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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-07

The fond mother dreams great dreams
of baby's future as she holds the sleeping
little one in her arms. But the dreams
will never come true unless she has
given him strong body and healthy
mind. Children die in hosts or live to
struggle through life feeble Of body and
dull of mind because the mother was
unfit physically and mentally for moth
erhood. Women who use DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription cndow their chill
dren with strong bodies and bright minds.
1t is every mothers duty TO give her
child the advantages of a healthy body
and mind. A weak or sickly woman
cannot do this. "Favoritc Prescription"
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll.
Mrs Orrin Stiles. of Downing Dunn Co. Wis
writes: ri have been intending to write to Won
since my baby was born in regard TO what
your Favorite Prescription has done 70! me
well for five years as now am. In July last had
n baby boy, weight II pounds. and was only sick
a short time, and since got up have not had
ono sick day. have not had any womb trouble
since got up. | was not only surprised myself
but all of my friends here arc surprised to see
me WE'LL
DR.. Piercc's Pellets cure biliousncss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Frederick Green, coIored, who occupies
the house adjoining Wales home, also gave
testimony. He heard Vale start the trou-
BILE with Jackson and use considerable pro-
family After accusing. Jackson of caus-
Ing trouble in his family he r, arked:
You hog face -, I'll get you before
the sun goes down"
Witness told of threats made by Vale
and said he saw him going toward Jack
sons home with his hand on his revolver.
After going to store and purchasing a
cigar Vale returned, and went in front
of Jackson's house. He invited Jackson
out, and when the latter refused the in
vitation he went Ina Later he was in his
house when he heard the report of pis-
tol. Witness remarked to friend:
There. Nelse has killed Jackson. He
said he was going to- do it, and he's done
it"
Mary Ellis ran out and shouted: He's
killed Jackson.
Vale said: Yes and I killed him on your
account.
Mary told him he was s'iiar" Vale
then repeated number of times:
I've killed a Niger"
Witness was the first one to reach the
wounded man. He'was lying In the dirt,
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ders and the men clasp the girls waists

ders and the men clasp the girls waists
with their two hands.
After a few hours of serious jumping
about, the room has to be cleared. for. the
floor being of earth. a terrible dust is
knocked up, and as the doors and windows
are invariably closed. the atmosphere be-
comes thick with floating clouds of dust.
Every one goes out into the stoep and is
freshed by dop (Boer brandy, lemonade.
cookies Cakes and sweets.
In the meantime the room is swept, and
sometimes a calahash of bulock's blood Is
brought in. with which the floor is smeared
by the natives.
From time to time-say, every two or
three hours-this is repeated so that inter-
walls of dancing, dusty cloudiness, refresh
ments on lie veranda and smearing the
floor succeed one another periodically.
This sort of thing goes on till about s
o'clock in the morning, when every one gets
a bit sleepy A general adjournment takes
place the women collect in the side room
and snatch few hours sleep. and the men
lie down in the wagon house or under their
carts on the veldt to smoke and rest.
At about noon, after a hearty meal, they
begin dancing gain until late in the after
noon. At last they leave after about four
hours Of 1t, and scatter over the veldt to
their far-diStant homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
THE BOERs AS DANCERS.
Their ball Partie. Sometimes Last
Twenty-FOur Hours.

Ir.sr Isniun Answers
TIE. E"ers are Unfortunately fond of dane
5r- on the smallest pretext. or none at
.,l' lhey organize what they call a, dance
',rtI-party." On the afternoon Of the pre-
s,Gr.,u@ed day the "mtisjss," or misses, and
h.. young men roll up from all the sur
rounding farms, from q distance, maybe.
% thirty miles. They come in Cape carts,
IN Iiiapidated spiders" on horseback and
IN * wagons. The living room Of the host
has been carefully cleared Of its never
supcrabundant furniture. few wooden
forms planks on empty gin cases put
around the sides. and a couple Of rejecting
paraffiIe lamps hung on the walls.
The dancing begins at in the afternoon
20 the music OF a concertina played by
cape boy which is To say a half-colored
man. Every one appears in their ordinary
dress uncouth. untidy and slouchy in the
-xtTamc. The women almost invariably
wear black. and. perhaps, bit of colored
-ihhou The men are in corduroys or cheap
tw,,dS often wearing their smasher"
hats aud shod in heavy "veldtschoens, or
boots
NJ -'squara'' dances are performed. but
.ianSe is like anorher-a slow. jumpy.
heavy. monotouous whirl. something be-
tween an elephantine waltz and cumber-
some polka The girls sometimes place
their two hands on their partners Shout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
Mary Ellis Tells Her Story.
FOUND FOUR LIONS.
A ProspectOr's Terrible Fright in
Idaho Mountains.

