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ALACK OF SAFEGUARDS.

Some time ago when the organization of
national building and loan associations
was attracting attention, THE DISPATCH
| pointed out that their weak feature was
in the absence of any guarantee to the
average investor of their honest or careful
management. The strength of the local
associations is in the fact that they are
managed by men who are known to the
membership and their acts are subjects of
more constant and Stricter supervision than
is given to any other class of corporation,
except, perhaps, the national banks.
Against this security of the local associa-
ons, the national plan had the advantage
of larger field and of being able to take
money from locality where interest is low
and to loan it where interest is high. But
the gain of good interest does not COM
pensate for the lack of assurance of
solvency, as the public was very impress
sively notified last week by the failure of
another Of these national organizations,
which has gathered in the money of the
confiding from New Jersey to Nebraska.
The failure of such concerns does not
prove that there is no legitimate field for
building and loan associations of national
scope. But it does point out what in the
present method of organization is fatal
defect, that so long as there is no adequate
check or supervision on the managers of
these concerns, rascality will yield quicker,
larger and surer returns than honesty.
While that is the case the people who put
their money in them are offering their
fieeces to the shearer.
There may be and doubtless are organi-
zations of this character that are doing a
legitimate business. But a study of the
advertisements of large share of them,
shows that the main effort is to get hold
of the money of the public by promises Of
glowing profits that are not susceptible of
honest fulfilment. Where the purpose is
SO self-evident the net of the fowler ought
to be spread in vain
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
TIME FOR THE PAYMENTS.

The decision 10y Judge Slagle, yesterday,
in the suit Of the contractor on the Thirty
third street sewer, against the city, makes
the course of the city with regard to meet
ing its payments tolerably clear, besides
giving the first judicial declaration in IA
vor Of the constitutionality of the curative
act
The ruling that the clause in the con-
tract giving the city two years time be-
fore it is called upon 10 make the pay
mentS for the work is not modified by the
failure Of the street act of 1887, affirms a
tolerably obvious principle. As another
view has been set up, it is well TO have it
judicially declared. At the expiration of
two years from the completion and ap-
proval Of the work, the city must pay for
it. But the city has time before the heav-
lest payments must he made to await the
authoritative settlement of the validity of
the curative act. it does not appear that
there is so much urgency for the settle
nent Of the bond issue as was at first sup
posed, as the largest payments are to be
made on work completed within the last
year, which will not have to be paid for a
wear or more TO come.
The decision of Judge Slagle that the
curative act is constitutional is an import
ant opinion from high authority. But its
3ccisiYeness is somewhat lessened by the
fact that the Supreme Court must have
the last say on that point, and its useful
ness, as leading TO an ultimate decision, is
also decreased by the improbability that
an appeal will be made III this suit, at least
on that ruling. The cases on which the
validity Of the curative act must be settled
will be on the making of assessments un-
der it. In order to secure a prompt adjudi-
cation on that important subject, it would
be wise for all interests to let the question
be argued and settled on the issue whether
viewers shall be appointed or not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
ABAD NoN-SEOuITuR.

The remark of that ornament of the
British variety stage, Miss Bessie Bell
wood, with regard to her recreant fame
the Duke of Manchester, 81 amt good
enough for Duke, but was good enough
for hungry Lord" together with the
fact that, her ducal speculation having
turned out badly, she is now supporting
Lord Aylesbury, is referred to by the Phil
adelphia Times as an illustration, whether
of the morals of the peerage or of the
stage is net quite evident. The latter
seems to be intended, however, as the
Times follows it up with the declaration
that "on this side of the Atlantic things
are not much better" and cites the elope-
ment of two St Louis girls with man
ager and tenor; the appearance of Buff
falo woman in comic opera; and the rum
ming away of Chicago woman, for SIM
liar purpose, as examples
''What does all this mean?" asks the
Times, and offers for an answer that sit is
impossible to empty the coulisse into the
drawing room, or the reverse, without
harm to both" AS a deduction from the
cited premises this is the most remarkable
n0za-SeQ05tur that we have lately observed.
The assertion that it is impossible for re-
spectacle and cultivated members of the
dramatic profession to be received into
general society is utterly disproved from
the fact, that there is not among the cases
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Social Chatter.

