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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08
ANXlOUSLY WAITING FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA
All Arrangements for Reception Of Volunteers
at San Francisco Completed

Rassrs 20 sen@pasy ssn 90 sss seaesas
call spos 0ov. sssnsey.
I've 0~vevu~SU Aso Osa 1Ssswan.
rss Gp~srncr % Wxsa8nwson xaa no
spvsrrov - Ksnsas are cid srf~ssds rsf3y
tksv met for fns nrss tine tn fwsnsv-sn~
yearA When hey fass 8w esrn ssBer IN
an ofacss3 cspsefsy Gov Reows ~as cs.sr-
man ~ . board o. eeunsy Commissioners
IN KAsssA saA 0sv. eanssv sppsss~d -
fore him - csun1ss - . anss lnv,sytnu
the county
attention. 20 ne sscs mat sns tr~nsDsrs
Tartar. with tss ksnsns Dyys xa~rf.
would sros~hly reach here sssss ne smsss
time - ire Ysnnsylvans& 10 ss~ snousa.
shs ksnsss sna wssnsmuscn sy~ wnf
nssch shroo0h sbs city ssa 10 sb~ Yrssssszs
IN . noay.
WWp w~e1 GSess - 0~w~vs
Gov Dsanlsy wanted 20 snow u ne nxa-
sss boys would esd tns pru-<~sson. Cen.
ehsffsr sssd him tsy would nss. 10 sor 80
other sssscn than that the ssnssrty %
the commissions ~ mo sosorsss 81 re.
two regiments 10 In favor % Goa whoasy,
% the Washington regiment
II 80 can't % asss, wvH 90 scons.s
ssii Gov. sfsnisy.
oss~s Boy esv 10 Oos~uoss~~
Today has be~n . ausss sne for sh~
wsshsnston delegation some ~ th~n
spent their time 90 shs hotess or ortvase
homes. nesting otd friends. . nampsv.
headed ~. aov. Ro9svs ssd Senator Tas-
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Wsy Nave Any pcsssess orr ~
OeusveS.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. T--cov. sssn-
ley. of Kansas. who arrfv~H here iass
night 20 weicons the Kansas volunteers
on their return from Maniia. says.
Gen Funston rsr have anything -
warts. politically. IN our state They
want 20 make him governor. senator.
orgr~~srnan-at-iarge 4nf wive him haIf
a f0zsn osh~r titles All ~ oser- ScshfrR
viii he son~. however. until Re expresses
a wfsh ~ his own
All the members ~ IRE Kansas regi-
rnent vii be decorated wffh imitation
sunrowsrs ~ yellow fei, ard brown sat
in. witch have beer nsad. nv 30 iaisss
of tho party On the railroad journey 70
the Coast Bp ~ these were rrsts fks
men yofninr with the lafses In fssafon'nz
shs badges
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

WASHINGTON. or T-Tn@ sosr9 -
visitors 70 the naval Sss.rvsss~y hss
sfs-nsfses nx r~pors - rn~ Secretary -
the rswy Upoa the sssosecf ~ wr.~f~s-
interest before r. n&r~tv. th@ c~5rrf@fy
or trsn~f~rrfnx me ob@~~wsso~v frnrn -s-
val ss cfyfI control. ftss n1sre eorrfsd@s
IN vs@w ~ rn~ ffv~rsfsy - opfnior srsgnx
ann~rfrar ssfronorse~~ ss - whsrs ira
sn~fifasfor eosIa ~ o~ss transferred. shs&
r. 10 inerp~dse8f - ree0nnr7erd any
change an sfs present time Trey r.~orn-
rn@ns~-s q r~rrnsn~rt ssfronsznfsal zsa~
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

