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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
Need Of Covers While AsI..p.

"The reason It is necessary to be
well covered while sleeping" said
physician in giving some advice to a
patient, us that when the body lies
down 1t is the intention Of nature that
1t should rest and the heart especially
should BIO relieved of its regular work
temporarily. That organ makes ten
strokes a minute less than when the
body is In an upright posture. This
means 600 strokes In sixty minutes.
Therefore in the eight hours that a
man usually spends In taking his
nights rest the heart is saved nearly
5000 strokes. AS 1t pumps six ounces
Of blood with each stroke, 1t lifts 3d.
600 ounces less of blood In the nights
session than 1t would during the day
when a man Is usually In an upright
position. Now, the body is dependent
for Its warmth on the vigor of the cir
culation, and as the blood flows 80
much more slowly through the veins
when one is lying down the warmth
lost In the reduced circulation must be
supplied by extra GOV ering."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

There is record of an attempted
quadrature in Egypt 800 years before
the exodus of the Jews, and, If we are
to take Hone as an authority, the
problem was solved by Hippocrates,
the geometrician of Chios, nearly 800
years B. G. BY some it Is claimed that
the efforts of Hippocrates were In the
direction of converting circle into a
crescent because he had found that
the area of a figure produced by draw
ing two perpendicular radii Is exactly
equal to the triangle formed by the
line of conjunction. This last 10 the
famous theorem of the tunes Of Hip
pocrates." The "Papyrus Rhind," the
oldest mathematical book In the world,
written by one Ahmes about 1000
B. c., gives a rule for "squaring the
circle" The rule given requires that
the diameter of a circle shall be short
ened by one-ninth and the square erect
cd upon this shortened line. The early
Babylonians also worked at this old
mathematical problem, as is attested
by several references in the Talmud.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
Her Ar Wa, RIoh+.

Mrs. II. had q warm hearted and In
Austrious but careless servant, who
broke so many dishes that her mistress
one day said to her: Really, Ellen,
I think I must take the price of the
dishes you are breaking out Of your
wages. Don't you think you would be
more careful II I didf"
Hi might ma'am," replied Ellen
contritely, but Hi think, ma'am, it'd
be better to take It out Of my 'ide."
"Out of your hidei Why, what do
you meanT
"Hi, mean, ma,am, that II you broke
my cad hevery time Hi broke a cup or
q saucer HID mind myself better"
One day poor Ellen fell her full
length on the Kitchen floor with a gal
Ion pan of milk In her hands. Her
shrieks Of dismay brought Mrs. H. in
great haste to the kitchen. There lay
Ellen in the pool OF milk, making no
effort to rise
KNOCK me in the cad, ma'aml
KNOCK me in the 'eadp she walled.
'Oh, get up, Ellenl Get up and mop
up this milk. This accident is more
a fault Of your heels than your head"
You speak the truth, ma'am." re-
piled the weeping Ellen. 'If my 'eels
'hd been where my art is this never
would ave 'appened, for HI mean right
in my art, ma'am, no matter what HI
does with my 'ead and my 'eels."-Lon-
don Scraps.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
Peasants, superstitions.

Now and then, not often, ghostly ap-
pearances or sounds are explained to
the peasants satisfaction. Thus In the
county of Durham "Gabriels hounds"
were for long, long years believed to
shrek and howl through the air on
dark nights and to forebode death to
him who heard and saw them. But
prosaic modern research proved them
to be nothing but fiocks Of wild geese
migrating southwark on the approach
Of winter and choosing dark nights for
their journeys. Similarly the ghost Of
Irbydale, In the Lincolnshire wolds, a
goblin who terrified travellers at night
with its heartrending cries and who
was said to be a witch who had been
worried to death by dogs in a long past
age, has been shown to be nothing but
an owl. On the other hand, no true
Cornishman will ever be induced to re-
linQuish the belief that the spirit of
King Arthur still haunts the ruins Of
Tintagel In the shape of a white enough,
and assuredly the many English fam
lilies who possess a white bird of omen,
such as that which John Oxenham saw
in Westward Ho," cling firmly to the
tradition IL not to the belief In it.
London Graphic.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

