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McDuffie Weekly Journal. Subscription, SI.OO i Year. An X opposite your name -hows thn? your aubsc. ipt'.on U about to expire, aud. If uot reuewed, your paper will be ffUron tinned. Mo recat Advortlsemeut will be lu aerted unleaa paid for in advance. The Rditor la not reaponalble lor the atateneuta or opinloua of Cerreepoisd >nta. Miiis i, §§®ra C^-ILT Winter Stock. S'u.losta.ntlsa-l, ZE3C3-n.c3.some, NOWoh exhibition end offered to the trade nt Fair ami Hatiafuotcry I’iicos. In the Selection of this Htook tho markets have leea oarefnlly neardied, aud the most Uao fat and Servioeable gooda, as well ns many attractive Novelties, have been nelected, with a view to meeting and supplying the Wanta aad Fannies of thi.ockion of the country ; all of which, it is confidently believed, will please the tastes of the public, boili in price and quality. SPECIAL attention has been paid to nnr“f.*tOlUS' 'lt E P.l HTJtt E.Y'i , whioh ie filled with New and Handsome ,Aiticlee which .nannot fail to plcasa all. Our Rich aud Elegant Stock of vQ&bbss 6'ooiisv Is full #f Soft snd Beautiful Colors ia All the Fino and FAnliional>l Fabrics worn this seasn. Ws har *n Extensive Assortment of—DRESS TRIMMINGS- in rll of the New Designs, and to wt every piece of Dress Goods. In tact, there is nothing wanting to nieke ibis Department full and complete in every particular. Our DEP A IITM Conteins'hftndftome Black and Colored Silks, Hurnhs, Moires, Groi ,* tho Latest end most Popular StvJp* And in Ver'> r. -*ivo Ms. of CL YES, liinLliEnUiuo iliu HSIEht. Embrace all of the most Desirable and Fashionable articles usually found in that De partment, and also all Ibe Novelties oftiie season. Wa oor .ally invito autocall and examine these Beautiful Goods. WHITE GOODS. Muoh care and attention have bon exercised in filling our White Go >d Dep t meet, end we offer it m the Public with tho confident Asunrance the YWied and Beautiful Goods it contains will meet their Approval in every particular. Lacs Jforsi.Mvss. - Oriental and Egyptian Flounciugs. .Swiss Flouncing., Normandy Val Flonnoinga Allover Hamburg Nat and Skirting, Chantilly Flouueings-all prics. A Larg. aad Beautiful line of laees, embracing Colored mcea for trimmiug Wash Fabric#, etc. LJNKN DEPARTMENT' In Lioena our stock ie very extensive end varied, and embraces many attraction#. Call and lot ua show you these Gooda, whether you wish to purebßse or not. FANS BY THK BCORE in stock. Avery InrgA Maorftraent, full of Novelties, and ■ color * * matoh all of tb new shades la Drew Goods, nnd we offer them from lo up. PARASOLS? PARASOLS!! Onr large AMortment of PArasols will please oar customers end suit every taste. They Are very handsome, and embrace all of the Lates Styles in the most Unique Handles And Beautiful Colors. SHOES, HATS AND ULOTHIN6! Onr Stock of Rhons, Hats and Clothing will be found unusually attractive this season. We have all of the best, most substantial and popular, as well as the most fashionable goods in each of these lines, all at the most reasonable prices. ■ pring Millinery J T*, h r T “ for the present season a varied and extensive stock of beautiful ad stylish new Spring Millinery, and we cordially invite the ladiea to call and inspect. —^——. ■ ■ 17M6CMMF &BPj§BTMBftT / . In this line we have everything needed by tho Farmer, the Planter and the Family. Flour, Bacon, Meal, Salt, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Etc. Plows, Shovels, Hoes, and all Implements used on the farm. WE HAVE The Fourteen-Fingered Wood and Wire Cradles, for Wheat and Oats. nriain t oi!Xk n f“u?ra en = WehaT . < ’ o o n,ymentione,la,ewof tho Prominent lines com gyf.? B .PT d B of . lB a we have everything to meet every demand, and Ril wa ask ia an honest inspection of our goods. you in .v^ “r mine °“ r N “ W Bpring BtOCk ' Ws “re confldont.’tbat we can pleaee THOS. A. SCOTT, -SI)? JT.cpnffie Illcckhj iUnumil. yoL. xy I. THOMSON OA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23. ISBS If YOU TOOT to! BEH APPY CALL O > MILHERI\, RICE& Cos. FOR Bo os, Shoes and Hats. Our stock is immense and of tlm best quality, and prices are at Rock Bottom. MULHERIN, RICE & CO., i>i:t RKOAI) STREET. Sign of the Large Red Boot BRANCH .STOKE, Four Doors above Augusta Hotel. Augusta, - Georgia. Short Crops, Money Scarce Sz> UNTesJ. WILL BULL TIIKIR HTOOK OF GOODS TO BUIT THc SHORT CROPS AUD THE SEIRCITIDF 1.1 OUT More and Better Goods for the Money than Ever Offered Before. Boots, Shoos, Hats and Clothing The Bottom Price Reached at Last! The* Best Shoe, Best Hat, and Best Suit qf Clothes for the money of AN Y HOUSE in town. wiK AND FAMILY G ROCK It I IIS ALWAYS ON HAND and CHEAP! Come to See XTs! THE ADKINS HOUSE. 