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National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
CRAZED BY RUM.
The Sad Fate of Soldier Who Loved Liq-
uor Too Well.

The Sad Fate of "a Soldier Who Loved Liq-
uor Too Well.
The ten months following the close
of our civil war will long be remem-
bered upon the Rio Grande as carnl-
val of crime that rivaled the chaos OF
the medieval robber-knight period.
The revolt against the Mexican empire
had filled southern Texas with pollt-
ical refugees, and northern Mexico
with rowing bands of outlaws and
hardly less lawless troops, contra
guerilles," enlisted by the agents OF
the Maximilian government among the
adventurers of the debatable border,
and reinforced by the wreck OF Kirby
Smiths brigade.
Matamoras was sacked again and
again. and at distance of a mile from
the courthouse at Brownsville, Tex,
every mans security of property and
life depended upon his resources OF
self-help. Murder became so frequent
that the local newspapers could hardly
afford to waste any space on sucf
minor offenses as theft and rowdyism
but the most memorable event OF thaf
pandemonium era was probably th'
episode of Robert Rod gers q soldier Q
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
81 HAVE KEPT THE TRUST"

and commands. A fusillade of pistol
shots caused the frightened invalid to
utter little shrek and sink fainting
in the bottom Of the stage.
When it was all over "Shorty"
Bender, the missing stage driver, came
to the terror r-stricken woman.
'He wants to see you, ma'am," said
the sturdy little man, as he led the
quaking woman out into the roadway
In the uncertain light of the moon
she saw her hero, stretched on the
damp grass which fringed the dusty
roadway. His broad back was placed
| against a stone wall and from his
dropping head the blood was bespat-
tering with crimson drops the fresh
green of the sward.
He's Dandy Walker, the escaped
convict, an he's goin' fast" whispered
Shorty" Bender Fought us like
catamount, ma'am, did that feller.
Two of the officers and the tough
driver has got their gu ieatuz."
Madam" he gasped, ''come nearer"
The lady was guided forward by
''Shorty" Bender, and the crowd of
deputy sheriffs stood back at respect
full distance.
Madam" and the stranger tried to
utter his low, musical laugh, but the
blood choked him and he only emitted
a groan. Il have kept the trust; see,
no hands but mine have touched your
property. Allow meadow me to re-
turn ALL my dear madam, all intact"
His trembling hand was extended =
moment. But only moment, for the
nerveless fingers relaxed, the handsome
head fell on his breast, and gold,
money and diamonds fell, glittering
shower in the blood -besprinkled dust.
Dandy" Walker was dead.
For many years after, even until the
delirium tremens terminated the
checlxered career of Shorty" Bender,
the stage driver, the tragic end Of
Dandy" Walker was spoken of with
bated bre ath by the residents of that
mountainous district through which
the stage still passes. Shorty" Bender
had been dragged by Walker and the
low browed accomplioe from his seat
on the stage and bound to tree in
wood nearly a mile from the lake
house. But Bender succeeded in free
ing himself from his bonds. Burning
with rage, he got horse, passed the
stage on the highway, and notified the
officials of the county in time to thwart
whatever designs the courteous Dan
dy" Walker may have had on his fell
low passengers.-TroyT Times.
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
BITS AND BREVlTlES.

GREAT BRITAIN's drink bill is attract
ing worldwide attention.
THE distillers of the province of On
tario last year used As, ,5S1 900 pounds Of
corn and 1882, 900 pounds of rye.
OF the 1,2OO ministers in the Free
Church of Scotland, 754 are pledged
abstaincrs, gain of % during the
year.
For every man, woman and child
there was nearly one-half barrel OF
fermented liquor consume in the
United States last year.
FoRTY-sEvEN temperance organiza-
tions in Cleveland, o., including the
Christian Endeavor and Epworth
league societies, have formed Cleve-
land Temperance alliance
WHEN the queen of Madagascar shut
up the saloons in her kingdom, and the
exsaloonkeepers asked for cOmpensa.
ton, she replied: Compensate these
you have wronged, and l will pay the
balance"
IT asserted by continental statisti-
clans that ''in the consumption of al
cohol France, as a country, has gone
up by bounds. 1t is now fourth among
the nations of Europe, following close
on the second and third; Belgium be
ing the first and Great Britain the
second"
TOTAL abstinence in the British army
in India is on the advance, the number
of abstainers having nearly doubled in
four years. The present commander
in-chief, Sir George White, is much in
terested in the subject, and has discov
cred that nearly all the crime and half
the sickness in the army are traceable
to drink, and that intemperance is the
main cause of failure in health and en-.
durance on the part Of the British SOL
dier.
VICToRIA's expenditure for intoxicat-
ing liquors in 1898 was, according to T.
d. Merson in the League Journal, thir-
ty-two per cent. less than that of the
previous year, representing reduction
from five million to three million
pounds. Encouraging as this is, it is
partly due, however, to the unusual
business depression prevailing in the
colony. And the question naturally
arises, how can people expend the
enormous sum of G3, ,75O, 900 for so use.
less and injurious an article when want
and suffering prevail2
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23

