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SUMMARY OF NEWS SHORT CONCISE ITEMS FROM DISPATCHES. — » NEARLY ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD REPRESENTED HEREWITH. The steamer Willie Hume, San Francisco to Everett, in ballast, was wrecked cn Protection islands, Straits of Juan de Fuca, recently during a storm. Joseph Dangel, president of The Dollar Savings bank at Akron, Ohio, was appointed receiver of that insti tution in consequence of the suicide of Fred A. Boron, caishier and treas urer. In a recent address Senator J. P. Dollver said that the army canteen will never be reestablished. The telegraph operators at Pitts burg are applying for their former positions. The Western Union has u full force, but several were taken back by the Postal. Driven insane by scandal, Gustav Lehmann, a wealthy merchant of Chi cago, is believed to have drowned himself In the Mississippi river. Judge Brentano of Chicago receiv ed a remarkable letter recently from Richard Walton, the negro slayer of Mrs. Lillian White Grant, who is un der sentence to be hanged on Decem ber 13. He confessed. In a headon collision on the North ern Electric railroad at Live Oak sta tion, 30 miles south of Chico, Cal., seven persons were injured, two sev erely. J. J. Hill is in New York using his Influence to secure between one and two million dollars in cash for the purchase of grain. Notwithstanding the active efforts of detectives In the district attorney's office and the New York police depart ment, no trace has been found of Ray mond Hitchcock, the missing actor. Minneapolis bankers will make for mal demand on Secretary Cortelyou to place several million dollars in the banks of the northwest to be used In moving crops. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will not be a witness when Harry K. Thaw is plac ed on trial for the second time, within three weeks, for killing Stanford White. For publishing in the College Month ly, of which he was the editor, an ar ticle accusing women students of forming a cigarette smoking club, David L. Levy of the University of California, was hazed by 50 under graduates and compelled to admit there was no truth In the offending article. The dark ages never saw worse con ditions than prevail in southern Mor occo. Property belongs to the man who can seize It. Homan life Is less than nothing. Free lance cutthroats All the towns, and petty chiefs make travel almost equivalent to suicide. The Second cavalry at Fort Des Moines has received orders to pro ceed to South Dakota, the scene of thi Ute Indian trouble. An Austrian electrician Is attempt ing to obtain financial support in Ber lin from the American colony for an invention which he says will nullify wireless messages in war time. The inventor declares that his apparatus will make unintelligible all messages sent within a radius of 700 'miles. Financial troubles in New York, wilh their later echo in the west, have not alarmed the farmers of Ne braska. For the last decade the farm ers of this state have disposed of their crops by contract before they were harvested, but this year conditions are changed. During the past week word came to Lincoln from all sec tions of the state that farmers were building bins to store away corn, which they are soon to harvest.- Barbara Lapoukine, the 18 year old daughter of a Russian princess, was not kidnaped In London by terrorists at all, as her friends reported to the London police early this week, but is a terrorist herself, according to the weekly dispatches. It Is announced that 21 steamers have been chartered In Scotland to convey coal and other supplies to the American fleet which Is to .visit Pa cific waters. BREAKB THE DIGGING RECORD. Nearly Two Million Cubic Yards in a Month at Panama. Ail records for Panama canal exca vation have been broken. War depart ment and canal officers are jubilant over Colonel Goethals' report that the 1.000,000 cubic yards for a single working month had been outdone, the accomplishment in October of 1,868,- 792 cubic yards. This is three times the October record, against twice the rainfall then. BUILDINGS 24 STORIES HIGH Value of the Dozen Building in New York Is Upward of 26 Million. Twelve buildings with an aggre gate height of more than three-quart ers of a mile and having 290 stories will be New York's record in the sky scraper line when the construction now under way Is finished. The main street of a small town on a half holiday can make the sad dest funeral procession look like » gala affair