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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
1854 West22dSt.,N.Y.
GIFTS A SPECIALITY.
HER sEALsKIN DOESN'T FIT.
MRS. Maya Lawyer Gets Too Much Damages
for Her and she Must Try Again.

Mrs. Maya Lawyer Gets Too Much Damage
for Her and She Must Try Again.
A judgmen of the City Court giving Adelaide
May $500. the value OF a sealskin sacque.
against Louis GeorGer s. Co., from whom she
bought 1t In November. 1892. has been set aside
by the Appellate Term OF the Supreme Court.
which orders II new trial.
Mrs. May paid the defendants $500 for tho
sacque when she bought 1t. and at the close Of
the winter of 1929 she put 1t with the firm
on storage. She then mado arrangements with
the firm to make some change at the waist and
put sable around the skirt for @ls5.
The firm mnde some alteration and put tho
sable on. but when the plaintiff tried the coat on
she was unable to get it on. That was about q
year after she bought it. They said that she
must have widened across the shoulders and
that they could not be responsible for her
growth. On the other hand she declared that
part of the consideration for the $ls5 was that
tho garment should be brought down TO date as
n Ht. She averred that she had been measured
at the time of tho alterations with the idea of
making the sacqucH III her. but the firm commended
that she did not employ them to reht the gar
ment.
tho action WAS brought to recover for a breach
OF contract tho damages cannot be the total
value OF the garment. The measure of damages
would he tho difference between. the value of
the garment in it's present condition md what
IL would have been worth. IL the alterations
agreed upon had been mad0 at tine time the
| work on the garment should have been com.
| pleted. Tho only way IN which the Judgment Of
! $500 could be rendered would be In an action
In troycr TO recover the garment, says the Court,
or. on default, the value thereof, on proof that
the article has lost Its value.
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In line for hours, have unheard-of names an.
nounced to him, and shake hands till his arm
eches Tor Tho rest OF tho night In order that
iow oiicials who cannot help attending, and the
loogers In countless boarding houses, may OK
crciee the right" Of American citizens to see
Next, Cabinet officers and their families must
20 afflicted with the '' duty of providing FREQ
lunches for :" society 4" at stated intervals during
the season. Each head of n great department.
must drop important public business at the
stroke OF the clock and help do the " honors, OF
nie house. At these receptions the %inroads. or
tne nnlnv!ted arc, less in proportion than at the
President's, but they arc always far too numor-
the weekly ct days " at Cabinet houses and those
OF Justices Of the Supreme Court, Of Senators.
and REPRESENTATIVES. They all require the per-
sonal attention Of tho movers Of the Govern.
ment machine, and the Interruptions are q
serious evil. Then their. families must
drive around with a pack OF cards re.
turning calls" and cxhaustipg patience and
life force. The entire system is an imposition
upon the President, upon his Cabinet and their
families, and In short upon all who are OF
enough consequence in public life to excite the
curiosity of the crowds. Tho whole thing. ex-
cent, the, New Years receptions. ought to DO
small proportions. There might be some meth.
DDS less Obstructive to public business devised
to give those who are now to Washington. with
the dudes. dudines, attaches of tho Legations,
clerks, dwellers in the boarding houses, and
transient visitors, occasional chances to gaze on
public servants. As to tho Industrious FREQ
lunchors, il would be cheaper and less annoying
to pay their board, or issue %rations. on public
account. II. V.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
Mias Caroline VI. Phelps stokes's Coming uI
Reception.

Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes gave a large recop-
ton yesterday afternoon at hor residence, o20
Madison avenue, in honor Of Miss Caroline NJ.
Phelps Stokes, her fourth daughter. who was
thus formally introduced into society. Mrs.
Stokes received In the long Louis Quinze salon
ON the left or 1hirty.sevcnth street side. This
opens into the Moorish room, in the middle of
which is a trickling fountain. With Mrs. Stokes
were her daughters, Mrs. John sherman Hoyt,
Miss Hclon Olivia Phelps Stokes. and the dcbu-
tnnte. Miss Barley. Miss Derby. Miss Euretta
Kernochan, Miss Evelyn Sloane. Miss Dodge.
and Miss Dclano assisted In receiving. Among
those at tho reception were:
Ar. and Mr.. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Aimeric
Hugh Pagrt, Mrs. Derby. the Misses Sloane. Mrs. VII.
liam u. Sloane, Miss cary, Mrs. II. LO GRAND Cannon.
Nj. and Mrs. Edmund l. Daylies, Mr. and Mrs. Barley,
Mrs, As'or. Miss Van A'Sn, A.eIsnIoT N Hadi,n.
7. Gerry and the Misses Gerry; WWorthington White
schicf. lin, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Tayi Tor the Masses
Cameron. william X. Vanderbilt. Mrs, Delafeld. the
Misses DcIaneld. MIR. aud Mrs. T. ]. Oakley RHINE.
lander. and Mr.. and Mrs. George =. IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

