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tain social order. The southern States.
which have, by ingenious constitutional
devices. practically disfranchised the ne
gro. have simply followed the teachings
of Republican Congress and President.
which DISTINGUISHED him in the capital
city. The general newspaper reader of
the present day knows little of the deep
and widespread prejudice among the early
Republicans against universal suffrage
for the negro. The prejudice against the
black man was as strong in the North
as in the South. With all the earnest eff
forts of the Republicans to give the negro
freedom and all his legal rights. they
Stunned him as a political associate, and
shuddered at his fellowship in official po-
sition.
1t is now more than a generation since
the negro was declared the equal OF the
white man before the law in every sec
ton of the Union, and IN every Northern
State the negroes as a rule, have voted
soldly and uniformly for the Republican
party; but not a single negro has ever
been elected to Congress in any Northern
State; none has been elected to any State
office in the North, with the single excep-
ton of one of the Western states. where
a negro was elected to a subordinate Of
flee, falling many thousands behind his
ticket and / can recall but two instances
in which the negro has been elected to
any Northern Legislature-one in Mas
sachusetts and one in Ohio.
In Philadelphia, where the colored vot-
ers held the balance of power between
the parties for twenty years, the highest
position to which any one has been elect
ed was that of councilman. and only one
reached that distinction. The first negro
placed on the police in Philadelphia was
appointed by Democratic Mayor King
| fully twenty years after the Republicans
| had proclaimed the entire equality of
! both races before the law, and in the en-
| joyment of civil rights. In one or two
instances Republicans of Pennsylvania
| have placed wealthy negro on the cleo
! toral ticket, being the only place where
/ one of that race could be safely nomi-
/ mated, and today there are more eolored
| teachers employed by the single state of
| South Carolina than are employed in the
/ public schools of all the Northern States
| of the Union.
| 1t was not until the 7th of December,
| 1858, that the first negro applied for adj
mission into Congress. There was va
cancy In the Second District of Louisiana,
/ and at the general election of November
/ 3. 1865 j. Willis Menard, resident of
! New Orleans was certified by Governor
| Yarmouth as elected to fill the vacancy
! The House was largely Republican, but
the idea of admitting negro into Con-
| gress threw many of the Republican
members into a hysterlcal condition.
| They could not frankly oppose him be-
| cause he was negro, and they made a
| microscopical examination of the regu-
| larity of his credentials. He was allowed
| to be heard in defense of his own case.
as Is common in such cases, and thus be-
| came the first of his race whose voice
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NAVf Anyone? Probably not.
81 - But great artists whose
nerves are keyed up three or four times
a week when they appear before vast
audiences are apt to have more interest
ing idiosyncrasies than ordinary mortals.
From a book about to be published by
r. H. Russell. Opera Singers by Gus
tave Kobbe. with about 100 illustrations
made from one of the finest collections of
operate photographs (by Dupont. Histed,
Genthe and others) ever got together,
much information regarding the person
atty of the greatest singers at present
on the operate stage may be gathered.
Critical comment is not wanting but the
author has made a point of presenting
these great singers to the readers view
as real human beings, inst cad of merely
stage characters
And happy to relate, the whimsical
traits here related of these favorite sin
gers are all entertaining, showing that
these great artists are in their way as
simple and guileless as children. What
more charming, for instance, than M
Jean de Reszke's hobby? The great tenor
prides himself as much on his ability to
initiate animal sounds as on his singing
He can bark like dog and meow like a
cat. One evening in Chicago Mime. Nor
dica entered her dressing room at the
Auditorium. She had just left her pet
dog at her hotel Imagine her surprise
to hear 1t barking under the piano in her
dressing room. But her surprise was
turned to laughter when out crept M