THIS is "children's day. at the Tarentum
camp grounds.
A O'CLOCK tea will be given by Miss Eva
Jayne, of North Dallas, to-day.
THE annual picnic OF tbe Denny NJ. Z.
Sabbath school will be held at Wildwood
Grove to-day.
A. Y LEE will give one of his "Chalk
Talks" ON Children's day, at Ridge View
Park tomorrow.
A CARD party was given last night by Miss
Stella Bourne, of Williamsburg, in honor of
Miss Ida Maxwell, of Braddock.
THE marriage of Miss Sadie Horner and
Mr. Harry Little takes place this evening, at
the home of the BRIDES parents on Vfckroy
street.
MISS JANE WYMAN, of Penn avenue gave
a luncheon yesterday noon, in honor of her
nieces, Misses Josie and Marie Everett, of
Salamanca, n. \.
A LAWN festival is to be given on the ten
mis- grounds of North Braddock, by the Rose
bud Social of that place this evening. The
membership comprises 20 young ladies'.
THE Catholic Beneficial Association has
arranged to take all the Catholic orphans of
Allegheny county, numbering about 700, to
Seminary Park, Glenwood, next Thursday.
PREPARATIONS are being made for picnic
for the children of St. james r. C. Church
school, Williamsburg, early next week. They
will go up the Monongahela river, but the
exact. place has not yet been chosen.
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NEWS OF THE STAGE.

THE popular German comedian and singer,
James Reilly, will appear at the Bijou next
week in the successful German musical
comedy "The Broom Maker" introducing
entirely new songs, Dances etc., including
his famous broom song. Special scenery is
carried for the production. and his support
is said to be good, and includes the wonder
full child artists Hans and Eta. This is Mr.
Reilly's third season. The sale of seats COM
mences this morning.
CLEvELAND's Consolidated Mlnstrels will
appear at the Duquesne Theacer Monday
evening, opening the preliminary fall sea-
son. 1t is composed of new features exclu-
sively, and as Manager Cleveland emphatic
ally acknowledges, contains mo old favor
ites.'' All of the comedians are of the
newer vintage and the European novelties
have been imported expressly for this COM
pany. To-day the sale of seats begins.
THE improvements at Harry Davis Fifth
Avenue Museum are progressing nicely and
the house will be very handsome by Monday
next when it opens. There will be O great
show to start the season with
.THE LIMITED MAIL" is doing simply ex-
traordinary business at the Bijou Theater in
spite of the hot weather. The spectacular
effects are working very much bettor than
they did on Monday night.
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NAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN.

