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fiCOND EDITION. Town Talk.

OUB SCHOOLS.

f'i« remarks of Mr. Buff on our school I-w, at the Horticultural meeting I Saturday, have caused quite a breeze jfirtain quarters, and, apparently, the la not yet. T. T. thinks they were

Ible and well timed and hopes they •result in doing good. Two attempts H)een mado to answer them. Prof. 9y'a an»wor explained one or two in a satisfactory manner. The

Covered considerable space and [nothing. does really seem to T. T. that our [3bls are, subjected to too much sysand that there is too much "cram-

I for the 'knowledge imparted to i| a permanent hold upon the pupil, [filling of rushing pupils through at ^tning speed does hot pay, nor can it jroaoe to pay. A little slower and a surer would result in more knowlif a permanent nature it would less of ap "in-at-one-ear-and-out-

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je-other" about it. And then to kk of ihe style of the graduating exThey are perfectly gorgeous, v-uld deter any poor pupil from part in them. On these occasions ^nnd satins, with the usual sixteen 011 kids, aro all the rago—a sort of ir crust affair, so to speak, accom|d wjth a profusion of flowers prefor the occasion at an enormous pse. And then, when tho exercises vor, and the four years coursein tho

School completed, the proud gradj»n start for college, diploma in [I, and knoofc in vain for admission |i a further two years' preparatory has be&n completed. loudest complaint which T. T. our public schools is in regard i& many changes in school booksla account of advances from class to but mere changes because of

Books which have been little jute to be cast asido for others ID the same matter, and those are mado so frequently aa to tethe poor niau despair of giving [hildron an education, whilo those luu afford it pass their leisure timo

Jftderitig what disposition to make accumulated stock. Thero aro (Tcs in this city who have school

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to start a bookstoro of modorate ^ns. However profitable those ^-*.d numorous changes may be W ers of school books, they arc predated by those who havo so go down in their pockets and •k" His. It may bo that the school know boat what should bo premises, and that so many aro absolutely necessary, but earnestly desiro soo a change thcr kind, which would not dameducational Interests, and would »em a large sum of money oach

LOCAL POLITICS.

on as our home talent gets mattlsfactorily arranged in Indlanapwill bo time to return to their

Iplacoand commence making up Ktcw for the May election. Tho Eetlve eloction of a mayor, clerk, p^r, marshal, assessor, and six l[tnon, together with the patronage

I disposal, is enough to make glad Crt of the most enthusiastic ward [an, whilo the political bummer roftswional dead-beat fairly dances l»y. Thus far T. T. has heard very upon tho subject of candidates. \:fe seems to be confined to the |jnn camp. Flushed with recent [|f they promise to continue the

Trograiumo and elect their entire This being tho case, candidates tnerous and confident. For the ity tho names of James B. Lyne, U. Harris and James McCntcheon Eminently mentioned, but if the .'.urns tho appointment of prison will, of course, take him out .oe. Mr. Lyne seems to be the ndlda^o. It is his first appearolitioal arena, and not of his

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I makes htm all the more popnhas hosta of friends among all Plnd, as the boys say, "he would fce a soared rabbit," Mr. Harris man j* warm friends to work for ruring h* mrcer as councilman Lie himself thoroughly familiar ijr affair*, and it was an Impossiujwpring any question with which LM1acquainted, while at the same olowly guarded the city's interall matters. For clerk T. T. has no name mentioned, but there jo btless be tnany names to select the time comes. Hugh pk xvtal doubUews be the nominee li: -or. m%Menda claim that be

Imveit becatftMlJt has cost him dltho profits of Ws timl term to his title to it. No me has the

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for the nomination will probably be quite interesting as the time for making the selection draws near. The assessor's mantle will probably fall on John F. O'Reilly's shoulders, the council having endorsed him when Jackson Stepp ascended ta a higher sphere of usefulness. Under even the most favorable circumstances, the lot of a councilman is as undesirable and uncomfortable as that of the proverbial policeman, and the empty honor will have to be thrust upon unwilling victims.

