Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 April 1894 — Page 3

SThr 3Pibc Counts grmorrat M- McC. 8TOOPS, Editor tad ProprietorPETERSBURG. - - INDIANA. MY BOY. [The l»tc Horace Mann, the distinguished educator, in a speech «fthe founding of a reformatory school, Bald: “If all that shall be expended here saves one boy, It will pay. ” To -one who asked Mr. Mann: “Didn't you put that too strong?" he replied: “Not If It is nay d»y.”) Who is it I see come e Bursting into my home With shout of joy? Forgets to clean his feet. Nor stops io take a seat. But asks for food to eat? Ah: that's nay boy. Hat on the floor he lays— He has his careless ways That much annoy. Fiona schqol, at close o‘f day. He’s loitered on the way. With his young friends to play, Bui he’s my boy. Rude and irreverent now, A crown from seraph’s brow He’d make a toy. The cat and dog both flee, While carelessly sings he: “I would an angel be’’— Such is my boy. Soon, as the years iucrease And childish follies cease, He'll be more coy. And. in his growing days, Copy his elders' ways. Be. even in his plays. My manly boy. Then, as his mind expands. New labors for his hands His thoughts employ. His tops away he throws. And, as his stature grows. How much he thinks he knowsl Still he’s my boy. Now. is there fiend or man So heartless as to plan To set decoy. With blandishments all nice To teach the ways of vice And to his haunts entice My artless boy? Yes: there aro those so vile Even Heaven they would defile, And fain destroy, As generous trust appears,, In spite or parents’ tears, The cherished hopes of years, My noble boy. Is naught on earth so pure. That It can long endure Without alloy? Oh God, thou God of love, O Spirit, Heavenly Dove, Come down from heights above And save my boy. 7-Rev. Edward Brown. LAST OF THE THUG& BY J. R. HUTCHINSON. [Copyright, 18SM, by the Author.’, Doctor Joe.

IFTEEN miles of jungle separated the saltpans of Malariabad from the teak clad hills o f Junglepore; but midway between the two one came upon a patch of cultivated plain dotted with villages and mango topes.

'WK3V/A 7 in one oi these I had made my encampment, on 'business which has nothing to do with the incident I am about relate, when < whom should I see riding toward my tent, about ten o’clock one morning, but Doctor Joe. ' The doctor and I had lived in adjoining bungalows amid the ferns and cocoa-nut groves of Malariabad for up- ■ wards of three years, and never in all that time had 1 known him to travel so far a field as this. His official duties concerned the English and Eurasian residents„of the aforesaid town, whom be doctored into health or eternity with the utmost “sang frojd.” I was therefore not a little surprised to find him strayed so far from the ordinary paths of physic. He bestrode a particularly ill-condi-tioned Australian waler, and behind the saddle rode his favorite and constant companion, a large, coal-black , monkey whom he called “Daddies.” “Why, doctor,” said I, advancing to meet him, “you are the last person in the world I expected to see here. Welcome to the tents of Shem! Where are you bound?” With his riding-whip the doctor pointed to the tent doorway, through

“what should t'other scamp do but , • SNEAK UP.” which could be seen a table surmounted by a bottle of whisky amid an oasis of glasses. “That is my immediate destination,’* said he, with a dry chuckle. “Tell you the rest later. Got any grub?” The “boy” at that moment announcing breakfast, the doctor lost no time in exchanging the pigskin for a camp chair, or in commencing a prodigious Attack upon the matutinal curry-and-rice. After eating for awhile in silence, he suddenly laid down bis fork and epoon and said: “Slingsby’fc in a deuced bad wayl” Slingsby was principal assistant to

