.I. tftti,,r.iirtr,li?i AT HEIl LOVER'S SIDE STRANOE ROMANCE OF MEXICAN MAID. From Racrot Meeting In the filmtlow of Convent Willi Till l'retty Kenorltn 1'ollowi Her lletrolhed Into llio Untile to Die with Hltu. By tho green banks of tho river Ya qui is a gravo baked and parched by tho pitiless Mexican sun that dickers mockingly over tho rough board that marks the spot. Crimson letters traced In warm llfeblood straggle over the headstone. Alfredo and Lola arc the two names 'that show darkly red above a month-old date. In the town of Her- raosillo, Mcxlco.thcy arc saying masses for tho souls of theso two who Ho to gether In death. There is wnlling in tho city of .Mexico; thero is weeping in tho Mexican colony In San Francis co. Tho stpry of Alfredo 1'adllla and Lola Alvcrcz is told und retold, punc tuated with sighs and vain regrets. It is a Btrongo tale this, n story that be gins in tho foothills of tho stato ot Conora, thence to convent walls in San Francisco, finally to death where rolls tho Yaqul river. Like a romanco of long ago, Hko n tragedy of the yes teryears, Is this story of tho short llfo and sudden death of Lieut. Padllla and Lola Alvarez. Those two who now sleep tho sleep that knows no wnklng, lived In neigh boring houses In Hermosllloj they wero sweetheart and lover loving each other with that mad Infatuation which Mexicans show. The father ot Lola forbade her to rcceivo tho hand somo Alfredo's attentions. Hut she mnnnged to do qulto well In this direc tion, for sho had ,hor younger sator, Gabrlolla, also a beautiful scnorlta, to help her. Scnor Alvarez suspected that his daughters were not obeying his commands, and he sent them to a convent in San Francisco. Lola and Gabrlolla were not allowed outside tho convent walls savo with a sober robed sister. Dut Lola saw Alfredo, and Baw him alone. Parents and tcachcra are powerless when schoolmates brim ful of whlto fibs range themselves on tho Rldo of tho transgressor. Thero camo a day of discovery, a wretched hour of confession to tho calm-eyed mother superior. A noto of Lola's written to Alfredo carelessly dropped In tho hall had glyen tho clow. An elaborate schemo of elopement was Ing never a trace ot combat. Tho mor.ilug of tho fourth day they camo upon h band of peons. "Twenty miles distant aro 60ino dead Mexicans," said the stolid peon. Hopo fluttered fierce ly in Lola's heart. Gabrlella, palo and drooping from fatigue and poor nour ishment, rould scarcely climb to her mule. Lola, with bright red Bpota burning in either check, and wlde.star Ing eyes, seemed dead to every feel ing but the maddening dcslro to And Alfredo. Ileforo another sun had set they found him, found his body lying stiff nnd cold, while tho dying glory of a Mexican sunset bathed tho woods In opal splendor. The Yuquln from a secure position In the mountain steeps had fired upon the MISS EVA SIMPSON. THE NOTED SCOTCH V.OMAN NOW VISITING US. the Only tlnitthtcr of Sir Innir Simp un, the llltrnwrcr of Chloroform Aullmrrii, lllcjrlo ICiitlintlitst nml Dctotre of (ho t'linwrii. Miss Eve Ulantyro Simpson, who ha been making a rather rapid tour of the eastern states und Canada this month, Is the only daughter of the lato Sir James Slmpcon of Edinburgh, tho discoverer of chloroform. Her broth er, Sir Walter Simpson, who died last J ear, was an accomplished golfer, and his writings on tho subject aro au thority wl.th experts In this country and abroad, Miss Simpson lunsclf him published several bonks, 11 life of her father in the "Famous Scots" series, nn entertaining volume about tho fam ily dogs and a book on Robert Ixiuls Stevenson's Edinburgh dnya. Steven Fon was an Intimate friend of Miss Simpson's younger brother, who, In fact, was tho companion ot his journey in tho Covenncs. Sho Is devoted to out door life, and In the leading Scottish periodicals has published many de scriptive articles illustrated often by her own camera. Her specialty Is Scottish folklore and general articles dcccrlptlve of plnccs with a plctur- ngnln bo frozen so as to bo passable to tho French troops. They delayed their retreat; within