811 Broad Sfr'wt, - Augusta, Ga, ELECTRIC FIRE ALARM . anjj GUEST CALL BELLIN EVERY ROOM GQWAr&CTIQJf -AND- Free JBus. Hates pee Bay, sl*so. Less than Qae Hay* 50 ets Each foe Bed and Meals. moat Com fortable Rooms nnd the Best p'ure *• be had in the it,'"))’ QirfYTLL OPENED the Thomson High School, AT PIERCE INSTITUTE Thomson, Greox*£ria On Monday, 24th, 1888, T HE School Year is divided into Three Terms—the Ist, 2d and 3d. Firat Terra continuing through 1 %£ weeks, Second “ “ “ I f S “ Third “ “ “ IVJ “ No Pupil will be admitted for a shorter time than One Term. rpOITION will range from SI.OO pet month to $4.00 per mouth, according to the ad t vancement of the pupil. Pupils will be prepared for any class iu College. 11l addition to the Literary Department, we propose to give Young Gentlemen and Young Ladles dssirmg, the opportunity o' preparing themselves for business life. KXCELLENT advantages are offered Youug Ladies for pursuing the study of Music. YOUNG MEN contemplating the study of Medicine will I* thoroughly prepared admission to any Medical Collego. KVFItY effort will he made to Advance pupils, and at the aame time to make them horongb in thefr Studies. I’AItENTS are urged to enter their children promptly at tlie beginning of term. FULL benefit of public fund allowed parents. INCIDENTAL FEES—Firat term, 50c.; Second terra, 50c.; payable at first of term DlSClPLlNE—Reasonable regulations strictly onforced LSAAC A. GIBSON, A. M., M. V., Peincipal. MISS LUNA JOHNSTON, AssoriaTi? PamcrPAT,. PECULIARITIES OP MEMOR*. Not One Only but Momartaa tnflfoyfo. It la manifest that them ts net 000 memory only, but many roemoriea, In each mind, and that one kind of memory is pre-eminently developed in one person, and another m another. “Memory, ° says Uibot, "may bo resolved Into mem ories, Jut ns tins life of an organism may lie resolved into tlie lives of the organs, tho tissues, the anatomical elements which compose It." Referring exclu sively to tho poroeptlvo faculties, wo need only mention a few thoroughly rocogniztxl foots in proof of this statement. Persons having a strongly developed organ of what the phrenologists call “Individu ality’’ receive peculiarly dlstlnot impres sions of external objeota, and, therefore, of persons; hence they Immediately re cognise thorn on seeing them again, and easily picture them to themselves from memory. Persons abundantly endowed with the organ of "locality” exhibit an astonish ing power of finding their way in regions previously unknown io them, and of ro memtiering the character or thoso they have visited. Persons thus endowed,'when strongly impressed by tho contents of a passage In a book they have read, re member exactly tho part of the pago In which the passage occurs-aud wbeuier the pago itself be a left hand or a right hand page. Tho number of degrees of capa city of perception and recollection of col ors Is scarcely less remarkable—the power of recolleotlon of then) being always proportionate to the power <3 perceiving thorn and siguullfcing their differences. Similarly, he who possesses tho musical faculty in an eminent degree possesses in a liko degree the power of learning and remembering tho pieces of music to which his attention is directed. A striking proof of the distinctively individualized character of our various faculties and memories ts presented tu tho otten observed fact that the percep tion of musical sounds and the per ception of time, though both olikp essen tial in tho mental constitution of a good musician, differ greatly In their relative strength In different Individuals—eo that while one may be a skillful musician ho may ho an Indifferent tlmlst, and vlgo versa. In tlie former caso tho orderly succession