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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

some sacrifices"
Whats that?" asked the Indians in
a breath.
oh" said Toddie. in a superior tone
of knowing it all. "if we're really, truly
Indians"
oh. we are. we are" they all shout
ed, and for the time they really believed
they were.
We'll, then, if we're really, truly In
dams, We'll burn at the stake anything
we care a great deal for"
Toddie was somewhat mixed as to his
ideas regarding Indian sacrifices but he
began to feel the necessity of having a
real fire in this game of Indians and
that was the only thing that suggested
itself to his ready mind.
There was a GREATNESS silence among
the Indians, from which Fannie Sanders
was the first to recover. Around Fan
mics neck was a new pink ribbon of
which she was very proud This she
quickly united and placed alongside of
Loues doh Louie held her breath from
sheer excitement. She didn't seem to
gather the full import of Toddies omi-
nous words, but little Allie followed in
Fannie's wake, and laid her grimy hand
kerchief on top of the ribbon.
Then the Rogers boys solemnly de-
posted. one his kite, that lay on the
ground near by, and the other a brand
new base ball. Dick Contributed ball
of Irvine. and Todde himself capped the
tliihdA Win q bdS VI SuHtIltT lilOldSStS
taffy.
They all stood and looked at each
other, and then with concentrated horror
at Toddie. who drew from his pocket n
match, something none of them were
ever permitted TO carry. and actually lit
ii and applied 1t to the leaves under the
offerings.
There was a moment of awful sus-
pense among them. They could scarcely
believe that Toddie Jones would do such
a thing, and they were so frightened
that they were really unable to move.
Even the dauntless Fannie Sanders was
frightened.
But the maternal spirit of Louie Hibbs
broke the spell. She looked at Toddie
with dilated eyes, then at the smoking
leaves. and the flames that were about
to embrace her new wax darling.
ooh! OH" she screamed How dared
you. Toddie Jones; you're a bad, wicked
murderer-that's what you are
Then she made a grab for her doll,
trampling the fire completely out of the
leaves with her small, ind gnant feet
So Louie Hibbs saved the doll and the
others gathered their sacrifcial offer
ings. somewhat sheepishly, and followed
the little mother out of the Indian camp.
And that was the last time they ever
played Toddie Jones' new game.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

VI EsKETU PRlTCHARD says in
ii the London Daily Express:
Hayu Is like "a stage before
0l which the curtain IL down.
LII Ia Behind the curtain the dramas
Of ilfe and death are being
playea out over and over again hut the
scenes are hidden from the eyes OF the
world: We can only guess az them.
The curtain fell upon a tragedy hun
,lrcd years aEo. when the Infatuated blacks,
,tunr from their apathy hy the distant
rcNerb,ratiou OF the French revolution.
arose and mussacicd their French mas
ters There werv % good many villains in
the piece Rochrfoucauld on the French
side. psxsal.urs ou that ~ the slaves, and
and the last scene closed ln blood to The
shriVks OF tile women and children Since
thvn a hundred Nvtgs ut happenings have
gone forward The, are soips forward
today. OF --No' .ature are th"N
Before landing you are told that Nou viii
see things 60 surprise. horriN and amusc.
In the finest street Ia the principal town
ct the greatest u,srn republic tho world
hss eV,n ~,co ! MAS Just too hate to Mt
ness the following incident AID just In
time ia src thy funerals
Al sao O'CLOCK tho street VAS quiet. At
IS TWO negroes 'u sack frock coats and
MACK straw hate. 'hrir long chtn tufts
EiNip. "a s.fsrer un-lamils alr to their
MOS. .t ft.'., at.rvtta walking uQ
thr y. alteration vu ID matter as
t~tr.a ..- ir. ilslius 81 .u elbow broke
pstt ..t,a th,m. Th, tAlt,r .t che tHVo
r'-.,d injo IBIS -ua.e 1Ht r.,n ouj again
WIKI o., ,acumavGut ciu' go Nack zap hs
arguments 4 revolver shot rang out.
tGc t.J Wan uttered "a Nttle eurk'c and
rolled .Dt into thc sau. where ar las kick
inE ttto'N NAe ID dying trout yD tGe dirty,
dusty t.sI
The murderer Was sentenced TO four
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
The Question of speed.

II bullet, fired at a height of nine and
one-half feet above the ground, travels
at the same rate of speed as the car from
which 1t is fired, it will continue to ad-
vance until 1t falls to the ground. Fall
ing bodies fall at the rate of 1914 feet the
first second. Consequently the bullet will
touch the ground in 9la-16la of 1888 sec
ond. In 1888 seconds the bullet will have
advanced 1888 of IS feet or so feet s
inches.
If fired in the opposite direction the
speed impaired to the bullet by the ex-
plosion is equal to the forward motion
transmitted to II by the car. These two
equal forces. acting in opposite direc-
tions, neutralize each other, and the bull
let falls to the ground directly under the
point at which 1t left the guns muzzle
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