twelve days n sharp frost Art In; nnd tho French army triumphed. A spider had brought ruin to tho Dutch nation. IMMENSE SPIDERS. Iixrcti In Ccjlon Tlint Aro llejmttl All t'ntnimrlaoii. Far up In tho mountain! ot Ceylon thero is a spider that splus n web llko bright yellowish silk, tho center not of which Is live feet In diameter, whllo tho supporting lines, or guys, ns they aro called, measuro sometimes ten or twelve feet, nays the Cleveland Leader, and, riding quickly In the early morn ing, you may dash right Into the Htout threads, twining round your faco llko a Inco veil, while, as tho creature who has woven It takes up his position In tho middle, ho generally catches you right In the nose, and, though ho sel dom bites or stings, tho contact of hlfl largo body and long legs Is anything but pleasant. If jow forget yourself und try to catch him, bite he will, and, though not venomous, his jaws aro as powerful ns a bird's beak, and you nro not likely to forget the encounter. Tho bodies of these spiders nre very hand somely decorated, being bright gold or scarlet underneath, whllo tho upper part Is covered with the most delicate slnto-colored fur. So strong nro tho webs that birds the sbo of larks nro r&uilPr -rS i tr"J" - ijvs i a: rji j LOLA ALVAREZ, ruthlessly nipped In the bud nnd Scnor Alvarez summoned. Ho took Lola and Gabrlella back to Hermoslllo and for bade his daughter to over again write to Alfredo. Alfredo was now a lieu tenant on tho staff of General Hernan dez. Lola managed to correspond with him. The Yaqul uprising turned her fath er's impatience at her refusnl into other channels. Ho had property In tho heart of tho Yaqul country that needed his attention. In the little town of Ortiz lived a brother of Senor Alvarez. Thither ho went, taking Lola and Gabrlella with him, fearful that In his absence Lola might escape to her lover in tho City of Mexico. Ortiz Is Ju3t west of tho Yaqul Indian country, a typical little Mexican town, with an occasional fandango or cock fight to vary dull monotony. Yet Lola sang for Joy at tho vory thought of going thero. Was not Col. Juan Hernandez in tho Yaqul country, and was not her Alfredo on tho staff of Col. Hernandez? Scnor Alvarez was called to Torres on business, leaving tho girls under tho watchful eyes of undo and aunt. Weeks passed, Lola suffering exquisite torture, living in a delirium of Joy and fear. Twice Alfredo camo to see her on his way to deliver Important papers and messages. Now hopo, now despair claimed her for Us own. Thoughts ot Alfredo's danger stran gled peace. Two days after Alfredo's departure from his last clandestine visit to his sweetheart, a frightened peon mysteri ously beckoned Lola Into the garden. A soldier awaited her. The Yaquls had attackod Lieut. Padllla's part?. Thero was a rumor that most of tiie Uttlo band had been killed. If Lie it. Alfredo was among them, had the sen orlta any commands to give him? Tho scnorlta had but one wish to go at onco to Alfredo dead or alive. Sho did not listen to his arguments, but flew to tho house to mako ready for tho Jour ney. Gabrlella begged and Implored In vain. Then she, too, bundled a fow necessaries and tiptoed to tho stable, saddled the mules and, In tho twilight hour the three rode off; All the next day after that they rode, Lola, refusing to rest even for a mo ment. At last they reached the spot that rumor had marked as the scene of the conflict. Thero Was not a ves tige of the fray. Until sunset they 2oged the steep mountain paths, find- DIED AT HIS SIDE, unsuspecting band. Fearing another detachment was following, the Yaquls, sninll In number nnd short of ammuni tion, had fled without mutilating their victims. Whllo thu soldier silently dug n grave and burled his dead com rades Lola tried to caress into life her lover. From his appearance he had evidently lived some time after being wounded. Thero were marks down to the river where ho had crawled for water. Life nnd death had evidently fought a hard and long battle. All night Lola whispered the sweet endearments of her language into His deaf ears and kissed tho