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But the women of New Yor's Demoeraej or some well-known individuals thereof gave evidence yester day that their ab&ence from Chicago was due to no lack of energy. They organ ized the first woman's club of this cam paign and named it the "Frances Cleve land It fliiPiicc Club Number One." There was plenty of evidence of enthusiasm among the pioneers of the movement and enthusiasm rather than logic pervaded the meeting. That, however, is natural and to be expected under the circum stances. There is of course a good deal to be said for and against woman's activity in poli tics, but -if activity there must be this "influ'Uic club" system appears to be-the hest sphere for it Woman's influence in politics oranj other matter Is by no means to be despised, and it is all the more dan gerous because her arguments are in stinctive rather than logical and there for? the moro open to the attacks of preju dice, and for that reason the more ardent She jumps to conc.usions, and she not in frequently jumps with her eyes shut It s noticeable that these recruits to New York's Democratic ranks-are from a class which is fiee to indulne in luxuries and is affected by the duty on Parisian or other European articles. The idea thai protection is an injur.' to American homes is ridiculou-. in the extreme, and the women whose husbands earn their bread m'tlie sweat of their brow are well enough con tent with the conditions which find em p'oyment for their men and funds where with to buy American productions. THE CHOLERA'S SFEEAD. The sin ead cf cholera into Kussia by way of Baku is assuming serious propor tions, and lias a significance the reverse of comfortable to that stricken land. At least once before that dread disease has entered Kussia by way of the Caspian re gion. The increased commerce of that section with the rest of Europe the dapger of the transmission disease much greater, 'while the renders of the modern means of arresting the spread of the disease may balance that unfavorable factor. The chances of the spread ofthe disease from the Baku region into Russia are very great. Whether it will spread thence into Europe, and from Europe to America, de pends upon the vigilance with which quarantine and sanitation are maintained, first on the Russian border and then in the ports of this country. If sanitary science is perfectly applied the cholera in that distant part of the world should have no further significance for this hemisphere than to awaken sympathy for the famine and plague-smitten Russians. As too great vigilance cannot be main tained against the disaster of a cholera epidemic the news from Russia should in spire a strict quarantine against infection and a thorough cleaning up of all possible breeding places of disease throughout the country. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STEVENSON. There is considerableMnstruction in the exaltation allotted by the Tammany and other machine Democratic organs to the tail of their ticket Ordinarily the Vice Presidental nomination Is not a very im portant one, even though experience has taught us in the cases of Tyler, Johnson and Arthur that It implies the making of a possible President But occasionally, as in the nomination of Pendleton in 1854, and in the action taken at Chicago, it dis closes a concession to an element which condemns the party. The sole significance of Stevenson as a candidate is as a representative of the spoils Democracy. That was the senti ment clearly expressed in the speeches by which he was put in nomination, and is the sole characteristic of his career of which the nation is generally informed. How unknown he is otherwise is amply illustrated by the fact that among all the guesses on the Presidental ticket before the nominations were made the combina tion of Cleveland and Stevenson was practically unheard of. The only public work for which Mr. Stevenson was famed was his achievement, as Assistant Post master General, in decapitating third-class postmasters of the Republican stripe and putting in Democrats. This invention of pretexts to reduce Cleveland's civil service reform pledges to a nullity was shallow but effective; and his elevation to the rank of a Vice Presidental candidate is the tribute of the party to its effectiveness. It is to be admitted, as Illustrating the sincerity and value of party pledges, that the same work was avowedly performed by Clarkson for the Republican adminis tration. But the Republican party has not testified its appreciation of such nul lification of published professions by nom inating Clarkson for Vice President There is the marked difference in the fact that the Democracy signally rewards the man who notoriously overrides party j and Presidental promises, while the Re publican party has the decency to keep them well in the back ground. CmCKAMAXJGA AND THE TARIFF. A free trade cotemporary discovers In the report that the battlefield of Chicka mauga has 'been made the field of re newed conflict a bearing on the tariff Issue, Tha conflict Is over the unwilling ness of laborers at that point to take 80 cents per day, and the Chicago Times first holds It up as a remarkable outcome "in the country whe're taxes are piled that labor may be well rewarded," and pro ceeds to comment on it as follows: It Is, therefore, distressing to note that men supposed to havo been freed by a bloody war are now farced to work on the most important battlefield at starvation wages. Between working for 80 cents a day and being a slave under the old condition!) there is only a difference of terms. The es sential element of slavery is unrequited toil, ir that point has not been reached wlien labor is rewarded with 80 cents a day tlien it will be dangerous to carry the ex periment further inputs age. This is one view to which the facts of the case may be distorted; but there are other ways in which it may be possible to look at It It is worth noting that this example of starvation comes from a dis trict which has often been held up as pro ducing iron so cheaply- as to ''show that protection is unnecessary, except for the Pennsylvania Iron interests. With this low water marl; of wages In the Alabama and Georgia iron and coal .section set against the bottom figure of $1 25 per day in Western Pennsylvania, the possibilities of low tariff are quite significant It is very clear thatj'.with 'wages reduced to the 80-cent-day level, Pennsylvania iron interests would not need much protection, and conversely that with protection wiped out as the Democratic platform