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RAZING HISTORIC HOUSE.
Work of Demolishing the Old Seward
House Begun.
NV fhe limited Press.

BY the United Press.
washington, d. c., Dec. 31.>-The
work of demolishing the old mansion
on Lafayette square, where James G.
Blaine died and where the Seward as
sassination was attempted, began to-
day. A theater is to be constructed on
the site.
Articles which were in the room
where Mr. Blaine died are being care
fully removed, and 1t Is understood that
they will be appropriately displayed in
rooms set apart for that purpose In the
new theater.
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Oil Market.
Mothers! Mothers Mothers

Pittsburg, Dec. 3l.--Oil opened and high
est. 94Lc,; lowest and closed, 93%c.
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M oneY to Loan.


MONEY TO LOAN ON BOND AND MORT
vi gage in sums of $1,000 5000, 3300
$4,000 or $1,000. M. j. WILSON, Attorney,
2S Lackawanna avenue.
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SITUATION WANTED "A MIDDLE AGED
- man wants situation; any kind of lvht
work or driving; the best of reference given !;
% wears resident Of this city. Address II. !"
this office.
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CITUATIoN wANTED-BY A YOUNG
- widow with two children. Will do any
respe table work. Address Mrs. I. b, W.,
el3 Cedar avenue.
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LTOR RENT-FURNISHED AND UNFUR
nished rooms at 500 Lackawanna avenue.
EOR RENT-SIX ROOM HOUSE ON WEST
Lackawanna avenue. Address THOMAS
q EVANS, aear 1882 Luzerne, Hyde Park.
,'OR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED HALL
suitable for lodge rooms JOHN JER-
dYN, ITO Wyoming ovenue.
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Lost.
Strayed,
Situations Wantc d.


G C1TUATION WANTED-BY A YOUNG
- man in meat business, with long expert.
ence: best reference furnished. Address
BUTCHER, Tribune Office.
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For Sale.
For Rent.

LIOR SALE TO A GOOD PHYSICIAN-A
paying practice in good town. Address
DOCTOR" Tribune office.
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ORPHANS COURT SALE-ESTATE or
~ Philip Hopkins late of the township Of
Benton. Lackawanna county, Pennsylvani
The representative., 1895-04-24
HIS WIFE'S VACATION.
1t Had Not Been All Sunshine While
She Was AWAY.

1t Had Not Been All Sunshine While
She Was Away.
The gateman at one of the passenger
depots in Detroit was approached the other
afternoon by a tall and weary looking man
with beer stains on his vest and the
strings of his russet shoes united, and
when he had come quite near he asked:
amy train Lanshing yet?''
mo train from Lansing for over three
hours yet" was the reply.
"Whash mazzer wiz Lanshing train?"
thickly queried the caller as he leaned
heavily against the fence.
Nothing the matter. Are you expecting
friends?'
"Yesh; dearest friend in all zhis wide.
wide world. I'm shpectin' my wife, and
when / think of the dear old soul weep!
Shee these tears?"
II do. Is your wife sick?'
mo, wife amt shick. Dear old soul!
How could 1 let 'er go away and shtay
shix weeks!'
"Oh! Then she's been off on a vacation %
''Zhats it-bin off on a vacashun. 1
wanted her to go. I teased her to CO. I
had to fairly drive her off. 1 couldn't hard
fy wait for her to co.
"I tumble!' chuckled the gateman
''Yesh, you tumble. 1 wanted to run
out nights, you know. Wanted to have
fun wizz,er boys. Wanted to drink all
'er beer 1 could hold and go home and
kick er door in and shleep all day.
Shayr'
.Wen?"
IT couldn't wait in zhis depot 10 minutes
for her to go out, and now I'm goin' to
wait over three hours for her to come in
Bless her dear old heart but how do l
want to see her! Shee these tears?"
Yes; observe a pretty steady flow of
tears. Did you carry out your program
NO Didn't have no fun WixEer boys.
The representative., 1895-04-24

