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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28
All Sorts or Paragraphs.

- Stiff hats cover multitude Of
soft brains.
= The more some people tell you
the less you know.
- The patrons of dime museum
have but little faith in signs.
The narrower persons mind
the wider is his criticism.
- The honoring of our parents is
not only duty but debt.
= Some men drink for the shakes
and others shake for the drinks.
= When a man makes UP his mind
to marry he uses more or less fiction.
Logic proves or disproves all
things, but it does mt accomplish any
Of them.
= The poverty Of Girl s father has
caused many man tc remain a bach
elor.
Truth wears we'll. People have learned
that DeWitrs Little Early Risers are reli-
able little pills for regu iating the bowels,
curing constipation and sick headache.
They don't grippe. Evans Pharmacy.
4 woman seldom throws at any
thing until she is SO mad that she can t
see straight.
- A doctor may give patient hope,
but he charges for the time it takes
him to do it.
1t is the easiest thing in the
world to forgive yourself the sins you
condemn in others.
A Richmond firm advertises a
medicine warranted to cure life-insur-
ance agents of bashfulness.
= 1t is estimated that one out of
every $50 inhabitants of the United
States owns or rides bicycle.
A stubborn cough or tickling In the
throat yields To One Minute Cough Cure.
Harmless In effect, touches the right spot,
reliable and just what is wanted. It acts
at once. Evans Pharmacy.
= Undeeerved praise is dangerous
to the weak; unjust blame may turn
even tie strong from the right way.
I'll bet you half dollar you'll
die first. "I'll take the bet" The
speakers were Privates Albert Fish,
Of the Twelfth New York, and James
Mitchell of the Fifth Illinois. They
were typhoid fever patients, and their
cots were side by side in the division
hospital III the camp at Lexington.
The bet was made and taken one day
last week, after the men had been
chatting each other about their illness.
"Why, you look like dead man now"
Mitchell told Fish. And then Fish
offered the wager. Fish died at one
O'Clock the following day, and Mitch
ell expired fifty minutes later.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28
An Astonished EnglIsllman.

The ignorance that seems to exist
in some sections of England concern
ing the geography of this country is
illustrated by this incident from the
Chicago Chronicle.
a young woman Of Chicago has re-
turned to the city after visit in
England Of a year and half, much Of
which time was spent in the cndeavor
to straighten out the impressions of
Euglishmcn concerning America in
general and the United States in par
ticular. Soon after her arrival in
Lcndon she attended reception Of q
semi official nature. Many highly
educated people of considerable prom
iucucc were present, aud the Chicago
girl had brief reception conyersa-
tions' with q number of them. On
learning that she was an American
most Of the Englishmen very natu-
rally asked her some question or
other about her native land.
"Ah, I understand you are an
American" said one agreeable and
very learned appearing old gentle
man.
eyes, I am from the States" re-
sponded the Chicago girl. with o
smile.
II suppose you live in Boston ?" Of
course asked the Londoner.
20, no. live about one thousand
miles west Of Boston, she replied.
''No, you don't say! Then you
must live on the Pacific coast"
20, dear, no. I live over two
thousand miles east of the coast"
Il beg your PARDON gasped The
old gentleman.
eyes" repeated the young woman
with assmile, "I live about one thou.
sand miles west of Boston and about
two thousand miles east of the Pacific
coast"
"Then you must live in the air, "
calculated the astonished English
man.
"Well, not exactly in the air" re-
turned the Chicagoan; ''but they do
call the place I live in pretty windy" +"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28


Moro than twenty million 1ree samplea
ofDeWitps Witch Hazel Halve have 6een
dfetrtbuted by The manufacturers. Wbat
better proof Of eheir CON nfldenoo I'm its mer-
Its do you want1 It cures piles. burns.
scalds, eores In the shortest space of time.
Evans Pharmacy.
= There aro men who will give up
tobacco for the sake Of the woman
they love; but il is lucky man, all
the same, who falls in love with a
woman who likes the smoll of tobacco
smoke.
You invite disappointment when Won
experiment. DeWits'e Little Early Risers
are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills.
They cure couatipation and siclx headache
Just as sure as You take them. Evans
Pharmacy.
- Mrs. Mann (meetirg her former
servant)-"Ah, Mary, / suppose you
are getting better wages at your new
placer" mo; ma'am. I'm working
for nothing now; I'm married."
When you call for DeWitt's Witch Ha.
zel Salve, the great pile cure, don't accept
anything else. Don't be talked into ac-
cepting substitute, for piles, for sores.
for burns. Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28
ARTESIAN IRRIGATION.
Scientific tlmcricun.

