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THE ASTIN GS GAZE UTE VOL. L. ---NO. 31. HASTINGS. MINN.. SATURDAY. APRIL 25, 1908. Si per Tear la Advance. sekterw,- 1.444•14 • • • WHEN THE EARTN DIES And When Our Other Planets and Our Sun Are Also Dead. STILL THE HEAVENS BLAZE. The infinite Space Shall Always Be Filled With Suns and Worlds and Souls, For In Eternity There Can Be Neither Beginning Nor End. The earth was dead. The °thou planets had died, one after the other. The sun was extinct, but the stars were still twinkling. There shall al- ways be stars and worlds. In the unmeasurable eternity time, which is essentially relative, is deter- mined by the movement of each of these worlds, and in each world it is felt according to the personal sense - tions of their inhabitants. Each globe measures its proper period of time. The years of the earth are not those of Neptune. Neptune's year equals 164 of ours and is no longer in the abso- lute. There exists no proper common measure of time and eternity. In the empty space time does not ex- ist There are no years, no centuries, but there is a way of measuring time upon a revolving globe. Without peri- odical movements one can have no conception of time whatsoever. The earth existed no longer; neither did its celestial neighbor, Mars, nor beautiful Venus, nor the gigantic Jupi- ter, nor the strange universe of Bat - urn, its rings gone, nor the Blow plan- ets Uranus and Neptune, nor even the sublime sun, whose rays had for centuries made fertile the celestial countries suspended in its light The sun was a black globe, the plan- ets were other black globes, and this invisible system continued to course In the starred immensity at the bosom of the cold darkness of space. From the viewpoint of life all these worlds were dead, existed no longer. They survived their antique history as do the ruins of the dead cities of As- syria, which the archaeologist discov- ers in the desert and revolved dark in the invisible and unknown. Every- thing was covered with ice, 278 degrees below zero. No genius, so sage, could have brought back the days of old when earth sailed through space bathed in light, its beautiful green meadows awakening with the rays of the morn- ing sun, its rivers flowing like ser- pents through the green fields, its woods reverberating with the songs of the birds, its forests enveloped in ma- jestic mystery. Then all this happiness seemed eter- nal. What has become of the mornings and evenings, the flowers and the lov- ers, the harmonies and joys, the beau- ties and the dreams? All have disap- peared. The earth is dead, all the planets are dead, the sun is extinct The solar system gone. Time itself even auntie lated. Time flows into eternity, but eternity remains, and time revives. Before the earth existed, during a whole eternity, there were suns and worlds, humanities filled with life and activity as are we today. For millions and millions of years our earth did not exist but the universe was no less brithant After our time it will be as before. Our epoch is of no impor- tance. The dead and cold earth cartied in itself, however, an energy not lost, its movement around the sun, which en- ergy transformed into heat would suf- fice to melt the whole globe, to reduce It to vapor and to begin a new history for it, which, it is true, would not last long, for if this movement around the ann should suddenly cease the earth would fall into the sun and cease to exist. It would rush toward it with ever increasing speed and would reach It in sixty-five days. When the earth is dead, other worlds will come. There will be other human- ities, other Babylonians, other Thebe - lane, other Athenians, other Rome& other Parities, other palaces, other tem- ples, other glories, other loves, other lights. And these new universes will disap- pear in their turn, to be followed by still others. At a certain time far away in the future eternity all the stars of the Milky Way shall rush to- ward one center of gravity and form an immense formidable sun, center of a system, whose enormous worlds shall become populated by beings liv- ing in a`temperature which would seem red hot to us. The infinite space shall always be filled with worlds and stars, souls and suns, and eternity shall last forever, for there can be neither beginning nor Flammarion. Cut His Visit Short. The Duke of Wellington once wrote to Dr. Hutton for information as to the scientific acquirements of a young officer who had been under his instruc- tion. The doctor thought he could not do less than answer the question ver- bally and made an appointment ac- cordingly. Directly Wellington saw him ho said: "I am obliged to you, doctor, for the trouble you are taking. Is — fit for the post?" Clearing his throat, Dr. Hutton be- gan: No man more so, my lord. I can" - "That's quite sufficient," said Wel- lington. "I know how valuable your time is. Mine Just now is equally so. I will not detain you any longer. Good marrIna " at ii2tie cost CALUMET CiAKING POWDER $1,00100 reward is offered to any ine for any sub st.,nce injurious to t:;.: health found in Calumet Baking Powder. Parity is a prime essential it food. Calumet is madeoulyof pure, wholesome ingredients corn!