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\ V R0Y1L RANGER RALPH; BY WELDON J. COBB. CnAPTRR XIY. hasokr balph'i aiits.tcris. Wo left Banner Ralph In a vory pecu liar petition of peril and oxcltement, an occupant of one of the wagone the out laws bad secured from the attacked emigrant train. As has been stated, the scout ballevod that his presonco in the vohlclo was not known or evon suspected. Ho had crept thither, desperately wounded as'ho supposed, and while un conscious the wagon had started on Its Journey. From what ho saw and heard, the scout reasoned that Danton had mot a now soctlon of Dospard's outlaw band near the emigrant train, and they wero all now returning to the banult's head quarters at Lone Canyon. The plight was not a pleasant one to the rancor. He discerned groat peril and trouble should Dcspard carry Inez to his mountain homo. More than once the old scout had led tho vigilantes to the place, only to auffor defeat The canyon was nearly Impassable wnon guarded by the outlaws. liven were tho girl rescued, It would bn dllllcult to pass through tho country Infnslod by hostile Indluns. Still, the scout was glad tho plot now contcred at Lone Canyon. Here he know the hor- mlt Watford lived. Tho scout found that his wound, re ceived at the onslaught on tho omlgrant train, while painful, was by no moans serious. Ho lay securely lilddon by tho hay and straw In tho bottom of tho: wagon, yet ho could sea his enemies on the seat and boblnd tho wagon. Tho course of tho outlaws during the morning was over a prairie Interspersed with trees Toward oventng they di verged to the mountains, entered Lone Canyon, and then followed tho I’uoblo River through the hills. It was Just about dusk when the cavalcade halted at a place woll known to tho scout As ho peered from Ills covert he know that he was In tho vfl*tiUf of one of the hardost tavorns In theiMrttory. It was known as hi.oiio Canyon Tavern," and was kopt by a man named Dltinnr, 01*110, surround ed by fugitives from ustlco and crimi nals, safely defied the law In this Isolated place. Tho entire party had stopped iinro, and their noisy tonos and clinking glass es could bo hoard from tho bar-room a few minutes later. Tho scout was about to shift his paluod, cramped position, and oven med itated taking advuntago of tho gather ing dusk to escape from tho wagon, when he paused and listened. '1 wo men wore passing tho wagon and going toward the saloon. They were conversing, and he hoard one of thorn «v : “1 understand Despard Is going to dl- tldo and leave the businesa ” “Yes, when wo get up to tho don," re sponded tho other. “There's considerable plunder to di vide. " “I slTould say to. Ho got a lot from the omlgrant wagons." “In gold?" “Cioarmoney; yes." “Whore Is lt?. r •tty of Bit temerity to rWltltf (heir otray. Ysl the young scout bad steeped. It was a marveloat combination of elraumstanoes which ltd ta his timely resent, He had abandoned htmeolf to hta fate, and adjudgod a etrugglo utterly uealees when the Itro wae lighted. He taw tho Indlane disappear. He taw the Are creep upward—a hideous, menacing aerpent of flamo— and gave himself up for lost Suddenly hopo revived In his breast. Hit hands wore lootod; be was forcibly dragged baok from tho tree, and ho turned to greet hla unexpected rescuor. A dark, exprttslvo fa.o peered Into hie own, e pair of mournful eyes mot hit glance. "White Fawn!" ejaculated Darrel, In bewilderment. It was Indeed tho Indian maiden. “Yes, It 1s Whlto Fawn." “And hero? You reicuod me. Ah, how ean 1 thank yob?" “Eagle Eye forget* * “Forgets what?” “That ho saved tho life of White Fawn. ” “But how came yon hore?" “Because here was the Blaek Crow." “Dcspard!" exclaimed Darrel. “Yes, so tho paleface calls him." “He Is your enemy?" Thu eyes of the Indian princess flashed fiercely. “llo Id, my most cruel enemy. ” "SpoakI What wrong has he done you?” “Why would Eagle Eyo know?" •To avenge White Fawn's wrong** “You would do that?" “Y’os, for ho has persecuted the frlonds of Eagle Eyo." “Como!" Thu Indian maiden led Darrel to a spot near tho rlvor where they would not be discovered should tho savages re turn. Then she told hor simple, fateful story. It soemod