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Show Witnessed Marriage from Afar. Getting a man to witness a marriago mar-riago ceremony at long dlstanco by looking through two windows and across an area between adjacent buildings is n rather novel way of obtaining a witness, but it served tho purposo at Portland, Ore, recently of legally and socurcly tying tho matrimonial mat-rimonial knot that mndo Manuol Plres and Grace Sophia Schuster ono. Tho ceremony was performed In tho law ofllco of Justice Waldomar Soton, on tho third floor of the Commorclal building. W. W. Espey, a real estate agent, was at work at his ,sk across tho area and Justlco Soton asked htm to look across while ho mado tho couplo one. Tho mothor of tho brldo was tho other witness. Whon tho knot had boon tied Espey noted that tho brldogroom failed t to kiss tho bride. "HI, there, young man!" ho shouted across the aroa; "you forgot for-got to kiss tho bride." "Sho won't hold still long enough," shouted back tho bridegroom. Then Judgo Soton brought the marriago certificate around to Espey and socurcd his signature. sig-nature. i . |