Show SPIES among all nati nations and in in all times spies have been placed in al a category scarcely less detestable than that to which thieves and assassins are referred the general sentiment of humanity seems geams averse to them however necessary they may be to the state and however much the cause of liberty and the perpetuation of national institutions may owe to their thankless labors thankless we say because although their financial reo re are arc large and a successful penetration through the lines of air ain enemy frequently lays tile foundation of no ordinary fortune still it can in ill nowise dowil se compensate for the obloquy and shame which even the most successful must ever meet ev even en from tho the cou country for whom they have dared the most miserable of deaths and whose literal salvation may have depended upon their efforts inthe in the face of such facts it is hard to appreciate the motives which can actuate a man to undertake berta kc such a vocation death I 1 whether in the front of the battle or upon the solitary gibbet is a thing which i is s tempted daily fr for less rewards but this obloquy this deprecating sentiment nic alt of a whole world is is something which even desperation is loth to face if it be true that ends justify means we are i unable anable to understand why the spy be lie he ruffian or patriot is so inevitably evit ably doomed at the hands of foes and friends alike why if he escapes the gallows erected by the enemy to whose secrets he strives to penetrate he must return only to encounter tho the terrible finger fingel of a universal abhorrence which never ceases its steady an and d persistent pointing until it has branded its victim as with the brand of gain cain nothing should be deemed discreditable which is a requisite in that succession sion of events which is to work 0 out ut the mighty problem of human buman hun bun man n rights and human liberties Al moral loral theories engendered in times of peace can seldom have any legitimate 0 aepli cation in times of war and therefore while admitting 0 the propriety of de predating pre cating the cunning the hypocrisy and the falsehood which are involved in the prosecution of the says voca tion we still can perceive many rea sons why the plea of necessity should raise the stigma and vindicate tho character of him who serves his country in the most effecting manner bo be his labors under the mask and in tho the cm camp p of the enemy or open faced upon the field of carnage 0 K N Y he mercury culy fart farmers ners wife in in illinois re cen bently aly declared dec larad she would not sell her eggs eg 3 s at the prevailing low price mg as Is it would not pay for the wear and tear of her hens bens 11 WA debating society has under consideration the question Is it wrong to cheat a lawyer 9 the result is expected to be I 1 no hueem buta impossible pos sible 11 W j pat you are wearing your stockings wrong sige side outward och and I 1 know it to be sure theres a hole on the other side so there is io aft H to defend a political editor against abuse is like holding bolding an umbrella over a duck in a shower MW JM after popping the qu quest estioc oo 00 dim is ic to y ar H 1 |