In the Democratic camp everything is quiet and serene as a May morn in a secluded woodland dale. Subsequent proceedings do not seem to interest the admirers of Jefferson at the present time, but there is no telling how soon they may throw off the lethargy and make things intensely interesting for their opponents. No candidates Wve yet put in an appearance. If Mayor Havens wantp a second term he has not yet said it. He has made an efficient officer and it would hardly be the fair thing for bis party to refuse its endorsement should he ask for it. The treasurership has not yet claimed any one for its own. If Eugene Dobs wants the nomination for clerk again, T. T. does not think any one will have tho temerity to wrestle him for it. His election two years ago by a clear majority over two other candidates, coupled with his efficiency and the independent manner in which he has discharged his duties, aro strong recommendations and make him almost invincible as a candidate. T. T. understands, however, that he has other business which will require all his attontion, and that he will not seek a re-election. Like Barkis, it is quite probable Marshal Kidd "Is willin'" to trot around tho track once more and do the honors for two years more. Of the retiring councilman, four are Democrats, one National and one Republican. All profess their willingness to retire and allow others who may "hanker arter" the position to take their place.

The Nationals seom to havo lost their grip completely. The prosperous times have apparently cut short their usefulness and ruined their prospects. The political blasts of last year had a chilling offect on them, and thoir hopes are badly frost bitten—nipped ifc tho bud, as it were. It is sad to die so young, but the ravages of political strife have non for weak parties.

THE PASSING SHOW.

SHOWS AND SHOW FOLKS.

Taking up tho thread of "The Passing Show" where last week's Mail left off, we put on rectal the appearance on Saturday afternoon and evening of Mr. Sol Smith Russell, with a good average company, in a loosely-articulated skeleton drama of comic pretentions, entitled "Edgewood Folks." The sole purpose of tho play is to enable Mr. Russell to find rational cause for the frequent and variod introduction of his amusing specialties. There is a mild pretense at something olse in the play, but the protenso seems to fully appreciate its own lack of ponderable cohesion. However Mr. Russell Is a whole circus in himself, and whotlier his specialties fitted into tho story of the drama or not, his every appearance on tho stage was greeted with suppressed or open laughter.

On Wednesday evening we had "Fun on tho Bristol," by a good company, headed by that clever eccentric comedian John F. Sheridan. He is the life of the piece, all he does meeting tho hearty support of audience, save his vulgar overdoing of the seasickness of the widow O'Brien. Tho play is on the picnic or excursion order, and is one of the best of the class to it belongs, spiced with a number of amusing situations, and enlivened by a variety of episodes that afford the audience a great deal of amusement. "Business before pleasure" kept us from hearing the reading of Mrs. A. S. McCall,under the auspices of the Library Association on Thursday evening. We hear hCr spoken of in very flattering terms, as one who. has a bright future before her In her chosen profession. The audience was large In nfunbers and culture, indicating the success ofjthe lecture. The next entertainment of the series will be the lecture of John 3. Gough on the evening of the 25th.

We are to have an attractive series of amusements next week. The plays have been produced here before, but they are all of a class that will stand repetition, On Monday evening Nat, C. Goodwin will cavort as Pigmalion Whiffle*. "Hobbies" la tolerably well known here, and It is unnecessary for us to refer to it as a "musical and hilarious fantasy," or to declare that it ten been "laughed into the utmost popularity." We loarn that from the bills, and the bills for once are correct. The company is very nearly tho same as before. Some of our exchanges say it has teen Unproved. Miss Alice Burvllle now plays the part of Constance Bangs, whUp.to Miss Daisy Ramadan has been given the role of Minnie Clover, Eliza Weatbersby's old character. She Is an -$k.

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English burlesque actress, and has been highly commended in her present part. No one receives a more enthusiastic welcome in this city than Lotta, and that sprightly little lady is sure of a good house on Wednesday evening, when she will appear as "Musette or, Little Bright Eyes," in the drama of that name, wherein^re defined the six degrees of love. Lotta has talent of an exceptional kind, allied to a sunny, heartsome, wholesome nature, that appeals alike to heart and head. As natural as light when the sun shines is a house full of merriment and fun when Lotta is before an audience. She has many imitators but the bright ring in her voice, the light, springy step*, the fun quickening in every pulsation, the halycon light of girlhood that ever surround her, and the graceful abandon are not united in any who have essayed to follow in her footsteps. .if/.,.

What is claimed to be "the strongest dramatic company in America" will play Bartley Campbell's society drama, "The Galley Slave," on Thursday evening. They have been playing all of this week at Chicago. The Detroit Sunday Herald says it is one ef the most striking of modern dramas. The incidents are new and intensely interesting, the language graphic, and there is a blending of pathos, humor and the picturesque that is particularly pleasing. The interest grows from beginning to end, and people'are moved to Intervals of smiles and tears. In fact it is a series of surprises wherein the minds of the auditors are wrought up to that point where we forget that we are gasdng upon a play and not a story of real life.