when It comes to cheer fulness. MANY ELECTIONB THIS WEEK Six Commonwealths Choose Governors —Four Cities Have Contests. There will be elections In 12 states this week. In Massachusetts, Rhode It-land, Maryland, Mississippi and Ken tucky a governor and other state of ficers are to be chosen; in New Jer sey, a governor only; In New York, two associate Justices of the court of .appeals; in Pennsylvania, a state treasurer, and in Nebraska, a railroad commissioner and two regents of the slate university. In Cincinnati, Cleve land, Salt Lake and San Francisco municipal officers are to be selected, while in New York county a number of judges and a -sheriff are to be vot ed for. The prohibitionists have a state tick and Mississippi, and city tickets in et in all the states except Maryland Cleveland and Cincinnati, but not In San Francisco or Salt Lake. The socialists also have tickets in all the states except Mississippi and Maryland, and city tickets in Cincin nati, Cleveland, Salt Lake and San Francisco. The socialist-labor party has tickets in Kentucky, Massachusetts and New Jersey, while union labor made nom inations for city officers in San Fran cisco. There Is only one ticket —the demo cratic—ln Mississippi, and the result, of course, is not doubtful. MINES AND MINING. For at least 30 days the American Smelting & Refining company will re fuse to receive ores from all shippers who do not have contracts. This is because the company is already over stocked with ores at its East Helena plant from contract shippers, and has no room in which to store additional. It is understood another reason for this order is to be found in the unset tled condition of the metal markets in the east. The company has thou sands upon thousands of dollars tied up in ores bought, and further drops in prices would mean that much more loss. The order will not affect the number of men employed. The Black Jack mine at Corbin is the scene of a reported copper, gold and silver strike. The property is owned by Helena and Great Falls men. The strike was made on the hanging wall at the 250-foot level, while the first discovery of ore was made on the foot wall. Smeltermen, carpenters and engi neers' unions of Butte have voted to accept the reduced wage scale agree ment by the Amalgamated Copper & Mining companies under its recent agreement. About 1500 men are af fected. A 15-foot ledge of rich copper-gold ore has been opened In the lower tun nel on the Monarch property, a group of seven claims in the Rapid river district in central Idaho. Forty-five feet of low grade copper and iron ore has been opened up by the crosscut tunnel on the property of the recently organized Butte-Coeur d'Alene Copper Mining company which' adjoins the Boston-Colby property near Saltese. Good ore Is showing in the lower tunnel on the Victoria Empire prop erty near Libby, Mont.- "Three additional furnaces are to be Installed at fio smelter of the Sul livan mine located at Marysville, B. C„ as soon ns financial arrangements now under nay are completed, i'he roasters at the smelter now lutVe a capacity of 120 tons daily. It Is plan ned to double the capacity of the smelter, which now has three fur naces," said former Senator George Turner, who returned recently from a visit to the mine. Rumors of the proposed curtilment of the output of all lead-silver mines in the Coeur d'Alene district, includ ing the mines of the Federal company and those being developed by the In dependent operators, because of the alleged overproduction of lead in the United States, have been current for several days. A fnll face of exceptionally rich free milling gold ore has been opened up In the Old Corporal property in the Marshall Lake district in central Idaho. J. C. Fox and P. R. Briggs, owners of the mine, have been doing develop ment work all summer. The strike was made at a depth of 70 feet and about 70 feet from the tunnel portal. The ore, according to assays made at Grangeville, carries about (300 In gold to the ton. In the Coeur d'Alenea. A force of 25 men 1s employed on the Inland property at Taft spur. A good body of copper ore has been opened up and shipments will soon be made. The Phedor Mining company has let a contract for a 100-foot extension of its lower drift, now In 175 feet. Good concentrating ore Is said to be show ing in the drift. The lower crosscut on the Formaso property Is In quartzite of a similar character to that found In the upper tunnel near the ore. and a strike Is expected. The tunnel Is at a depth of 170 feet. Winter