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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

1t is bare matter Of fact to say that
Voltaire never knew what vacant mo-
ment was. Planning, writing, revising
or directing the performance of a play;
composing some pamphlet which, read
by every cultivated person in Europe
would furnish fertile food for many an
hours conversation in courts and cote
ries; penning or debating letters, of
which the series Is so inexhsustibls that
Charles Nodier is reported to have said
What More unpublished letters Of
Voltaire! The only end TO them viii be
the end Of the worldT-Gentleman 5
Mapaziue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
Rererses Of French NobIemen.

Sad have been the reverses Of the old
French nobility since Edmund Burke
penned his splendid eulegy. According
TO NJ. Lescure a grandson of that same
Marquis d'Hauteroche who chivalrously
requested the English troops at the battle
of Fontenoy 70 fire first" ended his days
as a common policeman. Sadder still,
from the point of view of the amateurs
Of blue blood" one Of the noble family
of Babou de Ia Bourdaisiere is now a
washerwoman. Representatives of other
noble families equally famous in their
time are, or were. according to the same
authority. occupying the humble posi-
tons of gamekeeper, carpenters sppren-
tee, house painter, cab driver, miller's
assistant, innkeeper, conductor of an
omnibus, bS~ opener at a theatre. gas
man, bathing man, maker Of mousetraps
chorus singer at the opera, and wood
man, while one. who is a great grand
cousin Of the illustrious Cardinal de Retz
unites in his own person the lowly Offices
of grave digger and village fddler.-Lon-
don News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
Has COoNeD FoR KINGS.
An OctogenariHn Frcnehmaa with .
Long Record as Chef.

An OctogenarfHn Frcnchmaa with .
Long Record as Chef
An interesting old man is Victor Ia
Fort, who at the age Of 50 has retired from
business and is living a well earned life Of
ease at Chicago. La Fort has been q cook
all his dsys-chef is the distinctive title in
which he rejoiceS. He IS = native Of
France. and was first introduced TO the
mysteries Of the kitchen when but 0 years
of axe at the famous Restaurant de Che
vail in Paris. After the close Of his APP
premiership he served successfully the Due
de Choiseule, the Due de Reichstadt (soD
Of Napoleon p and the Count st. Hilairc.
His next employer was Meredith Calhoun,
a wealthy citizen of Alabama, with whom
Ia Fort travelled through many parts OF
Europe and Asia, and with whom he came
TO America
In the United States be held among other
positions that of chef at Delmonic0's IA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

LODGE ROOM GOSSIP.
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE VARIOUS
SECRET SOCIETIES.

The Grand United Order OF Odd Fellows,
. Soeiety of Colored People, and John
J. Smith. One of It's Most Prominent
Ofncers.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
includes almost all Of the more intelligent
and thrifty colored people in the vicinity
Of Boston, says The Globe, of that city. 1t
has exerted upon its members vast
amount Of influence for good. 1t is looked
upon not only as the largest, but as tho
only representative order of colored men,
not only in New England, but in the
United States.
The first lodge in America was tbs Philo-
nathan, 646. and was opened by Peter
Ogden in 1s4S. II is called the mother Of
all the other United States lodges.
The G. L. o. o. F. in America works I'M
der dispensstion from the G. U. O. o. f.
in England. This is because of the fact
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

No mater EoT good tie m1cilAZs may
be one MAKES, ons never considers j. -
good as the postage stamp Eurllage.
Every ons tines 70 dupAcEte u. Il - not
hard 10 MAKE .. A. ne PREPARATION u
very Eimp.e- Here II "a. Dsztr1ns. two
parts; aestlc acid, one par. water, I've
parts; alcohol. oEs P4EE--Asw 4ork
journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

nous New YORK
restaurant, and
during the war he
was located nc
Rich m ond. Va
Then he went &C
Mexico and super.
intended the cui-
sine OF Maximil-
ian until the III
fRted emperor met
defeat and death.
After that he en-
gagged in various
hotel enterprises,
ard now has SAT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

tied down 70 the ease Of private life. NJ
La Fort is a stalwart well preserved man.
and does not look his age by az least n
score of years He has never used tobacco
or strong liquor. Sometimes however, BIO
drinks beer or wine diluted with water.
In 1892 he was i'll for a week. With this
exception he knows nothing Of sickness.
One Of the dinners he has served, and OK
which he loves 20 speak. was given 20
party including four European monarchS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

Structural ad decorative forms. such a.
are found in Moorish and Celtic architect
ure, are worked out n gems. A brooch
has for its center a large emerald: the next
large forms are diamonds. emeralds and
diamonds alternate at the point OF inter
section and in the Observation-Disclosures
Circular.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
The Usual WAY.