screnely. quite unconscious OF Eick's
disapproval.
And, as I was saying, ouie Hibbs
can be n squaw, and Fannie Sanders
n mustang that's about all she's good
for"
whats a mustang?" demanded Dick.
"Why, mustang is--don't you know
what n mustang is. Dick? It's a sort of
wild horse that grows out on tie prai-
ries and the cowboys lasso them
whats a lasso7' asked Dick again.
But this time Todde refused to an
ewer. He only smiled contemptuously.
Come on" he said; lets get the
others and play the new game"
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entered into the spirit of the Ting, as
she should have done at first.
But this was not all of Todd,e's new
idea.
Now" he said. well all be Indians
and have a regular war dance. Lou!es
doll can be the v.c.im.
So they left Louies new dolly tied to
her tree. and they all so sticks and
danced around her. until | am sure the
dolls nerves were quite upset with
wondering what was going to happen to
her.
Hi, hi" yelled Tod T..
Hi hi"' echo Louie.
Hi. hir' squealed the rest of them,
and they had a fine time with the new
game. But Ike all of Tod les games,
% 1tfui rs fn,y f. A-
he was su to spoil them fore he got
through.
Now he sa d. I'VE ought to Rave
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The party was soon formed. 1t con-
sisted of Fannie. Louie, the two Rogers
boys, Louie's sister Allie, Dick and Tod
die. Louie Hibbs carried her new wax
doll which her uncle Harry had just
given her.
Todde ed the procession to the clun p
Of trees tha' the chi DIR used for
playground and stood them up in ne.
New he sai1 "this Is an indian
camp. Ned Rog RS and l are Indian s,
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BY Billy Rogers.
Four of our khaki boys in the Philip
pines were on picket duty near a camp of
Filipinos. They had white helmets, all
alike. except that each was numbered
The helmets were conspicuous and made
them too good target for sharpshootern
so they removed them and laid them un.
der a tree. The pickets were not recalled
until after nightfull. when it was too dark
to distinguish the numbers.
What is the probability that every man
got his own helmet?
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES PUBLISHED
MAY2 20.


This was really no puzzle at all. It was
given to test the wit and wisdom of the
boys and girls. Every man has eight
great-great-g randfathers, living or dead :;
sixteen great-great- great -grandfathers,
and so on in regular arithmetical pro-
gression. A real puzzle would be to cal
culate where the number begins to taper
down. for Adam was the one ever-so-
many times great grandfather of all.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.
Edited by TOMMY LORLNG.

young, and they have to swim about in
companies of four to protect themselves
from the frogs. Four pickerel can keep a
frog at bay indefinitely. and five can kill
a frog in four minutes.
What would be the result If five frogs
were put into the pond and battle were
to ensue? How long would the battle con-
tinue?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

n ERE is the very latest thing Ia ar-
u mored trains 1t is French idea and
tAe government Of that cou.try
thinks 80 Well OF II that IL has offical-v
adopted 1t and will make it part OF Its
regular army equipment Most armored
trains are makeshift affairs but this one
has been constructed for war and for moth.
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By Frank Ransom.
In certain pond there are twenty -one
pickerel. The pickerel is very pugna-
cious and voracious fish. Even when
small they are good fighters, but when
full grown they can easily make way
with the largest frog In a pond. But the
pckerel In the pond mentioned are still
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

ing else Usually where there is need FIR
an armoFed train, an ordinary locomotive
Is obtained This engine is then eitncr
enclosed in sort Of box made IF ste-l
plates. or else the locomotive Is drapel
with old ropes. sails sandbags. and in
fact. anything which is calculated to turn
. shell, Badsn-Powell. defender Of Maze
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION

Give me some pie" said Tommy N.Y.
Said Mrs. Nye: BE still.
You can't have pie. because, you know
That pie. son, makes you Ill.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

Adding three toothpicks to the six
shown in the puzzle, we have nine. Ar
range the nine as above, and you will
have T. N.
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them, and it Is 90 avoid that sort Of
catastrophe ,hat the French government
has caused 10 be constructed the extraor-
binary train pictured here. The French
armored train is 50 constructed that there
Is hardly an upright line in it, 1t is al
most impossible for a bullet TO strike it at
= riZht aAzls. The train looks very much
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
The Greek Cross.
By Henry Weeks

by henry weeks,
Here Is a Greek cross, which is to be
divided into six pieces, OF the six pieces
two other crosses are to be constructed
each of which shall be one-half' the area
of the original
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

like huge metal cigar II is armed at
either end with what looks like an iron
spur, but which is really a device for
clearing the track OF even the heaviest OBJ
struction. The cars. like the engine. are
all cylindrical. and they are made to fit
so closely together that the train is prac-
ucall. continuous.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

last three days. but often much longer. On
the nrst night priest sacrifices a cock
al the altar the blood being drunk warm
Dancing then commences On the second
night goat IL sacrificed and the blood
drunk as before. On the third night the
orgies continue, when a little child is
brought In, the chiid's throat is cut by
the priest. the blood handed round and
drunk warm"
Turn now TO another passage: II sent
ashore to ask II salute would be re-
turned II we fred one. was told they
certainly would do so II We would lend
them the powder as theirs had all been
expended in firing minute guns for depart
cd generals"
This Is Hayti. the land of extremes.
where the grotesque and the terrible
touch hands.
Looking out at the portfolio you could
not see the lonely and unlighted coast II
was moment. you will say. Of magma
tons. Yes. but for once the imaginations
fell behind I'm the race with the realities.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