Frank Mayo closes the week's entertainment on Saturday evening with his new play by Bartley Campbell, entitled: "Van, the Virginian," a companion piece to Davy Crockett, and in which he has a achieved alike success. Negotiations are being made to-day, by telegraph, to have him play "Davy Crockett" on Saturday afternoon.

There should be several rows of elevated seats near the stage and facing the audience, in every theatre, for the accommodation of people who go merely to show themselves ofl^ and who care nothing for the play.

It is said that Jiaverly has 'offered ojrge T^ilson a. bigjbouus to leave B.,

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riew minstrels also, that Wilsoin has accepted the offer. Buffalo Bill played against Bernhardt in Boston, and received the most applause, which satisfies him that he is the best artist.

Sarah Bernhardt begins a three weeks engagements at Chicago next Monday. Quite a number will go up frem this city to see her.

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FOR SUNDAY CONTEMPLATION.

They do not love that do not show thoir love. Tho eyes of other folks are tho eyes that ruin us.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. Whoever learns to stand alone must learn to fall alone.

It is perfectly natural that a man should see his mistake after he has made lt-

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The gnarled and twisted oak has Its opposite in the narrow and stunted mind.

There is aright and a wrong way of rubbing a man's mind as well as a cat's back.

Tho mind has more room in ft than one would imagine, if you wodfd furnish the apartments.

Nature makes us poor when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.

Stories first heard at a mother's knee are never wholly forgotten, a little spring that never quite dries up on your journey through scorching years.

We havo away of comparing ourselves with those who are wo res than we are ourselves, not with those who are better. In this way we learn to think ourselves better than men will average.

People talk a vast deal about genius, but we havo noticed that the greatest geniuses are men who do the hardest work, and so we are Inclined to think that hard work and genius are very much the same thing iu different names.

You cannot expect to get on in life without a few disqtreeable passages at arms. Not every man, and possibly not every woman, lea saint. It is a good rule for husband and wife to take turns in getting cross. When the thing comes upon both at once the house is apt to become not a con*«rvatory, but a hot house. The poet says:

Tt»« klnd«k and happtost pair Will flaioocMkwi to forbear. And something every day tbey liT»

Ttopltyfuad perhaps togtve.

ik $ THSRK is famine, around and the almost

possibility of an oyster breeding grounds in and peake Bay arefroaen over, operations have been ly suspended.

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FEMININE FREAKS.

FOLLIES OF FASHION.

"Clara Belle," the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, went to the opera the other evening, and is moved by what she saw there to protest against decollete dresses In winter. She says: "The temperature out doors was bitterly cold, and snow was failing. A fair proportion of the women came in evening dress, as usual. They were ostensibly wrapped warmly in their carriages on the way, but, in reality, were only in a few instances adequately protected. I saw one girl alight with fur lined mantle flapping back from her shoulders, and exposing her bare neck and bosom to the freezing air. The fair surfaoe turned into goose flesh as the wind and/the flakes of snow fell on it. She shivered, laughed, and covered herself but the momentary exposure was enough to chill her through. During the day, when in the street, she had her chest snugly paoked in woolens and furs, while here at night she was perilously baring her bosom to the wintry storm. Inside, affairs were not much letter. The* house was not properly warmed, and draughts wore numerous. Bare arms and bosoms were plentiful and shivering. Men are stronger than women yet bow many men would endure tho pains which fashion demands of women? Even when clad for the street, a woman tis nowhere near so thickly covered as a man. Her head is usually not protected at all, and in the other direction, her warm clothing stops at the hips, for below that her skirts are only a shield against the wind, without keeping out muoh cold. Below tho knee, in addition to the skirts, the only oovering is a more or less gauzy stocking. So it is that a girl in a sealskin sacque, looking so comfortable, can't stand still for the shivers in her cold legs."

The same writer says: "The present styles of dress are peculiarly trying to women who have developed a fullness below tho waist and this, by the way, is the part most abused by the wearing of corsets. jThe old outcry is against pinchlugth^ waist. The troubleIsiiots so much there as in compressing the abdomen. As soon as a woman begins to gtout she buys longer and longer ietf.'W to those^tfiatu, toe especially consthictedT for pressing back the vitals. She endures constant torture in order to preserve the girlish flatness which in nature she has lost with maturity. This desire of the feminine heart has been' taken advantage of by a speculator, who has brought out a nostrum for reducing the abdominal development. In a circular, which he sends to residences, he soberly asserts that his medicine will not "drive the flesh from those parts of the form where roundness is desirable," but is dead sure to "slowly diminish the fat from the lower front of the body." Mark the cunning of the fellow! He says "slowly," which means that a dozen bottles of his mixture must be swallowed before its worthlessness can be ascertained. But I have no doubt he is doing a heavy business. Of all things abominable to the mind of a woman, she can least bear to grow matronly in form."

