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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-21

seashore. In the fall of the year.
when the election was held, they
were round and hard, and fastened
quite securely to their short stems.
1t did not take long for the follow
ers of Mr.. Simmons to learn that
they could not please him better
than by wearing persimmon, and
so the button was soon cast into the
shade.
"We are all simmons men," said
the wearers of the fruit, and the
phrase, combining pun on the per-
simmon with loyalty to the popular
candidate, was so effective that it
materially helped Mr.. Simmons to
win in his race for the senate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-21
The laying of the cornerstone Of

The laying of the cornerstone of
Afger county's new court house at
Munising Saturday last was success
full. Many distinguished guests
were present, including ex-Secretary
OF War r. A. Alger and Mrs. Alger.
Houghton is having a building
boom. There are forty or more
new residences being erected a d
several new business blocks will be
built this year.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-21

fugitive's tracks hear the suburbs,
Brinkley guarded them and sent for
Deputy Sheriff Norfeet's blood
hounds. With no garment from which
to take scent the dogs took up the
warm trail and followed it by cir
cuitous route to Pleasant Hill, where
Farley, when the dogs were perilous-
ly near, took refuge in an unoccupied
clubhouse. There he was arrested.
Farley acknowledged having poured
oil on his feet. He expected to be
followed by the dogs. Farley was
locked up.
NO Ff6g Hunting at Night.
In France it is illegal to catch frogs
at night.
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The machine" Of the Old
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Hamilton, Burr, and Jefferson

tion, and Alexander Hamilton and John
Jay were their spokesmen. The Clintons
were another very powerful family.
At their head was George Clinton. who
served as governor longer than any other
before or since. and who was Vice Presf-
dent OF the United States longer than
any other. He was endowed with extraor-
binary force OF character. a typical
SCotch-Irishman, as firm OF resolve as
that other Scotch-Irishman, Andrew
Jackson.
The Constitution Opposed.
The Clintons opposed the Constitu-
tion. and they would have defeated It
had they not made the tactical mistake
of deferring the action OF New York until
the requisite number OF States to form
the Federal Government had ratified Il.
Though the Schuylers trlumphed in the
constitutional convention. George Clin-
ton was elected governor in 1889 over the
combined opposition OF the Schuylers,
the Livingstons. Hamiltons. Jay, and
Aaron Burr. Not even in our day has
the State known more exciting OF a
more bitter contest.
Alexander Hamilton Their Champion
The chosen leader Of the patriclans
and their ablest champion was AIexan-
der Hamilton, who was closely connect
ed by marriage and in interest with III,
aristccratic house OF Schuyler. He was
the personal friend and had been tn,
companion in arms Of Washington. whC
loved him after the fashion Of a strong
nature. and trusted him after the fash
ion OF a great nature
Perhaps Hamilton did not believe il
what we know as self government, .
and he hoped for a state in which virtue
wealth. and intelligence prevailed ovei
the vulgar herd. He believed in tn,
British system. shorn OF some OF il,
plumage and traDDings- Great space a.
he fills in history. founder that he wal
Of a school. leader that he was OF a par
/ ty. premier that he was OF Washington
Administration. bold. robust. and origi
nal as was his understanding. and ex
tensiye and varied as was his acquire
/ knowledge-this man proposed for
people whom he bad induced to throw
OF the yoke Of a King an absolute an,
/ summary veto for the President.
Perhaps II was one Of the inconsis
/ tencies OF genius. He was 10 dema
| gogue and he feared the frenzy Of tn
mob. He had only horror for the grea
tragedy enacted in France. and. lk,
\ Burke, could not see that that was onl
the inevitable effects Of a cause lon
/ operative. Had Burr fallen before Ham
/ ilton's pistol what a different histor
I ours might have been.
The most brilliant and the most inter
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from contagion alone. and never from
low temperature. Hence there are plac-
ards on the outer gates forbiddlng ad-
mission to anyone with a cold. and hence
they point with pride az the hospital to
their statistics, which show that in the
coldest, the most snowy and blustery
weather OF last winter, the patients en-
during all these climatic rigors thrived
the most The best gain in weight, in
deed. occurred Just then, when one man
in ten days took on seventeen pounds
There were no colds during all that bad
weather.