[ the collector of the district, and lived ! at Jangle pore. “What’s the matter ■with him?” 1 asked, intent's ted at once. “Fever?” t “Worse than that,” replied the doctor. “Got six inches of cold steel , through his shoulder night before last. Bless my soul, do you mean |to say you haven’t heard?” “Not a word. You’ve been over to see him, 1 suppose?” “Yes; rode into Junglepore yesterday evening and started back this morning. He’ll peg out, I’m afraid.” “So bad' as that? How did it happen?” “Queer case,” said the doctor; “awful queer case! Thugs.” “Nonsense! They were all wiped out years ago. ” “Not clean,” retorted the doctor. “There’s two of ’em alive yet, to my certain knowledge. But come outside and I’ll tell you about it over aTrichy.” When we had lit cheroots and settled ourselves comfortably beneath the awning of the tent, the doctor proceeded with his story. “You perhaps remember,” said he, “a murder that took place some weeks ago near Junglepore—woman killed in the jungle and robbed of her ornaments? Well, Slings by set the police on the rascals, and t’other day one of the pair—there were two of ’em—was run to earth and captured. Slingsby sent the scamp up for trial. He’ll swing for it, sure.” “And the other?” “That’s where the knife comes in,” s&id the doctor. “Night before last, while Slingsby was sitting in the veranda smoking and dozing by turns, what should t’other scamp do but sneak up and slip a knife into him!” “Because Slingsby had sent his accomplice up for trial?” “Undoubtedly; clear case of revenge. It’s the thug all over. Even if Slingsby pulls through his life isn’t worth a momen t’s purch ase. ” “And yours, doctor? my God!” I exclaimed, “do you suppose yours is worth more?” N . ■ e The doctor looked startled. “What do you mean?” said he; “I’m in no danger.” “But you are,” said I, speaking under the impulse of a sudden apprehension. “If the thug stabbed Slingsby out of revenge^ and Slingsby’s life depends upon you as the only, medical man in these parts, don’t you see that this thug fellow’ may try to put you out of the way?” , “Why so?”

“To play the deuce with Slingsby’s chance of recovery, of course!” “Pooh!” said the doctor. “I’m not afraid.” Just as the twilight began to deepen into dusk, Dr. Joe mounted his horse, and, with the monkey perched behind him, took the road to Malariabad. As he was wholly unattended, and refused to allow one of my men to accompany him, I earnestly repeated my warning about the thug who was still at large. “Nonsense!” said the doctor, as he rode away. “I’m all right The paths of physic don’t always lead to the grave, my boy. ” In the Black Nullah. Apprehension racked me that night like an ague fit The faint soughing of the wind through the trees, the stealthy flapping of the tent canvas, the sharp cracking of a twig beneath some passing foot, itself unheard, was enough to still the beating of my heart As the evening wore on, presentiment passed into restless expectancy. A horror of imptending evil, as impalpably real as the night itself, hung over and oppressed me. At last the culmination came, sudden, numbing as an electric shock. The night was wearing on. I had thrown myself ipto a chair, facing the open doorway, when there suddenly evolved itself from the inky background of the night the imp-like figure of the doctor’s monkey. Dust-laden, mud-stained, whimpering like a whipped child, the creature dragged himself wearily iqto the tent and crouched at my feet. Somehow the monkey’s reappearance did not surprise me. ' 1 seemed to have been anticipating it for hours. I stooped and lifted him upon my knee. Then I received a shock the remembrance of which death alonp can ever efface. Whilst patting the monkey’s head I noticed upon my hand a stain— of clay, as I thought at first; but closer scrutiny revealed^ its true nature. Blood! But when I looked the creature ca&fully over, not a scratch could 1 find upon him. Ten minutes later 1 was in the saddle. The monkey, as if divining the object of the ride, ceased his whimpering and scrambled up behind me. In advance went the “syce” and mj faithful Ramadas, with-the lantern. It was now p>ast midnight Overhead the stars twinkled coldly brilliant but a thin mist covered the ground as with a palL The darkness rendered progress slow. The distance from milestone to mile-stone seemed leagues. So, at length, we reached the Black Nullah. A typical valley of the shadow of death was this ravine. The road dipped into it as into a bottomless grave filled with palpable darkness. A likely spot for deeds of violence! Adowu the bed of the Nullah coursed a thin stream of water. Beneath the lurid rays of the lantern it seemed to run blood. The Nullah crossed, the monkey slid to earth and shuffled on ahead. Half way up the bank he paused^ and renewed his piteous cry. Dismounting, I seized the lantern and turned its light full upon the sp>ot where he sat. In the midst of the roadbed there glistened a dark, semi-liquid pool from which a draggled, stain trailed off towards the jungle. Across the ditoh, into the thick undergrowth I followed the trail. The monkey, scuriying past me, took the lead and struck into'a narrow footpath which, as it wound in and out amongst the clumps of jungle bamboo, was all wet and slippery with that horrid •tain.