of notes of a musical paestun Is easily remembered, but tho tmio in tervale, which are a distinctive feature of it, oro remembered less easily; whereas In tho latter cuao the memory of time is stronger than is that of tune. Equally notable is the fact that persons who are especially able os calculators luoolloot numbers with peculiar facility. Moreover, iiersona especially gifted with the fuouiiy of language lave a propor tionate facility of recalling words, and of quoting from memory lung passages which they have previously heard or road: "Carding! Mozzofunti, who Is said to liavo known morn than 100 different languages, used to declare that ho never forgot a word that he had ostt}g learut,"—>Vctmtnßtor figyitfitj Hagglng nt the Knees. Tlio subject of trousers bugging atfhry knees is ono of general and widespread interest. More widespread ttod general than in commonly supposed, for the rea son that a great many who have gtveff time and thought to tho consideration of it will not frankly acknowledge tliatthoy have done so. But, all the same, there are rich hankers, merchants, poets and statesmen, who wilt to-night, before they retire, carefully fold up their trousprs, lay them ou a chair und nlaco a heavy Bildo or a file of patent office reports on them, so tiiut in tlio morning they will not be compelled to walk abroad with two bay windows located prominently (It their knees. There are politicians wlio stop tliinking of the tarilf several times a week to give a tittle thought to this detaij of dress, and attempt for the hun dredth time to solve tlie harassing prob lem involved. Thoro ore poets who will pause in the midst of making rhymes to take this absorbing theme into considera tion. The same thing iatruo through ail tho ranks and professlonsof life—Boctou Herald. Value of Industrial Drawing. Interest tu the manufactured products of manual training schools and the hid dental courses of Instruction In tho use of tools seems to have taken attention away from industrial drawing as an indispensable factor to their sucaas; but Its great importance in de veloping tho skill of the band and tlio eye in obtainiiig and express ing knowledge should riot bo lost sight of. In every manual school tho thoughts to 1)0 expressed In wood, mctaL etc., are first expressed by If, there fore, manual exorcises are to be intro duced Into fiphoola, tiro first thing ha a preparation for thein is to Introduce in dustrial drawing. This should bo so taught that pupils may be led to express their thought not only by drawing but by making it—that is, by constructing tlio object of the-thought. The extent to which this method may bo carried can not be determined at this thna, when our experience with |t is still in tho first stages. That it b poesffde to do some thing, however, has already boon fully demonstrated by the excellent results ob tained by tho pioneers in this movement in such cities as Bt. Louis, Chicago, 0L Paul, Colun)bns, Worcester aud Quincy. —Charles M. Carter In The Century. Kew material for Paper Pulp. The discovery of a now use of tho cot ton stalk, for paper pulp, is followed by tho discovery of a method of utilizing tho tops of pine and spruce trees for tlio sumo purpose. This at onco makes mar ketable a vast mass of hitherto wasto material. It ia a sort of wasto that has led to untold mischief in lumtiering regions, because, having beoomo dry, it has been tho originating plnco of nearly oil forcßt fires in lum tier districts. Here after tho tops and branches of all over greens will bo gathered, and being steamed to extract the resinous matter, will be ground into dry pulp. This ia portable to any distance, when it can bo used in paper manufacture. The effect of the two discoveries on paper produc tion will be enormous, and for tho ad vantage of tlie press und people. It Is impossible to avoid the conviction that In due time we shall discover that noth ing need be wasted, but that all things are -.•-fill when properly understood.