SAN FRAHcTaco. orr 7~On~ - sh~
boisest rosoerfee whfch ha~ ~~~r o.
curres IN fhfs rfty ~ax s~~onrpsf.b~s -
the broad iivht - thf~ sTf~~nonn NJ re
corner % wsrk<s sns Hr1sk str~pf#
The annosns sfoE@n wss 81. = n1fsnw-
ed 20 Capt John fssrme49n. s1pe~f4f svsf-
sns ~ the xowsrnrn~rf frsnsrert gc~x sFfS
vas 81 ~ark ~nBeh wss sakau srs~1 sns
buggy ~ man wno Tsws~f ~ n~-fnf
whf1~ the street was c~ow*ad wfsN O~opfs
watching tns varrt rsee suif~frw
TIE robb~r had tns appearance ~ b~frx
q workman Detectives are securing tae
eis7 FOR me rchb~~ r. r. fnoueHs fs~~e
will - no possibility ~ MS ~~~ap@ -
tho description - ne thief - p~~re~r.
ard 10 tfne was lost fn reporting ne
loss
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so.roys REcEprsos TO DEWEY.
Preseststsow ~ . WssAse0e Wsseh
one 81 TIE YeasUves.

BOSTON. Oct Admiral Dewey VII
receive a q 40 watch from me xunicfrsi-
ry or Boston The city viii spend 81, ~
giving she admiral wsfoers The rnon~y
will he used for various purposes IN con-
r~c,,ou With the parade whsen wnI ~ a
feature ~ IRE csi~brztio-. ard also for
decorative features. one 81 which already
ssYgss.ss fs she niurinstfon 81 fubfer
Hni monument A COMMITTEES left for
Washington tonight 20 lay before Admiral
Dewey q provisional programme
Tn. governor is f~si-ous that me people
Of The commonwealth should obssrv~ osf.
IL az a hoifssv n Admiral D~~sy gets
here IN tire on Friday n 10 rlzpnet 10
rive him A ssnaaes on Friday s%~asng.
II proposes 20 mobilize the entire sfsss
mfffssa sn the isyh-
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HAVANA. ors The Spanish zovsrr-
rneu. has .oi4 the Hs~sns sasfinx cret
for sSs .ye 70 a syndicate ~ Vera rrszs
merchants Several New Yark srns have
been ssked for sssms for convsysng tho
Acck r. vssa CyuG II pusehnDDD -
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Special rsspssch 20 sr~ P0~y-Fn-ssssg~neer
wAsHfSGT0s. Oct THE see ~
subsrssfcn Va. D. Seattle. vfE1 - ehsrs~1
crfsb-r s sron csiusnssa sr-~x ard
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BURLINGTON. W. Ocs- TIRE rszss-
tees - the fnfver-ssv ~ v~rusnx saszsv
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The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
Doing Penance for Sins,
(To be continued.)

In former times persons guilty or
grievous and notorious offenses were
required to make open confession and
further to make satisfaction for the
scandal given by their bad example by
doing penance publicly in white
sheet in their parish church, says
Stray Stories. The sheet was used to
show clearly to every one which was
the offender. The last time that pub
lie penance was done in an English
church was on Sunday evening, July
80, 1882, when man named Martree.
in the Church of All Saints, East Mar
tree, made an open confession of i'm
morality and promised to perform the
penance thus imposed upon him by
the vicar. No white sheet was used
on this occasion. The last case in
which one was used appears to have
been one in st. Bridgets church, Ches-
ter, in 1851. But on that occasion the
penance was not public, the church
door being locked. In the previous year
however, public penance in a white
sheet was done in country church In
Essex and similar thing occurred in
Ditton church, near Cambridge, in
1S49
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

signal for a grand rush to the parlor.
And 10! the big Christmas tree had
flown. My uncle was enraged, the
guests much excited, and the young
lawyer from New York looked very
much amused. a search was prompt
ly instituted, and of course the tree
YVES found in the library, standing In
stately solitude.
who on earth could have put 1t
there? No one knew-and no one
could guess-Stella ana were particu-
larly obtuse. And after awhile the
presents were distributed. The young
married weman's card was Enclosed in
a bundle OF embroidered flannel petit
coats to nay darling husband and
darling husband presented his little
love- with a volume of Mother Goose
tales, and a red bathing suit; my old
maid cousin received a Dutch pipe and
a pair of hunting trousers; my uncle
got half dozen tulle wells and pair
of gold garter clasps"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

