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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
MATTER AND FORCE.
Their Indestructibility Proved by
Newton's Famous Axiom.


Mr. Spencer mas said c'First Princi-
ples.' page 1872 that 1.-The verificaton of
the truth that matter is indeStructible"
tests only upon "a tacit assumption of
t." "A tacit assumption" with no ra-
donal basis for the assumption, would
Re no verification; it would be guess.
Che truth that matter and force are in
leStructible rests upon better ground
han an assumption. 1t is the inevita-
ole corollary of NewtOn's Third Law
of Motion, which is accepted as the
fundamental axiom Of physics, ITO
every action there is an equal and Op-
posite reaction If there could he
single case in which matter and force
are annihilated, then NewtOn's axiom
would be untrue, for in that case re-
action would fail to follow action. The
turning of something into nothing by
the destruction of matter or force
would break the succession of cause
and effect, of action and reaction, and
consequently the theories of the indie
structibility of matter and of force
have their roots in Newton's axiom, in
the great law of consequences, Of
equivalence, of compensation, of bal
ance.-From Balance: The Funda-
mental Verify" by Orlando j. Smith.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
THE WORD "NiCkNAME."
1t Had Its Origin In the Old English
Word Nike"

The word nickname has its basis in
the old English exc" an add ton or
prolOngatiOn. MS used in THE Mer-
chant of Vnnice," Ills to piece the
time to exc it and to draw it out at
length" Reekeepers still call wood
EN- cylinder added to Il hive to increase
it's capacity an exc" and we speak
of eking out an income.
A nickname. therefore. is an exc
name. or ore added. which gained it's
present form through the transfer of
the IN" of the indefinite article usel
with it from it's proner place to the
front of the noun Thus IAN aEename"
became first "a nekename' and then
"a nickname.
There are some similar cases in Eng
lish of which the word newt is an
example, having been originally IAN
ewt." Sometimes the N" has left the
word and become attached to the arti-
Gle, as in apron. which was in olden
times Il "napron." while "a nau%er"
has come down TO us as IAN anger. =
Saturday Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

They Are a Valuable Aid and Guide
to the Travelling Public.

TO the travelling Public.
Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the
most notable English writer's known
to the present generation, was wont to
say that nothing interested him more
than the perusal of good map, and
without doubt map that is well made
and accurate catches the eye and ar
rests the attention Of many people as
few other things can do.
The men in charge of railway traffic
possess a most positive appreciation of
this fact, and a large expenditure of
time and skillful thought is made on
this feature of railway publicity.
Said an official of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway while talking Oh
this subject: There is no doubt that
the American railway map engraver
has carried his art well nigh to the
borders Of perfection. | do not know
Of any road maps or other detailed
data for the state of Wisconsin. for
instance, that equal those published
by our passenger department, showing
the haunts of summer tourists and fish
ermen. They are on file in public IL
braries as part Of their reference rec,
ords. Other portions of the western
country have been similarly taken up
by our people and maps of a most
complete character made for them
in fact, the western lines are fully
alive to the value of good map in
the hands of the traveller The map pub
fishing business of the large railway
systems is today reduced to scientific
principles and handled in most sys-
tematic manner
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
MEN WITH LONG HAIR.
When British Soldiers Were First
Forbidden to Wear Curls.

When British Soldiers Were First
Forbidden to Wear Curls.
Matthew of Westminster tells us that
in 1927 Henry l. ordered all the SOL
diers of England to cut their hair a
proper length and not wear it like wo-
men. This custom of wearing hair
like women rose, according to William
of MalmesbuIy, in the reign of Will
liam the red king Young men, he
says, then endeavored to rival women
in delicacy of person, to mince their
gait, to walk with loose gesture and
half naked.
Anselm in 1902 enacted that clerks
who had long hair should be compelled
to have it cropped so as to show part
Of the ears and the eyes. William Of
Malmesbury does not mention the edict
of Henry L., but he relates that in 1928
a certain knight who prided himself
on the luxuriancy Of his tresses, having
dreamed that he was strangled by
them, cut them off Immediately on
waking.
This example, he adds, spread
throughout England, and almost all
military men allowed their hair to be
cropped a proper length. But, alas,
this decency did not continue long, for
scarcely a year expired ere all who
thought themselves courtly lapsed into
their former folly, and those who had
no natural curls put on false ones
London Standard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Carrier Pigeon Memory.

