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LITTLE VfiSQUEZE’S NERVE. Tkft ]Mt Hours of ■ Drrsdr* Hrilraa Onflow. The subject of the recent conviction of several of the notorious outlaws in the Southwest came up for discussion In a party of ranchmen nnd miners lit the hotel In this place, the other even ing. Every oue In the party hud had long and varied experience* In Cali fornia, New Mexico and Arl/.ona since be came across the plains with an ox team or across the Isthmus In the ’fid's or early 'fid’s, and, naturally, all 'ad Interesting recollection* to tell of what they had seen of wild, lawless and Ir responsible character* on *ke plain* and among the mountains. Col, Dan Fillmore, who Is one of the principal cattlemen In Ventura county, and came to California In the Id days, told the most Interesting remin iscence of the evening. "I reached Sacrament*.,” said he, "In the days of the wildest and most bon any.ii like days of gold washing among the creeks and through the canyons of Central California, and In the forty six years since then I have, as a min ing prospeetor, and later, as a cattle man. seen a good hit of the genuine frontier life, and have had some deal ings with desperadoes and outlaws. First and Inst, I have been a witness to the hanging of twenty-seven men and the shooting of several more. I think I have myself acted as an officer of the peace In the lynching of eleven or twelve of the most exuol, deliberate and scheming bandits that ever figured In flash literature. Hut, gentlemen, the calmest, coolest and most collected man I ever saw In the presence of an Hp|s>lnt‘‘d nnd Inexorable death, and one which seemed most Indifferent to J his doom, was that famous little effem inate-looking outlaw, Tlburdo \ns-| (juex, who was bunged In Han Jose fourteen ><ars ago. I have seen many men go upon a scaffold and under the hangman's noose with hii appaient carelessness of their fate, and hme heard men call that neive shut It was ull summoned .ind exhibited for tile ilast few moments only, Vow, Vasip'o* bad the genuine article, and while lie , appreciated fully ihat he bud but a day longer to live, Ills constant effort, was to make those about him iis cheer ful us possible. "Tlburclo Vasiiiie/, was. as you re member, the son of u prominent fatuity In Chihuahua, Mex. Illx grandfather j was on Intimate ‘arms with Gcueinlx tint hide and Santa Anna and wax rich seventy years ago. Young Vasques wax given a good cduetllon until lie wax sixteen years old .and he wax to lx- scni to Harceloua, Spain, lor a col lege education. Hut he wax horn with a too wild, deyperate, lawless and cruel ; di- pi xltion When he wax scarcely j more than a youth he broke through all restraint at home and at school and became an outlaw. When Imt twenty two or twenty-three years of age lie had developed into the boldest and inoxt ruthless brigand we cattlemen and miners along the Hlo Grande re gion ever knew. In the summer of '7.'l I am sure that the Vasques gang of Mexican cut-throats killed from eight to twelve men, and got, by robbing mining camps ami a United States army paymaster, something over 000. Ax lie grew older he became bold er, mid hlx field of operations for ten or fifteen yea is was all the way from Tucson, Arls., up to Stockton. Cal. 'The Vasques band was known all over the coast In 18711 and 1878. Part of the gang wax lyuched at Marlcopah. Arts., in 1877, and two of the ,1mmiltx then confessed that they had taken the liven of over eight men and boys on the coast and along the Hlo Grande in the course of live or six years. They did not know how many oilier men had been slaughtered by Vasques and hlx followers before they came to know the chief bandit. “At laxt Vasques was caught and held so securely that he could not ex eat x* trial and sentence of death. None of hlx friends could save him, notwith standing the money that wax spent on the lawyers who worked day and night j in hlx behalf. That was in 1881. lie