quarters are being put up on the Tillman claim of the Little Mint group, where a 345-foot tunnel will he run this winter. The cross cut should open the ledge at a depth of 345 feet. Adam Golzong has been awarded a contract for driving a 200-foot cross cut on the property of the Govern ment Gulch Mining company near Wardner. Who's the braver —he who stands alone, or he who stands supported by his friends? FATAL BLAST CONSTRUCTION CAMP LYLE, WASH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT WORK MAN DROVE HIS PICK INTO MISSED SHOT. Lyle, Wash., Nov. 4. —The acciden tal explosion ot a blast on the Port land & Seattle railway construction work near this place caused the death cf several men employed 011 the work. The names of the victims are Hjar ICricksuu, a Finn; Christ Peterson, a Swede, and five Hindus —Halem Singh, Zebla Pongdo, Chuuday Din, Nanmga I lass and Uunga LKiolas. All were laborers employed in blasting and excavating the right of way and when the explosion occurred the sev en men were literally blown to pieces. The exact cause of the accident is not known, although It is believed hat o:;e cf the workmen had driven his pick into a missed blast. The ac cident was not discovered until late Friday night, when a workman re turning along the pathway came upon a dismembered leg of a man, and, on investigation, found the remains of other bodies scattered in the vicinity. Hastily summoning a crew of work men from a nearby camp the party returned to the scene and gathered up what was left of the unfortunates and brought them to this place for burial. Washington Note*. While handling a team of colts Jos eph Stewart, an employe of the Wash ington Nursery company, at Toppen ish, was kicked by one of the animals and instantly killed. A man named Joseph Marcus, while at work in the mines at Ravendale, was killed by an accident. A man believed to be Edward Jones, a deaf mute of Spokane, was run down and killed Sunday after noon at Orillla, near Seattle, by a train. At a Sunday meeting of the clear ing house association in Seattle, at which every bank in 'the city was represented, it was decided to follow other cities of the northwest In adopting the ÜBe of clearing house certificates and ceasing cash pay ments, except in small amounts for emergency purposes. Ex-County Commissioner J. B. Clin ton of Stevens county has refused an offer of f75,000 cash for his big 160- acre fruit farm near the town of Daisy in the Columbia valley. Mr Clinton has this tract of land under a high state of Improvement and has lived upon It for nearly 25 years, each year adding to his large orchard un til he now sells annually his entire crop for about $26,000. SPOKANE— Wholesale Produce Prices. Vegetables—Cabbage, $1 cwt; beets $1; rutabagas, fl; carrots, 75c; white turnips, $1; parsnips, $1.25 cwt; cauli flower, 75@|1 dozen heads; onions, $2; tomatoes, 40c box; green, 25c; sweet potatoes, $3.50 cwt; potatoes 75c cwt; Hubbard Bquash, 75c doz; citrons, 75c doz; pumpkins, 75c®$1; eggplant, $1.50 crate; peppers, 50®60c box; par sley, 15c doz bunches; celery, 60({J>75c : doz bunches; pineapples, $2.75®3; Concord grapes, 35®40c basket; in peach boxes, 60c; Tokays, $1.75 crate; Muscat grapes, $1.25; bananas, $2.75 @4 bunch; huckleberries, 9c lb; cran berries, $10 bbl; winter pears, $1.25 box; Valencia oranges, $5.25 box; lemons, $7.50 box; cooking apples, 75c ®$1 box; fancy eating, $1.26® 1.50 box; quinces, $2.25 box; comb honey, $3.75 case. Wholesale Meat Prices. Beef —Steers, dressed, 6%®7c lb; cow beef, 5%@6c lb; mutton, dresseJ. 12% c lb; pork, 10c lb; hams, 16% c lb; bacon, 16c lb; lard, 12V4c lb; dry salt extras, $11 cwt; dry salt backs, $12.50 cwt; veal, 7H@Bc lb; smoked salmon, Chinook, 16c lb; •white spring, 12Hc. Wholesale Feed Prices. Bran. $17 ton; bran and shorts, $18 ton; red shorts, $19; white shorts, $23 corn, whole, $1.60 cwt; cracked, $1.70; rolled barley, $1.35 cwt; wheat, $1.50 cwt; timothy hay, $25 ton; grain hay, $18 ton; oats, $1.50 cwt; straw, 410 ton. Seed —Red clover, $15.50; choice, $16.50; Kentucky bluegrass, $18.50 cwt; timothy, $6.60; white clover, $18; alfalfa, $19. Prices Paid to Producers. Live Stock —Steers, $3.60@4 cwt; cows, $2.25®3 cwt; sheep, $4®4.25 cwt; hogs. $6.50 cwt; calves, 7V4®Bc lb; bogs, lb. Poultry and Eggs—Live hens, 10® 11c lb; live spring chickens, 10® 11c lb; dressed hens, 12@14c lb; ducks, live, 12c lb; turkeys, live, 16®17c lb; dressed, 18®20c; geese, live, 11c; dressed, 14c. Hides—Green beef, 6c lb; dry salted cured, 7@7V4c; dry