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Unbinding of Chinese Womanhood.


From the Searchlight.
Missionary work of very practical sort
was begun In China when a little company
of foreign women living in Shanghai formed
the Tien Tsu Hui, or Natural Feet Society.
What they did has been concisely described
by Mrs. Archibald Little, who says they
contributed and collected little sums of
money, gave prizes for essays, selected
tracts and had them printed, and them
selves circulated them throughout the vast
empire-as big as Europe.
When Chinese men, numbering their tens
of thousands, assembled for their annual or
trienniaI examinations, little assortments of
these tracts were given to each competitor
to take back to his native village. At last
the dowager empress issued an imperial
edict Then one by one the great Chinese
viceroys issued proclamations against bind
ing, generally In response to an interview
or letter from the organizing secretary
of the Natural Feet Society.
recent letter from the far west OF
China, received by Mrs Little, says: China
ia changing in rapid way; unbound feet
! is the order OF the day for little girls now;
foreign style of clothes for 2oys, and drill
everywhere" From Shanghai comes re-
port of the most encouraging side os the
movement. The rich Shanghai officials
have started a lien Tsu Hui girls school
for the girls of good family who have eltn-
er not bound their feet or have unbound
them, with the hope that the girls there
educated may eventually become teachers.
Although only Just started. eighty young
ladies are already boarding at this school,
and when II finished it's first term the place
was packed, chiefly with Chinese gentle
men, to see the results Thus the unbind-
ing of the feet of the girls of China Is grad
ually developing into a movement for their
higher education. And when the 300. 600 900
women of China set upon their feet
again, qualified to learn to sew, to wash
to clean their houses and their children. as
well as to learn the elegant accomplish
ments of English and music, we may look
for an extensive Improvement in the whole
Chinese race.
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faint that the astronomer who first gave It
it's name observed that those who examine
1t ought to be lynx-eyed 10 see II. The little
cluster. but Is remarkable for its large num-
Der of double stars. One of these is at y.
Fig. /, and to the left of this there is a
faint nebula.
Just east of Lynx is the Lesser Lion.
while beyond this. filling the space between
the Greater Bear and Arcturus, is the deli
cate Coma Berenices, or Berenice's Hair. a
beautiful group as of gossamers spangled
with dew drops. Among the Arabians It
was the pond into which their Gazelle was
springing to escape the Lion, the Gazelle
being the group known to us as the Lesser
Lion The Whole western and southern part
of the constellation Is filled with nebulas.
though most OF them are faint. Ono just
southeast of G. Fig. i. is the Plnwheel
Nebula, one of the pyrotechnies of the sky.
Just to the west OF the star E is faint
double star d. which is remarkable because
it lies almost exactly at the pole of the
Milky Way.
All of the faint stars that lie between the
two dogs, extending from the head of the
Winter Snake to Orion. make up the con-
steIlatien Monoceros, or the Unicorn. This
group was known to the early Persfans and
to the Chinese; It IL chiefly refnarkab Bile for
the large number of double stars and star
clusters which II contains.
New Comets.
The brightest comet OF the year. which
was discovered II the early morning Of De-
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The Planets.
UPS and Downs of Politics.

From Punch.
croesus, though ambitious for political
nreferment, had about made up his mind
that public office was not for such as he
.erhere,s a popular prejudice against rich
men," he said.
The committee whispered apart FOR
little.
Sir" said their spokesman. at length,
I'VE advise You not TO give up"
"No2' said Croesus. What then?"
"Give down." said the committee. as with
one voice.
Such. it IL believed, was the beginning or
the campaign fund.
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The Pennsylvania Academys gold medal
of honor has been awarded to Mr.. Horatlo
Walker, who, by the way, is holding an eH-
hibition in the Montross galleries. New
York. This medal is awarded by the board
of trustees in recognition of high achieve
ment in their profession, to painters OF
scI,In4ors who NAV be exhibitors at the
academy or represented in It's permanent
collection. or who, for eminent services IN
the cause of art or to the academy, nave
merited the distinction. Among those VINO
have previously received this honor are
William NJ Chase, Winslow Homer, Edwin
A. Abbey, Cecilia Beaux, James MCNEIL
Y, histler. John 8. Sargent and John w.
AIexander LEILA MECHLIN.
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playing With Fire.

From, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
PA. am down In Aunt james Will for
anything?"
Eyes. my son. and don't you dare forget
it,
mo. pa. 1 asked Aunt Jane yesterday
IL she was an old maid
.'Ehl What did she say?"
.ssbe cut me- short
..TH bet sta did. And she'll cut you out
entirely II you ever make such . break
again
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summer group Virgo just emerging from
the ground. As the weeks go by he will see
that each evening this group IS a little
higher up IN the sky than the evening be
fore, but not until May will 1t be wholly
above the ground, and not until July will II
have passed the meridian in the early even
ing. BY that time all of the winter
groups except Leo will have disappeared
behind the sun in the west; four weeks later
Leo VIII have also gone. and the complete
change Of the winter into the summer sky
fa 1pis
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First of the Faint Summer Groups.

Several of the faint, little known groups
are now in excellent position for tracing
out Many of these are very interesting For
example, ComelopaTdalis. or the Giraffe,
which is long and struggling like its name
sake, has a remarkable cluster of no less
than five double stars which the observer
can find Just west of Perseus at A, Fig. l.
Just above Cancer is the Lynx, a group so
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His Lucky Escape.
, Cleveland Leader.

From the Clevtlani Leader.
bah Jove.' said Cho1ly Nitwit. I'm
deuced glad. don't y know. that Polly Fleet
rejected me last year. heah she's widow
now. Just thfnk-if She married me in
stead of that other poor old chappie I'D be
dead nowt"
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The Great Comet OF 1852.

This comet passed so near to the earth
that it was hoped its distance might be
accurately measured In miles, and from this
the distance from the sun 10 the earth I'm
miles could be found This s the great fun
damental distance IN astronomy; the meas
ure in terms which all other distances arc
expressed.
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yet they are made up of countless separate
particles which probably vary In size from
grains of dust up TO meteOriteS Weighing
several tons. The showers OF shooting stars
which come at fixed dates each year are
almost certainly caused by the collision or
our earth with such particles which once
formed parts of comets. The heat caused
by their friction with the upper air burns
them up before they can reach the ground
It ts a very remarkable fact that as the
brighter comets pass around the sun their
tails always point nearly away from the
sun, as shown in Fig. g. The smallest par
tlcles OF the comet are pushed away by the
sun but what the nature OF the force which
repels them Is not known. IL may be cleo
trfcal or II may be due TO tho so-ealled
light impact. The explanation both OF this
and of the cause of the faint light which
the tails emit is yet to be found
The Planets.
Jupiter is still in excellent position for OBJ
servation and will remain the brightest and
most conspicuous evening star during the
month. Venus will also be easily visible
after sunset. having changed from a morn
ing to an evening star on February -. 1t
Is rapidly moving eastward across the con-
stellation Pisces: by the end of the month
it will be about one degree west of the
bright star NJ Fig. /. setting about pm
In a small telescope Il will then lie seen
as a most beautiful narrow. silvery cres-
cent looking like the moon when about
three days old.
The position of Neptune is also shown on
the map. The other planets are not visible
in the early evening.
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SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS
Thousands of Men and Women
Are Attending Them.
NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN
This 5 the Day of the Grown-Up
Student.
MANY SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT
Merchants, Farmers, Electricians and
Mechanics Are After the Latest
Ideas in Their Lines.
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A RI NO E s.

