Lincoln County leader., June 25, 1896, Image 2

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THE train ran into n little station
in tin? heart of the pine whims,
ami tin: conil u-t or spraii); tn tin'
platform.
"Hurry up there:" lie culled, riinnin;,'
forward, tu 11k: negro com b.
The steps were ovortluwiiitf with
pickaninnies, so Mack Hint at lirst
ni(;ht their small features would have
been Indistinguishable lint fur the wide
crease on each fine, lilleil with even
rows of teeth, Klurlliiigly white In con
trast with their sooty environment.
A fat, pioil-hiokiiiK ncgrcss, holding
an oval Ihiii.IIi', wrapped in an M
shawl, dose to her breast, seenieil to lr
tile center of I lie crowd, liinl nil ohl, olil
negro ma n, grizzled nnil wrinkled, was
hovering iiroiind Its margin.
'Is you not inn nil, iSisicr Calline:"
he asked anxiously.
'Clare ef Hitiows;" said Hie wonian,
running her eye over the company.
" 'I'ears Ink (lore's one on inn inissin'!"
"All alioard!" shout. m1 the conductor,
mid the train moved.
"Ilynr, rnlstali!" shrieked Sister Cal
line, "yon"se ca'in' off one o' my
chlll'en!"
The conductor laughed good-natured
ly, and was gone.
"Oil, Luwd!" moaned tin' wonian.
"He's done ca'cd off one of inn. suali!"
The station agent sauntered near.
He won: that Intensely lioreil expres
sion only iHi.K.xllile to a man who s U
his life In n piney woods clearing, see
ing four trains n day go in and playing
checkers on h harrel head in the in
tervals. One wonders if the lunatic asylums
are not largely recruited from this
class.
"Orler have tied 'em along n ropp,
so's they couldn't get away." lie said.
Sister Calline turned her black vel
vet orlis In his direct Ion.
"You call dat train hack, I say," she
cried. "He's done cn'ed off one o' mv
chU'en."
"S'pose I can call the train hack?"
said the ma intemptiioiisly. "If
you re sure one of 'cm is inissin' you'll
have to set down anil wall here till tiie
train comes hack. They'll bring it, 1
reckon."
"Oh. my pore lil chile!"
Tears began to stream down the
black face.
The wrinkled old uncle looked deep
ly distressed.
"Is you pint Mauk suali on i urn's
inissin'. Sister CalllneV" he asked, sym
pat helically.
Iler ryes wandered, vague and trou
bled, over the dusky, shifting crowd of
fliers.
"I'se tuns' pnlnVkly suali," she said.
"llelter count 'em," suggested the
ligenl. "How many are there, any
how'" "Here's l.u Koxy Adline, l,ucv-
lier "
"I'm here, mummy!" Interrupted a
long-limbed girl of 1 1.
"1 told you to count 'em!" said the
agent. Impatiently.
"I cayn'l conn', nias'r! I'se bawif
afore de wall, l'.ul anyhow dry say
ih't'o's lelieii on inn."
"Sister Calline," said Hie old man.
Irinlrrly. "le's we se right down hyar
nil' I'll conn' urn frr ye. I'se a sclinl.tr. '
"You slmly Is kind, inisiali." said Sis
ter Calline, gralrfully. silting down
tin Hie edge of the platform.
The agent laughed shortly and turned
nway.
The grizzled old uncle took n red nnd
yellow handkerchief from his pocket
and carefully dusted the end of the
planks before he took ills seat.
lie wore a threadbare Mack suit
which hail undoubtedly once moved In
high society.
Sister CallliH! lisiknl at lilm with
Interest.
"I reckon dat you inns' be a preacher,
Bah," she said, drfrntlally.
"Madam, I Is. I'se been prenehiu' dr
word ilese nine years, elier senee my
pore old lady died. 1 was a powerful
sinner afore dat."
Sister Calline looked awed.
"1 was, siuih!" said Hie oi l man, re
trospectively. "Hut I'se come inter de
kingdom now suali 'null', bress de Lord.
Is you got n husban', Sister Calline?
"I'se a pore wldder, rnlstali. wid nil
ilese cliU'en lerseutlle fer, an' de l.awd
knows wlmt I'se gwine ter do."
Uncle glanced at the bundle In her
onus. It hud begun to move nnd
whimper.
"lnt your bnby, chile?" 'asked mu le,
Innocently.
"Hill my baby," replied Sister Cal
llne, looking down nt Hie sooty tultc lu
her arms with maternal prldt
"My po' olo man neber see din bnby.
He win Mowed up do biler buslltf in
de mill where he wuked. lie was lone
Killed when dey bruits him home. Ic
doctor tried nn' trie! to pump tome
life Inter blu, but lie ucver apoko uo
oio,
ejaculated the
i Compassion was written all over his
', kind old face. Hi; had been a gi oil
j darky from his youth up, and his past
was purely fictitious.
