Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-10
An Exception.

four legs was "a
"Yes'm. but Rover lost one O his N
fightin' a trolley car."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Father Of Astronomy.
Hipparcus, the father of astronomy.
established the fact of the procession
of the equinoXes- that is. that the sun
crosses the equator about one min
ute farther westward each year
$50 years before Christ was born. and
it is consequently believed that he
knew the earth was spherical in form.
He catalogued 1000 stars and invented
an instrument for calculating latitude
and longitude
Like Man.
"Well, old jenkins certainly bore his
misfortune like man. said his friend
"Ah! Courageous, and all that sort
Of thing, WHAT" said the man who did
not know jenkins.
"Well, not so much that said his
friend. "As a matter Of fact. he made
rather a fuss about it. What | meant
was that he blamed it all on his wife"
London Globe.
The TreadmiIl.
The treadmill was invented thou
sands of years ago by the Chinese To
raise water for the irrigation of the
fields. The invention. somewhat chang
ed. was introduced into England ana
other European countries and used in
prisons us Il mode of punishment. one
was erected ut BriXton Jail in ls17 and
soon afterward in other prisons. To-
ward the end of the century, how
ever, it fell into disuse.
A Grand Nag.
"Well," reluctantly admitted the hard
pressed Yorkshire horse dealer in the
witness box. "I'll admit the animal
was blind o one eye, an l won't deny
he'd stringhalt in his off hind leg. an
I'm not sayin-seein' the two vets
has sworn to it-that he wasn't SPAWN
ed, an Id sort of suspicion myself
that he was IA roarer. but he was a
gr-r-rand hoss."- London Tit Bits.
Our First Railroad Train.
On Aug. 2S. 1890. the first Ameri-
can built railroad train made its I'M
tial journey. The train carried paSsen-
gers in its one little car and made a
trip of fourteen miles in one hour and
fifteen minutes. to the utter astOnish-
ment of the "natives,' who predicted
all sorts of dire calamities from such
speed madness. This was the begin
ming Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. the oldest American road
Coral From Italy. -
Much of the costly red. white and
pink coral used for ornamental pur-
poses is obtained from the coast of
Italy. Men go out in boats and drag
the rocky bottom of streams with
wooden frames or nets. in which the
coral becomes entangled. but the del
icate branches are crushed in this
way. The finest coral is obtained by
diving.
A Misunderstanding.
"Why don't you go about with Miss
Scadds any more:"
"Why--e told me that she did
not care for society since her father
had failed"
He is failing. that's fact. Old age,
l SUPPOSE"
Great Scott. Is that what she
express my sympathy" - Cleveland
Leader.
The Name Quaker.
A London writer says that the name
Quaker "sprang from the lips of "A To-
cal Justice Shallow" This man was
one Bennett of Derby The name was
a gibe at George Fox. who once de
clared in the Justices court that all
ought to quake" at hearing the name
Of God The Society Of Friends orig
inally called themselves Seekers-a
more beautiful and also more obvious
but much less picturesque term.
Coins Turned to Snakes.
A money trick Of Hindu jugglers In
variably causes great amusement to
every one who sees it except the vic
tim Of the joke. The iuggler takes
three copper coins and places them in
the palm Of some one in the group OF
spectators. bidding him hold them as
tightly as he can. BY and 10y it seems
to the holder OF the coins that they are
swelling and growing hot. They seem
to be moving about. He holds his
hand closed as long as he can and then
opens it. always with gasp of fright;
for there v'riggling about are three
tiny snakes New York Tribune.
Grim Humor.
The future author of ''Iiuckleberry
Finn had Just arrived in Virginia
City and was working as reporter on
the Virginia Enterprise. He and Frank
Carpenter were standing on the street
talking when they saw fight about
half a block away. Revolvers went
into action. and one man dropped to
the sidewalk. Mark Twain said