flint, 14®15c; calf skins, green, 10c; dry, 20c; kip. 7c; lamb pelts, 40c each; long wool pelts, 12V4c lb. Creamery Produce, fob Spokane— First grade creamery butter fat, 33<4c lb. Feed —Timothy hay, $20®22 ton fob Spokane; grain hay, $13®14 ton; oats. $1.20® 1.25 cwt; feed wheat, $1.25 cwt; whole barley, $1.10 cwt. Over the bodies of her martyrs the 1 world has stepped to freedom. "Mankind" is a term that embraces j woman. I ROYALTY VISITS ENGLAND And Three Queens Join November Festivities. England is to be invaded by royalty during November. The German em peror and empress, who. It is said, will be accompanied by the imperial chan cellor, Prince von Buelow, and to whose visit some political significance is attached, will arrive on November II and will spend a week as guests of King Edward at Windsor castle, which has been considerably altered and improved for their reception. Other visitors are coming before the German sovereign, including the king of Spain and the king of Norway. The kings of Spain and Norway, with their consorts and their infant heirs to their respective thrones, are coming on ofll city business, but all the mem bers of the royal family will go to Sandringham for the celebration of the king's birthday, November 9. Another event of the month that will bring together many royalties is the wedding of Don Carlos of Spain and Princess I.ouise of Orleans, which will lake place at Wood Norton, the Eng lish home of the duke of Orleans, the head of the Bourbon-Orleans family. Thr> king and queen of Spain, the queen of Portugal and the duke and duchess of Aosta will all be present at the ceremony and receptions, for which elaborate preparations are be ing made. , KEEP WAGES UP HIGH. Gompers Says Wall Street Flurry Is Only a "Gamblers' Panic." President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor hurled a thunderbolt Monday in the form of a warning that labor will not tolerate wage reductions, and that employers who may attempt them on a cry of the financial situation, which he terms "nothing more or less than a gambl ers' panic," will do so at their peril. He recommends that labor and civic organizations which have withdrawn money from the banks help "defeat the gamblers' scheme" by investing in government bonds. "Of course, ail realize that there is a stringency of the circulating medium of money, that there is an insufficient amount of currency to carry on the enormously increased production of the past year anil the means for its general distribution," his statement says. TIE UP BRITISH RAILWAYB. Strike of Train Hands, 100,000 Strong, to Be Called. London, Nov. "2. —Notwithstanding the powerful influences that have been at work for some time past In the hope of averting trouble in the British railroad world, there seems to be little probability of preventing a strike which will have the most seri ous consequences to the traveling public anj the men and companies in volved, as well as to the general public. Nearly 100,000 employes may be idle. English Socialist Party Loses. The complete results of the muni cipal elections In England and Wales last week augmented the conservative party and emphasized the defeat of the socialists. The returns from 145 boroughs show the following gains: Conservatives 162, liberals 21, labor lies 22, socialists 4, independents 4. Holy War In Morocco. Paris, Nov. 4.—A special to the Matin from Morocco city says that Mulal Hafld, the heir of the Sultan i'jdul Aziz, despairing of French sup port. has declared holy war. May Cause Slump in Diamonds. Paris, Nov. 6.—There will he a slump in diamonds If the French academy of sciences reports favorably on artificial gems submitted to It by Alterne Chartee, a Paris chemist. Swiss Are for Army Reform. The question of army reform was submitted to a plebiscite of the Swlsh people, and by a vote of 300,000 to 250,000 a law providing for improve ment In the army was adopted. Attractions at the Spokane Theater. The following attractions are book ed for the Spokane theater this month: November 4-5, "The College Widow"; November 6, Olive Mead Quartet; November 7, Kilties Band; November 8-9, "The Holy City"; No vember 10-11-12, Olga Nethersole; No vember 13-14, I-ouls James; November 15-16. Sarah Truax, in "The Spider's Web"; November 19-20, Marie Cahlll; November 22. Mme. Calve; November 24-25-26, "The Yankee Regent"; No vember 27-28, Max Flgman in "The Man on the Box"; November 29, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; 'November 30, "The Vanderbllt