''rhe Idea that a razor needs frequent
grinding or honing is not in keeping
with my experience" said man who
shaves himself. Il have razor that l
got ten years ago which has never been
out Of my possession, never had any
other treatment than stropplng, and ia
today the sharpest and best of six. A
razor can only be kept In this condition
without honing, however by using a
hard strop-that Is. one which is rigid
instead Of flexible and not the kind
that makes an arc of q circle when you
use it. This latter sort will sharpen a
razor for awhile, but 1t also makes the
edge round until at last 1t ceases to cut
Why do I have six razors? Well, that
Ii to use them In regular turn and give
each one Of them q rest. shave every
day, which hnd the least troublesome
method. and II ! use the same blade
every day 1t would soon play out. The
edge Of razor needs rest, just like
every other machine"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

II spent pleasant hour with trav-
eler," said the truthful man, "who
told lot Of snake stories / remem-
Der the last Of them. 1t was about a
man who took a nap in the woods,
laying his umbrella on a rock beside
him
After awhile it began to rain, and
the man awoke. He was all wet He
took hold of his umbrella and opened
1t hurriedly 1t seemed rather stiff In
going up, and there was a ripping,
tearing sound. Then live blacksnake
fell to the ground, split in two from
its head to its tail.
You see, 1t had swallowed the um-
brella all but the handle, and the man
did not notice what had happened till,
putting the umbrella up, he halved the
snake from stem to stern"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Henry VIII. of England, being at one
time at variance with Francis l. Of
France, decided to send an ambassa-
dor and to charge him with very
fierce and menacing message to this
prince. He chose for this Office an
English bishop In whom he bad great
confidence and whom he believed
would be the most proper person to
carry out his design. His prelate, be-
mg Informed of the nature of his mis-
sion and fearing for his life should he
treat with Francis In the naughty
manner his master desired, represented
to the king the danger to which he
was exposing him and begged not to be
sent on this mission.
ooh, never fear" said Henry. "If
the king of France should kill you, I
will have the head of every French
man l find In my kingdom"
81 believe you, SIRE" replied the bish-
op, but permit me to assure you that
Of all the heads you will cut off there
IL not one of them that will At on my
body as well as my own"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Two or three years ago, in Lanca-
shire town. while fair was in prog
ress. to the proprietor Of a steam
roundabout there came shopkeeper
whose wife was lying supposedly at
the point of death. Thou nun stop
thy organ" he said. "WhyT asked
the other Thou mum stop 1t, tell
tha'. My missus cawn't dee," was the
reply, a dialogue for which the writer
can vouch.
A clergyman had placed on record
similar instance. Visiting sick pa
rishioner, he was told by the doctor that
the sickroom was full of mourners, as
surfing the woman that she was about
to die. And the woman was dying
from suggestion, though organically
there was not the least reason why she
should The clergyman entered the
room and cleared out the doleful ones.
You're not going to die" he said.
"What! Am not dying, parson? Then,
thank God, l won't" That woman was
well In next to no time and round at
the vicarage thanking Its master for
having saved her llfe.-St. James Ca
Zette
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
A Willing Infornnsr.

what is the numberT repeated cen
trail
"Violet Park, eight-seven-seven."
"violet Park, eight-double-sevenT
81 reckon So"
"And what number do you wantT
"Elmdale, two-naugbt-four-s
"What is your name?"
any name is John Henry Miggles.
live at 65 Blicken street. Violet Park.
My house phone is Violet Park, eight
seven-seven or eight-dOuble-seven, as
you choose. | am married, have no
children. We keep dog ara cat and
a perpetual palm and Boston fern,
and
"All that is unnecessary. sir. We
merely
"And last summer we didn't have a
bit Of luck with our roses l tried to
have little garden, too. but the neigh
bors chickens got away with that. The
house is green, with red gables. There
is q cement walk from the street.
am forty years old My wife is young
er and looks 1t. We have a plano, keep
q cook and an upstairs girl. Had the
front bedroom papered last week. and
/ want
Ibid you want Elmdale two-naught-
fOur-sevenH
"Yesr' gasped Mr.. Miggles.
"Well the line is busy now. Shall
call your
But Mr.. Miggles wrote letter.-New
Orleans Picayune.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
Cigar Cutters and Disease.

"No," said the Sixth avenue tobac-
conist, VI have no cigar cutters in my
store. They're too much a menace to
the public health. How2 Why, every
man who buys a cigar cuts the end Of
1t Off In cutter II he sees one on the
counter, but that isn't ali. He has
habit Of putting the end of the cigar
in his mouth first, thus wetting 1t
and preventing the dry tobacco leaf
from splitting too much. If the man
is afflicted with tuberculosis or any
other disease, ne may transfer germs
to the cutter, and the next man who
sticks his cigar in there to cut of the
end gets them on his cigar, and in this
way to his mouth. New York Press
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
The Letter M.