Speaking of oorsets, in another letter, she remarks: "The othor day anew corset attracted my attention at the shop of a leading manufacturer. It was like the ordinary article except in one important particular. Tho breast was composed ot a lattice work, this part of the structure covering two apertures in tho otherwise staunch corsot, and forming a loose support for what was to go within. This corset is in female slang called the 'Trembler,' and the name indicates its artful purposes. Worn over a dress waist that does not fit too tightly across the bust, it permits a little unrestraint to the flesh inside, and the effect is understood to be quite enchanting to the male observer. This kind of a corset has to be made carefully to order in order to obtain all its advantages, for it should be exactly adapted to the peculiarities of the wearer."

The new way of wearing the bracelet is to place it outside the sleeve above the elbow, and to draw a flower or two between it and the arm. The fashion is not very pretty, bat how amusing it will be when women begin wearing bracelets outside their street garments They will look even more absurd than they did in those days when they rivaled Zenobia with their gold chains.

The Freqfh style of painting the face is being adopted by fashion to some extent. This consists of reddening the cheeks high up under the eyes, and is always to be seen among the women of French open companies. It gives a peculiarly dissipated look, and is not becoming to many faces.

IT is well for people even in signing the best of documents to know just what they are signing. Several farmers in Wisconsin,who not long ago complied with importunities to sign a temperance pledge, are being astonished by the promissory note* promising to pay cash Instead of to practice total abstinence.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Sojourner Truth, now over a hundred years old, does not want to die until women can vote. She will not have to wait long.

A Providence woman undertook to kill herself economically with the poisous ends of matches, but found that she had to eat thirty-seven before becoming unconscious, and then a doctor easily saved her life.

Says the Brooklyn Eagle, "The impression which a lady produces on the other female members of the congregation when she enters church with the fourth new bonnet in one month, belongs to the category of those things of which the recording angel would prefer to keep no account."

The passing fashion of New York girls Is for children just old enough to walk. Pet dogs are discarded for the time being, and the fashionable belle leads instead a little human toddler by tho hand. The object is to be regarded by strangers as a youthful and interesting mother. "Lend me your baby this afternoon," is the common request made to genuine mothers by maidens. Going a distance of four blocks on Fifth avenue, aNew York correspondent says she met three girls of not more than nineteen, demurely leading tiny children, and counterfeiting a maternal air. Sometimes the attractive offspring of poor parents are borrowed, dressed carefully, and taken out. The freak is new and wonderful.

THE BETTER WORLD.

CHURCHES, PASTOR A&D PEOPLE.

The usual hours of service have been resumed at the Episcopal Church. The Express tells that a well known citizen who has lived here for over twen-ty-five years has never attended divine worship in any of our city churchs.

Rev. George W. Sweeney, the new pastor of the Christian Chapel, began his pulpit work last Sunday, and the people attending church there are delighted with him.

At tho Baptist Church to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock, Mr. Henderson will have for his theme, "The Problem of Poverty in Terre Haute," addressed ^Unkiggjepple. The subject in the evfening, at sevenwllf^e "Mow Glad Tidings."

The latest bit of religious intelligence is found in th« statement that Alabama contains 15,000 families who do not have Bibles. Hadn't we totter recall some of those missionaries sent abroad. Religion ought to begin at home like charity.

Several prominent Chicago clergymen have been interviewed in regard to Sarah Bernhardt. They do not consider it their mission to attack a woman of whom they know nothing save what rumor says, and they have no intention of denouncing her from the pulpit, as their brethren in other cities have done Most of them discountenance the theatre as opposed to morality and religion, and they do so without respect to the performance or the actors.

The world is pretty full of religious vagaries just at the present time. It is the fashion in this sentific age, especially among those who '{only think that they think," to smile with a mild kind of contempt at the religion of our fathers, who were well meaning but very much deluded fossils. One by one the doctrines of the age are disposed of and put on the shelf as ancient superstitions. If people had something better to put in the place of what they destroy we should be a little happier about the wholesale banishment of old ideas, but one man comes and lops off a branch of the theological tree and another man lops off another branch, and so on until not a single branch remains. Then others hack away at the trunk until what little is left of the tree falls to the ground. After that some scientific stump puller is brought into the field and the roots are torn out of the ground. So far as our dim eyes can see there isn't anything left except a big hole. However to have a big hole instead of a lofty tree is what is called progress, and some people like the change.

