Show THE PRESENT summer has been conspiciously free from general and widespread exhibition by cranks The whole country went wild over the national game as it is termed vulgarly called base ball j when that subsided pedestrianism had a singularly fortunate career During this however the plague spot broke out in another quarter and Dr Tanner Tan-ner the champion public starver > enjoyed a run subsequently he was emulated by several others which fortunately resulted fatally in a number of instances Why the country should be left without a great craze at this critical moment is a question worthy the consideration of a sage And how the great public intellect can survive the death of the 131514 puzzle without a substitute passeth all comprehension This sensible condition of affairs is a sad commentary com-mentary on our boasted civilization and bespeaks a revolution which must bring untold evils in its wake The American mind seems to be lost without a popular craze of some kind and the long absence of one gives weight to the belief that when another idiocy does appear it will enjoy such a run as will put all predecessors pre-decessors deeply in the shade |