that a month previous she had been woddod at tho camp of her fathor to tho Jaguar, achlef of tho pooco- ful Noz Forces. Tho latter was to convoy her to the reservation of his trlbo. and left the wig wam of Shadow Snake loaded down with gold and Jewels. Dyko Dcspard and his mon were to convoy them to tholr destination. Instead, ho robbed then killed tho Jaguar, as Whlto Fawn believed, and Imprisoned her In tho cave whence Dar rel had reseuod hor. Hero she had boon guarded by ono of Dospard's men until the return of tho latter from Ten Spot Then ho had at tempted to kill hor, a" has been soon. Darrel asked the Indian girl why she did not go to hor father with hor story. “Not till Whlto Fawn Is certain tho Jaguar Is (load, and until she has killed Black Crow," sho replied, ominously. Shn listened intently us Darrel related his own udvonturos with the bandit Thou she said: “White Fawn knows whuro Black Crow haB gono." “You do?" “Yos. ” “Wlioro?" “To 1,011a Canyon." “Is It far from hero?" “A night's journey.” “And you will guide mo thlthor?" “Yos." lloforo an hour had passod Darrol knew that the Intrepid White Fawn was a valuable and dauntless ally to Ills cause. Nho seomnd Inspired with but ono Idea, and that was to confront tho iqau who hud wronged her ho terribly. Whlto Fuwn understood the country thoroughly, but they may slow progress. Many times they concealed thomsolves to avoid ^ passing savages, and It was “ yon was •Soot* _ _ “And the way of eirtpe by the pit?" "Is closod up until we need to use It.” ■Very well. Now, then, at to your espodltlon down tho canyon?" “In search of the old hor ml t? "Wolford—you " Darrol started. lie remembered that this was the nsrao of the man to whom Tracey had loft the fortune for Inez. “I have located him " “Good." “It is about ton miles from here.” "Could you guide mo thore?” “Readily." “Is he alono?" “Always. ” “And not prepared for visitors?" “llo imaglnos no one knows the way to his abude." Then wo will make a visit" “When?” “To-morrow." The two mop left the plaee. Darrel followed thorn at a distance. Suddenly tho light was shut out from hie vision. A large stono scorned rolled Into an aperture leading from the cave. Iio approached It and poored beyond tho odges. A cry of delight eecapod his lips. In an underground apart ment stood tho objoot of his quest It was Inez Tracey, the girl ho 10 de votedly loved. ...-rnwiw fTO DS CORTIMTED.] ■ the _ . , They instrophe, and heard tho neigh wildly tu terror as they struggled in midair 'I hen tho traces ' gave way, Tho steeds disappeared under the waters of iho river. The wagon struck the water, was sub merged. and then with Its living freight was borne from sight Into tho shadows of tho canyon, down tho swift current of the I’ueblo River. CUAl'TKK XV. WHITE SAWN. The smoldering camp-fire of tho Mo- docs burned low, and the spot where the triumphant ravages had fired tho funereal pile a few minutes previous was silent ami deserted. At the place where Darrel Grey had been tied to the tree its cnarrod trunk and a hoan of nshes alone showed. The least sanguine of tho Indians would have sworn that their intended victim had certainly paid the full pen- m ^ arrhpd y some person. Darrsl observed that tho place was' directly back of tho olevatton In which tho log cabin was located It was evi dently a part of tho abode of the bandits. As ho stood regarding tho lantorn curl ously It suddenly disappeared. At the same moment, In loaning too far ovor tho edgo of tho pit, bo lost his halaaco and fell forward. Down, down ho wont, slightly breaking a very heavy fall hy clutching at the vines and shrubs. He landed at tho bottom of tho pit, badly bruised and half stunnod. There was no way of climbing out of tho place, and as ho recovered his senses he endeavored to find somo othor outiot froip fils strange pluco of linprisontnont Ho finally groped Ills way to an opening that seemed to lead into the mountain side. Undoubtedly, ho reasoned, the man with the lantern had disappeared by this egress. llo crop: along a narrow passage-way, and saw, somo distance ahead, a glim mer of light. Darrel paused, as against Its radluuco ho rnado out a largo, cavo- liko apartment. Two men