I "What de niattah wid you ole lady
you done lost?" asked Sister Calline.
! "Consunipshiiii." replied the old man.
solemnly. "It runs In our family, ole
Cunnc Kent's ma died oh it, an' de
i dinners lirst wife died oli it an' lil
i luistis died. too. An- den my ole lady
j look it an' she died. It's a tumble de
' cease."
"Hat slioly is si.:" coincided Sister
Calline. "'Sense my insurance axin'
; you. uiistah. lines you git you libin'
' preaehln'?"
j "De folks pay me some, an' den I'se
i got a nice piece o' lau' an' a lil house,
j My (de nias'r give urn ter me," said the
j old. man. with modest pride.
I "Sim: Ain't you too old ter wuk?"
"I wuks some, an' de ars helps
I me. I'se de onliest one oh de ole sar
j ven's lef. I'se !'."p year ole!"
Sho. now:" said Sister Calline, much
impressed.
"How ole you is. Sister Calline?
hepin' you'll 'si ns,, me fer axin'."
"I duuiio 'z.-i' tly." said CalHne, study
ing a little. "I 'speet I'se liil-gwine on
r.i i."
They had become so Interested In
their humble annals that the pickanin
nies had been lost sight of. They were
scattered along the railroad line gam
boling like a menagerie turned loose.
"Docs you wan' me tu conn' you
cliil'en. Sister Calline?"
"Co'se I does. Hyar! You-all. Come
hyar."
The children paid no attention.
"Dey needs disserplnlniu', Sister Cal
line." Ho rose. "Chll'en. cliU'en!" he palled
In a voice of authority.
Tiie black cloud drew together nnd
bore down on the station-house.
"Now you-all stand' still out well dis
hnnii conns' you," commanded
the mother, "l.u Koxy, min' yersef.
a nu i.liikuin, slan' up. Don'
scrouge
so: How he gwine conn
dodges roun' dat awav?"
you, ef you
A mild degree or order nt lust pre
vailed and tiie old man began.
"One. two, thee, fo', llbe, six, seben,
nine, eight, ten! Here ain't only ten."
"Diiwter be leben, suali," said Sister
Calline. "Oh, what I gw ine ter do?"
"I'll conn' 'nni oher agin'," said the
ohl mint, kindly.
Sister Calline wiped nway her tears.
"You am so kind, mlstah! 1 knowed
you was a good man when Urer Mnr
lln lole me ter keep long er you on dor
train."
"An" I knowed ynu was a good wo
man when Itrer. Martin lole me 'You
take good en' o' Sister Calline.' says he.
Now I'll conn' 'urn agin."
"One, (wo, thee," and so on. They
went over and over this, bin bv no
legerdemain uf counting could ten be
made eleven.
Sister Calline grew more nnd mm
distressed and was Just breaking Into
hymeneal Nohs when the train whistled
ii i ue next station below.
They both sprang up nnd Calline
screamed to the children, who .. .
ll.Wng across the track like a thick of
wild blackbirds.
When Hie train drew tin and the con
ductor stepped olT, them was Culliue
to meet him.
l'leaso, mlstah: has yon l.runc back
my chile?" she tearfully pleaded.
I le looked at her.
"Demur end Mlxen! What do vou
mean, woman V"
"I'se got 'leben cliil'en," groaned Sis
ter Calline, "nn' dis gcnelman has
coiiuded 'utn oher uu' obor, un' dere
ivn't only ten."
The conductor ran his eye over the
group.
A score of heads were thrust out of
the coach, and u murmur of amused
sympathy stirred along the line.
"11-m!"
He pulled forth his book hurrleulv
and turned over the pages.
"Pass Calline Jackson nnd eleven
children."
lie glanced over Hie black, bobbiug
heads and back at the woman.
His eye fell on the bundle In her
anus.
"tirent .love! What's the matter with
the baby making eleven?"
There were roars of laughter nnd
much waving of hats nnd handker
chiefs as the train moved out.
"You done rounded inn wrong, Mis
tnh," said Sister Calline, looking up re
proachfully nt the old man.
"Is dey all hynrr he naked, with dljr
ulty. "Co'so rtoy's nil hynr."
"Ien don't dat plntediy ahow dat I
rounded nm right?"
Sister Canine's dark countenance'
wore a troubled expression, but as they
"For de lan's sakr
old man.
wont along the piney woods road to
ward Keiitvilh: it gradually cleared up.
and when they came in sight of Kent
Hall it was beaming.
"I lore's de cuuiiei:" said uncle, point
ing to a gentleman dressed in a white
duck suit, who sat comfortably in a
big armchair on the gallery.