Idaho Mountains.
From the st. Louis Republic
Twice in my life, up to five years ago,
had felt my hair crawl" said the pros
pector, but as to it's standing on end
didn't believe such a thing possible. L was
knocking about in the mountains of Idaho
with partner, when L went out alone one
day to pop over some game for the dinner
pot. I had gone a mile or more from camp,
and had descended to the bottom of
ravine to get a drink of water, when
turned the top of a fallen tree and ran
plump against pretty a sight as you
ever saw. On a grassy spot, in the full
blaze of the sun, lay four mountain lions
fast asleep. For half a minute l thought
them dead. but as 1 stood staring with my
mouth open every one of the four sprang
up with a growl. 1 had a Winchester in
my hands, but 1 could no more have lifted
it to my face than 1 could have uprooted
the mountain. The first sensation 1 had
caught me in the ankles. 1t was a numb
ness, as if my feet We're asleep, and it
travelled upwards until I stood there like
a block of ice. Only my brain was left
clear. On top of the numbness came a
feeling that I was breaking out with a
rash. Then the hair at the back of my
neck began to curl and twist and crackle
and minute later every hair on my head
was on end. / had ON a soft felt hat and
I am sure that hat was lifted up an inch
or two.
'As to the lions, they stood there, head
on to me- and shifting and growing and
switching their tails, and had 1 but moved
finger they would have been on me. l
didn't move, because 1 couldn't; don't be-
lieve l moved an eyelash for three minutes
BY and by one of the beasts dropped his
tail and whined. My unexpected presence
and queer appearance mystified him. His
actions were followed by another, and ten
seconds later the four made sneak down
the ravne, growing and whining as they
went. They had been gone minute be-
fore I felt my blood circulating again. and
perhaps it was another minute before /
could move about. Then 1 found my hat
on the ground at my feet There wasn't a
breath of wind down there, and if my hair
didn't lift that hat off my head how did it
leave it? l know the hat was pushed off.
I know it. because when l got back to camp
my hair hadn't yet f1attened down, and
when my chum rubbed his hand over my
head there was cracking of a rabbit
running through the dry brush. This state
of things continued for two days, and the
way / finally got the scare out of the hair
was to rub on about pint IF coon's fat
and heat it at the campfire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
THE COMING OF WINTER.
me fhehomenon as Witnessed in
Canada is Most Beautiful

From Scribner's Magazine.
The coming Of winter in Canada is one of
the easiest, most beautiful Of all natural
phenomena. For weeks the woods have
been famboyant with the red yellow of the
departing leaves. Suddenly the deciduous
growths are bare, and the only colors left
are the manifold shades of green which
make the northern forest immortal Then
of an evening there is haze around the
November moon, and before morning the
snow begins to fall in a continuous, bust
nesslike fashion which tells you that the
king has come to reclaim his own. In the
morning the wilderness is tucked away be-
meath a thick, white coverlid, and you will
not see bare ground again for six months.
In the cleared fields and open roadways the
wind blows cold, but in the forest you feel
scarcely a breath of air, and during the
first month of winter you rarely need to
cover your ears or wear any extra clothing
Every writer l know of who has been
on winter hunting trip in the north has
seemed to be impressed with the idea that
he must find some hardship to tell about.
| have often seen the Canadian wilderness.
L have worked my way by canoe and port
age in warm weather 1 have journeyed by
snow shoe in winter and dragged my own
toboggan; and it is my firm belief Caspar
Whitney and Frederic Remington to the
contrary Notwithstanding, that there Is
only one climate in the world more enjoya-
Bile than the Canadian summer and that is
the Canadian winter. The discomforts of
that wilderness are mostly imaginary. You
can put on pair of snow shoes and travel
all day in them, the very first time you try.
and not be nearly tired at night as you
would be after ten-mile walk on the
paVements of city. You feel the cold a
Manhattan, than you do in the deep woods
OF northern New Brunswick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