-Ined by skilled chemi.sts, and complies with the pure food laws of all states. It is the only hizh-grade Baking Powder on the market Eohl at a moderate prier. • Calumet Baking Pow,ler may be freely used with the certainty that made with it urviti:15 no ha rut,'.'41 drugs -It is chemically crsI•reet and makes Pore, W trzsienente Food. '1",or.errsc •••• Jaw The True Mechanic. After a man has worked in shops for ten or fifteen years there is a great desire for a change. Some want to go out on a farm, others think that the invention of something that can be patented will solve the problem, while others want to own and run a shop themselves. The latter is really the true mechanic, but not necessarily the man who will get out the most or even the best work while working for a boss, says Charles Henry in the Work- ers' Magazine. On the contrary, he will often be considered the lazy man by the foreman when the work Is of an ever recurring character. Let, how- ever, some difficulty arise in connec- tion with a job or have some hard proposition to meet and he will always have a suggestion to offer that will help to solve the problem, while the ordinary man and the hustler will stand around helpless and often dis- interested. Ile will have the elemen- tary laws of mechanics and physics at his finger tips, will know enough of electricity to allow him to discourse upon the subject in an intelligent man- ner, and he will be well posted upon the mechanical progresa of the day. A Dressmaker of Yarmouth. In the churchyard of Caister, dose to Yarmouth, is the grave of the "quiet little, gentle voiced dram, - maker," of whom at her death in Oc- tober, 1843, the then bishop of Nor- ' wich said, "I would canonize Sarah Martin if I could." Yarmouth reveres her to this day. A stained glass win- dow has been placed to her memory in the parish church, where her prayer book is still preserved, while her jour- nal is one or the treasures of the pub- lic library in the tollhouse. Under- neath this building was the miserable dungeon which served as the borough prison, and it was to the amelioration of the lot of the wretched prisoners that Sarah Martin devoted her life. Earning a bare subsistence of fifteen pence a day by toiling from early morninglill far on into the night, she yet managed to give up one day in the week to her labor of love. She died in poverty, but the result of her life's work was the reform of the prison system of Yarmouth. -London Chron- icle, Burned It into Memory. One of the most characteristically eccentric things ever done by Gelett Burgess (and one of the few true sto- ries of him) was to spend three or four days in constructing of cardboard, mica and green velvet a little model of an old New England house, com- plete as to windows, curtains, lawn, garden, trees and even including a hammock with a tiny hat and summer novel and washing stretched out on a clothesline on the back stoop. This was for a dinner given to several lit- erary friends in New York, and when the coffee was served he deliberately set lire to the whole farm. His ex- planation was that had it been spared his guests might have forgotten the affair, but they would always remem- ber the destruction of the house. No one who ever saw the little bouse go U p in smoke on its little hill of damp moss will ever forget it The Misplaced Comma. "Some lawsuits of the highest im- portance have hinged upon the right placing of a comma," said a judge. "When I first started to practice law 'a Missouri editor came to me in a peck of trouble to defend him against a threatened libel nit growing out of faulty punctuation. He had not meant to give some innocent young women the slightest offense when he wrote a story about 'two young men who went with their girls to attend a lecture and after they lett, the girls got drunk.' Putting that miserable little comma out of its right place did the work, as It made the girls the ones who became inebriated instead of their escorts. I managed by proper diplomacy and the publication of a neat apology to stave off the damage sults, and afterward my editorial friend became an expert on punctuation" -Baltimore American. A Warm Time Coming. "I'm doinme best with the fire, air," said the janitor at the door of Galley's office one cold morning, "but I'm afraid I can't make it very warm for you. You see, sir" - "Never mind," feverishly replied Gal- ley, who had been out all night "My wife will be here shortly, I expect"-, Philadelphia Ledger. DUELING STORIES, Girardin's Satisfaction and a Winning Choice of Weapons. M. de Gimrdinthe father of the statesman and author. Emile de Wear. din, on one occasion entered'a place where several nteu were tiring at a target. A gentleman present, whom M. de Girardin did not know, bit the buliseye at every shot. Several by- standers expressed themselves in very great admiration of the gentleman's precision. said De Girardin. "be shoots remarkably well, but it's quits a differ- ent thing to hit a man in a duel from hitting a piece of pasteboard." The marksman overheard the remark and was offended. "I think you are mistaken, sir." he said to De Girardin. 