Boys didn't want me long Didn't sit ia
,er park Got DRUNK onse and liker died,
Tried to kick in door and feller kicked me.
Wrong door, you see. No, didn't have nc
fun. Jess wanted to seet'er dear old wife
all 'er time Shee how TdookY'
You do look pretty seedy, my friend.''
Yesh, look pretty, ,sheedy and feel pretty
sheedy. Was goin' to Jump in 'er river,
but dear old wife ahaid fBhe'd come home.
I'm hungry and tired rand shleepy and
played out. No goodstimes-no fun. Shayr'
YES"
III you shee reporter round here tell
him to put it in his paper that 'er man
who lies to his wife and gets her of to
Lanshing to shee her sinister makes mis-
take-awful mistake.C No fun wizzer boys
no fun wiz anybody Jess go roun' feeling
lonesome for er dear Old soul and writin'
her to cum back. Over three hours to wait!
Sheems like over three years! Shay, young
man, will you do me a favor?'
Il will"
"I'll go over after another glass O. beer
If don't cum back fore that train gets
in want to you look out for my wife.
She's fat woman with red hair. Embrace
her and shay:
Sit down and wait for your dear hus-
band, who loves you better'n life, and who
has been here waitin' and weepin.' He's
sorry you went and won't never do 1t
again, and he hain't had no fun wizzer
boys-not one fun Detroit Free Press.
The representative., 1895-04-24

she looked SO stern that one might sup
pose she had some such experience of her
own.-
Barrie was rather puzzled by AIMS treat
ment OF him during the next few weeks
she had conscious air in his presence
which implied the existence of a secret un-
derstanding between them. He was half
annoyed by her manner at first, but soon
same to conclusion very far from the
truth.
She has discovered that 1 am in love
with Margaret, and wishes to assure me
of her good WILL" he thought. "She's a
nice old soul in spite of her curls and
white muslin.''
So grateful was he for this unspoken
sympathy that he treated the mistaken
spinster more cordially than ever. And so
the little game of cross purposes went on.
1t was hard for Barrie to convince Mar
garet that he really loved her.
You have known me for such a short
time" she urged. "And you could have
done so much better. 1 am little better
than common servant, and"-
Il am the best judge of what / want
Listen to me, Margaret. 1 must leave here
soon, and cannot go without a promise
from you. 1 am coming back in a fort
night. VIII you marry me them"
She looked into his earnest, honest face
and could no longer doubt him.
YES" she said, softly, II will go with
you where you will.'
Both the sisters were in the parlor when
Barrie and Margaret presently entered it,
Ann started at sight of them, and trem-
bled visibly.
She is afraid of Miss Desire" thought
Barrie Then in few manly words he
told his love story, and asked permission
to make Margaret his wife.
1t was Miss Desire who answered, for
Ann was speechless. They had no control
over Margaret, she said. She was of age
and could speak for herself. And after all
few conventional phrases on both sides the
lovers withdrew.
That night, as Margaret passed Miss
Ann on her way to bed her hand was
snatched in a tight feverish grasp.
Il see that you are wearing a new ring
Margaret Darcy" said the spinster. Here
is another to keep it company"
With some violence she pushed the ring
which Barrie had admired on the girls
finger.
Thank you, Aunt Ann" wondering at
her strange manner, but grateful for the
unusual kindness. II will wear it as long
as l live.''
Upon reaching her chamber she blew out
the light and sat looking out over the gray,
moonlit lake till long after midnight. Then
she went to bed, but she was too happy to
sleep. Long after the old clock in the hall
had struck she heard some one sobbing.
Ann Kapper was crying her heart out in
the stiffness of the night.
The representative., 1895-04-24
TRUE STORIES ABOUT CATS.