"Boffkin has got himself into nice fix
How
He wrote an article on The Ideal Wife"
for a woman's paper last month
Wen, whats that got to do with his
present fix?'
Somebody told his wife about IT, and
she's been reading the thing over and over
during the past two days, trying TO dis
cover single trait wherein his ideal
sembles her. She hasn't found it and Boff-
kin is taking his meals in town. It'd Bits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
An Explanation.
From the Chicago News.

Hixon-"You are the only man I ever
heard of who started out to build house
for 1900 and actually succeeded in finish
ing it within the limit. How did you man.
age it?'
Dixon-''Oh. that was easy matter.
had my architect draw up plans for a 5000
house Seer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
John Prather's Testimony.

John W. Prather. colored, living at No.
~ prospect street. in front of which house
the shooting occurred testified that jack
son boarded with him. Yesterday after
noon, he said, Jackson came into the house
and said he had had some words with
Vale. jackson told him that Vale said he
was going to light up streets" for him
Witness advised Jackson to remain in the
house. Jackson slid Ne intended TO make
complaint against Vale to Policeman Ease
ly. Witness saw Vale walking in front of
his twitness) house, and spoke to him.
Later Vale called at the house and inquired
for Jackson. The latter refused to go out
to the door, and Vale entered the house.
Vale. the witness said, remarked to Jack
son: You didn't treat me like a man"
jackson objected to having anything to
say to the old man, but the latter insisted
on talking. The name of the woman, Mary
Ellis, was mentioned and Vale said:
'Mary's dressing to go to church now.
Why don't you dress and go with her?'
Witness said the old man then dared
jackson to go with the woman. Several
times the old man said:
I'm going to light your streets up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
A Slight Misunderstandin

Young man. said the girls father. do
you realize that in asking for my daugh-
;er's hand in marriage you are asking me
to give up my only childg'
Excuse me, sir replied the young man,
but you are evidently laboring under a
nlisapprehension. I propose to come and
live with you after We are married, and
you will then have two children instead OF
one. Now what more could you ask?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
I aERE IS AGlAss NE PEOPLE

Wac are injured by the use Of coffee Recently
there has been placed in all the grocery stores !,
preparation called tiRAIN-O. made of pure
gains. that takes the place OF coffee ..he most
driicats stomach receives Il without distress and
hut few can tell Il from coffee II does moi ,ost
.. much Children may drink IL with yl--,t
Ask for GRAIN-0,
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and when witness rolled him over he said:
please help me-
Mary Ellis, or Wyatt, as the witness
called her. took hold of the wounded man S
hand and shoulder and said jackson. 1
can't do anything for you Vale, said wit
ness, has a wife and three children living
in New Jersey. Witness told the jury that
the Ellis woman had been the cause of
much trouble in the neighborhood
Mary Ellis Tells Her Story.
Mary Ellis testified that when Vale and
Jackson met yesterday morning the latter
said he would have the formers legs bound
with electric wire by night. Jackson, she
said, threw three stones before the pistol
was used. She said Jackson did not come
to see her. The trouble between her and
Vale in the morning was over the preparing
of breakfast. She denied that she occupied
a room with Vale.
This closed the testimony, and the case
was submitted. Attorneys Hewitt and
Walker represented the defendant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

William ]. Afieck, secretary of the board
of water works in Sandusky. Ohio. has
been arrested on the charge of embezzling
city funds,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

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are made. and these are very fine grades of
both.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
HELDFOR GRANDJU
Nelson Vale Responsible for Death of
Alexander Jackson.
VERDICT OF The CORONER'S JURY
Jealousy Provokes Quarrel and
Vale Shoots jackson.
DICT OF TIE CORONER'S JURY
THE EVIDENCE SUBMITTED