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7 TAMMANIY As 1T
A Study Of the Great Political
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.OIder Than the Constitution

reelection. and old George became Vice
President
At the next election Daniel D. Tomp-
kins. who has been a friend Of Burr,
defeated Morgan Lewis for governor. He
was supported by the ClintOns. but dur
ing his administration he sided with
Tammany, which caused De Witt Clinton
to exclaim: Course the Bucktails; they
steal my men as fast as I make them. ''
There was but one party in the State,
and the Clintons. the Livingstons, and
Tammany strove for its mastery. The
Federal party was buried in the grave
OF Hamilton. its creator and leader
Clinton's Presidential Ambitions.
Clinton was ambitious. 70 be President,
and he would have been President il he
could have been patient. Jefferson de-
sired that Madison should be his success
sor. New York was somewhat tired Of
the Virginia dynasty" which had con-
trolled washington eight years. and was
destined to control twice eight years
longer.
Tho support Of the Clintons for Madi-
son was secured by continuing old George
on the ticket as the candidate for Vice
President. But Clinton was bent on be-
ing President, and. TO cripple him as
much as possible. Tammany was given
the control Of the Federal patronage.
Governor Tompkins was made the favor
ite Of the Washington Administration,
and there was the game Of New York
politics that has been played since the
creation OF our Federal Government.
The Federal Administration. the State
administration. and Tammany all con-
spired to crush Clinton. but that could
not be done without a fight. He brought
out General Platt. Of Tioga-DOssibly an
ancestor Of the present political leader
OF that name-for governor against
ITompkns, and the campaign was a bat
tie royal Had Clinton the politician
been half as great as Clinton the man.
he would have pressed them all to the
wall.
Great as was his intellect, and practical
as was his understanding. he was yet a
man OF impulse He could fight. but he
could rot concillate, and quoted with ap-
IprovaI from Satan that it was better to
reign in hell than serve in heaven. The
election resulted in the defeat OF Clin-
ton.
I He was a candidate for President in
{1S12 against Madison. but he was prema-
ture. Could he have waited. could he
have conciliated, could he have schemed
in the closet, could h have been content
with a rival near the throne. he would
have been invIncIbIe by 1916 and the sue
Icessor Of Madison. His rashness gave
the prize to Monroe. who continued the
Virginia dynasty eight years. But Clin-
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esting adventurer that has appeared In
public life in this country was Aaron
Burr. The son Of President Burr and the
grandson Of Jonathan Edwards. he was
fortunate in his lineage. While yet a
youth he was graduated from Princeton
with q percentage Of excellence that has
not yet been equalcd, and scarcely ri
vailed by any aIumnus OF that famous
university.
Before he had attained to his majority
he was Of Washington's military family
and one OF the most brilliant soldiers Of
the Continental army. There was fas-
cination about the man that captivated
the youth and the aged Of both sexes
He was Alcihiades. cool and calculating.
with bicod under complete control.
As a Presiding officer,
Perhaps he was the finest presiding Of
icer the American Senate has ever
known. not excepting John c. Calhoun
or John c. Brecldnridge and Of his de-
meanor In that great station It was apt
|ly said: He ruled with the impartiality
OF an angel and the rigor Of a devil. d"
/ His farewell address 10 the Senate. made
while his hands were yet rel with the
blood Of his rival. brought tears from the
Ieyes OF stern men.
little while and we find him Ostra-
cized at the East and an adventurer at
+ the West. with dreams that might have
waited on the imaginings Of a Coriolanus
or a Marius. and there. for a time a
least, he attracted TO his train both
Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson.
Perhaps the most adroit feat OF his
whole career was securing the support
Of the Clintons in $500, though he had
Joined Hamilton in opposition to CIin-
ton in 1889. Il may be that old George
tolerated him because he defeated Gen
eral Schuyler for Senator in 1871. for
while Clinton distrusted Burr. ne hateC
Schuyler.
From his management OF Clinton ir
1900 it may be imagined that Burr would
have made an impression on Napoleon
Bonapnrte. could he have secured tn
interview he vainly sought, for ther,
never was day from the first campaigi
in Italy to the last campaign in Flanders
the COrsican did not have use for Aaror
Burr.
Made Tammany Political Machine.