THE Duchess Dues has the reputation of
being one of the best shots In Europe.
NEW YORK has an artist whose name is
Jacassy. He is one of the Four Hundred.
A TRIO of celebrated Kentuckians who
always found an especial solace in corncob
pipes were Blackburn, Knott and Buckner.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS, of Missouri, has
within the last ten years amassed a fortune
of 81, 900, 600 by judicious and lucky invest
ments in wheat.
MAJOR GRANT, the hero of Manlpur. is a
crack lawn tennis player, and he can dance
as well as he can fight. Major Grant seems
to be the right sort of q man.
KAISER WILLIAM has sent to Queen
Victoria a fine picture of his yacht, the Ho-
henzollern, representing himself standing
on the bridge arrayed in full naval uniform.
NJ. DE GIERS, Minister of Foreign At
fairs, and Privy Councillor Vyshivgradsky,
the Minister of Finance of Russia, are re-
ported seriously ill, and it is said the former
will resign.
SENATOR GoRMAN is building a new
house near Laurel, Md, to replace the one
that was burned last winter. 1t is described
as q commodious, substantial and unpreten-
tious farmhouse.
NILMAR PARIAGHY, one OF the dlstln-
guished portrait painters of Germany, is
woman. For some time before his death she
was engaged in painting Count Moltke in
full regimeutals.
Mrs. ISABELLA BIRD BISHOP, the we'll
known author of books describing her
travels in "unbeaten tracks," has received
the honor of being the first woman to deliver
an address in the British House of Commons.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX concurs with
Kate Field, and is sure that all bachelors
over 40 ought to be taxed in proportion to
the number of single women over 80 in any
State, the net proceeds to be used for the sup
port of maiden ladies.
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TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
P1TTsBURG. THURSDAY. AUGUST 90. 1881
Tue REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republican convention yesterday
was most remarkable in its demonstration
that the Office holder is still active and
Inighty-in the State Conventions. In re-
fusing to pass the resolution giving d.
rect Endorsement to Mr.. Blaine for Presi-
dent the convention showed itself TO be
governed by the motives of mere politi-
clans, and not even of courageous polit.-
clans. There is no mistaking the senti-
laent of Pennsylvania Republicans, nor,
indeed, of the rank and file of the Repub-
Leans throughout the country 1t is that
Blaine is the most capable man to repre-
sent intelligcntly and efficiently the policy
20 which the party is committed. What
ever success the present administration
has gained is most largely owing to him,
lust as clearly as Gen. Harrison owes to
Secretary Blaine his present occupancy of
the Presidential chair.
The Federal Office holders, from collectors
Of internal revenue to foreign ministers,
naturally owe to the President debt of
gratitude for their appointments. The re-
fusal Of the convention to express clearly
and positively the public sentiment for
gratitude and expectations of the Office
holders and office-hunters, who wish to
give President Harrison chance for
second term. But the choice of the party
Il clearly Blaine and not Harrison, and
the convention merely exhibited its own
weakness in lodging the issue.
The nomination of Gregg and Morrison
Is the State candidates indicates fairly
discreet selection from the material at the
command Of the convention. In view of
the conspicuous and criminal rottennesS
with which public funds have been ham
died, among the high fiscal and fiduciary
officers in Pennsylvania, searching in
quiry viii he made into the qualifications
Of the candidates this fall, before the
voters let them get hold of the State
Treasury But on account of the stupid
and suicidal tariff attitude Of the Demo-
cratic politicians in Pennsylvania, the ten
dency will be strongly for the Republican
ticket, unless it is shown, as it was last
year in the case of Delamater. that the
candidates are not TO be trusted.
The investigation of the anteeedentS
character and capacity OF the candidates
nominated yesterday, will, in view of the
recent fiscal malfeasances at Philadelphia
and the losses of State funds by the policy
of favoritism at Harrisburg be made this
fall as with a search light. But if the
Republican candidates can stand the test
they have nothing to- fear, as only for
cause clearly shown, will the State 60
Democratic at a time when the leading
declaration of the Democratic platforms
is aimed at GRIPPING the protective system
under which Pennsylvania has prOspered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
NORTHWESTERN VETERANS.
They Hold Reunion at Franklin With
Many Soldiers From Pittsburg.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCu.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCu.l
FRANKLIN, PA, Aug l9.-This city, prop
erly named "the nursery for great men,"
gave a royal welcome tos, 900 soldier visitors
to-day. The occasion is the eighth annual
reunion of the Northwestern Association,
Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. r. Spe-
cial trains were run from Meadville, James
town, Mercer, New Castle and Pittsburg and
by noon not less than 10 O0o strangers were
within the city. The ladies of Franklin
spread an elegant table in the park, and
$500 veterans were dined, not including the
thousands taken care of by special commit
tees and friends.
The grand parade in the afternoon was
very successful, $500 veterans marching in
line. The division commanders were: First,
Colonel Thomas Osborne; second, Colonel
A. L. Jackson, New Castle: third, Colonel
b. Maitland, Oil City; sixth, Sons OF Vet
erans commanded by Fred Fox. Then fol-
lowed several companies of the Sixteenth
Regiment of the National Guard of Penn
sylvania, under command of Colonel w. j.
Hulings, who acted as an escort for the vet
Grams. After the parade the soldiers
marched through crowds almost impossible
to the park, where Mayor Dunn delivered an
address of welcome. Then followed q bust
ness meeting of the association in the Opera
House, when the following officers we're
elected for the ensuing year: President
Major j. b. Maitland; Senior Vice-President
General d. B. McCreary, Erie; Junior Vice
President, Ii. r. Stroup, Greenvllle; Treas
urer, George Shattuck, Meadville; Secretary
F. H. Johnston, Franklin. Camp fires were
heltsat the Opera House and Court House
tonight. 1t was decided best not to hold
reunion next year, but to attend the Ma
tional Encampment at Washington in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
NOT NIHUISNI.