7 Gen. WeitzePs army corps, then sta
toned at Fort Brown, Tex, some forty
miles from the mouth of the Rio
Grande. Rodgers was a young private
of an Ohio infantry regiment, and as
gOod-natured a lad as ever shared
his last dime with an impecunious
comrade and preserved his good
humor in the hardships OF a winter
campaign He was, all in all, perhaps
the most popular man of his company,
and that he was favorite with at least
some of his officers seems implied by
the fact that his comrades repeatedly
selected him as the spokesman of their
petition committees. The chief OBJ
stacle to his promotion" testified his
sergeant, was his aversion to the
strict observance of severe instructions
regarding the management of military
prisoners. He would let them chat and
lag, and allowed them to rest under
every possible pretext, though he him
self never shirked his share of hard
work" During the last campaign, ~
states the same witness, Ibis cheerful
performance of double duty often
shaned grumblers into silence. :"
''He had no enemy in the world -
said one of his comrades, 'and
as long as he kept sober never
gave his terminates cause for.complaint,
though his fondness for pets made our
company grounds the headquarters of
yelping ours. He would get up in the
middle of the night to feed them for
fear that somebody would stop their
racket with dose of lead. If his
terminates fell out, he laughed them
into good humor; there was no risk of
row when Robert Rogers was
around?''
But drink turned that easy-going
man into a demon, and in the spring of
1866 he was hung for a murder, aggra-
waited by every conceivable circum-
stance of atrocious brutality. One
evening, about the end of April, |
think, Or early in May, 1866, Rodgers
got drunk during payday revel in
Brownsville, Tex, and returned to
camp in most unpleasant state of OBJ
streperous aggressiveness. Two of
his comrades at once took him in
Charge, anu LTicu LucIF DcSG 10 keep
him quiet, or at least out of serious
trouble, but his whoops after ''taps"
(the courve feu signal of the evening
drum brought up representative of
law and order in the person of COM
pany sergeant. The customs of vol
unteer camp allowed certain lati-
tude in the Interpretation of military
regulations, and after an angry con-
troversy the monitor agreed to give
the disturber of the peace ten minutes
to ''cool down." but warned his friends
that after the expiration of that re-
spite he would be obliged to take him
to the guard-house, unless they could
either keep him quiet, or, since his leave
of absence had not yet quite expired,
take him out of camp and let him make
the midnight echoes on the safe side of
the lines. The latter alternative finally
seemed the best plan, and three of
Rodgers terminates undertook to escort
him back to Brownsville, but after
staggering along for a couple of hun
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.

Marvellous Effects Produced by Washing
Dress Goods in Chicago River Water.
An Ohio editor recently printed a col
umn of Home Pointers clipped from
a Chicago paper. One of the recipes
read as follows:
Ink stains may be removed from colored
table covers by dissolvng q teaspoonful OF
boiling water and rubbing the stained part we'll
with the solution.
An Akron lady gave a fair trial to
this remarkably lucid piece of advice,
and then sat herself down and wrote a
letter to the editor of her favorite
paper, in which she says:
II have been looking for a long time for
something which would remove ink stains.
and 1 noticed in Saturdays paper recipe
which I gladly tried, but it doesn't seem to
work properly. After dissOlving the water l
have nothing left but the spoon, and have
nearly melted that in my repeated attempts.
Is 1t the water that gives the trouble? I
thought of course, you meant our Akron
water. There should certainly be O large
amount of resiGuum in that; or did you mean
the water we viii get after they tap Summit
lake? If that is what you mean, have no
doubt but what that would do, but will have
to wait before an convinced Perhaps if you
had proofreader he might enlighten me, but
doubt it,.
The proofreader, kind Akron lady,
may not be able to give you the de-
sired information, but we can-and
will. The author Of the recipe, being
a dweller in the modern GomOrrha at
the foot of Lake Michigan, conducted
all his experiments with Chicago river
water, mysterious fluid whose chem
ical properties are simply marvellous.
A single immersion will turn any white
or colofed fabric into fast black.
Careful rinsing has been known to pro-
duce a charming terra Gotta effect, but
in either case ink spots in the material
are obliterated effectively and forever.
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
HOW to Retain Beauty.

