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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-19
PREACHER MAKES STIR
New Orleans Minister Argues
in Favor OF Divorce.
Says Marriage Is Legal Act and Not
Sacrament, and Divorce Is
Perconal Matter.

New Orleans, July l7.-Rev. A. J.
Schleisser Of Trinity Lutheran church,
has come very near setting Catholic
New Orleans by the ears because he
preached a sermon saying that mar
riage is not sacrament and defend
ing divorce. The sermon was preach.
ed Sunday, but it Was net until it was
published in the papers that the gen.
eral public knew what the minister
said.
During the day Rev. Schleisser re-
ceived several score letters and nu.
merous telephone messages upon the
sermon, mostly condtnnatory. The
part of the sermon that caused such
"a stir was as follows:
When two competent persons of
their own free will, With the consent
of parents Of both, promise matrimony
to each other, this engagement makes
them, in Gods sight, husband and
wife. Were Joseph and Mary, Christ's
mother, lawfully married when God
called Joseph's wife? No; only en-.
gagged. The person who breaks tho
engagement before Cod is divorcing
himself. This is sin and is adultery.
When lovers are. in Gods sight,
husband and wife, they must not live
as such until they have met with the
requirements OF the state. That is,
get license. Then they are, in the
eyes ot the state. man and wife. The
ceremony is purely z legal act. and is
10 s@cE;.n ut.
he state grants Z CivoTce, but does
net tivorce. rccr!e divorce them
selves in Co.'s s.Ght."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-19
MAY BE AN INVESTIGATION
Department of Justice TO Study the
Interstate Commerce Report.

Washington, July 1.-THE compre
hensive report of the interstate com
merce commission on the express bust
ness of the country materially reduc.
ing the rates may result in an investt
CATION of the situation by the depart.
ment of justice under the Sherman
antitrust law -.
1t is the intention OF the department
to study the report and determine
whether there seems to be any viola
ton of the Sherman law.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-19
Advancement for Canadian Preia.e.

Rome. July 17.-Most Rev. Neil Nc.
Neill, d. d.. archbishop of Vancouver.
B. c., has been appointed metropoli.
tan Of the see OF Toronto.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-19

WANTED-Men to work In factory.
mills, yards, woods, bark peelers, cedar
piece makers and cordwood choppers.
l. Stephenson Co., Trustees, Wells,
Mich. 1915
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-19
Cotton Speculation Banned.

Washington, July IL. - The house
passed the Beall bill prokibtting deal
ings n cotton futures.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
Raven, Not Eagle
George Wdshington,s Coat-cfAnns
Did Not Suggest Emblem of
Amenca:s National Bird

UNDREDS of writer's have an
IL nounced that the crest on General
George Washington's coat-of-arms is
an eagle, and that this family emblem
was the foundation Of the suggestion
that the eagle be the emblem of the
American republic. While the crest
may appear like an eagle, the facts
are that the heraldic grant OF arms to
this Washington branch present a
raven issuing from a golden ducal
crown, the crest Of the family. Fur
thermore. Washington himself clearly
shows by correspondence with the her.
AIDS Office at London that it was not
an eagle, and the letter is dated ten
years after the eagle had become the
emblem Of the republic (June 20,
1882. His letter was sent from Phila-
delphia May 2, 1892. the third year of
his presidency. and the package was
sealed with the Washington family
arms, as Is indicated in a letter which
reads:
"The arms inclosed in your letter
are the same that are held by the
family here: though / have also seer
and have used, as you may perceive
~ the seal to this packet, . nyini
krilan for the crest"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
In Early Days
REPUBLICAN Simplicity" Was BY
No Means the Rule During
the Regime of Washington

