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r I ..SPIES IN TIME How Nations Deal V Prying Into St? J The Japanese military spy, becom- |tc lug a national bugaboo through the P' efforts of a sensational press, ready at all times to seize upon and enlarge *>< any incident that seems to have even E a remote bearing on the relations be- o< tween the Mikado's empire and the a* United States, is probably the easiest to detect and frustrate of all the in- ri ternational secret agents at work in " this country and its possessions. So at least say the experts who have given their time and labor to devising bi schemes for outwitting these crafty hi gentry. There is no country in the Pj world that has not a well organized w system of gathering military informa- pi tion, of discovering and recording those secrets of state deemed vital to ^.? the interests of all countries. While at an ardent frankness regarding the to strength, the armament and effectiveness of all armies and navies seem ^ to exist among the family of nations, m it is nevertheless true that each little tjj kingdom or republic has and carefully Sfl guards, secrets as to resources, spe- Ei cial appliances, etc., which only become public property through the work of men employed to ferret out or just such matters. The development 01 of the art of photography and Its gen- Pf ne eral adoption as a pastime by peoples of all climes and countries, has made jn " i aifffouit tn nrotect these ta 11 lllciiraniiiBij u>?.v... .. military secrets. But the fact re- 8h mains, there are secrets, and they are ^ given every protection possible by the tl< nations that own them. 011 In only one country in the world is HJj ^ there no law against the publication iu and sale of all Information relating to th military and naval matters?the Unit- w' ed States. The other great powers fn make the punishment of spies as th drastic as possible. The Dreyfus case de In France gives an excellent Idea of the manner in which a supposed secret co agent is treated. Only recently a na- an vaJ spy was captured in France?a ta man believed to have secured secret 9ei naval plans. His punishment was as ar quick, as sure and as severe as that &e administered Captain Dreyfus. Frequent sights in port towns of Europe flc are signs in several languages warn- pu lng tourists that no photographs may be taken within certain limits, the er metes and bounds being carefully to stated. At Gibraltar, the English govstf ernment will not permit tourists to sp land with cameras. Neither will the oft Japanese at Nagasaki. In fortified Th towns, visitors are permitted only in th CI*' certain specified districts. Beyond that heavy armed guards bar progress. ar Contrary to the general belief, the military and naval attaches of the diplomatic corps are not in any sense fr< spies of their governments. They are to; assigned to duty for the purpose of gathering in all the information re- ^ garding their professions that can be dii obtained in a legitimate manner. The *? slightest indication of undue activity ra' on the part of such officers will not so only secure their recall but make nec- Pe essary most abject apologies on the part of the government to which they cr claim allegiance. The United States unnn tn eovprp. 1 y government was vau^u uKv.. Cfl ly reprimand and recall one of its El most brilliant officers a few years ago Or because of his zealous work in Eu- dli rope while a military attache. He jj.? came into possession of some infor- m, mation of a valuable character which rn< he sent to Washington. The government to which he was attached heard tQ( of it and demanded his recall and an sei apology, both of which were promptly 8? forthcoming. Because the prosecu- js tlons of arrested spies in Europe and the Orient are carried on in such a on quiet manner, the public seldom hears of them. But there are such prosecu- er tions and, as stated, the punishments Ja given are most severe. Every spy ^ Si i knows this, but is willing to take all cr the risks, as the pay he receives is mi usually great. P'1 The first step after the arrest of a spy is made is to present the facts a , to the government for whom he is tie supposed to be working. That govern ment with great promptness invariably gg disclaims all responsibility for its al- wl leged agents' work and usually repu- ?" diates him as a citizen. This permits the offended country to do with the th prisoner as it will. It usually wills bl| to put him at hard labor in some re- 5" tei mote prison or prison colony. In Japan, the convicted spy is set to work efl on the public roads, heavily chained to prevent all possible escape. The usual sentence is fifteen years. ^ How different is the situation in the P< I'nited States! Any tourist can secure practically all the information he wants abjut the armament and equipment of the army and navy. The newspapers, the government bureaus, the magazines and public libraries are ^ at the disposal of the visitor. Military attaches of foreign embassies are welwl come guests on board battleships. amprioan sailors and soldiers, espe cially militiamen, take pride In exhibiting the latest and newest de- . q r vices. Application at the war department will produce maps, books, charts, . ^ tables and elaborately written expla- p. \ nations of almost every piece of equip\ ment used in the two war branches of rj( -.the public service. The department f)r of agriculture, through its road bu- ^ reau, has a mass of statistics relative |a to the roads and bridges in this coun- ^ try which are at the disposal of any W) one who takes the trouble to address ev the proper official. And when a spy te is caught at his work in this country not only can