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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-09

TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TENDERS
L endorsed New Parliament Buildings, Vic
toriA. Contract No q" viii re received by the
Honourable Chief Commissioners OF Lands and
W. rks up 70 O'clock p. m of Thursday, S0th No
vefnter, 1898. for the several trafes required In
The erection Of new parliament buildings at James
Bay, Eictoris, b e. wig:
]. The excayator. mason and bricklayer's work
The carpenter and joiner's work
j The slaters and piasterer work
4. The coppersmith's work
3. The smith and iroHfoundsr's work
The plumbers work
2. The painters work.
L. nders viii be received for any one trade or for
the whoe WORK.
The plans. details etc. as prepared by 7. NJ Rat
tenbury, architect can be seen ~ the odce of the
undersigned on or after Monday. October l6. 1898.
and complete quantities clearly describing the
whole of the WORK be obtained on payment Of
go Tor each trade. This sum will he returned to
the contractors on receipt of bona fCSe tender.
Zach tender Amust be accompanied by ac-
cepted bank check equal to per cent on the
amount OF each ira tepsiered for which win be
retained a. part security for the due performance
OF the work. The check will be returned to I'M
successful competitors but will be forfeited by any
bidder who may decline 10 execute . contract X
called upon 20 do so
The lowest or any tender not necessarily &C
cepted. w T. GORE
Deputy Commissioner Of Lands and NorSx
Lanes and Works Department.
Victoria. IL G., september 8. 1898
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sorrcE 70 CONTRACTORS.

DaOpOSAIS WASTED-SEALED PROPO-
Il sails will be received by the board Of trustees
of the w ashingt0n Reform school until Tuesday,
December 5. 1898. al O'Clock p m, for furnish
ing supplies. consisting Of groceries. dry goods
meats, flour. butter. furniture. carpets hardware
etc, etc. TO be delivered at The school
A full list Of articles needed Will be furnished
upon application TO the superintendent of tbs re-
form school At Chehalls. Wash.
All proposals should De sde to John Dobson,
president of the board e trustees. ChehaiiS WASH
ington. MARI ed sealed Proposals.
All payments to be made in state warrants
JOHN DOBSON.
l. +. COMPTON,
HENRY DRUM
Board Of Trustees
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NOTICE OF DTSsOL UTTOy.
NOTICE IA HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN co-pArfner hip heretofore existing between
Edward ". Wooiiey and William w. Alverson
under the firm name Wooiiey q Alverson. for the
prosecution OF q general insurance. loan and rental
business. is this day dissolved by mutual consent
EDwAdD 81 WOOLLEY,
wN W. ALVEkSON.
Seattle, Wash. Novsp Der 4, 1888
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ firm heretofors existing under the name OF
Dodge & smith. doing business in the city OF Seat
tie, has this day dissolved, Mr. Dodge having pur-
chased the entire interest Of Mr. smith In the
Hotel Northern Said J. ". Dodge will collect
receive ana receipt for all moneys due said firm.
and said Dodge will pay ali just debts due ng
BY said firm c. E SMITH,
J. W DODGE
Dated At Seattle. wash. November 7. 1898
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29