de Reszke on all fours. This and a cap
ital anecdote about Nine. Calves at
tempt to get up a spiritualistic seance in
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Chicago are told in a chapter entitled
An Opera Company on Tour" and IL
Illustrated by batch of Lionel Maplesons
clever snap shots taken on the tours
made by the Grau company.
Nine. Sembrich looks to her husband
Professor Stengl, for criticism. After
each act he comes into her dressing
room. You know she says, 'Stengl
has long nose. Well, IL when he comes
into my room after the act his nose looks
| longer than usual l know that | have
sung badly AS she says this she bustles
up to Stengl pets him on the cheek and
calls him schatzchen (sweetheart), while
he beams all over. Nine. Schumann-
Heink is the author of remark that has
become famous behind the scenes She
is the mother of eight children, on whom
she dotes. The first time she appeared
after the birth of George Washington
Schuman-Heink she exclaimed as she
stood in the wings ready to go on: "Oh,
eet ees dee exciting life! First you sing
Wagner den you have baby! Den you
| sing Wagner again! Den you have an
udder baby! Oh, yes, opera ees dee ex-
citing life!'
Many interesting facts are given re-
garding Nine Calve-fascinating Calve.
| When she was rehearsing for her first
appearance as Carmen at the Opera
Comique in Paris and introducing those
nttie DTS or stage business and those
dramatic vocal changes that were to as
tonish world which believed itself thor
oughly familiar with the opera, she was
constantly Interrupted and corrected by
| the stage manager. He had seen many
Carmens, he had his idea how the role
should be done-the purely conventional
acceptation of the character-and he
wanted her to act it and sing it according
to his idea. Nine. Calve simply contin-
ued rehearsing according to her own idea
Result, the director was appealed to by
the stage manager and called in to wit
ness rehearsal. "Oh, let her alone"
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he said, "she knows nothing about the
role and will find it out to her grief at
the first performance. 1t will be a good
lesson for her But at the first perform
ance their burst upon an astonished
world a new Carmen-the Carmen she has
been ever since.
Some one once argued with Nine. Calve
that she made mistake in wearing the
gorgeous red silk petticoat in the first act
that gypsy cigarette girl could not af-
ford to dress so richly. The prima donna
gave one of her fascinating shoulder
shrugs When l. decided to sing Car
men," she replied, II went to Seville, the
very place wEe-e the scene of the opera
is laid, to make stadies on the spot.
often stood outside the cigarette factories
and watched the girls coming to and
from their work. On one occasion 1 fol-
lowed one of them to a secondhand cos
tuners and saw her buy brilliant red
skirt The next day she wore ii and oc-
casionally lifted her dress a little so as
to give a glimpse of the skirt and firt
with it.. | went directly to the same cos
tuner and bought the exact duplicate of
the skirt. have it on now, and as soon
as you see me go on the stage you will
see that L flirt with it just as / saw the
cigarette girl in Seville do
1t is said that nothing can induce Nine.
Calve to appear withoat an amulet from
Hindoostan which she wears around her
neck. few years ago she had her
tomb. designed. explaining that she shud-
dered to think of the possibility of being
burieda mid inartistic surroundings, also
that she did not wish to give her mother
the trouble of having headstone made
for her She had the tomb designed by
Denys Puech and it's principal features
are the two statues of the prima donna
herself which flank it-one is Ophelia and
the other is Carmen. The Ophelia shows
the hapless heroine being drawn toward
the void by phantom voices. 1t is in
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| Calves art, while Carmen shows the ma
terial Both are tragic roles, she says,
in speaking of her tomb, but then death
is not amuslng-except possibly to ones
heirs. l shall have it erected either In
Pere la Chaise or on the ground surround
ing my chateau in the South of France
Either place, l suppose, would be peaceful
enough, though | take it for granted l
would not hear any noise If there were
any, not even il a full orchestra played
a Wagner's overture, although If they
struck up the Habanera' j am not so
sure that l should come out and sing