l have known the pigeons imported
from Belgium and kept prisoners for
years, which. when liberated, struck
out for home, only to be drowned in
the Atlantic or picked up by some ship
at sea- This proves that no distance
appalls them.
During the Franco Prussian war the
French caught hOming pigeon which
was being sent to transmit Informal
ton out of the hes eyed city of Par's.
The bird was made a prisoner of war
and kept in confinement for ten years.
When given its liberty it at once re-
turned to it's old home. showing that
ten years was not sufficient to drive
from it's mind the memory of home
Country Life In America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

Many people when away from home
find it difficult to sleep well in a
strange bed and arise in the morning
with sense of having passed decid
eddy unsatisfactory night An old rail
way official, who ought to know, says
the trouble is all in the pillow. It's
the pillow first. last and always. He
has slept in many lands and under all
Imaginable conditions and years ago
came to the conclusion that with ones
own pillow at hand it mattered little
about the bed. On an extended tour he
always takes his pillow with him.
slowing it carefully at the bottom Of
the trunk for future reference. IF |
could start life over again." he says. II
would learn to. sleep without pillow
(the only proper way. but the art must
be acquired during childhood. The
next hest thing is your own pillow
wherever possible. Try it and be con-
WINGED. Philadelphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
FREEBOOTERS.
In England They Were Moss Troop
ers, In ireland BOgtrOtters

In England They Were Moss Troop
ers, In Ireland BOgtrOtters.
Moss troopers in olden days in Eng
land infested the marshy country of
Liddesdale and subsisted chiefly by
rapine Such freebooters in Ireland
were called bogtrotters, apparently for
a similar reason.
Sir Walter Scott, in the Lay Of the
Last Minstrel" introduces the word
thus:
A fancied moss trooper the boy
The truncheon of a spear beStrOde
And round the hall right merrily
In mimic foray rode.
This name was also given to maraud-
ers upon the border. Mr. Camden
calls them borderers and describes
them as a wild and warlike people.
"They are called moss troopers says
Fuller in long account of them in his
"Worthies of England" because they
dwell in the mOSSes and ride in troops
together. They dwell in the bounds
or meeting of two kingdoms, but obey
the laws of neither They come to
church as seldom az the 29tli of Febru-
airy comes into the calendar. Pear
sons Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
OLIVER CROMWELL.
The Greatest Error of His Career
Was Charles Execution.

The Greatest Error of His Career
Was Charles Execution.
The greatest error OF Cromwel's life
was the execution of the king. Not
that in this lie showed himself a main
of blood There was in him not a
particle of the terrorist or of the pas
sion for regicide which slew the help
less king of France. He had been pro-
voked no doubt by Charles double deal
ing, but he did not hate him; OH the
contrary, he was inclined to him and
had wished to come to terms with him.
Himself trimming with family affec-
tiOn he had been touched by the sight
impelled to the fatal act by what seem
ed to him fell necessity and by the I'M
cOntrOllable wrath of the army against
the king, whose perfidiOus machina-
lions, while he was treating with the
parliament for a settlement, had kin
died the second civil war, with the
Scotch invasion, and brought them and
their cause once more into the eXtrem-
ity OF peril. 1t was at the prayer meet
ing of the soldiers at Windsor, before
they marched against Hamilton, that
the kings doom was really pronounced.
The secret treaty with the Scotch for
the invasion of England brought
Charles to the block. and his Offense
surely was capital, though it's punish
ment was most ill advised. The death
of the captive king set the king free
and absolved the monarchy; it put in
eXpiable blood between the regicideS
and a great part of the nation, and
fiunkyism. far from being sickened, as
Carlyle says it was, fiourished on the
martyrdom and has continued to -four
ish on it ever since The success of
Ikon Basilike was the proof. Goodwin
Smith in Atlantic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
NANNY Panty.