president WASHINGTON never
i went to congress on public bust
ness except In a stage coach drawn
by six cream-colored horses. The
coach vas an object which would ex-
cite the admiration of the throngs
even now in our streets. 1t was built
in the shape of a hemisphere, and Its
panels were adorned with cupids sur
rounded with flowers and fruits. The
coachman and positions we're arrayed
In gorgeous liveries OF white and
scarlet.
The Philadelphia Gazette, a govern
ment organ, regularly gave out court
news for the ediication of the citi-
zens. From this journal the people
were permitted to learn as much as it
was deemed proper they should know
about the presidents movements, and
a fair amount of space was also de-
voted to Mrs. Washington, who was,
however, not referred to as Mrs.
Washington" but as 'the amiable
When the president made his appear
ance at a ball or a public reception a
dais was erected for him, upon which
he might stand apart from the throng,
and the guests or visitors bowed to
him in solemn silence.
Republican simplicity" has only
come in later times. Very few per-
sons presumed to shake hands with
General Washington. One Of his
friends, Governor Morris, rashly
undertook, for a foolish wager, to go
up to him and slap him on the shout.
der, saying: "My dear general, / am
happy to see you SO WE'LL" At least
there is a tradition to that effect. The
moment fixed upon arrived, and Mr..
Morris, already half-repenting OF his
wager, went up to Washington, placed
his hand upon his shoulder and ut
tered the prescribed words. Wash
ington, as the story has it, stepped
suddenly back. fixed his gaze upon
Morris for several moments with an
angry frown. until the latter retreated
abashed and sought refuge in the
crowd. No one else ever tried a SIM
liar experiment. No royal levees were
more punctiliously arranged than
those OF our first president.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16

not taken into consideration BY any
OF them. No one had treated him like
a junior. He had gone neck to neck
with their pace as far as he liked,
furnished them fresh amusement, and
been their diversion. In all his rare
unspoiled youth, Blair hal been sud-
denly dropped down In an efYete set
that had whirled about him, and one
by n out Of the innsr circle had
called him to Join them; and one
by one with all of them Dan had
whirled.
Lord Galorey had talked to him
frankly. as plainly az II Dan had been
his own father. and found much of the
old mans common sense in his fine
blond head. Lady Galorey had come
TO him in a moment Of great anxiety,
and no one but her young guest knew
how badly she needed help. He had
further made 1t known to the lady
that he was not In the marriage mar
ket; that she could not have him for
any Of her girls. And as for the
Duchess of Rreakwater. well-he had
whirled with her until his head swan.
He had grown years older at the Park
in the few weeks of his VISIT, but now
for the frst time, as the music OF
"Mandalay" struck upon his ears. IKE
a ripple Of distant seas, he felt like
the boy who had left Blairtown to
come abroad. He had spent the most
part of the day In London with q man
who had come owe to see him from
America. Dan attended to his bust
ness affairs. and the people who knew
said that he had q keen head. Mr..
Joshua Ruggles. his fathers best
friend, whom Dan this afternoon had
left to go to his room at the Carlton.
had put his arm with affection through
the boys.
Don't look as though 1t were any
too healthy down to the place you're
visiting at. Dan. Plumbing all right"
And the boy. flushing slightly. had
said: Don't 0 fret. Josh. III look
after my health. all right"
There's nothing like mountain air."
returned the westerner. These old
fogs stick in my nostrils: feel as
though l could smell London clean
down to my feet"
From the corner Of the box Dan
looked hard at the stage, at the fresh
brilliant costumes and the lovely chic
rus girls.
Gosh" he thought to himself. they
are the prettiest ever. Dove-gray.
eyes of Irish blue, mouths Nike roses!"
Leaning forward a little toward the
duchess he whispered: There isn't
one who isn't a winner. l never struck
such a box of dry goods!"
The duchess smiled on Dan with
good humor. His naive pleasure was
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16