were stand ing within It. Ono was Dyke Despard. Tho other was a man bearing a lantern in Ills hand. "Well." tho former asked, "Is every thing all right?" “Yes, Captain." “No spice or visitors sluco we loft?" Grwntf mother'* Fftc*vjr« A correspondent of tho FouZA't Com panion, who evidently has a “sweet tooth,” waxes eloquent ovor the goodies made by our grundmothors, who, as he truly says, had few cook books, but know how to cook. Ho writes feollngly and woll, hut If lie Is a marrlod man it Is, porhaps, fortunate for him that his letter is printed anonymously, It Is lung slnco somo of ue have teen any of tho crullers of which we were so fond when grandmother made them. She used to make, also, a toothsome little sced-cakn, fragrant with caraway and anise soeds, with sugar on top, the like of which wo havo not soon slnco we used 10 slip Into hor pantry, and help ourselves out of the old blue stone jar in which they wore always kopt, There was another and larger stone Jar on tho same sholf. In yhlch she kept those big, puffy, twlstod- and braided doughnuts that nolthor looked nor tasted like the degeuorato doughnuts of tho present (lay. Bometlmos wo ehoso a cooky Instead, a cooky “as was a cooky;” not a thin, wafor-llke, dry cooky, like tho cookies of this generation, but a full Inch thick nnd almost as large as a saucer—a cooky to delight tho heart and still more the stomach of a hungry boy. You romembor, too, the big brown turnover with your Initial on It. In theso days of elaborate and unwholesome dishes you havo never tastod anything hotter than that turnovor. You found many things In your grand mother's pantry that you novor find anywhere now. And. perhnps, with the oxceptlon of your own mother, you have novor found any ono so kind and patient and generous as grandmother horsolf was. Nat it Crime. Tho St. Paul Pioneer Prcsa rolntos an anecdote at tho hxpexiso of a clergyman whom we will call Do tor Brown. Hols noted for Ills good works as well as for his good preaching, and Is always ready to take a liyud In tho enforcement of the laws against vice. One day ho a peered aj, tho'ofllcc of the City Attorney, load ing by Iho hand a boy of about twelve years, “Mr. Murray,” said Dr. llrown, “1 want to have So-aud-so, who keeps a saloon down In Fourth streot, arrested, lie gave tills boy a drink.” "Weill Atom!" was the first charac teristic utterance of tho attorney, as he brushed his hand over his head and face “What time wore you In that saloon, my lad!” ho Inquired, turning to tlio boy. “Just come out a minute ago,” replied the urchin, modestly. "Hum! Yes, yos! How diu you come to go In’” “Don’t know. Just happenod to.” “Gave you a drink, did ho?" “Yes." And tho boy wiped his faco with an upward stroke of the palm of his hand, while Dr. llrown looked on with an ex pression of satisfaction. Mr. Murraj scratched his hoad a moment, and pro ceeded: “Ahem! Well, what did they give you to drink? “Glass of wator,’’ answered tho boy. “Why didn't you tell me that?” ex- claimed tho minlstor, turning very rod In the face. “You didn't ask me, sir,” said tho boy. lie Caught the Tickler. A gentleman Who attended church at Camp Kills last Sunday evening, cams near breaking up the meeting nnd spoil- j Ing a lovo of a bonnet, at one fell swoop. Ho sat sorenely in his pow and found : tho service very enjoyable until tlio mos- ; quitos began to Interfere. Soon lie lio- ■ nine assured that ho had been slnglod out by a particularly persistent and vig orous Insoet. As ho bowed his bead In the altitude of prayer tlio little piping poison bottlo pereliod on Ills neck, and a sonso of proper decorum was all that restrained u blow. The Insect was gen-! tly dislodged with tho left hand but Im mediately took rofugo on the right ear of the sorely tempted worshipper. Up wont tho right hand and tlio bug took Ills departure to reappear on the other oar. It was no use, tlio rostaint of a lifetime was thrown off, and with a mighty thrust out went tho right hand nd snatched at tho llttlo offender when to tho consternation of two pcoplo an\i tho Irreprcsslblo amusement of a of less devout worshippers, tho gnnttoman found In Ills hand the feather of a lady's hat and the lady felt her ha. violently wrenched from her bowed head.