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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-05
VACATION ADVICE.
Divergent Views as to How Summer
Outings Should Be Spent.
From the New York Globe.

Fo" tue New 1ofk tlobr.
About this time of year advice from mill
lionaires as to the value OF vacations and
how TO spend them Is due. For many years
Russell Sage held the first position on this
subject. his invariable view. expressed with
much emphasis. being that about the most
useless thing a wage Garner could be pre-
scented with was vacation. He himself
he said. had not had vacation for some
thing like century. and IL he needed none
he saw no sense in giving anybody else one.
His annual observations were not received
with either gratitude or respect by the
average man and were greeted usually with
illusions to MIR. Sage's quite well estab-
lished reputation for parsimony
one of the first millionaires to come for
ward with vacation suggestions now is
Ferdinand w. Peck of Chicago. whose views
we published recently. He Is less radical
than Mir. Sage and shows more human sym
pathy. Yet his advice. like that OF doc
tors In regard to the treatment of the
human stomach. has the defect of assum-
Ing that what is good for one Is good for
all. He objects to too much walking. or
cycling. or mountain climbing. some
thing like that. because II wears out our
bodies and says that in his opinion the
best and most beneficial way in the world
Tor the man who makes his living solely
by the OF his gray matter to spend
his holidays is simply TO do the gentle loaf
in some green and shady spot far away
from the maddening crowd and TO keep
himself In touch with the outside world
by having his favorite newspaper mailed
to him every day.
There are people. sad as may be the
fact, who are able to find refreshment for
the mind In other fields OF thought than
newspapers, and there are many others
who are convinced that exercise In the open
air instead OF wearing out the body enables
1t to store up strength for the work OF the
coming year. The millionaire who is able
at any time to leave his occupation, If he
have one and travel whittier he pleases
gets recreation and rest at intervals
throughout the year. periodic vacation
privilege that Is seldom granted to the
average toiler of moderate means. His sug-
gestions the subject of rest. like those
of Mr.. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller on
the burdens OF wealth and the pure joys OF
poverty. have an Irritating effect upon those
whom they are intended to benefit.
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the debacle. The ice has been cut away
and to save the bridges from being carried
away by the the Ice coming down the
river they are allowed again to drift into
line with the quay. whence they are hauled
back into their proper places by the sol
diers Meanwhile. the boatmen and others
who make their livelihood on the river are
waiting eagerly for permission to ply Their
calling. When the drift ice has come to an
end the commandaut of the famous fort
ress-chnrch OF SITS. Peter and Paul. which
is nearly opposite the Winter Palace,
boards galley at the water gate of the
fortress. and is rowesf across the Neva to
the Winter Palace AT midday where be
hands to the car goblet iiled with Ncva
water as token that the river is free
from Ice: sa'utes are fired from the wa Ills
OF the fortress. and. as IL by magic, tho
river is covered with a crowd of small
boats. which have been painted In readi-
ness for the important day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-05
HAVE YOU "NERVES P"

The curse OF the American woman Is nerves"
Nerves you out. bodily and mentally.
Nerves MI the cemeteries With broken COZ
umns and the sanitsriun,s with melancholy wrecks.
Nerves many women agonzing pairs
every month that are entirely needless
The cure for nerves is Csrdui-snd the Guilt
yation OF repOse.
IL you will remember that every little useless
movement up nerve force. you viii learn how
20 economise. instead Of wasting OF the most
important OF your vitality.
II you viii take Oarsiui whenever you In
pain. irritable nervous. weak or out Of sorts.
you will soon ind # easier to get over the bumps
Ia this worlds toboggan.
CarduI Is tonic remedy with valuable medici-
nal curative effect upon all womens weak organs
and nerves.
1t regulates and strengthens the female func-
tons 1t cures pain aud tones up the uterine
muscles.
II pulls up falling womb.
Cardui aud the simple life have performed many
wonderful cures women whom doctors had given
up.
Try Csrdul for your trouble. 1t never disap-
points.
At all drug stores In one-doliar bottles, With
IN -
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Rat Adopted Into C.t Family.

From the Warren Mirror
We are told cat and rat story that Is
worth publishing as something very un-
usual
Charles Farnsworth OF Saybrook has
cat that Is the mother OF family Of small
kittens Recently the mother cat went to
the barn and found q young rat, which she
took In her mouth and carried to the nest
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His Polish Was Acquired.
From the Boston Globe

Colonel Crowder, who has been on duty
as military observer with General Kuroki
in Manchuria. says that the widely pub
lished story that Kuroki Is of Polish de-
scent Is source of endless amusement to
the general. He loves to hear It told .
says Colonel Crowder. land II the man that
first Invented the yarn could hear the gen.
erni laugh he would know that in one quar-
ter At least his fiction was popular No
Polish blood runs In Kur0lfs veins He Il
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Uncle Allen.