seioist. He knew her, that 10. Ia
had q nodding acquaintance with hsr.
L was the girl 1t the drug store who
sold soda water, and ne had asked her
some hundreds Of times for q vanilla
or = chocolate" but 1t wasn't this vul.
gar memory that made the little boy
listen. Il was the girls voice. Stand.
Ing back Of the yellow-painted rail.
above the minister's pulpit, above the
flies. the red pews and the panama
fans, she sang. and she sang into Dan
Blair's soul. To speak more truly,
she made him q soul In that moment.
She awakened the boy; his collar felt
tight. his cheeks grew hot. He felt
his new boots. too. hard and heavy.
She made him want to cry. These
we're the physical sensations-the ma
terial part Of the awakening. The rest
went on deeply inside Of Dan. She
broke his heart: then she healed 1t.
She made him want to cry like a girl;
then she wiped his tears.
The little boy settled back and grew
more comfortable and listened, and
what she sang was,
From Greenland's icy mountains,
From midas coral stra-ands."
Before the hymn reached Its end he
was a calm boy again, and the hymn
took up its pictures and became like
an illustrated book OF travels. and he
wanted tn see those pea-green peaks
Of Greenland. to float upon the ice
bergs to them. and see the dawn
break on the polar seas as the ex-
plOrers do. He should find the
north pole some day! Then he wanted
to go to an African Jungle. where the
tiger. tiger shining bright" should
flash his stripes before his eyes! Dan
would gather wreaths Of coral from
the STRANDS and give them to the
girl with the yellow hair. When he
and his father came out together from
the church. Dan chose the street that
passed the soda fountain drug store
and peeped In. 1t was dark and cool,
and behind the counter the drug clerk
mixed the summer drinks: and the
drug clerk mixed them from that time
afterward-for the girl with tho
yellow hair never showed up In Blair
town again. She went away!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16

and II they are we'll, dispatch them
to my headquarters"
At this juncture, the countersign Is
given at the door, and there enters
the spacious Rev. Israel Evans,
chaplain Of the New York brigade.
Good morning. chaplain" said
Washington.
Good morning, general" was his
reply. ION this. your forty-sixth birth
day, l bring to you the greetings of
Chancellor Livingston, and here's a
box of dainties with the compliments
of Mrs. Livingston"
May heaven bless them!" replied
the glad recipient.
$50, general, this is your birthday;
forty-six years? am nearly twice
your age" slowly remarked the Tory;
land l fear God has forgotten me long
ago.
The care-worn features Of the gen.
eral and the peaceful face OF the chap
lain seemed deeply to affect the aged
man. A moment OF silence prevails,
when the old mar bursts into tears.
Let US pray" said the army chap
lain. will you not kneel with the
general and myself, Mr.. Davis 2" asked
the reverend gentleman.
The stranger fell to his knees, and
a prayer went forth that Peter Davis
should NO longer remain a Tory or an
enemy to human justice.
Peter Davis went home a changed
man that afternoon. He no longer act.
ed as a spy for Lord Howe's army.
The Davis farmhouse was at the serv-
ice Of the Continentals during the re.
mainder Of their stay at Valley Forge.
He lived to see the independence OF
the Colonies, and many times during
the evening of his life, he thanked
his Maker that to his heart there came
courage to visit General Washington
among the huts Of the Continental
army during the darkest days of war
.waged against British despotism.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16

built mountain wagon and its COM
plete scientific equipment, penetrated
to the valleys of the Chubut and the
Rio Chico and traversed the almost
barren lakeland that stretches be-
tween. Living trees are so are in
this country of the pampas that
throughout the settled portions of the
territory the inhabitants build their
dwellings OF corrugated iron imported
from abroad. Practically the only veg
citation which is common is a stunted
growth resembling the sagebrush OF
the American desert.
While the college men often found
water a scarce luxury. they have had
an abundance of buzzards' and os-
trich eggs. One of the latter makes a
huge Omelet and the shells are worth
IS apiece in the United States. Under
date of October 3 last Professor Loom
is writes:
Il have not yet SO many fossils as 1
would like, but can already e that
we will be able to revise pretty thor
oughly the geology. l have for mount
ing the skin Of a guanaco, which
Shumway shot and which we are eat
ing. 1t Is a three hundred pound buck
and we got one hundred pounds OF
good meat from it. Then later | ran
into an ostrich nest. with fifteen good
eggs. Each night l blow two and we
have a big scrambled egg dish for
breakfast"
In the Chico valley the American
scientists came across an interesting
colony of BOer ranchers. With the
same spirit that led their forebears
to trek back into the hinterland from
Cape Colony, when the British occu
pied it almost a century ago, some OF
them have emigrated to this new
country rather than live under Eng
lish domination in the T%ransvaal. In
Patagonia they have found a country
not unlike that OF their old South
African homes. They are all sheep
growers, for the shrubbery, sparse
though 1t is, seems to supply sufficient
sustenance to make that industry
profitable. In some localities, Mr..
Turner writes, the Beers form so
large q proportion of the population
that Boer phrases and words are be,
coming a part O: the colloQuial Ian
suago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16