The term mandy pamby," which
has come to be applied to a person of
vacillating character as well as to
weak literary productions, was origi-
mated by the poet Pope. He applied it
to some puerile verses that had been
written by an obscure poet, one Am
brose Phillips, addressed to the chill
dren of peer. The first half of the
term is meant as a baby way of pro-
nOuncing Andy, pet nickname for
Ambrose, and the second half is simply
a jingling word to fit it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
WOu1dn't Eat EeIS.

A we'll known naturalist tells of an
experience in the Hebrides last sum-
mer. I'VE saw great numbers of cells
actually leaving the sea and ascending
a small clear stream which formed the
outlet to a shallow lOch" lie writes.
"They varied in size from mere
threads to srecimens wpigiling two to
three pounds each Tie migration con
tinued for a whole week. AMI one day
we succeeded in capturing half Il score
about fifty yards away from high tide
mark. These We're Offered to high
land shepherd. who Will! Il shrug and
Il grimace. said. Och. sir, would
liefer eat snakes"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

A member of tie FSrelvh academy
reported that twenty ivc experiments
on animals showed each time that
poisoned hood is active cven after di
luton 1,OOr COZ .OOO,O30 times The
strength of the AVERAGE homeonatll
ic dose is from about TIE thir. .
the sixth decimal This demonstrates
that those who say that there is no
medicine in homeopathic dose he
tray ignorance
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
WAITS IN AUSTRALIA.
The State Finds Them Good Homes
and Has No Orphanage.

The State Finds Them Good Homes
and Has No Orphanage.
Australia is continent without an
Orphanage, country without an or
phan. Each waif is taken to a receiv-
ing house where it is cared for till a
country home is found. The local vol
unteer societies canvass their neigh
borhoods and send to the childrens
committee of the destitute board the
names of any families they have
found where children may he placed.
The children's committee selects the
home which it judges is best adapted
to the development of the child in
question.
No child is placed in family so
poor that the child might suffer. The
foster parent receives sum averaging
$1.25 per week for the care of the
child and for proper clothing. When Of
school age the child must be sent to
school. The local volunteer committee
looks after its care and culture, and
jealous neighhOrS often assist i'm watch
ing the growth and education of these
happy children.
When the child is fourteen years old
he begins to work His earnings are
placed in the Postal Savings bank and
at the age Of seventeen or eighteen he
goes out into the world an independent
man. The state, at an expense of less
than $40 a year. has raised a man or
prevented the manufacture of crimi
nal and the expense of courts, prisons
and reformatories
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
For Up-To-Date Sale
Bills Come to this Office
Prayer for One Bakers Bread.

In a near by town there is a family
which buys its bread from a baker
named Daley. Over this bread the
father of the house every morning says
the Lords prayer as the first grace of
the day.
Ever since she has been admitted to
the grown-ups' table, Edith, 6, has lis
tened attentively. Friendliness with
the cook has afforded her opportunity
to watch the baker wagon each day
and to her the "give us. our daily
bread has had special signifi-
cance
The other day she began to think
that this plea for one particular bakers
product was trifie tedious, and as
soon as her father finished prayer, she
said:
Papa, isn't there any other baker
IL town 'cept that man Daley!'-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

In a little pamphlet called Better
Say" Mr.. j. G. Fernald recalls the dis
pute of two friends as to whether the
word "news" was singular or plural.
They telegraphed to Horace Greeley
the question, "Are there any news"
Mr.. Greeley promptly returned the
answer, mot new"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Do not Read This.

For Sale: Five farms, all in Grant
county within miles of Lancaster;
two II mi. west of Lancaster on
Beetown road, 100 acres each, all
we'll fenced and good buildings.
Prices right; terms to suit purchaser,
Three Boice prairie farms, 100 acres
each, all in high state of cultiva-
ton; will take cash or a small farm
in part payment for any of these.
Two of these farm are for rent to
the right party. JOHN DAY,
tt Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

Violinist proudly)-The instrument
shall use at your house tomorrow even
ing, my dear sir, is over 200 years old.
Parvenu-Oh, never mind that. It's
good enough. No one will know the diff
ference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Youthful Aspirations.

