pr. whelan found us. We have filled our home with many things which can be manufactured into instruments of value. Sometimes we sell our products, and in this way procure the necessary money for bread. Naturally, and the doc tor will explain why, VIC eat very little. We have no appetite. A bit of bread in molasses, a hand full of sugar, anything of the sort, will serve for the need of the day. Our teeth are gone No men afflicted as we present a row of solid
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and the triumphant causes that swept the Confederacy out of existence have long (and quite naturally sought to bury the cause of the south and it's chosen leader In ignomny. But the days of hate and passion are past. reason is reasserting her sway. and history will do justice to both the Confectionery and its great leader, whose ability. patriotism and courage were conspicuous to the end.' |. ''DAvIDEE BIROT."
 By Rene Bazin. Translated by Mary D..
 Frost Charles Scribner's Sons, New
 York.
 Following translations of Rene Bazin' $ pre- vious novels. "The Nun.' The Con ing Harvest, ,''A"This. My Son. and others is ''pavidee Birot" done into English by Mary D. Frost, and remarkably well done at that.
 Rene Bazin today ranks with the world E grea, writer's and when new novel from her pen appears 1t is hailed with deligh. by large clientele.
 He has said of himself in connection with his presentation of the French peo- pie through his writings of pastoral con ditions:
 If I have held myself resoutely aloof from the society novel, which I might have done. perhaps, as we'll as another
 70 'o portray the sweet ness, purity and beauty of French family he, aAa not to peipotua gross libel upon it. I am also anxious to dlspel the l illrsion that the French are a goddess l people. If make great deal of religion 1 il my novels it is because religion plays an important role in our life" ''Davidee Birot is the simple love story of fine young French girl. who becomes school teacher in a gown in Ardesie, | through an intense desire to be of service | Religious issues fill up large part of the V, and social problems which have to do with labor urions and the like play prominent part also. | A strike" of slate workers in the little l Fee teaches is the central l theme and there is depth of purpose ana I characterization about the whole book that makes 1t very compelling
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 works, John found behind a store. can't tell where the hands came from, but no doubt we found them months ago. | have worked three days in putting every thing in it's proper place. See the result a clock. time piece, something of value to every man who breathes. What could we do without a clock? There's an um- brella- The covering is not silk, but 1t will keep the rain off. See how easily It worlxsl Some reckless man grown rich threw it Into the gutter. I fishsd it out. It is complete, and will serve pur- pose"
 The doctor had Just previously said that for the men there was absolutely no hope. He is not making an effort to re- store them to the strength of manhood. He is simply permitting them to live their days in peace, and at the same time, preventing them from walking the streets to annoy and offend
 They must die. But Walter and John dox not contemplate death They plan for the future. and believe that some oos thcy VII Dc 1T ec' tia, 'hey VIII ehhe their places in the ranks of the workers of the world--none the worse for their long and fearful bondage.
 You see" explained Snead. we are keeping our hands going. I can make many things. You see the clock You see the umbrella. I made this hyper dermic needle. I found the component parts. It is not perfect. but it works. It is not handsome, but 1t is effective. And John over there is always painting. Here is a likeness of George Washing
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mngm a the present tim t ar pp me a kte thu use ofo pb thu ma O lis anil o d themselves are known ~ t the e wi h In nctwt all the na Q which is heir h s f O weveis wha araod bu hr still p Types Q n matonha send about class tn members O he u O of " Ion a Whaanc city phyca Q
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molars. l could explain why, but that is the function of the doctor"
 It was a little bit of huincr, and the man smiled. It was smile of question: able sincerity that the reporter returned He was thinking of the night he inter- viewed a condemned murderer in his cell, and heard him, in the race of death, smilingly refer to the scaffold which the previous day had been completed.
 pr. Whelan at that momont pitched on the table between the men little jar con taining cocaine. Instantly the two, the moment before rational men. sunk to tic mental level of idiots They fondled the drug, chuckling all the while as monkeys chuckle thanks for pennies. In anticpa- ton of an hours relief to be followed by a long night of unbroken slumbers and indulgence in the phantasy of dreams, they forgot that outside the little world of their own, men were hustlirg home to loved ones. that street cars in the distance were grinding upon their wheels and that in their immediate presence two men stood--the one, grown calous from long
 