Waiter - VIII you gentlemen have
your coffee now or later on?
Guest-We viii take it night now
WAITER was going to say if you
wanted it right away you viii have TO
wait about half an hour.-Texas Sift-
ngs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
l. O. o. r
An IntsrestinE and Important ou~sfion
Answsrsd-Sot~s.

AnsWsrsd-Sot@s.
The Ohio state Journal 10 answering the
question. is Odd Fellowship benefit 20
the community a. large SAYS that from
e. economical and DecBulary standpoint
alone il Is a relief directly 20 the general
body Of taxpayers q the United states 20
the extent o. about g. 0Jo 90 annually. and
indirectly % the extsat of double that
amount
The total ueubersbip IN the H~bekah
Degree lodge Is about i0c 90. Daring ne
year I5s5 the fetal dsduxtiors through
withdrETals deaths. etc. were : ~. Tie
gross ircreass for the same year was a SCI.
A new eaoton. composed entirely q Ger
mans, viii shortly Be organized az syria
cuse, y. J.
The frs Lodge % the order In ullnoix
was instituted % is11
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
Trying to MIKE Hair Grnu-

Mr.. Henry Clews related how he be-
came bald. Badness overlook me" he
said, when l was quite young man
] began to notice that the hair was leav-
ing the top of my head with unhappy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

that previous 10
lS4l eolored men
had made applics-
ton for admission
10 the l. o. o. F.
but were refused.
However, the or
der was started in
1s43, and from
that o n e lodge
others were inSti-
tuted, until today
the lodges in this
country are in the
three thousands,
and ara found in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
AN ACTIVE LIFE ENDED.

The Successful Career OF a Chicago Ply
stefan Recently Deceased.
DR. Jonathan Adams Allen, who died at
Chicago the other dav. achieved high rank
as "A medical man. and at the time OF his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

demise was not
only possessed Of
a large private
practice. but was
also professor Of
the principles and
practice OF medi-
cine and clinical
medicine az Rush
Medical college
and dean Of the
institution. II o
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

The president of Guatemala receives
s20, 900 year IN advance and SO, 900 ex-
"a for entertainments
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

Paul wa y he1csd BT 1o1r-are q NERO
s. Luke was E4ngsd O a. olivs tree n
Greece
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14

A Vice President Fishing.
When Hannibal Hamlin was vice
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

page The factory is a solid two
story brick and stone building 28x
164 feet. The boiler and engine
room is in a wing 4Ox5O feet, to the
rear of the center of the building,
and a handsome suite of offices Oc-
cupy 20x40 feet in the front projec-
ton. This is the most substantial
factory building in Kenosha and in
equipments and arrangements is a
model building. The company is
incorporated under the laws of Wis
consin and has capital of 800, 600
with an investment Of considerable
more than that, The following are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

the officers of the company: Presi-
dent, Col. JAS H. Hoyt; Vice
President, Chas H. Balm; Secreta-
ry, Fred'k S. Newell; Superinten-
dent and manager, W. c. Taft
COL Hoyt was lately resident of
ST. Louis, but his attention having
been called to Kenosha, he became
interested and was favorably i'm
pressed with it's advantages as a
manufacturing and shipping point,
and as the result of his investiga-
lions he determined to make Keno
sha his home. He agitated the sub
iect of establishing a Watch Case
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

the very finest quality Of barley.
Mr.. O. NJ Petit has had
a life time of experience in the
business, knows all its require
ments thoroughly and gives his per-
son2l attention to every depart
ment, ensuring careful attention to
ali orders and shipments The com
pany pay special attention to the
quality of barley they buy, going
into any State in the Union or Can
ada when necessary to get first
class quality of barley. Wisconsin
barley is known to the trade as usu-
ally the best in the country, and the
M. H. Petit Mailing Company is
we'll situated to get a large share
of the '.cream of the crop in Wis
cOnsin
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

factory in Kenosha and this insti-
tuition is the prosperous result of his
work.
Mr. G, H. Balm, the Vice Presi-
dent Of the company, is one Of the
ablest, most thorough and capable
young business men in the North
west. He is also Treasurer of the
Balm Wagon Co., and in the absence
of his father Mr.. Edward Balm, the
President Of that company, which
has been continuous for several
years, he has entire charge of the
business of that immense establish
ment. He possesses administrative
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
NJ. II. Petit Mating Company.