Col. Luther r. Hare. who with 40 picked
men from the Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth volunteer infantry achieved the
rescue Of Lieut. Gilmore. d daring feat OF
hardship and perslstency in the face Il al
most insurmountable obstacles Is an H.
diana man by birth and Texan by train.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

He'd culver and quake
And quite queerly would take
Quinine, which, he said. was quite blttW.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
of Columbia.-Randall Hagner and wyman L: Cole,
assignees, and the Allegheny Company vs.. George
r. sheriff ct al-Nos 1S10S and 20O32 equity
These being referred to me to settle the ac-
last will and testament Of George l.. Sheriff Ind
personally, and Of Wyman L. Cole surviving as.
signee under the deed of assignment from the said
George K. Sheriff. trustee. and to report distribu-
ton Of the several funds, notice is hereby given
that 1 will proceed under the said order Of refer
ence oa Monday the 4th day Of June 1900, at 10
o'clock am. at the auditors rooms In the United
ing claims against the said George r: Sheriff as
trustee as Aforesaid, and against bis said as
signees are notified to present the same Mt the
said time and place, with the proofs. JAMES G.
PAYNE Auditor. my24, &c, 81 je2
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FOR SALE = AN OUT-OF-TOWN OWNER, m
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will pay over 1879 the money invested.
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STORES.
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MALE.

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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-29
BILL REPORTED.
To Forbid The Sale of Liquor on Any
Property Of The United States.

WASHINGTON, May 23-The House
Committee on Military Affairs to-day,
by a vote of nine to three, agreed to re-
port Mr.. Bowersock's bill to prevent
the selling of or the dealing in beer,
wine or any other intoxicating drinks
in any post, exchange or canteen, or
transport or on any premises used for
military or other purposes, or owned by
the United States. The second section
provides that the penalty for any viola.
tiOn of this act shall be a fine of not less
than 300 and not more than $500 for each
offence. The bill involves total pro.
hibition in all premises used or owned
by the United States, including the
Capitol itself.
The committee divided as follows
In favor of the bill-Messrs. Hull,
chairman; Ketchman, Capron, Dick
Marsh, Lentz, Hay, Jett, aud Sulzer
opposed -Messrs.< Parker, Stevens ani
Slayden.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-29
NO BREvETs.
The Senate Stands Against the
Injustice.

The President, in January 1899, rec
commended $40 brevet nominations for
Conspicuous services" in the Spanish
war. There is no call for this, in the
army, but, as the New York Tribune
says, 'Tt is thought in the Army that
no harm will be done if no brevets for
the Spanish war, are ever allowed. "
The truth is, the bestowal of brevets is
q farce, and piece of injustice. 1t is a
bestowal of unearned honors upon in
competent or undeserving men, in
ninety-nine, cases out of hundred,
while worthy men are passed by in
silence. The rank Il bestowed asa rule,
upon staff officers, who have had moth
ing but "soft places' in the service,
upon those who have "a pull, I" or upon
those who have political influence.
There Is not one case in hundred
where they are bestowed for meritOrius
service. The Senate, recognizes this
fact, and its position has prevented the
President making any brevet nomina-
tiOns.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-29
THE ARMY
OF Roberts Crossed the Vaal
River Sunday.
JOHANNESBURG
Only Fifty Miles Away, Sunday
| Evening!
THE BOERS
faII Back Without Making Any
i Resistance. y
DDRSuDRNr KDunPp
Asks the Beers To Notify Him,
! Tvpnuy Wam< Dna~n
Fall Back Without Making Any
Resistance. !
PRESIDENT KRUGER
Asks the Beers To Notify Him, II
They Want Peace.

All indications point to an early end
ing of the Boer war. In London, 1t is
expected that the end will come by the
middle of June.
Lord Roberts entire army crossed
the Vaal River Sunday, with only a
casualties. When he telegraphed the
news of this event, he was within 81
miles Of Johannesburg, and II of Pre-
toria.
Butler encountered more opposition,
. force Of $4,000 Beers being entrench-
ed at Laing's Mex, q strong position in
the mountains in the extreme north OF
Natal, and on his right flank. He ex'
poets, however, to flank them out OF
this position.
The British army is very strong, ir
excellent spirits, has 10000 infantry
20, 900 cavalry, and $50 cannon, and is
marching three miles an hour. Tc
this must be added force of 3O,00'
men under Butler. -
The latest news is that Kruger, rec
ognizing the hopelessness of the con
test, has called upon the Beers to le
him know, if they want to make peace
| There are rumors that the Boer
will make stand at several places
but they are not credited.