From the Chicago Tribune.
when a man has become acquainted
with all his own little meannesses." said
Uncle Allen Sparks, "he thinks he's judge
of human nature"
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coAoNSu iibobaifu SilOuiu-AtcHlSOn CIODe.
Rough materials for everyday wear-that
is. for the short tailor costume-are fash
fonable, but for smarter gowns the smooth
cloths and smooth effects in all materials
are the most in demand. Chiffon cloth is
in favor again. while lightweight cloths
and serges of all kinds are very smart In
fact. to have at least two serge costumes
In the summer outfit Is thought necessary
and the white serge and blue serge gowns
that are always so useful will be tremen-
dously smart this season.
Silks of all kinds. excepting figured fou-
lards. Will again be in style. but here again
the plain effects and the changeable are
preferred. although there are some little
narrow hair lines of contrasting color in
the light silks that are very effective
Strange to say, the popular shepherds plaid
has not met with the violent death that
was predicted for 1t last year after the ter
rible epidemic of it had swept over the
world; 1t has reappeared in cloth and silk
simply for the useful short gown with coat
to match or in the silk shirt waist gown
Harper's Bazaar.
Here's a letter from Florence Marryat''
said Mr.. Tinsley, the London publisher, one
morning to Mr.. Downey. She wants me
to buy new three-volume novel for her.
Probably what she really wants Is for me
to make market for her. I'll leave her
to you" he added prudently. The lady
called, and was identified by Mr.. Downey
from Tinsley's description of her as tai.
diIQ tihiuS-ioohiIi6 tdihiIlS like u
man. She looked round the offlce, and
asked then. us Bill in?" Mr.. Tinsley?
No; Mr.. Tinsley Is not in. Can 1 do any
thing for your You? No: 1 must see
Bill himself. Tell the old bounaer called"
Miss Marryat. l presume?" Yes, but
how the devil did you know? I never saw
you before!' There was no doubt OF the
prudence of "the old bounder'' In keeping
out OF the sway OF this exacting virago.-
From Edmund Downey's Twenty Years
Ago
A young woman In western city Is re-
sponsible for the remarkable Improvement
which has lately taken place In the APP
pearance Of the town. She had been away
to college. and during her vacat lions had
visited in the beautiful homes OF her
friends. and when she returned after grad.
uation to the paternal roof 1t struck her as
being extremely shabby.
She had the house painted pretty CO..
Ionial yellow. She put awnings on the
windows and yerandas. had the fences
taken down and the lawns properly cared
for. Then she served tea every afternoon
on the veranda, and her friends thought It
all so nice that they went home determined
to do likewise. The fences came down all
along the street. and In other streets the
houses took on new coIors and the iAwnD
h160&6Ad With ye4yefv kfe6Sfl4eAn THE Hnl1I&-
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ever encouraged him to greater efforts,
and it is said her political faculties were
much more than ordinary. OFTEN mis-
represented after their entrance into
public life, it is difficult to sift the false
from the true; hard to get at the real
Mrs" Lincoln, as well as the real ADJ
raham Lincoln. And it is refreshing to
come upon the words in her defense n
does now and then as times process OF
weighing judgments goes on.
1t was while visiting her sister in
Springfield, ILL.,, that she and Lincoln
met; she a cultivated, handsome, high
spirited young oma of q; Lincoln,
lean, lank, awkward. and 30. But Miss
Todd, in spite of the fact that Lincoln
was no Adonis, and was OF humble ex-
traction, fell what one may characterize
as firmly" in love with him. Though
the story has been told for the public eye
many times, and there are many YER
sions, yet we hesitate a little to repeat it.
1T is a story that doubtless needs all the
facts. known to be Understood, a story
that perplexes n as to where TO put
the blame. A bald statement of facts
would seem to reflect on the man in the
case; and yet Lincoln was a person with
a most delicate sense of honor.
IS is we'll known, Mary Todd was not
his first love. A few years previous to
Lexington he had become much inter
ested in a girl the pathos of whose posi-
ton appealed to his sympathetic nature.
Ann Rutledge, a girl who had been jilt-
ed by a quondami lover. Lincoln and
Miss Rutledge found each others society
particularly congenial. and presently
the two were be%trothed. But the girl was
delicate, sensitive, not able to stand the
strain of life as she had known it, fell i'll
and died. Her faithful lover was incon-
solable; it was thought for a time he
never would recover from her loss. And
the explanation given by friends for his
strange conduct towards the lady who
at last became his wife was that a feel
ing of loyalty to the dead forbade him
ever to marry; another explanation en-
phasized the fact that Lincoln was SUBJ
iect to fits of melancholy which almost
amounted to madness.
Here is the bald statement of his affair
with Miss Todd: On the day appointed
for Lincoln's wedding with Miss Todd
the bridegroom failed to appear. OF
course this was most embarrassing for
the lady. and his friends say most tragic
for Lincoln. But at the time he was
completely u%nnerved, on the brink of
nervous collapse. positively demented."
His friends persuaded him to give up
work. and endeavor to restore his polse
by a complete change OF scene. After
months of absence he returned to Spring.
field, still hesitant in regard to the
question of marriage. Miss Todd's
friends urged her to give him up. but she
persisted in keeping her part of the en-
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Rom nee OF
Mary Lincoln
BoSn of a Southern Family. She Became
the Wife OF the Northern War President.
By KATHERINE POPE