requires, without regard to the interests of capital and labor, that is about the level wages would come to. It is also pertinent that this case comes from States which are always reljed upon to furnish the Democratic free trade pol icy asolid support, and where the old slavery feeling that the laboring element must be kept down expresses itself, not only in low wages, but in more active ways. The low wage rates of the South are a direct inheritance of slavery; but they do not as the Times asserts, show that no progress has been made from the system of slavery. Eighty cents a day is bad enough; but the vast difference be tween it and slavery is expressed by the fact in this case that the laborer is at lib erty to refuse it There is an immense step, worth generations of struggle, when the laborer can refuse to accept what is allotted him and seek other employment, instead of being whipped and hunted with dogs as he would have been in the slavery days. Finally, it requires either an immense supply of assurance or an equally impos ing stock of ignorance to present this In heritance of the free trade and pro-slavery relations of labor with its employes as an argument against the system of protected and free American labor. THE NEW SECRETARY OF" STATE. Too appointment of John W. Foster as Secretary of State to succeed "Mr. Blaine involves a certain departure from prece dents, but is in the direction of business efficiency. It has been the custom, which almost attained the force of unwritten law, to place in that position a map of the' highest standing in the statesmanship of tiie party. The list of Secretaries of State, including Blaine, Bayard, Jreling huvsen, F.sh, Seward, Buchanan, Clay and Webster, is sufficient to illustrate this practice. However respectable and efficient Mr. Foster's public services have been it cau not be claimed for him that be stands in the rank represented by these names. But, as none of that rank were available to succeed Mr. Blaine, it is doubtful whether an equally good course was not to name as his successor the man who stood next to him in thorough acquaint ance with the business of the State De partment and in activity in carrying out its policy. The greatest prominence at tained by General Foster under the pres ent administration has been in conducting successful reciprocity negotiations, that with regard to Cuban trade being a nota ble work of diplomacy. It is more than probable that General Foster will be able to carry on the work of the State Depart ment more successfully than any new man, however prominent for domestic statesmanship he might be. General Foster's appointment is, there fore, a step in the direction of the greatest efficiency of the State Department, con sidered solely as an instrumentality for foreign negotiations, with a decided inti mation that henceforth the controlling mind in the policy of the administration is to be that of the President himself. FASTER OR SLOWER? The fact that the art of building battle ships has progressed so much in the five years since work was commenced on the armored vessel Texas, just launched, that she will not be duplicated is made the subject of some comment The Philadel phia Record says that the moral is "that the Government should go much faster or slower in the building of an iron-clad fleet" It is plain that one of the alternatives is essential; and yet If we reflect a moment it is hard to see how matters would have been'much amended by going faster. If the Texas could have been finished, say in two years, we would have had then, as we have now, a battle-ship of a class con ceded to be out of date, and might have made the matter worse by starting the construction of one or two more vessels of the same passe class. As to going slower, as was done in the case of the Texas, that would reduce the building of heavily armed vessels to a temporal exem plification ot eternity. Nevertheless it is correct as The Dis patch has often said, to proceed slowly in the experimental sense in the building of costly armored vessels. Of cruisers large and small we need a full force; and they have been built with; fair rapidity. There is nothing wrong in building one vessel at a time, ot the type that is considered best when the plan is adopted, as in the case of the Texas. Otherwise no vessels would ever be built But the present case shows that to plunge heavily into the building of a favorite class of costly ar mored vessels might leave us with a fleet made worthless by the progress of events. Moreover, another reason lor building experimentally and cautiously is furnished by the Indication that progress may event ually take us back to the type of a quarter of a century ago. There is strong reason to believe that the Monitor class of vessels, adapted perhaps to the whale-backed hull, will furnish the most effective and cheap est heavily armored vessels that can be had. It is a strange coincidence that the Pro hibition party should be remarkable at the same time for its cold water doctrines and the enthusiasm with which It supports them. Throwing cold water on a Prohlbt. 1 HE PrrTSBTJUG tlonist is like throwing oil on a Are it makes tbe blaze the brighter. John Ll Sullivan Is to begin training for bis fight In earnest now. Bnt he will not receive the Prohibition nomination at Cincinnati. It is proposed now to canonize the late lamented Christopher Columbus. Of course the discovery of America would cover a multitude or sins, and no doubt tbe discov erer has had ample time to repent of all tbe trifling indiscretions of his age wherein lie wad a participant. The Senate and the House are doing so much conferring at this time that they must begetting quite well acquainted with one another. In addition to Harrison as President, -Indiana now has General J. W. Foster as Secretary of State. If this does not settlo the Democratic hash in the Hoosler State the manner in which Gray was forgotten by his party at Chicago should certainly do it. There is a boom in the fireworks and flag market these aiys, and the country will see and hear the resnlt on the Fourth of July. The Imprisonment for eighteen months of thirteen ballot-box staffers in New Jersey will Have a wholesome influence throughout the country and be a warning to all poli ticians that partisan feelings must stop short of Illegal dishonesty. The Prohibition cause lends itself with great readiness as a subject for high sound ing phrases and glittering generalities. How strange Washington and Lincoln would feel could they but see tliolr portraits in company with