Homicidal Honors. ! The afternoon is flitting swiftly by, the chirp of the sparrows is gro wing dull, the sun is sinking aslant the roofs of the opposite houses, the evening is creeping on apace as a young and richly , dressed woman trips lightly up the broad steps of the county jail, and, after a brief interchange of words with the turnkey, disappears through the ponderous .doors. Pausing in front of one of the cells, she peers through the steel lattice at the shadowy outlines of the occupant “See, my good man," she says, the sweet voice vibrating strangely upon the silence of the corridor. “See, 1 have brought you some fruit and flow ers, and I want to talk to you—I want you to tell me all ab-” “Madame1*—the prisoner emerges from a corner of his gloomy cell and stands near the door—“you will find j the wife-murderer three cells below here; I am only a burglar.”—Life. A New Man Joins the Staff. We take pleasure in informing our readers that we have secured as an as- j sistant young Mr. Clarence Horn beak, j who has in the past acted as our regu- I lar correspondent at liocket City, and at the same time contributed some brilliant sensational news items to j the Kansas City and St. Louis dailies j He is the author of the sensation that ! was so widely copied in the eastern pa- | pers, which was to the effect that, shortly after the return of John Soey smith, a penitent prodigal, a violent j thunderstorm arose and lightning killed i a calf on the farm where John’s parents ' reside, hit the family bible, opened it - at the fifteenth chapter of Luke, and ; marked the twenty-third verse, which ; reads as follows: “And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.” Mr. Hornbeak will make a specialty of acting as society, snake and pickle dish editor of this j paper, Bnd all social, sensational and j zoological matters of interest will be bandied by him in his usually brilliant and masterly style.—Puck. “The Melancholy Days Have Come The saddest of the year,” not when autumn has arrived, as poet Bryant Intimates, Dut when a fellow gets bilious. The "sere und yellow leaf’is in his complexion it notin the,foliage at that. Inauspicious time. Hos tetler's Stomach Bitters will soon discipline his rebellious liver, and regulate his bowels, besides toning ills stomach and healthfully stimulating his kidneys. Malaria, rheuma tism and nervousness are also relieved by the Bitters. Admitted It. There is a 7-year-old youngster on ! East avenue who makes life miserable j for his governess, lie is full of mis chief, and tries the patience of his teacher to an extent that at times bor ders on desperation. Yesterday the ; youngster was unusually obtuse and ' cantankerous. Finally the governess, j losing the lost vestige of patience, pro- ' ceeded to apply a Blight corporal chas- j tisement as a curative, after which she administered a solemn sermon for the ! youngster’s benefit. “Now, Willie,” i she said, in concluding the lecture, { “you must remember this, that at all I times you should respect your teacher.” “Yes’ra,” sobbed Willie, duly im- j pressed,” I *spose I’d ought to respect, you on account of your age.”—Roches ter Union. jSIOO Reward, B1UO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least : one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being : a constitutional disease requires a con- j stitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh ' Cure is taken internally, acting directly : upon the blood and mucous surfaces of , the system, thereby destroying the \ foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength by building up the con- ;■ stltution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case : that It fails to cure. Send for list of : testimonials. Ad’ress F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Sold by druggists; 75c. Hall’s Family Pills, 25c. Qualified. Lawyer—Have you formed an opin ion on this case? Juryman—No, sir. “Do you think, after the evidence on both sides is all in, you would be able ' to form an opinion?” “No, sir.” '•‘You'll do.”—New York Weekly. Saves a Fortune. Monterey, Tenn., (Special)—One of our prominent citizens here, Col. James E. Jones, secretary and treasurer of the j Cumberland Mountain Coal Co., is on | the high road to make bis fortune, and j attributes the fact to his recent cure from the tobacco habit. He was an inveterate user of tobacco for many years, consuming so much as to make serious inroads on both his purse and his health. One box of No-To-Bac com pletely cured him, and he gained seven pounds in leBS than two weeks. Within three days after starting to use No-To Baoothe desire for tobacco was entirely gone. Col. Jones says to all tobacco users that No-T.o-Bac will do as recom mended and is worth by far more than Its weight in gold. Harnessing the Mississippi. A contract tvaa closed recently be tween the United States government add a poWer company for utilizing the fall of the Mississippi river at Daven port, Iowa, for the development of : electric power. At the swiftest points I thirty turbine wheels will be erected* from which it is calculated that enor- | nous power will bo obtained. Two