The Hebrew name of NJ was Mem,
water, and 1t is curious to note that
the original form of this character In
the most ancient manuscript is a wav-
Ing line, which to the not too particu-
lar ancients represented water. BY
some philologists the letter NJ as used
by the Phoenicians is supposed to have
come from a picture representing the
human face, the two down strokes rep
resenting the contour Of the counte-
nance. the V stroke signifying the
nose. the two dots, long since disused.
and a stroke beneath the v represent
Ing the eyes and the mouth. The old
Phoenician form of the letter does in
deed bear comical sort Of resem-
blance to the human face.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Two Scottish women were arguing
which of them was the more thrifty.
First Woman-Dae We see that purseP
Weel, that's my first ane, an it's as
guild as the day l got it. Ye Gamma
come up to that moo.
Second Woman-Michty me! Whit a
poor boast! Ye ken Dugald. ma hus-
band?
"Oh, aye. What ABBOTT himf"
"Weel, he's ma first man, an moo
you've got yer third, so dinna preach
thrift to me again"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
Tho Ambitions Of Youth.

Johnny, why don't you be good
boy like your brother WillyF the
mother was sternly admonishing her
naughty son. "Willy here may be
president some day, while you will
have to dig in the sewer"
But, mother" walled Willy. cant
dig in the sewer sometimes tooT-
Harper's Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Mr.. Henpeck-I hear that young
Jones and his wife are not getting
along very well. Mrs. Henpeck Eau
Neutrality-suspicious. should never have
married when he did. He was too
young to realize the step he was tax
ing. Mr.. Henpeck--Yes, know, but
like the boy. We have many things In
COMMONPLACE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
What he Drew.

Il notice that you nearly always
smoke when you are writing" said the
caller. "Do you draw your inspiration
from your piper"
mo" replied the horse reporter, ~
draw smoke. Chicago News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
The Cure.

"You look glum," said the husband OF
one clever woman to the man cyhO had
married her companion.
80 would you II your wife studied
geology and filed the house with
stones until there wasn't a place left
for you to sit"
Don't worry about that" was the
cheerful reply. Turn your wife's
thoughts to astronomy. That will suit
her just as WELL and she can't collect
specimens" Sketchy Bits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
He Got PLENTY,

HI Tragedy-Whew! Ranter must
have found food for thought in the
dramatic editors article this morning
Lowe Comedy-Food? l should say
full meal. He got a roast and all his
desserts. Press.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27
No Other Course Open.

"Now," said the physician, you will
have to eat plain food and not stay out
late at night"
Yes" replied the patient; that is
what l have been thinking ever since
you sent in your bill."-Catholic News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Where Is the man who viii pretend
to call himself philosopher and lay
down no rules of duty Aristotle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

In a cemetery at Middlebury, Vt, is
stone, erected by widow to her low
Ing husband, bearing this inscription:
"Rest In Peace-Until We Meet Again"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

Satire is a sort Of glass wherein be-
holders do generally discover every
Ejdy's face but their own. which is the
chief reason for that kind reception It
meets with in the world.-Swlft.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

If you want your patent leather
shoes to last twice as long. rub them
frequently With sweet oil or vaseline.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-11-27

TTAvING LAID IN THE LARGEST AND
H most fashionable stock OF furniture ever
IN Montgomery county, am ready to srve
customers In the Humphrey Building, Rock
Vile, q large rear addition to which has re-
Gently been made and used by me in this line
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07

State Veterinarian G. L. Noble
has appointed c. s. Davis of CaId-
well, to be one OF the parties with
authority to remove the two
front feet from coyote, wild cat
and lynx hides and give receipt
therefor. Mr.. Davis is in the raw
FUR business and pays the highest
cash price for all kinds OF furs.
The appointment carries no com.
pensation but is in his line Of
business.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07

| We don't often blow about on,
fine stock, because the quality OF
al kinds of stock kept in THU
vicinity averages so high thai
1--WE have become used to NOTHING
else and simply pass it over az a
matter OF fact. II a man ride or
drive IA horse OF inferior breed
along the street, You will prob
ably hear some remark made
about 1t; but II he drive a thor.
oughbred there will be nothing
said, for 1t is the usual thing.
and consequently escapes notice.
We have IL number OF horses her.
That are worthy of special men
ton and none OF them more so
than the standard bred horse
'Sfhorpton, No. 462O3." Thor
pton IL owned by DR.. II. j. Cluen.
ana was brought by him from
Iowa laSt year. He VAS sired by
Meadow Tnorp, No. 37O55; dam.
iyssila, by Advance, No. 1912;
md dam. Alice Carey, by Haw-
horne. Thorpton wns ioaled in
op0, and will mature ut 200
bounds. He rs being handled by
X. \. Richardson, and il show !
ny wonderful speed for his nge.
ne VIII serve a limited number
u mares this season. He comes
rom a long line of winners. aud
here is no better bred horse in
duho. y
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07


