The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

BILE on lot of pretty Brooklyn girls
who always abound wherever Beech
err pithes his tent, summer or winter,
and the Apostle of Astheticism
promptly smiled with capacious
mouth and condescending air. An
swering smiles and wicked winks
were mischievously exchanged, and
then to his horror, broke out that
touching aria from "Patience"
Twenty love-sick maidens we;
Love-sick all against our will
Twenty years hence we shall be
Twenty love-sck maidens still.
Oscar fed. Beecher roared.
A New York damsel did still bet
ter. She was merely domestic, but
she got away with more formidable
nuisance than Oscar Wilde. Left in.
sole charge of superb four-story
brown stone front mansion, she had
gone out for few minutes to lay in
provisions, or something of the kind.
On her return she discovered a full
grown burglar, who, in broad day.
light, was walking off with a basket
full of silver plate, clocks, jewel
ry, &c. The girl pitched into him
without wasting breath in calling for
police, made him drop the basket,
and hung on to him, while he pound
ed her with his fists and wrestled.
After severe struggle, which left the
poor girl with nothing much beyond
a fringe, by way of clothes, some
neighbors assisted, and in the course
of half an hour or SO, policeman
appeared. The girl then retired, put
on some clothes, and repaired to the
court, where on her evidence, the
scamp was committed for trial.
After considerable competition the
team of sharpshooters from the Amer
lean National Guard to contend nett
month with the British Volunteers
has been chosen. One of them il a
partially naturalized ex-British subject
and an old prize winner on the other
side. This may cause it. to be said,
if we win, that we couldn't havedone
it without such assistance. American
naval victories in 1872 were always
accounted for on the ground that the
ships were manned by ex-British
man.of.war's men. cold Reliable"
Bodine has been chosen captain of
the team-an excellent choice. Since
the death of General Dakin, he is
probably the most scientific rifleman
we have, and practical man, too.
Capt. Shaw, the famous Irish Chief
of the London Fire Brigade, is over
here on his way to the Convention of
Fire Folks, to be shortly assembled
at Cincinnati. He has been here be-
fore and thinks good deal of our
equipment and rapidity of movement,
but seems to think the discipline of
his own men is better. This is rath-
er disappointing, for though we adj
nit defects in our police and almost
every other department Of our NUM-
cipal government, we have been in
the habit of Boosting of our fire lad
dies as indispensable anywhere.
The generous Starin, Of tugboat
fame, gave the newsboys picnic the
other day. The little rascals seem to
have been spoiled by kindness. They
behaved like perfect fiends, de-
stoyed the provisions given them bonn
barded their benefactor, eighteen
policemen, as many reporters, and
any number of excursionists on 9TH
er boats with sandwiches and broken
pies, smashed up swings at the grove
they landed at, and altogether so dis
gusted everybody that I fancy they
will pay for their own outings next
year. Tooth drawing never caused
such anguished yells as are now heard
about the Post Office. There has
been what is pleasantly called an
equalization of salaries, that is, some
one in power has appointed host of
new clerks, and to help pay for them
has cut down the salaries of a number
of old stagers who don't like this
sort of Irish promotion, after, in
many cases, thirty or forty years Of
faithful service. To do what some Of
these men do requires years of dill
gent experience. For instance the
"blind reader" who deciphers all the
impossible addresses in apparently
every language on the planet, has
had his pay cut to $1,000 a year,
about what a clerk gets in a whole
sale dry goods house. That's the
worst of government service. No