- Globe-Democrat. _ Indian Nations In America, There are today In the United States less than 800,000 Indians, including all tho partially civilised and tho wild tribes. In Central America and Mexico thoro are about 5,000,000. In South America they are estimated at 7,000,000. The philolo gists, whose works in studying and clas sifying native languages of tho New World are of great value, have recog nized about 700 separate and distinct tongues, of which 480 belong to North America and 380 to South America. The languages represent as many separate nations or tribes which onco existed here. Miuiy of tlie nations oro extinct, par ticularly thoso which Inhabited tho At lantic states of tho Union, but fragments at least of their Bpoeok have been pre served by writers who worooontemporury with them. These languages were not mere dialects of tho same tongue, but are complete each in itself and distinct tlie one from tlie other, all conforming to de mands that enable tho philologists to clas sify them in their ethnological os well as linguistic relations. Tho testimony of these languages seems to doclaro that tho temperate regions of North America were Urn corresponding regions of the southern ooutinont, which onco supported a dense population imd still maintains many mill ions of tho aboriginal races. Tho Spanish conquerors had always two great objects In view. One was to bocui-d gold, tho other to propagate their religion. They had up desire to destroy tho natives. They killed when It ap peared necessary In order to carry out their objects, but otherwise their policy was to interfere as little as possiblo with with then), und having conquered, to f>rotoct and preservo tl)0 original inhab tants. Civilization penetrated those countries by slow degrees and tho simple Indians were not much exposed to its withering touch. As u consequence there are in South and Central America and Mexico today more than 12,008,000 of 1 tho aboriginal races. In the vast region of tho United Slides where there were peoplo who constituted tribes or nations enough to represent several hundred lan guages thoro are today about 250,000 only of tho people who represent tho an cient inhabitants.—Now Orleans Pica yune. Rind of Fruit Indigestible* That tho rind or skin of all fruit Is more or less indigestible, is a fact that should not bo forgotten. Wo say all fruit, and the statement must he under stood to include tho pellicle of kernels und nuts of oil kinds. Tho ediblo part of fruit is peculiarly delicate, and liablo to rapid deoomixKstiou if exposed to tho atmosphere; It is, therefore, a wise pro vision of nature to place a 6trong and Im pervious coaling over It, us a protection against, accident, and to prevent insect ouuuiies from the seed within. Tl.o skin of plums is wonderfully strong compared with Its thickness, and resists tho uction of wafer and mriiTy solvents m a remark ub!o matmor. If got thoroughly masti cated. before taken into tho stomach tho skin is rarely, if ever, dissolved by tlie gastric juice. In some caees pieces of it adhere to tho coats of thestomac’ a wet paper clings to bodies, causing or less disturbance or inconvenience). Raisins mid dried currant.) civ pni'Ll< . larly troublesome in this way, and, if i t chopped up Ix-fore cooki tg, shou thoroughly chev.-ed I ; . aw'allowing. If a dried currant pi ■ ■■ 1 . tin stom | ach whole i neve, t i 1. -c.- -at all. In ; tho feeding oi domestic animals this fact should l>c kept in mind. If grain and leguminous seeds are not crushed or ground, much of tho food Is often swal lowed wliolo and tho husk or pellicle resists tho solvents of the stomach, caus ing a considerable loss of nutriment. Birds, being destitute of teoth, are pro vided with a special apparatus for grind ing their toed, namely, Uio gizzard. Tho iudlgestil illity of certain nuts is purfialiy duo to the brown skins. Blanched al monds, on this account, are more digest iblo than thoso wide!) have not been so treated.—Popular Bcienco Nows. Invention at tho Fun. Apropos of the season is the pretty lege ml which tells of the Invention of tho fan. “llio Chinese annalists relato that long, long and long ago, when tho Em peror lloang-Ti reigned, his empress, tho beautiful Su-ling-ehi, held a grand court festival one eultry summer day. The sun just blazed down from an unclouded sky; tho air was so still that even when the empress and her ladies wandered into tlio gardens, not a zephyr moved to re fresh them by a cooling breeze. 