| w. B. Mitchell was in Caldwell
Wednesday attending the repub-
lican county central committee
and fixing up his political fences
which we're somewhat damaged
two years ago.
While digging a cave in the
side hill in the Shelby gulch in
the east part OF town last Sun
day, some boys uncovered a hu-
man skull. The boys immedi-
ately quit. A further search
failed to reveal the bones Of the
skeleton, they probably having
decomposed. There are lot OF
skulls planted around this 10
cality, relics OF the bygone days
when every man who came into
this section took his life in his
hands.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07

God or mAmmon. according t,
Nhe dintntts Of your own con
sc'~nce-if yon have one, or {.
10 otherwise il you have not.
We believe that no party
|ehuich or creed, and no comb.
Enntion of parties, churches or
Iereels. is competent to regulate
or control the religious belief of
"a single individual. No honest
citizen will tolerate any inter
ieneHce along this line. He would
have TO be less than q man If he
did. And this is the solid con
stItutional rock upon which the
Democratic mariner has run the
party ship in the last three cam
pn9ns- Shall we but into that
rock u third time? We wot not. |
We've got enough. We believe
ne Democratic party has come
o the conclusion that the old /
aud marks make safe guide to
olIow, and that we will a third
'me carry Idaho for Bryan by
living every citizen an untram-
'e'sd right to vote for him. So
lote it be. II
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07

No 3 SALE OF EsTRAY.
3. l will sell at public auction nj
the feed-yard OF c. II. Allen at the
Roswell slough bridge. where iii is
now standing, Mt 10 o'clock, a.
M, April 4, 1908, one two.vear.
old red heller, branded BIZ on
left hip, crop and under-bit on
LETT ear. underslope on right ear.
D. 0. Castater, Constable.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

| ~ afiO W" OAllHE
IN the probate court Of the County q
canyon, State of Idaho. In the mot,
ter OF the estate and guardianship .
'raee raul, minor. Order to shou
cause on application Of guardian f.,
order OF sale OF real estate.
On reading and filing the petit;on =,
Agnes A. Paul, the guardian Of tho no.
so" ana estate of Grace Paul, minor
praying for an order of sale NJ
real estate belonging to said ward for
the uses and purposes therein set forth
1T is HEREBY ORDERED. That
the next of Lin of the said ward and all
persons interested in the said estate 4,
pear before this court ON Tuesd.v .,
sist day of March, 1908, at two o,c,o,.
p M at the court room Of this court n,
the court house in the said Conn.,.
canyon State OF Idaho, then and there
TO show Gauss why an order should NO,
DC granted fer the sale of such estate
AND 1T Is FURTHER oRDERrn
That copy OF this order be pnhl;shod
at least three successive weeks heso.o
The said day Of hearing, in the parm.
Herald, newspaper printed and NH
'shed in said County Of Canyon.
Dated February "A, 1908.
"A. Hagelin,
'N0'' Probate Judge.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07
0nfario~VaIe Train Service

Inc following is the train schedul,
now IN effect between Ontario and Vail,
Leave Ontario at 200 p. M, daily ex.
cept Sunday; arrive at Vale 2:4o n NJ
Leave Ontario daily at Z 80 a. m. arriv,
at Vale $40 a. M. Returning ,eav.
s"ie al $3.50 a. m, daily, arrive at On.
'ario s;io a. m Leave Vale at 100 =
M, daily, except Sunday arrive at On
tsrio 40 p. In.
W. L. Straw, Agent, parma, Ida.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07

| The grandmothsrs Of the OLE
Dutch Duukard families Of West
ern Pennsylvania have maze
and used Hickory Bark Cough
Remedy and reared theiriam'''e'
on it for a hundred years. NOW
you can buy it OF your dealers'
Ask for it, and use it, because II
is is pure; because 1t will stop
your cough; because it is the
best cough remedy made today
Try it. For sale by City Drug
Store and all dealers everywhere
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07