nothing be done with ! him, but should he be subjected to the til slightest inconvenience through the in action of the authorities, he has the right to enter suit and recover dam- <jc ages. Officers of the government in yc the Philippines have adopted the >'c 1)6 scheme of quietly deporting people ev caught as spies. They do so at a great risk, however, as there is no law to dc cover the suBject. except that relating to undesirable aliens. When the spies ar happen to be enlisted soldiers or sail- an ors, they can be punished for violation of the army or navy regulations and may get a year or two in a mili- in tary or natal penitentiary. ^i When asked what he would do with j a Japanese caught making a map of an the Philippines not many years ago, on a high official of the army smiled in a rather sickly way and asserted that he would feel more than compensated te for the trouble it took to capture the man if the spy would only exchange to his very extensive Information relative as ?? ? S OF PEACE.. ~ Her fith Men Caught 0 ite Secrets siee' quie edly h ,n 11 mes > the islands for the very limited sup- the ly on hand at army headquarters. flats An apt illustration of the difference cent ?tween the United States and the four uropean nations in thi? particular ed i :curred in Gibraltar only a short time the jo. England, some years since, mjje lopted a policy of mottling her light tillery with daubs of paint of va- naa ous colors that were likely to enter amo to the backgrounds nature would tj rovide in the field. An American terested in such things happened 10 ; walking along Europa Point at Gi- earl; - ? ^ 3 ? 1 RH fo&i frnm tVion "ailctr UIIU , auvuv aw ?vv* a. VIIV4J m and toward the beach, what ap- ere(j >ared to be a water battery of guns ' the 8-inch class, the only one of "erd hich visible showed mottling very puet ainly. He did not know the process t^e id been extended to coast-defense _ . itterles and wished to examine this al ork merely from curiosity. He had Mar Ivanced a few paces from the road and r this purpose, when no less than ^re(j iree guards came forward to warn m away. It might be mentioned abes iat this one gun and the big rifle thro ounted at the peak of the rock were the ie only pieces of modern ordnance of ie saluting battery this American ' ,w during a stay of ten days at the folio ngllsh stronghold. and Returning to the United States, he towr as much surprised to find in towns iar coast-defense fortifications, not htan ily uninterrupted passage through- rang it the fortified works, but picture gorg >st cards on sale at drug stores and )ws stands that showed photographs the batteries just as they stand, the San terior of range-finding stations, de- Ol iled views of big guns and shells COok lowing the "ranges, size of charge and outfl lantity of explosive used. Not alone as the free distribution of informa- *had >n countenanced, but in an article stan i modern coast defense published in Whe, i American semi-technical paper Ith an international circulation, il- P?ur strations were given outlining In full to tl e plans of defense of American forts the ith accurate drawings showing the broil nges of the guns, the danger zone r ships, the method of signaling, cr'8F e manner of plotting ranges, with threi scrlptions of the instruments used piea! id a complete plan of the system for . .. changing signals from the battle m,dc mmander to the battery commander of tl id from this latter to the gun cap- over lns- Jose The United States does have a few crets. There are plans of imagin- out ' .. ?..mr,oiD7,a fitmres relatine to tar- the i J C41II pu.RiK., "O-- w t practice with great guns, draw- hors' gs of the sea coast fortifications and .. . Ine fields, and the plans and formations of other countries carefully feet it away in the vaults of the war that liege and the various special ser- Cbar; :e schools. But compared with othcountries there is little or nothing toral be learned in the United States. Of The greatest difficulty in the con- Whei int warfare that is waged here on . ies is not encountered in warding y ' the agents of Japan, however. Pino lere are at least two other nations to vl at have a far more complicated se- sma) et service and one that is much more fflcult to frustrate than Japan. These *"e ' e Germany and France. While the Rive panese have a certain native ca- Sprei city for spying, that enhances their .. lue to their country, they learned lnal im their German military Instruc- Cuya rs most of what they know of the sight ?mentary principles of getting blow arded information without the lowledge and consent of the guar- the 1 ins. The Japanese spy is the easiest mass detect for the reason that he is al- low Dst always a Japanese, different in .. ce and. only in rare instances, as- " elating as a social equal with the A P' ople upon whom he lavishes his that ts. It Is not so great a task to pre- moSj nt a Japanese from obtaining seets. a wl On the other hand, It Is exceeding- almo difficult to prevent the well-edu- rollii ted. cuhured German. French or l)arei lglish spy from working his trade, le may be found as an enlisted sol- dlsta er or sailor in the army or navy, or Th i may be employed by officers en- year listed with the country's secrets In a ore o rless intimate capacity. It is al- waYs Dst impossible to guard against such ing 1 entualitles, and in all sections of the yond lited States there are men employed ra day in various capacities who are in ' cret correspondence with the foreign napi vernments?men whose nationality with never suspected and whose loyalty flrm] never questioned. A military expert has said that for e1^8 e Japanese spy found gathering in- instil rmatlon in the United