sightless eyes. At tho first streak of dawn the soldier dug another grave this ono for the lieutenant. Lola was calm now a strnngc unnatural calmness that frightened Gabrlella. "Poor Gabriel la," sho said, fondling her sister. "Po brcclta Gabrlella I You will always lovo me, chlqultn, will you not? Ml nlma. nil dulce!" and sho kissed her again and again. Then sho staggered back to her lover. She stretched her sup-' pllcatlng nrms to pitying heaven an though beseeching forgiveness. There was a quick, sharp report and Lola lay dying at her dead lover's side. Ileforo her tired eyes closed forever sho smiled Into Gabrlolla's horror stricken face. "I am going with Al fredo, ml vlda," sho said brokeuly. Sho breathed another soft, sweet "adlos" to Gabrlella. smiling all the while life ebbed away. And even In death's icy chill she looked at them with tho same frozen smile. The soldier burled them together nnd marked their names In life blood that their parents might And the spot. Then ho carried Gabrlella to tho nearest ranch, where for days she hovered In tho valley of tho shadow. And this is why thero Is weeping in tho house of Padllla and walling In the house of Alvarez. And this Is why Gabrlella has gono back to a San Fran circo convent. Not this tlmo ns a mer ry pupil, but to take tho veil of the no vitiate. For Gnbrlella's heart lle burled by the green bnnks(of tho river Yaqul, where the blood-stained head stone marks tho gravo of Lola and Alfredo. MS- Hr 2 wl ' "W It far HI & Si, A BBmHRgkb. !'! Wwm MISS EVA SIMPSON. NOTED FRENCH CONSPIRATOR. Mme. Porgc3, the Immensely wealthy Parisian Jewess, who, It Is said, Is conspiring to restore tho old royal monarchy In France, 13 one of tho most beautiful women in Europe. Her recent gift of 100,000 francs tent to the duko of Orleanb Is pointed out ns an evidence of "nor deslro to sco the nu cient regime restored. Mme. Porges is now the leading spirit in the Royal ist Society of France. By birth this beautiful conspirator Is an Austrian, nnd, although a pure st MADAME PORGES. bred oriental, she lackse Jewish cast of feature. Her lwairtT is rathor of tho Spanish type, nnd indeed her affiliations are laigoly Spanish. Sho li tall, has an absolutely nymmetrical fig ure, and her pulchritude is said to be utornllv Ktunnlnir when tlrst beheld. Her skin is dark, her checks deep red and her ayes are black, largo and oval. Sho 1b neither variable nor ciprlclous; on tho contrary, she is oh unyielding and immovnblo In her convlctloni ai was over strong man. People that always complain that they nre misunderstood should remem ber that actions speak louder tban words. OFFICIAL STATE CANVASS I'mnplliillnti Utvn llolromtt n Mujorlt; of in, 107 Oror M. II. llcoie. The ofllolnl canvass completed (ycv terduy by Secretary of Stato Porter tflvcs Sllii'i Holcoinb n majority ol 1.1,107 over Judge M. II. Ih'ose, tho re publican candidate for Judgu of the uu. promo court. Edson Kluh, one. of the fusion candidates for regent of the unl vorslty, camo out with 11 majority of only 1,701 over McGUton, 0110 of tho republican cindldntot. .1. L. Tootcrs, fuslonlst, received n majority of 0,783 over Ely, republican Tho exact majorities .vere. not known until the stato canvassing board com pletvd tho work of comparing1 tho re turns and footing up tho 1 1 frit res. Many Incorrect uuoulolul ((imputations had boon published, but all llio interested persons were anxious to know the re sult, as It will stand on tho records of tho canvassing board. Judge llolcomb remained at tun statu houso until Ilia work of tho board was completed. Ml voto was lO'.i.II'JO, whllo Iteo.su received 01,','in. Ono of tho surprises was the Increase in the prohibition vote, t'hns. E. Smith, 0110 of the. prohibition can didates for rodent, received ," votes. William Neville, fusion candidate, for congress In the Sixth district, has a majority of only 'J,n.M over Moses Kin knld. BADLY BEATEN BY A BRUTE ArciI Wtiiimii of Lincoln Criminally A- niiillrit by " Yoiiiik Mini. The o.hnvgo of assault with Intent to .clll and commit, rup has boon placed against John W. Ilnydcu, aged