Holden-Roth of your children are
getting along. They'll soon have tc de-
eide upon their careers Relde'-Oh.
that's al settled long ago Tom has
made up his mind TO be retired mil
ionaire, and Henrietta thinks Sic is
cut out For rich widow. Boston
Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

She-I spend six hours a day trying
TO grow tall: it's the fashion. you know.
He-Well. you've made beginning, |
see. Your face looks longer than usu-
al.-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Inst What He Meant.

Charley. dear" said young Mrs Tor
kins after her husband had been play
ing a social game. why are you so
often without money!
1T is due to the way ! was raised,
"YOu near reared, don't yOu?" II
mo. l mean raised" Washington
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Such a Nice Riddle,

did you ever hear the alphabetical
conundrum. Angelina %
NO, Augustus. What is it,"
ut is. When will there be only TWEEN
ty-five letters in the alphabet?'
"Oh. | never could guess that
Its when I and are made one, my
darling"
What a nice conundrnm it is, Au-
gustusv'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

Teacher--Now, then, what do we
mean by composition? Little Girl lea
gerly)-Please, miss, composition is the
art of bringing simple ideas into COM
plication.-Manila Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Sowing and Reaping.

The law of the harvest is to reap
more than you SOW. Sow an act, and
you reap a habit. Sow habit, and
you reap a character. Sow a charac-
ter, and you reap destiny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Two OuinfOns.

ParsOn-Do you take this woman for
better or for worse? CROMWELL, her
folks thinks it's for better, but mine
thinks it's for worse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Counting Peace.

"Smits never Cl,'"-.c' 18th his wife.
Size s"ends nearly all her tine Il load. >
Eyes. they set a'.~n,s tw ether hy liy-
ing apart. Houston Post:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Too Much Talk.

Browne-To what do you attribute
the troubles of the world? Towne-To
the mobility of the lower jaw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

give wings to happiness. = Woman's
Life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10

He who is destitute Of principles is
governed by whims-Jacohi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-10
Professional Cards.

ATTORNEYS-RUsHNE WATKINS & MosEs
Farmers Phone. SO; Union Phone, 90.
Practice In all state and United States
courts. once over State Bank Of Grant
County,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
The news & observer., 1904-10-30
Dire :. :
VELVETS

We announce sneciaI showing oi
Velvets. The new shades in the new
weave-ChiffOn Velvet--tle very lates,
fabric for stylish dresses. coats and
waists.
UnquestiOnabIy we can give Ou'
customers the best value to be had
from any store. We were peculiarly
lucky to have placed an imported or
der for this line OF veIvets way back
last March, and we are able to sell
them fully one-third less than the!l
market value today.
The news & observer., 1904-10-30
Rain Coats

We start tomorrow morning with
big line of Rain Coats. and il is well
for every lady to consider promptly
the supplying her wardrobe with ono
of these most desirable garments.
Every trade and fashion paper has
been telling ou about the difficulty
i'm securing materials of this kind. 'Tic
season bids fair to be one where the
question will be not what shall l buy
i'm way of a Rain Coat but what can
buy and when can L get one. You can
settle this question right now by buy
in one from us this week.
We have the ri~ht styleS-the right
weights and the right materials at the
right prices. We begin at $1,000 ana
run up to $500. $3.50 ana $1,000.
The news & observer., 1904-10-30
Mr.. DOOLEY
ON THE PERSUIT OF RICHES
tBY FINLEY PETER DUNNE)
Copyright, 1904, by Mcclure Phillips & Coz