—-MJciciafon Journal. SPANISH MARKSMEN. THE REASON WHY THEY ALWAYS MISS THE TAROET. "jm Shit Their Eyes sod Tura TMMll When They Pali the Trigger—A mlPwirteh Prt vests Their Becoming Fit Fighters. Lieutenant Bayne C. Dent, nephew by marriage to General Grant atnl a graduate of Annapolis, spent eleven years In the Navy, but was retired by Injuries to his eyesight resulting (rout Chngrcs fever. He applied for duty limned lately upou the outbreak of hostilities, however, and is now one of the Instructors on the trnlnlug ship nt Newport. Much of his leisure time was passed Ln Chicago, where he Is widely known nnd well liked. His acquaintance with Lntln-Amcrlcan peoples is extensive. He likes the up per classes of them ns companions, huvlug found them, lie says, uniform ly courteous and obliging, but lie bolds tbnt they have a fundamental orgnulc fault which prevents them from being or becoming tit fighters. They shut tlielr eyes nud turn their heads the other way when they pull the trigger, nnd they can't help It. "Many years ago,” Lieutenant Dent told mo, "when one of the forgotten South American revolutions wns re volving, the old, blnnt-ended. lumber ing Philadelphia, on which I wns nil ensign, wns ordered to Cartagena to protect American Interests. 1 n-vor knew wlint those Interests were, nor could I see tbnt they were La any dan ger, but. wo went. A suitor man would ns soon cruise to Ecuador its elsewhere. It Is nil so muny days' run und the anchor down und slioro leave nt the end of It. We found Car tagena Invested by tlte gallant rebels nnd defended by the gallant Govern ment troops. It is certnln that not any of the gnllnut privates knew wlint they were lighting about, nnd al though I tried mnuy times', 1 never could fined out; but they did light ev ery day. The firing wns brisk, nnd the must enthusiastic nnd continuous I ever heard. We could smell tho burned powder fifteen miles out In to tlie offing, and long before we sailed Into the harbor we could hear the vivas like a succession of cat calls. A Mouth American, you know, will serenm 'Viva!’ nnd dance frenzledly about If you let off n fire cracker. “We were six weeks nt Cnrtngenn, and, have never spent a more enjoy able time. It was Fourth of July ev ery dny, nnd when we wanted quiet we had only to go on board, sit down In the messroom mid fight cockroach, os. This was the order of procedure six days In the week, Sunday being a holiday. There were two thousand or three thousand troops outside the walls, and ns many inside. They rose nt seven I11 the morning and break fasted. Then the bands played. Then the rebels otitslde squatted behind, fences nnd stumps and shot at the walls. The follows Inside peeked over the walls cautiously nnd shot at th-y fences and stumps. Tills kept up un til eleven, when everybody knocked off. Then the hands played. They (lined from 12 to 1. nnd smoked cig arettes from 1 tin 2. The siesta Iast- untll 3:30. At four firing wns resumed and continued until 6. Supper was eaten nnd cigarettes were smoked. The officers went to the house of the general if Inside, or to the tent of tie- general If outside, and reported that they had been shooting. Then the bands played. “At Cnrtegenn I discovered how the firing was done. Tho fellows along the wall would sight carefully nt something outside, turn their fnees toward me with tlielr eyes closed and jerk tie trigger. I observed that the folks outside did the same thing. Not any of them ever looked to observe 'ae effect of n shot. They knew Hint it didn’t have any. The consequence of this sort of'thing wns (lint the bul lets went anywhere from fifty yards to a quarter of a mile wide, depen dent upon how far around tho elmp turned Ids head and how hnrd he jerked at the trigger. At first we were chary about going around dtuv It Is l>lng F.xten Away. It Is snlll to bo beyond doubt that Cape Cod Is behxg gradually eaten away by tlio hungry «)eean. Not a century ago tho Governments placed a lighthouse on the h ml of tho Aipo. Tho d- od to the prop erty calls fo-^ ton acres of land, but at tho present tlipo tbo Inclosure measures scant six acres. On tho point Just north of