cosmetic box and even popular drinks
were named for her.
The night of the Osdene box party
was the reopening of "Mandalay." and
the curtain went up after the over
ture to an outburst Of applause. Dan
Blair had never crossed the pond"
before this memorable visit, when he
had gone straight out to Osdene Park.
London theaters and London itself, In
deed, were unexplored by him. He
had seer what there vas to be seen
OF the opera bouffe In his own coun-
try, but the brilliant. perfect perform
ance OF q company at the London
Gaiety he had yet to enjoy.
The opening scene Of "Mandalay" Is
oriental; the burst OF music and the
tinkling OF the silvery temple bells
and the effect Of an extremely blue
sea, made Dan "sit up" as he put it.
The theatrical picture was so perfect
that he lifted his head. pushed his
chair back to enjoy. He was thus
close to the duchess. With invigorat-
ing young enthusiasm the boy drew in
his breath and waited to be amused
and to hear. The tunes he already
knew before the orchestra began to
charm his ear
On landing at Plymouth Dan had
been keen to feel that he was really
stepping into the world. and at o.
dene Park he had been daily. hourly
seeing Me-" The youngest Of the
household. his youth nevertheless was
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
The Tory
Of
Valley Forge
By
GILBERT PATTEN BROWN
nom tho
CHRISTIAN HERALD
CHRISTIAN HERALD
1T WAS q cold day in February in
the year Of grace 1878. and the
~ patriot army lay in winter quar-

1T WAS a cold day in February in
the year Of grace 1878, and the
~ patriot army lay in winter quar-
tiers at Valley Forge. The bleak
winds that swept across Cedar Hol-
low were tearing through the huts OF
the freezing soldiers. Down near the
Potts mansion is seen an old nan
slowly making his way toward the out
post of Washington's guard.
"Who m here?" asked the
picket. +
Peter Davis" was the reply. "and
I want to see Mr.. George Washington.
the rebel chief" continued the aged
peasant.
If you, reader, will now approach
the scene, I will introduce to you q
Tory, an Englishman by birth, a strong
defender Of the king, and a spy for
Lord Howe's army while they are en-
joying the festivities Of gay Philadel-
phia. His two sons are soldiers in
the Continental army. and the old nan
has come to ask permission Of Wash
ington to visit them as they are now
freezing at Valley Forge.
Soon q tall man comes upon the
scene. The Tory trembles. 1t is Cen
eral Washington, who has come to
greet the old man and to hear his
pitiful story.
what is your mission. my dear
IAN" asked the patriot chief, as he
looked with love into the face of the
stranger.
We'll, Mr. Washington, o see It
Is like this: you're a rebel and l am
a Tory; but I want to see my two
boys"
Come In and get warm. sir. and I
will try to find them" replied the dis
tinguished Virginian.
Soon General Washington summons
to his headquarters the adjutant gen.
eral Of the Continental army.
General" said he, this man Is
Mr.. Davis, a farmer and a Tory: but
even the rights Of a Tory must be
respected by the army of the Thirteen
Colonies. You will find among the
enrolled men James and John Davis:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
FIND MANY RELICS
Amherst Men Make Many Dis.
coveries in Patagonia.
Biological Expedition Now on its Way
Homo With Many Scientific Treas-
ures and After Finding q Col.
ony Of Prosperous Roe.s.