Il was about the beginning OF the cen
tury that Burr turned the Columbian or
der OF William Mooney .e-o the Tam
many Society It has bee ever since
He II was that made Ta-nmany a po
litical machine. and for a century it ha
been to -he Democratic party what IN
Order OF Jesus was to The Church O
Rome for two hundred years after tn
Crescent was turned back al Lepanto.
Burr had vast schemes OF personal am
bition. and In 1900 ne WAS ostensibly
candidate on the anti Federal ticket 70
Vice President and actually a candidat
for President He had address enougI
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IT HERE are shrewd observers Of
public events in this country who
L believe that political conditions
will return to what they were
when Tilden and Hendricks we're candi-
dates. when Cleveland and Hendricks
triumphed. and that the South and Tam
many again carry Democracy and its
fortunes. The Western alliance has
given way. the Eastern alliance is al
ready restored.
The Tammany society is older than
the Constitution Of the United States.
Originally it was created for benevolent
aids. without political feature or bias.
and was named for a mythical chieftain
81 the Delaware tribe OF Indians. who
was a mighty man OF yalor, and who
overthrow the devil himself in a per-
scnal encounter. He was canonized, and
May u is a day sacred to his memory.
Political Divisions Of the People.
Upon the close OF the revolutionary
war and Immediately preceding and inn
mediately subsequent 10 the formation
and adoption OF the Federal Constitu-
don, there were two parties in New York
State. divided on lines that separated
parties of the Roman commonwealth
patricians and plebeians. Even in Eng.
land OF two centuries before. the dis
tance between the gentry and the yeo-
manry was not more marked than that
between the first families and the plair
people Of the Empire State prior to the
accession TO the Presidency Of James
Madison.
The elective franchise was abridged bJ
property qualifcations-one was re-
quired to be a freeholder to the valu,
o. twenty pounds sterling to exercise il
and no amount Of personality was sufn
cient to confer the right to vote on tn,
possessor Of il.
Those in Political Power.
And thus political power was in tn,
hands OF the favored class who owne,
lands and tenements. In 1901 Daniel D
Tompkins. soon to be governor Of tn
state. and later Vice President OF III
united states, Joined with thirty -eigh
other youthful Tammanyites in the pur
chase Of a lot Of ground in order to be
come eligible to exercise the right t,
vote
The government was an oligarchy
composed Of some old and opulent fami
lies as potent in New York as the Pei
hams and Bedfords had been in Englau
when George II reigned.
The Patrician Families.
AZ the head Of the patricians we're tn
great houses OF Schuyler. Livingston
and Van Rensselaer,. They had advocate
he adoption Of the FEDERAL Constitu
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But one day when II was mild butch
er with a bad cold passed through the
building. and an epidemic Of colds fol-
tients. during the ensuing week, were
laid up.
Last year 165 patients were admitted
TO the hospital. Ten per cent OF them had
incipient consumption, and the remain
ing 90 per cent were in the second OF
third stage Of the disease. All the in
cipient cases got well. OF the balance. all
but two Cwho died a few days after their
ARRIVAL showed sufficient Improvement
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by charity. DR.. Flick proves from it that
consumption can be eradicated at com
paratively small cost in the following
statement:
There are in Pennsylvania 10000
cases Of consumption. OF these 5000
could be cured at an outlay OF $500 a
patient. The White Haven Hospital
shows this.
Every year there Is a new crop Of
5000 cases.
This new crop, we're there hOsplJals
enough. would be destroyed as last as II
appears
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A GLANCF AT NEW YORNS FA~7OUS TNM

voted for Lewis who was elected by g
small majority. Some time after Hamil-
ton and Burr met at Weehawken with
fatal result to the former
Burr Under Public OblOquy.
Immediately the war on Burr became
frenzied in its intensity. To the aston
ishment Of the country, he was the re-
cipient Of public .obloquy such as has
been visited on no other American save
Benedict Arnold He and Hamilton had
only appealed their quarrel to a tribunal
whose Jurisdiction was universally ac-
knowledged, and by none more cheer
fully than by Hamilton.
De Witt Clinton himself had appealed
to it a short time before, using the
identical weapon with which Burr kill
ed Hamilton. Affairs Of honor among
public men were OF common occurrence
But the Clintonian press. notably a
journal edited by one Cheetham, by We
hement TRADES against the deep damna-
tlon pf Hamflton's taking off, in which
foul play was directly charged, aroused
such public Indignation against Burr
that he retired from the community and
abandoned politics. leaving the Clintons
and the Livingstons to fight it out Tam
many adhered to the Livingstons-
The Work of De Witt Clinton.