Perhaps 1t was forgetfulness. perhaps
we never knew; but a little surprise was
felt when it was recently brought to our
attention that Mary Lincoln was q
southerner.
And yet, of course she was, for her de-
tractors were wont to say of her that she
warmly espoused the cause of the con-
federacy, put forth all her strong intiu-
ence to keep her husband from his posi-
tive stand on the question of slavery.
But those closely associated with the
Lincolns declare this false, avow that
Mrs. Lincoln, despite the fact that close
kindred were bearing arms for the south,
was loyal to the north, most deeply in
terested In the cause in which her bus
band was leader.
Yes, Lincoln married a girl some mem
bers of whose family were to fight for
the confederacy. Mary Todd vas daugh-
ter of Robert S. Todd, of Lexington, KY,
the Todds. people of social position, the
family one of the most influential of the
early Kentucky and Illinois pioneers.
Her g~reat-uncle, John Todd, won spurs
In the Clark campaign of 1878, aided in
the capture of Kaskaskia and Vincennes,
and he organized the civil government
Of what became the state Of Illinois.
Mary Todd's grandfather was one of the
survivors of the battle of Blue Licks.
The Todds. proud Of thler old name,
bestowed careful training on the young
er branch Of the family. Mary was edu-
Gated at Lexington. there taught the ac-
complishments of the day. She was a
fine French scholar, and eXcelled in her
lessons generally. By personal acquain-
tances Of her youthful days she was de-
scribed as cheerful and fun-loving, as
we'll as quick-tempered. In mature
years she showed herself practical. did
her best to try to reform Lincoln in the
matter of looking after the financial re-
turns of his profession. Ambitious. she
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respondent woman. ever fearful Of evil
She had foreboding that Lincoln would
one day suffer assassination; and hel
husband was shot down before her eyes
This tragedy. added to the loss of hel
beloved children. affected her reason
and the latter part of her life was spent
in seclusion; she sometimes dwelling
with her son abroad, sometimes with
him at his home in Chicago, or living
with her sister, Mrs. Edwards, in Spring
field. She died in Springfield July 16
1882.
Concerning the surviving member oil
the Lincoln family, Robert Todd Lincoln
was born at Springfield in 1843. Heattend-
ed school at Phillips academy, and was
graduated from Harvard. When the
war was in progress, young Lincoln en-
tered the service as captain, ant
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gagement. and on No,ember4. 1912, Lin
coin and Mary Todd were married.
Julien Gordon thus speaks of the char
acters in this strange little drama:
There are those that insist that revenge
alone prompted the handsome and high
spirited girl whom he (Lincoln) had 30
~grievously wounded in her pride, her
heart. and her vanity, to hold him later
to the letter of his contract-to rivet her
claim at the cost of her own dignity. But
IL strategy Is not a salient trait in Amer
lean character, 1t seems to have been
essentially left out of his impulsive
fiancee's composition. In the close scru-
tiny Of facts such a surprise seems i'm
probable. There was little room IN
Mary Todd's excitable, undisciplined
temper for so cool and calculated a plan.
Far more probable does 1t seem to us that
an overmastering affection, repudiated,
but finally triumphant, drove her into
the arms of the man who had so deeply
offended. And in those frenZied ebulli-
lions which tormented his and her best
years, darkening at last a mind unbal-
duCcu, ndy LuSI0 uOt udNc III h6u q ger LII
of passionate love-of love which Lin
coins fidelity. angelic g~entleness, stanch
loyalty, could never calm? Love alone
can satisfy love. 1t is not always the
most quiet fireside which is the. most
loving.
Superior to him in the accidents OF
birth and education, surrounded by more
influential and prosperous admirers, ii
seems to us that Miss Todd might well
have afforded to snap her fingers at the
small world of Springfield gossipers.
Yet she chung to her strange sutton, and,
at last, pale and trembling, as if driven
to the slaughter, he was led to the al
tar"
Truly, a strange story.
Mrs. Lincoln's life was greatly sad
dened by the war. which brought dis
cord into the Todd family, and also
death; several were slain in battle. An
other heavy sorrow was the loss of her
children, butone living to maturity. The
Lincolns had four sons, Edward Baker,
who died in infancy; William Wallace,
who died at the age of II, while Lincoln
was president; Thomas, the Tad" of so
many anecdotes. dying at Is, several
years after the death of his father; Rob-
ert, the f~irst-born, Is still living. All
this sorrow made of Mrs. Lincoln a sad.
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often l could hardly straighten my
back. \ The aching was bad in the day
time, but just as bad at night, and |
was always lame in the morning. |
was bothered with rheumatic pains and
dropsical swelling of the feet. The
urinary passages were painful, ond the
secretions were discolored and so free
that often | had to rise at night. l felt
tired all day. Half a box served to
relieve me, and three boxes effected q
permanent cure"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price. so cents.
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The Brigadier and the Horses.