Is Gatewood, presidentsof tn.
Gatewood Mining and TRADING
Go. OF Howard, Ore. was in tn,
city Tuesday. coming from Den.
yer here. MIR Gatewood will
probably start mp the Kankakee
dredge during the summer and is
here for the purpose of looking
over TIE field.
Joe Lyon of Pearl was in .be
city the first part of the week.
Mr.. Lyon is making a second at.
tempt Tor the pardon of his faith
err, who is serving a life sentence
IN the Idaho peniteutiary for the
H'urder OF W. II. Bradley Mt this
place in 1898, and il interview
'ng citizens in this section with
a view to that end.
james Ballantyne was dow,
Thursday looking after his sheen
While here he made a sale OF one
hind. the price received being
only Zoe "A head less than tho
prices OF last wear, showing that
the panic hasn't hurt the sheen |
growers much. Mr.. B.llantyne
h one Of the many that can't pet
The privilege of running their
sheep on the government lands
TINS year. and consequently will
be compelled TO cell.
DR.. W. C. whitweIl OF Salmon
<'ty. grand master of Idaho Ma
'onic Jurisdiction. paid a visit to
he Parma Masonic lodge Wed
'esday night. DIR. Whitwelll
'ated that he found the local !
odge in good condition. and I
Ddge conditions over the state .
generally. in excellent shape.
IT, II" hitwell, in addition to be.
y an ardent lodge man, is
I.4..
$50 somewhat of a politician. r.
nd has represented Lemhi conn T"
' IN the state senate for thel v
asst ten wears, as stauneh DEM a
crit. DIR. Whitwell is prom. fl
'ently mentioned as the demo a
rat'c nominee for governor this Il
ear. y
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-07
People sae Events
BEING THE PAST WEEK


DR.. Smith was down from
!. Caldwell Tuesday.
DR.. L. S. Williamson wasdowr
! from Boise the first OF the week
e Mrs. A. e. Bradley went te
Boise Wednesday to visit friends
Probation Officer Driscoll was
in town from Payette Thursday
Ham Kaufman of the Cald-
well News, was Parma visitor
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Sheldon OF
Owyhee, Ore, we're in town Mon
day. Mr.. Sheldon was looking
up some dairy cows.
| Caldwell has an epidemic OF
small pox, from so to go cases
oeing quarantined.
John Stockton made a bust
ness trip to Caldwell Monday.
Attorney K. B. Scatterday OF
Caldwell was in the city Monday
on business.
j. W. Watkins and NJ. j. Devers
were down from Caldwell Mon
day attending the ditch meet
ing.
VIM. Seabers OF Pocntello, is
IN thh city visiting his eld friend
l'hos. Bracken, and investigat-
ing the merits of the I.aPoint
gold saving machine.
A. s. King was over from b.
ker City Tuesday, looking as well
NJ ever. He is travelling out of
Baker for Portland house.
County Coroner Lang went to
Thursday 10 hold an in
quest over the body OF a negro
boy who was killed by striking a
switch at the east end OF the
Nampa yards while stealing
'ide on a train Wednesday.
DIR. X. j. Cluen went to Boise
Wednesday to assist in an opera '
ION OH Mrs. J. w. Myers. Mrs.
Flyers recovered nicely from the
operation, and is doing well AT
resent.
The little daughter OF NJ. Ale
'ombs had her leg broken Tues a
ny by IL piece of timber falling r,
pom IT. 1t was broken half way n,
etween the knee and ankle.
A. j. Mitchell attended a meet d,
~ OF the directors of the PAY
tie Boise Water Users Associ-
ton Mt Caldwell Thursday. ~
A steriopticnn lecture was piy- =
, in the Presbyterian church on tn
'ednesday night. Mr.. B;frke,. r,
Boise was the speaker. The nc
Which ensnare the m
Dung in the GREAT City of New i,
ork were wildly set farth. ~
A very pleasant birthday party =,
ls given ut the home of Mrs ~
L. Parke on Sunday, Feb.
ary 10Th, in honor of Ner =
other, Mrs. N. Campbell. 1t * On
ry extraordinary for persor I
he ~ wears old and to have nov
"a only Is birthdays but such Lea
Mrs. Campbell's record. The Gep
'ited guests spent a delightful At
y. Mrs. Campbell was the Val
'ep'ent OF wsliy useful pres tart
tn. m,
M :. tart
The Ladies' Council of Parma.
We arranged for series of
ne Teas, the proceeds to helm
y the library expenses. Mrs.
.ckwslf and Mis-. A. &. Fisk In t
actns hostesses for the first c,
? TO be held at the home of the tie
nier on Thursday afternoon. q,
lch IL, from 2:30 to 6 0 clock. ca
sryone is cordially invited. or