l 1,000 horsepower engines will be put in j by the company. Next to Niagara this ! will be the greatest utilization of water power in the United States. Three important towns—Davenport, Bock Island, and Moline. Ilia,—will ] be immediately benefited. As the j United States has an arsenal at Moline, I the substitution of electricity for steam > will be an important economical ele- : ment in the turning out of ordnance i and ammunition. / The Quality of Tact. Tact is dishonesty, save an American 1 writer. It does not mean tlie suppres siofa of the truth nor the expression of an untruth, but it does mean the with holding of gratuitous disagreements from arguments in which they are quite superfluous; it also means the effort to induce an agreement kindly when pos- ; sible, and if an agreement is impossible it demands a gracious acceptance of opposing views Tact cannot be said to be synonymous with policy; tact is always honest, and policy cannot in variably be said to have that distin guishing mafk.—The Young Woman. ALL FOR IRRIGATION IT IS SPREADING AND INCREAS ING IN STRENGTH. Report of President Fort Beforo tbo An nual Convention at Kidney—Much Work Done Even Though Conditions Were Unfavorable—Suggestions and Recommendations that Will Enhance the Interests of Irrigation. Irrigation Hatters Dismissed. “The third annual convention of the Nebraska Irrigation association meets’ today at Sidney under conditions that are extremely flattering. “We see today no unfavorable senti ment against irrigation that is appa rent The idea has gone on spreading and increasing in strength, 'till the na tion as a whole is discussing this ques tion. In a little over two years every vestige of opposition to any questions relating to the growing of crops by ir rigation in Nebraska has been over come. If the people in Nebraska can point to a more successful movement ever having been inaugurated, no doubt the delegates to this convention, who have met here in the interest of irriga tion, will be pleased to be informed as to Its character and results In the last two years irrigation canals, have been constructed and others aie now, under construction that will have the capacity to irrigate over 1,000,000 acres of land. “To the credit of the people of the state it can be said that these ScanaW have been constructed at a time when conditions were extremely unfavorably when both state and nation \\ere pass ing through a period of great financial depression, when difficulties were many and obstacles great. This speaks vol-„ umes for the energy, grit and business spirit of the Nebraska people The good accomplished shows that no ob ject that has been advocated by the . association has met with a fsingle fail ure. Legislation favorable to the de velopment of irrigation sentiment and enterprise in the state has been enact- > ed by the legislature of Nebraska, and' - we can also congratulate ourselves that the legislation has met the sanction, approval and affirmation of the supreme court of this state. There is yet but one highea-tribunal to hear from, and we are here to express our hopes and belief that the United States supreme court on the second Wednesday of January, 1890, in that chamber of the capital of the nation, will affirm and strengthen the decision of the supreme tribunal of Nebraska “Irrigation, as a general proposition, has attained in this state an over whelming victory. The future work to be carried on must be on Ijncs of educa tion and instruction. “To carry out the details necessary to more fully aid in extending the irri gated area of the state, legislation favorable to the development of high land irrigation should be enacted, and the example of our sister state'of Kan sas should in a greatly modified form be adopted. In harmony with this suggestion we would recommend that a bill be presented and recommended to pass at the next session of the Nebraska legislature that the state irrigation commission be instructed to select from the state’s school lands now unsold, lying west of the 100th meridian, one section each in the following locations: One section on the high lands of the Republican valley; one on the high lands of the Platte valley; onto on the similar lands of the Niobrara valley. Maid selection to be made where the depth of water exceeds 100 feet in order to demonstrate the practicability of ir rigation by pumping from wells—that the state be requested to appropriate $4,000 for each experimental farm— that said station be continued for a per od of over five years, in order to demonstrate the practicability of this | system. At the end of the time agreed I upon the station and lands be sold to the highest bidder. “In the interest of the state a more stringent and effective fire guard is also required, and it is also recommend ed that a bill of this character be in troduced and passed by the next Ne braska legislature. As the life of a nation is dependent to a great extent upon its forests, both state and nation should be appealed to for the enact ment of favorable forestry laws ■ “Resolutions have been introduced and approved in different irrigation conventions that have met at different