They Arc Charged with PurioininE Nine BaIes
or Gum from the Empire stores.

Nine bales OF gum. valued at nearly 81 900.
were stolen from tho Empire Stores, foot OF
Dock street, Brooklyn, on Friday evening, and
removed on a truck. The robbery was effected
from the inside. one of the thieves having evil
IDENTIFY secreted himself in the stores before they
were closed. The Brooklyn police learned OF
the robbery from the headquarters in this city,
and Detective Srrgcants Henncssy and Cronin
crossed the ri CIR, and with the assistance OF
plumber In a stable ut 50 Navy street. There
were iiye prisoners, and they, gaIe their names
az william fmiiipS, '0hh mGtIiMth, Michael
McCarren. They were arraignod in the Myrtle
Ayenuu Police Court and held for examination
on a charge OF burglary and grand larceny.
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lEroN ON THE Police BoARDY
BrooLIyn Gossip Connects Him With = Place
on the Bl-PhrtIsAn Commission.

1t was rumored in Brooklyn yesterday that
Tax Collector II. Ross Appleton stood an ex-
ccllent chance TO be one OF tho Republican
mentor Of the bipartisan Police Board of the
Greater New York. lie has the strong backing
of Congressman Hurley and many other in
iuential Republican statesmen. Mr.: Appleton
was one OF Gen. Tracy's running mates as can
didato Tor President OF the Council. Other men
backed for the Police Commissionership arc
Harry A. II INJURY, William Cullen Bryant, and
ErnsL Nathan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
MA, abolish Loas Island CITY Pos, omer.

Postmaster Wilson Of Brooklyn and Chief
George w. Beavers OF the department OF sala-
ries and appointments had u long conference
yesterday over postal matters In that city, and
II their views are approved some OF the minor
branch Offices In that city and in outlying country
towns will be consolidated with the main office
In Brooklyn. II is said that even the Long
Island City Post Office may be abolished, Post
master Wilson has been authorized TO establish
on Dec. l II new system OF direct exchange OF
registered mail between Stations A. b. D, l., q,
Is and w.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

Runor OF = Deal Between tho Midland Com
pnuy and Its Rival.

pnuy and Its Rival.
A report was current on Staten Island yester-
day that the Staten Island Electric road and
Staten Island Midland road. which have been
fighting each other for three years. have buried
the Ratchet and are negotiating for q combina-
ton OF tho interests OF both. 1t was said that
the lines arc to be rcorganiZed under one head,
OF which Col. George II. NJ. Harvey is to be
President and w. h.. Rockwell the general man
ager. The officials OF neither company would
but persona who are identified with ono of tho
companies said that negotiations were pending.
1t is understood that, should the combination
be made, tho line to Tottcnvillo will be rushed
through, together with other branches into the
interior which are now in allegiance. The two
companies have spent thousands OF dollars
fighting each other.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
Liz clearing House Figures.

The weekly statement Of averages OF the asso'
ciated banks. issued yesterday, broke a number
of rocords. Both the aggregate OF deposits,
1850. SOL 800. and the aggregate of loans, 1894.
2B7, 800, we're the largest In the history or tho
Clearing House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
ErookIyRites Must Display Their street
Numbers.

Police superintendent MacKollar Of Brooklyn
has issued a general order for the enforcement
of the ordinance. recently adopted, providing
that each house owner must have tho street
number OF his house plainly and legibly dis.
played 30 that it may BIO read ut night as well as
W day..
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prices will speak for themselves.
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Louise Alcott's Works ............. 800
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
The Trade In jews Harps.