hiduc opposite the lanu embraced
within the next set Of lateral ridges,
and SO on. These ridges are low
enough not to interfere in the least
with the proper cultivation Of the
land. The principal thing is volume
Of water, and this is the chief adyan-
tagc Of the reservoir system.
One Of the ordinary artcsian wells,
such as can be struck anywhere in
the central portion Of the State, east
Of the Missouri River, will fill five
acre reservoir in eight days. During
the irrigating season the reservoir
would be emptcd in about thirty-six
hours. Still, the average we'll would
irrigatc from 900 to 200 acres, be :
cause it is customary to thoroughly
soak the land in the fall, and when it
is once saturated it takes very little
water to keep it moist.
The dtchcs, when all the work is
hired, costs about 80 cents rod, but
when once constructed it requires
very little expense to keep them in
good condition. On the farms under
irrigation there are usually four Of
these bitches to each quarter section
Of land. The cost of bitches would
be about 1924 for quarter section or
1896 for q section Of land. The cost,
| where farmer does the work him
self, is very slight. Small bitches are
used only when an odd-shapcd piece
is to be irrigated, or when the tract is
detached or cut up by "draws" or
lake beds. The small bitches are
easily made, being matter of plowing
! Two straight furrows.
When the soil is once saturated to
the blue clay, moisture will come to
the surface fast enough to furnish
plant life will all necessary sap. Too
much water is fully as disastrous as
none, and extreme care is taken iot to
injurc land by wctting it too much.
by the reservoir system one man,
after he has become familiar with the
topography of his fields. can irrigate
twenty acres in five or six hours. If
the bitches have to cross hollows. the
low places are graded up and the wa
ter is carried along the top.
The benefits Of irrigation are shown
by the fact that in the central part of
the State, wheat, without irrigation,
yielded an average of ten bushels to
the acre, while on irrigated fields it
yielded from twenty to thirty bushels
an acre. In the western part of the
State, notably in Fall River county,
where irrigation is carried on by
means of canals with rivers as their
source Of supply, wheat averaged
about twenty bushels an acre,
while without irrigation it prob
ably would not have yielded more
, than five bushels to the acre. Other
crops have yielded in proportion, and
next season will witness marked in
crease in the number of acres which
will be irrigated.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28

= Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary that you
should do SO, and to hold your tongue
when it is better that you should be
silent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28
Catarr rh is
Net Incurable

But it can not be cured by sprays,
washes and inhaling mixtures which
reach only the surface. The disease is
In the blood, and can only be reached
through the blood. s. 8. s. is the only
remedy which can have any effect upon
Oatarrh; it cures the disease perma-
nently and forever rids the system Of
every trace Of the vile complaint.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28

~ 1hoAtkciAo8 Oa&Os
writes: 81 waJ af-
hicted from infancy
with Catarrh, aud no
one can know the
suffering it produces
better than I. The
sprays and washes 8
prescribed by the doc
9ors relieved me only
temporarily, and
though I used them
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
UNDOUBTEDLY He IS INSANE
BLOODY RECORD OF THOMAS Clark
GOES TO PROVE IT.
jackson County Has Almost Come to
Be Headquarters for Insane Men
Who Crafty Their Disorder
by Taking Human Life.

Insanity as a defense for murderers has
been so successful in securing acquittals in
the criminal court of this county that
Thomas Clark, as fendish a negro MUIR
derer as ever stood on q gallows trap. has
adopted it as his plea. Within the last few
months John Schlegel. the slayer o. DR..
Lyman A. Berger. and Fred Waite. the
sayer of Morris Landa. were acquitted by
pleading insanity 1t is said that James
Reed. the murderer Of his mistress, will
also make a plea Of insanity.
The trial of Clark began in the criminal
court yesterday. The panel of forty-seven
jurors was secured at noon and the hear
ing of evidence will begin to-day at 1:3o
o'clock.
Clark is a skinny negro and very dark.
He does not look TO be the fiend that he is,
but the murder he did. and the murders
that he tried to do; were cruel and terri
bly, brutal. Several years ago Clark was
sent to the penitentiary from this county
for five years for setting fire to a house and
trying to burn alive a woman and child
The crime for which Clark is on trial was
done June 4 last. That day he was drinking
with Allie Jackson q negro man, in a sa-
jackson told him he had seen Lizzie WILL
iamson.. Clark's sweetheart. with another
Jackson went on a car to Eighth and
Brooklyn. Clark borrowed Jackson's re-
volver and went to the house at SIS Brook
Ign. where Lizzie Williamson was STAYING.
He went in and found her there with her
mother. Lizzie Hatch. He shot Mrs. Hatch.
the bullet cutting off the tip of her heart.
Lizzie Williamson ran past him to get
out doors. He shot at her and the bull
let struck Mrs. Mary Robinson in the an
kle. crippling her for life. Lizzie William
son ran down the alley and he chased her
and fired all the remaining bullets in his
revolver at her. She tripped and fell and
ne put his knee on her breast and beat her
Jenkins tnterfered and Clark ran away.
He told a friend a few minutes later that
ne Killed Mrs Hatch because she kept the
Williamson girl away from him. He fled 10
Chicago and was arrested there. He made
a full written confession to Thomas Mas
used against him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18