| tracted the attention of 80 persons within
hearing, and following with their eyes the
direction he was looking all saw the figure
| of a woman in ring costume of trunk and
tights leaping up from the roof of the cage
and clutching dangling rope climb up it
and disappear in the flies. She was recog
nized at once-Nanine Lascellesl
| A score of men dashed up the stairs to
the ''fly gallery" chased her to the bridge,
captured her and dragged her down to the
stage, where Dubosc was lying, awaiting
the verdict of life or death from the sur
geon. Blood was upon her right hand. and
man who clambered to the roof of the
cage found there the bloody pomatum jar
] Francois met her, and looking at him with
scorn and hate she Missed venomously,
"Spied upon and betrayed by-my broth
| erl'
"MurderessP' he retorted, with a gesture
that directed her sight to her victim. He
ribly, but bearing his pain like a stole and
rapidly bleeding to death.
1--WE have caught herp' shouted her cap
tors to him. 1T was her workr' He looked
sharply at her, coldly at them, as If not un-
Outstanding.
"She had hidden herself on the cage, con-
cealed by its top" they explained to him,
''and threw in the blood to set the beasts
crazy. She meant they should kill you"
Nanine, looking down at the CORY wreck
of a man at her feet, trembled like leaf in
the wind, her features worked convulsively,
and she seemed suffocating.
Family, gasping, but with distinctness,
Dubosc replied: "You are mistaken. Ma
nine was there by my request. No blood
was thrown upon me but my own when the
leopard attacked me. Nanine would not
harm me- Let her CO."
They understood him and released her,
but shook their heads. Exhausted by the
effort OF speaking, he sank into q swoon.
Nanine, with shrek, fell upon her knees
beside him, crying
"Nol MOI Alphonse. You are too goodl
Your forgiveness overwhelms me. am
wretch. did it. Oh, yesl did it, and /
should die for it, My Godl Would / not
have diedP Did not mean tor swear to
you did. But, oh, Alphonsei Could you
know my remorse; to see you so, and know
it is my accursed work. My Godi shall
70 mad. Wretch that amp
IF you don't want to finish this man up
at once, you will stop this excitement
around him; stand back and give him a
chance to breathe" interposed the surgeon,
gruff but skillful man called in from the
auditorium
Nanine moved aside, sobbing, and no one
sought to restrain her. All lost sight of
her. After some elaboration, the surgeon
announced that Dubosc's injuries were Sc
we're, but only superficial, and in two or
three months he would be as good as new,
but he would need careful nursing.
At that Nanine came forward again, lead
ing Babette by the hand, and said to Al
phonse: III bring her to you as my atone
ment. l am not worthy to nurse you.
Farewell. May you be as happy together
as deserve to be wretched alone"
She rushed out, and we saw no more Of
her. Dubosc recovered and married Ba-
bette.
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A BIG CONTRACT.

blo CONIttAOIs
some before Mollie served his tea with
her usual grace. Once she caught his eye
with questioning glance, but she did not
speak. When her back was turned, Jack g
eyes followed her figure as he thought to
himself:
"This is the biggest contract ever I'M
dertook."
But man is complex animal swayed by
varying emotions. Pride came to his relief.
To save himself from showing the weak
ness which threatened to sweep him off his
feet like flood, he hastily drank his tea
and left the house, closing the door very
gently behind him this time, however
well, WE'LL" he muttered, "Mollie is
evidently bent on getting the best of me-
Pm afraid I'll have to blindfold myself if
win"
Jack went down to the grocery and played
game of checkers. He couldn't get his
mind on the game, and he was beaten In a
most thorough manner Then he tried bill
lizards with no better result, the reproach
full questioning glance of his wife seeming
to follow him everywhere.
"T'm afraid the little woman has hoo
dooed me-" he muttered as he walked
homeward under the starlit sky. Perhaps,
after all, he had been wrong. Night after
night he had left Mollie alone in the house
and had gone away seeking his own graft.
fication. He was filled with contrition as
he opened the door with his night key and
stepped into the hall II Mollie had been
there to meet him with her accustomed ca
ress, he certainly would have ended the
suspense. But the hall was dark and ST.
lent Jack thought he heard light foot
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sarved and gilded wood, full two feet high
In front and on the ends, but not more than
six inches at the back. The three coppart
ments into which the cage was divided
were readily thrown into one by his swing
ing back the two partitions as he entered
the center on. inhabited by the lion. The
tiger roomed in one end space, the leopard
in the other, and three finer animals OF
their respective kinds than those were
have never seen. They were young, vigor-
Gus, in fine condition and did not seem to
me any too well broken, but he did not
seem to be any more afraid of them than If
they had been rabbits. Noticed, however,
that always before he entered the cage
couple of long iron rods were heated white
hot at charcoal brazier in the wings and
kept in readiness there until he left the
"den." 1t was no small job at each per
formance to roll that huge structure with
its heavy and dangerous freight in from
the old warehouse at the back-temporarily
engaged for the circus troops use-through
the long, low, narrow passageway, under
the 'fies" and out to its place on the stage.
That afternoon Dubosc sprang in among
his savage pets looking his best and in high
spirits. They greeted him with their usual
demonstration of snarls. growls and menac
lHk uiSpldys Vi lOrLuludDlo tttbu duu CLAWS,
but a few sharp cuts with his heavy hippo
potamus hide whip quickly set them scamp
ing around him and leaping over his head
In terror of his mastery. Presently they
quieted down and went through the ordi
nary programme of exercises in unwilling
obedience to his orders. All went we'll un-
til a certain point where he was in his
worst position for defense in case of their
attacking him. He sat upon the PROSTATE
lion, with the leopard on one side and the
tiger on the other, each resting one forepaw
on the lion and the other on one of his
shoulders, with their ferocious jaws only
few inches from his head and back of his
fear compelling eyes. 1t was highly eff
fective group. but one to make you shudder
If you happened to think what might easily
happen.
ry happened. The sharpest eyes among
the spectators could not determine with
certainty whether there was a sudden
shower of blood thrown into the cage from
behind and above Dubosc's head, or wheth-
er his blood spurted up and over the group
like fountain from wounds made by the
claws on his shoulders. Whicheverit was,
the blood was there, and the sight and
smell of it instantaneously frenzied the
beasts, effacing all the lessons of their
training and bringing out their savage in
stincts.
With the suddenness of a fash of light
ming, far more quickly than any human
eye could follow in detail their movements,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29