The cheapest jews harps come from
Germany and Austria, the medium and
finer grades from England, and the very
finest are now made in this country.
OF the total production, two-thirds or
more are made in England. Jews harps
are made in standard sizes, ranging In
length from an inch and a quarter to
four inches. They are occasionally made
to order larger than that, but four
inch jews harp is good deal Of jews
harp, and it may have very musical
tone There are cheap jews harps which
are sold at retail for cent. A four inch
imported jews harp retails for quarter
of a dollar. An American jews harp OF
this size sells for 90 cents. Its iron
frame, or harp, is timed. and its steel
tongue is tipped with brass.
Besides being made OF many sizes,
Jews harps are made with the harp part
of various ornamental designs. Jews
harps are not tuned to key, but harps
of a desired key may be found. Com
mercially jews harps rank not as music
al instruments, but as toys Many jew
harps are, however, used as musical IN
struments and are played upon by men
and not infrequently in conjunction
with musical Instruments. Jews harp
are sold more or less throughout TIN
country. Many are sold in mining re
gions of the south and west and wher
ever Hungarian and like labor is EN-
ployed. In such places it is not unusua
to find man playing jews harp Will
others play accordions and SO ON.
The total sales of jews harps IN TIM
country are not so large as they former
ly were.-New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
Tha Embellishments Tongue.

The English language Is not regaruou
with affection by the people OF the huro'
peon continent who are under the necessi-
Nv of learning it. It's diverse origin mas
baden il with an immense NUMBER Oh III
constituencies, contradictions and dupllca-
tions and, above all, with an irregular
and inexplicable system of spelling. Inc
Germans are accustomed to speak Oh the
English language as ga monster having
two months, with one of which 1t speaks
German and with the other Latin.
The Slayonic people of central Europe,
who have always had occasion TO inaster
many languages and who for that reason
arc good linQuists, have u story to account
for the inconsistencies Of English when Is
still more uncomplimentary TO our mother
tongue.
This story, which we find in 1.-The out
coin, Turk - by II. G.. Thomson, tells
that when the Lord made the dlHerent
notions he gave men no tongues at all,
and when they came and dumbly begged
for them he compassionately took piece
of meat and cut it into slices, giving eaoh
one n slice to serve as tongue.
This served well enough, but when the
meat was all given away the Englishman,
who had either lazily or contemptuousiy
fa,led TO come sooner, arrived and dc
manded his piece There was none lei
for him. and so the lord called back thu
( men of the other nations, and, sllclnt
| from each one of their tongues a little pit
| he NIT them all together to make tongue
| for the Englishman, and this Is why th'
| English continue to speak In such jun
BILE to the present day.
This story, which the author Oh Inc poo'
named heard In Croatia, is so close rep
resentation In allegory OF the aotuhi iao
of the origin Of the English language tnn
a. has made up air. 1t Is nevertheless
| nintnresaue and interesting
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
Buffers Spoons.

General Robertson tells a story OF the
late General Benjamin f. Butler which
is new to me, and as the old hero him
self told it to General Robertson 1t may
be new to you as well. 1t happened one
time when General Butler was in Port
land. A great reception had been ar.
ranged in his honor, and the ,alses'
hall in town was engaged to hold it in;
The place was lavishly decorated, ana
one white muslin banner especially az.
tracted the generals attention. on IL
was painted in large black letters:
General Benjamin F. Butler the
hero of Five Forks.
And beneath the big letters somebody
had written: -,
"And goodness only knows now
many spoons. "-Washington Post'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
sb.rm.n rslLs Of His "Bummprs.-

General Horace Porter in his Cam
paigning With Grant" in The Century
tells of the meeting of Sherman and
Grant at City Point, where the former
gave an account of his famous march to
the sea. General Porter says:
Sherman then went on to talk about
his famous "bummers, saying "They
are not stragglers or mere self constituted
foragers, as many have been led to sup
pose, but they ar1 organized for very
useful purpose from the adventurous
spirits who are always found in the
ranks. They serve as 'feelers, who
keep in advance and ON the TANKS of the
main columns, spy out the land and
discover where the best supplies are to
be found They are Indispensable in
feeding troops when compelled, like my
army, to live off the country and in de-
stroying the enemy's communications
The bummers are in fact regular in
stitution. I was amused at what one OF
Schofield's officers told me at Goldsboro.
He said Schofeld's army was maintain
ing a telegraph line to keep up commu-
| nication with the seacoast, and that one
of my men, who was little more pre-
yious' than the rest and was far in adj
vance of my army, was seen up tele
graph pole hacking away at the wire
with hatchet. The officer yelled out
to him: What are you doing there
You're destroying one of our own tele
graph lines. The man cast an indig
nant look at his questioner and said a
he continued his work Of destruction
"I'm one o. Billy Sherman's bummers
and the last thing he said to us whel
we started out ON this hunt was, "B
sure and cut all the telegraph wire
you come across and don't go to foolil
away time askin who they belon
| 60 Dto
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
studvine the Thames.