those of Neal Dow and Miss Frances Willard as objects of rever ence in the Prohibition Convention,. A first-class pctroleumvfire of a large size might do something toprevent the spread of choleia in Russia. X. Now the announcement that the Ober ammergau Passion play is to be produced at Chicago is definitely made, Westminster Abbey and its monuments may soon bo seen On its way to the Windy City. PlTTsnunGERS apparently enjoy facing the mnsic when a free concert is on hand in one or other of the pai ks. The speed with which the Senate con firmed the nomination "of the new Seoretary or State wns somewhat of a contrastto the delay hown over the Collectorship of In ternal Revenue for this district. Care will now be needed to distin guish between the two Secretaries Foster. It is said that mind reader Bishop's death should prevent him from profiting by tbe advertisement given by the trial a" to the legality or the autopsy performed upon his body. Turn about is fair play, and there is a Turner bouton the Southside just now. There is at present only one candidate for the Allegheny audltorship. But should another enter the field, it will be easy enouili to decide which "of them is the Bigger. Tins is Allegheny school children's jubilee day, and they own the parks. As the Prohibition Convention is already on, and the People's party does not meet till the Fonrth of July, it looks as though the latter must consent to take fourth place. When a river breaks a record It gener ally breaks a bank r.s well. During the presence of cholera in Asia and Russia special precautions should be taken in'exnmlning Immigrants before per mitting' them to enter American ports. INTERNATIOmij INNINGS. Wilhelm Busch, the German caturist, has made a million 'dollars con front tbe sale of his funny books. John K. Lord, Professor of Latin at Hanover, N. H., was yesterday elected Pres ident of Dartmouth College. E. Woolf has been appointed editor-m-chlef of the Boston 'aturdav Evening Gazette in place of the late Henry G. Parker. Beatrice Vehon, a Chicago eirl of French parentage, has Just achieved a notable triumph as a slnser at the Royal Conrt Theater in Stockholm. Ouida resents the interest the public feels in her clolho. her horses, her dogs and her wine. If Mile, do la Bameo's face were handsomer she'd scarcely be so resentful. Telegrams from Rome and Berlin re port that Emperor William will visit Lon don in Aujrust at the same time as the King of Italy. It is generally believed in Berlin that these visits have a political object. AT the meeting of the trustees of the Illinois State University, in Chicago, Dr. David K Dodge, now Assistant Professor of English Literature In Columbia College, New York, was elected to tbe chair of English lit. erature. Dr. Pentecost, the American evange list, who went to India a year or two ago, has returned to London, and will make that city his homo for the present, occupj-ing the pulpit of the Marylebone Presbyterian Church. Queen Victoria gave a banquet yester day at Windsor Castle, to celebrate the be trothal of Princess Marie of Edinburgh to Crown Prince Ferdinnnd of Boutnania. There wei e present King Cbarles of Bou mania, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Christian, Prince Hohenzollern, Prlncs Ferdinand, Princess Marie, tbe Duke or Connaught, and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg. THE CONSTITUTION WOBTHLEbS. A Colored Baptist Indulges la Some Plain Talk on the Itace Problem Baltimore, June .29. At the State Conven tion or colored Baptists Bev. P. H. A. Brax ton made a speech, in which he referred to lynch law, saying: "The law is disregarded and tbe Constitu tion is not worth the paper .it is written on. I was a member or a committee that waited on the President to protest against the out rages practiced upon our race in the South. After an honr'B talk with him, the President said he recognizes our plea but is powerless to do anything. The Constitution is power less because the public sentiment is against it, but the Church 'is not powerless. The whites say to statesmen, Congiessmen ind to Courts: 'Hands off; let us settle this race question.' "In tbe Southland tbe moment a colored man wears clothes like a white man he be comes a bad man. When he begins to read Greek and Latin he becomes so bad that he must bo gotten rid or. Down South tbe whites say we are ignorantnnd must bo con tent to ocenny a subordinate position. There is not a man who walks God's green earth that I feel inferior to." Starting tbe Campaign Properly. Buffalo Enquirer. The Pittsburg Dispatch says that the cam paign now begun Is to be a campaign of Intellect, and that it will be unhampered by personalities, both Mr. Harrison and Mr. Cleveland having already acceptably filled the executive chair. Tbe Dispatch is start ing into the campaign in the right spirit. Let other Bepublican journals imitate it and endeavor to confine the controversy of the next few months to the questions Involved. Mud slinging simply ponlusos issnes and is likely to do, more Injury to the party whloh indulges in the practice than to the other side. So Stated Siege In Bnenos Ayres. Bdehos Atbes, June 29. The Chamber of Deputies, by a Vote oT 40 to i, has approved a decree raising the state of siege -that was declared some time prior to tbe holding of the election for President because of the threatened Badical revolution. Radical revolution. DISPATCH, THURSDAY, A LOOK AROUND. "It does not do to judge of what people will order by their appearauce," said a wife old waiter as he fanned away the flies. "Yes sir, It is hard to tell what people will order, and their dress and looks will not always indicate either their habits or their know ledge of good living. Now.there was a queer looking couple here last week. As you look ed at them, jou could fancy you beard the crops growing on their backwoods farm. Ah' said I to myself, 'look out for an order of ham and eggs.' But no! It was not to be. Said the old gentleman with the rural look, after studying the bill of fare, 'Is your cook a good one V 'Oh yes,' said I. 'Well' said he, 'I will have a steak, a la Stanley, eggs, ohlp polott, a macedome &nlad, new peas and cauliflower. Then we want tutti-frutti, and waiter.-I'Il have a pint of Aylala, and bring my wife a pint Yquem.' Indeed, sir, yon should have seen my face, I know it was red with trying to keep it straight. Only, yesterday, there, came in a handsomely dressed lady and gentleman, and what do you think they ordered t Of all things sir, if they didn't order a large box of sardines and two glasses of milk. 