As a practical statesman it would be
difficult to point to the superior OF Dc
Witt Clinton in our history. 1t was his
conception that married the Atlantic
seaboard and the Mississippi Valley, for
he was the father Of the New York
canal system that developed the lake
states. and made New York the me,rop-
oils. He was a man OF boundless am
bitions. strong passions. strict probity
In matters meum ct tuum, adamantine
will. and dauntless courage
He was as proud as Lucifer and as
stern as Cato. When we revert to hii
character we think OF strengtth-men-
tai moral. physical He might have
been borne by Rhea and Graded ar
Ida j." A born leader, in any age and
anywhere. he would have approved him
self a man
/ To mold a mighty states decree
He brooked no rival and challenged
all When he fought that grim due
/ with swartout. as he took in his han'
\ the pistol with which Burr afterwar'
shot Hamilton, he remarked to his sec
ond: 4 wish I had his principal there.
noddlng toward his adversary, an'
meaning Burr. He and rival
could not stall together
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TORT MCDOWELL. A. T. Dec. 6.-l
r Apache Kid. one Of the last. the
L most notorious and probably the
worst Of the bad Indians OF Ari-
zona. surprised everybody within a hun
dred miles by coming here the other day.
Not only that. but his sudden appear
ance on the edge Of civilization to So
3ourn under the shadow Of American au-
thority caused widespread apprehension.
for the people Of the Territory naturally
question the motives OF the redskin out
law.
Apache Kid. whose identity has been
thoroughly established, has returned 70
the Forbidden Land from bis haunts
in the wilderness for the ostensible pur-
pose Of getting married. He Will take
unto himself one wife or more, as cir
cumstances may allow. He has had a
number Of squaws but that does not
count with him. These Indian mar
riages are not seriously considered by
the American law and poiygamous un-
ions among the ApaChes are stiH toler-
ated, so Apache Kid means to secure a
new stock Of wives after the old has
become effete. This has about the same
significance to him as the buying OF a
horse has to a white man-except the
he wants the wife for nothing.
Looking for a Bride.
The cold -blooded and ferce-looking
old buck-he is kid in name only
evidently felt that he alone is not cap
able Of making the proper choice, so he
brought two Indian friends along. The
trio are now carefully looking over the
eligible young Indian women at Fort
Mcdowell. but after nearly a week OF
close scanning Of every face and form
have not made a single choice This dis
turbs some Of the old settlers greatly
They think Apache Kid is making toe
| long a stay and 10 them his sudden ap-
pearance seems omlnous. They say he
could have found a wife without cominl
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looking after the live stock-the COWS.
chickens. and horses. Two hours walk
ing or reclining out Of doors for the
weak-in the summer under the trees.
il the winter. on the porches, well-coat-
ed, or well-wrapped up in blankets.
10 o'clock-Fresh milk and raw eggs
in the dining room-a compulsory meal.
IL o'clock-Another hour Of out-of-
door work OF mild out-of-door exercise.
u o'clock-Dinner. with a rich soup,
rare roast beef or steak. the freshest
and most nutritious vegetables. and a
wholesome dessert, such as custard or
ice creams.
l o'cIock-Two hours rest, TO be taken
in the open air.
3 O'clock-Milk and eggs. the inmates
being urged TO eat and drink as much as
they possibly can.
oclock-Two hours Of pulmonary
gymnastics in the open air Ia series OF
exercises in deep breathing and in chest
development devised by DR.. Flick, to-
gether with work about the grounds and
buildings
o'clock-A light supper Of boiled rice,
fruit, milk. and eggs.
s O'clock-Milk and eggs again.
2 o'clock-Bedtime.
Note-The inmates were urged TO eat
whether they were hungry or not. They
were urged to acquire the habit Of
hearty eating. Some Of them learned to
consume. in the days course. fifty or
sixty eggs. and fifteen and sixteen quarts
OF milk
In the Open Air.