I Suddenly the Monkey crouched motionless. Peerinf past him, I made out i a dark object lying a croft* the path. It was Doctoi Joe. He had been I stabbed to the he wt I went down on my knees beside him, and bowed my head upon his lifeless breast. Thore are times when even the most c* relees cannot forget God. A touch upon the shoulder aroused me. It was old lam&das. He held a cord in hi® hands. In the half-light it resembled a live nake. “ ’Twas round the sahib’s neck, babu,** said the old Hind x>, as he coiled it up. “ ’Tis the cord of a thug. May it hang the black-livered villain who used it tonight!” * Born of these words, a terrible thought entered my mind. The murderer of my friend—could I overtake him? In what direction had he slunk off? My eyes fell upon the monkey. He had left his dead master’s side and run back along the path. But only a few yards. There he stopped and turned towards, me with an appealing cry. I snatched the cordfrom old Ramadas* hand and followed. _ What the Coolie Saw at Sundae; A remnant of moon hung midway between jungle and enith, and the dawn star glittered' like a gem on the rim of the eastern horiim when, at a point 'm the highway distant some miles from the Black Kullah, a solitary native dragged his limbs wearily to the roadside and with a sigh of relief .sank upon the dew-wet turf. He had evidently walked far and fast, for his breath cane in labored gasps, and rivulets of sweat coursed down his dust-grimed face and shoulders. His head was turbanless, but the knot of hair at its back had worked loose and fallen like a natural puggaree upon the nape of his sinewy neck. The loosened hair shone like silver in the moonlight This, however, was the only sign of advanced years the solitary wayfarer showed In limb he was as lithe and supple as a youth oi twenty. Wearied though he was he could not rest. His movements, and above all the fearsome glances which he momentar--5rln ^„ /r.