it for them
The chapter on Nine. Eames contains
a tribute to her beauty which so much
enhances her operate creations She
made her debut in the opera in March,
1885, as Juliette, scoring a great success
although coming Immediately after Patti
in the role. The day after her debut
remember the day after the first appear
ance on the operate stage-she received
cablegram from Sir Augustus Harris
practically offering her any sum within
reason which she might ask. AS a result
her salary at the Opera Immediately was
doubled. This seems to have been doing
pretty well for the second day of her
career During her engagement at the
Opera she created De la Nux's "Zaire,'
and also Saint -Saens' "Ascanio" the two
De Reszkes and Plancon also singing in
the latter. At the Opera there begun a
charming friendship between the young
American singer and these three great
artists which has continued ever since
Practically they have always been in the
same companies. Whenever Plancon and
Nine. Eames step out upon the stage to-
gether he always whispers to her as they
Loo xxf,,fx how
going to see the two most beautiful noses
in the company What a pretty glimpse
of life behind the scenes-this compliment
of the prince Of BASES chantants. a COM
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10 look upon them kindly.
Hugh Mclaughlin of Brooklyn Is going
to have something to say about the dis
posal of the leadership. Mclaughlin has
been the chief kicker" and 1t will be
a surprise to many old time Tammany
men to learn that he is to be consulted.
during the day, as ether is highly in
flammable
They will blossom much sooner than
those forced in the ordinary manner.
Professor Johannsen of the Danish
school of agriculture. obtained during
the first fortnight of September blossoms
from lilacs which he had etherized In
August and similar excellent results
have been obtained by Professor Franz
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pliment in which he naively includes him
self
From the Opera Nine. Eames went to
London. There in April. 1891, she sang in
''Lohengrin'' without an orchestral re-
hearsal except for one scene with M.
Jean and Edouard and appeared in
Gounord's "Mireille' without any rehear-
sal at ALL. Among the operas she ap-
peared in was. of course Romeo ct Ju-
liette," and while Romeo ct Juliette"
was going on at the Opera she also was
going on somewhere else, for it was at
that time Emma Games married Julian
Story They kept their intended mar
riage secret. Mtsl Games yves opposed to
1t, as she thoughthit might Interfere with
her daughters stage career. > One, of the
few persons the young people took into
their confidence was the Prince of Wales.
Three days before she became Mrs
Story Miss Games said ia. the Prince:
I've a piece of news for. you, but |
would like you to keep it to yourself. In
three days 1 am going to be married to
Julian Story" The first letter she ever
received directed to Mrs Julian Story
was with wedding gift from the Prince,
now King Edward VII.
NJ. Jean de Reszke was destined for the
bar He first went on the stage as a
barytone, and for five years sang the
barytone repertory, including Valentine,
in Faust and Don Giovanni His de-
but as tenor was made in 1879, in Mad
rid, after lessons from Soriglia, as Rob-
ert in Robert lie Diable."
M. Edouard de Reszke studied agricul-
ture at an agricultural college. but he.
too, broke away from the work which his
parents had. chosen for him. and studied
in Italy under Colletti and Stellar. In
1875 he went to Paris with his mother
and sister Josephine, the prima donna.
He sang a good deal as an amateur at
musicales, and when Verdi produced
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Larry Delmour and John Whalen are
both active candidates, each ambitious to
sit in Mr.. Croker's place, and each work
ing hard to win his Endorsement. They
ere stanch party men. have made many
personal sacrifices for Tammany, and
have claims on the Boss that leads him
same effect as the first frost.
The best results with ether can be OBJ
tained between July and the beginning of
September. The plants to be treated
should be placed in a dry room, or. bet
ter still, In a box which is entirely closed
and the temperature of which Is not too
low. The ether is poured from outside
into vessel which is hung within, and
the opening must then be promptly
closed, 30 as to avoid any waste of the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-12

