The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

A foreigner whose English was far from
being perfect twas on the stand In the mu-
niclpal court Friday morning, trying to tell
his version of row. In spite of the fact
that ne was being cross-examined by the at
torney Tor the other side. He had told the
story over couple of times, and. what be-
.ween ms lack OF English and the badgerng
: Oh tne lawyer, he was getting ratified.
VOW SAID the lawyer, "just explain that
to the court again"
VIII nodF, answered the witness. with
some Vigor II have alretty told you two
Times yet, und Il Will not again. Alretty
speak Enlish so paddy dot l dake two times
10 oeh II SO myselluf can yet understand it,"
.ne man with the vitreous eye and the
eViueht determination to fight for his rights
wandered into the board of equalization yes
sefuay AFTERNOON, and declared that he wanted
MS taxes reduced. His assessment was
looked up. and 1t was found that he was in
for s225 He, wanted it cut down 500
II IL was cut down even a hundred he
wculo not have to pay any taxes under the
exemption, and he was so informed
men, ne said. ''cut 1T down two hun
ureu ana pay me what l have coming This
.o"h owes me something for staying here"
Anu II TOOK some time to demonstrate to
MIN that the cutting down process stopped
peiore the county had to pay out anything.
ihey walked into the drink parior and they
nau' each of them, very comfortable pack
age 1t was very late Saturday night. They
ordered something, and the drunken one broke
what was becoming an oppressive silence by
remarking to the other:
Les sing for the bee keep" The otLer one
looked over at the barkeeper gravely for an
instant and observed that the man was not
lncilned to stand for singing. Then he re-
plea:
No. les not. Les make him get along
without any song at ALL
There Was hot time out at Hotel ST. Louis,
Mlnnetonka, at $3.50 yesterday afternoon that
WAS not down on the bills. Some careless
young man dropped the stub Of a cigar
through crack in the sidewalk leading from
the hostelry toward the lake. The walk, a
plank affair, was soon all abiaze, and several
hundred guests and cyclists gathered around
It, NOBODY seemed to make an effort to put
IL out for some minutes. After bit, the
1aotest man In Minnesota came running down
to the fire with q small pail half full of water.
This he dashed on the burning sidewalk only
TO make the blaze hotter and get guyed by
Tie crowd A colored gentleman hitched on a
secIioH oi nose at the hotel and came run
ming with all his might toward the catastro-
PINE. He ian cut of hose, however, seventy
feet from the fire, and an effervescent funny
man shouted to him: Stay right where
you are about two minutes and the fire will
burn right up to you, so you put 1t out -
gray-haired man with proprietary air
dashed forward to the scene Of the trouble
with pitcher of ice water, with the remark
mat he had read somewhere that ice water
had very chilly effect on a fire. The side
walk got the ice water, and the blaze got hot
ter Even the sun got hot.
At this juncture, when the ladies were be-
ginning to. feel that the hotel would 20 in
about hve minutes, there pushed his way
through the fretting crowd small man with
large sx on his shoulder. Walking right up
to the fireworks, he ripped cut trio of boards,
shouldered his chopper and sauntered back
to the hotel woodward. The fire couldn't do
another thing, because it couldn't jump the
T breach. All of which proves that the most
valuable brains are sometimes concealed I'M
der No. 6 hat