'I assure you that if I had you before mci shouldn't miss you." "You can have me when you like," said De (literati. "Let it be immediately, then," saki the other. An attempt was made to patch the matter up, but neither man would agree to an amicable settlement Tbe seconds were chosen, and the men went to a locality favorable for the duel. It was decided that they should tire separately, and it was lett to a de- dsion by lot which fired first The lot fell to the mysterious marks. man. He fired at M. de Girardin and missed hlm. De Girardin stood still. making no sign as if to flre at his an- tagonist. "Come, why don't you shoot?" asked his seconds. "Why should I shoot?" asked De Gi- rardin. "There Is no reason why I should kill this gentleman. I main- tained that eren a crack shot could easily miss hls man at twenty-five paces. This gentleman maintaltied the contrary. He must now be convinced that he is wrong. I owe hint 00 111 will for having discovered that. A better method of meeting a duel- ing challenge was no doubt one which was employed on a certain °evasion by a French statesman agnInst M vle tor Noir. an illiterate bully of the press In the time of the aecoud empire. 'fbe statesman received from Noir. for no real reason whatever. a challenge to fight a duel. Noir was a densely ignorant mu. and nearly every word in tbe challenge was misspelt. The statesman respond- ed with the following letter: Dear Sir—You have called me out with• out any good reason. I have therefore the choice of weapons. T choose the spelling book, and you are a dead man. The duel was never fought. -London Tit -Bits. The Moabite Steno. The so called Moabite stone wee dis- covered by the Rev. F. Klein pi 1868 among the rains of Milian, the ancient Dibon. The stone Iva' of black ba- salt, rounded at the top and bottom. two feet broad, three feet ten inches high and fourteen inches in thickness, but was unfortunately broken by the Arabs, whose cupidity had been arous- ed by the interest that was taken in it by the explorers. The fragments were afterward collected and laboriously fitted together, and the stone now stands in the Louvre at Paris. The inscription of thirty-four lines is in Flebrew-Phoeniclan characters and ap- pears to be a record of Mesha, king of Moab, mentioned in II Kings 111, refer- ring to his successful revolt against the king of Israel. -New York Ameri- can. A Model Friend. What true friendship consists in de- pends on the temperament of the mu who has a friend. It hi related that at the funeral of Mr. X., who died ex. tremely poor, the usually cold blooded Squire Tightfist was much affected. You thought a great deal of bita, I suppose?" some one asked him. "Thought a great deal of him? I should think I did. There was a true friend! He never asked me to lend him a cent, though I knew ivell enough he was starving to death!" Too Expensive. Two little girls who were taken to Nee "Othello" were much impressed by the death scene. "I wonder whether they kill a lady every night?" asked one. "Why, of course not," said the other. "They just pretend tol It would be too expensive to really kill a lady every I THE ENCHANTED MESA. Story of Great Muster Which Wiped Out the Population. The story of the enchanted mesa wu but a tradition when In 1541 the epeeteree neer vielted the pueblo of Acoma, in what isenow Valencia coun- ty, N. M. Powerful tribes inhabited the region. These tribes or nations were constantly at war with each oth- er, which accounts for the fortified character of the villages of the na- time. The Quotes, whose descend- ants now occupy Acoma, held this re- gion and dwelt in small fortified towns, the capital of which was Acoma. It was not, however, the Acoma of today, but a city perched upon the top of the great rock now called Mesa Encan- tads. It was tbo magnificent city of the nation, and there dwelt the great men of the tribe, together with their families. The rock then, as now, was unseal - able, save at the one point where a narrow and precipitous trail led up the dizzy height While not the moat convenient dwelling place, for neither water nor vegetation was to be found upon the summit It was safe from the attacks of foe& One man at the top of the trail could defend the city against the warriors of the entire west One day, while a large number of the inhabitants were at work In the fields on the plain below or attending to the affairs of the tribe in the various neigh- boring villages, something within the rock or In the earth beneath it awoke to life and motion. There was a heav• Jug, a squirming and a ehivering of the great rock, and, with a mighty noise, It parted in twain, and a portion fell in fragments to the plain below. Such persons as were carried down In the debris were crushed to death. A worse fate remained for those left prisoners on the top