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HEW TRAINS ON THE ATLAN TIC COAST LINE. Through Service TIS Sumter to Augusta and Atlanta. Florence, Oct. 2D.-Beginning on gator day, Oct. 21,. the Atlantic Coast Line will begin operating their new short line between Florence and Angosta,'via Sumter, Den* mark, Robbins and over tbe Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad eater the city of 3 Auguste by their own ron te. The-comple tkra of tbe connecting link between Denmark and Bobbina, by Barnwell Coart House this ~ week, completes tbe new route. The Atlantic Coast Line bas been operating the new line for several weeks^as far as> Barn well Cbort House, by running a local freight train from Florence to Barnwell daily. Be ginning os Saturday, however, the local fre&nt will rna through to Robbins daily. The train will be hereafter known aa the "Atlantic Coast Line's Southwestern Spe cial," and will be a through time freight and will be ron daily, except Sunday. . The passenger service will not be estab lished until November 1, at which time a lllpougb train from Florence to Atlanta via .tbe Georgia Railroad will be pot on. tl^Rtas1 anil be a daily train and will be a "hammer." This train has already been fitted oct in the Coaat Line's shops at Wilmington and is now ready for service ae soon tts tbs ached ole is established, lt is said to be one of tba handsomest trains that ? .will iran tn the Sos th. Oo January 1 a double daily service co meet iug at Fl oreo ce . - with Coast Line trains to and from the : North wilt be added. Y. M. C. A. News. > An important meeting of the Young Hen's Christian AJsoc atioe was held last Thursday - gbtx and action was taken that will result either in tbe establishment of the Association on a better and firmer foundation or in its disbandment. It waa decided to wake the effort to reis sufficient, funda- and secure pledges of regular subscriptions to warrant tte Association in making certain needed im* ^>rovement8 and in employing a secretary to ike charge of the association work. The sneabera present plegei subseriptior,9 aggre gating $12 month, and a committee coo* outing of R. I. Manning, Forman Knight and B. Walsh was appointed to solicit addi : tiona! subacripoons. Series of Meetings in tbe Methodist Church. v . t _ Rev\ J. A. Clifton, D. D., pastor of the Methodist Church is conducting a series of revival meetings in that church this week. . Tte hours of service are : 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. The public are cordially invited to attend these meetings. MAYOR'S COURT. The Mayor's Conrt was in session but a few min tes Tuesday morning, bot twp cases were disposed of and the treasury enriched to the extent of $7. G. M. Si bert contributed $2 for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk within the forbidden I limits. Martha Sumter was np for disorderly con duct and using obscene language on the streets. She protested her innocence tearful ly but the evidence was dead against ber and the fine was 555. WHO CAN 8HS BE ? \ Harry Leo ' Will Wed a Sumter Girl. - Harry Leo, the young bicyclist, who is ridiog his way over the country on a 20,000 mile trip to win a wager and to win a maid, has ridden his way into the heart of a young maiden io Charleston, a od they will ride through life together on a "bicycle built for two." Mr. Leo arrived iu^ Charleston the cher day, having left bis starting point, Washington, on September. 13. and here be met bis fate, and has arranged to fill one danae of bis contract, which was that before completing bis tremendous ride be should be married. Mr. Leo, this morning, would not divulge tue sane of ins romantically acquired fiancee, but be said that he did cot mind telling that she was a girl from Sumter, S. C., and that ne met ber in this city. The knitting of the nuptial bon as between the two cyclists will not take place here, bnt in Savauoab, where Mr. Leo is to meet his beturotbed, and from there they will take the* road together with the expectation of covering the rest of the trip by the end of next year. December 12, 1906, is the the time that is set for M r. Leo and bis wife to wheel into their final destina tion, wbicb is Washington. Mr. Leo is a-strongly bnilt, athletic young fellow from South Dakota, and bis obj .ct in making the ride is to make tbe world's offi cial record, which is below 20,000 miles. The course which he ie to cover is a tour of the entire United States, though he will not have to go te the extreme southern point of Florida. One condition of the ride is that be bas to earn $500 dollars by the time he reaches Washington The ride of a tandem around the continent, especially with a mao and a woman on it, has never before been accomplished and is something ooique in the way of record rides. Mr. Leo bas already completed 1,000 miles of bis trip, and bis ardor to complete it is by so means abated. It he succeeds io making the ride io time be will receive $3,000 - Charleston Post, October 19. ?