ftf, a grocery cleric employed In Lincoln. Ills victim, Mary Dobson, is nn old woman, seventy-seven years old, and keeps rooms for rent In the Care build ing on P street. Mrs. Dobson says Hayden came to her plncu and asked for 11 room. Shu did not notice that ho was Intoxicated. Sho showed him to u room, nnd re turned to her own, throe doors distant. Shu says that nfter llaydon had un-' dressed ho camo to her room nnd began tho assault, which trim stoutly resisted. A torrlblu struggle ensued. She had u largo piece of flesh bitten from her check, both her eyes were blacked, her head bears several cuts, nnd tho room Is spattered with blood. Hnyden'rt clothing still bears blotches of blood. Iluydou declares lie must have been drunk, as ho docs not remember that ho wont to Mrs. Dobson's place, nor docs ho remember what occurred. Tho piece of flesh bitten from Mrs. Dobson's check has been phic-d In spirits and is In tho possession of tho police. It will bo kept for uso ut the trial. SAID BY POLITICIANS. ODD WAYS OF EXPRESSING. THEIR IDEAS. fotlt frill I'lirntM of tho tVtmrnt IMy Hon Homo of tlm Stock Kiprriiloni of th Npolllilntlftrn On m Into llelnjc CMolljr Hulitcrfiiarn. csquc or historical interest. Sho Is a devoted bicyclist, and has done con siderable exploring along tho border highways which aro not well known to the general tourist. Miss Simpson has a spacloiw house In Invorleith row, Edinburgh, where h!io entertains large ly nnd has a delightful clrclo of liter ary and artistic friends. In appear ance sho Is of middle height, with clear blue eyes nnd an abundanco of wavy brown hair. Her conversation is animated and witty, nnd she has made many friends among the Amer icans whom she has met here. In New York she has spent considerable tlmo with Mrs. Rlggs (Mrs. Kato Douglas Wlggln), whom she horself entertained when Mrs. Rlgga was in Edinburgh gathering matorlnl for "Penelope's Progress." Tho legion of admirers of this bright book will bo Interested to know that a great part of this ma terial was collected while Mrs. Klggs was with Mks Simpson In Edinburgh or in her country cottage. Though Miss Simpson Is a trim Scot, she is as ready to laugh as any outsider at the quiet fun which the author of Penel ope's Progress" pokes at some ot tho Gaelic peculiarities. frequently caught therein, nnd even the small but powerful scaly lizard falls a victim. Tho writer haa often Bat and watched tho yellow monster measuring, when waiting for his prey, with his legs stretched out, fully six Inches striding, ncross tho middle or the net and noting the rapid manner In which ho win da his stout threads around tho unfortunate captive. Ilnlneil by Spider. When tho French quartermaster, DUJonval, was confined in prison by the Dutch at Utrecht, he sought, to be guile the tedium of his prison life by attentively studying tho habits of the spiders which frequented his 'cell; the eight years of Imprisonment gave him leisure to be woll versed In their ways, In December of 794 the French army, on whose victory over tho Dutch depended Dlsjonvnl's restoration to liberty, was In Holland, and the victory seemed certain If the frost, which was then of unprecedented ueTerlty, con tinued. The Dutch envoys had failed to negotiate a peace and Holland was despairing when the frost sud denly broke. Tho Dutch wero now exulting, and the French generals ap peared to' retreat; but tho spiders of Dlsjonval's cell forewarned him that tho thaw would bo of short duration, and he knew that his little Insect weather-monitor deceived him. Ac cordingly he contrived to communicate hla weather knowledge to the army of his countrymen and Its generals, who, duly estimating his (Dlsjonval's) char acter, relied upon his assurance that within a few days the waters would PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. General Clprlnna Castro, Venezuela's new president, U only 110 years of age, but ho has been In politics since reach ing manhood. One of tho warmest supporters of tho liberal party In Ven ezuela, he took part in the defenso of tho government during the revolution which