The youngest and most bustling city In
the United States
Founde last April. Lincoln boasts a
sewerage system. electric lights. macadam-
lied roads. trolley cars, telephone Franchise
and a water plant.
From a hamlet to a town-to a city. in
his incredibly short time, Lincoln has
grown with the wonderful progressiveness
looked for only in the West-a splendid
example of the indomitable pertinacity OF
one strong man.
Like most forceful men. Mayor Drake
must see results before giving his approval;
but when convinced he speaks out his mind
without fear or favor of anyone.
There is 10 hesitation among Mayor
Drake's friends in saying that Paine's Gel.
cry compound has been of the utmost help
In enabling him to do a prodigious amount
OF work, and to get rid of hat in
somnia that at one time resulted from
every prolonged effort. Mayor Drake him
self says: 81.
Lincoln. Middlesex Co., N. j.,
Oct. 80, 1897.
Wells, Richardson & Co.:
Gentlemen-I lave been getting Paine's
celery compound from our local druggist.
After sixteen hours work each day, 1 sleep
eight hours each night like a baby, and at.
tribute much Of the Strengthening of my
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
Other Deaths and Funerals.

Earl G. Field. aged II. died yesterday
at his home. 35 West Seventh street, OF
typhoid fever. The body will be sent to
Geneva. Ind, for burial this afternoon.
The remains of Mrs. Rosie Flood, wife
of j. S. Flood. the San Francisco million-
are, will arrive in Kansas City tomorrow
evening. The funeral services will be held
from the home of her father. John Fritz,
rs Forest avenue. The time for the sarv-
ices has not been decided upon. The re-
mains will be placed in the receiving vault
at Elmwood cemetery.
Mrs. Lulu NJ. Nelson, aged %. died yes
terday at her home, 1890 Woodland, of tu-
berculosis. The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house and
burial will be in Union cemetery.
William Weisberger. aged %, died yes
terday morning at his home. 1895 Flora
avenue. Of typhoid fever. The funeral
services will be held from the house to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial
will be In cemetery.
Ellen Mae Gift. 80 years old. daughter of
r. H.. Gift, died at $50 o'clock last even
phoid fever. The funeral will be held
Wednesday and burial will be in Elmwood
cemetery.
Mary Isabel Hade, aged 20. daughter of
Thomas Hayde, a city detective. died yes
terday at the family home. Ills Locust
street. of tuberculosis. The funeral services
will be held from the house Tomorrow
morning and burial will be in Mount st.
Mary's cemetery.
G. NJ. Belcher. aged A.. died yesterday at
his home. 1916 East Seventeenth street, of
pneumonia. The remains will be taken to
Greenwood, Mo-, for burial.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18

nerves to Paine's celery compound. Yours
truly, SILAS d. DRAKE.
Nothing demoralizes the health sooner or
more completely than even the occasional
loss Of sleep. To start a new day with
the brain unrefreshed is like trying to keep
a WORKOUT horse up to his work with the
whip instead of by feeding. The inces-
SAINT brain activity is as If the skull were
laid bare and the surface of the brain were
struck lightly every few seconds and with
out a sign of a "let up"
Thus sleeplessness i~mperceptibly. but no
less surely, destroys the brain cells that are
the sources of mental power and the health
of every organ Of the body.
Paine's celery compound gets the nervous
system out of this dangerous rut of sleep
lessness. 1t supplies nourishment to the
nervous tissues faster than they ara worn
out. and does not let the nutrition of these
delicate parts get low enough to bring
on insomnia.
One Of the earliest evidences Of the final
success of Paine's celery compound In cur
ing debility. nervousness, sleeplessness and
arrangements of liver and kidneys Is the
increased appetite. the clearer skin. and
that indescribable precursor of health. a
feeling of well being that takes the place
Of the tired. languid. melancholy condi-
ton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
How Taxes Are Assessed.