the purpose of forcing hot house or other
plants.
The ordinary course is to wait until
the first frost, has stripped the leaves
from the plants, thus permitting them
to take for season that repose which
all living creatures need.
If vegetation could be arrested and re-
pose begun sooner 1t is evident that the
plants would blossom much earlier next
season, and this Ii precisely what the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-12
ETHER AS ARTIFICIAL FROST
This ls the Latest in Growing Flowers
Faster Than Nature.

Front he New York Herald.
Some curious and successful expert
ments are now being made in Europe
with ether, the object being to ascertain
whether it can be used to advantage for
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-12

Ledien, director of the Botanical Garden
in Dresden, and by Herr Seyderhelm. a
well known horticulturst of Hamburg
Professor Maumene maintains that this
discovery will certainly bring about rev.
oution4 in the production of cut flowers
and potted plants, since 1t will enable
growers to produce them much more
rapidly and at no greater cost than here
tofore.
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Rebuked.

From the Chicago News
Mrs, Lakeside (of Chicago)-My hus-
bands health worries me dreadfully.
Mrs Beaconhill (of Boston)-Excuse me.
but / presume you refer to his lack of
health.
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ParadoxIcal.

From PUCK
Sally Gay-After he had kissed you
good night for the last time, l suppose
he took just one more?
Dolly Switch. yes. Several dozen
one-mores, in fact!
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posing merely as a compromise posi-
bility. He would be strong with the
rank and file of the Democracy. but is
handicapped by his own record as an
active ward politician. and could hardly
get the confidence of the solid and ultra
respectable element.
experiments with ether are designed to
accomplish
If phial Of ether is placed under a
lilac. an ezalea or any other plant of a
similar nature the vapor of this very
volatile liquid will quickly envelop the
branches and thus will cause the leaves
to fade, and at given moment viii ar
rest growth in the same manner as frost
arrests it. In other words ether shortens
the period Of vegetation ana produces the
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a chance. If Mr.. Croker has any par
ticular choice so far as these particular
four are concerned, 1t is probably Tor
Mr.. Carroll, who has been his representa-
five as the head of the organization ever
since Sheehan was deposed for alleaged
treachery. Carroll, however, has many
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bitter enemies. as any man will have in
a similar position, and this may work
against him. Sullivan is one of Carrolfs
trusty adherents and will not take the
chair except with the full consent and
approval of the latter. Sullivan is not at
all insistent in his own behalf, and is
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HIMS of opera singersi Who
MIMI Is there without whims?
NAVf Anyone? Probably not.
- But great artists whose
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08

Imittee recommended that an architect
tbe employed to prepare plans for the re-
modelling of the interior of the detention
hospital. and that the roof be repaired.
Report adopted.
Alderman Willis offered resolution
authorizing the city clerk to advertise
for bids for making four overcoats for
the police. Adopted.
| Alderman Hause from the sewer COM
mittee reported authorizing various per-
sons to make sewer connections. Re
port adopted.
Alderman Westbay reported favorably
on the petition for placing the alley in
block /. Bailey Davenport's Fourth ad-
dition in passable condition. Adopted
Alderman Westbay offered resolu-
tion instructing the City Clerk to notify
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way Co. to place the crossing at Sixth
street and First avenue in passable con-
dition. Adopted.
! Alderman Westbay from the street
and alley committee reported back to
the Council the petition for the right to
construct a scale at the county building,
and moved that the committee of the
petition. Carried.
Supervisors kolloff and Jahns ad-
dressed the Council.
Alderman Blochlinger moved that the
prayer of the petition be granted
Alderman Gall moved as an amend
ment that the petition be referred ba elk
to the committee with power to act
Carried.
Alderman Westbay moved that the
clerk notify the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway Co. to extend the sewer
at the foot of Seventh street. Carried.
Alderman Kennedy offered Il resolution
naming Aldermen McCaskrin, Willis and
Gall as special committee to investi
gate the advisability of ordering the re-
maval of the Dart powder house out
side of the city limits. Adopted unani-
mOusly.
Alderman McCaskrin moved that when
the Council adjowns it be to o'clock
tomorrow evening, and that the City
Clerk notify the superintendent of the
Davenport. Rock Island & Northwestern
Railway and its attorney TO attend
Carried.
Adjourned on motion of Aldermen Il
Willis. II. c. Schafrer.
Cit ClIll
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