not the only thing afloat in La Plata
River that dark night. Hidden from
the men on the swift steamer by the
thick blackness of the night, and the
fact that she carried no lights, was
schooner, which was feeling her way
across the broad expanse of the estu-
airy, within hailing distance of the
steamship that passed her unwittingly.
This schooner was a peculiar craft.
She was not so peculiar in appearance
as in action. She was a low, narrow
craft, built for speed, and carried a
tremendous amount of SAIL AS has
been said, there was no light shown on
the schooner. She ran the risk of be-
ing struck by passing vessel. But this
was only a chance, and her captain
knew that if lights were shown there
was almost q certainty of being run
down by government boats.
Across the stern of this vessel no
name could be seen in the brightest
daylight. But still she had a name. 1t
was Eel Cato Negro" or ''The Black
Cat"
The crew Of Gel Cato Negro" was q
mixed lot of rascals, some being Span
ish. born in South America, some being
French, some Portuguese, and some ma
tive Indian. 1.-THE Black Cat" had a
bad name among the officials of Ar
gentina, and she was, in reality, the
fastest and most successful smuggler
in the world.
She was entering the river, even now
with a cargo of rifles and ammunition
and also of rum and tobacco, on which
there is heavy duty in Argentina, and
was making in the dark for certain
spot where the contraband cargo could
be landed without fear of detection.
The language spoken on board the
"Black Cat" was something beyond
printed words to describe. 1t was GER
tainly a jargon of English, mixed will
Spanish, French or any other Ian
guage that came handy. The men were
to a man, desperate. cut-throat gang
Captain Torrevo. of the BLACK Cat
was on deck peering at the lights OF thu
steamer, which was passing a shor
distance ahead of the schooner. HI
grinned with satisfaction as he though
how lucky It was for him that thu
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

A western lady who formerly lived at
Cambridge, Mass, writes entertaining
" Of what she declares was the hap
piest Christmas Of her life. The climax
of this merry occasion was house
party given at the home of her uncle
not many miles from Cambridge. The
lady writes:
my uncle owned a big place about
twenty miles from town. and every
year he invited all his relatives to
spend the Christmas holidays with
him. He was a widower with two chill
d-en.-a sor 20 years old and daugh-
ter of II. This girl, my cousin. Stella,
was one Of the brightest and most
fun-lovinS girls / have ever known. /
was Just two years her senior, and be-
tween us we managed to Stir up that
house party to degree nothing short
of startling. Twenty people beside
our family were invited, there being
altogether about thirty guests in the
house. Among them were young law
yer FROM New York for whom l i'm
mediately conceived violent admira-
toni. a naval officer, three Yale men
from New Haven, my two brothers, an
antique female cousin Of ours Gage I'M
known). some girls from New York
and a young married couple from st.
Louis. Before the end Of week Stel
la and 1 had almost originated a di-
vorce case, where the young st. Louis
couple were concerned. OF course,
there were some other people, but they
were sort of ehaperones, old fogies who
didn't count much. Well, that year
the 25th of December fell en- Wednes-
day. and the guests were invited from
Dec. % to Jan. 2, and l can tell you
we made Rome howl My brothers
ard /. with our parents, arrived at our
uncle's late Monday morning. The
snow had been falling steadily for
thirty-six hours. and was many inches
deep.
I'VE drove from the little rickety
station three miles cross country to
the farm. We we're the first arrivals,
AMI we made good use of the advan-
tage over the other invited guests. The
next train, at o'clock, brought them
all. and at they came shouting and
singing up to the house, an slelghs.
wagons and carriages, borrowed from
the farmers all over that part OF the
country. Well, the first evening was
passed in the bic dining room, all OF
us crowded about the roaring log fire
That is. all of us. excepting the young
lawyer from New York and-myself
We were seated on a chintz-covered
coap-box. off I'm a dim corner OF the
room. discussing-er-the possibilitiei
of effect OF mistletoe on--ah--mankind
Before the candles we're brought in tc
announce the time for disappearing,
we two had begun TO understand eacf
other. II was our first meeting, but In
the country. and at Christmastide. peo'
Die become acquainted very quickly.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
CHAPTER II.