' He's one o' de ars. You jes' waif
here a spell otitel I go an' tell him."
"Well?" said Colonel Kent. giHid-nil-tureilly.
laying down his newspaper.
"What is It, Cunole Hick?"
"I'se Jes' come ter tell you. runnel,
dat I'se foun' a good woman dat I
laks the bos' lu the world, an' we'se
tixed our mill's dat we'll marry fore
long. We reckons torniglit is do bos'
time."
".Marry! flood Lord:" said the col
onel, astonished. "Such an old fellow
as you are:"
"I is olo, for a fae', Mas'r, but I'se
lived alone nine years, an' its mighty
lonesome "
"That's so," said the colonel, kindly.
"An' 'pears like I can't stall' It no
longer. An' Sister .lackson needs a
husband ter help her raise her cliU'en.
Here's leben cliil'en an' none ol 'em
inissin', coundin' inn right."
"Kleven! How In the name of fleti
eral .lackson are you going to lake care
of eleven children V"
"!'".v's gwiiic ter tuke ca' o' mo,
Mas'r," said the ohl mall, eagerly.
"Hoy's mighty peart cliU'eii. mighty
peart, an' dey c'u pick a heap ob cotton
an' hoc co'n an' tutors an' weed In de
gyarden an' do a power ob odor turns."
The curiously wizened old face shone
as If he had just come into a fortune.
"An' oiniiel," lie went on, "I'se git
tin' too olo tor wuk much, an' I tinks
my ntoetln' up wid Sister Calline is a
special provenience. I wants tor git
de oration roun' soon dat dere's gwine
tor be a weddin' down ter my lil house
teniight."
"(io ahead Hi " laughed the col
onel. "The missis will have a cake
baked for you. and, by Oeorge, it'll have
to be a big one to go round."
The cake was baked in the big iron
hake kettle of antebellum associations,
nnd there was a festival In the cabin
down by the creek which lusted into
the small hours. New York Tribune.
THE PIANO NUISANCE.
Protracted Practicing Leads to Severe
Nervous Maladies.
Gounod, the composer, bitterly resent
ed the omnipresence of the average
piano player, says the St. Louis (ilobe
Hemocrat. He wus strongly lu favor
of u somewhat severe pianoforte tax.
Ills argument was that ninety-nine out
of every one hundred who learned to
play the Instrument failed to attain to
more than a superficial stage, either of
conception or execution, and that they
wasted valuable time, which might oth
erwise bo employed lu doing something
that would benefit them. He also con
tended that piano practice of students
constituted a public nuisance, and was
irritating and exasperating to such a
degree as to become an outrage on
peacefully Inclined citizens. The pro
posed tax was never levied, but some
figures published by a French scientist
may possibly in some measure tend to
restrict the Indiscriminate teaching to
music to very young children. It is de
clared that n large number of nervous
maladies from which girls of the pres
ent day suffer are to be attributed to
playing the piano.
Children who ought to be exercising
in the open nir nre kept at dreary and
distasteful work nt the keyboard hour
after hour daily, and the nerves simply
will not stand the strain. It Is said to
bo proved by statistics that of 1,000
girls who study this Instrument before
the age of VI, no less than fiOO suffer
troni tills class of disorders, while of
those who do not begin until later there
are only some L'HO per l.ftuo. The prose
cution of the study of the violin by the
very young is proved to be equally In
jurious. The remedy suggested Is that
children should not be permitted to
study either Instrument before the age
of 111 at least, or, lu the case of delicate
constitutions, not until a later age. So
far as the piano Is concerned, however,
It Is possible that the true remedy may
be found lu a bettor method of teach
ing. The main point In early tuition Is
to "form" the bunds and give them flex
ibility nnd strength. This is purely me
chanical, nnd It can be done nway from
the pianoforte keyboard. The endless
repetition of sound, which Is responsi
ble for much of the wear and tear of
the nerves of young musical students,
is thus nvolded, and bettot progress l;i
made from the concentration of the
wind and technique only. The objec
tion has been raised that such a system
makes only those "mechanical" pinyer
who would be so under the ordinary
system of tuition. To those of true nr
tltio Inotlnet It Is nn Inestimable help,
and shorteuer of labor.
A Sailor's ltemnrkablo Escape.
A seamau on H. M. S. Edinburgh re
cently had a remarkable oscape. He
was nt work ou a ladder on the bow of
tiie vessel as she was going Into Ports
mouth harbor, steaming ten knots an
hour, when the ladder broke nnd he
was thrown Into the water directly un
der the keel. He came up ngaln in the
wake of the shim two ship's length!
astern unbirt. having escaped the suc
tion of tha ressel and contact with the
propeller;
CAPT. BENSON'S STATEMENT
A REMARKABLE AND INTEREST
ING CAREER.