wax confined in the jail at Sun Jose, and, ax I knew Sheriff Adams well, 1 went to see Vasques, of whom 1 had ■miiiv tlincH been In terror and whom 1 hud great curiosity to meet. As I, In company with several ranchmen, went into the Juil corridor the after noon before the day of the execution. Yflsqucx was let out of his cell to chat with us. lie was a little, dap|ier fel low, with bright, laughing eyes, a pleasant mouth and thin, clean-shaven face, lie did not weigh over 130 isnilids. and Ills dress was scrupulous ly neat. It wus hard for many of us ranchmen in the Jail corridor to bc llovo that he wus really the Yuu<|uex of whose wholesale roblierles, dreadful slayings of human life ami tinproee deuted recklessness we hud heard al most dally for over a decade. We Imd hud cowlsiys who seemed aide to swat lew that little fellow, hut who had held even the inline of Yhmiucx Iu coustaut dread. "the little Mexican wus writtug full-well teller* to Ills frteuds a* We rams lulo the corridor, ami as he came cut of his cell he lurked his penholder tirhiud Id* ear ami smilingly extended Id* hand to rack lit our jatrty 'I'm liteaaed to wv Jfolt.' said lie, 'llUt If I nave md my writ* at command please reao inhe» that for several hours I tune tire a pulling niy brain to severe letter writing When one conn*# to write Ilia *.«> lost letter* of all to lit* dear anew, you know, II la guile brain taxing.' "We offered kuo a kahdful of cigar* gad b* aatd "Many tbaak* t« you Jertletncu I bn* to »m**ke. bin I ■■I* i tklak I shall lot** lltoe t*> .m *k« all Ike** Mo 111 IMl* aotwe for tke g oar da V Usque* wa* pul out that tker* Ssft tab s. sis for all »f ua. and la wbtaper* Ugge.1 Ike guards to go a ad get a * hair iu another par* of the Jail and be remained standing while w* sal lie g sained about tb latent Mew* from Nan r ruaetaesx xad x*h*d a tfexbaa geatbioan u» ear part i f»r further Mu of point* *t ia r*<maii>*a front the t*tt» of M>xt«tx Me tab! X beat tilde sl*»ry al**at X funny rtperWm* among lb serraau la bta father* beam la t'bihiMkaa wbaa ha aa* x hoy xad slow tke ip**ri drew b*rth a hom*»r**as tab (peat eae of saw party be bug bed xa astnli its geaulaety a* you >ts lm ggiu» Al, you Am* rtcaua saM be k bis tamlt a»wth al xpaatab a«rsi •you Aaterwah. i*si» so. b x way of seeing funny tilings. I guess 1 have tnlssed a good (leal of It hy not being a Yankee, to*.* "Turning to me, Vasques asked if I was not the Fillmore who onee had a herd of cattle and a ranch down In the Olla river country in Arizona. I'pon my answering yes, he said; ’Oh, now I know all alsmt you, Mr. Fill more. Your cattle outIIt and my gang had some little disputes alsmt prop erty several years ago. 1 ls*lleve we had to shoot one or two of your men. Well, I um sincerely sorry, Mr. Fill more, that I ever did you any liar in; but It scents to me at this recollection we were 111 des|»emte straiis when we were over yonr way. ami we had to do something out of the ordinary In our line of business. Now, please don't harbor any 111 will for me after I um gone to-morrow for those old by gones.’ "Vasques said he believed he once got bold somewhere In Arizona of a blooded horse having iny brand upon It, and that It was the la-st animal he ever had to realise when It must do Its utmost at speed to deliver Its rider out of danger. Tin sorry, Mr. Fill more, you were so much a victim of my way of doing business," said the young man. with the only Huge of sorrow that escaped him that day. He told of the pleasure he had in reading lire! Ilarte's stories In the last two weeks, and regret led lhai he laid not known the fun and wit there were In lion Quixote In Ills early days. “As lie stood there, one hand on Hie arm of Ills chair, a newspaper In the other, and showing a courteous Inter est In the efforts of the bustling dep uty to llnd seat* for his guests he was far from lormldatile In appearance. However terrible lie may have looked when, shotgun In hand, he rode