points in the arid and semi-arid por tions of the country, asking favorable action from congress in relation to this question of irrigation. “Yet with the exception of the Carey act, that is especially adaped to Wyp ming, nothing has been done by our chief legislative organizations to aid the states of the arid and semi-arid west, in the development and improve ment of its most important source of support and wealth. ‘We would recom mend that a resolution be introduced and passed, enlarging the area to be benefitted along the lines proposed, and it would be an honor and credit on this convention if it would step aside from the beaten track that has been followed by other conventions that have presented and approved of reso lutions that are entirely sectional, that would only benefit that portion of the country lying west of the 100th merid ian; “Except nn irrigation survey, the only legislation that we may expect f*om congress that may be favorable will be along the line of appropriations for reservoirs or surveys for such works, If we expect the co-operation of the populous anti wealthy east witn us in this movement we must include some portion of that section of the nation's domain in the area benefited. “The people of, the east will, we be lieve, co-operate with us in the com mencement of a movement that will re sult in the construction of government reservoirs in not alone the Kocky mountain portion of America, but also where they will confer fully as much benefit upon the people of the Connec ticut and Ohio valleys as upon the resi dents of arid and semi-arid America. “Resolutions of this character will, we believe, accomplish the results we seek to attain, if they ore properly pushed and supported by our other organizations that are working with us to accomplish the end we seek to at tain. "In the matter of artesian wells for irrigation purposes or the legislation that may be favorable, we will say that along the valley of the Platte we ean hope but for little work of this charac ter, owing to the altitude of this val ley, that will bring any beneficial re sults, and have, therefore, nothing to recommend for this portion of the state subject to legislation, “There are other details that may be brought before this convention for its consideration, that can be discussed through the committee on resolutions, and reported to the convention for its action. We would recommend that the time for the annual meetings of this association be changed from December to October of each year, and that bids for the holding of said meeting be not awarded to any town unless a proposi tion carries with it the offer to print proceedings of the convention. “The bill introduced by Senator Thurston of Nebraska, asking that a school of forestry in connection with the United States department of agri culture be created, should reeoive the support and ind'orsment of this conven tion. "Of the work performed by the pres ident during the past year, I desire to say that since the enactment of the. laws favorable to irrigation by the Ne braska legislature, that he has contin ued the work of education and agita tion by delivering lectures whenever called upon by particular organizations within the f.tate. He has'the honor of acting as correspondent for all leading irrigation journals of the country. He also is engaged in writing upon this question for several of the leading farm journals of America. Lectures were delivered during the last summer to audiences in Indiana and Illinois, with the idea of arousing an interest favora ble to our section, ou this question. “It is with pleasure that I can say that I found one very efficient irriga t tion plant at work near Elkhart, Ind., and a splendid crop was shown as the result, where in the immediate vicinity the failures were general from lack of sufficient rainfall during the last year. “I believe it is as much a necessity and duty to carry the work of the gos pel of irrigation east of the Mississippi, the region from whence we receive our settlers, as to push it energetically in this state. If we expect to secure from that portion of the nation emigrants who will settle upon our irrigated landa “Nebraska is naturally a fruit grow ing state, wherever sufficient moisture is supplied to the trees. It should be the work of this organization to push this branch of agriculture to the front as one of the important resources of our state Lexington was chosen as the place for holding the next convention. The committee on resolutions re ported resolutions on the following subjects, which were unanimously adopted by the convention: Establish ment of irrigation reservoirs by the government; the offer of premiums by the state for the wind mill and other machinery for raising water from wells for irrigation purposes; early adjudi cation by the government of matters relative to the waters of inter-state rivers; amending the laws regarding the building of irrigation ditches across government lands; requesting Sena tors Thurston and Alien to enter their names in the United States supreme court as attorneys in the Wright irri gation law case, in behalf of the state of Nebraska; inquiring concerning the expenditures of moneys heretofore ap propriated by the government to ad vance the cause of irrigation and call ing upon the next legislature to appro priate money necessary to sink three test artesian wells; favoring the ced ing of the abandoned Fort Sidney to the town of Sidney for educational pur poses; recommending the incorporation of the association under the laws of the state; commending the government for its interest in the convention as shown by the presence and address of non. Charles M. Irish, and extending the thanks of the convention to citizens of Sidney and vicinity for the courtesies shown. CONFUSION IN RIFLES. Army and Navy Slight Be Badly Hampered In a Conflict ' Washington, Dec. 34.