The Peruvian ministry has resigned.
having been censured by Il vote of both
houses of congress.
The Cuban senate has voted to dis
continue it's legislative sessions from
Oct. 20 to Nov. ,.
Lucie Wolf. Norway's foremost ac-
tress. is dead at Christiana.
King Oscar has bestowed the Grand
Cross of Saint Olaf on Captain Otto
Sverdrup, the Arctic explorer.
Generals COrDin. Young and Wood
will lunch with King Edward at Buck
ingham laiace Oct Is.
The body of man with the legs
tied together has been found floating
in the river at Jersey City. y. ].
George $. Prince, treasurer of the
New York Central railroad, is dead at
Yonkers, y. Y. He was A years of
age.
One dollar damages is all it cost
DIR. Charles S. Scheuermann. at Chi
cago. for alternating the affections of
Nicholas Eich's wife. who is now Mrs.
Scheuermann.
Alonzo Garrett of West Virginia.
consul at New Laredo. Mex, is miss
ing since going on a hunting eXpedi-
tiOn Sept 8.
William II. Wright, treasurer of the
territory of Hawaii. is missing and
alleged TO be defaulter to the extent
of S17,949.
Harold Harmsworth. of London.
England. n brother of the editor of
the London Daily Mail, is at the Chi
cago Auditorium hotel
Two masked robbers held up and
robbed four saloons in as many diff
ferent sections of Denver in two hours
Monday night. They murdered Charles
Boykin at one place.
Trustworthy advices describe the
disturbances in Macedonia as being de-
void of any Importance.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
$40 BOSTON and Return s1e

Via Nickel Plate road, Oct. 7 to II, in
elusive, good returning until Nov. u,
by depositing ticket at Boston and
paying fee of so cents. Three trains
daily, carrying through vestibuled
sleeping cars. Individual club meals,
ranging in price from 35 cents to 81,
served in dining cars on Nickel Plate
road; also meals Ia carte. City
ticket Office, Ill Adams street, Chica-
go. Full information can be secured
from John Y. Callahan, general agent,
113 Adams street, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
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warming. warning

Beware of substitutes offered by
INSCRIPTIONS dealers in place of Fo-
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Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for little extra profit will
try to palm off worthless prepara-
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cines that have stood the test of
years, and thus jeopardize the lives
of their victims. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
Low Rates Via the Rock Island.

Low Rates Via the Rock Island
$3G5 to Peoria and return Oct. tC
Is.
$3.50 to Omaha and return Oct. Is
16 and Is.
SLIPS to Kansas City and return
Oct. is to %.
$6.1S to Milwaukee and return Oct
20.
$27 to New Orleans and return Nov
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Homeseekers' tickets on sale Oct
Z and 21 at rate of one fare, plus 50,
to n number of points in the north,
west and southwest.
For full information call at depots,
or city office, 1913 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
Americas lannon's beauties.

Look with horror on skin erup-
tions, blotches, sores, pimples. They
don't have them. nor will anyone,
who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 1t
glorifies the face. Eczema or salt
rheum vanish before it. 1t cures
sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains.
Infallible for piles. % cents, at Hartz
& UIIemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
Look Ont FOR Fever.

Biliousness and liver disorders at
this season may be prevented by
cleansing the system with DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. These famous
little pills do not gripe. They move
the bowels gently. but copiously, and
by reason of the tonic properties give
tone and strength to the glands. All
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-10-08
No Substitute Wanted.

No! 1 did not ask for bottle any
cheaper, or twice as large, or one
made by yourselves. l did ask for
and will not have any substitute for
Perry Davis Painliller. 1 have used
it, my father used it, and 1 would not
be. surprised if my grandparents did
so too. There is no imitation that
can equal it. That 1 am sure of-for
stomach ache.