Lady Londonderry, whose exquisite
rose and white loveliness time has not
the heart to dcspoil, attributes her
youthful freshness to the practice o1
spending one out of every ten days in
bed. She sleeps until she wakens
naturally, takes a warm bath, and
goes back to bed again, where she par
takes of a light breakfast, remaining
in bed resting until six o'clock in the
evening, while her maid reads to her o
light novel. At six o'clock she puts or
her dressing robe and has her dinner
served in her room, and reclines on heI
sofa, until ten o'clock
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
4ndia rubber mSrchant, worlsiins
2. brief time the passenger with

.-sssk1f a. brief time the passenger With
the keen eyes, and the lady were en-
gagged in an animated conversation.
The former was soon aware that his
chance acquaintance and the hollow
eyed invalid were man and wife. The
two had driven in their coach that
morning from the manufacturing city,
where the invalid was the principal
owner of large steel works, and in
tended enjoying a drive as far as Bos-
ton over the old post road which Dan
iel Webster had travelled many times
while on the way from Massachusetts,
to New York But the vehicle broke
down near the lake hotel. The driver
returned to the city for another coach,
and was unaccountably delayed. The
invalid became impatient, and finally
insisted that the journey be continued
in the stage coach, which ran twenty
miles over the mountains, down to the
springs, where the white buildings OF
the Shaker settlement nestled, and up
10 the little railroad station.
"The fatigue of the journey" said
the lady, confidently, ''is nothing to
me- But l am sorry for poor dear Mr..
Irving, whose strength is hardly suffi-
cient to sustain such hardships."
The tall man appeared sympathetic,
and the invalid timidly protfered the
former a cigar
''Since there are no objections to
smoking" said the stranger, Il shall
join you, sir"
A glimpse of several ancient ghostly
headstones in family burying ground
was caught while the stage swept
down a hill and rolled easily beneath
the arching plumes of elm and oak
trees. A whippoorwill sounded It's
doleful cry on a distant hill.
The lady broke the silence of the
last five minutes. Everything here is
SO dark and uncanny," she murmured,
half-fretfully.
A mounted horseman swept by and
disappeared in the direction the stage
was pursuing. The lady uttered a
startled cry.
Don't get frightened, my dear, .
said the invalid, whose spirits seemed
to rise, while his wife's sank proper
tionately. This is a charming even
ing and we shall soon be out in the
clearing"
Are you not afraid-afraid of high
waymen, sir?" asked the lady nerv-
ously, and she placed her little gloved
hand timidly on the arm of the stran-
ger.
Not in the least, my dear madam, .
and the tall mans eyes snapped rogu,
ishly in a beam Of moonlight which
sifted through the trees. Il have
never heard Of road agents carrying on
their business in this part of the
state"
"You are braver than most men,
said the lady, alf sarocstically, halt
admiringly. Poor dear MIR. living
hasn't strength enough to alight IRON
this coach unas listed, and am only
woman. Sc, you see, we too are quite
unprotected"
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
Reforms in the Bedroom.

We will be a healthier and happier
race when the double bed is banished.
The light iron or brass bedstead, with
a mattress that can be easily aired and
kept clean, is the bed that ought to be
generally used. And the heavy COM
forter ought to be banished with the
double bel. for it belongs to the log
cabin and the back woods. The bed
covering par excellence is a light
weight blanket that can be frequently
washed and kept soft and white. Tuck
ing the bedclothes tightly in is anoth-
er custom handed down by dwellers in
arctic wilds. The practice of making
up bed and making it almost air
tight Is as unhealthy as it is unclean.
-WOmankind
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23