VntonoA has the champion glutton of the world. His name is Joshua Joynes, and he resides near Onancock, Accomack county. On New Year's day his dinner consisted of fifteen pounds of pork, twelve links of Bologna sausage, one large goose, which the gourmandiser has had up fattening for the past month, one well grown chicken, one peck of sweet potatoes, one dozen large biscuits, one large mince pie, and six cups of strong coffee. Joynes sat down to this report at 1 o'clock, and at 230 he had disposed of every article named, picjced the bones of the fowls, and took a glass of eggnog. He then smoked a pipe, jumped on a horse, and rode five miles through the frosty air. Joynes weighs 2S0 pounds, and is a good humored fellow of 00.

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THINGS TO TAKE.

Take care of your health. Take good care of the children. Take a hint when it is meant for you. Take the best care of borrowed books. Take them back promptly when you read them.

Take things good-naturedly, and you will live many years longer. Take your foot off a man's corn as soon as possible after stepping on it.

Take care of your business and youc business will take care of youTake all the pleasure you can while life lasts—you have no lease of it.

Take notice that the most successful merchants are those who advertise liber^ ally.

Tbfce good, warm meals during the cold season, and *tako a vacation from, hot whiskies.

Tako the baby with yon when you go to lectures, or theatrical performances, and let it help to entertain the audience.

Take the girl of your choice-if she'll have you if she won't, don't take the. next one who comes along, just for spite. 5

Tako care of the woman who says she'

wouldn't marry the best man on earth* or you'll be her better half before you know it.

Take The Saturday Evening Mail.

COL. WHITSBTT, of Madlsou, Ind., says he has made a thorough examination of the peach buds in that section and that while some varieties are partly injured others are not harmed at all. Considering the extreme severity of the woather this is regarded as a remarkable escape, and Is attributed to the dryness of the weather in the fall anil the gradual advancement of the cold.

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Take your time when you go about' anything. Don't get in a worry and, flurry don't mutter and sputter over it as though the world would end beforo night.

MR. JAMES HALFOUD, for some ten ,, years past a prominent journalist of Indianapolis, has resigned his position W as city editor of the News to accept a position as traveling passenger agent on the Indianapolis & St. Louis railroad.,,^^

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many pad most of those choosing it,rfV inst«»d'of burial belong to the noblUty^ jt- 1 the "army and the learned professions, the strongest prejudice against it being^ found among the ignorant.

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So we have our "fifty millions" after? all. Superintendent of tho Census,^. Walker, gives the entire population of' the United States at 50,152,560. These figures may be changed a little by therevi8ed returns, but not materially.

THE annual renting of pews in Mr. Beecher's church last Tuesday produced $29,536 In premiums for pews, an excess of 91,914 over 1880. Every pew was taken. The old man seems to be still popular.

NBVXB was there such a period of railroad building and speculation as there is as present, and in view of this fact it is prophesied that the next panic will be in railroads instead ot real estate.

AT Newark, N. J., Mrs. Meirhoffer and Frank Lammens, her paramour, were hanged, on Thursday, for the murder of the former's husband. Both dlod without making any confession.

THE two States of New York and Pennsylvania together h%ve almost onefifth of the entire population of the country, their aggregate population falling but little short of ten millions.

ONLY five States In the Union have a larger population now than Indiana. These are, in the order of their superiority, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.

THE New York Times says that Miss Fletcher's new book, "The Head of Medusa," shows gratifying progress over the author's efforts, "Kismet" and "Mirage."

OUTSIDE states insist that there is but one man whom the Republicans ef Indiana ought to send to the Senate, and that is Gen. Harrison.

Gov. FOSTER, of Ohio, is to be the new Postmaster General. So say the Ohio newspapers. But sometimes the Ohio newspapers miss it.

TO-DAY is the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. It is not so big a day BS when the good old Jackson Democrats were on top.

THB receipts of Berahardt's performances up to this time are reported to exceed fl80,000. Will sbe "whack" with the preachers?

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ing the past ten years has been 296,221.J^ She has held her place as the sixtjhStat^ since 1860. .^^^4

THB friends of Gen. Grant in Wash- $ ington say he will accept the position of Secretary of State if it to tendered him.

Two firms of London stock brokers -t have applied for one-half of the New '(jig f* jjbffibf'i