In the opening chapter Of "Great Expec-
tations'' there is an exciting scene among
the marshes of the chase and recopture Oh
Magwitch, which has its parallel at the
close in a similar episode on the river
where Pip helps the convict to escape. AS
an instance Of Dickens desire Tor accuracy,
.. a. recorded that he hired a steamer for
the dav in order to have preliminary sur
view of the Thames, to make sure or the
actual course of boat In such oircum-
stances as described In the fifteenth chap
tor Of the third volume, and to discover
wbat possible incidents might arise. Sev'
eral friends, as well as members OF MS
family, accompanied him on this unique
excursion, and although he seemed &c
think of nothing but their enjoy mep', I'VE
,,aan observation was ever on the alert
nothing escaping his notice on either sids
Of the riyer.-"The Novels Of Dickens,
z q KittOn.
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IN NO MOOD FOR READING.
Pessimistic View of Several Familiar and
Pleasing Occupations.

Pleasing occupations.
Mr.. Blykins was looking out into space
in silence when his wife found him.
Haven't you anything to ready' she
inquired
"Nothing whatever" he replied with
great deal more solcmnity than the occa-
sion demanded.
1t was plain that he was in deeply pes
simistic mood, from which it was desirable
to win him, if possible.
"Hcre is a newspaper, she ventured.
give tried newspapers, he returned.
ct don't want any. / haven't found one
of them that doesn't say something with
which don't agree. I'm tired of having
my opinions affronted two or three times
in every column.
"Perhaps you'd like IA novel. l bought
a new one, and it's very interesting.
81 don t want any novels either. Every
one of them is tinged with false ideas OF
life They're libels on human nature Inc
modern novel is nothing more than an
irresponsible caricature!"
And he glared at his wife as IL IL were
her fault.
"Perhaps you ID like me to bring you
| history from the library
History" he repeated contemptuously.
"What are the data with which historians
work. The mere batteries OF subsidized
| sycophants of power! How do we know
| that two-thirds of the history we reao
isn't merely reflex of the political preJu
\ dices of defunct chroniclersY nave nc
| doubt that many of the men VINO wrot'
about the prominent characters OF the pas
were ready to hold Office If they got TIT
chance
"a large number of them did receive
incomes from the government. And yo'
know as well rs l do that man VINO i
leaking for Office is seldom qualified to 81
back in the jury box of literature ana TAX
n calm. impartial view of current events.
"Well, his wife rejoined, somewhat eS
asperated. "here's "a book that / can com
mend TO you. 1t isn't very interesting
but 1t tells indisputable facts in col
blooded way that ought to satisfy eve
your suspicious nature. l don't like I
see Won with your mind in utter idlenes'
and if l were in your place Ia slt DOW
and read the city directory"
He took the volume and languuly turi
ed over some of the leaves.
"No," he said, handing it back. 1t
like ali the rest There's IA man who U.s.
! to be a bunko steerer who is referred
i'm this book as Mr.. Green. A colored ma
of my acquaintance is put down as M
, | White.
.The most inveterate bicycle rider
the city is described as Walker, and Ct
Q izen alluded to as Black is, to my pe
: sonal knowledge, an albino. It's no uS
: Maria. / can't rely on anything see
: print.
I And he henved another sigh and pr
O ceedcd to look once more into vacancy
Washington star
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scot,,s Parior Orch s,ra.

Under the personal direction OF Mr.
Fred r. Scott, is prepared to I'll engage
ments for clubs, dancing and card par
ties, wedaings, banauets. etc. The per
sonnet of the orchestra is as follows: Mr.
Romanelli. first yiolinist; Mr.. Laugier, re
petiteur; Mr.. Dinofrio, harpist; Mr.. Scott
clarinettist, F. Cowley, cornetest ant
Mrs. E. Harte, (late preceptress at Beck
Academy, Chicago), accompanied OF
the piano. Address all communications
FRED SCOTT,
Bandmaster Fifth Regiment Band,
Calumet.