is now doing large and rapidly
growing business under much more
favorable circumstances than those
that surrounded it in Chicago. In
Chicago it was known as the Bauer
Watch Case Company, but in it's
new quarters it is the Kenosha
Watch Case Go. The majority of
the stock of the Bauer Watch Case
Co. was bought by Kenosha gentle
men about a year ago and the bust
ness transferred to Kenosha. A
cut of the building in which the
business is done is shown on this
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
KENOSHA WATCH CASE co.

One of the most expensive feat
ures of manufacturing in large cit
les is the immense amount Of money
necessary to be invested in the land
upon which. the factory and yards
are located Many Of the large
manufacturers in Chicago and other
large cities are cramped and limited
very much from lack of room, and
to gain space they build into the air,
erecting lofty buildings which are
expensive to build and dangerous to
occupy, and crowd them with ma
chinery and employees, very often
without adequate protection from
fires, resulting only too frequently
in those terrible hOlacauStS SO famil-
lar to readers of the newspapers, in
which scores and sometimes hun
dreds Of operatives lose their lives,
leaving their families in want and
suffering, All this is avoided by
locating factories in smaller cities,
like Kenosha, where land is cheap
and eligible locations plenty. The
under consideration
is one of those which has lately re
moved from Chicago to Kenosha and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
NOTICE.

4 copy Of this paper is sent free
with the regular weekly issue to
every subscriber of the TELEGRAPH
COURIER, and extra copies can be
obtained by sending to this office.
The expense of this edition above
the amount received from it makes
it necessary to charge an extra
price for extra copies of it. We
will send one for % cents, five for
81, twelve for - or forty for s..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
ability of the highest order.

ability of the highest order.
Mr.. W. C. Taft. the Supcrinton-
dent and Manager Of the Works, is
thoroughly practical man in the
business, having held the same pc
sition 70 many years with the
Bauer Watch Case Co. in CHICAGO.
The GRANT HOUSE
This h otel is now in excellent
hands an d the travelling public as
well as the local trade have not
been slo w to recognize the fat.
Thu bull Hing is now owned by
K"nosha gentleman. Mr.. b. Eichcl-
man, Wild has done the liberal thing
for the s. bike of having the hotel in
good han ds Mr.. f. A. Bull, the
proprietoF b, is hotel man of many
years eX perience and has high
reputatioh b as a Provider of good
things W erever he is located In
his hand the Grant House is the
hotel it o light to be The building.
a cut of which is shown ON this
page, "a handsome three story brick
building, - by l25 feet. 1t con
tains go rooms, is provided with
electric bells, good sample rooms.
and t be best modern con
veniences Just before Mr.. Bull
took hold of this hotel, which oc-
Cured b November, 1888. over
81, 600 w bis expended on the interior
in remod eling, decorating and sub
stituting modern conveniences and
appliance 5. The traveller will find
it very comfortable place to stop
at. But the most important things
about a hotel are the cuisine and
the beds In these respects the
Grant He use is equal to most of the
best Chic ago hotels Mr. Bull be
lieves in feeding his guests well and
he does it. He is well provided
with help in this work. for his cooks
are alwaJ Us good. No better pastry
is set out by any hotel in Chicago or
Milwaukee e. Variety, excellence in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

cooking and neatness in serving,
distingui4 h the CUISINE always. The
hotel has a large frontage on two
streets. 30 transients are always
sure of O outside rooms, all of which
are large airy and unusually well
furnished Mr. T. A. Bull, the
proprieto r, is gentleman 81 years
of age, b bit so hale and hearty is he
that no 0 he would Judge him to be
over So o r 60 He gives his close
personal attention to every depart
ment in he hotel His son, Mr. c.
W. Bull. is the clerk, and assists his
father in the management of the no
tel Al rangements have recently
b. n made under which the Bust
moss Men S Club Rooms will be
D ..ed in connection with the hotel
I ,se r04 BINS are furnished with a
library. bE lliard tables, parlors, etc.
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LEWIS Balm.
HARDWARE DEALER.