81 hope not" Said the stranger, with
apparent earnestn ess.
The lady looked at the tall man, and
her glance expressed admiration. Her
luminous eyes were sparkling when
the driver chirruped to the horses, and
the stage rolled out into the brave
moonlight. Can | trust you," said
the lady to the stranger, after few
moments of silence.
whats the trouble, my dear?"
asked the invalid, querulously, and
he begrudgingly proffered the stranger
another cigar, which was accepted.
Nothing, dear. How far do you go,
sir?"
ITO Boston"
"Then, SIR" she said, 1--WE shall con-
stitute you our protector"
Again the stranger laughed, music
ally. MY dear madam he said, Il
accept the trust. But | assure you
your fears are groundless,. | would
be willing to wager all po ossess-yes,
even this ring, which is a priceless
keepsake that there is not thief or
highwayman in the road-no, not in
the road between here and the Shak-
ers settlement"
She nervously drew several diamon
rings from her slim fingers, and from
her pocket fat little purse, through
the gold meshes of which number of
bank bills made dark background.
''Mr. Irving" she said, hastily, "hand
me your pocketbook. That's right.
oh
your diamond shirt studs-and the
ring the ring-the one | bought you
last year There! Sir, place in your
keeping our property, knowing that it
will be safe with you"
The lady poured the collection OF
money and jewels into the strangers
hands. He glanced down at the little
glittering pile Of treasure and said,
quietly, earnestly: My dear madam,
touch your property"
The lady's eyes spoke the trust ano
gratitude she felt.
Suddenly the horses commenced tc
plunge, and the stage came to a stand
still.
A loud ''Haltr' rang out on the Still
air, and the slumbering echoes woke
and mocked, sharply: "Halt-halt-
halt"
An oath was uttered by the driver
Then there was flash of light, an(
the crack of u pistol.
The stranger rose from the seat
Fear nothing" he called to the lady
A beam Of moonlight glinted on th
cold blue barrel of the pistol he held
The courageous fellow opened on
Of the doors Of the stage. He glance'
: back and smiled at the pale-face'
; woman an her trembling husband
How handsome-hOw noble-he az
peared. HIS white brow and flashing
ewes denoted a chivalrous spirit. Th
, lady rose behind him and smile
: family. ~-lcouragingly, on her newl
found hero.
For moment the stranger locke
back on her. Then he stepped out int
:, the moonlight. There was a rush c
dark forms, a confusion of oaths, shout
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
WOMAN AND HOME.
A WELCOME PRESENT.
How to Make q Collar and Cuff Box
Your Gentlemen Friends.

How to Make q Collar and Cuff Box for
Your Gentlemen Friends.
For any young man with a taste for
pretty personal belongings, collar
and cuff box, like the one illustrated in
Fig. /, would make useful and orna-
mental gift. The round box has a
padded lining of shell pink satin, fitted
In the usual manner, and in the center
q standing tube, satin covered, over
which the <uffs are dropped. But first
the outside is covered with pale green
chamois smoothly applied and secured
by thin glue along the edges, aided by
a few stitches here and there. The
sketch shows how the box is closely
bound around with two bands of satin
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
.7TTUOIO0,1'

into the street, and was promptly re.
arrested and dragged back to Jail.
His friends oonvoked a secret coun.
ell, and two or.three. of his most cutter.
prising partisans managed to get them
selves committed to Jail in order to Sc.
cure an inside base of operations; but
they soon found that no ingenuity could
retrieve the forfeited chance. The re-
captured desperate was chained to the
floor of the safest cell between two sen
tries. He was marched to the gallows.
under a strong escort, an hour after
the dawn of the next morning, and
there paid the penalty Of his crime with
his life.-Felix l.. Oswald, M. d., in II
Voice
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23

ENTERED THE TENT JUST IN TIME'
and right before he could be dragged
away and disarmed by the united ef
forts of the guardhouse squads, whom
the shrieks of the scuf1le had brought
up at a double quick.
Two days after the tragedy Robert
Rodgers attempted an escape from the
guardhouse cell and was taken for
safe keeping to the Brownsville city
Jail. The voice of the public was
unit against him, but strong faction.
of his former comrades seems to have
planned his rescue, and their more or
less direct assistance enabled him to
reach the cellar of the Jail through
movable plank of the base
ment floor, and a back alley
through the rusty grating OF q
cellar window. Once on the other
side of the river he would have beeR
safe, but the ferries were guarded, a u
in his suburban hiding-place his
sion for drink got the better Q5 aaA
L a.
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His Latest.

Mrs. Kultshow lin the book store)-
You ought to have Homer's works, Mrs
Nurich. Every good library has Homer.
you know.
Mrs. Nurich Ito the book clerk)-
Young man, wrap UP Homer's latest
book and have it sent to my csrriage.-
Chicago Record.
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
How to Prepare the Bird for the Oven
ToOthsoma Dressing.