Rev. J. NJ. Buckley, leading member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, made
an address at Chautauqua, the other day,
the subject of which is "Both Sides OF
| Nihilism." The newspaper comment on
his speech, after stating that his views
"diverge ardently from those of Mr..
George Kennan," quotes his argument to
| prove the error and wrong of Nihilism.
This, together with the title, represents
Mr. Kennan and those who agree with
him in denoun cling the results of the Rus
sian system, as shown by Mr.. Kennan's
| investigations in Siberia, as sympathizers
with Nihilism.
This, if not willful misrepresentation,
If the belief in representative government,
in the right of the citizen to fair and open
trial, and in personal liberty is Nihilistic,
of course, we have good many Nihilists
in this country, which is founded ON Nj
hilist constitution. DR.. Buckley furnishes
the proper definition of Nihilism by refer
ring to it as system of political assassina-
ton and secret arson. With such sys-
tie m Mr.. Kennan and the vast majority of
the American people who approve his
work have no sort of connection, and it is
little better than slander to represent them
as supporting it.
What Mr.. Kennan has done is to show
that thousands of Russians who are not
Nihilists in any sense of the term have
been arbitrarily condemned to Siberian
imprisonment; that men who openly
sought by petition to the Gar to secure
reform in local governments, and some
measure of representation in local affairs,
have been punished as for crime; that
the possession of books teaching the prin-
ciples of representation and equality has
been equally treated as reasonable; that
the system of arresting and banishing peo-
pie by administrative process, without
even the shadow of trial, and with the
avowal of the Government that perhaps
the prisoner has done no wrong, but that
he is sent to Siberia simply as a matter of
precaution, is wholly foreign to the nature
of justice, and places the people under the
most incredible form of bureaucratic ty-
ranny; and finally that the Siberian pris-
ons are horrible dens of cruelty and inhu-
manity.
To condemn such gigantic outrages upon
the justice and care for popular and indi-
vidual rights is not Nihilism, unless every
step by which Anglo-SaXon liberties were
declared and maintained is Nihilism
with it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

j. D. Daugherty, the Kittanning lawyer
who has recently invented new type
writer left for Washington last night. He
said he was going there to put few more
fences around his machine. He said the
company formed to manufacture the article
would be Incorporated in short time. The
stock had all been subscribed.
w. J. Burns, President of the Second
Avenue road, and n. J. Friday, of Smith
field street. returned yesterday from holi-
day in Michigan. They said they enjoyed
cool weather there the whole time. They
sent two baldheaded eagles to the Schenley
Zoo, and understood they arrived all right.
Ira NJ. Burchfld, of Hazelwood, left last
evening for the East on his summer vaca-
ton Atlantic City, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston are the places he will visit in
tending to be gone ten days or two weeks.
Dan Frazier left on No. 21 this morn
ing for Harrisburg to inspect material for
the new l. road of Chicago. He said the
road would be finished in time for the
Worlds Fair
d. Scully, with his two daughters,
Mrs Chambers Mckibben and Miss Bertha
scully. left for Spring Lake, n. j., last even
ing.
George E. Williams, of the Pittsburp
Thing Company, wife and mother leave to-
day for tour of the Eastern cities.
H. Grant Miller, of Federal stereet has
left for Atlantic City, where he will spend
several weeks.
Peter j. Laufer, of the West End, has re-
turned home from two weeks trip to Mt.
Clemens.
Squire Herman Handel and his daughter,
Miss Rolly, leave for Atlantic City this
morning.
Mrs. Booth and Miss Nellie Bardsley have
returned from tour OF the Eastern summer
resorts.
r. X. Zimmerman and Harry Hibbard
twin he MOI toiy
resorts.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Culp, A. Leo We'll, o.
p. Seattle and 7. A. Gillespie have returned
to town.
Mrs F. E. Shallenberger and son are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore, at ALI
ance, o.
DIR. D. N. Rankin, of Allegheny, re-
turned yesterday from vacation at New
port.
S. Barbour, of Horne & Wards, has re-
turned from a trip to his old home in Vir-
ginia
Mr. and Mrs T. j. Callan left last night
for tlantic City, expecting to remain some
time.
Mrs. Phil French and Miss Maria A
Dabbs, of the East End, have returned home.
Frank w. Hagan left yesterday for a two
weeks trip to Canada and the lakes.
Ed A. Spencer, of Penn avenue, is spend
ing his vacation Mt Confluence.
Mrs. John Crawford and daughter have
returned from the mountains.
Mrs Howard Morton have gone to Chau-
tauqua for u couple of weeks.
Mrs. ]. J. Mccormick and daughter left
last night for Atlantic City.
The Misses Eyrich and Miss McElroy
are ut Niagara Falls.
Judge N. B. Rushage, of New Elizabeth,
is Duquesne guest.
Charles WILDER and William Slater left
for Atlantic City.
w. H. Fox and wife, of Cleveland, are at
the Duquesne.
John L. Hamill, of Philadelphia, is at
the Duquesne.
Joseph Stevenson has returned from the
seaside.
Jenkin Jones went to Philadelphia yes
terday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20