Having gone thus far, Rob would not
have been true boy had he not look
ed forward to this great change in his
life without more or less eagerness and
pleasure. And Rob was true boy. He
was q good boy, and a good scholar.
He was the best runner, the best foot
ball player, and the best swimmer In
the circle of boys in which he was
leader. The blood of splendid health
coursed through his veins. He was
sturdy, strong and handsome. What
boy such as this would not hail with
delight life in South America, with
prospects of adventures in wild and
mysterious places.
Mrs. Cleverdale so far entered into
his hopes and plans, that at last she
became not only reconciled to the part
ing, but pleased at it, 1t meant so
much for the boy she dearly loved. She
believed that her own life would not
be long, and she was glad of this OPP
portunity for Rob to find home where
his future was assured.
And at last the eventful day came.
Mrs. Cleverdale had friend, lawyer,
who undertook to get Rob safely off.
HE goes to Rio de Janeiro on the
United States and Brazil mail" said
the lawyer, Mr.. Brown. "At Rio he
changes and takes another ship. For
tunately, am acquainted with the cap
tain of the 'Vigilancia,' which sail;
next week from here. will take Rol
to see him, and then we can rest as
sured that he will arrive safely. There
IS no better sailor or better man a0oa
than Captain Baker of the 'Vigilan
cia.'"
So Mr.. Brown took Rob to meet Cap
tain Baker. The captain of the Vigl
lancia' was fine, hearty man, ever.
inch a sailor, and every inch a gentle
man. He won the boys heart at one
by his kindness.
Don't you worry about this youn
gentleman, Mr.. Brown" he said. III
and are going to be very good friends
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We are going to enjoy every foot OF the
way from here to Rio, and there he
will be placed in good hands for the
rest of the trip. He's all right. We
sail on Wednesday. Don't forget"
So on Wednesday Rob found him
self on board the "Vigilancia' with his
mother and Mr.. Brown to see him OFF.
Mrs. Cleverdale could not help crying
a little, but she laughed gayly imme-
diately after, and the memory that Rob
took away with him was his mother
and Mr.. Brown laughing away as II
they enjoyed the occasion. This helped
Rob very much.
On Wednesday the big ship left her
dock and steamed away.
1t was in the winter time, and Rob,
closely muffled in big ulster, stood on
the deck watching the sights as they
went down the East river, and down
The bay. After the panorama OF the
passing docks he became interested in
the grand view of the harbor, the Sta
tue of Liberty, which looks so differ
ent when viewed from the city; the
forts. with their ugly looking guns, the
taking on of pilot and his departure
all these things kept Rob interested,
so that even when he thought he was
leaving his native land, perhaps for
ever. he waved aside the sorrow, and
told himself that soon he would be a
man with money enough to come back
IL he wished.
Captain Baker was very kind to Rob
and, with the exception of a few days
of seasickness, the boy enjoyed the triI
to Rio de Janeiro-a distance of nearly
seven thousand miles-very much.
At Rio, Captain Baker introduced
him to the captain of ship of the
Royal Mail Line, which was to go tC
Buenos Ayres. This was the final ste1
of Rob's long journey, and it was here
that his troubles were to commence.
There were few passengers on board
and most of these we're natives OF Bra
iii or the Argentine Republic, travel
ing on business. There was one pas
senger, however, who seemed to take
great fancy to Rob, and who at one
struck up an acquaintance with him
This was a young man about twenty
Eve years of age. His name was Lem
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

THE next morning we all arose at
o'clock, and after the jolliest kind of 4
breakfast, we hauled in great punches
Of evergreen, reels of crow-foot moss,
and pile after pile of holly and mistle-
toe. We spent NEST Of the day on step
ladders or tables, hammering and tack
ing the Christmas decorations in place.
And in the evening my uncle had big
pine tree brought in and set up in the
parlov. We had each brought scores
of little packages from town to present
On Christmas morning, and these
were suspended frem the branches Of
the tree. Mlstletoe was everywhere,
and so were the girls. The conse-
quence will b. readily understood-the
men were not of the variety known as
shy.
ut was long past midnight when we
trooped of to or rooms and o'clock
struck before the last good night rang
down the darkened hallway. AS soon
as all was quiet, stole from my ROOM
and tip-toed down the corridor to my
cousin Stella's door, 1t was locked,
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