of the mesa, for that which fell carried away the nar- row trail, the only means of ascent and descent The stranded ones per- ished from thirst and starvation. The present Acoma family are the descend- ants of disaster. Ethnologists who vire ited the top of the rock some years ago found unmistakable evidences that It had once been the site of habitation. The story of the disaster bad previous to that time been discredited and con- sidered but an idle Indian legend. The discovery of the ancient ruins, how- ever, seemed couflruiatory of the tale, and it has since been credited. -Den- ver Field and Farm. HARDNESS OF DIAMONDS. The Stones Can et' forced by Pres- sure Into Steel Blocks. A word as to the hardness of dia- monds. They vary much in this re- spect Even different parts of the same crystal differ in their resistance to cutting and grinding. So hard is diunond In comparison to glass that a suitable splinter of diamond will plane curls off a glees plate as a carpenter's tool will plane shavings off a deal board. Another experiment that will illustrate its hardness is to place a diamond on the flattened end of a conical block of steel and upon It bring another similar cone of steel. If I force them together with hydraulic power, I can force the stone into the steel blocks without injuring the dia- mond in the least. The pressure which I hare brought to bear in this erperl- ment has been equal to 170 tons a square Inch of diamond. Tbe only serious rival of the diamond In hardness 18 tbe metal tantalum. In an attempt to bore a hole through a plate of tbls metal a diamond drill was used. revolving at the rate of 5,000 revolutions n minute. This whirl- ing force was continued ceaselessly for three days and eights, when it was found that only a stnall point one- fourth of n millimeter deep had been drilled. and It was a moot point whicb bad suffered most damage, the dia- mond or the tantalum. After exposure for some time to the Bun many diamonds glow in a dark room. One beautiful green diamond in my collection when phosphorescing in I ?annul gives almost as much light u a candle. and you can easily read by lb rays. But the time has hardly come when we can use diamonds as domes. tic illuminants. -131r William Crookes In North American Review. Good Reasoning. "I don't see, madam, how you can expect us to pay any claim under your linsband's accident policy." "Well, you see it was this way: When be asks which it was, a boy or a girl, and the nurse said that be was the father of triplets, he dropped. Now, his death was due to an acci- dent." "How do you make that out?" "It was an accident of birth." -New York Press, Stropping • Reser. In stropping a razor the blade should be drawn across the strop from the heel to the point, at the same time go - frig the full length of the strop. In shaving this motion should be reversed, the blade traveling from point to heel. The reason of this la that the edge of the blade has tiny, sawlike teeth, and tbe oppoeite movements use these to the best advantage. Opened by Mistake. Absentmindedly the young woman yawned. "Pardon me," she said, "I didn't mean to do that" "I sae." responded Mr. Lingeriong. "Opened by mistake." -Chicago Trib- An African fat used for domestic purposes is the oil of a species of bee - 3s. It is like hardened cocoanut oil. ROYAL Baking Powder The only Raking Powder made with Royal Grape Crean of Tartar —made from g'11111011— Insures healthful and delicious food for every home—every day Salem* yore food mist ard phosidate of lin G P AMERICAN CONSULS. --- Their Duties Are Misunderstood by Many esf•Our Citizens. In ahnOst every city and town in Etitope-or all over the world, for that matter, if the city is of *ay size -there is an American consul or eonsul gen- eral. And, while the °dice of these functionaries is commercial in reality, looking after the imports and the ex- ports between our country and others, still they take a friendly interest in American citizens traveling and are al- ways ready to go out of their way even to be obliging in personal things. I explain this somewhat in detall, says an experienced traveler in the Deline- ator, as so many people, upecially women, seem to have a notion that a consul is created for their especial ben- efit And one of the most serious trou- bles these men have is with those who if their money runs short expect the consul to furnish them with some and often get insulting and threatening if it is not done. The same may be said in regard to our ambassador, for, while their positions are political and diplomatic, their offices are always open. and any information is always cheerfully given in case an American is in difficulty. There are always certain public re- ception days at the homes of our con- suls and our ambassadors, to which it is not difficult to obtained invitations. In fact, It is often announced in the daily papers that Americans in general are welcome, say on days like Thanks- giving, Fourth of July; -and so on. In this way it is possible for one to see something of the lives of one's