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THE WICHITA PRICE CURRENT. SATURDAY, DEC. 31. 1892. Amusements.

AT CRAWFORD GKANI) OrERA HOUSE. Spooner Comedy Dec.20-31. Frank Mayo Jan. 2. WOMEN OF THE DAY.

In Glasgow, Scotland, 15,710 women have municipal suffrage. Miss Ella L. Knowles, of nelena, who recently appeared as a can- didato for attorney general of her state, has hcen elected. Woman's Century is tho name of a new weekly paper to bo published in Weimar, Germany. It will bo devoted to tho advancement of women in tho fatherland.

An absolutely unique position in German Jewish journalism is that occupied by Israelitische Hausfrauen Zeitung, of Leipzing, a journal which has just started upon its career. It will confine its elf orts to the interests of Jewish women. Miss Patterson, of Ireland, is one of the few women to win the degree of doctor of i msic, and the only one in Great Britain, except the princess of Wales, whoso title is complimentary. Miss Wilson has received, also, the degrees of bachelor of music and bachelor of arts from the Irish 'universities. The Ladies', club in Sydney is the only club in the city which is not in debt.

The rooms are in a central and convenient locality, where tea, coffee and cocoa are served at any hour, where dainty lunches are enjoyed by the members and their, friends, and where private reception rooms arc furnished to ladies who wish to entertain their friends. The club numbers nearly one hundred members. The Spooner Dramatic is again playing a weeks engagement at the Crawford Grand, this company has given great satisfaction to all who have attended their performances. For -a popular priced company they are certainly at the head of those that have visited our city. Many have been the compliments paid little Miss Cecil Spooner who has nightly delighted her audiences.

The Spooners will always be welcomed in this city joun Uaynes, who was killed Dy tne (rolley in Philadelphia a few days ago, tvas a -12-year-old grandson of Chang jliooker), one of the famous Siamese twins. A Kansas farmer whochad had much trouble in shipping eggs at last suc-jeeded in getting a consignment deliv-red in good order by marking tho box "dynamite." A very pretty girl named Annie Mc-fague, aged nineteen, of Wannamasa, N. was fondling a pet horse, when the animal suddenly snapped at tho girl's face and bit her nose, almost tearing it off. She will be disfigured for life. The frizzled glass threads from which tloth is woven are said to surpass in Oneness not only the finest cotton but sven the thread of the silk worm's co-toon, their softness and elasticity being even greater than that of manufactured tillc'Tint." A LITTLE HISTORY.

Processes for printing colored cali-ioes were invented in 1704. The first daily morning newspaper tvas tlvj Daily Courant, published in London. Mexican flint knives were made so Sharp that they could be used for trimming hair. The burning mine at Summit hill, near Maueh Chunk, has been on fire since 1858. Scientific American.

The Turkish turban came in during the reign of John of France. It was sometimes three feet high and as big as a barrel. The big panniers of 1720 were worn a "creaker," a bustle made of linen cloth, gummed and folded, which squeaked outrageously with the slightest movement of the wearer. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. It Will be Produced by the Barrett Dramatic Club.

The Barrett Dramatic Club was organized last night with the following officers: President, berge Lewis; Secretary, bher4-man Skinner, Treasurer, C. M. Jones; Director, W. W. Ileathcote.

The object of the organization is the production of a series of good plays by local talent. The first play presented will be, "The Merchant of Venice." Among those present last evening were W. W. Heathcote, John Davis, Otto Eck-stien, Sherman Skinner, 0. M.

Jones, Percy Longlands, Robert Dean, George Lewis, Robert Sweet, Will Campbell, Bert Allison. Misses Wainwright, Copeland, Washburne, Jackson, English and the Missess Goldberg. CLIPPINGS OF SCIENCE. The man who is perfectly proportioned weighs exactly twenty and three-quarters pounds for every foot of his height. The Gaudaloupe bees lay their honey in bladders of wax about as large as a pigeon's egg, and not in combs.

The honey never hardens, and is of an oily If the earth were to revolve on its axis with seventeen times its present rapidity, the pendulum would not vibrate at all, and we would weigh' nothing at the equator, for the centrifugal force would be so great as to throw us oft'. Our summer is a few days longer than the astronomical winter, which arises from two causes. First, the earth during winter is traveling over the smaller half of its orbit; and second, its motion in that period of its orbit is more rsinWl. BOOK NOTES. Rider Haggard's story "Montezuma's Daughter" will first appear serial- iy.

Senator Squires' daughter is only fifteen, but she has written a volume of poetry and dedicated it to her father. A biography of the late Daniel Dougherty is in course of preparation, the material having been given by Mrs. Dougherty into tho hands of a well-known biographer. Considerable interest has been awakened among the literary circles of Berlin by the sale of an -edition de luxe of the complete works of Frederick tho Great for 2.000 marks. OF GENERAL INTEREST.

If Arabian tradition amounts to Eve was over two hundred feet Jail. St. Charles, has been under the lominion of three Hags, namely: Spain, France and tho United States. A five-cent postage stamp issued in (Uabama -during the confederacy was Everyone's sweetheart sometimes gcta up in arms against him. Galveston News.

A cent in your pocket is worth two oh your handkerchief. Ram's Horn. Money which is "coming to you" does not always arrive. Pittsburgh Chronicle A "wnisKY straight" is decided to bo an unmixed evil. Bingham ton Republican.

It takes a lot of pluck to get all the off an ostrich. Philadelphia Record. told in New York recently for $780. The Michigan lumbermen carry cedat knots in their pockets as a cure and ilso as a preventive of rheumatism. A recent experiment has proved that arrier pigeons may be trusted to con-rcy messages from ships several hun-Ired miles at sea.

nTiiE silky little King Charles spaniel an expensive luxury, because puppies i month old easily bring 6J)0 apiece and ndien half grown $100. Not necessarily after a bird the man Who goes out for a lark. Brooklyn Eagle. Lawyers may bo pools; they write lots ol 'versus." Texas Sif tings. Do not aslc a fugitive how lie "eoines on." Ask him how lie Is "going oil'." Dallas News.

I It isn't the man who blows most who I finds it the easiest to raise the wind. Cape Cod Item..