Cup." OU'ttil Pcrslatent Error*. Everywhere one hears, "I seen Jim yesterday and be told me be doue we'd at that Job." Tbe people who may be broadly characterized as the "1 seen 1 done" tribe pervade everything and seem to Include nearly everybody. When It comes to verbs like "11% lay, lain." and "lay, laid, laid," or sit sat, sat," and "set, set, set," the best of us are liable to error, and mistake* are pardonable. But what excuse can anybody And for confusing "see, saw, seen," or "do, did, doneT" It la tha flrst verb wblcb suffers the more for thise who do not say "l seen him yesterday' are likely to say "I see hlia yesterday," whereas even those who say "I done It yesterday" never fall Into the absurdity of "I do It yesterday."— Chicago Journal. 1138—Scots defeated at the battle of the Standard. 138."—I'ortnstiese defeated the Spaniards nt Aljnbarrota. 1433—Ilealh of John I. of I'ortiignl. 14o0—Uunyady Janos, one of the great est war captains of his age, died. 1553—John Dudley, Puke of Northum berland, beheaded iu the Tower. 1028—(Jcorge Villiers, Duke of Buck ingham, assassinated by John Felton. 1012—Charles 1, set up his standard at Nottingham. 1048 —Prince of Conde victorious over Archduke Leopold at battle of Lens. 1072—Massacre of the Ltrothers Dt Witt at The Hague. 1710—Battle of Saragossa. 1750—Oswego taken by Montcalm.... Letizia Bonaparte, mother of Na« poh-on, born at Ajaccio, Corsica. 1707—Kai'thqiiake on the island of Martinique killed 15,000 persons. 1770—Maryland adopted a State consti tution. 1784—First mail coach in England left London for Bristol. 1703—I'ondichcrry taken by the Eng lish. 1808 —British and Spanish forces de feated the French at battle of Vi miera. 1800 —French defeated the Spanish at battle of Al:nonacid. 1814—Washington, D. C. # attacked and taken by the British. 1818—The Savannah, the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, was launched. 1833—Irish Church Temporalities act passed. 1835—The Earl of Gosford sworn In as Governor of Cauada. 1841—British expedition commenced the ascent of the Niger river. 1844—Victory of the French over the Moors at Isly. lWti—Mendelssohn's "Elijah" first per formed at Birmingham, England.... Capture of Santa Fe by Americans and annexation of New Mexico to United States. IS4S—The territory of Oregon organized. 1840 —Surrender of Venice to the Aus trian*. 1851—America cup won by American yacht at Cowes, England. 1850—First petroleum well opened at Titusville, Pa. 1857—The new Louvre, Paris, inaugurat ed with great ceremony by Napo leon IK. 1858—The Danubian principalities con stituted. 1802 —Garibaldi occupied Catania. 1804—Surrender of Fort Morgan, Ala bama. 1800—Treaty of peace between Austria aud Prussia signed at Prague. 1873—Cholera appeared in Columbus, O. 1875—('apt. Webb, on a second trial, swam across the English channel. JBS4—French force bombarded Foochow, China. 1801—Sixty-two persons killed by col lapse of a building in Park place, New York. 1802 —President Harrison issued a proc lamation retaliatory upon Canada, by establishing tolls on Sault Bte. Marie canal. 1803—Destructive storm along the At lantic coast of North America. 1800—The rebellious Matabeles in South Africa submitted to the British. 1807 —President Faure of France visited the Czar at St. Petersburg. 1808—The United States and Canadian joint high commission met at Quebec. 1800 —Anti-government riots and blood shed in Paris. 1000 —Relief of Pekin by the Allies.... Fatal race riots in Akron, Ohio. 1003 —The Humbert family convicted of ' swindling in Paris... Russian squad ron withdrawn from Turkish waters. 1005—lx>rd Curzon resigned the viceroy ship of India. 1000 —Insurrectionary movements in Cuba began.... President Roosevelt ordered a simplified form of spelling iu the government printing office. Odd* and Knda. Danish engineer discovers a process by which beer is made froai tablets. Last year 31 large steel vessels were built for service on the great lakes. Sweden is the most progressive coun try in Europe iu use of the telephone. Only 35 per cent of Spain's 20,000,000 population are able to read and write. German steamer lines threaten to stop mail service on Atlantic unless paid more William Abrams Martin, the Military survivor of the twelve men who convicted John Brown, is still living in Virginia, lie has celebrated his seventy-fifth anni versary. The value of the india rubber imported Into the United States during the last year in the crude form aggregated #>').