THE MONKEY TOOK THE LEAD. ily cast about him, betokened a mind ill at ease. Once he started in affright at sight of his own shadow. There was something wrong with his hands, too. Every now and then he caught up a quantity of dust from the roadway and rubbed it upon them as though it were soap. He might have cleansed them to better purpose upon his cloth. But this he did not do. Presently the purl of running water fell upon his ear. He rose and moved in the direction of the sound; along the road, down a steep incline, until he stood upon the bank of a tiny stream, which the sun had spared. He stooped and carefully washed his hards. Then he scooped up some water in his palm and raised it to his lips. But a great shuddering seized hmt, and he could not drink. Ascending the slope, he espied a black object by the roadside. It had the appearance of a stone. He stopped abruptly, muttering. The black object by the roadside moved, and came swiftly toward him, chattering angrily. It was only a monkey, but the native with the muscular l:mbs turned and ran as though the devil were at his heels. He did not run far. The dark jungle teemed with terrors for this solitary native. Scarcely had h j left one behind when another sprung upon his path. This time the terror stood out against the heavens. By day it was but a palm that the lightning had blasted, but by night, to his blood-shot eyes, the broken dangling top seemed a human corpse; the harsh rattle of its withered leaves, the creaking of gibbet chains. He remembered having seen these wayside gibbets when a boy. The ghastly apparition paralyzed him, heart and limb. He dared not pass it. He dared not go back. He grovelled in the dust of the road. On the night air came the thud of a horse’s hoofs. But th< sound fell unheeded upon the native’s ears. As he had fallen so he lay, face downwards, his arms outspread, ohe dust of ' the road red as blood upor his hands. So the horseman found him at the rising of the dawn-star. A coolie passing that way at early ^hnrise espied something white amid the jungle. Curiosity drew him to the spot. Dangling by * cord from the branch of a tree hung the dead body of a native. The coolie ,threw down his burden and fled. The cord had done double duty that night. 1 " *--- - at1 « Not Da k. The swarthy slave-trader stood stolid and indifferent. Neither by look os* word did he respond to the appeal “Perhaps,” the Gospel messenger ventured at last, with ic finite compassion, “thou hast sought lor the light and failed?” The man of sin sig ted heavily. “It isn’t quite as bad as that,” he answered, “but 1 will say that albinos are a blamed-sight r orer than moat people think.” His eyes rested al sently on the saa> lit ripples of the ooe ut.—Truth.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. —Every,Christian ought to be a constant reminder to some worldling that God is good. —Ram’s Horn. —Reciprocity is a law of life. We can not expect much happiness or strength from our fellow men nnlesa we give something in return. —It is said that we spend 81.88 each for the evangelization of our country, and one-third of one cent each in the foreign field—one cent for three heathen. —A report made to the Student Vol* unteer Movement convention, in Detroit, shows that there are now 3,200 members in 477 colleges, and that 680 missionaries hare been sent out —Oberlin college will receive a'bequest of 85,000 by the will of Mrs. W. M. Place, of Gloversville, N. Y. The missionary societies of the Congregational church will receive 815,000, and the sum of $6,000 is given to other religious societies. The estate amounts to about 8100,000. —There are not less than one million and a half colored children enjoying the advantages of the American public school There are 25 colleges with nearly 10,000 pupils and professors, besides other schools, which indicate a growing appreciation on the part of the colored people for education. —The W. F. M. & of the M. E. church has twelve hospitals and dispensaries in India. China and Korea, and during the past year, through the ministrations of these Christian women physicians of the Methodist church, about 40,000 women received care, who otherwise would have been neglected. —At the opening of the century there were only 47 translations of the entire Bible in existence; to-day there are 90 entire translations: 230 partial ones; 820 in all; 500,000,000 of the human race now have the opportunity of studying the Bible in regions which knew almost nothing of it before the present century began. —During the year 1893 the Congregational Church Building society pai l out 8126,032 to aid in building 144 different church buildings, besides 820,108 for I 54 parsonages. The principal gifts for 1 church building were made to Illinois, | 813,156; Michigan, 87,767; Kansas, 87,

; 648; Iowa, *7,016; Indiana, ?t,4»o; INew i York, ?17,44S; Wisconsin, IS, 075. j —Among the various means of ex- ; tending evangelistic work in Ireland S is the Bible and Colportage Society, in j which the various evangelical churches I unite for the purpose of spreading the j truth throughout Irelsnd. The thirty* j fourth annual report of this society j shows that during 1893 the total sales ! have been 6,434 Bibles, 4,284 Testaments and 2S2,457 relig ious books. —Religious life should have no ups and downs. There may be fluctuations in bodily comfort as weariness and sickness come and got There may be changes in temporal circumstances as wealth and fortune come and go; but faith is fixed on the promises of God, which never change, and on the person of Christ, who is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.—Herald and Presbyter. ■ _ WIT AND WISDOM. —A hen setting on brickbats is an optimist of the first water.—Young Men’s Era. —Sometimes a man feels the lightest when he has a heavy load on.— Glens Falls Republican. —Most men look out for number one; most women claim to look out for number two—at the shoe store.—Texas Siftings. —There is a beauty and a safety in preserving a well defined boundary between the church and the world. It should be visible to which you belong. —Mrs. Gilbert Ann Taylor. —A Peculiarity."—Jones—How does your new Chinese servants do? Brown —He’s very intelligent and picks up things readily. Jones—Um—er, does he lay them down again?—Detroit Free Press. —Estelle—Charley, dear, won’t you give up tobacco for my sake? Charles —I do every day already, Estelle, darling. You have no idea how many fellows strike me every day for a cigar.— Somerville Journal. —“Why do you persuade Looter to go on with his flute lessons?” Hustler —So that we can be rid of the nuisance of hearing him practice. “How will that do away with it?” “Some one will be tempted to kill him.” —Doctor—Man alive! what made him take forty grains of quinine when I said only ten? Some one made a mistake. “It was you, doctor, when you told him he could take a swallow of whisky after each dose.”—Inter Ocean. —A French savant declares that fishes can talk. This may be so, bu; all the fish we ever became acquair ted with were silent Possibly they were dgmbfounded at the lies that the f sheVmen told about them.—Boston Transcript —He’s mortgaged out his mute. An’ the children’s took from schoo., An’ his wife—he’s left the plowin all to her; An’ he spen’s the time a-Jawm\ An’ a-lyin’ an’ a-lawin’, Fer he’s what they call a politic! uter. —Atlanta Constitution. —The days are ever divina They some and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring they carry them as silently away —Ralph Waldo Emerson. —The melodrama proceeded in its cyclonic course, and the villain had taken violent measures for three acta to dispose of the hero, only to be confronted and discomfited by that mirror of virtue whenever the curtain rose. Although built on the good old plan, it was a bad play and worse players. Finally one man, whose countenance grew sadder with each passing moment, turned to the auditor on his left . and remarked: “Bad play, eh?” “Yes, sir,” returned the other, forcibly, chuckling at the same time at some bon mot of ancient Rome. “But you seem to enjoy it,” objected the sad man. “Well,” was the answer, “I do, because I know I’m getting my money’s worth. It’s a bad play, as you remark, but (with a chuckle) I gave a bad halfdollar at the box office for my seat"* - Harner’s Bazar.