up to the singe coach or tlic wayside store, the lonely traveler or the Isolated ranch house, with his clattering, crim inal cavalry is-hlnd him, as ready to blow out brain* ami cut throats as to take plunder, he was now hut n short, broad-shouldered, dark-skinned, ploa* ant faced Mexican, with nothing for bidding alsmt him. Indeed, Ids man- 1 tier was engaging. "‘1 would rather talk of something1 else, If It Is agreeable to you. gentle men,' he said to a reporter who bad Jollied us, and began business at once by asking Vasques alsiut his menial condition. "•I um to be Imaged to-morrow. Very well. I don't like It, but I have no choice. 8ceV Two n;i'n nearing n coffin arnl followed by a black-coated undertaker. with a pair of treaties In bis hand, came In. The coffin a tine one, studded with silver-headed nails was placed on the trestles, anil the brlgaud. cigar In teeth, stepped up and Inspected it with lively Interest. He half squatted and ran,ills hand along the side. •‘‘It’s too short,' he said, with sur prise, looking at the awed undertaker, who assured him it wus all tight—Unit It should Is* measured at the top, not near the bottom. •• ‘It s high,’ cried Vasques, with a wave of his hand, pleased at the qual ity of the coffin, which had been pro vided b,v his friends. The undertaker thought he referred to the lid, which was rounded, and said that It was the fashion to make them that way. "'Oh, he doesn't fear that," snld the editor scornfully. 'What he means la that It's nifty.’ •' 'Yes. nifty.' agreed the Mexican, glancing gratefully at the Han -lose journalist for supplying the tight word. 'Yes, yes, It’s nifty.’ "lie put Ills hand Inside, felt the padding, pressed the little pillow, and, with an upward dirt, of his cigar, ob served : ‘“Well, I shall sleep there very well.’ . . , “He turned away toward his chnlr. •“Devil lake me, Vasques, If you haven't nerve!' exclaimed the reporter, admiringly, . . . "‘What would Is* the use of being the other way?' he said calmly enough, but there was a sharp thrill In his tone that hinted of the agony In the caged man's heart. "On the next morning Vaaque* walk ed on! Into the small Jull yard, climbed the steps of the scaffold, gated In differently at the gaping mob of men below, threw a wistful glance beyond the walls at the blue bills, on which he had ridden on many a fray with hta cut-throats, and then gave all hla at tention to the glmstly business of the moment. "They sought to unbutton his coat and collar. He waved them aside po litely and did It himself. He assisted the hnnginnu In adjusting Ihe straja* and rope, glanced down to see that his feet were precisely on the crack, kissed the crucifix held out to him by the priest, and Isirc himself with patience and dignity while they drew over him a white shroud and placed on his head and shoulders a great black hood. ‘I am ready,’ he said, serenely, closing his eyes. _ “And he shrugged Ills shoulders anu smiled. “Do yon feel that you deserve your fate?’ solemnly asked the reporter. “‘Well, thnl does not much matter,' lie answered, lighting a cigar. ‘While I never killed anybody myself I per mitted my men to do so, and In the eye of the law that Is the same thing, so I suppose I deserve what is going to happen. Since 1 cannot help tnyself 1 am content.’ “ ‘Do you believe In a hereafter?’ asked the solemn reporter. •“No-do you? he asked In return, Ills black eyes twinkling. The solemn reporter grinned, and so did Vasques. •• The priest has been here. He says there Is another world, lie Is h good man and believes It. Very well, I do not know. But seriously, 1 die a Christian, a Catholic, as 1 have lived. Will you pardon me, gentlemen, If 1 ask you to talk about something else than myself? 1 am glad to see you. I like couipauy. The weather Is pleas ant, eli?’ "He leaned Nick III Ids rtlde ehlllr with an animated countenance, ready to chat, like one who Wished to while away dragging hours. He hud ulsiut four!ecu of them left. “The mau's face was strong and ttrui He was In the prime of life tuul III |s*rfeet health, Ills coumgc had Is-eii proved In mauy a lihtody light, and tf by murdering all his visitors it would have giveu him one eham-e 111 a thousand to escape that « ha nee would have been taken and that thanked for it t* It was. he smiled cordially, j sml accepted the Inevitable with man iy composure "Ills |Hi|ltcuess wss IlleShsustlble The editor of one of the hie*! papers i a me In. steeled him with a bolster oua hilarity meant at to cheer I he . ondemued and display to the incir«|»,Ilian lourttnllata his superior Intimacy with a celebrated character The editor actually took a >'opy of Ms paper from Id* ptskef. and, wttk ike remark. ‘I *hms«* you want to hear whnt I mid aWui you tonight.' *ai •town *nd read in Taspmt three solid ,'ulymu aUoil hla crtio# preparations M i*», hanging and a mlnui# dea. rip in-a of the gallows with meatho* of ihs other crlmtsal* who had stepped U|M>« It “This per forma ace appaihd Urn re pollen, oat laoiwi l»g» it la sttnare. wlthowl a Mi«>« or a ( own 'Ttherlff Adams appeared ami th* j Methaa retired late the shadow wttk him they whispered together, and the she I Ilf scored to tar Ur tug to Ul* •oade th >4ty* from man purpose Put 1 ««|ot reeelots, tlsl tin upivt retired with a deprecatory ilifii# HmhM ilMMP am • If **f Nil ] Ilf# !#■ it«k| III# i#Ak|k 1 4v* f# lift Ilir4«ri. (#n, < Wntftui Ann i inti was me mm ui —Philadelphia Times. Letter Korea That Don't Work. “I suppose,’’ said au old resident of Pittsburg, ‘‘tliat you sometimes mall letters In those street boxes which open at the top? You pull down the lid, lay the letters In flat, then let go? Do you ever look to see If your letters have dropped to t:he bottom? No? Better look next time. Let me tell you a little experience of my owu. Lust Sunday I hud three letters which I was anxious should reach their destl nation the next day. 1 dropped them iu a Uix on Smlthfleld street as I went to church. After letting the lid fall I peered In the silt, and there were those three letters stuck near the top of the ts>x. 1 thought they would shake down when some oue else mailed a letter, but after church 1 peered lit the box again, and there they were still, with an additional oue stuck near. I thought the carrier would get them on his rounds, and so 1 went home On Monday morning, as I passed the Isix, 1 looked again. There were those let ters still I asked the |Mi|leetimn at the corner to tell the carrier utsmt them when he o|>eitcd the Itox, but the officer did not take any Intereat iu the matter. At t lit the aftcrinsui those letters were <1111 stuck .and 1 tried to dlsbstge them with a stick, but could uot touch them. Then I went to the |swiottl< e and reported the matter, A man there said the ls>x had lieeu emptied sixteen tluo s that day. and he didn't see how the carrier could have failed Ui got them However, he would tell hliu. I suppose ihtss letters Dual ly got Stalled, for when i looked into the rill uti Wednesday my letters Were gouts but some Iu a different colored envelope had been caught In the same trap Thai la tod the only bos I have had similar ttvmble with." Pitt* burg t'hroulcte t elegraph % !■**»• rsrvtkssgkt That young man will make his mark la «h*e work* tlta h r*thought is wonderful." saul «ae Man Antoni. gt ci truss a of another It hat la awtbiN* ahoul himV “'I by, the very day ha popped the i uwoetma he stepped mm a lawyer's | i.ittce ta know what a divurew salt { would euet II* la, tadsed. a tvsuaik , aide twang man. and never tushes a mistake wltheut shaping ta tvilkki the coal "■= Te»ss diner. ta* his** '"The tarstf shunted the rear ter hreathtesali, “la wpsatag with grape j shot* The fa*a nf the narrate Idamhed ''Aptsadtcftta" he gs ti»tl NevstthehMss tt was (Vottowa la dm j ta a great tsu*» Iwttv-tt Tribune A tiog of i hrU’ltn Principle*. At Wnlnesbury a dor has been dis covered which its fond mistress consid ers a Christian both in principles and conduct. 