HOW TO Prepare C0o IblrG IOf CAO ohch-
Toothsome Dressing.
Draw the turkey and rinse with sev
eral waters. Prepare a dressing O
bread crumbs, mixed with butter, pep
per, salt, thyme and wet with ho'
water or milk. Add the beaten yOlla
Of two eggs. Mince a dozen oyster'
and stir into the dressing, and, if yor
are partial to the taste, wet the bread
crumbs with the oyster liquor. Fill
the body of the turkey, and sew it Ut
with a strong thread. Dredge it with
flour before roasting, and baste often
say every fifteen minutes; at first witt
butter and water, afterward with the
gravy in the dripping-pan. After lay
ing the turkey in the pan, put in tea
cup of hot water. Many roast always
upon grating placed in the pan, In
that case the boiling water steams the
under part of the fow :, and prevents
al1arn11in11 lying be fast or crack
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lurch - - = :. =
- hHtsf of yvhif91 "a nor 0vpr If unti1 tha

49, slE1sunxsssSu - lrken loo rapldly, lay
Sheet Of white baper over it until the
lower part is also done. Stew the
chopped giblets in just enough water
to cover them, and when the turkey is
lifted from the pan add these with the
water in which they were boiled to the
drippings. Thicl1en with a spoonful o1
Drowned flour, wet first with cold wa
ter to prevent Jumping; boil up once
and pour into the gravy boat If the
turkey is very fat, skim the drippings
well before putting in the giblets.
Serve with cranberry sauce Some al.
ways lay fried oysters in the dish
around the turkey. In roasting, il
your fire is brisk, allow about ten min.
utes to a pound; but it will depend
largely upon the turkeys age whether
or not this rule holds good.
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At the Front Door.

He-Can / see Miss Smith?
Servant (who knows him)-No, sir
she's out.
He-Out where? Out with some other
fellow?
Servant-No, sir; she's out with you,
sir. That's what She told me, sir.-In.
dianapOlis Journal
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23
Electric Cooking in a Palace.

It is said that an electrical apparatus
for cooking purposes has been installed
at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, and
that by it's aid the more delicate dishes
~iu be prepared for Queen Victoria.
National Baptist world., 1894-11-23

.geQ mountain tops, Wnlle CAC 0o"SN
stood, with it's two new passengers, III
front of the Lake hotel.
The low browed driver gathered up
the reins from the dashboard. lie had
hastily swallowed glass OF rye
whisky, which was pushed to him
across the bar, and handed the land
!ord of the hotel the evening paper
''Halloo!" exclaimed the landlord
a stout man with forid features and
single inquisitive watery eye, and ne
came out on the front piazza; Il see
by the paper tonight thet DANDY
Walker has broken eout O. Dannemora
prison See-here it is, in big top
lines"
The landlord held up the paper for
the drivers scrutiny.
"Umphr grunted the low browed
man; seems ter me [ heard some
thin about thet cuss breakin' out o
prison. Good night, landlord. Glang
there"
The driver chirruped and urged his
team out into the roadway.
Say, you," shouted the landlord;
s'what's the matter with Shorty
Bender?'
The driver paid no attention to the
query, and the stage disappeared in
the shadows which lurked in the high
way before the landlord could repeat
his question.
The boniface turned, with an ex-
,clamaton of disgust. Il don't like the
looks of thet feller who has taken
-sShorty's place for tonight" he NUT
tered. Guess Shorty must a-got
laid off for drinking too much bad city
whisky"
AS the stage swayed and jolted uE
the rocky road there was yet enough
light in the sky for the two passengers
y who entered the stage at the hotel tt
make out another passenger leaning
back comfortably in corner OF the
vehicle The la tier person was tall
stylishly-dressed young man, possess
ing keen black eyes. He had strong
white hands, and on the ring finger ;
large diamond sparkled.
Excuse me- madam" said the pas
senger with the keen eyes; ''allow H.
to offer you my seat which, think
is more comfortable than yours. AM
he made room for the only lady pas
5hea>-ger, who was decidedly attractive
Nidge, are kind, SIR" said the fal
nd she sank into tn
Qes.'s seat with littl
rs b "These road
-. Miss i.,. zaIla = 4Qaes aas y, aEee one 10
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Sflenen 20 him The Sec

feminine as ribbons and~ IS ally1- &c
boxes might be covered witN thin,
smooth canvas or duck, and soft fusset
leather straps fastened with little
buckets might be bound around them
American Agriculturist.