 in his contemplation.
 As Snead snatched with "snaegled" teeth and finger-nail the cork from the vial, John rubbed his hands impatiently. When 1t seemed that the man preparing the drug of deliverance would encounter some delay in procuring mixing vessel, the other rushed to his assistance. Soon the busy needles were whirring. Walter repeatedly shot the poison into the muscle of his arm. John was sh ov- ing the point into his back.
 '.The effect is quicker" he explained
 : .'We are old in the business" Snead explained to the visitor. "once upon a time, we might have seen snakes or imagined that horrid vermn were craw- ling about us to suffocate But this was long ago. Now. we are able to hold our own. We are comforted by the drug. We fall upon our hunks and sleep--long. deep. dreamful sleeps No nightmares come, but pictures of the long ago-vis- ions of grapevines thick with clustering fruit, springs of bubbling water that | rushes of gurgling music. forests or giant trees into which we have rambed, play mates of the golden days of childhood anything beautiful is apt to make our dreams"
 | Snead stretched himself and yawned 1T need another 'shot;" he said. After injecting the cocaine, he talked again:
 You see we are hard at work. John there Is painting a sign. See it. The lettering is perfect. tell you. there's nc man in Birmingham who can beat him Over there in the corner Is a clock You can hear it ticking. The hands are nov l ing. Watch them. There. did you see them move? found the frame in the valley.s You sec we never let anything l go to waste I brought it home. The
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The Tragic Story of Life Ruined by Deadly Drug

ton. John did 1t. Pretty good. l think He is making sign now for merchant up the street. And you should see his penmanship Perfect, absolutely perfect. Those fakirs who write cards in front of stores in the night time make me laughed. John can use his left hand and trim them at their own game.
 We do not intend to lose the knack of work For some day" and the poor fellow actually looked longingly and hope fully as if into the future-'.we are going to be all right again!"
 ''Go to bed, boys said the doctor.i
 Witl strange obedience, the men turned to their hunks. Snead. after undressing. took final ''shot" and accommodated John who complained that lie couldn't reach the exact place in his back that he desired.
 And even as the visitors stood watching, the men slept. It was deep sleep, in- stantaneous and undsturbed by tumbling or mumbed words
 pr. Whelan blew out the candle.
 "They will become aroused tomorrow afternoon" stated he. "sometimes. they sleep longer. Often [ find them deep in siumber. Some day while they sleep their spiratS will break loose from the houses of clay. Two remarkable fellows I think They are chained to the wheel of death and yet are honest, are truthful, are kind to each other and all other people. and are hopeful of being able to break their bonds and stand up again in the strength of health and in the knowledge of appe titles conquered.
 The light of the pocket lantern led us from the den of the dope" down the rickety stairway where the bats wing had been, to the lower floor over which fright. ened rats had scampered. and into tha noisesome alleyway again The two 'fends" were sleeping. and in the dreamn of their minds were gamboling with play mates on the greensward of youth sN
 There the story should end. For 1t would serve no purpose to recount the reason for Walter Snead's fall. Yet his career has been unique in the history ofithis variety of personal crimes. He was born of people who trace their line age to the days of the kings. Had bis mother not died in giving him birth there might have been different story for she might have checked career which his spirits desired and his wealth made possible At the University of Alabama he learned the art of german leading, and that the ace in the 'hole'' was excuse to raise" He married a beautiful girl, who now, with her son, is in New Or leans.
 That the man is doomed is known by his father and his wife. That he is in existence, is unknown to his son. Of the one nor the other, the man himself never | speaks.
 He he will not speak before the final curtain.
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 itary supremacy after reading this book will find cause to reconsider. As for rem edies, General sLea believes that 1t the white race is to survive as whole It can do so only through military and naval unifcation, the complete separation of the military and naval system from the civil government and the introduction of uni- versal compulsory military service.
 Conscientious and thorough in his an alysis, the author frequently expresses his houghts in terse and striking phrases that stick in the mind. 'The scorn of war and the denial of death,' he re- marks, belong to the same category Of self-deception. It is the hate of hateful realities So mankind hides 1t away f>onf himself in those deeper cellars of his con- sciousness where, all heaped together, are secreted his hidden fears Such vigor- ous rhetoric strengthens the effect of treatise sufficiently strong in fact and theory.
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THE DEwPoND.n