-i ? - . A Commission Issued. The secretary of state yesterday issued a counissioa to Ebbt M. Wallace, Charles T. Masan and R O. Purdy, as corporators of the Sumter Electric Light and Ice company of Sumter. The purpose of the concern is indicited in the title Tbs capital stock is to be $25,000, divided into shares at $100 each -State Oct. 24. Glorious News. ?Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Wash ta, I. T. He writes. ''Four bottles of Electric Bit ters bas cured Mrs. Brewer, of scrofula, which had c sated her great suffering for years. Ter rible seres wonld break out on ber head and face, and the best doctors could gire no help ; bat her cure is complete and her health is ex cellent," This shows what thousands have proved-that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It is tbe supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, sals rheum, ulcers, boils and running sorss. It stimulates liver, kidneys ?end bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold hj J. F. W. DeLorzne, Druggist. Guaranteed* 4 Native Red RaaU'roof Oats for sale by W. M.Graham. Sept 27 Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Harness at Graham's. Sept 27 IN HIS STEPS. Early in tile winter of ,1896 97 Charles M. Sheldon, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, at Topeka, Kansas, said to his con gregation, "in place of delivering a sermon an Sunday evenings during the winter I in tend toread a story." Mr. Sheldon wrote the book, a chapter each1 week and read it tbe ensuing Sunday. ? It* was published io 1897 as a serial and appeared in boos form the following autumn. In one year it was selling at the rate of eleven hundred copies a ! day, and as it was not copyrighted in Eng land more than twenty differeot publishers [ put it\>n that market. Three Ja lltoo copies j of this story are said to have been sold in I four months-a success unparalleled ic the i history of literature. The aQtbor is forty ! two years old, a native of Wellsville, N.T.,, and is the son-of a minister, the Reverend Stuart Sheldon, who now acts as bis secre tary. Its tone is strongly religious yet it is ! read eagerly by all classes. Ur. Sheldon bas proven conclusively that a religious novel ! may be made of strong interest. The book bas been warmly recommended by clergymen and macy copies have been circulated by them in their congregations. No book in years bas been more discussed and debated. It bas toppplied conversation' in all walks of life and is therefore a book that it becomes a duty to read. We have secured from tbe American Press Association the exclusive rigbt in this conoty, of their peates of this story, and its publica tion io serial form is began to-day ic this paper. Do not fail to keep np with it es published. President Sing, Farmer's Bank, Brooklyn, Mich., bas aaed Da Witt's Little Early Risers ia hts family for years. Says they are the beat. These famous little Dills core consti pation, bilhooenes8 aod ail liver and bowe! troubles -Bugbson-Ligon Co. There is some talk of bending tbe city to raise safJBcieot money to complete macadam izing Main Street from the corner of Warren Street to tbe Atlaotic Coast Lioe depot and to macadamize Liberty Street from Earvin Street to Sumter Street. Tbe proposition will meet with considerable favor in some quarters, while from others there will be de cided opooeition. Many taxyayers favor a system of gradual and progressive improve ment of the 8 tree ts, the expense to be paid oat of the ordinary revenue of tbe city or by a special levy annually for tbe specific par p se of street improvement. BISHOP VILLE ITEMS. From the Recorder, Oct. 19. The cotton crop in this section has aboot been gathered aod sold Tbe lock boxes for tbe sew postofSce have arrived and work has been res o med on the .pcjiofSce bu ilding. Monday night a few min tes after six O'clock fire broke ont io J. B . Kelly's store, and bot for the prompt actioo of citizens, several stores would bave been in ashes to day. Mr. Muldrow Green io lighting a lamp io tbe office accidentally set fire to a lot of cotton samples, aod io a second the flames bad spread over tbe entire office. A number of citizens rushed ioto the store and extin guished tbe flames before mocb damage was done. Mr. S. Pritchard Jenkins, of Somter Coun ty, and Miss Loo Botler were ooited io tbe holy bonds of wedlock at the home of tbe bride's sister, Mrs. T. S. Stuckey, of Alcot, io Darlington County,' on last Thursday eight at 7.30 o'clock, the Rev. Et P. Taylor, of Blehopville, performing the 'Ceremooy. An elegant supper was given the bridal party by Mr. Stuckey, only the near relatives and few friends of tbe contracting parties aeing press t. Tbe nappy couple left Saturday afternoon for their future borne near Sumter, carrying with them tbe best wishes of a host of friends for a long and happy married life. MAGNOLIA ITEMS. Magnolia, Oct. 23.