States there hide e ten that manage to avoid discov- ^ { y. He further states that for every panese who remains undiscovered the I ere are two German, French. Rus- was in, Italian, Mexican or Austrian se- powt et agents at work here. Further- .. . ore. it is related, so little esteem is aced upon the ability necessary to the ing from America her military se- red f ets that this country has become jnsta sort of primary school for these gen>men, and the real experts, the past- J? asters in the art. are engaged in coun ose countries of Europe where the that me is larger and the risks greater, WJtv iiere detection means degradation id imprisonment. From this it can be apar thered that the real experts of Ja- the in are not wasting their time on ther< e United States, but are going after , gger and more difficult tasks, while Jose e work here is left to aspiring ama- the urs, a system all the great powers mou ive found to work with charming fectiveness.?Popular Mechanics. _ steel onto HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. D, jople Who Stray From the Path Are of tl Miserable. deei, A foolish girl died in New York the twee her day. feet She killed herself and she left a onru ite. saying "No girl can live in New an(j >rk and be honest." wou! Poor thing, poor little dazzled, be- scor, ldered, puzzled, mistaken thing. She jost Id the exact opposite of the truth. t,een No girl can live in New York or Com| lywhere else and be dishonest?and ^t aw one really happy breath. reck I have known them, hundreds of far , em?the dishonest women. Heaven beat ty them. brim I have seen them when they were ijng ?h and petted and run after, and tj,e ( etty and young, and I have seen tbe em when they were forsaken and (jrou ughed at and east into the pauper's p,ugi >spital to die?and the ones who ^js r ere dying were the only ones I born er saw who eould smile without bit- 20 f rness. Are you alone and poor and friend- and ss in a great city, little girl? gle t \re you beginning to notice the beau- jt er 'ully dressed women you see flash- . g by you in automobiles, going in id out of the smart restaurants, buy- swui g gorgeous things at the shops? lean! > you sometimes begin to wonder if over iu are paying too high a price for mr honesty, a price which means. ,n? rhaps, loneliness and sometimes head en hunger? tie v Don't be deceived?don't be dazzled, >n't be confused. Get close to one these poor, flaunting, perfumed, sank stling women?real close to her, cove id look straight into her eyes?what tje v I agony of humiliation you see there. Always laughing?of course they are sl>ra ways laughing, these poor creatures, an e ley have to laugh to keep from cry- wild g aloud with pain and shame and a 11.be nd of bitter anger against the world. Be honest, little girl, be honest? thru the first place because it's right, hunj id in the second place because it's toss mmon sense. ' There is only one policy for this inro >rld?just one?honesty. Man Any thief in the penitentiary can sprai II you that?any woman alight with amonds can tell you. too?there is j. ^ st one thing that it pays for a woman be?good?the rest is dust and " hes.?Winifred Black. fearf HiscfUancous grading. V TRAGEDY OF THE RANGE. oic Act of Young Mexican During A Stampede of Crazed Steera. n the balmy 22d of May, In the 1868, 2,000 and more fat and k, but tired, footsore steers were tly resting. Some stood contentchewing, while many lay dozing ae rank alflllerla, on the great level a and down through the mouth of Canada Verdi out into the broad i that lie along the river near the er of the Cuyama Valley. Only days before they had been crowdnto the mouth of the narrows of Santa Maria River less than 35 s below, and with much urging been forced through, over and ng the rocks of that fearful gorge, lese were beef steers, bought and ed by a noted buyer and drover of V California days, Lugi Marre, of San Francisco, and were gathfrom the but slightly replenished i s or many rancnes even oeiuw mc )lo of Los Angeles as far south as Mission San Juan Capistrano. ling along the Camlnio Real, Lugl re and 20 trained vaqueros driving guarding, more than half a hunsaddle horses in the caballada id, went over the Conejo and ugh the famous Cavlota Pass, into head of the Santa Maria Valley. 5 they left the usual route that wed the old overland stage road laid their course for the mining is on the Merced. Toulumne and lslaus Rivers through the coast :e by way of the Santa Maria River e. known as the Narrows, through Cuyama Valley and on over the Joaquin plains. d Antonis, who was the chief : of the culinary portion of this t, had made camp beneath the e of a large white oak tree that ds at the foot of the mesa bluff, re the Agua Calliente Spring s down from the rocks and rushes ie river Just below. It was near noon hour, and over the coals ed and baked the meat and the i tortillas. About lounged all but i of, the vaqueros, inhaling the sant incense of the all but ready lay meal with the pungent smoke leir cigarettes. Three stood guard the quiet herd, and one of these. Calderon, a fair youth scarcely if his teens?the pride and pet of older vaqueros?stood beside his e at the summit of a small knoll rose to the height of probably 30 out of the smooth mesa, and commanded a perreci view ui uu? acteristic southern California passcene of that time, f toward the eastern horizon, e the Sierra San Rafael meets the i and crowds close to the lofty Mt. i s of the Sierra Pelona, there rose 1 lew in the otherwise clear sky a 1 dark cloud that came on down ianyon of the Upper Santa Maria r, and in a few minutes had id out into a great, dark mass filled the entire upper end of the 1 ima Valley, shutting out