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,,,,o,,s cha ract or II but for timely incl
gant III seemed that the crowd was
minus a horse or two with which to cro ss
King George to the Potomac, ana WE WIZ
Mr. Mason was eiabortely. aasca s3na5. To
wound, etc, his horses were 'i w 70 ~
One nese Of the party not 5ot the soldiers,
remarked, with ar apparent sign q Is
lief. .'Well take one OF TINS ma,. 2
horses Mr.. Mason. forgetting ms, gig 3, ).
nifty. exclaimed, lt'll 7, pc :, rti yo shall
tn ke one OF my horses! N o, sir! lfll shoot
the man who attempts to take one OF 153 my =
horses = % q, 5al I, Z. =, ~
words. FASTENED to the score. ana ~ a
most gentlemanly and courteous mama l,a,;,d
assured Mr.. Mason that his horse shoula
not be touched, remarking: We came
hero for but one purpose, and that was s
- got Booth. We have hln1---thats az
wo want. and no ore in this crowd shall
modest you or anything belonging 70 ySo''l'1 .
or any one else.
Tho horse episode attracted attention
from the statement that Mr. Mason :, naa
been with Booth, ard he lost no time IN
getting away from Port Conway. Being
reminded later In the day that what ne
Id Isnid would cause his arrest as a VII
ness he HE'D himself to the neighboring
Jungle and remained In hiding for some
J days. i '5as . Il :, . !. . K, 4
stoutly adhered to the theory and behet
that Booth took his own life rather tnah
surrender or be captured alive. re &c,
clares that It is impossible for the wound
in Booths head to have been made by
a rifle bullet, arguing that the bullet VA "a :
no larger-than n certain variety OF tlle
English peat smaller bullet than was
carried by any shooting iron used py
soldiers at that time. He arguea othei
points In support Of his SUICIDE tne ~: !.
and says that his first conviction thal
Booth was shot BY a small plstolsln w! his
own hand was based rot only upon ms
extended knowledge OF ana experienac,e
with firearms. but upon Wouna ~h'c''
he received himself during the waE'
The village OF Port Conway. where Mr.,
Mason met Booth and party. and Where
they crossed the Rappaharnock, 10 not
without some interesting history. II IS
not only one OF the oldest villages In VIZ
ginia, and was not only one OF the most
Important ports In this country moro
than century ago, but It Is the BIRTH
place OF James Madison. the fpurth Presl-
dent Of the United States.
The unpretentious mansion IN Port Con-
way where, in March, isl. James Madi-
son first saw light was held In high es-
teem, and was visited by multltudes OF
sIght-seers for many years. But the
Madison mansion has long since sue
cumbe to the ravages Of time, and now
a huge depression In the ground and
some moss covered bricks and stones-the
remains OF the old cellar--nre all that re-
main to mark the SPOT where our coun-
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ways best to be honest, and. looking the
situation squarely In the face, to report
the facts as We find them
Admitting then, as these distinguished
gentlemen seem to think we should adj
nit that religion and morality, as our
forefathers understood them, arc upFoot-
ed and gone, What are we to conclude as
to the future Of human thought IN the d.
rection of duty and 9estiny2
Because the old ldeas about God land
man, right and wrong, life and destiny.
are gone does 1t follow that, from now
on. mankind is to be without ethical or
spiritual aspiration, insensible to up
lifting sentiment dead to all bnt Stho
purely material?
No one who is IN his right senses will
,admI. any such thing ssl j
God, right, duty. hope, are words that
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( places there Is an hour OF 50 Off at noon
farm Work and Wages.

d IN the country districts the hours run
from sunrise to sunset, with very few
holidays. Tic4 great exodus from the
farms to the cities has somewhat ~.
creased fartt, wages. but they are still
low, being competed with by the gangs n,
brought III from Austria. Russia and Po-
\ md n & Arrest and seeding times. l
q 1 am told that the Poles work for as
little az Is cents a day With poor food
Sthrowt In, and that therc nrc farm dis
tricts where the ordinary hand gets only
is cents n day. Throughout Prussia 20
cents Is a good price Tor farm work. anu
IN some sections tho wages are 40 cents
i for mon and rs cents for women .
u rreat deal OF farm work, Is done by
tho women. They spade and hoe, weed
md do other back. brcnking work. They
commonly follow the pillow and scatter
tho manure, wording side b. side With
tho men. ga i,
Some fnrmcts hire married couples
renting them small houses on their est
tntcs and taking tho rent out Of the
wages. Such a tenant agrees to give all
his work to the owner Of the estate and
I'd take IS cents day for 1t III the WIN
ter and 30 cents per day In the summer.