tin- marine stations at Highland light the face of th - bluff has mov- d In noarly two hundred and lift? foot In tlio Inet seven years. At this lato it Is only a quostion of time when Capo Cod will be a thing of the past. A Nnw Diet. • If some entorptlslng druggist will mako a capsule largo enough to hold a caterpillar and then show the birds how to swallow it. ho will bo a bonofactor to tho farming community. As it Is, tha hairy llttlo Intruders stick In the birds' throats, nnd are neglected for food that can bo swallowed with greater —*•" log the fierceness of the engagements, Mt soon lenrned that a position on tte walls was less dangerous than n Sat on a Chicago street ear. We used Ufo stand and laugh. It sounds like exaggeration, but It Is the simple truth, that dttriug the six weeks of onr stay but one mnn wns killed, nnd he was n non-coiubatnnt Englishman peacefully walking along the street. He was struck by a nearly spent ball which In some mysterious manner found its way over the walls. At the entlVf the time the rebels lind a long und gestlculntory talk with tho Presi dent’s people, nnd then they left. When they went nwny nil tlielr bnnds marched nlong the xvnlls nnd tooted, nnd all the loyal bnnds stood on the walls nnd tooted. To my knowledge the only men killed In that revolution were a lot of rebels who attempted one night to surprise n town. It was carefully planned, and some of their number Immediately sold out for mon ey. They lnndcd on the bench, five or Blx companies of them, nnd the mu- chine guns were waiting for them. The slaughter Is explained by the fact that a machine gun doesn't enre whether or not you shut your eyes. It keeps on working. "I have seen other Spanlsh-Amerl- enns shoot, Cubans among others, nnd they all did It la the same way. It seems to he 1111 Ineradicable trnlt. When I rend nil account of a battle between Spanish regulars nnd Culyiu Insurgents nnd learn that one man wns wounded It does not puzzle iue any. I think It probnble that he shot himself, or some comrade behind him let off his gun accidentally. I am un able to see how lie could have been hurt hy nnd opponent.” Probably this matter-of-fact state ment by Lieutenant Dent explains why Montojo’s vessels could fire nt Dewey’s squadron for hours and not kill a man; why Anterlcnn ships can continually engage lnnd batteries In t'ulin nnd show only an occasional dent ln token of It; why American small boats nt Clonruegos could hang around for an hour within ensy rifle shot nnd saw cables In two with ridiculously few casualties; why Am erican vessels of nil sizes and armor stagger backward nnd forward within a half mile of Spanish fortifications nucT never lose n piece of string. The Spaniards turning tlielr heads when they press the buttons or pull the lan yards could make no material differ ence. but probably they shut tlielr eyes before they nitn. Of course they nre not expected to shoot like Anglo- Saxons. Anglo-Saxons and Germans are notoriously the best marksmen ln the world. But one would think that they ought to he able 'n lilt a flock of balloons v.lth a mitrailleuse twice la a month, anyhow. The Uses ol Deerskin. Side by side with the illicit skin hunting nnd Its resultant trade In skins for tanning tlu-re Is- a genuine demand In Canada for deerskin for garments. Its main use Is. for leg- gins and moccasins to be worn with snowslioes, or without snowsliocs In winter. Tlje moccasins nre sold In great numbers, and nothin* quite so comfortable has yet been devised us footgear I11 the dry Canadian snows. Tlielr softness prevents the straps of the snowsliocs from galling the feet, and the leather Is both porous nnd warm. It Is not tanned, but “slm- tnoyed,” the process which all races, civilized or savage, use when prepni- ing wild beasts’ skin for use as clothes other than boots. Ilut the tlin-st of all those soft leathers arc the deerskins used for gloves. Nothing Is quite equal to this material for the pur pose. and when genuine it is the most expensive of any. Reindeer skin, fal low deer skin and that of the fawns [ of many of the American species nre usod. "Elk” gloves nre not deerskin jat all, but an Imitation. Much of the 1 deerskin Is made