was successfully led by Crespo. Crcspo endeavored to onllst him on tin. sldo of tho opposite party, and mado him liberal offers, but Castro refuaed to accept his overtures. Eventually obtaining; enough support to overthrow tho government1 Hot up by Crespo, ho successfully made tho attempt. General Miijor Kllllaii to l.ruvr. Major J. N. Kllllan of the First No oraska, who served in tho Philippines, and who Is woll known in thu stnte, both for his military work nnd us n lawyer, has decided to leave Columbus where ho Is now cntf.itfcd In tho prac tice of law. Ho will locate In Virginia where ho will cngajro lit tho practice of his profession- He Is closing- up his Interests in Columbus as rapidly ns possible, having recently sold The III0110, tho German paper which he owned. I.lrut. Oulmrno it lloncillct. W. II. Osborne wus married tit llroltcn Row to Miss Huttie Cnrr. The wed ding, which took place at the M. E., parsonugo, was a very quiet nfYnh'.only u few of the closest friends mid near relatives being present. Mr. Osborne served in tho Kpaulsh-Aiherloau war in the First Nobrauka. He left as first sergeant of company M and returned as first lieutenant of the 'Thurston rifles. Miss Can Is the daughter of G E. Cnrr, county commissioner. Vorillct of Not (lullly. The Jury in the district court took up the case of tlm .State vs. William Jordan at Fremont. He is charged with rnpu on the person of Etlle Lawson, a ilve-ycur-old girl. The case was attended with great Interest during the week on account of the fact that the little girl's parents aro well known. The Jury brought in u verdict of not guilty. Kalooii for fiilrinont. The Fairmont saloon case came up In district court Monday. After hear ing the evidence, Judge Hasting!) took the ease under advisement, and de cided tho case in favor of tlm petition ers, so unless somo other uctlon Is taken Fairmont will havo u saloon, n thing it has not had for the last fif teen years. CIPRIANO CASTnO. Castro possesses marked executive ability as well as brilliant military powers, nnd Venezuela will proiper under bis administration. Iluiibt's Golden Scptr. The Russian Btate scepter Is male ot solid gold, three feet Tbng, and con tains among Its ornaments 263 dia monds, 360 rubies and 1C emeralds. Ille from Hydrophobia. After suffering awful agony for two days from hydrophobia, Joseph (iibbs, aged thirty-two years, of WUlowdale, near Westchester, Pn., died. Ills wife is afflicted with the same disease tit her home. Gibbs und his wife wero bitten by a rabid dog about two months ago. l'rlenil Depot Done. The new Jiurllngton depot nt, Friend has been completed. The building is WxOf feet with u fourteen foot oeiljngy, Tho building has a stone foundation and is built of compressed .brick. Tho IlurlUigtpn is building another depot Just like it'1 nt Kearney. While Stephen, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr; nnd Mrs. Paul Cunningham was delivering' mllU in tho south part of Osceola and at tho homo of Joslali Locke, Mr. Locke's big dog lay on tho porch, and when Stephen stepped up tho dog Jumped for him and burled his teeth in the boy'u face, lacerating it quite badly, Tho dog had always been considered good, and this is tho first time ho has been known to bo io the least vicious. "America for Americans!" wr ono of iiio cries of tho American party, organized back In tho fifties. Tho pnrty, which had somo foothold' in New England, tho middle nnd west ern states, wns known also as "Tho Sons of '70," "Tho Order of the Star Spangled llnnnor" and "Tho Know Nothliigs." Tho pbraH. an need or iginally, expressed tho opposition ot the party to aliens. "Another county henrd from" wns tho comment of tho paragraphcrs nil over tha couutiy when, In 1870, tho returns from the presidential ulccllon wero slow In coming In from llio doubtful Btntrs. It wiui tho Democratic national plat form of lsnt; which referred to this country an "tho asylum of tho op pressed of every nation," but It Ih hcoh more now In tho "literature" distrib uted at election tlmo than It Is heard from tlip. platform. A ml row Jackson's