THE mans wife may get 20 cents day
In the wintcrSand 25 In the summer y, ~
s,,ch wages. II one has a good henlthy
VIII IlC may pocs2iS'S So
5000 during the year
The Workwomen Of Berlin ~ Y
A Women In Germany are everywhere
poorly paid 1 have already given the
wages In the big stores, where as nicely
dressed and as Intelligent girls as YOU
will find In any OF our department stores
or the United States get from IS to $12
a month and board themselves. The
average wages OF female clerks are from
% to 80 cents a day. and It must be q
very good clerk indeed who gets the
latter, Some time ago an investlgat ton
Of women's wages In berlin showed that
there were GO, 900 women who averaged
from $3.50 to $2.75 per week, and that
there were thousands who got less. Such
Girls who dosnot live with their parents
must have Some outside support, for they
must dress well and look well In the
stores. 5b{
s In the Sweat Shops Of Berlin
Berlin is filled with sweat shops; It
Is 8 one OF. the manufacturing centcrs OF
Europe. and 1t has tens OF thousands OF
sewing girls engaged in making NANTES.
cloaks, mems and women's clothing, jack
cts and giants wear. Many of these
sweat shops are in the cellars and some
in the attlcs. The houses look we'll on
the outside, but within you find scores
working away in little rooms. and not
a few working and sleeping In the same
room. The police $regulat lions require that
the rooms be OF a certain size. but to-
day there are thousands OF men. womer,
and children who live In cellars in this
most beautiful city OF Germany. There
are other thousands In rooms which can
not be heated, and many Of which lack
ventilation and light.
Nearly all the sweat shops pay their
employees by the pioce, and that atssuch
o. rate that only the best sewers ca n
make as much as 10 or GO cents day:
There Is fine for every mistake. ana ana
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either OF them could make an engine.
'if lie had toll met the younger me1nber
.or the firm, MIR. Conrad Borsig. durlnE
my stay ut the works. and he Furnished
me an English guide to look over them.
We walked together through 4 he thirty
odd acres Of buildings where the steam
engines are made. now stopping 70 iWatcn
tho men IN tho foundries pourln REQ ed hot il
metal into the molds, and now going
through The rooms where the vast Dollars
arc triyeted together. There was q noise
like the thnnder{o OF many hammers which
almost denfcncd me. Hugo travelling
era mes, running overhead lifted boilers
weighing many tons. as easily az ~
mother HITS her baby, and machines
bored through steel rs. thought were
cheese Here they were making screws,
here Ia tics wore cutting Iron like pine,
and here the parts Of the locomotives
we're assembled and put together Tor sAtl'-
merit o8al countries Of the world
Labor G colonies in Germany
After lea wing the works vent through
tho colonies which the Borsigs have built
for their workingmen. such institutions
are becoming quite common In connection
with the larger German factories. The
Krl1pps have constructed towns MS homes
for their employees. and there are other
large Iron making companies slrng the
Rhine which have done likewise. These
i shall describe when visit that region.
Here, near Tegcl, the Borsigs have
bought&a large tract Of land and have
built houses about It which are rented
out to their workmen at such prices as
will make them pay a low interest on the
.inves tment. None but employees and their
families are permitted to live IN these
houses. and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS such
that they receive more for their rent than
they could get anywhere else. There is
an open space. covering many&acres. IN
front OF these houses, This has been
planted with forest trees. and 1t will some
day be beautiful park.
The Borsigs treat their employees we'll.
The men seem to be satisfied. and I an
told their condition is superior to that OF
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,,,,, nod ~ n fines reduce the receipts DC.