from the mountains above. A breeze . ing in from the Kern valley over ow Paletta Hills drove the whole i off to the south, where it hung on the mountain ridge that forms louth wall of the Cuyama Valley, lenomenon of nature, peculiar to ! section, then took place. The atihere became oppressively sultry, 1 nd came up from the south and st instantly the sky was filled with 1 ig, tumbling clouds. There was a ly percentlble quavering reflex of 1 nt lightning. < ie youth, Jose, though young in 1 s, had learned wen ine arts anu i of the range when a child watch- < the herds of his father down be- < the Colorado Desert In old Sono- ! nd knowing well what was due to sen within the next few moments, I a graceful swing sat lightly but ' y in the saddle, his left hand i ping the bridle reins, his right * actively feeling for the heavy raw- I quirt that hung at the pommel of saddle, his bright eyes riveted on i great quiet herd below. There ! a vivid flash of light. Some mighty i ;r had swung an unseen sword cut a fearful zigzag gash through 1 semi-twilight and left a burning scar, that remained in sight for an nt and then as instantly healed, se began nervously and rapidly ting, his yet brighter eyes ever on ' quiet herd. "Uno, dos, tr?" 1 i a crash the very heavens tore ' t. A rumbling roar swung off to ' south and the mountain cliffs ' 9 passed it back down the valley, s heavily mounted spurs raked in trembling flanks of his restless i nt. He heard nothing only saw e 2,000 and more fear-crazed *s plunge forward and sweep out 1 the level plain, rectly across their course, a short mile away, ran the small stream te Santa Maria River through the i alluvial soil of the valley, ben perpendicular banks a hundred apart and 40 feet down. Had that ishing bunch of crowding horns ' hide reached there, a fortune Id have vanished in an Instant. A ? of proud vaqueros would have caste among their kind and have classed as gringos, fit only to panion with dogs and guard sheep, their front, crowding in closely, lessly, rose young Jose. Swinging out from the saddle, lashing and 1 ing his quirt at the head of a die longhorn giant that as a yearcropping swamp grass and tule in cienegas down about the mouth of Santa Ana had survived the th of sixty-four. Close up rode Marre with the doubled loop of eata desperately lashing the longed heads. Closely following were aithful, fearless vaqueros, yelling 1 !? n Vin n/1 a. ko n/1 ot r 11 jt_ aiil?lllllg, 111 Ct iianu-iu-iiu.nu oil UQ0 swing the crazed herd and circle e reaching the river bank. Withrod of the bank Jose passed as he 1 ig around with the moiling band, Ing far out from the saddle right those long pointed horns, beatand lashing more fiercely at the ' 1 of that brindle giant. And a bat- 1 ras won. ! le feet of a near-winded mustang ' deep into the soft mound that 1 red a family home of the cute lit alley chipmunk. A fallen horse ng quickly to his feet and carried 1 mpty saddle on around with the swing of the moiling herd. Jose's 1 body as he fell had met the up 1 st of a steel-like point, where he ' f for a moment, and then with a 1 of that brindle giant's head was wn heavily to the ground. Lugi ' re jerked his horse to a stand and ng to the side of the fallen hero. 1 others raced on around with the 1 ut conquered herd, ithin an hour of the time of that i 'ul crash of thunder those 2,000 and more steers were peacefully grazing among the scattered clumps of Indian arrowwood that grew along the < flats, and the sun shone brightly over the vast and magnificent Cuyama valley from a clear sky. Down near the river bank knelt Lugi Marre, with a t silken scarf pressed tightly to the rag- ( ged wound across a dying lad's breast in a vain attempt to stanch the crlm- ' son flow. As the sun broke through 1 the parting clouds and decked with t glittering jewels the fair landscape freshly baptized from the heavens, Lugi Marre, bending low his head, 1 heard from Jose's pallid lips these < barely whispered words: "Yo le man- ] daria un mandaje a Anita, en Hermo slllo. Adios, adlos!" Ana tnai raun- ful Sonorlan lad was dead. As the mellow Cuyama twilight slowly merged Into the night the saddened. toll-stalned vaqueros carried from the river's bed the last of the bowlders that form a stone cross that lies alone, beneath the constant vigil of the mountains, amid the solitude of the Cuyamas Valley. On over the plains of the San Jocquin trailed the great drove to its destination and to Its destiny but the stone cross Is there in the Cuyama Valley still. It lies on a beautiful flat near the center of the valley. Just to the south side stands the mesa bluff. On the other flows the river.?Los Angeles Times. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. Notes About Men and Things Under Public Consideration. Woodrow Wilson will be Inaugurated governor of New Jersey on January' 17. Norwich is the first city of Connecticut to adopt the commission plan of government. The conference of the National Democratic League of clubs, set for Washington on January 9, has been postponed. Progressive Republicans of Minnesota are planning to launch a La Follette presidential boom at a meeting to be held in Minnesota early In January. Edward W. Hanley, who is one of the leading candidates for the seat of nf oh in was formerly a newsbody in Dayton. ^ William B. Hornblower, who is * prominently mentioned among the pos- c sible successors to Chauncey M. Depew I In the United States senate, has never * held an important public office. s In the last one hundred years the s state of New York has sent only ' twelve Democrats to the United States a senate. The last was Edward Murphy, s Jr.. whose term expired in 1899. v Gen. Luke