Nelson Vale. an. elderly colored man who
Is known to his friends ':Old Nelse" was
held by a coroner's jury for the action of
the grand jury today for the killing of
Alexander Jackson, also colored. at Reno
CITY, near Tenleytown, yesterday after
rocn. The inquest was held at the sixth
precinct station. Vale, who is about sixty
years old, owns the house which he has
occupied for a number of years. and a
woman named Mary Ellis has lived with
him. Jealousy about this woman led to the
encounter yesterday, W hich resulted in Vale
using a revolver. The affair occurred about
l: 3o O'Clock, and the victim died at the
Georgetown University Hospital four hours
later.
1t is said Vale has had number of diff
culties about the woman. On one occasion
he was arrested and fined $50 for CARRYING
pistol. At that time he threatened to kill
a man, and the row was about the woman.
A number of times he has expressed the
fear that he would lose Mary and each
time he got into trouble. Mary took an
active part in one row, and for using an
ak and club on man she spent time
i'll jail.
Alexander Jackson. who was about thirty
fVe years old, came here from Brunswick
Md, few months ago, and worked on the.
Rockville electric road, where Vale was
also employed. He boarded two doors from
visiting Mary Ellis He called on her Friday
night, and Vale returned home and found
him there. A war of words but no blows
followed
Soon after the fatal shot was fred YES
terday afternoon Policeman John Sullivan
arrested Vale on the road The latter
showed him where he had thrown the pis-
tol, but it could not be found. Mary Ellis
was arrested and held as a witness
Admits the Shooting.
Vale admitted thefsheoting, but claimed
he fired the shot in self-defense
Coroner Carr and Deputy. Coroner Glaze
brook were on hand at the sixth precinct
station this morning before IL o'clock.
The latter performed the autopsy, and con-
Guided 1t before the time set for the hear
ing, but there was a delay in the hearing
caused by the failure of the officers of the
precinct in which the shooting occurred to
nave the prisoner on hand at the time set
Tor the hearing. 1t was understood he
should have been at the sixth precinct at
IL o clock, but it was nearly 1890 when he
was brought in
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook was first ex-
ahmed He gave a description of the de-
ceased, and told of the nature of the
wound. The bullet he said had passed
through the ear, and was found in a fiat
tehed condition at the base of the brain
Death resulted, he said, from the wound
inflicted by the bullet which had PASSED
through the brain: Witness exhibited the
bullet. '>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

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lengths; finished with clusters
Of tucks and ruffies. Worth SOC.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Reuben Sommers, colored, n resident of
Jenkins alley. Baltimore, testified that he
was at Wales house with several friends
yesterday afternoon when Vale came home
He seemed angry. the witness said, about
some family troubles. They left the house
and We're standing outside when Jackson
came from his house and dared Vale to
come out. The latter accepted the invita-
ton, and as soon as he got out Jackson
threw two stones at him. When the sec
ond stone struck him, Vale drew his pistol
and fired. Vale returned to the house and
then went off to give himself up. Witness
picked up the brick and stone that were
thrown and put them in Wales house
James Fl. Crisp, colored, who lives in
Wales house, was next examined. He said
he heard Jackson and Vale talking, and
the former said he dared the latter to
come out in the road and repeat what he
had said Jackson threw a brick at Vale,
but missed him. Then he threw brick
and struck him in the side. Vale then drew
his weapon and fired. Jackson. he said.
had been visiting the house. and he thought
he called to see Mary Ellis. Vale and the
woman had a quarrel before the former
left the house the first time. The quarrel
was about Jackson. r.
Edward Gaines. colored, told the jury
that both the brick and stone thrown by
Jackson struck Vale. The latter then drew
there was nothing said by either man be-
fore the stone was, thrown. Vale went out
in the street. he said, after he was struck.
When he went to Wales house he heard
the latter and the woman engaged in
quarrel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Vale finally went out Of the house and
five minutes later Jackson also passed out
into the yard. The trouble was renewed by
Vale. and Jackson picked UP stone and
threw it. He was stopping to pick up a
second stone. when Vale. who was near the
middle of the street, took his pistol from
his pocket and fired one shot.
Jackson was his way to the rear of the
lot, when Vale approached and inquired:
81 DO you want to me?'
Jackson said nothing. and the old man
added Il ought to have kicked you when
l caught you in the house the other night"
What did he mean by lighting up his
street, the witnes was asked.
Il don't know he answered. Il never
heard it before
When the first stone was thrown Vale
was walking toward jackson, using threat
ening langllape
The sun., 1900-11-05
DIED GOING HOME PROM A SPREE.
Man Found Dead in Bronx Cab wasar .
Victim Of Foul Play.