One OF the best representative
business men in Kcnosha IS the gen
tleman W hose name heads this arti-
Gle. He has been in business III
Kenosha since 1881. when he and
his broth Pr. Edward Balm opened
a hardwa re store on the resent site
of his sto re. This partnership last
ed for 81 years. when he bought
out his brothers. interest in the
business. Since then he has con-
tinued tn E business alone. Rather
conservat i've but always safe and
reliable. he has built up his bust
ness emit rely on it's own merits.
His store occupies two rooms in the
same bull ding and next to the First
National Bank. Mr.. Balm is a ma
tive of New York. but has resided
in Kenos ha for the past thirty eight
years. He is known all over he
nosha Cd unity as a gentleman OF
large exp erience in his line and SUI
perior bu siness ability.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMEN

PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT
The publisher offers this semi cen
tennial of the TELEGRAPH COURIER
to the public in commemoration of
the completion of the first fifty years.
and in celebration of the prosperous
beginning Of the second half century
Of the TELEGRAPH-CoURIE
The paper was founded in the
year in which this city was incorpo-
rated as a village under the name Of
Southport. 1t has been identified
with the best interests of this place
all through these years and is still
devoted to the welfare of Kenosha.
It's editors from the first have been
men Of ability and courage, and the
Telegral,h was never found advocat-
ing anything but high, honorable
and aggressive action 1t has stood
as a power for good in this com
munity for fifty years, and has won
the confidence and loyalty of thou
sands of friends not only in Kenosha
county but all over the United States.
It numbers more subscribers to-day
than ever before in it's history. The
TELEGRAPH-C COURIER goes into the
homes of old friends in thirtY-0ne
suites and te1rit0rieS in this country,
and to Germany and England, carry
mo news of their friends in KenOSha
county and keeping alive their 10y
atty to their old home and it's assO-
Citations. To these old friends out
side Of Kenosha county, as well as
to its many friends and patrons
in this county, the TELE-
GRAPHIC oUIER extends it's warmest
thanks and presents them with a
few scenes taken from Kenosha as
it is to-day. 1t has changed con-
siderably within the past four years
and there are many unfamiliar build
ings here now and the prospects are
very good for a great many more
before long This is not the last
time that an illustrated edition Of
this paper will be sent out. Before
many months another edition will
be gotten out containing a view of
other parts of the city and perhaps
some from the county. Such edi-
tions are rather expensive, (this one
costing nearly $40W, but if our
friends enjoy it we are satisfied.
This is not boom edition, but an
illustrated one, showing in a modest
way something Of what Kenosha is
like. While Col Frank has pre-
pared most of the articles on the
first and eighth pages, he is not re
sponsible for the illusions to himself,
but a history of the TELEGRAPH
COURIER with Col. Frank left out
would be like Hamlet without
Hamlet. Col. Frank is to-day the
Oldest editor in Wisconsin, and it is
quite remarkable that now, in 1890,
he is still editor Of the same paper
he assisted in starting and edited
in 1910. Such instances are exceed
ingly rare. 1t is doubtful if the
annals of journalism in this country
will show a similar case.
T. A G..
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(Non'gact,~jng interests continued
NJ. H. PETIT Mailing co.