E. Wright, former governor general of the Philippines, is said '1 to aspire to succeed James B. Frazier t of Tennessee In the United States sen- y ate. Senator Frazier's successor will be chosen by the legislature which li meets next month. c Francis Lynde Stetson, who is men- * tioned as a possible candidate for the F United States senate from New York, d is general counsel for various import- F ant corporations, Including the largest 11 of them all, the United States Steel 1 corporation. I Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis, b who has been appointed to succeed the 8 late Lloyd W. Bowers as solicitor gen- f eral of the United States, is a former F Democrat, who left his party at the v time of the free silver agitation in 1896. d Until recently he was president of the h American Bar association. t The late Senator David B. Hill in his o will left to Judge Alton B. Parker "tne i large mahogany bedBtead and dresser 8 In the guest chamber at Wolfert's a Roost." which Mr. Hill purchased h from the state of New York and which P formerly were In the executive man- ? slon at Albany. c Representative E. D. Crumpacker of the Tenth Indiana district, who would n probably have been a candidate for ^ Bpeaker if the Republicans had retain- \1 pd control of congress, is now men- o tioned for the Republican nomination ? for governor of Indiana in 1912. Mr. fl Crumpacker was the only Republican v elected to congress from Indiana at the jj November election. r The complete returns of the Novem- r ber election show a remarkable in- s crease in the Socialist vote in nearly ' ill parts of the country. In two years t( the vote shows an average increase of s nearly 70 per cent. The only states in b which the Socialist vote in 1910 fell ? short of that in 1908 were Michigan, tl South Dakota and Washington. The a states in which the greatest gains ? were recorded were California, Con- G riecticut, New York and Wisconsin. a P Christmas In Bethlahsm. l' d We found a large audience assembled t< an Christmas Eve in the ancient church c r?f Bethlehem. Mass was being cele- jj brated. The I^atin patriarch was there, d assisted by the chief functionaries of t his church. A few Americans were " present, some of whom we had met in a America, and there were several per- r Bona from the leading Christian countries. The larger number of the wor- " shippers, however, were natives. The c audience was intensely interested. The C larger part of it was obliged to stand ? for several hours; if any one yielded n a choice position it was quickly occu- ii pled. A few, overcome by weariness, left before the conclusion of the ser- ^ vices, but the larger part stayed until > the end. We remained until the tl chimes rang in the holy Christmas day c and until "Gloria in Excelsis" welled v up from hundreds of throats a and burst from the great organ, and A then returned to Jerusalem. We were ? the only travelers upon the way save a the omnipresent men upon their cam- t! els going to and from the venerable c Holy City. They were silent as ghosts, n and in their monotonous swing seemed d to be a part of the animals they rode, h and the whole presented In the dim *' moonlight a weird aspect. We could h fancy that the scene we looked upon b was a familiar one upon that ancient " highway upon the night of the anni- j{ versary of which we had come to cele- |.< brate, and for centuries prior thereto. n The castle of David, near our hotel ^ seemed to stand sentinel, as it had been 0 doing, in part at least, for more than a 1900 years. When the morning came Chrisimas (| greetings were exchanged among the |? guests of the hotel, after the western a fashion. Americans were especially ? hearty in remembering each other with c some mark of courtesy which the day g suggested. I^ate in the forenoon we attended divine services in an English j, church not far from the traditional e scene of the Last Supper. We listened w to an able discourse, which brought ^ vividly to our minds the tremendous u significance of Christmas. We were tl Indeed upon holy ground. Less than J* six miles to the south was Bethlehem, e, and right at hand was the scene of the w crucifixion, burial and resurrection of h our Saviour, a little way off against * the side of the narrow valley was the j Garden of Gethsemane; a little further p up and beyond it was the Mount of Olives, and some thirty miles to the ^ east lay the Jordan and the Dead Sea. a The memory of a Christmas spent amid such environment is one which Cl n will abide.?Leslie's Weeklv. \A PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME. Outward Evidence! of Wrongdoing Seldom Present. It is a common superstition, revived it every famous trial, that the murder;r In aspect and character should con'orm accurately with a conventional 'orm of savagery. The public, which akes an increasing interest in the nelodrama of life and death, is disippolnted at each tragedy because the criminal does not bear upon his forelead the brand of Cain. Yet a little {nowledge, a more vivid memory of he past, might convince the least imiglnatlve that the murderer in his lours of ease is most often a kindly, imlable and sympathetic gentleman, >o long as his will, at once violent and nflrm, be not thwarted. ! The evidence afforded by the Newfate calendar is uniform and irresistble. Turn to whatever period you vtll. there is the same tale to tell, rhe motive and Impulse may vary. Hen kill for greed, for hate, or for he desire to be rid of what seems at he moment an encumbrance. Their :haracter and temperament seem vholly detached from the crime which >rlngs them to the gallows. "Amla>le." "kind-hearted," "good-temperid," "one of the nicest men I ever