Charles II Buckridg, Of 27i West Sixty-ninth
street and Edward & Cropper Of 26s West
Eleventh street. together with James Reilly.
a cab driver Of s3 Henry street. who we're
arrested Oh Saturday night while driving
through the streets in The Bronx with the
body OF John J. Dalv ~ 828 Fast iieth street
rs told in yesterdays SUN were arraigned in
the Morisania police court yesterday morning
and held without bail for examination next
Wednesday.
Buckridge told Magistrate Pool that Cropper.
Day and himself were employed a. clerks
in the main offices Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company al l95 Broadway. He said they
had taken part in the sound money parade
lat Saturday, and after the parade had visited
sc ,eral saloons downtown.
After leaving SteYart'S saloon in warren
street, near Broadway. DAILY became Ill. They
called the cabdriver and told him to drive
them 10 Daly's home. which the siCK man said
was somewhere In The Bronx near Third avenue.
but was too drunk 10 recall the number
They stopped al the corner of Walton avenue
aud i40th street. undecided a. t. which way
t. 90 Ther were all drunk and did not know
that Dalv was dead until they reached the
station house.
William Dalv. father Of the dead man, said
yesterday that hi son had known Bucatidge
and Cropper for several ycara and he did not
SUSPECT any foul play. He sud that his son
had not been IN good health for several months,
The sun., 1900-11-05
BEAT woxAy AND SHE DIED.
South Carolina Man In Jali for Causlns the
Death Of One who Bore Secret Messages.

CoLuNpIA, s. c., Nov. 4-Jonas Swfnk,
whose people have wealth and large interests
IN cotton mills at Woodruff. Spartanburs
county. Is in Jail at Spartanburg. charged with
the murder of Mrs. Wihelmina Pearson. a
friend Of his family. by whipping her to death
The aff air Of the whipping has been kept from
the public since Its occurrence, the middle
Of September, through the influence OF Swink
Swink discovered that Mrs. Pearson. who
was a constant visitor at his house. was bring
ing notes from a young man In Woodruff To
one Of his family. The contents OF the note
intercepted by swink may be made known
at the trial.
Swink had barely made the discovery when
Mrs. Pearson called. Going into the parlor
armed with a stick. he beat the woman until
she became unconscious. When she revived
he ordered her 10 leave Woodruff and she went
on the next train to Gastorla, \. c. There
she WAS joined by her husband. who had been
spending a month Ia the North Carolina noun
tains She became I'll on reaching the town.
and after suffering for six weeks died OF the
injuries Her husband testified before the
committing Magistrate that his wlfe's body
was blacked bv the strokes Of the stick. The
young man who wrote the notes was warned
In time o escape and l. now in the West. Swink
does not deny the beating. His defence Is
that II did not produce death.
The sun., 1900-11-05
ARMED MEN AT A CHURCH..
Father Berger Holds Services Despite the
Orders of the trustees.

NORTH BRooKFIELp Mass. Nov. +-Armed
guards stood at the portals Of st Anne's Catholic
Church to-day to prevent intrusion by any
opposed TO the pastor the Rev. Father Berger
No one appeared. although services we're held
there The church has been closed by order
OF the trustees Father Berger's little band
decided that they would open the church
edifce So the jsnitor and hal dozen OF his
friends armed with crow bars broke the IOcAs
Father Berger and his people then entered
and the priest took his place at the altar lie
and his hfty-eighJ followers held meeting
OF PRAYER At It's conclusion IT Vas arranged
that men should stay on guard all OF tonight
At Of clock they reported for duty armed with
shot guns, reyolvers and axes
There has been trouble in the church Tor
several years The French people OF the regular
Catholic Church wished pastor who would
preach 10 them in their own language. Then
they built a church of their own and engaged
Father Berger Their action was opposed by
Bishop Beaven Of this city. and after many
endeavors to get them TO return he exconi-
municated several hundred Of the attendants
few weeks ago The trustees of the chIrch
side with the Bishop and the controversy VIII
probably DO settled in court.