I have been asked to explain how these
taxes are assessed and collected. The sa-
loon pays 500 per year for state purposes.
1t is paid to the county collector after pc
tition and bond have been filed and after
the county court has granted the license.
paid to the state treasurer. The railroads
and foreign insurance companies are as
sessed by the state board of equalization
and pay their taxes to the state treasurer.
upon a sworn statement filed with the
county clerk, showing the amount of goods
on hand between the first Monday in
March and the first Monday in juno of
sessed by the county assessor upon all
property owned by the individual upon the
first day of June of each year. said it
was assessed by the county assessor. /
turns n list OF his property and its value
under oath. This is received by the assess
or and entered into a book, and. after
wards copied by the county clerk and re-
consisting of the assessor. county survey,
or and county court, who may increase the
valuation and include property not re-
turned by giving proper notice to the indi-
vidual. The real estate is valued by the
assessor after the property has been equal
lied by the county board of equalization,
1t is again revised by the state board OF
equalization. consisting of the governor,
urer and the attorney general. who each
| receive about $500 n year extra for the
work. The state board of equalization can
only raise or lower a given per cent of the
change the assessment of the individual.
The state board of equalization raised
the valuation of the property of Jackson
Increase Of ss.ooo.ooo on assessed Valuation
on which state and county taxes are as
sessed, and are being paid at the present
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
DEATH OF Mr.. JAMES LILLlS
FIRST DEATH THAT HAS EVER &C.
CURED IN A FAMILY OF IL.
The Well knwn Capitalist SUR
rounded by Wife and All His
Children ms He Quietly
Breathed His Last.

James Lillis. one of the best known rail-
road contractors in the West. and one Of
the most respected and substantial citizens
of Kansas City. died yesterday morning at
II o'clock at his home. 1924 Forest avenue,
after an illness of three weeks from pneu-
monia. He had been in Ill health for sew
eral months. but his physicians had hopes
of his recovery until last Friday. when
heart trouble developed to complicate the
disease. His death was the first in the
family. his wife and eleven children being
with him when he died.
The funeral services will be held to-mor-
row morning from st. Patrick's church,
solemn high mass being observed. Burial
will be in Mount St. Mary'S cemetery.
Mr.. Lillis was born in County Glare,
Ireland. in 1886. While a boy he was cast
upon his own resources. and in 1875 he came
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18

as a contractor. coming West about the
time the civil war began. His first contract
Chicago & Alton railroad bed. He lived in
Lexington, Mo-. even when his business in
fsrests We're largely conferred in Kansas
Fe, Lexington & Southern. Missouri Pa
cific, Kansas City. Fort Scott & Memphis
and Burlington & Missouri River railroads.
railroad. If not more than any other con-
tractor in Missouri. 1t was no unusual
thing during the days when the railroads
were being built through the state, for him
to have e half dozen big contracts under
time.
In 1880 he moved his home from Lexing-
ton to Kansas City. In the spring Of 1884
he took the contact under Robert Gill
to na% Ris sha D and 3 Weo SIns6 street T,ster cable ha n line
the Independence avenu . East Ninth
street, Troost avenue and Summit street
the contractor who made the tunnel
through the West bluff for the "L" road.
HIS success as a contractor in Kansas City
placed hin in great demand when Denver
ways.
For many years there has been scarcely
CITY that Mr.. Lillis has not been inter-
ested in. He was one of the principal
stockholders in the Bank of H. s. Mills.
he mad charge OF the grading of the city's
fair grounds. now Dundee place. and nu-
merous contracts for grading streets and
buildings sites.
One of the incidents of his early expert
ence as a contractor was as follows: He
and General 10 Shelby were partners in
building a section of the Memphis road.
An element in the county was very much
wrought up over the county bond issue
and shortly before the section was COM
pleted an organized mob attacked a train
on which both Mr.. L!llis and Shelby were
riding, and lynched several of the men
taken from the train at Gemtown.
In politics Mr.. Lillis was a strong Demo-
crat. In February, 1887, as a recognition Of
his fidelity to his party and his unsullied
standing in the community, Governor
Marmaduke appointed him police commits
sioner of Kansas City, which position he
held four years.
In personal appearance Mr.. Lillis was
tan, portly. commanding. He had an active
was one OF the most charitable persons in
Kansas City. but gave privately, and dis
liked notoriety for his good deeds. He was
a devout Catholic in his religious views.
Eleven children were born to him, all of
whom are still living in this state. The
eldest son. Thomas F.. Is a priest of the
diocese of Kansas City and Is pastor of st.
Patrick's parish. The other children are:
]. S., ]. F.. ]. j., Benjamin F., Katie,
Frances Bessie and Florence Lillis and
Mrs. Mary Murdoch and Mrs. Margaret
Ford.
A meeting of the Catholic knights of
America will be held at Eighth and Cher
~ at $50 this evening to make arrange
ments for attending the funeral of James
Lillis.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
LIFE AGENTS BANQUET.
Annual Dinner Held Mt Midland Hotel
Medical Examiners Respond