Instances Of Remarkable Staying
Powers I'm Attempts to XIII Them.
1t Isl popular saying that puss has nine
lives. and It is a fact that treatment that
would XIII many other animals does not
kill cat, says the New York World. A
recent English authority gives some illus
trat1ons of this. There used to be a farm
er's cat named Joy, who was very fond of
horses, and used nearly always to sleep
in the stable-often on the back of one
OF her friends. Once she was severely
kicked, and one if the stablemen found
her stretched on the ground stiff and cold
He threw the body out on dunghill
where it lay all day in the sun. In the
evening milkmaid thought she saw signs
Of life in it and took pussy into the kit
chen. In three days puss had entirely re
covered.
Another cat, found in a trap, was
brutally beaten about the head by
keeper, who, when he had killed it as he
thought, cut off it's tail as a trophy. Her
mistress carried home what she regarded
as the corpse; but in three weeks the cat
was runnig about as well as ever, though
minus her tail.
On another occasion boy going to
school threw a stone at cat. 1t struck
her head and she fell dead, as he thought.
He threw her body into a corn field
where he saw it lying for three days as
ne passed. On the fourth day, however it
was gone, and shortly afterwards the iden-
tical cat was washing it's face on it's mas
ters doorstep as usual Another boy see
ing an old woman bury three kittens alive,
dug them up, and although they had been
for an hour under ground saved the lives
cf two of them.
A still more remarkable case Of resus-
citation is that in which a farm hand,
getting angry with a cat attacked her with
a whip, but when he had nearly killed her
she ecaped. Being unable to catch her
again, he chased her into a hole in a wall
and then stopped it up with stone and
lime. Here the animal remained half dead
for a week, when her master, suspecting
what had been done, released her. In few
weeks she was we'll again.
Burial alive seems to agree particularly
well with cats. Scotchman, wishing to
get rid of a cat, determined to dispose of
her in this way, thinking she would soon
be suffocated. He tied her in a bag, dug
a hole in the garden and covered her with
earth. The next day he went to view the
body and was surprised to see the cat
jump out of the bag alive, and strong
enough to escape by running.
The well-known power that cats have of
alighting on their feet when they fall or
are dropped from height, even back
downward, combined with their wonder
full capacity for taking hard blows, has
sometimes resulted curiously. For in
stance, cat in Dundee, Scotland sprangV
for canary that hung in cage by a
fourth-story window. She missed the bird
and went out of the window, but struck on
her feet and walked off as if nothing had
happened.
Then there was a case in which a man.
finding a cat killing his pigeons, which
were kept in the attic of an eight-story
house, kicked the animal through an open
window. On going downstairs he was sur
prised to see her get up and walk OFF,
The representative., 1895-04-24
JOHNSON WAS DRUNK.
Condition of LincOln's Vice Preside
mt the Inauguration.

Condition of LincOln's Vice President
mt the Inauguration.
Noah Brooks tells the following story in
his personal "reminiscences of Lincoln in the
April number of the Century:
All eyes, were turned to- the main en-
trance, where, precisely on the stroke of II,
appeared Andrew Jackson, vice-president-
elect, arm in arm with Hannibal Hamlin,
whose term of office was now expiring.
They took seats together on the dias of
the presiding officer. and Hamlin made a
Johnson, whose face was extraordinary
red. was presented to take the oath. It is
needless to say here that the unfortunate
altogether sober at this important moment
OF his life. In order to strengthen himself
for the physical and mental ordeal through
a stiff drink of whisky in the room of the
vice-president, and the warmth of the SEN
ate chamber, with possibly other physical
brain: He was evidently intoxicated.
AS he went on with his speech he turned
the 6sbnet Officers and
without the official handles to their names
Forgetting Mr.. Welles' name, he said, and
So FofneS to1 he said TRsn Mnt IS ing
the secretary of the navy?" and then con-
tinued as though nothing had happened.
Ono, Once In l While from the reporters, gal
Johnson from behind. reminding him that
the hour for the inaugural ton ceremony
had passed The speaker kept on, although
President Lincoln sat before him. patiently
waiting for his extraordinary harangue to
be over.
The study Of the faces below was inter-
estihg. Seward was as bland and serene
as summer day; Sumner appeared to
be petrified; Welles' face was usually void
of any expression; Sped sat with his eyes
closed; Dennson was red and white by
turns. Among the Union senators Henry
Wilson's face was flushed; Sumner wore a
saturnine and sarcastic smile, and most Of
the others turned and twisted in their SEN
atorial chairs as if in long-drawn agony
OF the supreme bench, Judge Nelson only
was apparently moved, his lower jaw being
dropped clean down in blank horror. Chase
was marble, adamant, granite in immobil-
ity until Johnson turned his back upon the
senate to take the oath when he exchanged
glances with Nelson, who then closed up
his mouth.
Wnen Johnson had repeated inaudibly the
oath of office, his hand upon the book he
turned and took the Bible in his hand, and
racing the audience said, with a loud, the
atrical voice and gesture, Il kiss this book
In the face of my nation of the United
States
The representative., 1895-04-24
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Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
The representative., 1895-04-24
EARNING THEIR LIVING,
Methods of Couple of New York
Girls and One Californian.