'Jnst fancy,' a month -at that sort ot diet and then tbe coroner." "It is not hard to tell where a man comes from, not the exact place, of course, but the part of the country," continued the commu nicative waiter. "Western people like meat ana solid vegetables and sweet things, East ern men, and especially New York and Phil adelphia meri, order salads and fish, and you can tell them by their knowledge of what they order. The Western people drink beer with meals, and the Eastern ones order ales or 'light, wines. Southern people like mutton and chicken and pies, and drink chnmpigne three times a day if they can afford it. There was a bride and groom here one dav from the West ana'he ordered blue fish. There wasn't any blue fish and I told the cook to give them a piece of shad. They didn't know tho difference. Thank your sir; thank you!" . The Point .bridge people tell me that I was mistaken in saying that the West End road has bought a considerable amount of stock in the bridge. The offer of the corn piny was made but not accepted, and the bjidge is still owned by the original builders. As yet, no arrangements have been made to pay for the privilege of-cross-lng the bridge by the company, as directed by the court. Has it struck you of late years that the national points or tho cdmpass nave shifted wonderfully since people have begun to for get the war? Instead of North and South it is nowadays East, West and South. The Cheat Kiver Clubhouse will be a lively place this summer. A large party or ladies and gentlemen will leave for the pre serve on Saturday. The lease of the club for this big tract has 41 years to run. A miscellaneous reading of the news papers suggests some amusing conclusions as to New York Stato politically. Some of the Piatt people shake their heads and say they really don't know whether Harrison can carry the State. The Tammany braves say sulkily that it does not look as though Cleveland could got a majority. Who will carry tlien the Prohibitionist or the Peo ple's party man? I do not want to force the City Hall clock into undue prominence or make it a campaign issue, but why does it point to 10.45 when the big bell strikes noon? A certain broker has been teasing his wifo about some of her housekeeping arith metic and yesterday she got even with him. "What time is ilT" he asked her after lunch. She took out her pnrse and held np a half dollar without a word. He stared, scratched his head and Anally gave it up. "Anybody who is npin figure"," she remarked, sweetly, "would ut once have understood that I meant a quarter of two." The weather is' so fall-like just now you can almost imagine that the corn silk is browning and the possnms ripening instead of it being early in the peach season with canteloupes scarce and strawberries linger ing in tbe lap or raspberries. Al Crawford, the Philadelphia Demo cratic politician, is in the city. He was one of the mercantile ap praisers before the Bardsley unpleasant ness and has been a well-known figure at Harrisbnrg during Legislative sessions formally years. He is a candidate for the nomination to the Legislature from the Eleventh Philadelphia district against "Pop" Quigley, who is said to have first held office as reading clerk for the session of Con gress held in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia. The distinguishing line between the economy or a man and a woman is that the atter appreciates the difference between an article that cost3 $75 and one that costs $30, while the former tninks of the difference between $30 and nothing at all. Chief Bigelow heartily approves of Tue DisPATcn's suggestion made some days ago, to ue a portion ofthe park as a public pleasure ground. The idea of having a pub lic baseball paik, tennis courts and general p'ayground, which can be had free on ap plication to the, park authorities, will be car ried out by Mr. Culver, the man who made the famous nublio playgrounds in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. While there may be some hesitancy at first in using these grounds by the people who live near the park, this will soon wear away and it will be one of the most popular places in the park. Walter. CHAUTAUQUA'S SEASON. Thursday Afternoon Set for the Opening New Features on the Programme. Chautauqua, June 29. .Special Chautau qua will start out Thursday afternoon with bright piospects for an active, healthy season of literary enjoyment and profit. There will be two lectures "Evangeline, the Story and the Poem,'' by Bev. E. N. Packard, and "The Now Navy," illustrated, Dy Mr. H. W.' Raymond. Tbe opening exercises at 2:30 also promise to be quite interesting, though not so elaborate as at the regular assembly opening in August. This season's programme, not only In cludes all tne old favorite lecture, but In it appear the names of quite a number of famous professors and doctors who have never before talked to a Chautauquan audi ence. The musical features will also be equal to the usual high standard in that de partment. Several glee clubs of national repnte will be heard, and a number of America's most famous vocalist" and pianists will be in Chautauqua during the season. Next Mondav, being Independence Day, Chautauqua will to some extent throw aside its love of quiet and indulge in a gennine fire-cracker Fourth. There will, or course, be lectures on patriotic subjects. Miss Sarah S. Teal will talk about tbe Pilgrim Mothers und Pror. J. H. Gilmore will give his first iectuioon the rise or American Poetry, talk ing about William Cullon Bryant. At 9:30 7. St. the lake will bo enveloped in a blaze of glory, with fire works in commomoratlon of the nation's natal day. In many ways Chautauqua has greatly im proved ovor last year. More than a hundred new cottages have been built, aud many old ones enlarged and improved. Ohau- Ltauqua has so outgrown the expectations of tne originators mat tnere is reauy a aearin of room heio now. Instead or having the educational bulldlmrs all located in the cen ter or tho city, they are scattered all over the place, all the now ones being erected on the outskirts. A couple or years no the as sociation was compelled to buy 80 acres of land adjoining tho grounds to proveni a beer garden, being located, there. "That ground now comes in good place, as It has been thrown'open for building purposes. About all tho lots in tho original site are taken np. This season some very large and fine cot tages have been built in what look like out ofthe way places. Chautauqua is quite a good place for a poor man to locate and invest. A few years ago a Swede and his wife came here and got a start doing odd jobs. This year they have built a cottage for whloh they get $175 rent for the season. Native Chautanauans ulwavs (fc-ent their houses dnring the season and live in tent", in tne iau wuen tne summer peo ple go tbey move back into their homes tor the winter. This proves quite profitable. Hardly any houses at all are rented tor less than $150 for S months. The owners of the -houses live ou very little during the sum mer when there la plenty of work, and oven In winter tbe expsuse oomes very far from eanog up tneir savings. JUNE 30. 