Company, New York.
 There are certain books that brace and uplift the spirit, making life, whatever it's present aspect or difficulty. seem thing worth while Of such a type Is The Dewpond," Charles Marriott's latest novel.
 "Dewpond'' expresses the equality of youth, and the heroine of MT. Marriott's new novel is the very embodiment of youth, even though married, mother. and 2S years old. The story shows re- markably keen observation on the part of the author. and treats of the ever-in- teresting subject, mismated couple.
 In other words, the novel is all about a writer named Coburn, who falls in love with married woman named Hilda Saintsbury. iiRfk33
 The reader follows these two through many situations and endless conversies. until the denouement is reached and MT. Saintsbury Uhe husband). smiling as only man can smile, whose world has gone to pieces, acknowledges that his wife has left him.
 He makes no effort, does Mir. Saintsbury. to get his wife to come back to him, nor does she show any sign of wanting to re- turn to his home, and so we are left to conjecture what will happen in the fu- ture.
 The story closes with this predictions: Basil Coburn will write other and bet ter novels, but I shall be greatly sur prised if she QIida saintsbury) does not turn out to be his masterpiece. Mir Marriott has very clever pen ana expresses his ideas in fine diction and ''The Dewpond" will To doubt add much CT edit to his reputation as a writer.
 THE PRINCIPAL GIRL.'' e,-.t.L 1foAof Ward .G- CoyVS.
 pany, New York.
 .'rhe Principal Giri'' by J. c. Snaith. is charming light comedy throughout. and introduces the reader to as engaging . hero and as sprightIy heroine as have ~raced the pages of novel for many days.
 70 story deals with the fortunes of the son of British nobleman (very re- gently elevated to the peerage) and Tho ,rincipal Girl in whose veins runs tho blood of some of the ''oldest and best theatrical families" How the young people reconcile the the atrical aristocracy'' to the newly-created peerage, and the peer and his lady to the ola theatrical family makes . charm inc story in itself. The piouancy of the narrative Is en- sanee1 hr tSe authors whimsical humor ard delicate irony. The continuation of the young husbands political career. en- gineered by his capable wife. is a tri- umph of the story-teller's art. OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REvIEwS 4t ll LATER.) NATIONAL IDEALS AND RACE RE GENERATION" By the Rev. R. F. Hor- | ton. M A.. D. D. Moffat, Yard & Com pany, New York. THE AMERICAN LUMBER INDus- TRY" Published by authority of the Ns- tional Lumber Manufacturers Associa- ton. by Leonard Brownson, Managers Chicago. 4 "CHAMP CLARK" By ". l.. Webb. The Neale Publishing Company New York.
 l NOTABLE MEN OF ILLINOIS AND 1 THEIR STATE" Compiled under direc- tton of Wilmot & Company, sS Washin~- ton street. West Chicago. I've Datly Journal Publishers.
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"CHAMP CLARK" By ". L. Webb. The Neale Publishing Company. New York.
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t .NOTABLE MEN OF ILLINOIS AND THEIR STATE" Compiled under direc- tion of Wilmot & Company, sS Washin~- ton street, West Chicago. mhe Daily Journal Publishsrs.
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THE AMERICAN LUMBER INDUS TRY Published by authority of the Ns- tional Lumber Manufacturers Associa- ton. by Leonard Brownson, Managers- Chicago. 4 s%
The Lexington advertiser., 1912-10-18
ENItRIAIsMf MS.

Thursday evening last Miss Cornelis
Dyer was hostess of the Evening
Bridge Club when Mrs. Burwel was
prize winner and received the dainty
lingerie souvenir. A delightful menu
was served after the games.
Mrs. L. D. Peppers most interest
ing Duplicate Whist meeting brought
success to Mrs. James G. Reid and
Mrs. ]. H. McBee, Jr., who were pre-
sented the silver souvenirs. An ele-
CANT and elaborate menu was served
after the games.
Tuesday evening the BridgeClub was
entertained by Miss Bessie Wilson with
Mrs. d. S. Sutton and Mrs. e. A. Will
son as substitutes. For high score
Miss Maude Dyer was presented some
lovely handwOrk of the fair hostess.
A salad course and hot chocolate were
enjoyed after the games. Miss Laura
Sutton assisted in the happy hospi-
tality.
Mrs. Mary Mclean andA Miss Emma
Mclean assisted most graciously in
entertaining Miss Occie Mclean 8
guests Saturday afternoon when her
Bridge Club and other guests enjoyed
the magnetic meeting. The absent
members were represented by Mrs.
Burwell, Misses Maude and Cornelia
Dyer and Emma Mclean. The latter
was victor and received dainty bag
in novel Dresden cross stitch work.
Delicious ices and cake were the re-
freshments enjoyed. Miss Eggleston
is the next club hostess.
The Lexington advertiser., 1912-10-18
SOCIAL AND GENERAL
ocToBeR NOTES

Ye Month
When tan lies thick upon the cheek
OF maidens fair and gallants sleek,
And every home-returning nose
A thousand freckles doth disclose:
When fathers pockets bulge with bills
For happy days up in the hills,
And Summer Girls upon the street
Gaze blankly when they chance to meet
Their lovers of departed days
Upon the city's crowded ways;
When laggard lads all schoolward HE,
And pumpkins gold turn into pie,
And berry -pickers gin to jog
The cranberry out in the bog,
'Tis well to change your under-robe
To meet the needs of chill Octobe
-Harper's Weekly.
The Lexington advertiser., 1912-10-18
MRS. BR EWER'S TEA. \

Among the many pleasures promised
the visiting ladies' during the bright
hours of Woman's Day during the fair
is an afteroon tea at the executive
mansion between the hours of five and
seven whenMrs. Brewer will be at home
and will receive all who then call to
give greeting as she presdes within
the stately home to which the people
of Mississippi called her distinguished
husband, and which she adorns with
so easy and womanly grace.
To the majority of the visitors on
Woman's Day this will prove the most
interesting feature as well as the most
enjoyable hour of the entire day.
And that Mrs. Brewer will make it all
that it ought to be, her friends are
perfectly assured.