Methods of n Couple of New York
Girls and One Californian.
The New York papers described a few
days ago two methods whereby women
might earn their living Both were a trif1e
unusual, but both were undeniably possible,
since what woman has done woman can
do. One hardly likes to class them together
even for an instant for so far as the east
is from the west so far were these methods
removed from one another, The New York
Times says:
"a young woman in San Francisco, or,
rather, California for the state is her field
of operations, is making good living and
is having great deal of fun as a travelling
photographer. She embarked in the life be-
cause she was tired of the city, and she had
so little knowledge pertaining to her occu-
patton that when she attempted her first
picture, that of two young men who wish
ed to preserve themselves to posterity on a
load of hay, she didn't know enough about
her camera to get the plate exposed. But
she soon conquered all these trifles, and
has made reputation for good pictures
which insures her cordial welcome when
ever she returns to a field previously Wis
tied. She travels in a buggy, starting out
in the early spring, and returning when
she feels like it. She is fearless, and needs
her cool courage occasionally when she
strikes lonely stretch Of country. An all
days travel sometimes brings her to a
place where she can get neither bed nor
board. Then, as night approaches, she
puts a mans hat, kept for such occa-
sions, buttons up long, black alpaca ul-
ster, to increase the masculine appearance
sees that her revolver is in good working
order, and rides on. The sum of $500 in
the bank, with the memory of many pleas
ant adventures, is the result Of three years
of this nomadic picture taking
On the same date the New York Herald
says: .'The new woman seems to be de-
veloping even in the highways and by
ways of life. Poor man is gradually TAX
ing a back seat and allowing his would be
masculine sisters to step along to the front
Even the sandwich board which from
time immemorial has been carried by man,
has been by one fell swoop taken over to
the womans camp.
1.-THE other day two women walking side
by side through Twenty-third street at
tracted attention not only by their peculiar
garb, but also by the sandwich boards
read: L know-it-alls polishing
powder AS if to prove the assertion her
garments were fringed with rows of gilt
tering pieces of metal, freshly FURNISHED.
The other sandwich boarder,' like the
foolish virgin, was labeled: L use an imi-
tation.' This fact was demonstrated by
similar fringes of dingy metal disks. Their
garments were cut la Salvation army
and were of black material. An extensive
black poke bonnet sat upon each head
and, as if they were ashamed of the busi-
ness, their presumably blush:ng cheeks
were concealed under heavy veils." ~
The West is quite used to being sneered
at by the East as wild and crude and un-
dignifed, but surely the Western girls way
of earning her salt is infinitely more digni-
fed than that of the two New Workers.
The representative., 1895-04-24

Examples of Tenacity to Life Seen in
Memhera Qf the LQMer Creation.

Members of the Lower Creation.
A French professor has been making ex-
periments which prove that of all animals
little bunny can bear the greatest cold
says the New York World. He shut a rab-
bit up all night in a block of ice and the
next mornig the animal seemed to be very
comfortable and not to know that any
ring unusual had been going on. Next to
the rabbit in being able to bear great cold
come. in order, the sheep, the goat and
the pig, all domestic animals. The cat was
completely outclassed.
One would think that the wild creatures
would be hardest, and as matter of fact
some of them do show almost miraculous
tenacity of life, as all old trappers can tes-
tify. Canadian trapper found not long
ago that one of his traps had disappeared.
month afterwards the people of Green
Lake. 80 miles distant from the place where
the trap had been set, killed wolf with
that very trap attached to it's leg The
animal was reduced almost to a skeleton.
That he should have been able to drag the
trap about for a month through a hundred
miles of forest shows how hard it is to Kill
wolf, and doubtless his relatives, the fox
and the jackal, as we'll as other wild ami
mails not so nearly connected, could fur
nish material for equally wonderful tales.
Going down lower in the brute creation
the power of clinging to life seems to in
crease. Everyone knows how hard it is to
kill snake, and the old superstition about
the pieces living till sunset seems to have
been quite justified Other reptiles show
even more wonderful powers. It is very
hard to kill common tortoise. An Eng
lish writer, Shaw. tells of one that lived
six months after its brain was taken out.
moving its limbs and walking as before
Another lived % days after it's head was
cut off, and the head itself opened and
closed its jaws a quarter of an hour after
it was separated from the body
Next lower in the scale of creation como
the fishes, and no fisherman need be told
that they will flop about in the lveliest
way hours after they have been pulled out
Of their natural habitat. But the champion
Of all dsh in this respect is the shark. It
e - bard to klll ahaxlA that they often 1--we
The representative., 1895-04-24