1892. PAECHMErflS FOB PENNSYLVANIA, A Pittsburg Man and a Braddock Man , Honored by Amh'rtt and Yale. New Have?, June 29. The graduation ex ercises of the senior class of the Academic Department of Yule University took plaoe this morning. Honorary degrees were) con ferred on the following: M. A., Hon. John P. Elklns, ex-State Senator, Indiana, Pa.; D. D., Bev. Samuel A. Martin, '77, Professor of Theology and Sacred Bhetorio in Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa. Tho following were elected trustees: James Galley, "76, manager Carnegie furnaces, Braddock; Bobert Snod gras", '37, Harrisburg: Kev. Davis A. Walter, Jr., '70. State Superintendent Public Instruc tion, Bloomsburg, Pa. The following honorary degrees were con ferred bv Yale to-dav: D. D., Bev. Prof. Charles M. Tyler, '55, of Cornell University; LL. D.. Prof. Theodore W. Dwlght, late of Columbia College Law School, wbolled this morning: Sir Donald L. Smith, Chancellor of McGUl University, Montreal: M. A., Joseph Jefferson, Tyron H. Edwards, Harrisburg; Bev. Edward S. Hume, of Bombay, India. A dispatch from Amherst, Mass., says: The graduating exercises began this morning at Amherst College. Tbe degiee or Arts was conlerred upon five, and Bachelor or Arts upon five graduates. Among tbe honorary degree conferred was tbat of M. A. on James En lng, '88. Pittsburg. A dispatch irom Boston say: Commence ment day at Harvard was fair and cool. The time-honored observances of the day were carried out. President Elliott presented the diplomas. JUBILANT MISSIS3IPPIAN8. They Will Bold a Festival Over Their E cipo From the Floods. New Oblhans, June 29. .JSpefnl1 The people ot the Yazoo Delta or the Mississippi have decided to hold a jubilee in honor of the escape of the Delta from overflow. The Inbllcewlll be held at Greenville, tbe capi tal of tho Delta, on July 20 and will take the form or nblg barbecue, at which eminent speakers will be heard. It will be made up largely or thanksgiving over the escape from the flood, notwithstanding the highest water ever known, and will also be devoted to eulogizing tbe levee as the best and in deed only protection of the alluvial lands along the.MissiSRippi from overflow. Tho idea of a jubilee has prevailed in the Delia for some weeks past, but an unwilling ness was felt about proposing it prematurely, and until the water in the river got so well within the banks that there was no possi bility of a' crevasse Interfering nnd spoiling tbe Jubilee. This Is now the case, nnd the jubilee has accordingly been ordered and the date fixed. By that time, July 20, the Mississippi liver will have so fallen that even the lands outside the levees will be tree from water. This Is the flrst year of ex treme high water that the Yazoo Valley has escaped with not a single break or crevasse of any kind. Similar thanksgiving Jubilees will probably bo held in those levee districts ofLouisiana which escaped crevasses as soon as the Mississippi bus fallen enough to ren der further breaEs Impossible. THE WORLD'S FAIR BANKRUPT." Not h Cent In Ca.h Nor Even a Postage Stamp in the Commission's Hands. Chicago, June 29. Bankruptly has at last readied the World's Columbian Commission. Every cent of the appropriation has been exhausted, and Secretary Dickinson has not enough money left to buy a postage stamp unless he draws on his own rosources. Di rector General Davis has not drawn his salary for several months, and Colonel Dick inson has gone without pay for tbe same pe riod in order that the clerks in his office could draw their salaries in full. But lew members of the National Board who at tended the April session have received tbe money they advanced for railroad fare and hotel expenses. Lust night the last postage stamp in Secre tary Dickinson's office was put on a letter to Secretary Foster, informing him or the con dition of the National Commission finances. B0RUP'SBD BLUNDER. The recall of Captain Borup from his post at the American Legation in Paris was a proper and timely act Philadelphia Bu'lelln. Uitder all the circumstances it was abso lutely necessary to recall Captain Borup, who secared-plans of French defenses for the information of our War Department. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. That Captain Borup is not believed to be guilty at "the 'War Department is to bis credit, Dut It is not exonlpation and should not have stood In tho way or his reoall, even with tbe question of international courtesy left out. Washington Post. The recall of Captain Borup from the American Legation at Paris was a necessary step. It was an act of courtesy toward tbe French Government and in no way reflected upon the officer whose conduct is now being Investigated. Philadelphia Daily News. Captain Bonur, the American officer who is accused of buying plans of French fortifi cations, should be promptly investigated. ir he Is guilty, he should be dismissed from tbeservloe. No American officer should be permitted to become a spy for a foreign na tion. Buffalo Express. Every American will 'sympathize with Captain Borup, the military attache of the legation in Pails. A charge has been made against him which affects his honor as an of ficer and a man, a charge which if true would bring with it disgrace peculiar and keen. New York Evening Telegram. LiEUTEXAlrr Borop nets like a man con scious of no crime. He has been performing difficult duties for his own country, and in their performance it was unavoidtble that he should incur some risk in accidental con nection with the French self-confessed criminal. Borup must not be condemned except after due trial. Chicago Herald. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Prof; Theodore W. Dwlght, Jurist. Prof. Theodore "William Dwight, Pro fessor of Municipal Law at Colombia College, dled- at bis borne In Clinton, N. T.. yesterday. Pror. Dwlglit belongs tc a family which has produced many noted names In various walks of life. He was born In Catekill, N. Y.. in 1822, and graduated at Hamilton College in 1810, after which be studied law at Yale. He began his career as an educator with a tutorship in Hamilton College, later on holding the chairs or law, history, civil polity and political economy. He founded the law depart ment of Columbia College, and remained in Its service until his death. He has siren courses of law lectures at Cornell and Amherst Colleges. He was a member of the State Constitutional Conven tion of 1867, and filled positions on varlons State boards and committees, including tbe Commission of Appeals, to which Governor Dlx appointed him. He was associate editor of the American Law Regis ter, and was SDrollnc contributor to law literature. He was counsel for Andover professors during their trial for heresy lu 1883. J. F. E. Irudhoinme, Engraver. ' John P. E. Prudhomme, one of the oldest engravers In this country. If not In the world, died at his residence in Washington Mondav night, in the 92d year "of his age. He was born In San Domingo, but passed nearly his entire life in this country. He was In the Government service as an engraver nearly 3C years. Mr. Prudhomme be came quite celebrated In his art. He engraved Trumbull's picture. "The Signing of the Declara tion of Independence." and did a good deal In the way of illustrating: books. He was curator of the National Academy of Design, and for a time was the Instructor ofthe life class In that Institution. x Obituary Notes. Robert Stewart, one of the most prominent citizens of Altoona and ex-Associate Judge of Blair county, died yesterday. , Nathaniel Hall, the oldest Ore Insurance agent of Buffalo, and widely known, died Tuesday, lie was born in Rochester lu SS. IlEifRV5 Weld Fuller, the only brother of Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court, died at the residence of his son in New Kochelle. N. Y., yesterday. IIexiit Francis Seymour Moore. Third Marquis of Drogheda. was found dead ) esterday morning at his town house. In St. James place, London. He was E7 years of age. George ltHETT Catucabt. one of the leading members of the American Book Company, known as the '"School Hook Trust," died Moufclay. Jnne 27; of heart disease, at Newport, K. I., axed 49 )ears. UK. J. S. Knox, one or the most distinguished phi slcians In this country, died at his house In Chicago Monday. The' deceased was a specialist. In children's diseases, and was connected with every prominent hospital of the city. Colonel F. E. Teotteu, United States Army, was stricken with apoplexy at Tacoma, Wash., and died Tuesday afternoon. Colonel Trott-r was stationed at Vancouver, but was lu Tacoma attending an encampment of State militia. Jous W. Thompson, President of the Ballston Bpa National Bank, and the wealthiest citizen In Saratoga county, N, Y., die at his home In Ball- tonSpa Tuesday mornlng'of .disease incident to - old age. He was born In Milton. N. Y., December 2, IS.W. Captain Cuarl KB Hat, Superintendent of tbe Commissary Department, United States Army, died at Denver, Tuesday, of pneumonia. , He was 48 years ofara and during tbe war served la ex- rTBiaenttveB' unio-rejcunem, ziis remains wut be burled at Ft. Leavenworth. AT THE OLD KNOX PARK. Scene of the Fete for the Southside 'Hos pital A Place. Rich in Social History Tonne Grl Can Attend the Fair Social Gossip. The coming fete for the Southside Hos pital will be lent additional interest by the selection for Its occurrence ofthe grounds of the old country house of the Knoxes, in KnoxvIIIe. It was a very Deaatlful place in its day, as probably plenty of fashionable people remember, since the Enoxes were among those who led in the social world of Pittsburg, particularly during their occu pancy of this . place. There have been a good many changes since. The property, when sold to a land improvement company, was subdivided for individual property purposes. Fortu nately, what might be termed the park, in which the house stands, has been left intact, and is to-day as attractive, thougli perhaps more strictly left to nature's sweet will, as when the Embryo Comtesse dl Montercole ran a tiny girl through its shady walks, and enjoyed sumptuous feasts off the famous Knox grapes. The house is in keeping with the grounds a building, thought to bo at least 50 years old, and built, after the fashion of those times, for thoroughly utilitarian needs. Two of the spacious rooms will be retained for tbe lartiei connected with the tete, so that visitor' will have opportunity to see a part at lease of a dwelling so replete with Interest. The proper way to reaoh Knoxville is by either the Tweirth street or Eleventh street inclines connecting with the Birmingham road at tbese streets on the Southside- By boarding a car at the head of either incline a visitor can almost ride the entire way. The walk itself is not an unpleasant one. The Allentown electric raid is promised to be in operation by that time, but since ele trio roads in Pittsburg are so often guiltv of procrastination, it would scarcely be well to look forward to such an agreeable contingency with any certainty. It may be also that the mana gers will arrange to have hacks to meet tho guests at tho head or the Incline, though this Is not certain. A meeting was held yos terdav to consider further plans. Other meetings will be or daily occurrence from now on. The energy and the well-known good fortune that has hitherto attended ef forts for the Southside Hospital make it quite reasonable to predlcc a most succcss lul as well as agreeable event. An interesting circular has been sent to The Dispatch by Miss 3Iary McCandless, of Pittsburg, lor tho Board of Woman Man agers ofthe Columbian Exposition. It comes from the Woman's Dormitory Association, and its 'purport is to render feasible the visiting to the Exposition of young women of moderate means unchaperoned, or other wise unaccompanied. Thoe fathering the project are responsible persons in Chicago, the President being Mrs. Matilda B. Carae, the Secretary, Mrs. Helen M. Barker, and a wealthy Chicago banker, Mr. Elbridge G. Keith, has been selected for treasurer. In brief, the plan is to erect buildings adjacent 'to the Fairgrounds for the accommodation of 5,000 people, and to do this by forming a stock company having a capital of $150,000 lssned in shares or $10. Stock will be all over the country, und tbe shareholders will have it redeemed in the lorm or lodging after the Exposition opens. Stockholders will not be charged above 40 cents, and the rate may be as low as 33 cents per day. Tho circular adds that the shares will be trans