Into “white leather” in the same way that parchment, j sheepskin and vellum nre prepared 1 for special purposes. ’Iho white buek- I skin is used for Ionther breeches anil I military gloves, all military tailoring | being of tho most expensive material. ! —Topeka (Kan.) State Journal. THE MACHETE. A Weapon ol Peace as Well as ol Wor. Some people know, but a great many do not know, that a machete 1b a crosa between a corn knife and a butcher’s cleaver. It has a blade about 24 inches cs ln length—one shaped considerably after the fashion of a grossly exaggera ted and falsified razor blade. The edge of the machete runs due north, ln a swelling line, with a curve, until It la surprised to find itself at the limits of the knife. At the point the line of tho machete angles two points south of southeast—by mariner’s compass—for a distance of 3 inches, when It drops straight southwardly along the back of the thing to the place of starting at the handle. This handle Is of horn, and a little curlicue at the rear end Is In tended to keep the hand from slipping and enable It to poise the tool and cleave the Douglas head with freedom and ease. From the Inspection of certnln ma chetes submitted In the course of a re cent visit to that part of the country where this product flourishes most rampantly, It Is found that the best of them are made In Hartford, Conn., but that they reach tlielr highest de velopment In the warmth of the trop ics. One machete, belonging to the light-keeper nt Cape Son Antoine, nt the western llmft of Cuba, was spoken of as having been In at the deaths of no less than forty-three identified per sons and at least lnO more who may he connted among the “also ran,” but whose names were unknown to the narrator. Tilts weapon ,was made in benignant, tranquil New Englnnd, and the altrnlsttc Yunkec who manufactur ed It would douhtleBs take a great deal of honest and conscientious sat isfaction out of the knowledge that It Is not even nicked after such overtime use. In a tropical country the machete Is first In war, first In peace, and frequent ly first In the hearts of the country men. Tt Is ttBed in the cultivation of crops. In cutting weeds, In chopping wood, In harvesting bananas, ln plow ing the ground, in building srrch houses as the native uses, in beating wives and in skinning animals. It Is some times pushed Into the ground until only the haft Is visible, and then great games of quoits are played by its agency, or a man will tie tits dog to It. Armed with the machete, the na tive strrgeon defies the Intricacies of any kind of amputation. Tt ts tnval- nnble to the diner at meal time, and a clover hand can throw it up into a cocoanot tree and In that way chop frntt. African Barbers. In North Africa tho barber is consid ered the pleasantest gossip ln each town and the liveliest ftmd.of Informa tion. He always has the latest news about the place and pther phases of their social life. He generally ekes out his income by amateur blood-let ting*. and as Arabs believe In being bled for almost every ailment, however trifling, he contrives to make a good thing out of this branch of his profes sion. The Arabs generally grow their beards long, but have their heads shaved. As, however, they always wear cheehins (a kind of fez) or tur bans, the stranger would know nothing of this artificial baldness If he did not chance to notice the operation of shav ing, which goes on at nearly every street corner. The Arabs have a prov erb that "NovIceB shave only the heads of orphans,” but even the novices soon acquire great dexterity in handling the razor, and the process of having tho head shaved Is looked upon as a treat. It Is certainly very pleasant to go with out hair in the hot weather, and tne turban suffices to keep off the flies.— Co-operative Production in France. A report which has just been pub lished hy the French Labor Depart ment places the number of co-opera tive associations formed by workmen in the country at 172, with !),f)2!l mem bers. Tholr capital Is about $2,500,- 900. During the year 1895 they did $5,500,000 worth of business, earning profits to the amount of $450,U0O. FREE! FREE! 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