oy6thc amount agreed Upon am told
Ethnt Jaw sewing girls earn as much US
20 ner week. Girls make Jackets Aori y, -
ra,t ! 4 nlece, and shirt waists for 20 cents
5yn,,'7 "a :, get n girl to como to your house
En,,1 scw for less than 80 cents 4 q gay,
- M lvo,, chr hire ndressmakcr VINO VIII
$c,,t. ut and make a plain dress lot e, yo ~
Z n two days, charging you 90 cents en- peg a
day for her work, and perhaps y. celi -
per day for the girl who helps tsp n 'ett
56 Factory Girls Get So Week.
,,,s,, @teachers are paid as little as IS
cents a lesson, singing teachers the same ne
Girls in some factories receive less ~ sl ~,
% i week. In others they get whlle
forewomen receive from Sc 70 80 some
figures taken BY the government not lons
n 20 showed that cloak makers were ca
Ing 80 =, week. and that girls ION under-
clothes received from SIPS to $50. the Lat &
Tor being paid "a for skilled hands ana
~ erseers Think OF making collars lot
from to 2 cents apiece and cui lot {. BY -
cents n dozen. women work N B i = :
have heard Of places where 'out n":es
are made BY hand for n cent q Vi no!e
= ~ where, IL the place to work and ths
thread and needles are furnished py tne
emnloyer. \ a reduct Ion OF Is cents per heaa
is made
the percentage OF women workers IN;
Germany has rapidly increased Of late lta'
years owing to the enormous n NUMBER Y 2 p
men required in the arm II !. IS. IS . esti7
mated that there are more tnan Z s w
ana ! half million German women who
earn their own living and this Is ANN
crease OF more than a million Withln
within the last thirteen years. q these 9,
FORTY per cent. are employed on the
farms, twenty per cent in domestic !, SER
vice, and ten per cent. In public Offices 1 '
About seven per cent. work IN the. fa at
tories. and four per cent. act as serva,i.s
d the hotels and In the beer and vino
rooms. w !, =, Z.
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loss or many Of Its old-time features
Both gentlemen aver, without hesitation
or equlyocatlon, that tho medieval View
of morals and religion is gone forever,
and that by, no sort OF ethical or theo-
logical hocus-pocus can tho ancient way
! of thinking be restored,
copernious. Darwin and tho laborers In
the field of the higher Criticism, from
Bishop Colenso down, have, these gentleT
men admit completely overturned the cid
foundations and forced US to take an al
together new view Of maj and the world,
Perhaps 1t is well that the articles in
question were written. There is nothT
Ing like frankness, nothing like seeing
things as they are--and admitting the
truth as II is, u. n
Nothing Is gained In the sloEg run by
( deceiving ourselves or others. y " 10 al-
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CHAPTEP IN DEATY CHASE OF JOHN WILKES BOOlI7

/, try's fourth Preside lent was born. e ~
very near by5tbis old cellar, gro Up
with shrubbery, tina t MI. Mas exam II
| ed the wound In Booths head :}ggs a Few
yards from that spot was the seen sSoI88
1.-THE spirited conversation EbetWeen 81 Mr. IS
Mason and the man who proposed TO take Is 81
Iona OF his horses. FtS
The Rappahannock river Is less y nan
half a mile wide at Port Conway q nd
directly opposite this village Is Fort Roya.
tinction Of being one OF the Oldest towns
in the United States, antedating Philadel-f
phia and he other large cities gof he he
country. -l.z :, !, I'll. 8a8
The ferryboat in which Booth and party
franchise at that place belonged to VII
liam Rollins, who died a little more tnan
a wear aro s The f. Port Conway ferry
had been in operation many years 4WhenEs
tho Civil War broke out and was ZOE
many generations the only ferry on the h
fredericksburg. some thirty miles above
Hence Booth had to mako the long, clr1,ss
cuitous "trip from Hooe's Neck 70 Por IS
Conway. having been INFORMED, 1t rs SUD
posed that at no other point could &has5
! find facilities for crossing the 4 RappuTTEg$
hammock into Caroline county. .5sss355
Since 1t has been said that NJ 3. Rug
giles. one OF the gentlemen who happened
TO cross the Rappahannock with Booth.R3
Ia survived by no very near relatives TIA
II may DO proper, to add here that his 7
brother. Major Edward II s. RuggleS. - h
surviving and Is one of the most proml-S
nent citizens and ngriculturistsS Of KING
George county He was for years pr mi.#
nent In politics and public fairs, ana
FOR a few years he represente KING
! George and Stafford counties IN the Cen
teral Assembly OF Virginia. l333l3 n.
