New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-21

into the wound The result was that an erup'''I
d,uilar to erysipelas broke out upon his mana anu
gradually spread over his entire BODY ANU W
the greut surprise OF everybody, the pimpies 'h'.
ann AIRED assumed the appearance and form Oh slni'
cucumbers and grew rapidly. In due course theee
small cucumbers became big, prize cucumDerS' un'
tilr says a correspondent of The ST. Louis NJ
public who furnishes the biography OF the cucnu,
ber phenomenon for that paper. " the man iooNeo
like a huge bunch OF bananas II VIII oe seen
that this Is one Of the most able OF the overhaul
seoserpent stories that have appeared in the west
IN MANY nm of year In politics The MISSOURI
Imagination Is feeling we'll, but is little 100
much inclined to embonpoint.
A practical engineer sends communication 10
The Springfield Republican" TO explain now 10
make dams sound. The advice Is timely Inc
Mugwump dam, upon which The RePnnl'e"a mas
spent 80 much time and thought and energy, proves
not to have been worth one.
Even the handsome memorial 10 the late Presi-
dent Arthur so unOstentatiously erected ana ueu'-
Gated by his friends, Is made the venice OF Sipes
against New-York for not erecting the Grant lnoh"
ment Ex-Governor Cornelrs letter ought TO have
stilled this tempest in a teapot. A large portion
nearly one-thrd Of the entire sum hecded mas
already been raised and, meantime, the committee
in charge Of the matter IA carefully considering the
design 70 be adopted. When this has hnaiy oeeh
decided upon, the public ran be definitely INFORMED
what IL is proposed TO do. There IS no heed ior
haste in erecting memorial that Is 10 endure ior
centuries. The more delibcration the commirtee
exercises the less probability will there DE thae
we shall have an artistic monStrosty foisteu upon
US. Chicago and Boston need not worry ine
money will be raised for the monument in good
time and one Of the first things the New-Iehlahder
OF the future will do, after going TO inspect the
ruins of those cities, will be 10 come on 10 New
York, put up al tirst-class hotel and take look
at the Grant monument
Boston has set a good example 10 other cities in
defeating a phystead- for the use of school
children. Every great city needs larger number
OF places where the children can actually play, in
stead OF indulgng in mild imitation OF that
, am usemeut with perPmptory requests 20 keep on
the grass continually staring them in The fare
Ten thousand children marched into the Boston
playstead the other day. and rompcd ON the TURF
We salute Boston.
1t was really too bad. An Indiana former
dreamed the Other night that he found pot OF god
which had been buried on his farm years ago.
When he awoke he went ont and fell TO digging
eur nestly where the dream said the TREASURE was
| hid But before he struck " pay dirt he paused
and mentioned his dream TO his nrghbor. When
he returned 10 the diggings 10! tho treasure had
| been uncarthed and removed And so the poor
! farmer had none II Is this sort OF luck which
disrourages the average granger from trying TO
grow WEALTHY by dreaming. 1t NAV be observed
has N this
silence, II not gold. Is golden.
Three hundred ond forty five Mormon prosNlytes
| landed at Castle Garden yesterday. They ought
| 70 bc ashamed OF themselves
| One Of the pleasantcst features OF the commence
nent season is the annual announcement OF benp-
| factions and requests made for the benefit OF
| American colleges Brown University, which has
| greatly increased its endowment fund and i'm
| proved and multiplied IFS buildings under the adj
| mini>tration OF President Robinson. has had one
| Of these delightful surprises az It's alumni dinner
| this week The Governor OF the State discharges
every year the function II making the second
sue,ch ut the dinner. and ordinarily little en-
! thusiasm is created bv his Oratory. Governor
| Ladd's speech this year, coupled Us II WIS with
| IN. announcement THAT h- had decided 10 build
|
college, WAS received with tnmultuou> approval
! This has been one Of the tcw departments oil
scientific study seriously neglected al that time
honored and prosperous INSTITUTION: and the Gov
| .ruor's priuccly generosity fills vacancy in tie
| curriculum and In the group OF college buildings
| which the alumni Of Brown have desired Tor
many years should be- filled. So unexpected WAS
| the announcement that the corporation had not
! lorcstalled IL by conferrIng an honorary degree
| uuon the bcnefactor Of the college. This neglect
| WAS rendered more conspicuous by the ShGhhg
oar OF the Governor OF another New-Engnnd State
as the recipient VI one OF the honorary degrees.
| Tho first of the intercollegiate races OF New
| T oud,n to-day between Yale and the University
~ PENNSYLVANIA will help 10 elucidaie the prob
l.m which Harvard and Yale Will attack week
| from today Heres to Close race, aud may the
best crew win
| There ale signs that the docking OF horses tails
| may l,.fore long become both moral and SOFIA
tissue The Massachusetts Society for the Proven
uun r. Cruelty to Animals makes the proud CLAIM
that a. has obtained the first law in the wur!d
,o,ipst this practice secured the first tire" anC
only convictions ever obtained for docking Offered
the only prize 500, for evidence ever offered hy
any such society and that eighty-two ladies', occu
pying high social positions in Boston naNr issued
the frs, protest Of the kind known ana trans
nitted il 10 all stables and hotels II the women
land above all the women Of good society could Ut
united against this practice it would be dead IN
DAY.
Reports from tie Indiana wheattie!ds indicate