A bronze bust OF the late Rev. DR.. George
Whttefeld Samson. one-tine president of
Columbian College. was presented. at noon,
on Wednesday, with appropriate ceremony,
as a permanent memorial, to the George
Washington University. Attention has been
called recently to the fact that Washington
Is peculiarly rich In the works OF American
sculptors, and this, It must be noted, is
valuable acquisition to our already notable
collection. It Is the work Of Clark Mills,
who not only produced tie Jackson and
Washington statues, in Lafayette Square
and Washington Circle. but is reckoned
among the pioneers IN this field. Indeed,
nothing could have emphasized more
strongly the tender age of American art
than the statements Of those at the pres
entation exercises that they themselves re-
called the sculptor and his earliest works.
The span Ia almost covered by a single life,
and yet IN those few years We have grown
from infancy to mature age. Clark NILS
began his sculpture making in mechanical
way-copying from nature. by means or lie
masks and molds. He had no one to teach
him; he had nothing TO follow; he might
almost as we'll have been a savage longing
for unknown expression. He drifted from
New York farm, by q circuitous route to a
South Carolina plaster mill, and then at
the age of twenty, for some unexplained
reason, began modelling In clay. From the
rnechanic-materiaI never mastered him; If
he did not know how thing was done, ne
did not wait to inquire, but discovered "a
method for himself. On his way to Europe
he stopped in Washington to see the mucht
esteemed works of Greenough and Craw-
ford; became professional lion and got no
farther. After modelling a few portraits he
was asked to undertake the statue of jack
son, which he first refused to do, and after
ward did. Never had he seen an equestrian
statue; never had one been erected In the
United States, and this was in 1881 Con-
gress paid him for his work $4,000, and,
besides furnishing the bronze tan old can
nom, voted him, later, in mark of appre-
citation $4,000 more. He built q foundry
near Bladensburg, learned by experiment
the method and did his own casting. That
his work Is crude and inartistc is there
fore less remarkable than that 1t has any
merit at all The bust of DIR. Samson, which
Is now on view at the George Washington
University. ds far from bad. Lffeless, hard
and ill-drawn, as it may be, 1t still pre-
serves a certain dignity of expression, and
Is strong and characteristic. What mistakes
the sculptor made were not the tault Oh
weakness, but the result of poor equipment
He did not lack courage or conviction. ouL
the artists touch Following the custom OF
that period he portrayed DR.. samson IN
classical gllise--in .toga rather than a
frock coat-but IN a bust this is not serious
ly Objectionable. BY those who remember
and revere DR.. Samson It Is declared an eA-
cellent likeness. and from even the art
standpoint it must be considered worthy
memorial. .-......
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picture. The background, which is some
what extensive, Ia O white wall, broken,
70 the right by a huted plaster. This
throws the figure into high relief. almost
siIhouetting its outlines. and presents an
interesting problem In color values. 1t IL
odd but not unattractive. The subtle
black OF the gown has been admirably
rendered and the personality of the sitter
pleasingly interpreted. It is an excellent
likeness and a skillfui painting. Mr..
Hinckley Is also at work upon large por-
trait OF the late Judge Davis, which viii
ultimately go to the Court of Claims, and
among the smaller canvases which he has
recently completed is striking portrait OF
Mr.. Arthur Chester Of New York.
= =
Mr.. Lucien Powell is painting In oils an
attractive landscape. which in all proba-
bility viii later find its way into one of
the leading exhibitions. II is 8 broad view
OF rolling country, seen beneath gray,
clouded sky. clump of trees IS given
prominence to the left, in the foreground,
while to the right the eye passes uninter-
rupted over a sea OF hills. 1t Is an un-
tanned country. but gentle in aspect. There
IS no drama being enacted-no forcing OK
effect. IT is simple and quiet and true
and withal pleasing to look upon. a be-
ginning which promises large results-or
at least satisfactory ones.
Mr.. Walter Paris has been occupied late
~ getting together portfolio OF water col
ors to be sent to Senator and Mrs. Bard, in
California, who are both his patrons and
his friends. The majority Of these are
characteristic English pictures, setting
forth with great realism and truth the
quaint homes and interesting by-ways OF
old England, but one is a Venetian scene
painted with much spontaneity which is
both uncommonly atmospheric and picto-
rial. 1t Is a literal transcription, but at the
same time charmingly rendered. Very We
netian, and yet quite unconventional MIR.
Paris purposes spending all of next summer
abroad and has already booked his passage
for April.
MIR. James Henry Moser and his wife at
tended, last Saturday, the opening Of the
Baltimore Water Color Clubs annual exhi-
bition, and later spent the afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Whiteman at their
suburban country place. They found the
exhibition UNFOLDING a high standard but
chiefly made I'D of works by well-knoWn
New York and Philadelphia painters; ana
discovered the distinguished artist ana ms
wife most agreeably situated In small
house of unique design in the heart OF Bar
tlrnore county-separated by seven mics
from the distractions of the city MI
Whiteman's landscapes have found for sew
eral years ready welcome in our local eH-
hibitfons, and the knowledge that their
themes are found at his very door adds
somewhat to their interest. II not to their
charm.
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Mr.. Robert Hinckley has quite num-
Der of portrait commissions on hand,
among which Is a particularly interesting
three-quarter-length of Chief Justice Mott,
who has recently retired from the bench of
the Court of Claims. This is being done
by order of the Bar Association, and is to
hang. when completed. In the court house.
1t shows the Justice wearing his legal
gown seated In an armchair, which is
turned at q slight angle to the plane Of the
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The brightest comet OF the year. which
was discovered - the early morning OF De-
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farmers discovered. through their boys, that
| institute instruction Is Indispensable to up
to-date farming.
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HELP WANTED.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
LOST AND FOUND.
LOST-BROWN BEAD PURSE; FIND
er enquire Astorian Office.