h annual banquet of the Kansas City
Life Underwriters Association was held
last night at the Midland hotel. The life
underwriters hold three %banquets a year.
One is the annual banquet and the others
are semi-annual banquets. according to
Secretary Ackley. Last night had been
designated Medical Examiners Night
and all of the speakers. except President
Courtney, the POSTMASTER. We're physicians.
President Courtney ended his speech with
these lines:
II you want to know whom you see.
Each is an insurance man.
We are a goodly compan"c
With many a fetching plan.
We are men Of wit and tact.
For words we've never lacked.
You're wrong II you doubt the fact
II you think we work for pelf.
You should our bank books scan:
We neyer are thinking Of self,
We labor for good OF man.
Perhaps you suppose this throng
Can't keep it up very long.
II that's your idea. you're wrong.
DR.. w. F. Kuhn responded to the toast.
Medical Examinations and the Fee" DR..
W. S. Wheeler. Responsibility of the Ex-
aminer:" DIR. c. F.. Wainwright. The
Agent and the Examiner" DIR. John Will
son. Triple Relations of the Examiner
nection With Life Insurance. DR.. G. II.
Lester. Old Friends Drs. ]. r. Smell.
Murphy. w. H. Hatton and st. Clair
Street, also spoke.
w. Il. Reed. Phoenix Mutual; C. d. Mill.
New England Mutual: c.. +. Hochstetler.
Dental: H. X. Lyon. New York Life: John
A. Brown. the Equitable: s.. S. Simpson,
Connecticut Mutual: +. o. Chesney. State
Mutual: C. c.. Courtney. Mutual Benefit:
J.. D. Sutton. the Washington; George NJ.
Ackley. Life Clearing Company; A.. A. AL
berti. the Metropolitan. John T.. Boone,
New York Life: =. H. Showalter, the Pru-
Dental: Eli Potter. Pennsylvania Mutual:
Fred N. Tufts. New England Mutual; ].
S. Boiley. New England Mutual; George E.
Block, Travellers; j. w. Leavel. State
Mutual.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
SHE WAS CHRISTENED GEORGE
And She insisted That the Marriage
record Clerk Should Spell 1t
That Way.

John ]. Shannon. Kansas City. aged %;
George V. Williams, Parsons. Kas., aged IS.
When a license for the marriage of these
two people was asked for yesterday at tine
county recorders office. the clerk looked
in surprise at the young man and woman
who applied for it and inquired of the
young man:
(which is John?"
That's me-" said the young man.
(Which is George?"
81 am George" answered the young
woman.
Your name ought to be spelled
G-e-o-r-g-i-e. hadn't it"'
mo. sir. l was christened G-e-o-r-g-e,
and IT must be spelled that way in the
license"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
kan.a. city women win Sneak.

The Missouri Federation of Women's
Clubs will hold Its second annual meet
ing in Sedalia January ~. 20 and q. Mrs.
this city. will speak Wednesday, the open
ing day. on THE Holy Grail" The report
Of the committee on travelling libraries will
BILE, Of this city. chairman of the committee,
The report of the committee on art Eill
be made by the committee. Mrs. W.. j. An
DEFAULT. Of this city. Mrs. Laura Z. Scam
mon will speak on What Clubs May Do
for Education"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
Still ~SprfnEiike.

The weather forecast for to-day for
Kansas City and vicinity is: Generally
fair" For Missouri. rain is predicted for
some sections and warmer weather for
the eastern part of the state. For Kan
sas. fair weather Is predicted for to-day.
Yesterday the highest temperature in
Kansas City was q. the lowest 80.