—Lieutenant Niblock, in charge of the naval militia division of the Navy department, has called the attention of the authorities' to an emergency apt to arise in case the military and naval forces should be called into joint action/ This is the lack of uniformity in small arms and signal codes. .The army is armed with the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle of' »0 caliber, while the navy has contracted for a supply of Lee magazine rifles of 28 caliber, so that the same kind of ammunition will not serve both arms, and grave mistakes are apt to occur m issuing it to the men. He suggests, in the interest of the naval militia, as well as dn broader grounds, that it’' would be well if the War and Navy departments would settle, as soon as practicable, by competitive tests, which is the better weapon, and stop at once the making of the less deSir* able arm. , CHEROKEES WANT AID. Chtol Uarrls and a Delegation Determined to Drive Oat the White*. Washington, Dec. 24./-A delegation of Cherokees, headed bl Chief Harris, arrived to-day to ask Congress to pass legislation that wilt imst intruders from the territory of the tribe. The Cherokees have for a long time com plained bitterly of the presence of the whites in their nation, but they are powerless to expel them without help from the Government. Not long ago a bill was passed by the tribal council forbidding any fnrtlier marriages be tween whites and Indian women, but was vetoed by Chief Harris and did not become a law. The Senate concur rent resolution suspending the opera tion of the order for the removal of the intruders January l was referred in the House to-day to tt« committee on Indian affairs.( Fierce Fight at Zeltom, Berlin, Dec. /24.—The Frankfort Zeitung publishes a dispatch from Constantinople saying that there has been fierce fighting at Zietoun be tween the Turkish troops who sur rounded that city and the insurgent Armenians who defended it. The Turks were 10,000 strong and had twenty-four pieces of artillery, while the Armenians .numbered 15,000, hat had no artillery. A NOVEL TRAVELING EXHIBIT. The John A. Balxer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis„ always on the alert for some thing good, have struck a novel Idea to Introduce, exhibit and advertise their famous northern grown seeds. This is done by means of an advertising car, an Illustration thereof appears herewith. This car Is in charge of three experts who are thoroughly familiar and versed with seed growing. The car inside and out is a marvel of beauty and elegance and Is lit out regardless of cost and is I ted in Wisconsin, Il linois, Iowa, Minne sota, and other states. Upon entering it, one - la transported at once into a very fairyland where flowers and vines and forage and fruits and vegetables luxuriate and abound , In great abundance. Of course the great specialties which | have made the John THE SALZER SEED EXHIBIT CAR. .“, DCwU VU. „ leaders among seed men, such as fine vegetables and vegetable seeds, aro exhibited to perfection, and then there is an endless array of farm seeds, corns, wheats, oats, rye, barley! I sand vetch, lupine, lathyrus, sacaline, amber cane, kaffir corn, Jerusalem corn and hundreds of other varieties of seeds and crops on exhibition. Particular notice is due to their marvelous collection of heavy cropping potatoes their 11,000 oat. Just Imported from Russia, and Silver King barley, cropping in 500 different places in America in 1895, over 100 bushels per acre. The car is visited daily by hundreds, yea we may say thousands of people and nothing so catches the eye and rivets the attention of the farmer than the I great bed of different varieties of grasses, clovers and fodder plants that are' exhibited in one end of the car, or as one great dairyman of Elgin, Hi., uid upon seeing this magnificent display of grasses, "I have seen the World’s Pair and Barnum’s Circus, but this exhibit beats them all!" It is only possible in a newspaper article to give but a faint idea of the beauty and attractiveness of this car. It must be seen to be appreciated but it only strengthens the idea .amongst farmers and others that a firm *»»»t can exhibit such excellent products, grown from their own seeds, on their own farms is the firm to tie to when you want choice northern grown seeds. Seeds that never disappoint! They issue a large catalogue of farm and vegetable seeds which is mailed to any address upon receipt of 5 cents, for postage. W. N. A Mechanical Holiday Clmk Horror* Here is a description of a most re markable clock belonging to a Hindoo prince. Near the dial of an ordinary looking clock is a large gong hung on poles, while underneath, scattered on the ground, is a pile of artificial human skulls, ribs, legs and arms, the whole number of boneB in the pile being equal to the number of bones in twelve hu man skeletons. When the hands of the clock indicate the hour of 1, the num ber of bones needed to form a complete human skeleton come together with a snap. By some mechanical contrivance the skeleton spri ngs up. seises a innlllet. and, walking up to the gong, strikes one blow, and so on for each hour of the day. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches-’ are a simple and convenient remedy for Bron chial Affections and Coughs. Carry them in your pocket. A Valuable Wife. Del Santo owed his reputation to his wife. She was very positive in charac ter and iusisted that he should keep at work and make a living for his family. He did so, and, besides that, made his fame at the same time.—Washington I’osl It tho Baby >■ Catting Tee In. te (lira end u;e that old end well-tried remedy. Mu. IVixiiLow’e Sooniixo Smvr tor Childrsn Teething AVlmt ban become of the old fashioned rail fence !__ "Hanson's Ihflo Corn Bain.” overrented to cnre or money refunded. Ark your drugglat for It. Price 16 cento. What is probably the largest apple orch ard in the world tot era i,58T acres in Fair mont, Kan. I cnn recommend FIso's Cure for Con sumption to sufferers from Asthma.—E. U. Townsusp, Ft. Howard, Wis., May 4, m. Anise seed cordial is made of anise seed, alchohol and angelica. There le pleasure and profit end no small satlscnctlon in niiutl.iit troublesome and rulutnl libs by using I'atker'H bllugcr Tonic. He:ret is vain unless it teucheH to avoid cause lor it.—Ex. It le so easy to remove Corns with Uindeioorns tint! Mew.M'iier so many will ennure them. Ucl iiln.icrocrus and soj how nicely it takes them off. Ginger is said to be employed in more than 1U0 different medical f rescriptions. ^.FiT#—All Fits Stopped freeby Pr.KlIne’sflrest oerte Restorer, ho Fits after ti>« drst day's uses Marvelous cures. Treatlseaml 12 trial bottle free to Fit cases, bend to Pr. KUns ,931 Arch at., Pbihk,Pfc Caution ie often mistaken for inno cence. Comfort to California. Ves and economy, too. if you patrouke the Burlington Route’s Personally Conduct ed once-a-weok excursions which leave Omaha every Thursday morning. Through tourist sleepers Omaha to Ban Francisco and Los Angeles. Second-class tickets accepted. Bee the local agent and arrange about tickets and berths. Or, write to J. Fuaxcis, G. F. & T. A., Omaha, Neb. Reasons for Ills Attentions. Lady (to shopwalker, who has ac companied her through various depart ments to the front door)—I’m sure" you are very attentive. Did yon thiuk 1 could not find my way out again?" Shopwalker—Well, it wasn't exactly that ma’am. You see, wev’e missed so many things lately that we’ve got to be very careful.Answers. Drs. Maybe and Mustbe. Ton choose the old doctor before the 7000; one.’ Why? Because you don't want to entrust your life in inexperienced^ hands. True, the young doctor may be experienced. But the old doctor must be. You take no chances with Dr. Maybe, when Dr. Mustbe is in reach. Same with medicines as with medicine makers — the long-tried remedy has your confidence. Ton prefer experience to experiment—when you are concerned. The new remedy may be good — but let somebody else prove it. The old remedy must be good—Judged on its record of cures. Just one more reason for choosing AYER'S Sarsa parilla in preference to any other. It has been the standard household sarsaparilla for half a century. Its record inspires confidence — 50 years of cures. If others may be good, Ayer's Sarsaparilla must be. • You take no chances when you take AYER’S Sarsaparilla. ■Idtwfti niptnc and - AEHHOTmt UU. data bait tbo World1# . ViladmlU Duainan,bocaneo It haa reduced tbaeaK at windpowarto 1 n what liana It baa many braaah banana. and anpplloa Ha goods a ad j at four dour. It can and doss J , bolter article fur leas mo_ atbara. It mates Past pint i Oeand, BteolOalsaumed'aflat tbmpletlno windmill* TUUaf . and Fixed Stool Towers, £ttal Bus* knar Frame*, steel Feed (letters aad Fee* Grinders. On application it will name ana of them articles rma* It will furnlab wrtU _-M at 1/8 tbe asoal prisa. k also makaa Tanks and Pompo of all klnoa. Bond for Catalans. fartary: tab, Backwafl and HItaoro Strata. CHa» WELL MA6HINERY Ban* Fas*. Bara baaat taattd aad Siuax City Rnploa and Iron Works, Successors to Feck Mfg. Oo. I'lty lows. tils Rovtu4 iistu MwmisasT I'o, --- ill* Weal Eieretit’i Street. Kon ae , lev .Vo. Habit Canid in lO otfZS? ih«?miS£&8S£ W. N. U„ OMAHA—1-180B. When writing to advertisers, kindly mention this paper. ' A Good Blood. Tired Husband—I’ve had a terrible day at the office, and I'm mad clear through. Wile—Now would be a good time to beat those rugs. Botki tbe method ana results when t Syrup of Figs is taken; it is-pleasanti and refreshing to the tas£e