speech, which is great relief to woman,
but would have to hold herself In check,
getting all the time hotter and hotter in.
side, while facially smiling to the public
and doing her airy fipfaps.
By the time she got down to terra frma
again both Alphonse and Babette had left
the theater, and she had 20 prospect of see
ing either of them again that night II the
tale told by her brother Francois was true
that they had gone away together 1t
was lie, but as Alphonse, who went with
party of merry Frenchmen to see the old
year out, did not return to his hotel until
much too late for her to see him she be-
heved it, Probably there was not in the
city more unhappy woman that New
Years eve than Nanine, and in her exas-
peration she determined upon and prepared
for a savage revenge. To it she made sac
rifice of her old, ugly lapdog, which she
had lugged about the country for years.
Apostrophizing the poor little beast as a
witness that her vengeance was just, she
cut its throat and carefully saved its blood
in big, wide mouthed pomatum jar.
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when the pot finally boiled over naturally
made some pretty close inquiries as to how
the fire got under it, and 30 obtained thu
whole story
On New Years eve Nanine and Dubosc
had quite lively scene in the wings. She
had just learned of his having given q very
handsome little watch as Christmas pres
ent to girl named Babette Paillard, who
was of no particular account from q pro
fessional point of view-being simply one
of the grand entree equestriennes and fig
urantes-but exceedingly pretty Babette
was one of those milk and roses complex
Toned little girls, plump as a partridge,
golden haired and had the daintiest little
hands and feet imaginable.
One would hardly think to see the saucy
pout of her lips and roguish sparkle in her
eyes that she was such very good girl as ev-
erybody said she was, but Dubosc doubtless
knew it, for he was so thoroughly IN love
with her that he purposed marriage, and
she was quite as fond of him. And the first
thing Nanine knew of it all was when some
mischief maker told her about the watch.
That set her flaming, and she attacked him
with reproaches, regardless of who might
hear her, denouncing his ''faithlessness"
and threatening to be revenged upon him
II he proved false" to her. OF course
don't know what right she had to talk to
him in that fashion, and it's none of my
business. Pm simply stating the facts.
He quieted her down as well as he could,
but unhappily she was not so amenable to
the discipline of his eyes as the cat animals
in the cage were, and her subjugation was
far from complete. He and she knew best
what promises he made, il any, and what
excuses. Doubtless he said anything that
suggested itself as temporarily soothing, for
a man naturally wants TO put stop to
scene of that sort. But an hour later good
opportunity occurred for little tender chat
and lovemaking with Mile. Babette in a
dark corner of the stage. Perhaps she
purposely made the opportunity, for even
the gentlest woman loves to triumph over
q rival, but she would hardly have been so
imprudent, imagine, had she for moment
dreamed of the tragic possibilities she in
voked.
Nanine had brother in the troop, a
drunken fellow, past middle age, who had
been good clown in his day, but broker
down by dissipation and rheumatism wa
at this time simply banner holder, a SUI
pernumerary-a hanger on kept "for ole
times sake" He was jealous of his sis
ter's professional standing, her good salary
her fine clothes, her applause-everythina
and she despised him. a feeling she took
no care to conceal. 1t was consequently a
fine chance for him to do mean, spiteful
thing to wound her by telling her of the
little interview between the man she loved
and the girl he loved, and the malicious sot
improved it, even going so far as to deco
rate his recital with mention of kisses,
which may or may not have been true. He
showed devilish cunning about it, too, in
waiting to tell her until she was just going
on the stage for her trapeze act, when she
could not Immediately free her mind by
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29
WHEN NEW YEAR BEGINS.