'lf I could only make the air move!’ sighed the despairing princess, and she dis missed her attendants and took a bath in a secluded fountain. As she lay re clining in indolent languor beneath the shade, a queer Uttlo old woman ap- I preached her, and bowing to tho ground placed in her hands tho prettiest, tiniest i littlo fan, oil ivory und silk and gold und I lacquer- work, and said: ‘O gracious queen 1 oonsort of tho Bon of Heaven, bo i hold what will muko the air cool w1)od j the sun bums tho earth 1’ She then re | tired os mysteriously as sho eamo. The he-art of Su-ling-shl was filled with de light, and tho next (lay sire showed tho miniature fan to a cunning artisan and baelo him make her a dozen such toys of largo size, which he accordingly did. So tho Empress Su-ling-shi suffered no more from tho heat when tho west winds were still, and ever slnco fans havo been prized objects of comfort and elegance." —Kansas City Journal. Beals for tho Musmima, CapL Tborold, of San Erancteco, shipped eleven seals captured at tho I’ar aliones to various museums east. They will make tho trip In tanks of Bea water. Fourteen sea Hons in all were captured’ by tho sailors under tho captain, but two escaped at tho wharf by diving off tho sclrooner when released, and another was killed in a fight with a fellow seal In tiro hold. The animals wero captured by sailors, who creep up on them when j asleep, throw a sack ovor their head and tie their flippers. Karl Ilansen, ono of the nmn, attempted to capture un aged, gray bearded brute, and failed to get tho sack securely over his head. Tho ani mals shook him off, attacked him and bit lralf of one of his hands off before another sailor could come to tho rescuo. The lion win shot in the neck, but man aged to escape into tlto water.- -Chicago | llcrald. M<*D : 4 *?e Weekly Journal, Ra/tesTo# Advertising : ■ l '■ i ■ :■.* . tlen $l oo -cquent insertion n . ivli, ono month '*6o One inch, thr< ~; >utliß 500 One men, sis lie 7 00 One inch, tu . uionth3 10 00 One quarter cu;..uin one month 6 00 One quarter column twelve months 85 00 One lml f col nmn one month u> ,0 One half column twelve months 06 0 Ono column one mouth 15 60 One col nmn twelve months too 00 2* r * Local notices 2Cc. per line eah inseriiou NO. 46 j OUR VITAL FORCES. Drained tty tho Demand, at Ultra Fush tollable Society —ftivt Results. We live in a busy age and business rnen havo littlo timo for homilies. But there are 6omo warnings to which they must listen. If they do not heed them, tho saute fate lies in store for all. Nature cannot bo thwarted. If there is a run on a bank and the deposits are drawn out too rapidly the bank must suspend. It Is tho same way with our vital forces. If wo drain them more rapidly than nature can supply tho loss the body must succumb and tlto mind loses its equilib rium. What shall it profit a man if lie gain tho whole world only to Income a physical wreck? What happiness does nis wealth confer on him then? What pleasure can his family derive from that wealth when tho thought comes that tho father and husliand secured it only at the expense of his body and mind? The fault is not so much with tho men as it is witli society. There are few men wlto do not like to take life easily. They recognize that a certain amount of effort sltull bo expended in order to accomplish certain results. With sente tho friction Is less titan with others. These are the men to be envied. But society stops in and asserts its meretricious standards. It declares in a dictatorial way that if a man destres the entree Into tlte-fashion able circlo lioinust have money ajtd ntako an attractive external show. If ho has a wife, sho must load herself with money equivalents, and must not walk any more than site rides. Bear in miml that only tho ultra fashionable society is referred to. If ho has some daughters, they must keep up tlto standard of tho model set by paterfamilias and materfamilias. This demands a large income. A showy es tablishment is. not maintained at a rea sonable cost. Tlto next question is, how is the man to gain all this? To most men and most women social distinction is a prize to bo secured, no matter what the cost. Albeit Jike the Dead sea fruit, it is empty and its rewards are