ferable, so tint if the first holder does not exhaust their face value, she is at liberty to mnke them over to a successor to accom plish that purpose. Moreover, shareholders will receive a pro rata share of the profits, should there be such when the enterprise is closed. Other detail is added, which inter ested people can hear or or read by commu nicating with Miss Mary McCandloo, whoso has established herself in Boom 10, Times building, for to-dav and to-morrow, between the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock. Miss McCand less represents the Dormitory Association for Western Pennsylvania, The plan is par ticularly commendable, being thoroughly American in its principles and utilitarian, though not phllnnthroplo. This is no bejiutltully laid out scheme to aid "less favored sisters." Instead It Is a wisely laid method to olrcnmvent tho avaricious hotel and lodging house keeper of that big West ern city. The most interesting event in the East End this ueekwlll be the midsummer con cert at the Kenmawr under the direction of Mr. Cyrus Y. Gates. The entire East End has a novel decoration in the announcement placards. Every person possessing a fence has apparently given the support of that fence to the concert project, for the placards are as numerous as bill boards in theater season. They even are hanging from tbe branches ofthe trees. Sometimes, alas! with their faces from tberoad and "their backs to the foe." Tbe concert, doubtless, will be a fashiona ble success, and certainly a mnsical one, as the performers both known nnd unknown are of a very fine order of merit. Ihe seats are now on sale, nnd the number or them being limited Intending visitors must make an early call. The idea of giving a concert under ho trees is a very pretty one, and presumably nn outgrowth of last summer's fad for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the wit and love of Shakespeare's fair Rosa lind presented in a reallstio forest of Arden. The closing entertainment of St Joseph's Academy took place yesterday and the many friends and patrons of the school crowded the spacious halls and parlors to their fullest capacity. Ovor 50 clergymen from Pittsburg and near towns were pres ent. Among the number. Rev. Bishop Phelan, Rev. Fathers Shcedy, McTighe, Gra ham, Lambing, Cosgrove. honored the'eom mencemcut by their presence. - The Pittsbuiggradnates lirtheclass ot five were: Miss Sara A. Lappan and Miss Mary V. Wilson. The particular feature of the programme was an allegorical poem, "Adrift," which took the place of the conventional valedic tory. The stage Was beautifully sot with an ocean scene, and the graduates all ap peared ready for a sail upon the waters. First came a mariner seeking a pilot, and at her call Religion enters. Then Ambition asked to guide the destinies or the vessel and being denied, Pleasure asked the same privilege and wae likewise refused. Finally, Religion takes the helm and Ambition and Pleasure 'enlist under her banner and all get on board the boat nnd hoist the sail and the bark moves seaward on its journey. The worlcuas under tho special direction of Byron W. King. A PHYSICAL culture drill' of wiie in terest will be given to-morro w evening in Braddock under the management or Miss Marietta B. Kennedy, in the old Lytle Opera House. This exhibition is prior to a grand final one before the State Teachers' Associa tion at Beaver Falls, and the proceeds of the first will be used to defray the expense in volved in purchasing costumes and other necessary accessories of the entertainment. IDS gins will wear a plain ssin iron uiouso waist, having a bar of yellow on the right side of the T:ap, slippers and dress and a similarly arranged one of black oh the left side. The technical name or the drill, which is said to be very fetcby, la a Delsartean seance. Braddock society has grown excited over its possibilities for enjoyment. Social Chatter. Mrs. Johs Alldred, corresponding Secre tary of the Southside Hospital Ladies' Aid Society, sends a short note to The Dispatch announcing that at yesterday's meeting as surance was given of transportation from the top of both Eleventh and Twelfth street Inclines either by hacks or cars, on the even ing ofthe fete. Fridny, July 8. A mandolin clnb, composed of Messrs. will Salisbury. A. Hill nnd Hartmnn, has promised its services and several popular singers will form an additional attraction. The closing exercises of St. Mary's Semi nary. Greensbnrg, were held in the bait of that institution yesterday. A large audi ence of friends, mostly Irom Pittsburg and Altoona, wns present. The programme was musical and literary. Including choruses, drills and olays. The special reaturo was a three-not drama, "The Triumph of Justice," in which the Ojoy actors acquitted themselves in nn admirable manner. Mr. and Mrs. Holbrooe, Miss Holbrook and Mr. Edward Elliot will leave for Macki nac on Sunda3. the family Intending to re main there until September 1, while Mr.Hol brook will get agreeable diversion from his business by occasionalllttle visits during tbe summer. A pltasino entertainment will be given by tne young people or tbe Second M. P. 'Church, Firth avenue and Marion street, this evening, consisting of a number of well-Know tableaux: vivants, interspersed with music by the Junior Tosrge Orchestra. To-hioet Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Magee's reception for Mr. and Mrs. Christopher .Magee, Jr. The family being still at home the reception will be held at their town house. Springbank, from 8 to 10 p m. To-Ninnrthe Moreland-Anrahanvnnrjtlals in the Oakland M. E. Church at 8 o'clock. A - reception will follow at Major Moreland's uouse, corner i oroes anu uraig streets. Mr. and Mae. Jossm Albbex, and young Mr. Albree will leave this evening for New York; sailing from there on Saturday, for the Continent. Mr. Hesbt P. Ecxxk will tail this evening for Europe by steamer Gasoolgne, V .i 'r CURI0DS CONDENSATIONS; China has 27 American merchants, The oil wells in this country supply 130,000 barrels a day. Plants are synthetical feeders, animals are analytical feeders. There are 4,000 .applications for the three vacant army chaplaincies. Salmon, pike and goldfish are said to toe the only fish that never sleep. The site of the city of Boston was I0ld in 1635 by John Blackstone for $133. A too excited Atlanta lawyer dislocated his arm by making too many gestures. Rouge was first used by women in Ea rope in the middle of the sixteenth century. In Philadelphia there are 1,817 are lights. Including 50 owned by the Girarl Trust. In