A Member of the First Kentucky But
tery Who Was in Tweuty-Beven Hard
Fought Kattlee.
From the Cspital-Joiiriml, Snlem, Oregon.
Salem, Or., can boast of no better
known private citizen than Captain
William Benson. To the old resi
dents, as well as to the school children,
his figure is as familiar as that of lit.
Hood or the state capital.
Captain Benson, of the First Ken
tucky battery, detached from the 112th
Illinois infantry, is now seventy-four
years old, and has taken part in twenty-seven
hard-fought battles, besides a
great many interesting skirmishes.
He is pensioned for injury iu the
breast, from concussion of a shell, and
for a wound in the right shoulder,
caused by leaping from a car while be
ing taken as a prisoner from Anderson
ville to Piue Forest. For the past twen
ty years he has suffered almost con
tinually from malaria and shortness of
breath, and has been afflicted with rheu
matism in the legs and shoulders to
"rich an extent that ho hail not ueuu a
well day in all that time. He was
also afflicted with constipation and
piles. Eighteen years ago Mr. Benson
removed from Illinois to Oregon, on
account of his failing health, and since
the olose of the war has not been able
to support himself by manual labor,
and has had almost constant medical
attendance by physicians of all the dif
ferent schools of practice. To see him
now. tiDOincr the scales nt Sin nnnnriu
enjoying regular health, his cheeku
mantled with a fresh, rosy complex
ion, walking off proud and erect, with
a fresh, firm, vigorous step for a man in
his seventy-fourth year, is enough to
make one believe in the possibility of
Ponce de Leon's fabled Fountain of
Youth.
Captain Benson is not only a hero of
the Civil War, but a man worth con
siderable property. He says he would
part willingly with his interest in all
his earthly possessions rather than be
placed back in the debilitated condition
where he lingered for a score of years.
"I suppose," said he, laughing,
"that what you are after is an adver
tisement for Fink Fills, but I want to
Eay that I am very glad to give you
this testimonial, as I am convinced it
will relievo a great deal of suffering,
if it can booome widely known. I am
firmly convinced, after an experience
of over fifty years with both patent
medicines and physicians, that if every
family could keep these Fink Pills in
the bonse they would never need a
doctor.
"1 have paid out over $1,000 for doc
toring with the best pyhsicians at
Salem, but not a cent for myself since
a year and a half ago. It was then
that I first heard of Fink Pills. I got
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rheumatism in my shoulder v.'tut
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infant. For the first time in twenty
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"By the end of the third box it had
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and could do as good a day's work as
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My natural weight iuoveased from ten
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and my skin is as clccu and fresh as a
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der the sun for piles, but without re
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Pidit7lhad cnHtrcd. TMs licmo
hatxed meupard iljCo a i..,- r an
of me. It is oulvtjo cL-j? Cy i at
1: Reynolds, Luuu c: i.a t.V..i
Judical Cj'.lcge. remar'i.J to c . " t
I waa 1. jkiua bale tuj hearty. I ... j
&?r
( Fink Pills tbat nave done it. ge i
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I (Signed) Wm. Bet,' 'K
, Blood 1
State of Oregon, ) I time to
I Marion County, f 88 i-Ciagiv
Subscribed and Bworn to before 1
this 20th day of November, lsas V1- '
i n . . 1 1
noier, Notary Pnblio V
In and for the state of (Wm
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100), by addressing Dr. WillW S3d
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, thenmi
In 1894 there were in oil i benefll
missionaries in China 860 menit'' "Yo"
women and 540 single men. Of u
i.usu were representatives of Britia''
Irish and Canadian societies mi j
American societies and 85 coutinenti .
societies. i TTr.'
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It is said that
the poison from a1 sitj
1T1H V hfl nantoal!- hiiaini
bite of a mad dog
by washing the wonnd na nnnn . na bi
sible in warm vinegar and water, m
dropping a little muriatic acid intn tu1
wound.
Goldfish are of Chinese origin. Thej'
were oriignally found in a lake net'
Mount Tsientsing, and were flu
brought to Europe in the seventeen!!',
oentury. The first in Farnoe oames '
a present to Madame de Pompadour, t
A Kennebeo, Me., man was shors! konoi
ing gravel out of a bank into his waga! JJ!"
the other day, and was naturally & t
trifle surprised when he shoveled i i
woodchuck into the cart with a spad'
Three hunters returned to Banco1 Dme
UW MUUUVAB lOIUIUDU I U D lUlgd ' VHipi
the other day from a long hunt in tttv H'
region about Big Fish Lake, Me., hn f TZ
ing killed between thirty and fortjV SI
sable, four caribou and three deer. P
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sho waa friven up to die
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