In the meteorological section of the
British association Mr.. Rotch gave an
account of the work done at the Blue
Hill meteorological observatory, Mas
sachusetts, by means OF kites during
the last year. The maximum height
attained was 12,440 feet in February
of this year The fact that the in
crease of altitude obtained this year is
smaller than in former years seems to
indicate that the extreme height to
which the kites can rise is being APP
preached. The attempt of the United
States weather bureau to secure daily
records with kites at sixteen stations
was unsuccessful for forecasting on
account of light winds. which pre-
vented daily flights at all the stations.
but many data were obtained stimuli
taneously in the free air and at the
ground.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
- u II ~ y " "A 49, II Il

uel Starne, and he was apparently of
mixed English and Spanish parentage.
He was quite handsome and well dress
ed, with black, piercing eyes, and
firm look about the mouth. Rob was
glad to be friends with Mr.. Starne, for
the sail to Buenos Ayres would have
been long and lonely one without
friend to talk to. The captain of the
Royal Mail" was not so friendly as
Captain Baker, and Rob fell in with
Mr.. Starne most of the time.
Mr.. Starne was much interested in
Rob's prospects, and his coal-black
ewes glistened when Rob, in the inno-
cence of his heart, told what splendid
offer Mr.. Horton had made him. But
Mr.. Starne, while getting all Rob's
story out of him, said nothing about
his own business on board the Royal
Mail"
The ship stopped at Montevideo, in
Uruguay. and then entered the River
de La Plata.
It was on a black and moonless night
when Rob and Mr.. Starne were stand
ing near the rail chatting. The few
passengers were distributed far away
from them, and the crew were busy.
There was no one near enough to see
in the darkness, just what was going
on in that portion of the deck.
Mr. Starne was bending over the rail.
Look down there" he said to Rob.
"see that splendid phosphorescent
light"
Rob leaned far over the rail and
peered downward.
Suddenly he felt a clutch from be
hind. 4 hand was clapped over his
mouth, and, without being able to cry
out or to make q struggle for his life
Rob was showed over the rail, and wen
down like log into the foaming wa
ters that churned around the speeding
steamer.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

No child Of today would consider a
present half a present-except. OF
course, those that Santa Claus with
his own hands hangs upon a tree or
thrusts into a stoeking-unless 1t were
hidden in manifold paper wrappings at
the bottom of box with bright col
ored Christmas card lying on top of it.
Anyone accustomed to being with chill
dren will appreciate the pleasure that
the accessories of their Christmas gifts
give them. Every scrap OF ribbon, the
tinlest card, the very scraps Of bright
wrapping paper, are all boarded, and
used somewhere for decoration. The
little girl makes sashes of the ribbons
and dresses for her paper dolls of the
tissue wrappings, while the cards serve
as priceless works of art on the walls
of her playhouse.
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THOSE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN.

The little folks at our house-they talk
like anything
Bout Santa Claus comm, an what he's
goin' to bring;
An mother never has to scold, or tell
'em bout the noise
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best of little boys!
Cause why? They know that Santa
Claus knows everything they do,
An while he's loadin' up his sleigh
he's watchin' of 'em. too!
An them that minds their mother,
they gets the most o toys
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
They've just been writin' letters to
Santa Claus each day,
An tellin' him just what they want,
an shown him the way
To where our house is, SOS he'll know
just where to leave the toys
Fer just the sweetest little girls-the
best o. little boys!
They're longin', longin', longin' fer the
days and night to go,
An all o. them are happy, an they
make their mother SO!
She never has to scold 'em, or tell 'en
bout the noise
Cause they're the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
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but 1 tapped gently, and was soon ad-
mitted. We two girls slipped down
stairs, where 1 had told the butler ian
old servant of my uncle's) to wait for
us. And the we put our three heads
together and concocted grand
scheme, for the undoing Of everybody
in the house. We tugged and hauled
that hig overloaded Christmas tree
from the parlor. through the hall into
the library, and then We exchanged
the names on all the presents. 1t was
almost daylight before We finished, but
we were amply repaid for our trouble.
by o'clock everybody was dressed
and down stairs, exchanging greetings
and gifts. Stella and i we're the last
10 arrive, and our entrance war the
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CHAPTER III.
The Rescue on Board the Black Cat
The steamship of the Royal Mail was
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The lucky man is the man who sees
and grasps his opportunity.