.ye uruddent get ii nfrm me'sa Mr. TIennesy.
"1f didn't said Dooe be poor
what dye want
accumyated with
had sick yed to an hand back the
mainin dollars
"A man has injyin
things 1Inniy
in
tn black
w uat We have a ye think we'd like to be famous an ye ordh dish
whin he
tn ordher an y Why
Fame this
FIR tn snd coorse?
Msher Rokyfear over there has had forwo hepn says he 1t
some ye Away he
dhrumin tn
table an o out at tn BY an by he back with yee odher
tn plate What kind
cars little
I've got to
meal
v that Sorry Sir says tn black man. but we're all out good health Be
comm into tn deepo
he
ye get money fix
An
be
have
begin with If we're born be rich ven be rich an ere born to be poor
TIL Rich man.
begar rich find that have
thr rtwob or six
tn
Whin
Moses "h wants tin miyon he puts up his peace mind or
omethnk
to got
vihoutgo goin o store
much I'd bring at forced sale Well Mcu an had tn same start about
tn
tn difference
in an
money on was me dhream avar
be rich relation an I'm tn puthye " me family or stub me toe on
horse
dont
it. avn tainted whn he he finds tn bride modesty wait
tn
o'clock wuddent get up at quahr to n fr all tn money dhrea
thing w rich cashes in Tn mona We r-ead about hr
a n
Thin have health
to
miyonare
Nose
wns awhile late in life he'd h redeem pledge but he nver
in
relon riives
an fn his hair Y heerd about him. didn't ye? He's lost w hair on his
tn desert
sheado tn
bewan his fate It's gr-reat misfortune says he What did ye
Well complain
in
much
uan'1 to be
had
ye cant ate it. sleep it dhrnk it or carry away with We Yeve got lot
YEP"
$ ful iv dsapponmens," Mr.
1f feel that thrue that
pretty good y appyie amt keen an We
The news & observer., 1904-10-30
MAIL ORDER DEPART.
MENT

Free Delivery System
We prepay freight, express
or postage anywhere in
North Carolina on all Cash
Mail Orders amounting to
SIS. 90 and over. We give
prompt service and guaran-
tee Satisfaction.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-11-22

I ]. Esta antigua = acTaditada
sarnacia, Ia mejor de Ia localidad,
IA removable todas sus existancias
& introducido IN extenso sugtido
lie drogas. pfoductos quimicos y
medicinas de Patenta de los prin-
cipales laboratories DIS Europa y
America.
El jefe del establecimiento,
que cuenta az ahos de experien-
cha en- tan delicada profession, atien-
de cuida dosamerte, auxi1iado por
IN inteligente personal subal-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-11-22

---Por este pueblo parece que SO
van arreglando las cosas satisfacto-
riamente. va los republicanos Sc
muestran tranquilos en- su derrota y
Sc conforman con anunciar su triunfo
para ell 1906. Els un consuelo.
Sc indica como depositario de
los foudos p1blicos q don Acisclo
D1az.
-Es seguro que ell Secretario del
Ayuntamiento4 don Eloy Garcia, sera
sustitufdo por uno de nuestros amigos.
Asf debe de ser.
-Anoche celebr6 una reunion la
Junta de cat6licos de este pueblo to-
mando entire otros acuerdos Ell de de-
signar q don Jose J. Monclova don
Juan CaIoca como delegados para la
asamblea que ha de verificarse el dfa
8 en- San Juan.
Sc anuncia Ia pr6xima renuncia a
del Juez de Faz de este pueblo seflor
Nieves. Este funcionari resulta in
compatible en- la localidad.
-Probablementet traslad ara su re-
sidencia la ciddad de Arecibo nues-
tro buen amigo don Octayiano G Garcfa
SalgadO.
-Varios premios ha obtenido en-
la exposition de San Luis ell ilustrad o
farmac6utico de este pueblo don jose
J. Monclova.
Ell boticario de este pueblo senor
Gotay trasl adara su farmacia Baya-
mon.
---Ha ingresado en- la Union el ex-
juez de paz, senor Sierra Soto.
-Muchas de las casas que fueron
destrufdas por los incendios estan
siendo reedifcadas por sus duenos.
-Se asegura que el alcalde, don
Joaquin Soils, Sc retirara de la polf-
tica despu6s que haga entrega de su
cargo.