- 000,000. Brazil is the chief source ol supply. A Chinese merchant of Pekin who wa» convicted of muri! *r was sentenced l< death by being deprived of sleep. Fo-.h warders kept watch over him to keep bin awake and on the tenth clay he died. OLD I favorites od Kent Yon, Merry Gentlemeai Ciod rest you, merry gentlemen. Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Savior Was horn upon this day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy, For Jesus our Havior was born on Christinas day. In Bethlehem In JewTy This blessed habe was born. And laid within a manger Upon this blessed morn; The which his mother Mary Nothing did take in scorn. From God our heavenly Father A blessed angel cainr, And unto certain shopTierds Brought tidinps of the same, How that in Bethlehem was bom llis Son of Qod by name. Fear not, then said the angel, Let nothing you affright. This day is born a Savior Of virtue, power, and might; So frequently to vanquish all The friends of Satan quite. The rfiepherds at those tiding* Rejoiced much In mind. And left their flocks a-feedlng In tempest, storm, and wind, And went to Bethlehem straightway This blessed babe to find. But when to Bethlehem they cmm% Whereat this Infant lay, They found him in n manger Where oxen feed on hay ; His mother Mary kneeling Unto the Lord did pray. Now to the Lord sing praises, All yon within this place. And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All others doth deface. O tidings of comfort and joy, For Jesus Christ our Savior was bors On Christmas Day. IN NAVY TO SEE THE WORLD* Why a Rich Kntacldan Stays with ÜbpU Sam at f 12.n0 a Month. Drilling every day among a crowd of racrulta at Mare Inland barrack a, where be Is being Instructed In tbe du« Hes of a private of tbe marine cjrp* at the regular pay of $12.80 per montlt and rations, la Virgil I. Tbunuan, on* of the belra to an eatate of over $280,- 000 In tbe bine graaa country of oUt Kentucky, aaya the Son Francisco Bulletin. And It la doubtful If any of tbe men drilling aide by aide with bin each day, with the exception of David McGoe, the chnm who enlisted with bltn at Sioux City, lowa, bave any auapldon that tbe quiet fellow In their midst baa a cent more than tbe aver use :unn «Lio cnllcta In tlmo of peace, Thurman'a Inheritance cornea to blm from bis maternnl grandmother, a Mrs, Rautt, who died aome few years ago on tbe property which Is now to be di vided between ber heirs, near Hodg envllle, Ky. Thirty-four months ago I rhorman flrst learned of bis Inherit ance. Two weelu ago be received a letter from his attorney, Haimiel Y. Jones, of Hodgenvllle, notifying him that the other helm have applied fot tbe sale and final distribution of th* property, so that In a short time the raw recruit now drilling so faithfully at the Mare Island barracks will be the possessor of a tidy little fortune of several thousand dollars. "I am a cowboy by profession," be aald, when questioned by a Bulletin reporter, "and I enlisted In the service at Bloux City because tbey gave ne pretty good Inducenienta to see th* n orld. I have spent all my life around Texas and Colorado and I wanted to see something else. Yes, I knew about this money coming to me, but that made no difference. Yon see, we will only be kept here a couple of months or so, and then we will be sent off to bave an opportunity to see something. No, we don't get much pay, only $12.80 a month," he laughed, "but I am not sorry I enlisted. We are treated well and I like It, and besides we will have a chance to see the world." Pltr Tin. An Atchison man and hla wife sa| down tbe other night and talked II over. "We bave been facing It for alz weeks," be said, "and dread of doing what Ilea before ua la not making II any easier. We bave It to do; let as beglh now." Hla wife agreed with him and departed sadly for tbe cellar. When abe returned abe carried a Jar of preserved fruit They had decided to begin to eat their way through 181 quarts of peacbea, 47 quarts of straw berries, 78 quarta of cberrlea and <1 quarts of pluma put up laat summer. Atchison Globe. Alwara la Stria. They were going through the furni ture factory. Mrs. Joaes waa amazed at the grenl proportion of chalra. A writer In the Boston Record aaya aba Inquired th* reason. "W*ll, ma'am," responded the Inge nious attendant, "you aee, It's tb* dull season, and most of our furniture la out of style, but settln' never really goes out of faablon." With tbe iMjeslble exception of pa> Jain as. nothing In a man's wardrobe It ao 111 llttlug and shapeless aa a huiitljjg ooat.