11 accompanied her regularly to church, never disturbed tlie eongre gallon, and always left the sacred edi fice in a quiet and orderly manner, obviously having derived inueli benefit from the service. During the week it behaved as so exemplury a dog might be expected to do. doing wrong "inten tionally" to neither man nor beast It was certainly ' an insult to expect so enlightened an animal to wear a collar w ith ins owner's name, but tne Wed* ncsbury authorities mulcted the priv ileged owner in costa However, the possession of such a treasure must he well worth the money. Itirmingham (Kng. i .Mail. IInII'n « Nfnrrli I urr Is a constitutional cure. 1'ricc, 75c. IV.itiien in f.srmany, Herman women have sent it petition to parliament protesting against some clauses in the new civil code. Accord ing to this code, a married woman, for instance, has, if no special contract lias been made, no right to dispose of her own fortune without the permission of her husbund. Moreover, the latter is solely entitled to udministcr and to have the usufruct of her money, even of that which site earns Kvery litiau cial transact,on entered upon by a woman without tlie knowledge and Consent of her husband cun be cancel ed. Kxcepl in a few cases, women are unably to uct u* guardians. They are also excluded from fumlly councils, and so on. A successful lluctur. We lake pleasure in calling your at tention to the advertisement of Dr. Marsh with regarit to ids cure for the opium and morphine hubil to be found in another column of this paper. The doctor has been engaged for twenty five years in tills specialty, and is well and favorably known for the cures he had made of these habits We take pleasure In commending him lo uny and all who need Ids services, having been personally acquainted with him for the past twenty-live years. A KiiiiiiumiInii I'liet. Roumariia lias upset the pluns of treaty powers to have only t wo fleets on the Itluck Sea by setting up a little fleet of its own. It contains one fast cruiser, Elizabeth, and fifteen smaller crafts. The Roumanian Mug has been recognized by the Russians, who re turned salutes when the Meet appeared off Sebastopol. I'ho's Cure for Consumption lithe liest of all cough cures (Jeorge W. Lot/, Kill u rher, La, August SO, ISlfft. Kuoeral inonuiueutH are exported from this country to Australin. ’1 he name of ('ripple ( reek should now t* changed to Cripple Town. #IT# -All ntsMopi'Ml Im by Hr. K lino's llrsat Nerve Kroioror. s<» I-iuuMci tl,n Him tiny 'o uu*. Marvi-imutcircs. Trosllsosnilft!)rialtMittlefr#* t» V It i s»os. Send (o Hr. g line,Ml Ai in si., Pldls., l as, One of Maine’s curios is Mnchias, a town of i«X) iubaiiftnutH without a debt. A Mummer Kaaort Hook Krar. Write to C. H Crane, general passen ger and ticket agent Wabash Railroad, NL Louis, Mo., for a summer resort book, telling all about the beautiful lake region reached by the Wabusli Railroad. Ilolted Ntutra I’utente. A curious patent has just been Issued to Frederick Lebner, a Swiss, for a process of making imitation silk. An ordinury cotton thread is run through several solntlons of silk substances and nitro eelliilous, the threads after treat ment being woven into a fabric which is much cheaper and hus all the qual ities of a good grude of silk. The cheapness of this new fabric would bring it within the reach of all. Laban Everest, an Omuhn inventor, has received a patent for an electric railway signal which is noticeable be cause of its cheapness and in which he overcomes some of the objections en countered in so many signals. The in Vww uwul.lu/1 «A LA11 Liu not. cut at a good profit to a corporation who will pluce the invention on the market. Peter Smith, of Cincinnatti, Ohio, j has invented a bed castor which , just above the wheel lias an in- ‘ sect trap, the purpose of which is quite apparent. M. Forster of Merlin, Germany, gets a patent for a smokeless gunpowder, comprising