New York.-After having passed six
months devoted to scientific explora-
ton in the wilds of interior Patagonia,
the members Of tie Amherst college
biological expedition are homeward
bound from Buenos Ayres to New
York by way Of London, bringing with
them many important contributions to
science and a fund of interesting ex.
periences.
The expedition, which left for Pata-
gonia on July 3 last, is in charge OF
Prof. F. B. LOOMS of the chair OF
biology in Amherst college. His asso-
ciates are Waldo Shumway, Amherst,
1911; Layton Turner. Amherst, 1912,
and William Stein.
Letters recently received from Pro-
lessor LOOMS by his associates in
Amherst and from Mr.. Turner by his
mother report that the expedition has
discovered some entirely new biolog-
ical specimens and gathered much val
liable geological data. 1t has shipped
to the college four more or less com
plete prehistoric skeletons, Is skulls
and a large number of jaws, which in
clude fine specimens of the Eocene-
horse, elephant, rodent, primate,
notostylopus and a large variety or
other specimens taken from the bone
beds discovered by the party.
Some of the most valuable additions
to geological knowledge are the rich
marine deposits which the Amherst
men discovered, In some instances at
levels a thousand feet above the sea.
Amongs these are specimens of petri-
fed trees, some six feet in diameter,
which are supposed to have been
driven in by Atlantic storms of the
prehistoric ages. In one spot they
found what appeared like an entire
raft of these huge trees. Members
of the party also collected the fossil
remains of marine life, such as
sharks teeth, alligators and turtles,
from beds hundreds of feet above the
present sea level. Shells of bivalves
similar to the oyster. but a foot or
more in diameter, were found in the
same locality.
The present expedition is the third
of a series which has been financed
by the Amherst class of 1896.
Striking inland from Rawson, a
small town on the Chubut coast, the
little party, with its tents, a specially
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delightful. 1t was like taking q child
to a pantomime. She was wearing his
flowers and displaying a jewel that he
had found and bought for her, and
which she had not hesitated to accept.
She watched his eager face and his
pleasure unaffected and keen. She
could not believe that this young man
was master Of ten million pounds.
When Lefty Lane appeared Blair
heard q light rustic like rain through
the auditorium, a murmur. and the
house rose. There was a well-bred
calling from the stalls. a call from the
pit, and generous applause-"Letty
Lane-Letty Lane!" and as though
she were royalty, there was a hutter.
ing OF handkerchiefs like flags. The
young fellow with the, others stood in
the back OF the box. his hands In his
pockets. looking at the stage. There
wasn't a girl In the chorus as pretty
as this prima donna! Lefty Lane
came on in "Mandalay" in the first act
in the dress OF a fashionable princess.
She was modish and worldly. For the
only time in the play she was modern
and conventional, and whatever breed
ing she might have been able to claim,
from whatever class she was born, 40
she stood there In her beautiful gown
she was grace itself, and charm. She
was distinctly q star. and showed heI
appreciation Of her audiences admire
tioE.
GRO BE CoNTxNUEDJ
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
Washington Shields
Fiue Distinct Specimens Are knoun,
but HeraM Declare Their
Origin Il the Same

THERE are five distinct Washington
l shields, but In the heraldic records
they are pronounced Of the same orr
gin, as follows:
A silver (argent) shield upon which
are two red (gules) bars: in the top
(chief) three red mullets (spurs Of
knights boots).
A red (gules) shield with a single
white ~(silver) bar charged with three
nullets.
A red shield with a white bar upon
which are three cinguefoilles, also
red.
A red shield with two bars white,
In chief three martlets.
A shield Of four bars, white and red,
three mullets.
Washington was fond Of genealogi-
cal Investigations, and in the College
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-16
CHAPTER ~.
The Dlalrtown sololst.

HO Ototr1OWU Oot0Iots
Blairtown had . population OF some
o1ght thousand. There was q Presby.
1esian church to which Dan and his
1Athsr went regularly, sitting In the
bare pew when the winters storms
boaG and ratified on the panes. or in
~ hummer sunshine. when the smell
q the pews and the panama fans and
~ hymn books came strong to them
through the heat.
on day there was . missionary Ser
mcn, md Tor the nrst time In its his
- = eirl sang q solo n the First
R~roo6Yaorfan church. Dan Blair heard
!1cIDd mp. and It made ! mark In
mn a girl In : white dress
Nth blue esntians, white cot
6ovos. md golden hair. Ms tAe