Tokio there are more than 800 bath, houses in which a bath can be had for 1 cent. Agricultural implements are now be lng manufactured extensively In Buenos Ayres. The greatest distance covered by a steam vessel in one hour's run is flxed-aKX miles. , Bermuda has the largest dock in the world.which is 331 feet long and 123 feet in breadth. The drive well, one of the simplest of inventions, has yielded Its inventor $3,000,000 In royalties. "Wellsville, Mo., has twice as many dozs as inhabitants. It has 1,710 residents and 3,530 dogs. Seventeen hundred copies of Shakes peare in a cheap edition were sold in Ger many last year. Indiana has more Germans than any other State. They constitute 53 per cent of the population. . A man who is to he hanged in Savannah in July has sold his head for phrenological purposes for $15. The soil of Hayti is very fertile. Corn is easily grown, and three crops can be raised annually. If you know the length of the rails you can determine the speed of any rail car by connting the rails. A hippometer, invented by a, French officer, will measure the paces and ground covered by a horse. The poet Burns spelled his name Burn ess (his family name) until the publicatio of his poems in 1766. A strong negro in Maryland killed a hull by catching it bv tho horns and throw ing it to the gronnd, breaking Its neck. Galileo's first 'telescope was made out of a common lead pipe, into the ends of which were glued ordinary spectaol e glasses. A man in Vermont has saved all the maplo sugar ho ever made. He started In 1812. and has now over 10,000 pounds on hand. London has a firm of opticians whose specialty is the sale or spectacles for horses. The object of the spectacles is to promote high stepping. A little vase of Sevres ware, presented by a French General to Tlppo Sahib, we sold in London not long ago for $7,205. It was only eight Inches high. One of the attractions at the coming Chicago Exposition is to be a pyramid of 100 pianos connected by electricity and manipulated by one woman. Tertullian, who wrote about A D. 195, said that kissing v as first Instituted for the purpose of discovering whether the person kissed had been guilty of tippling. The highest prysed newspaper in the world It the Mashonnland Herald and Zam besian Times. It is a daily about the size oi a sheet of foolscap, and.lts price is 1 shilling. On an average each inhabitant of France connmes 50 liters or quarts of win' in a year. In Paris they do better or w with an average consumption of IX Louis XV, of Franoe, caused an e shock from a battery or Leyden Jars administered to 700 Barthusian m Joined hand in hand, with prodigious e It is stated that it is possible to b. come a prince in Italy by the payment ol $13,0C0 in fees nnd othereots. The title of a duRe may be had for $10,000, and that of a baron for $1,000. Ofthe entire amount of money con tributed for charity in England last year, an amount that reached the great sum ot $15 000,000. two-thirds, or Just $10,000,000, were given by Baron Hirsch. It is estimated that 3,500,000 theater tickets are issued in America every week at 50 cent3 each. The total sum expended every yedr lor this form of amusement would amount to $91,000,000. A yellow fish, called Alaskan mackerel, and fully equal to the mackerel of tbe At lantlc coast, is found at the west end of the Alaskan Islands. The flh move in large schools, and are of a fine flavor. Tbe curious custom of raffling for Biblej took place in the parish church of St. Ives, Hants. England, recently. The custom dates from 1075. nnd Is in accordance with the will of Dr. Wilde, who left $250 to pro vido a fund for that purpose. A new industry has been invented by a clever girl. She calls herself an accoun tan" and nudltor for large households. She final plenty of employment in looking after tbe business of a few families of large expendi tures, whose neaas nave not taste lor tne work. The following note from an indignant mother was recently received by a master In one of the London board schools: "I must complain about tb'o wicked things you teach my boy sinful things. Yon light a candle, put a tnmbler over it. ana make It go out without blowing it out." j A playbill in Cambridge, Mass., tie other day bxeited unwonted Interest. Tie names of eminent citizens of the torn) seemed to bear out the boast, but a close inspection revealed the fact that it was s combination of a dramatic bill at top and J mnnicipal election bill at the bottom. A fleet of three whalebacks left Chi cago last Saturday evening grain loaded for Buffalo, and they made a big record. Tbe respective cargoes were as follows: Whale back steamer Bartlett, 81.000 bushels corni whaleback barge, 102. 91.000 bushels corn whaleback barge 10 130,000 bushels oats Total. 303.500 bushels. The automatic fortune telling machine! in railway stations and at street corners o' New York and London havo been turne Into a new form of gambling. It will be re membered that the faces of these machine are coverpd with variously colored trl angles. They are. In brier, handy roulett tables, ana certain people have taken ti droppinga pennyin the slot and betttngupoi what colored triangle theflngercrthegypsj girl will rest. JOIXY1SMS FROM JUDGE. "Boggs says that the 11th of July" will be Independence Dav for htm the first he'll eelebrsf since he was married." "How is thatt" "He expects to get his divorce papers on tin' date." Mrs. Brown Keep quiet, Johnnie. TB' doctor says yon mustn't talk. Little Johnnie Just answer me this. ma. TVC I be well by the next Fourth? HOIST by his owrr petard. Hard was the luck the youngster ran on; His chance for life Is rather slim. Be undertook to fire his cannon And found the cannon flred him. Sappy I cawn't.say I 'appwove of tt way In which the Fonrth of July is ce lebf doncher knaw. Cuniso Why not? Sappy It isn't English, yer knaw. Mrs. Cantwell You should he ashamK to sell firecrackers to a little boy. Dealer Well, ma'am, I do the best I can. Tf 1 every pack I give a bottle of arnica. " A NATURAL DECREASE. They had nine children, and the worst. Went out to celebrate; And when they heard tne cannon burst They knew they had but eight. "That was the biggest and noisiest n on cracker I ever heard, " said Triwet after eiploslon. "But It seems to have met lu match." "I Dicer. Mrs. Brown That poor woman broken-hearted over the losa of her only was blown up while firing off nli'eansoa. she hoped he was In heaven. Mrs. Malaprop I guess he Is, my dc fipodstart, . ... II ! ,j ,f '''''iky-. m iflS' - y- Ntae' ) V, M , .hMmMHi s- ' jb&b&BRBBBF