Some Of our Democratic contemporaries
are coming near TO overreaching them
selves in their determination to attack ey-
Senator Blair. There is no doubt that Mr..
Blair in the course of a very talkative
career, has said great many things that
can be brought up to plague him; but it is
hardly wise to constantly ransack all his
speeches and writings in order to hunt up
something that can be distorted into an
injurious effect No sooner is there a
breath of gossip that he may be appointed
to the Russian mission than a paragraph
is produced from a book of his on "The
Temperance Movement" which makes
the terrible assertion that as ''the tax on
brandy Is the most important item of Rus
sian revenue the people are encouraged to
consume ii, 4" and quotes the assertion of
the correspondent Of the London Times
with regard to the growth of ofintemperance
in Russia and its appearance ''even among
the other sex"
It is very doubtful question whether
the quotation OF fairly authoritative as
sertions concerning the use of LIQUOR in a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Old-Time Politics,

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
To what political parties did Washington,
Madison, John Quincy Adams and Polk be-
long? W.S.J.
WHEELING, August 49,
Washington was a Federalist, Madison
WAS what was called in his time Republl-
Gun, as Jefferson was and Polk was Demo
crat. Party lines were virtually obliterated
at the time that John Quincy Adams was
chosen to the Presidency. the Federal
party was dead, and the Wing party was
not yet born. Adams acted with the
Democrats often ut that time and subse-
quently, as many Others did who afterward
became Wings. He had been cabinet Off
Ger, too, in Democratic administration,
but his political sympathies were not alto
gether with the Democracy, and in the latter
years OF his life he was more of a Wing than
Democrat. Under the present partisan
divisions Washington and John Quincy
Adams would be Republicans, and Madison
and Polk 'DemocratsJ
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nation affords any ground for claiming an
injury to its national susceptibilities. But
there is no doubt that those who make a
business of digging up these utterances
and discovering international insults are
engaged in work which it will take a
microscope to correctly measure. Blair
has been often verbose, sometimes indis-
Greet and occasionally demagogic; but the
effort of some of the Democratic press is
going far to offset that by putting him be-
fore the people in the light of man who
is made the object of gratuitous persecu-
ton
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CHAUTAUQUA's GLORY.
Recognition Day Observed In . Beautiful
and Highly Picturesque Way.

Recognition Day Observed In . Beautiful
and Highly Picturesque Way.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
CHAUrAUoUA, N. Y, Aug. 19.-This was Rec
ognition Day at Chautauqua and people
poured in from all over the country within
a radius of several hundred miles. The day
was celebrated with singing and speech
making, professions and decorations The
graduation exercises of Chatauaua are per-
haps the most picturesque and unique of
the kind in the world and must be seen to
be appreciated. Early this morning big
procession formed in front of the Hotel
Atkenaeum, headed by little girls dressed
in white, wearing laurel crowns and carry
ing baskets of flowers in their hands. Next
were the alumni of the various C. L. S. C..
classes, then the graduating class of 81 each
one wearing laurel and white roses, the
class emblem and lastly, the prospective
freshmen or class of '95. There were big
banners and garnet badges in abundance
and brass band led the way. The process
sion moved from Miller Park to the Golden
Gate at the entrance of st. Pauls Grove. 1t
was here that the picturesque part Of the
graduation exercises took place Mid the
Ginning of the bells the procession passed
on under four triumphal arches.
Mrs. Mary A Livermore, of Boston, de-
Hvered the Recognition Day Grafton, after
which a reception and camp fire were held,
which closed the exercises of q very event.
full day at Chautauqua. Mrs. Livermore's
topic was "The True Aristocracy."