NJ. H. PETIT MALTING co.
An ever present thought to the
reader of these articles descriptive
of Kenosha' manufacturing inter
ests must be that the writer is MAX
ing out a strong case to fair mind
in favor of Kenosha as a location for
manufacturers. That case is in the
writer mind, and while proud to
chronicle the growth and prosperity
of home institutions as of personal
friends, the attention of the reader,
whether a manufacturer or not, is
called to the fact that eUe,y mea'aat-
factatriaeg institution IN Kenosh0 IS
prospert,eg and grOaoi'eg. They have
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al started from small beginnings
md grown into their present vast
proportions. Their proprietors have
become immensely wealthy and
made names for themselves in the
world of commerce and finance
What they have done, others can do.
The NJ H. Petit Mating Com
pany is one of the strongest and
aptest illustrations of the foregoing
that Kenosha presents. This bust
ness was established in 1857 by
M. H. Petit and the capaci-
ty at that time was 80 600 bushels
Of malt per annum. But it was
soon seen that the business would
require larger facilities, SO in 1868
the building was torn down and re
built large enough to do a business
of 300. 600 bushels of malt annually
Tn 1878, Mr.. M. II. Petit. its
fo7ndnr died and the business was
carried on by his widow. J. c. M.
K ehlor and ]. B. Petit. In 1885 the
company was re-croanized as it is to-
day with d c2Dit2l 0 $50. eco and an
Investment O ac2ely S250.0C0 The
o r2cors Of tan c39rany are as fol-
lowe. PRESIDENT M. ?1rqd r 1bin-
s)a: Wee Pre-. g. nj. Mr.. O. M.
Petit: Secretary and Treas 81.
Mr. G r. Romer
Tbo ,1on+ nd +5o bno;nooe has
on+innad - GROW III now the
Mali House has . ca,ac;tv Of ever
eoo ooo bushels annually or more
u.o +o1, +;,,,oa 80 loro,o &c rbon
tho business was started. The
Malt Honso is an immense solid
brick and stone building 8Ox15O
feet and five stories high. The ele-
vator and store house is another
immnnsn buildino 9Ox9O feet and
ITO feet hioh with a capacitv for
25o Ooo ebolc Of GRAIN Resides
the immense business done at this
malt house the company operate
leased malt houses in CHICAGO and
Milwaukee, which increases their
ca,,acitv to over . million bushels Of
malt vaorlv And the nroduct is
fret class # ranks with the very
ho.t nrodncod in tho Trnitod Statos
Tbo donond fo,, = i 60 o,oat that
tho comnanv i obIiood 10 RIM con
stan+lv IFS full canacitv f. keen
naco with the orders
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-25
FIFTH ANNUAL SALE.
Books Now Ready Fer Entries in the Great
Combination Saie-Get Your
Stock Ready.

The books are now open for en-
tries In the Clark & Potts combln-
alton sale which begins Feb. "a.
Parties who contemplate entering
stock for sale should see that their
animals are putin proper condition
and entries should be made at once.
This sale has been a success every
year. Buyers are attracted from
all parts of this and adjoining
states. Good prices have uniform
ly prevailed. The success OF the
former sales is the best possible
guarantee as to the future. No
sale to equal it has ever been held
in Missouri. Send to Clark &.
Potts, Mexico, Mo-, for entry
blanks. 81 At.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-25
A WONDERFUL WELL.
An Inexhaustible Supply Of
Water to Meet the Demands
of the City.

At last, after 80 many controver-
sizes, law suits and endless litiga-
ton, the populace of this city can
rise up en- masse and exclaim,
Eureka 1t is firmly believed by
some that this hole-in-the-ground
is what Ponce de Leon was looking
for when in search of that wonder.
full fountain that would impart i'm.
mortal youth and vigor to old age
and make them feel as if an injec.
tion of "elixir OF life" had been
infused in their body; or, better
still, lump of DR.. Koch's lymph.
Those who anticipate going to q
sulphur spring for their health
had better first make q careful ex-
animation of the water of this well.
An analysis shows conclusively
that the water of this wonderful
we'll Is thoroughly impregnated
with sulphuric matter, making it
the most healthful water known to
man. The pump was kept running
all night long at the rate of rs
gallons q minute, which shows that
there is an inexhaustible river of
water under the ground that will
supply the town with an adequate
amount of water to meet all the
demands required. The tempera.
ture of the water yesterday was 60
degrees; to-day it was 65 with q
possibility of reaching 20.
Work is being pushed right
along. To-day the managers be.
gan the construction of tank 16
feet long, s feet wide and s feet
deep, In which to pump the water
and force it to the mains of the
city. There are no doubts about
the we'll furnishing an unlimited
amount of water for all purposes,
and in the course of few days the
city will be we'll supplied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-25
A Narrow Escape,

While Miss Carrie Rankin and
her cousin, Mrs. MeCarty, from
St. Louis, were out driving Thurs
day afternoon they met with a
little accident which might have
proved quite serious had it not
been for the gallantry of young
Chicago & Alton engineer, who
came to their rescue. In crossing
the track west of the depot the
horse took fright and backed into
a ditch. almost upsetting the bug
gy and throwing the ladies to the
ground. The young engineer,
whose name we did not learn,
caught the horse and prevented
any serious results more than q
slight scare. After mending a
few broken straps the ladies pro.
cseded on their way.