LOST - SILK UMBRELLA; IVORY
handle with three horses heads on;
return TO bartender at Seafeldt's saloon;
S. reward; no questions asked. 6-l2.3t.
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NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the Com
mon Council OF the City OF Astoria has
declared It's determination and intention
TO impWc Eleventh street from the south
line OF Franklin avenue TO the north line
of Harrison avenue Said improvement
shall be made by grading said street to
the established grade with sub.grade
OF 0 inches below the established grade,
with a l2.inch crown from curb to curb.
and by constructing cement sidewalks
on both sides OF the street, five feet In
width, with 6-inch cement curb, and
that a two.foot park space between the
property line and the outer edge Of the
sidewalks, and with park space OF
three feet between the inner edge Of
the sidewalks and the inner edge Of the
curb, and by filling in and macadaminz
said street from gutter to gutter with
crushed rock to the depth OF 0 inches,
with l2inch crown in the center,
In matters Of detail said improvement
shall be constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor to be
prepared by the Citp Surveyor as here.
intafter provided and general ordinance
No. 1901 and any matter OF construction
and drainage found necessary to make
the improvement safe or substantial shall
be done by the contractor whether
specified or not, without extra charge.
The City Surveyor has been directed
TO make and file with the Auditor and
Police Judge Of the City of Astoria,
plans and specifications for the construc.
tion Of said improvement and estimates
Of the costs and expenses thereof
That the costs and expenses Of con-
structing said improvement shall be de-
frayed by special assessment upon the
lots, lands and premises benefited by
the same which said lots, lands and
premises are included In the special as-
sessment district including all lots,
lands and remises so benefited to.witi
Lots ], 2, 3, l2, 10 and IA, and w. l.2
of lot 4, and w. l.2 Of lot II all in
block 70j lots ! 2, 3, ~, l3, II, w. l.2
Of lot 4, and w, l.2 Of lot II In block 81
lots 3, 4, B and o In block II, and lots
g. 4, 8 and 0 In block 90, oil In that part
Of the city Of Astoria, "a laid out and
recorded by John Mcclure and extended
by Cyrus 0lney, In clatsOp county, stats
Of Oregon,
0IoF ANDERSON
Auditor and Police Judge Of the CITY Of
Astoria,
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Com,
mon Council Of the City of Astoria has
declared its determination and intention
to improve Kensington avenue, from a
point 10 feet east Of the center line Of
Eighth street to the west line Of Eleventh
street, excepting the south half Of the
street between Eighth and Ninth streets.
Said improvement shall be made by grad.
ing said street to the established grade
TO the width Of 25 feet through the cen.
ter thereof.
In matters Of detail said improve.
ment shall be constructed according to
the plans and specifications therefor to
be prepared by the City Surveyor as
hereinafter provided and general ordi-
nance No. 1901 and any matter Of con.
strction and drainage found necessary
TO make the improvement safe or sub.
stantial shall be done by the contractor
whether specified or not without extra
charge,
The City Surveyor has been directed
TO make and Gle with the Auditor and
Police Judge of The City Of Astoria plans
and specifications for the construction
of said improvement and estimates "
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Pilgrim Joe Has a
Rough Time of Il
He Strikes the Town Of Getaway.
Quick and Is Injured to the
Extent Of 500.