com- patriots away from home. POISONING AS A FINE ART. Scale of Prices Submitted to the Vene- tian Council of Ten. Venetian poisoners first came into notoriety in the II fteenth century. At that period the manta for poisoning had rLsen to such a height that the governments of tbe states were form- ally recognizing secret assassination by poison and considering the removal of emperors, princes and powerful no- bles by this method. The notorious COUtlell of ten met to consider such plans, and an account and record of their proceedings still ex- ists, giving the number of those who voted for and who voted against the proposed removal, the reasons for the assassination and the sum to be paid for its execution. Thus these conspirators quietly ar- ranged to take the tires of many prom- inent individuals, and when the deed was executed it was registered on the margin of their official record by the significant word "factum." On Dec. 15, 1543, John of Raguba offered the council a selection of poi- sons and declared himself ready to re- move any person whom they deemed objectionable out of the way. He calmly stated bis terms, which for the first successful case were to be a pen- sion of 1,500 ducats a year, to be In- creased on the execution of further services. The presidents Guoiando Duoda and Pietro Gulami placed this matter be- fore tbe council on Jan. 4, 1544, and on a division It was reserved to accept this patriotic offer and to experiment first on the Emperor Maximilian. John, who had evidently reduced poisoning to a fine art, submitted afterward a regular graduated tariff to tbe council. The highest fee was for poisoning the sultan, 500 ducats; for the king of Spain, 150 ducats, including the ex- penees of the journey; for the Duke of Milan, 00 ducats; for the Marquis of Mantua, 50 ducats; for the pope, 180 ducats. -Health. "Peleres Jack." Near the mouth of Pelorus sound, on the Nelson side of Cook strait, is the home of a remarkable sea animal known throughout New Zealand as "Pelorus Jack." He is gray in color, about fourteen feet in length, and Ws pastime is to wait for coastal steamer,, and to escort them for several miles on their journey. As a boat approach- es "Jack" may be seen heading to- ward ber to take up his accustomed position beside or in front of the bow of the vessel. There, sometimes for twenty minutes, he borers round, rush- ing so quickly from side to side that the eye can scarcely follow his move- ments. When he considers he has gone far enough, with a last sudden plunge he dives once more and for the last time, disappearing In a whirl of foam. to 1* seen no more that trip. --Sydney New& China's Euler Rabbit. One day, says a Chinese legend, the great god Buddha WWI very hungry. There were no restaurants in the neigh- borhood. A little rabbit perceived the god's plight and, hopping up to him, said: "Eat me, 0 Buddluir Touched by such unselfish devotion, the god transported bunny to the moon, where be still sits in the top of a tree pounding in a mortar the herbs that go to make up the water of life. At the spring feast in China ever since that time people give each other moon shaped cakes stamped with the Image of a rabbit llo Chilly. "I feel," said the Boston girl, "that I have been on earth before In some re- mote period." "The glacial, maybe," ventured the feckless ann.—Louisville CourieNleu& ALL The OoneertIrta. Tile acoordion, which was a develop. meet of a previously existing aeolina, was invented In 1829 by a Viennese named Damian and consists, al ever, one knows, of a small pair of bellows and a range of keys which regulate the admission of wind to rnetal reeds. The accordion sounds notes in one key only. The concertina proper was Invented ou the same date by Charles Wheatstone, who later became a famous man of science. It seems curious that a man whose reputation rests chiefly on his electrical work and discoveries, who was one of the earliest men of science to make experiments in connection with submarine cables and who, more- over, was an extraordinarily skillful decipherer of cryptographic writings, should also have dabbled hi musical Inventions. But, as a matter of fact, Wheatstone's musical work preceded his scientific discoveries. Re went straight from school to the business of manufacturing musical instruments, and it was in 1829, at the age of twen- ty-seven, that he took out his patent for the concertina. But he was more interested in the scientific principles on which musical instruments are con- structed than in music itself, and his acoustical and musical ezperlments soon drew him into the path which led to his many electrical discoveries. - London Globe. An Emended Sign. Many a householder at the mercy of the painter will find a bond of sympa- thy with the students of Stanford uni- versity in the incident taken from the San Francisco Chronicle. The score of fraternity houses on the campus were In the process of being cleaned up in preparation for the receptions and luncheons to be given to visitors on the day of the big football game. A man got the contract