Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Football In Shakespeare Tine.

vi 1T II Salile OF IOOtDall or JON III
one? asks the Herald of Stratford-on
Avon. J. +. Vincent, the author of Il
book on berkshire highways and by
ways, found at North Moreton in the
register there an entry of n murder
done by one "ould Gunter," says the
Herald. Gould Gunter," it seems. was
football player, or. at any rate, his
soEs were players. for they ant: some
fellows named GregOries fell together
by the years (ears) at football Ould
Gunter drew his dagger and broke
booth their hcadcS, and they died booth
within n fortnight after" Savage old
man. There was bad blood over foot
ball even then. This murder was in
ShakcSpcarc's time. in 1898. and foot
ball must have been long played then.
In later days Charles IT, dismissed
football .'as mccter for lamng than
making able the players thereof"
What Is Drop?
In medicine a drop is Il "gutta' or
"mnim." The words mean the same
that is. onesiXteenth of a fluid dram.
This is the official table: Sixty minims
(guttae or Drops make one fluid dranl.
eight fluid drains make one fluid ounce.
sixteen fluid ounces make one pint. two
rints make one quart. four quarts
make one gallon. Forty-fve drops
water. or n common tcaSpoOnful. ma.
about one fluid dram. two tablespoonful>
about one fluid ounce: a wineglassful
! Is about one and one-half fluid ounces,
/ and Il teacupful is about four fluid
ounces. But, my brethren in suffering,
how many different sizes of teaspoons.
/ tablespoons wineglasses and teacupS
are there in this world of ease? And
as for drops, no two liquids If dropped
! from bottle in the old fashioned way
! nolding the end of the finger over the
MOUTH will drop drops of the same
siZe.-New York Press.
The Birds Didn't Come Back.
A century ago a patriotic Scot, Sir
! John Sinclair, tried to establish the
! nightingale in Scotland. He commits
stoned a London dealer to purchase
! nightinCalcs' eggs at the liberal price
of a shilling each. These We're we'll
! packed in wool and sent to Scotland by
mail coach. A number of trustworthy
men had previously been engaged to
take especial care of all robins nests in
/ places where the eggs could be Matched
In safety. The robins eggs were re-
moved and replaced by those Of the
! nightingale, which were Matched and
reared by their foster mothers. The
young nightingales, when they were
full hcdscd seemed perfectly at home
near the places where they first saw
the light. and in September. the usual
period of migration, they departed. But
he n"htiugalcs nov er returned to
Scotland.
tie Reclaimed Ellis Jewels.
| One Gay while Rabbi Meir was away
from home teaching at college his two
children We're suddenly taken i'll and
died. When on returning he inquired
about them his wife. Beruria, first gave
{ him an cvasivc answer and then, lead
ing the conversation to another topic,
related to him how man who had
back t. reclaim them. "Am | to give
them back" she asked. How can
you put such Il questiOn?' said he.
"Of course you are TO return them to
the owner" Berurln then took her
husband into the chamber where the
two children We're L. ing, and pointing
to them. while her tears were overflow
ing and her heart was nearly break
ing. size colIrageously said. 1.-The owner
has come today and reclaimed these
jewels. in our trust From the Tai
mud.
The Scotch Juror.
In Scotland in Il civil case jurymen
get 10 shllings a Gay for their scrv-
ices. and the litgan,s must in addition
provide them with lunch If two cases
are tried consccutivaly on one day and
the same jurymen otiicate they get
10 shllinGs for each case But the
most important difference between an
English and IL Scottish jury is this
An English jury when returning their
verdict must be unanimous, and if
they fail to agree after certain length
of time they are dismissed and the
whole proceedings are begun again de
novo before Il fresh jury. This is a
most expensive mode of administering
justice. In civil cases. in order to
avoid this result, the ltigants some
times agree to accept the verdict of q
ma jority. In Scotland the jury can
always give a verdict by a majority in
civil cases after the lapse Of three
hours Chambers Journal.
Scnopenhauer on Veneration.
Now. mankind Is fond of generating
something, but its generation is gener-
ally directed to the wrong object, and
it remains so directed until posterity
comes TO set it right. But the educated
public is no sooner set right in this
than the honor which is due to genius
degencrates. just as the honor which
the faithful pay to their saints easily
passes into frivolous worship of rel
les. Thousands ~ Christians adore the
relics of Il saint whose life and doctrine
are unknown to them. and the religion
of thousands of Ruddhists lies more in
veneration of the holy tooth or some
such object or the vessel that contains