The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-26
ST. PAUL SILHOUETTES.

The man was charged win stealing b1-
cycle. The evidence wa- conclusive that he
had stolen not only the particular one, but
five others. The defense was weaker than
one of the elder Weller's alibis. The charge
of the judge was virtually direction to con-
vict And the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty and roundly lectured by the
court. 1t transpires, that is, 1t exudes, as
jury room secrets do, that on the first ballot
eleven stood for guilty and one for not guilty
Who is the contumacious twelfth?
4 vas der man." said juror, the COM
promise of whose language between his ma
tive muttersprache and the English sufficient
" revealed his nativity.
1t is shust dis way" he proceeded, laying
his index finger alongside his nose.
Ven der Dawsons was dried der shudge
said dot der shtate must elect Vtch OF der
dings it would dry Dawson on. Und because
der shtate didn't elect, der shudge discharged
Dawson. Now l dink der shtate should have
to elect vich Won of desc six bicycles dey
must dry dis feller on" And the eleven
agreed with him.
Capt Bean was taking a walk for himself;
he was abstractedly going along Cedar street
near Sixth, and he was thinking hard. Per-
haps he was thinking about Doran and Gelt-
hauser-beg pardon, Feldhauser-and the rest
of them, and wondering how it would all end
anG Just as ne was luIo SlAIu sLieeI
a man stepped up alongside Of him ard
showed him piece Of paper with the legend
"Mannheimer Bros" written on it. The
captain glanced at the man, nodded and
pointed on down the street with the fellow
loEgside Of him. He kept on thinking and
paid little attention to the man he was piltt-
Ing until they came opposite to Mannhemer's
when he pointed over to the entrance.
Thanks bawled the man.
well, I'm blowed,'' said Bean, 81 thought
you were deaf and dumb?"
That's odd," said the man, II was certain
that you were.'
That bit of repartee that Gen. Clapp in
dulged in at the expense of Mr.. Butts was
not the only grain of salt In the Clewett
affair."" remarked a court house attache yes
terday. when Butts filed some papers in the
case the other day he made bit of a joke
himself. On the folder containing the docu-
ment he had filled In the names of the at
torneys either side this way:
- Atty. for the Ptff., Charles Butts.
"'Attys. for the DIT, All the OBriens.'
The announcement will presently be made
Of the engagement of a lady we'll known in
st. Paul society to a man prominent in the
business world of Chicago, SO this story had
better be told now. The lady in question has
not yet attained the age which will ripen
her charms, but she is no longer In the chew
ing gum stage of youth. She is very clever,
and has had all sorts Of admirers. but she
had come to be regarded as a confirmed
bachelor girl.
She is q good business woman, yet last
winter. when one of her chums was married
and she helped choose the trousseau she
went home tired one night and heaved
little sigh. which made her fond father ask
what was the matter. She said she wondered
II she would ever have to go to the trouble
of picking out her own outfit, her friend had
gotten such delightful lot of things.
The father is well-to-do and very proud of
his daughter. He told her on the spot that,
as she going to Chicago to accept an
excellent business opening that had come to
her. he would stand treat for an outfit which
she might regard as a trousseau, if she liked,
and she might have carte blanche in the
ordering of it. She hugged him and declared
him Jolly, good old fellow" after the
fashion OF bachelor maids.
Then she went out and she didn't do much
Of anything to his bank account! But he
was game and paid the bill, and she went out
Of town in a blaze of glory and millinery
and things such as would have done honor to
any bride.
She was away exactly five months when
word came back to papa that she had con-
cluded that there was nothing in being a
bachelor maid, and that she was going to
marry the president of the concern with
which she had engaged in a business way.
Papa thinks 1t rather a joke on him, and
he told the story himself. But there will be
a sequel for who ever heard of bachelor,
or any other sort of maid, getting married
without an outfit made solely for that occa-
sion?
Mrs Kidder (reading)-I see that some one
is going to give away a thousand loaves of
bread tomorrow.
Mr.. Kidder (also reading and frowning)-
He's a chump. Why doesn't he give away
time checks and save some money?