mew"?these are some of the tributes laid to Crippen by his friends, and hey may be matched over and over igaln In the annals of the past. ! On December 11, 1811, Mr. Marr, a espectable mercer In Ratcllff highvay. his wife, their Infant child and i lad of 14 were brutally done to death vlth a carpenter's hammer. There vas no possible excuse for the murder, rhe miscreant who killed these four nnocent persons acted with cold preneditation and, as De Qulncey said, n a spirit of pure artistry. Nothing >ut the lust of blood Impelled him to >is crime. If ever there was a tiger n human shape it was this scoundrel Williams. Yet he Inspired even the veakest with a sense of trust and seurity. "One gentle-mannered girl," >e Qulncey tells us, "whom Williams iad undoubtedly designed to murder. tated In evidence that once, when Ej Ittlng alone with her. he had said: I N'ow, Miss R., supposing that I should Bv ippear about midnight at your bed- I* Ide armed with a carving knife, what E yould you say?' To which the con- I Idlng girl replied: 'Oh, Mr. Williams, E f It was anybody else I should be E Tightened. But as soon as I heard R our voice I should be tranquil.' " 9 It would be difficult to match, even I n the drama of the ancients, the irony I if this brief dialogue. On the one hand E ras the monster, on the other the n lossible victim, and perfect confllence. Williams was a murderer by ? irofesslon and knew how to calculate ry lis elTects. John Thurtell, who In J 824 killed William Weare, of Lyons nn.. was of another type. Had he not ieen overwhelmned by ruin and dls- J Ipation he might have lived out the ulness of his days In peace and honor, tage and embarrassment, together k'lth an exaggerated sense of Injustice, leprived him of self-control and sent 1 ilm penitent to the gallows. But he, oo, had won the trust and confidence f his friends. "I have always hought Thurtell a liberal, kind and 1 :ood-hearted man," said one. "I have requently been In his company," said al nother. "I always thought him a g] lumane, quiet, peaceable, well-disosed man. "Yet that which marked u ut the murder of William Weare et rom other crimes of its kind was a allous and resolute ferocity. If other examples be asked, they are ot lacking. Who that knew him I ,'ould ever have suspected Thomas th V'alnewrlght, the elegant James _ Veathercock, the colleague of Lamb n the London Magazine, of heartless nd calculating cruelty? The senslIve critic might have objected to his amboyant taste; the man of the rorld might have found his affeclons intolerable; but none that met dm at the opera or In a drawing oom could have believed that he carled poison In a ring, like an assasIn of the Italian Renaissance, and ras as quick to use It. He, too, was kind" and "good-hearted," merciful o the cats, who followed him lntinctlvely, and to the casual vision a land and refined gentleman. Yet he tl( ever wanted an excuse for a murer. The expectation of money or a rtlck ankle was enough to tempt him, ne nd once upon a time he poisoned a tranger for no better reason than hat he had insured his life in an fflce against which Walnewrlght had yc grudge. And William Palmer, who gave to tugeley its Ill-omened notoriety?was here ever a better example of the onhip iif? than he? A humane doc ir, an Intrepid sportsman, a genial ompanlon, he had so little thought or others that he found in murder he easiest, the only, solution of his ifflculties. Did a relative stand beween him and an inheritance, there as no way out but poison. Did he we an Inconvenient sum of money. dose of strychnine was enough to de id himself of the obligation. And all he while he kept up the appearance ac f a severe respectability. He was as- wj iduous in his attendance at church. se >n the Sunday after he had given to .'ook, his miserable victim, a last dose j^( f poison he confided to his diary the ge ame of the clergyman to whose serion he had listened, together with an ^ itelligent and edifying criticism. The murderer, then, exhibits no ^ Igns by which we may know him. ce ind it would be remarkable if he did. ?2 ro man is always on parade. We go j hrough life wearing masks, which re onceal our real features even from b "- If It u'oro nnt ?n thPN? *_ _ ,'ould be no more murderers. In a pal- ^ ce of truth there Is no place for crime, I murderer whom we could recognize ar t sight would have no chance of do- a| rig his deeds of blood. But there Is ar nother and more subtle reason for Qf he fact that the ruffian so easily es- ^ apes notice. Very few men are bad w] II through. If we put aside the hu- fQ lan tiger, we shall find that the mur- jn erer Is often as much surprised as cj, is fellows at his own enormity. He pa i suddenly urged by fear or rage to he commission of a crime of which ^ e believed himself Incapable. May- w] e he has never measured the weak- ^ ess of his will. Maybe he is constiutlonally unable to understand the rettion of cause and effect. The result i that his "kindness" and his "hulanity" vanish In an instant, and he roves by a pitiful lack of self-control hat he is no longer fit for the society f men; that the gallows are his just Of nd only goal. There is one other quality in which lurderers are never deficient?the uality of coolness. Faced by the miniters of justice, they one and all prove -L serenity of mind, a courage 01 tie- db leanor, which too often persuade the D> aolish of their innocence. There op ould scarcely be a better proof of BI uilt than this nonchalance. The mur- ST erer has nothing to lose, he has verything to gain, by a resolute bear- wi tg. He knows better than anybody PI Ise in the world the strength and all 'eakness of his own case. So often J.A as he rehearsed his story