The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-06
AROUND TOWN.

AROUND TOWN.
At last divine Cecilia came.
lnvcntrrSS OF the vocal frame;
The sweet enthusiast. from her sacred
storc,
Enlarged the former narrow bounds,
And added lengths to solemn sounds.
With natures mother wit, and arts un-
known before, Dryden.
Girl graduates are now selecting their
gowns,
Mr.. Charles Webster. OF New Ycrk City
Is In the city.
The human family is subject to forty
Ave different governments
Try c, \, Smiths Vanilla Ice Cream.
1t l. something nne
There has been invented u screen 10
hide the bicycle girls ankles.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Dye. Of South
Band. wn-. are visiting In thecity.
Mr.. Thomas permont. OF Oakland, Cal
was a guest at the Occident yesterday,
Gessrs. II. J. Carmon and r. A. Croth-
ers, OF the City Of Destiny, were IN town
yesterday,
Mr.. p. W. Weeks. formerly OF this city.
but now OF Portland. vas IN Astoria
yesterday.
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was in the city yesterday, guest az
the occident
Ice Cream Soda in twenty-five different
navors at C. B. Smiths. Private par
lors for ladies.
Creme de menthe looks innocent. but
| II Is we'll 10 remember that II is not
peppermint water.
Buy your cigars tobacco. fruit and
candy OF Emil Erickson. Eighth and
| Commercial streets.
Mr.. ]. b. kellogg was up from his Sea-
side residence yesterday and had a Num-
Der OF new stories to tell
why is It she OF the silk petticoat al
| raise her gown Is q necessity?
In 1892 New York City paid for Its
! school bill s.O0O,oO0; for its amusement
hill. S.Ooeco; and for It's drink bill,
$50 OO0.COO.
! A woman can drive bargain. but she
can't drive a nail. This bit OF knowl-
edge is forced upon one in house-elean-
| ing time.
Messrs. Sig Cohen and NJ D. Kant. OF
| San Francisco. were in the city yester-
| day. The latter is an old-time Astorian,
and has many friends here.
Among the Portlanders in town yes
terday were j. W. Cook. s farrell,
| Frank NJ. Warren. George F. Robertson,
Thomas G. Greene, and +. b. London.
II has not been decided as yet the date
on which the funeral OF the late Annie
Broemser will take place Her relatives
have been notified, and the date OF the
funeral win be announced later.
The reception given last evening at the
residence OF Mrs. n. Kronqulst. In honor
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.iddell. was a
most successful social affair. All pres
ent spent a most enjoyable evening.
In every kind Of art there Is n degree
OF excellence which may be reached. so
to speak, Nv the mere use Of ones own
natural talents. But at the same time
It is impossible to go beyond that point,
unless art comes 10 ones aid Goethe
The bicycle road race has again been
postponed. owing TO the fact that the
track IS too wet to permit OF good rae
ing. II has not definitely been decided
upon another date, but II the sun shines
for a few days the race will take place
Friday. III d.
Another land company has ueen formed
In this city known as the Depot Land
Company. Its articles OF incorporation
were filed Monday In the office Of the
secretary Of state at Salem. Capital,
$4,000, divided into shares OF 800 each;
incorporators, E. A. seeley. c. Corey
and I. ". Long.
The election Of captains for the base
ball and football teams OF the Astoria
Football Club takes place tonight at
o'clock sharp Members are requested to
be present The price OF initiation TO the
club has been reduced for the coming
ninety days to $3.50, thus affordlng every
amateur in the city an opportunity OF
Joining.
An odd feature of spring millinery this
season Is the combination OF flowers and
feathers on the same chapeau. A neat
brown straw, with navy hrlm. is
trimmed with profusion of chiffon ro-
settes. II is turned up slightly at the |
left side, near the back, and 1rnamented
with Prince Of Wales plumes, cock |
feathers and an algrette.
Here IS something to think OF. DR.. |
Estes says has been established that :
about one nd one-tenth Of a person
dies at every tick OF the clock-that is
to say, every second-the whole year
round, in stormy and In pleasant
weather. II may be added that about
one and one-hfth OF a person IL born
at the same time. You can arrange
those fractions to suit yourself. But II
can be said that the population f. In
creasinR, sxty-seven dying and seventy
being born every minute
Straight Up and down writing IL now
being taught in some Of the grades Of the
city schools. II is thought by some who
are competent to Judge that this is a
move in the right direction. II IL stated
that heretofore and even at the present
there Is little uniformity Of system in
the method Of teaching writing in the
schools, or even in the different
rooms OF the same school. Scholars at
tain under sych n system, slovenly hab-
Its Of penmanship which are most de-
plorable. Complaint is made that the
spoilers used I'm some Of the grades OF
the city schools are entirely TOO difficult
70 rthe pupils using them; and that, with
L ALL the books contain some inaccurs-
cies. On the whole Astoria's schools
compare fayorably with any In the state,