wavy fiakea, which, it is claimed, ignite more quickly than those of any other conformation, and so, of | course, is more valuable on that ac count. Inventors desiring Information rela tive to tqe law of patents or how to se cure their inventions, should address Sues A t'a, attorneys at law and in- ! venlora' counsellors, Mee building, j Omaha, Nebraska, for free book on ! patents and information. A cony of any l’. H Patent, Includ . ing full drawings and description will j be mailed on receipt of 10 cents. Halt Fate F aruraioua ale the Wabash. The short line to Ft Units, and quick route Kast or Houth. Ksiursimia to a'l |vlsl> Houth at on* far* tor the round trip with r: no added Jl'NK Kith, National Hepubiu an I oaveutiou at Hi lout* Jt tY JM, Nelioa* Flaiucaiionat Aseu. tallua at Hulf*ia> Jl l Y tNh t hrlatiaa F.udeaaot I oaaeatUoa at W ashiagtam JPLY fcad Nat heal Feopt* awl hi, a** t'»*>ebtlua at Ht louts Yur rate* Hsu tabes and further info# maitoa oak at the WelwS ticket uAh« l«lk Yaraasa kt test a Motet lo.-k, or •Hie lie N Ptattoe, N W las* A«t . uanak* Neka A mid ekasti* at Ytlhwnr* N Y , htows the ststkH Htt*k The Farmer anil Mule. An ill tempered farmer one day had a quarrel with his wife, lie was afraid | to assault her. because she was a new I woman and had studied the tire of self nefense, so lie went to the burn and J started a quarrel with his mule That i poor beast did not know what it was all about, but he kept his eyes open. Soon the farmer, having worked him self into a frenzy, approached the mule from liehind with a view of kicking llie patient animal. Then the mule readi ed out his left foot, and ten seconds later the new woman was a widow. Moral.—There is much virtue in the Urat kick.— New York World. Tim Mlgnlftranrr of a Cray Overcoat Upon the tongue, yellowness of the skin and cyelmll*. nausea and uneaHlnes* beneath the right ribs and sbouldarblnde.lt that (be victim of these discomfort* It billion* The ' proper caper" under such circum stances Is to take Hostetler'* Mtomaeh lllt Ipii which ill so cute rlillls and favi r. con st tpaf Ion. dyspepsia, rheumatic and kidney complaint* and nervou*fic*«. I'olltene** i* such u strain that every one i* (rind when ti guest poe* home. Home Moimu always ook ready to *< t ea tu. Vl**g*ninn's< amphor Ice with Olyrei Itie. Tit*- uriglfiul wil l <iiilv utMitiifif. < urfs«itu.|'p«d llitndn and race,Cold H«ti • ►, k> . C. it. I Ian. t.u.,N.llu\'it.Ci A hen In her lifetime rarely lay* more than twiti e;g*. If Ilia Itahy is Cutting Tenia. S* inir* and irn# that old font well triad retardMas. Sootmimu ft* sir fur t'til Mir it Twtidng lii Arabia milk 1* not measured, hut Is j sold by weight. | j: The Woman i The Man, A.d The Pill. ; <| She was n good woman. II? * |' loved her. She was hi* wife. \ i. The pie was good; his wife |> ! made it; he ate it. But the j[ ; pie disagreed with him, and i he disagreed with his wife. S Now he takes a pill after pie r < l and is happy. So is his wife. > The pill he takes is Ay ir’a. ijj Moral: Avoid djspepsia by using \\ Ayer’s j! 11 Cathartic Pills. ' ^WWVWVAAAAAdVAAdWVSA^ ' IldlOlUra U Hslitnurnn, ■).« . Bf Successfuliv Prosecutes Claims. ■ Lot* prfnnlps! FlVm'nor iJ ST*ne!on jtiirosii. li«yr« ak»i »u. Itia!, nil. imagi'huin., u; .imo. BUGGIES *<in»>I f% ■ ion tUiod s- «rl« t jr r m c*»nd Jisnd ( »m. ■ » WAgon*. N"***)l/ ’• * > • mill snd lUrnoT #u, Hmtill ('llr«4 K*t. In ll?l. Th**ni*».u puml.« h« b|M at sud »m at fun., b nT him.. Ktutorsw. Mt. Makhh. gulnpy. Writ. LINDSEY-*- OMAHA * RUBBERS! -- - - -. “ , 10 times out of 10 The New York Journal recently offered ten bicy cles to the ten winners in a guessing contest, leav ing the choice of machine to each. j* * * * ** ALL OF THEM CHOSE Columbia Bicycles STANDARD OP THE WORLD • ' '■ mT" “.“ 1 Nine immediately, and one after he had looked at others. And the Journal bought Ten Odum bias. Pail $100 each for them. I TUN times out of TEN POPE MANUFACTURING CXX hartfqr* om**