New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-17
DOWN THE OHIO.

Or twafg their guitars to the seine and Po,
What's this but a farfetched hgment on dreanlsf
None equal the yellow old ONO.
Its emerald banks, rare vision by day.
BY moonlight shadowy gnomeland show
In t6rtuous beauty the shore sinks away,
As downward we speed on the Ohio.
Majestic the hills in eternal Tepose,
And softly the slumberous waters now
Not vet has a writer Of verse or OF prose
Touched of IN its glory the Ohio.
Quite true. it Is nottled with mud and debris
lis too much " Off color TO CLEAN or glow,
pui turbId and taWny however IL be
Here, hands all round 'Rah for tie tho OHIO 80.
A subnrbanite says that couple OF years ago no
wont 70 i've in the suburbs because lie so poor ,
,nt in the fall he is coming back to the city to ve
for the same reason. He has spent $4,000 in build
inc cottage which everybody from the architect down.
or ND, told him could be built for $4,000
Chicagos Second solomon.-A famous Chicago law law,
yer once b Ha1 IN grcat distress Two sisters living in
the snme house had babes OF equal age, VINO 80 IT, IL
hIeJ each other that their own mothers were unable
IN distinguish them when they were together Now
nnI{6r,n had become mixed and how tho mothers
10 make sure that they received back thelr own III
But perhaps said the lawyer. " the children weren't
'eG G but there's no doubt that they changed
said the physician
Are you sure Of 1t
aWcIi II that's the case, why don't you change them
back again I don't see any difficulty In the aHar'
-(BOson Gazette.
"Why,o asks q correspondent, ado not some OF
the papers inform their readers that Father lgnatus
Is not member of the order of ST. Benedicti Inc
frequent references to him in the press ms the Bene
dctine monk and the eloquent Benedlctne, are
very misleading. and should not be used without an
explanation. The fact is that the gentleman in ques
ton is an extremely High Church deacon OF the Eng
lish Church. who has started little order OF his own
which he calls the order of ST. Benedict. But the
great and historic ST. Benedict knows neither
Father Ignatius nor his order and it is just as mis-
leading to call him a Bencdctine il would be to call
n man FrremasOn who had seen ht TO organize a
Masonic order on his own hook. I may add that
am not a Roman Catholic, and have no animus
against Father Ignatlus, but call attention 10 the
matter simply the ground Of that common honesty
about which the self-made 'Benedictlne' speaks so
much. Until the meaning Of the word changes, the
man is no more Benedctne' than is that redoubtable
foe of monastlclsm Justin ID. Fulton
An amusing case Of fright took place Chcstnutst.
legs OIL trying 10 get away from his shadow. The
gentleman was walking along lesurely, with an UNI
roundngs. lie had passed by street light. whStliqg
the while about Annie Rooney and casually glanced
toward the large bill board lie was startled to see
The shadow OF man with hand uplfted in which ap-
peared to be "a club. lie thought he was goner sure.
mental admOnltlOn Of legs, do your duty no
No out and the he scratched gravel up through
bowed when he reached the steps ~ the south end
OF Halls block. and dropped there for rest, and then
learned from pa,ser that he had been running from
his own shadow. the umbrella on III, shoulder being
The murderous looking club with which he expected 70
be braned- Norwich Comm Bulletin.
A Harrisburg Penn, correspondent writes ave
have few rural legislators here who scarcely
take care Of themselves let alone looking after the
interests Of their constituents. only yesterday gen
teman from Of our neighbOring counties. who had
lust received his order for stamps. went b the city
postohice TO get them. what den0mlnatonP In
qurcd the clerk. Lutheran said the member, mod
estly."
Did have good time my vacatIonl' echoed
FOgg. "Of course | did 10 be sure. / nearly
starved to death. tried 10 sleep In bed which 1t
would be battery 10 call a rack but what OF that I!
/ got my name In the paper! / won't deny that they
spelled my name wrong and gave me biand-new
Initials: but then, you can't expect a. have every
thin perfect In this world."-lBoston Transcript