other. It's ridiculous notions that girls
got, any way-cramming her head with
trash
Her mother was your sister, was she
not?'
Gracious no! Our half-sister She and
her husband died when Margaret was a
baby. We couldn't cast the child off. being
of our own blood. so"-here Ann drew a
long sigh-"we brought her up"
'She is very pretty" said Barrie.
DO you think so? Folks say she favors
me little. Miss Ann looked scomplacently
at her well-kept hands. We wear the same
size in gloves
'Indeed!' Barrie was evidently inter-
ested. He moved nearer to the spins.er
That's very quaint ring you wear, Miss
Ann. May 1 examine it more closely?'
Coloring family, Ann drew it from her
hand. Barrie slipped 1t half way on his
little finger, looking at it intently
You wear very small ring, Miss
Ann" he said, returning it to her.
Ann! What in the world are YOU do
ing?" cried a shrill voice.
Desire stood in the doorway the picture
of shocked decorum. Barrie could not re-
press a smile as he bowed and left the
room.
I'm afraid I've made rather a bad half
hour for poor Miss Ann,' he Thoughts
Then he went in search of Margaret
"Oh. Desire!' cried Ann. petulantly,
what made you come in as you did ?
AOu VS SpOIeu everything. haven't you
noticed that our boarder has been very at
tentive to me lately
Good gracious, nor cried Desire.
But Ann hurried on
He has been so kind ana devoted tha t
couldn't help noticing it; and. Desire.
today, when he found me alone, he asked
to see my ring. knew right away what
he meant, and when he put It back he sort
Of measured my finger with his eye''
Ibid ne ask you to marry him?" cate
Ehised her sister.
ssWell no, but he was just going to when
Sou blundered Ia.
4.Hml Don't you count your chickens
1ekore THEY'RE hatched,n sak1 RegiRn end
The representative., 1895-04-24
REMEMBER.

That if you see anything in the
REPRESENTATIVE which appears to
you as strong argument, in favor of
Peoples party principles, don't stop
with enjoying it yourself. for that does
no particular good,-as you are already
converted but saliy out and show
the paper to every Democrat and Re-
publican in your neighborhood. Thus
shall you spread the light of the Cos
pei, and make possible the triumph of
your party.
The representative., 1895-04-24

when life would seem impossible. A shark
was once caught by the sailors Of the
French ship Rossignol and was split open
and cleaned as one would clean fish, his
heart and all other internal organs being
taken out. The body was then thrown
overheard. when, to- the astonishment Of
all, 1t swan away and was soon out of
sight OF course it could not have lived
long, but it is wonderful that it kept so
much life in its body as to be able to swim
Of oil
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-02
Notice to Intending Passengers.
S. S. "AUSTRALIA."

OFFICE OF TIE OCEANIC STEAMSHIP Co. |
HONOLULU, september 80, 1895. !
The S. $. Australia will leave this port
for San Francisco promptly at 4 o'clock
pm, on WEDNESDAY, the I'd instant.
CABIN PASSENGER TICKETS ONLY will be
issued at this Office, between the hours of
n. IN. and p. m, Tuesday the LIST Oct.
and ana 10 am. on Wednesday the I'd
Oct. Such passengers as are given tickets
must report at the Inter-Island S. n. Co. s.
wharf for fumgation and inspection rs
promptly as possible between the hours of
] and $50 pm. on the day Of sailing. All
luggage and hand baggage of whatever
description must be delivered at the old
Chulan premises (late soda works factory
on Nuuanu street for fumigatiOn not later
than 0 am. ON the day of sailing. All such
luggage, etc, after fumigution will be de-
livered to the steamer and cared for by the
Company's employees.
WIN. G. IRWIN n co LID,
ll5-2t General Agents