The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-07

who has been working on the boar'
for a number of years, has succeed
ed il stealing 100000 and was no
detected until he had resigned AM
ab8eonded for parts unknown.
ln Persia human tears are said t,
be aremedy for chronic diseases
and at every funeral the bottling o
tears Is one Of the chief ceremonial
rites The mOurners are presented
with sponges on which to wipe thei
eyes, and the fluid is extracted from
the1d, bottled and sold for medicin
al purposes.
In a coal mine at DaultOn, O.
there is a pet mule by the name o.
jim, which has been in that mine
for many years. Lately Jim wa
transferred to another mine, where
upon 400 miners at once struck anC
retired positively to 90 back to work
until Jim was brought back to the
mine, which was done.
Mr.. Hayes, who is to succeed Col
lis r Huntington, as president OF
the Southern Pacific railway system
first began work as a brakeman on
that road at 81 per week. From one
position to another he has meritori-
ously stepped into until he has
reached the presidency Of the great
est railway system in the world.
Some Of the soldiers and army Of
ficers who are now serving in the
Philippine islands are asking the
war department to be discharged
from the service for the express pur-
pose of going into business in that
islard. Where the applicant con-
vinees the officers that such is his
intention, he is at once discharged
from further army duties.
When a couple in Russia enters
the schurch for the marriage cere-
mo1ly, both bride and groom make a
rush for the platform on which the
pulpit stands. 1t is believed by the
peasants that the one whose foot
first touches the platform will live
the longer, and that the children will
take after that one in size, health
and beauty.
The desk which was formerly
owned by Robert G. Ingersoll and
sat in his office at Peoria, H., and
on which many of his ablest articles
were penned has been recently pur-
chased by the Z. M. c. A. of that
city and the same placed in their ra
eitys and the same placed in their
railroad department. The desk was
secured by that organization more
al fdemento and as a rebnl1e to In
gersollism than for its real or in
trinsic value.
Frank Daniels will be at the Sc
attic theater next week in a new
role. 1t is that of the ruler of At
ghanistan in a comic opera called
''The Ameer." The opera is de-
scribed as having all the ear marks
of success, and in New York last
winter it was pronounced ''the comic
opera success of the season" :" But
for that matter, so long as Daniels is
not tempted to stray from the we'll
beaten path of comedy into more
serious lanes, it is doubtful if any
production he undertakes will be
called failure. Frank Daniels has
a humor all his own.
At Lacona, New York, lives Rev.
Daniel DAILY, who is the rector Of a
little Episcopal church in that
community Rev. DAILY is brother
Of the multi-millionaire Marcus
DAILY, who recently died, but unlike
his wealthy brother, all of his pos
sessions would not sell for $500; in
fact, he is in abject poverty, Rev
DAILY does not regret that his brother
did not include him in his will OF
millions, for they had been
separated for many years and
did not know the whereabouts OF
each other until recently, when
letters were passed between them
There is another brother living who
is worth his millions, and it is
thought that he will make some pro-
vision for Rev. DAILY.
An inexhaustible oil field has
been struck near Sacramento, Cal.
at the headwaters of Cache creek
1t was discovered by watching an
old farmer who was selling petro-
leum of the most refined quality tc
the oil dealers of that city without
giving any explanation as to where
he got it from. Detectives were put
on his track and he was traced tC
the well from whence the oil had
been taken. There was a rush al
once for the community, and while
the old granger would not sell his
farm or any part thereof, other well;
have been located and it is said by
geologists that there is an inexhaust-
able field of oil in that section Of the
country. 1t is also said to be the
richest, most refined and purest pc
troleum ever taken from the ground