to paint one of the houses white with the understand- ing that the job must be done and dry by a certain day. After making a rush start the painter asked permission to hang out Ids sign. His request was granted, and he put up a conspicuous announcement over the front porch, "These Premises Being Painted by Blank Blank." Then the work dragged. He would come one day and stay away two. So the impatient collegians added to the sign until the announcement read: "These Premises Being Painted by Blank Blank, Now and Then." A Calm Winn's& A lawyer was cross examining a wit- ness with a view to getting him mud- dled in his testimony. The following questions and answers occurred: "Did you see the plaintiff faint a short time ago?" "Yes, air." "People turn pale when they faint, don't they?" "No, air; not always." "What! Do you mean to tell me that a person can faint and not turn pal*? Did you ever hear of such a case?" "Yes, sir." "Did you ever see such a can?" "I did, sir." "When?" "About a year ago, sir." "Who was it?" "Twas a negro, sir." The lawyer excused the witness. - Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Taunting. Old Noah bunted up a barrel stave and started off for the darn of the ark. "Where are you going?" asked hire. Noah. "I am going to whale that boy Ham," replied Noah, with a frown. "But, my dear, the lad is only pIny. ing on his banjo." "Yea, but it is the tune b• is play- ing." "And what le the tuner "'Walt Till tbe Bun Mau, Is"' --Chicano News. A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE. The American Who Landed in Ger- many With a Box of Candy. Germany is jealous of the foreign candy maker and exacts a rigorous toll upon anything in the shape of confec- tionery that comes across its borders. Ignorant of this, one of Uncle Sant's eons disembarked from a liner at a Ger- man port carrying in his hand a five pound box of candy bearing a New York trademark. At sight of the box the Teutonic customs officials exhibited marked activity and prepared to seize upon it. "Not for mine," said the American. "I won't give up a sou. I'd rather eat the stuff here and now." He opened the box and commenced to dispose of its contents without delay. Everybody In sight was offered a handful. NobodY declined except the customs officer, who said blandly that he had not a sweet tooth. The traveler himself ate many pieces. It was not long before the last bit had been eaten. As soon as the box was empty the official seized the traveler by the arm. "The gentleman," he announced, "will accompany me to the bureau, where we'll make out his bill for duty. Come. It is at the other end of the dock." "Never!" said the American. "You have no right to charge me duty. I didn't bring it in. I'll see my consul right away, and he'll send a big fleet and bombard this blooming town." "Softly," said the officer. "You'll pay ,duty, all right. There are fifteen wit- nesses to prove that that candy of yours was consumed on German soil." The dtity was paid, and the consul has not ea -.Vet been consulted. -Phila- delphia Ledger. Ancient Enamels. It Is certain that glazes having the composition of good enamels were manufactured at a very early date. Excellent glazes are still preserved, and some of the bricks which have been found among the ruins of Babylon have been ascribed to the seventh or eighth century B. C. The glaze on the Babylonian bricks was found upon ex- amination to have a base of soda glass, or silicate of sodium. Glazes of a simi- lar character were also manufactured by the Egyptians as truly as the sixth dynasty. There can be little doubt thet the Greeks and Etruscans were also acquainted with the art of enameling. -New York American. The Living Present. He that hath so many causes of joy, and so great, is very much in love with sorrow and peevishness who loses all these pleasures and chooses to sit ' down upon his little handful of thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this day if God suds them, and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly, for this day only is ours. We are dead to yesterday, and we are not yet born to the morrow. But if we look abroad and bring into one day's thoughts the evil of many, certain and uncertain, what will be and what will never be, our load will be as intolerable as it is unreasonable. --Jeremy Taylor. Fountain Pens. It Is a popular fallacy that fountain P101 ars quite a modern invention. As a matter of fact, an old work of ref- erence published in 1795 contains an il- lustration of a fountain pen the ap. pearance of which is very much like those sold at the present time. lts construction, however, was somewhat elaborate and clumsy, the pen consist- ing of various pieces of metal which bad to be *crewed and unscrewed be- fore the pen could be used. The Sign of Wedlock. She -What la the proper formula for a wedding announcement? lie -I know what is ought to be. She -What? lie - "Be it known by these presents." -Bal - anon American. Don't imagine you are a good con- versationalist just because you talk • good &al. -Atchison Globe.