copyright, 1906, by Mcclure. Phillips & Co.
A 8 abided In the town of Last
~ Chance for few days while
n suffering the atiiiction of car,
buncle ON my neck received
q letter from the mayor OF the town OF
GetAway.Quiek asking me to come
over there as soon as able and show my
show OF moving pictures and bring
along large stock Of the Pilgrim Pain
Alleviator. The aforesaid alleviator has
now been before the public for many
years, and its certain and marvellous
virtues are known 10 all. but | cannot
let this opportunity pass without say.
ing that
II is a remedy for despondency.
Two doses cure the earache.
II acts like magic on disappointed
love.
One bottle will assuage the deepes,
sorrow.
II your wife has eloped the alleviatol
win make you glad Of il.
1t cures ingrowing toe nails and pal.
pitation Of the heart.
Thousands OF people who were stand
ing on the verge of the grave have beer
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-13
NOTICE.

Notice IL hereby given that the Com.
mon Council OF the City OF Astoria has
declared its determination and intention
to improve Grand avenue. from the west
line ol Eleventh street to the east line
OF Sixth street on the established grade
thereof. aud to the full width thereof.
Said improvement shall be made by
grading said street to tho full width
thereof. and to the established grade
and by constructing sidewalks feet
wide on both sides OF said street, and by
macadamixing said street from curb %
curb, with crushed rock TO the depth OF
0 inches with the construction Of CUTTERS
on each side Of the street.
All material used shall be good. sound
red or yellow hr or lumber. and the deck
ing on the sidewalks shall be two'ineh
lumber
In matters Of detail said improvement
shall bc constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor to bc
after provided and general ordinance No.
1907 and any matter Of construction and
prepared by the City Surveyor as herin'
drainage found necessary to make the
Improvement safe or substantial shall
be done by the contractor, whether speci'
fled or not. without extra charge.
The City Surveyor has been directed
10 make and file with the Auditor and
Police Judge of the City Of Astoria. plans
and specifications for the construction OF
said improvement and estimates Of ths
costs and erpenscs thereof.
That the costs and expenses OF con-
strtlcting said improvement shall be de-
fnycd by special assessment upon the
lots. lands and premises benefited by the
same which said lots, lands and premises
ARE included in the special assessment
district including oil lots, lands and prem
iaes so benefited to.wit;
Lots 8. 0, 7 and 8 In each OF blocks II.
72, 70. "a and rs. and lots !, 2, . and 4
in each OF blocks 80. 81. Ss. 80. 90 all In
that part Of the City Of Astoria as laid
out and recorded by John Mcclure, and
extended by Cyrus olney in Clatsop
County, State Of Oregon.
OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City Of
Astoria.
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sea thereof,

the costs and expenses thereof,
That the costs and expenses Of con
etructing said Improvement shall bc de-
fraycd by special assessment upon tho
lots, lends aud premises benefited by
tho same, which said lots, lands and
premises are included In the special as.
sessmOnt district including oil lots. lands
and premises 40 benefited to.wit
Lots 8. O. I and 8 In block 1870, lots s.
q, 7 and 8 In block lloI lots .. 0, 7 and
In block 1885, lots |, Q, . and 4 In block
1877, aud lote |. 9. , and In block 100.
all In that part Of the City Of Astoria,
as laid out aud recorded by John Me-
Clurc and extended by Cyrus olney, In
Ciatsop County, State Of Oregon.
oL0r ANDERSON.
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City Of
Astoria.