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Surgeon Dentist, PETERSBURG, IND. office in roouis&and 7 in Carpenter Build* iinr. Operations first-class. All Work warranted. Aniesthetica used for painless extraction of teeth. NELSON STONE, D. V. S., PETERSBURG, IND. Owing to long practice and the possession of • fine library and case of instruments, Mr.’■ Stone is well prepared to treat all Diseases of Horses and Cattle STJ CCESSITtn_i3jY. Qe also keeps on hand a stock of Cbnditiop Powders and Liniment, which he sells at reasonable prices., Office Onr LI. Young & Ca'i Store. Machinist AN1> Blacksmith. I am prepared to do the best of work; with .aUslaction guaranteed In all kinds of Black* smithing. Also taiUslaction guaranteed in all k^ds of loving and Reaping Machines Repaired in the best of workmanship 1 employ none but a ret-el ass workmen. Do not go from home to get your work, but call el me at my shop on Main Street, Petersburg Indiana. * «. CHAS.VEECK. — -- ‘ TRUSTEES* NOTICES OF OFFICE DAT. NOTICE is hereby given that I will attend to the duties of the office of trustee of Clay township at home on EVERT MONDAY. AH persons who have business with the office will take notice that I will attend to business on no other day. M. M. GOWEK, Trustee NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal* * EVERT STAURDAY. To transact business connected with, the office of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. J. 8. BARRETT. Trustee. OT1CE is hereby given to all parties concerned that I will be at my residence. EVERY TUESDAY, To attend to business connected with the office of Trustee of Monroe township. GEORGS GRIM, Trustee.

NOTICK is Hereby given tnas i wui be a* my residence EVERY THURSDAY To attend to business connected with the office of Trustee of Logan township. 49-Posit!ve!y no business transacted ex* cent on office days. - SILAS KIRK, Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties concerned that I will attend at my residence EVERY MONDAY To transact business connected with the office of Trustee of Madison township. 49-I‘ositively no business transacted ex* cent office day a JAMES RUMBLE. Trustee* NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in* teres ted that I wilt attend in my office in Velpeu, ■_ EVERY FRIDAY, To transect business connected with the office of Trustee of Marion township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. W. F. BROCK. Trustee. NOTICE is hereby give* to all person# concerned that I will attend at my office EVERY DAI Vo transact business connected with the “ •« *»«•*» a? Jefferson township. ». W. BARKIS, Trustee