They lived. It will be seen. in the open
air all day; they occupied their minds
| pleasantly with some wholesome work;
/ they ate as much as they could OF the
most nourishing foods. and they took
| the simple movements that are called
/ pulmonary mnastics-moyements which
/ create the habit OF deep breathing. and
which strengthen the lungs. as swinging
sledge strengthens the back and the
arms. They lived. winter and summer
/ practically out OF doors, with the winl
/ blowing through their hair as ;hey ate
or read. or as they lay sleeping warmly
among their blankets-the men in a barr
with the great doors open at both ends;
the women in a kind Of pavilion in the
winter. and in the summer In tents.
Men and women, last winter. awoke
in the morning TO find snow sifted over
their blankets, 10 find the water in theiI
pitchers frozen, even 20 find frozen the
hot water bottles which they had taker
TO bed with them the evening before.
And it would seem that these frai
consumptives, stepping suddenly from
the warm rooms. from the hothous'
habit Of life maintained for them al
home. would have taken cold and diet
under the rigors Of the White Havar
| system.
But they did not take cold. At III,
hospital II Is claimed indeed that coldi
are contagious, that they come alwsyi
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Il - IL La " AAA4-NAlL LIN OF
Philadelphia. has demonstrated
l. that he can cure consumption
He has demonstrated that with
$1,000 600 consumption could be wiped
)ut in Pennsylvania. and that with $780,
DO 600 it could be wiped out in the Uni
ted States.
Now DR.. Flick is to have an opportuni-
~ 10 do what he has shown can be done
For Henry Phipps. one OF the partners
OF Andrew Carnegie, has become inter
ested in his wonderful work. has made
large contribution 10 Il. and has
brought II to Mr.. Carnegie's attention.
Mr.. Carnegie is going to investigate Z.
And hence there is a strong likelihood
that. backed by the Carnegie millions.
the eradication Of consumption in the
United States will soon be begun.
Who Is Dr. Flick7
He is a reputable physician Of Phil
adelphia. the founder OF the Free Hos
pltaI for Poor Consumptives there. This
hospital does what Il can to aid the con-
sumptive poor OF Pennsylvania. Of whom
there are ] 900. Dr. Flick conducts it.
and IL is by the treatment he employs
In Il that he has demonstrated that con-
sumption can be cured.
How does he cure consumption
BY the open air system. This system
may be best described by a description
Of the hospital itself
The Hospital.
The hospital is at White Haven. Pa.
upon a mountain top. 1900 feet abovc
sea level The climate there is the dry
est. and the soil Is the dryest I'm Penn
sylvania. II is a red shale soil, and
where red shale is. there always it Is
good for consumptives 10 be.
The hospital was opened one year ago
The patients admitted 20 IL were made
10 their surprise. 20 live the lives Of
primitive men, were made 10 live in tn,
hale animal-like way OF savages. Thr
effect on them OF this treatment wa,
that all the incipient cases got well n
the course Of a sew months. and the ma
jority Of the second and even third-stag,
cases got well, while all but two, whS
were dying on their arrival. improved II
so remarkable manner that it is prob
able that they. TOO, finally viii o'
cured
One man was carried TO the hospita
dying He was too weak TO walk o.
speak-a skeleton. with both lungs ar
focted, as 81 seems, hope;c5sly. Yet thi
man IN less than a year gained fort
pounds, and he was nearly cured on hi
last examination.
The Daily Routine.
This is how the patients at the hos
pital live:
Z a. m.-Rising hour. A cold bath
winter and summer. Breakfast Of som
sort Of cereal fresh milk, and eggs.
s o'clock-Two hours work out o
doors for the strong In the summer
gardening. planting. plOwing, etc. In m
winter, shOYeling snow, chopping wood
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for revenge for atrocious deeds commit
ted by the desperate and his wild raids
not many years back.
Only a few weeks ago 1t was reported
that the Apaohes we're ready to rise
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here. II Apache Kid does not carry him
self straight and clear out sO0n. it is
darkly hiuted, the frontiersmen viii
make the climate too hot and dangerous
for him. There are a dozen here eager
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In the whole world.
Clinton Against Tammany.

Clinton was mayor Of New York. and
at the age Of thirty-six he was chose;'
a Senator in Congress, which latter Of
fee he resigned to be State senator at
Albany-something that looks startling
to our generation. As mayor he was
match for Tammany in the city; as SEN
ator he exercised a paramount influence
on State legislation. and thus was very
potent factor in affairs OF state In
1904 the CIintons supported Jefferson for