There stards now a persimmon tree on
the banks OF Gnmboo creek, short dls-{
lance from the home Of Mrs u, RI Guess
enberry, on Machodoc creek, and some o. 4
the old citizens OF that community eclare
that Booth and Harold left their boa
moored to that tree when they stu rted 4
across tho country in n wagon ltoward5
port Conway, The wheels of the rickety
spring wagon in which Booth traveleds \
from Hooe's Neck to Port conway occu.-8
pied n corner In an old sblacksmith's SHOP
in King George county up 70 q rev yeels
ago. rs Several years after u ne ciose {lo u,
the war this blacksmith shop was ren .!s'l
and operated by an old colored man WHY -,
always said that the wheels were ~ tHs = 4
shop when he took charge OF t.sBand
SO superstitious was he that ne Wou!a
never touch them, SO they relna4heu.5
! dust-coyered and decaying. In that cor
| nor as long MS the old mar lived,
What became OF those old wagon Wheels
after his death Is not known. t y % ~
| licyed that they we're consumed Dysf.l
| fire which destroyed part OF the. Oh
| shop few years ago-Memphls COM
merclal Appeal, t'8 #
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Mr. cambridge, after n. brief pause. MT.
Mason asaid :53.'Darn poor amusement. u
seems to me-a crutch and cane carried .,
around for amusement you must pc marc ,a,,u
up for amusement, bhii y. MI
4 rutch and cane belonged to Boom. O "
Mr. Mason did not know this.
When the ferryboat landed on me
Caroline shore the party separated, MI
Mason going one way, and BOOM fi t L
lett, cambridge and Ruggles going an
other, Mr.. Mason having falied J, 70 a lsl
tain the name OF the "stranger.5js
Mr.. Mason returned to his home TN,
night, and the following morning started
IN Il, ! To Caroline. with pair OF horses
with which to bring the wngon8of when
he went IN search the previous n's ;
time he found a number OF soldiers anel
Others at Port Conway, all o. wntoEn, = y
seemed. had just crossed over from tne !
other side OF the river IN the mlost o.
Cd curta1ned cnrryall wagon, when was ti
heirp driven by q colored man whon MT.
Mason had known for many years.
x sitting erect and motonless on one OF
the seats Of the carryall was me salne
"stranger' who had attracted MT. Ma Ma
sons attention when crossing me S river
the upreviors day. Not 5stlspecting tha't
the stranger was dead. Mr' mason ~, Up
yroached tho driver and aasked W no
Is ttluS y w AsS
old man q 3 9 @
The darby in q suppressed ana tre m
ring voice answered Il 1T Is Booth. the
man what! kilt the President, on see
k ho is stone dead now-dey done shot him
and dey got mo here carrying dis corPs :,
over yorder somewhor. to de Potomac.,
In the presence OF the soldlers, al n
exclnimed Great God this is the same
% :, INA crossed the river with me yes.
tardav-Booth! Is that Booth2 Why,
was With him yesterday and did not Know 't
who he' was !" Il se55
Mr.. Mason then made inquiries. where-
upon the colored man told him about the
capture, the burning of the barn. etc
and told where tho fatal bullet strucH
3ooth, etc. Mr.. Mason here raised q cur
tain. and, on seeing the wound IN BOOM
head. lust behind the left ear. exclaimed !,
'"Why, that was no rifle ball at al
You told me that he was shot WITH q
rifle. didn't you? III swear plsro!
bullet made that hole IN Booth,s heaa
No rifle In this crowd carries so s ~, q
bullet as that! I've been haEdnng
rifles and pistols too long not Q, 70 KNOW
pistol ball from rifle ball..
WAS HE A sUICIDE2
"Why, he must have killed himself wltf
q little pistol" continued Mr., Mason:
Mr.. Mason's grntultous EXPLANATIONS
and comments and especially his declare.
tion that he crossed the river with BootI
the previous day. now attracted teaera
soldiers to his side. and he would have
been Their and there arrested ana taKel
to washington as a witness or q "sus
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universe. OF which he Is a part, Is N some
sort OF competent KEEPING
He is going to keep on believing tha9
love is better than hate; that truth Is
nobler than falsehood. and that justice
and generosity are fairer things than
Injustice and greed
lie Is going to KEEP on believing that
there is such thing In the world as duty
and that 1t is his highest and noblest y, busl-
ness TO render unto that duty q willing
and glad obedience,
And. finally, he is going to keep on hops
Ing his great hopes and dreaming his
splendld dreams
MIG has seen the folly and emptiness Of
the old creeds; but while the creeds are
gone his living soul remains, and 70 ths
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IA Wages and Tong Hours.

Z: Now that the newspa pers sta te--and the
statement is accepted as fact-tnat inc
recent death of Messrs.@ Bainbrld g B and
Ruggles removes from earth the last o.
hammock with Booth on the memorable
occasion, Mr.. Mason consents, 1or me
first time. that his name be MADE Pubic
In that connection.