When informed that Gen. Stoughton
had been captured by the confederates
at Fairfax, the president is reported to
have said that he did not mind the loss
of the brigadier as much as he did the
loss of the horses
For" he said, Il can make a much
better brigadier in five minutes. but the
horses cost $125 apiece"
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throughout the final campaign showed
himself jealous and efficient. After the
wal he continued his interrupted study
of the law, was admitted to the bar In
Illinois. and successfully practiced his
profession in Chicago. Repeatedly
urged to enter public life, Robert Lin
coin Otter refused. but in the Garfield
AID Arthur administration occupied the
post of secretary of war.
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QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO

It is said that the increase In the num-
Der of women who are doing mems
work. has been 40 per cent. in the last
ten years. From which the inference
follows that a good many women are
fitting themselves for the practical respon-
sibilities of neutrality-suspicious. Consti-
tuition,
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ney trouble, OF
eight or ter
years standing.
i suffered the
m ost sever
backache a n d
other pains in
hi region of the
kidneys. These
were especially
severe w h e n
STOPPING to lift
--fA.n~ a ~ "a
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CiverSificatiOn

Diversifcation means, first, that
every farmer should set aside a suf-
!fcient amount of land to produce all
the food and forage he will need for
his own consumption.
Sec0nd-Then plant a little more
of such crops as he can sell for cash
each month III the year in his local
market, or, together with his neigh
lbors. make up a shipment for the
larger market, and in this each one
wants the advice of his local banker.
merchant and editor.
Third-When those two are pro-
vided for, then plant your cotton crop.
Make cotton your surplus crop.
With the possible exception OF
Texas, there is not a Southern State
that raises enough corn, oats and
other grains to supply the home de-
mand, and every year your cotton
money goes to swell the wealth of the
Western grain farmer.
The following shows the production
in the various cotton States of corn
in 1904:
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Resolution Adopted by the Southern
Bankers at New Orleans.

Resolution Adopted by the Southern
Bankers at New Orleans.
Resolved, That we, the Southern
bankers, heartily indorse the object
of said association, and promise our
hearty cooperation.
Second, That we belive that the
bankers are amply able and willing
to finance the holding of the surplus
of the present crop, which we propose
to do, provided the acreage of cotton
for 1905 is reduced not less than rs
per CEN and the fertilizers in like
proportion.
Third, That we urge the necessity
of q thorough organization, and call
on the various interests of the country
to assist in keeping this question agi-
tated from now until such time as a
perfect organization shall have been
affected"
Resolutions adopted at the Inter
State Cotton Convention, New Or
leans. La:
1--WE, your committee on acreage
and fertilizers, do recommend that
the acreage to be planted in cotton IN
1JOO shall GS 81 pei CCAI ASSS IAdA IL
1904, and that there shall be a reduc-
ton of % per cent in the use of
commercial fertilizers in growing cot
ton.
Your committee concludes, that
each State and local section seems
amply able to finance their present
holdings. We believe the cotton now
in the hands Of the producer should
remain at home on the farm OF be
stored in local warehouses, having
same fully protected from the ele-
ments and dangers Of fire. The banks
and commission men evidence their
Willingness and desire to aid in
marketing the balance of the crop,
so as to hold in check any disposition
to rush in their cotton unduly and
break the market.
1--WE feel if the convention, as a
whole, pledges itself and the respect
i've States these delegates represent
to an absolute reduction of % per cent
in cotton acreage for the year 1905,
and % per cent reduction in the use
Of fertilizers, the entire problem will
be solved"