that it CI omes to his tongue without bung- in ng or hesitation. How different Is an le plight of the innocent man un- be istly accused! Overwhelmned with th> mbarrassment and surprise, he fait- 15' rs in his speech. The flush of rage tei hich mounts to his cheek Is taken by inl is enemies as a confession of guilt, Po nd if he were judged by appear- Ml nee alone it would go hard with him. an ustice. then, must dismiss from her urview all generalizations concern- ve ig character and demeanor. It is cei ers to establish guilt or innocence pe y the stern consideration of facts, nd so long as she is intent upon this jpreme duty we may retain a placid ? anfidence that the wrongdoer shall . ? ot escape his proper punishment.? ,rM ondon Dally Mail. rei - CLC $12,000.00 SI GOODS As. cn i /II UV 1 We Want Our i 1 This Sale Ope And we are offering 01 stock of Dry Goods, ] eluding many New~Gc ers. This stock is UP A On Tuesdays, Thursd crowd will justify it, v Shoes, Hats, Etc., and Cash, regardless of Cc NOTICE: at this season of the y< SALE OF DRY GOO will be over. Underst 40 Cents Saved Yorkville E rhe Place to . Juy Lumber Is at the Lumbar Yard of J. J. eller & Co. Why? Simply because umber is our specialty and we know rhen to Buy, What to Buy, and Tiere to Buy and can always give our istomers what they want at Right rices. See us for your Lumber needs and so for Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, ilngles, Builders' Hardware, Paints, lis, Varnishes, Glass, Lime, Cement, c. J. J. KELLER & CO. W Bring us your logs if you want em sawed. The Difference Between a good and a poor prepara >n in business method is just tne airrence between system and carelessss, between success and failure. Deposit your money with us and do >ur business in a systematic manner. rhe Bank of Clover, OIiOVBR, 0. o. Defective Flues Fire insurance statistics prove that ree-fourths of all flres originate from fective stove flues. Heretofore many the insurance companies have been cepting dwellings?insuring them? here bricks in the stove flue were t on edge and also where tile flues ere used, without extra charge. On ovember 10, 1910, a rule was promulited which provides that in future e rate on all buildings, including veilings, where there is any other an a standard flue or flues, there all be an additional charge of 25 nts on the $100 per year, which means .50 for each $1,000 insurance. Those ho have no Insurance and desire to duce the chance of having their lildings burned are advised, if they ive other than standard flues, to have em torn out and standardized immeately and those who have insurance id expect to continue to carry it, are so advised to have their flues standdized in order to reduce their chance being burned out and at the same ne keep their rate from being raised hen their policies are renewed. The regoing statement is made for the formation of all property owners, inLidlng my own clients, and as I am ixrirtcr fnr fHn anooo in urhlnh it i Q ade, do not feel called upon to go to e additional expense of describing hat's meant by a "standard flue," it will take pleasure in informing you you will ask me about it. SAM M. GRIST. All Kinds of GOOD Insurance. TAX NOTICE?1910 Ace of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C.. Sept. 15, 1910. T OTICE is hereby given that the ^ TAX BOOKS for York county will opened on SATURDAY, the 15TH KY OF OCTOBER. 1910, and remain en until the 31ST DAY OF DECEM3R, 1910, for the collection of ATE, COUNTY. SCHOOL AND LOlL TAXES for the fiscal year 1910, thout penalty; after which day ONE 5R CENT penalty will be added to payments made In the month of lNUARY. 1911, and TWO PER !NT penalty for all payments made the month of FEBRUARY, 1911. d SEVEN PER CENT penalty will added on all payments made from > 1ST DAY OF MARCH, to the TW niV nir M4RrH 1011 and af this date all unpaid f ixes will go :o executions and all unpaid Single lis will be turned over to the several igistrates for prosecution in accordce with law. And at Yorkvllle from Monday, Nomber 14, until the 31st day of Denber, 1910, after which day the nalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL. Treasurer of York County. F" New type, good stock and knowj how, is what makes The Enqui 's job printing satisfy its users. )SING < OCK OF DRY I, CLOTHING, Cts. On thi Customers to Benei ro THE PUBLIC ned On Monday, ir customers extra good va Dress Goods, Notions, Ha >ods that are for the first ti '-STAIRS, Over Our Groc uction Sal ays and Saturdays, at 11 a /e will have Auction Sales < i 11 cot I cnrh crnnHc tn t YY AAA JVli UWVU ^ WW vvr ?. st. There Are Lots of Ric 'his is not merely a Stock lany merchants all over the ear, but is a Bona Fide CL( DS, Etc., and when the g< and that This Is a Quitting On Every Dollartanking & SEE THE n? i .if if rieamont maroie Granite Company YORKVILLE, S. C. For High Grade MONUMENTS In Granita and Marbla Plain and Finely Carved TOMBSTONES sold at reasonable prices Get our prices before you buy. Piedmont Marble & Granite Co J. W. GREGORY, Mgr. Louis Roth, Pres. & Trees. professional (Cards. Dr. B. G. BLACK Surgaon Dentist. Office second floor of the New McNeel building. At Clover Tuesday an<i Friday of each week. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to ail legal business of whatever nature. JOHN. L. STACY Surveyor. BESIDES doing Land Surveying in all Its branches and at any time, I am also prepared to do Blue Printing and will be pleased to quote prices on application. Address me at Clover, S. C. Phone No. 40. 1 t ly Geo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. ilAKl & ttAKi ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. No. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 58, JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 law Range YORKVILLE. 8. C. Ilawis Plumbing Co. Plumbing! Let me make you an estimate on the Bath-Room Outfit that you intend to put in your house some day. I will use the best material and give you the highest grade of work and prompt service. See me at once. RAWLS PLUMBING CO. GEO. T. SCHORB PHOTOGRAPHER. 1AM agent for the world famous LESTER PIANO, one of the best known Pianos ever sold In this section. It always satisfies the buyer. I also sell the ESTEY ORGAN?known wherever reed Organs are sold as the perfect Organ. Come and see me for a Piano or Organ. I will give you the advantage of the lowest prices. GEO. T. SCHORB, Yorkvills, S. C. OUTIOTIONS, Etc: i Dollar fit By This Sale! December 5th lues from this immense ts, Caps, Etc., and inme offered our customary Department. es i. m., if the size of the Df Clothing, Overcoats, he Highest Bidders for :h Bargains Here. Reducing Sale, such as country are conducting 3SING-OUT-TO-QUIT Dods are sold the Sale Sale. Come. DO NOT ASK FOR CREDIT rcantile Co. J. C. WILBORN REAL ESTATE ? FOR SALE ? LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO 8ELD? 150 Acr?a?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwell ing; an necessary outDuiidings?part of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an acre. 136 Acres?Including the Balrd & Hudson place near Concord church; 3 good houses; 60 acres in cultivation? $15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. Massey. 115 Acres?l dwelling, and two tenant houses; 90 acres under cultivation, 20 acres in timber; 2i miles of Smyrna. Price, 915.00 per acre. T. B. Nichols. i. 62 Acres?Property of M. C. Lathan, near King's Creek and Piedmont Springs, on public road. Pries $15 per acre. 201 Acres?1 house, 5-rooms; 76 ? acres, under cultivation; 40 acres in timber, fine orchard; 3 miles of Newport. Price $12 per acre?W. W. Auten. 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of Yorkville on public highway, near New Zlon church. Price $1,425. 171 Acres?J. J. Scogglns mill and home, 1 dwelling, 8-rooms, 2 stories; 40 acres very fine bottom land?produce corn every year; 30 acres barbed ? wire; also 30 acres hog wire pasture; 60 acres under cultivation; 25 acres in forest timber. A new barn, 40x60; double crib. One-third Cash. (1) Parks Parish place 91 acres; 1 house, 4 rooms; 60 acres under cultivation, 40 acres in timber, orchard. . (2) 128} acres at New Zlon, Joins J. R. Falres an1 others; 1 house, 5 rooms; 35 acres under cultivation; 90 acres in timber; 3 miles of Smyrna, good barn, \ outbuildings. $2,100 for Parish Dixon place, 1st. $21.00 per acre for place John Dixon now lives on 2nd. John F. Smith. 285 Acres?Joins Wm. Biggers, Meek Faulkner, Jin McOill; 5-horse farm; 1 house, 6-rooms, 76 acres under cultivation; 185 acres in timber. Some saw timber; near to Enon church; 2} lies Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 36 acres of bottom land. Price $15X0 per ere. A. J. Boheler property. Miss Dolly Miller residence? bargain. 150 Acre*?76 acres in cultivation; 76 acres in timber; 3 miles Sharon. Vei*y cheap. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland and Ed Whitesidea corners 1 at London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3; rooms, 20 acres under cultivation, plenty of firewood; orchard, good spring, } mile of Canaan church, 1 mile of Smyrna station, good barn. Price $16.00 per acre. 98 Acres?Adjoining Forest HJ11 academy; property of Perry Ferguson. Price $1,600. Forty acres in cultivation, some of which has made over a bale to the acre; 68 acres on timber; plenty of fine saw timber. 125 Acres?One dwelling, one story and half, 6-rooms?Perry Ferguson McCullum place. Price $1,600. 55 3-5 Acres?One dwelling, lj stories; good well water; } mile of Concord church and school; 26 acres under cultivation; plenty of wood. Price $650. Terms to suit purchaser. Property of of W. H. Balrd. 97 Acres?And a new 6-room house, 2 tenant houses; new barn 30x40; two miles Clover. Owner wishes to buy larger farm. This is a great bargain. Property of T. J. Bradford. House and half acre lot in Clover; 1 dwelling, 3 rooms, 2 piazzas, splendid house, elertrlo llzhts. J. Ross Parish home. Price $850.00. 186 Acres?In King's Mountain township; one 3-room dwelling; about 600,000 feet timber. Price $10 per acre. 3951-2 Acre*?Known as the OatesAllison place; produces 8 bales of cotton; one 2-story, 7-room building; 4 tenant houses, 3 rooms each, 100 acres in cultivation, 150 acres in timber; balance in second grcvth and pasture; 2 miles of Hickory Grove. Will cut into small tracts. Price $12.00 per acre. 455 Acres?Property of Jas. A. and B. Bankhead; 3 houses. Nearly 200 acres of bottom land, raises about 1,000 bushels of corn, very productive place. Price $9.00 an acre. 128 Acres?Home place of J. F. Carson; good 6-room dwelling; land level; new barn, crib, cotton house. All necessary out buildings. A beautiful farm at Delphos. 119 3-4 Acres?Joins lands of Mrs. j. li. mcuiii; one new 4-room nouse; 15 acres of fresh, new ground, balance In wood; li mile Bethany High School. 234 Acre*?One 2-story, 8-room dwelling; good 5-horse farm open; 80 acres In timber; 4 good tenant houses, 4-rooms each; good barn. Land In high state cultivation. Joins J. J. Matthews; 3 miles Bethany. Price $25 per acre. 112 3-4 Acres?Joins John F. Smith; 60 acres In cultivation; 52 In timber; 1 dwelling, 2 tenant houses; good new barn. Price 2,000. R. D. Wallace. One Lot, East Jefferson, near Graded near Graded school. Property of Mrs. Berry?very cheap. J. C. WILBORN. WW You are measured by the Stationery you send out. Use The Enquirer kind.