deceplive, the prizes must be gained. If the man is a business mail In tho old fashioned way, unless 110 has a lnaumtoth establishment ho cannot maintain this expensive lux ury. To get tttoro money without drain ing his business, he speculates in stocks or in grain. Ho may bo successful and liavo all the money lie desires. He may bo unsuccessful' and lose all. Willi tlto latter tills Is the end. Wo can drop him Into tho pit of social oblivion. Tho lucky speculator onco in tho whirl pool of speculation is liko tho unlucky •hip in tho Norway maelstrom. lie can not get out. He becomes more and in. >ra fixed in speculative habits. He may never be unlucky, Ho may accumulate ais millions. Ills wife and daughters may wear tlto most expensive diamonds, fhoy may cover litem selves with tho most gorgeous apparel. But the end is sear—overwork, nervous exhaustion, physical banltrupty. But society is ndt altogether to blamo. If a man does not want to enter the up jier teuJom society does not compel him 10 00 me in. The man’s ambition impels aim within tho so called charmed circle, which has not always so many clianns as it lias annoyances. Society, of the ultra . is unshaken in asserting that fool i.-,li standard that fiuo feathers make lino oinks. Old .-Esop's fable about tho jack- Iw with tho peacock's feather stuck >;•' -is tail is as true in its moral today it was when zEjop wrote it. If fash ionable society wero less punctilious in its deinatx Cor outward excellencies and more punctilious In its demands for cul ture, for refinement, for honor nnd purity, the linos would bo drawn with some sense, and there would ho less moral, as well as mental and physical wrecks, IJfo is worthless without health. Health Is at all times in tho physical ca reer of a mail more valuable than money. Age will overtako us all. If wo wish a decrepit and puinful old ago, to be a bur den to otirselves and to every ono about ns, let U3 keep on this rapid wasting of tlie vital energies. If we wish to bo hearty in tho twilight of life and happy we must not in tho lieyday of life draw too heavily upon naturo’s resourcre. Never forget this: 'That thoso who sow the wind shall reap tho whirlwind.”—Do troit Free Press. Squoamlshncss About Fain. The modern civilized man is squeam ish about pain to a degroo which would havo seorood effeminate or woi-bo to his greatgrandfather, or to tlie contempo rary liarbnrian. llis squeamishness is not egotistic; ho does not seem to bo any more afraid of being hurt than his great grandfather was if he can see nny good reason for it. The Germau soldier, wliilo tho iiiitrailleusowas still a weapon of un known and frightful possibilities, cursed tho Frenchman und charged up tho hill face to face with tho “hell machines" as undauntedly os over his forefathers faced simple bullet or bow and arrows. Tho nameless railway engineers, who stand to their posts Into tho heart of a peat accident rather than desert a train load of passengers, face and defy possi bilities of pain such as the great Julius or Ney never dreamed of. Is there a finer thing in Plutarch tlian was seen when the English battalion, presenting arms to the helpless beings in the depart ing boats, went down in perfect parade order on tho dock of tho foundering troop ship? Modem life is rich in a su premacy over personal suffering which takes a higher diameter only as the finer organization of tho human being conies to know more exactly hi advance tho nature of the pain wliidi it is to face.— Tlie Century. Desertions nnd Ilnd Coolting. It has long been tho general h-ling among army officers that a large per centage of desertions are caused by tad cooking. Commissary Gen. MacEoeley has shared this opinion, and in his annual reports for somo years ho had recom mended an appropriation for the employ ment of a skilled corps of cooks. He litis always asserted that tho complaints of tho men were not due to the bad quality of tho food, kit to the manner in wind it was prepared and served. It has bee custouiury to select an enlisted nmn . serve a3 company cook, and he In.) usually never worked in a kitchen before His fellow soldiers are the sufferers froi liis ignorance.—Oixkl Housekeeping Most of the flowers of Montana ha no fragrance. 1