Among most oriental peoples the year is
lunar and begins with the first full moon
of December. In England, from the four.
tenth century to the change of calendar In
1859, the legal year began on March IS, and
after the change was made much confusion
in dates resulted before the matter was
fully understood. Even yet historical
issue is sometimes clouded by the differ
ence in modes OF reckoning, ana It is thus
made uncertain whether an event took
place In the year named or in that follow
ing. The present beginning Of the year ON
Jan. 1, In the middle of winter, Is not o
natural but en- entirely artificial starting
point The Greek year originally began
with the winter solstice, as did the year OF
most northern nations.
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NEW YEARS AMONG THE GREEKS.

A Season Of General Rejoicing and Gift
Malsing-Some Ancient Customs.
Among the Greeks, which means all
those who belong to the orthodox Greek
church. among which are the Russians,
Bulgarians and Hellenic Greeks, Christmas
Is a solemn religious ceremony at which
there Is no merrymaking nor social pleas
ure, but New Years day is observed as q
day of general rejoicing
New Years among them is what Christ
mas is to us. Wives, sisters and daughters
give their parents and husbands various
articles of their own handiwork, generally
q very elegantly embroidered tobacco pouch
or something of that sort. But the father
of family, however poor he may be, must
give his wife and children present Of
money. That which is given the children
is placed in little earthen pot and kept,
30 that when a child is grown there is
a snug little sum for his start in life. The
giving of money is obligatory, and no mat
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29

BY ERNEST JARRoLD.

"As we cannot get along together WITH
Sut quarreling," said Jack Manly as ne
Arose from the breakfast table, I'VE had pet
ter not speak" -.
.Just as you please, sir" said his WIFE,
with bright spot on each cheek ana an
angry glitter in her eyes. Jack buttoned
his overcoat and slammed the door vicious
" behind him. Thus began the most mis-
cradle days the young couple had ever
known. Jack Manly was dry goods
clerk In the village OF B.. He had been
married for three years and loved his wife
devotedly, but had contracted habit Oh
passing his evenings away from nome.
Mollie had borne her husbands neglect
bravely for time. Then she lost patience
and chided him. Hence the quarrel. IL
was the first serious rupture that had 90
Cured In their married life
"Mollie will have to give in before do"
said Jack to himself as he walked quickly
along in the direction Of the store, while
the snow cracked under his feet "Of course
I'll forgive her as soon as she opens her
mouth, but she began the quarrel, and she
must finish It, There's nothing like i'm
pressing woman with your strength OF
character. A brief lesson in the virtue OF
silence will do Mollie good"
This reasoning was su1nclent 10 sustain
Jack during the day, when his work kept
him from deeper reflection, but when the
time for closing the store came and his
thoughts turned toward the usual CHEEKY
and sympathetic words awaiting him at
home from his 'little woman'-as he Low
ingly called his wife-affairs began to as
sumo different aspect. Besides, Jack re-
hected, New Years day was only a few
hours distant. He had calculated on max
Ing few resolutions A most cursory re
view Of the past year showed him plenty OF
room for improvement. Silence might be
golden in the spelling book, but Jack found
1t would be impossible to have his wife's
assistance in carrying out his resolve I'M
less he broke it, His heart leaped within
him as he drew near to his home and saw
the welcome light in the window.
1t needed all his pride to keep his mouth
shut as he stepped into the cozy dining
room. 1t seemed that the fascinating fates
had all arrayed themselves against him,
for Mollie had dressed herself in the dark
maroon which set off her brunette complex
ion to such advantage and which Jack ad-
mired so much Upon the table were all
the dishes that tickled his palate. 1t seemed
to Jack that the biscuit, fresh from the
oven. had never been 30 faky and tooth
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29
wAssAIl BOWLS.

That rare old gossip, Mr.. Pepys, tells us
in his diary how on New Years day, 1861,
he was offered the wassai bowl by one Of
those damsels who sang for him "very
sweetly," it being often customary for these
wassail lassies to sing appropriate songs
while the wassail was being quaffed. The
wassail bowls which these girls carried
were often prettily adorned with ribbons
and garlands. Wharton, the antiquary,
says that the wassail bowl was identical
with the gossip bowl mentioned BY Shakes
psare In his "Midsummer Nights Dream"