Aside from the fact that WEXFORD MA
sons prominence. social standing, hlsh
character and reputation for veracity en-
tile ali of his statements to considera-
ton. there are indlspu able proofs that
he was one of the little company that
crossed the river with John Wi ll!'s'
5booth. IA .
"A While Booth was hiding In the jungles
of Charles county Marylarsd amai.l's ;n a.,
opportunity to cross the Potoma 9 i,n to
Virginia, the news Of the assassination,
md of the large reward offered for IN
formation that would lead to the ca ?.
4ture OF the Presidents slayer. sprcau
through the rural districts on oo1h SIC Is
or thought more foreign to the minds OF
the Inhabitants thar that Booth would
ever set foot on the soil OF that section
d OF Virginia.. No one even dreamed thae
fugitive from Justice would oeopard ~.
his chances Of escape by including TINS
neck of$marshes creeks and sulcnes ~
his route Hence, strangers passing
through this county were rot even re-
garded suspiciously or eyed curlously,
Notwithstanding the reward offered BY
the United States Government.
SEEKING MEDICAL AID.
When the opportunity came for Booth
to resume his flight by crossln g the 70
tomac into Virginia under the cover, OF
night. he did not go direct from Mr.
Jones, In Maryland, to the home OF MRS.
.. r. Quesenherry, on Machodoo creek,
in King George county, Va, as mas ,neeh
stated, but landed first at Barnsliela'
1.-The home OF DR.. Abraham Barnes t!ooo,
hin tho hope and for the purpose or re-
ceIving needed medical treatment bS ~,
tIooe.-treatment that would eHable MN
to mako, his arduous journey with Tess
discomfort. ~.
Finding that Dr.. Hooe's mag7l ficent
mansion. which had so long overlooked
the broad Potomac for many miles. mao
been reduced to heap OF ashes, ana sDr.
Hpoe and family gone. Booth ana ms
companions Harold, rowed some tWo mi!es
further dowr the river to the mouth Of
AIachodoc creek. thence n mile or SO up
the creek, to the Quesenberry home IN
! the vicinity OF Mrs, Quesenberry's there
liyed5a man who owned one.horse
spring wngon-one oftthe few such Yes
hicles to be found anywhere IN all TINS
section at tho close OF the war, and THIS
man agreed to convey Booth from ttooe' s
Neck ncross King George county TO For
Conway. on the Kappa hammock river,
So cleverly and successfully did Booth
keep his identity concealed and 80 Sun'
suspecting were the people here that he
vas enabled to consume all this time ~
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4 II every creed and ritual on earth were
destroyed human nature would suffer
no ota OF change. for the better or for
the worse. Human nature is not the re-
suit Of the creeds and rltuals-rather the
creeds and rituals are the result Of hu-
man nature
The tree sheds Its leaves every year, but
tho tree keeps on living. Tho human
mind Is now casting off Its one'time IDEAS
Of morality and religoni but the human
mind itself is not going to die, or g pc,
In any radical sense of rhe word, changed
from what 1t Is and has ever been,
Moral and religious by nature, man IS
going to keep on believing In and yener'alt-
Ing his convictions of thIngs spiritual.
\ Hs is going to krep on believing that the
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getting from Hooes Neck" or the Po-l
,tomac to Port Conway. on the Kappa
hammock. without being detected Mr., e.
Wexford Mason who had just recently
returned to his home In King George
from the Confederate service. started to
Caroline county on the south side Of <ti''e,
Rappahannock. for the purpose of .pur-
chasing a wagon. Arriving at the ferry
at Port Conway, Mr.. Mason unexpectedly
met his acquaintance. Mess RS. Rugges.;
among others about the ferry was
stranger who attracted his attention BY
constantly and remarkably maintained
reticeEce 4,
There was nothing about Harold, the
other stranger. to attract his attention.
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stand tor eternal convictions OF the nor
NAL human mind, and SO long as such
mind is to be found on this earth those
convictions Will be found along with It,
we can no moro dyest ourselves OF our
tendency to think Of and believe In the
essentials OF religion and morality than
we can get rid OF our inclination to DO
sleepy, hungry and thirsty,
s Just so certain as there is q something
In us that makes us think Of food, drink
and sleep. Is there another something in
us that makes us think of God. duty and
destiny.
The last set Of thoughts is as natural,
as imperative as persistent and as In
destructble as the former. This being
the case. 1t follows that the essentials Of
srlelgion and morality do not DEPEND upon
creed and ritual. b ii "a