Instructlonn to mlnlKtem nbroml to "ask nothing but what Is right; submit to nothing wrong" Is still 11 good catch phraso for candldntcH for all ofllccs. We Htlll hear, nnd will eontlnuo to hear, of tho "llloody Shirt," which la usually employed In refcrenco to tho now dead Issues which aro resurrect ed for pnrtlsan purposes. "Tho Hoys" thoso who make of politics a business continue, Id 1140 tho term "Carpet Daggers," which Is heard In districts In which cnudtdatca havo lived for only a short tlmo. It in a (louthoin word, and wns used in refcrenco to tho northerner who went south after the war and took nn uctlvo pnrt In politico. Many held nfllccaf and others came to qualify for olllco by means of a short residence, Tho southerners referred contcinptuoiidly to them ns carrying their effects In i "enrpet bag." "Clean Bwccp," noon so often on banncra in political parades, means tho removal by an olnclal ot nil tho subordinates not belonging to hlH political party, nnd ulso that an elec tion will bo so one-sided thnt, llko n new broom, It will nweep clean, In tho Bllvcr and gold campaign of '90 "Tho dollar of our daddies" wbh an oft-heard phrase. Tho ncceptcd version of tho birth of the Democratic rooster is that In 1810 thero lived in Indiana a Demo crat nnmed Chnpman, who excreted his vocnl organs when there was ft Democratic victory by crowing. On tho sltiintlon a friend wrbtd tb him, ending with these words; "Crow, Chnpman, crow!" Ah the Democratic emblem, tho rooster camo into uso in 1842. "Tho mnchlno" the organization! of a party when In the hands of pro fosBlonnl pqlltlclans rcHortH to "knif ing," which is a form of trickery prac ticed against tho candidates of their own party who nro distasteful to tho "organization." "Tho boys" and tho "organization" nro responsible for tho nicknames "kid-glovo politicians" nnd "silk stocking politics," which nro used by them to nullify tho work of thoso In good clrcumstnnccH who try to take a hand In reform work In politics. "Wo love him for tho cncmlca ho has made," wbb Edward 8. Urngg'a tribute to Grover Cleveland in tho Democratic convention of 1884, but this phniBC has been adopted on be half of almoBt every cnndldnto for elective ofllccs, Including Gov, Altgeld. The sobriquet "Tho Mnu of Destiny" always will bo nttnehed to Mr. Clevo- land's name becauso of his ripld rlo from mayor of tho city of Uuffnlo In 1881 to president of tho United Stated In 188G. "Our country, In her intercourse with foreign nations, may oho always bo in the right; but our country, right or wrong," wns tho toast of Com modoro Stephen Decatur, delivered la Norfolk, Vu., in 181C, nnd it hns been the toast nt thousand) of political and other banquets for many years. "Me, Too," Is the sarcastic refer-, enco to Senator Thomas C. Piatt. TlilS sobriquet was given to blm becauso ho resigned us Junior oenator ''from Now York immediately after Itqscoe Conkllng took' the samo Btep becauift some political appointments made by tho president woro not in accordance? with their wishes. That' oxpresslvo term "Salt River" Is applied to poli ticians who aro forced to retire from public life. Salt River Is a Kentucky river difficult of navigation. Woman's club work is prosperous In Wakefield, trcc-fpurths of the adult females of tho town being club women, The Clerk TVIjo Have. From, the .Saturday Evening. Poat Every business man aops on jjuij. ft of each year nnd takes a careful liF ventory of his affairs. His booka show him tho-oxpenses of the '.year, anillt'lfe rare indeed hero a study of .thescdoer not surprise him by showing Into what a large sum Uttlo Items will 'grow. If every cleric would (scrutinize his ex penditures as carcful)y tfpr. .tun y&y that Ih past, lie1 would-Wdull'1 Indeed If he did not gain some new light, and rise from tho task with stronger reo lotions for the future. lUtefol Thing-. He "Yes, she mado a fool of me." She "I wonder why it Is a man never recovers from a thing of that klnd- Brooklyn Life. Two nltllon Bleycl. . n It Ib estimated that about 2,000,096, 000 bicycles have been made In Europe and America. .wl i -S.S