-About two weeks ago some person broke into Mr. E. B Durant's stable, stole his horse and after riding it about twenty miles, sometimes at nearly full speed, gave it its freedom. Late on the day following tbe borse returned to its borne, bearing unmistakable marks of cruel treat ment Suspicion, with almost point-blank proof, rests on Ben ry Baker, a lad of 18 or 19 years of age living on Mr. J E. Wilson' land. Mr. DuRaot, for some reason, (prob ably bis age) bas failed, so far, to prosecute bim. Baker, subsequently, was charged with breaking into bis brother-in-law's Douse and stealing wearing apparel therefrom. Oo last Friday Baker went with Dave Cougar, a rather notorious character, to Sumter, and on their return home while between Mayee vil e and Biack River, Henry Baker told Dare that be bad dropped bis pocket book and asked bim get out of the buggy and get it (the book or purse only a few steps from tbe bugey). Dave qaickly alighted and as be stooped to pick it up, Baker drove off and never beld up until he reached Dave's house, about two miles from this place. Be to'd Dave's wife that ber husband was io trouble in Sumter, and bad sent bim for bis gun and money. On obtaining the gun and what little change was on hand, Baker drove off, and bas not yet ^eeo apprehended, although efforts are bet og made to captare bim. Tbe borse and buggy have been found and turned over to tbe owner. Baker still bas tbe gun. lie is a son of old Mr. Harrison Baker, who is regarded as an inoffensive man. Dave Coo sar is a negro and bas been a cripple for years. Miss Bessie Pennington is improving. Mrs. Walker Friereon who bad been dan gerously ill for several weeks, is reported better, bat not out of danger. Mr. Beary V. Anderson's little boy, on whom Dr. Darby performed an operation a we<-k ago, is at school again. Tbe protracted meeting at Lynchburg M. E Church closed last night. Mr. M. C. McDonald, after several days lameness, is walking erectly agaio. Yesterday the writer waa tbe recipient of a nice strip of veoison stake, from Col. J. A Rbame who bas jost returned from a deer bunt near Georgetown. Mrs. Phil Miller ie visiting abroad, and Phil is "one of the boys" agaio. Tbe free school at this place will open to morrow morning wiih Mrs E. F. Darby, as principal. May success attend ber efforts Rev. O A. Darby preached at Packsville on yesterday, and returned home this after noon. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will ser?e oysters at Mr. Mortoo Moore's, of this place, next Thursday night, for toe benefit o the church. Bny Writing T<iblete,SPencils and Paper at Osteeo's Book Store. THE BRAIN IN SLEEP. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CAUSES THAT PRODUCE DREAMS. TTie Influence on the Nerves by the \ Stomnrk nd the Food That It Con tains-Events That Occur In a Frac tion of a Second. Dreams are generally a repetition of thoughts unguided by reason. Those caused by internal action or brought about by action within the body are due entirely to the action and state of the stomach, which in turn is affected by the quantity and quality cf food consumed. The first ends or feelers of the nerves are located in the walls of the stom ach, and as the food is digested they draw up the nourishment and distrib ute it throughout the nervous system to *eplace the waste that has taken place during the day. If the stomach be surcharged with an abundance of heating food, too much nourishment is forced upon the brain, causing an ab normal filling of the channels, thereby expanding* them, bringing them in touch with others and causing the mat ter from one to overflow into or to mix with the fluid of neighboring channels. Whenever the fluid traverses a chan nel more or less forcibly the thought which originated that passage is re produced more or less vividly; hence insures tue general mixing up of thoughts which originally had no con nection with each other. An overloaded stomach also causes a flow of >lood to the brain, sent there by nature to assist in assimilating the extra nourishment, and the overcharg ed blood vessels, pressing upon the herve channels near the brain, caus even more turbulent disturbances. This accounts for the advice of so many medical men that no considerable quantity, especially of animal food, should be. taken immediately before bedtime. The crossing, recrossing and touching of these thought channels brought about in this way produce the absurd mixtures of fancies that often, come to us when we sleep. The stomach, too, is a mill which keeps on forever grinding, the walls aeting as the grindstones. When, therefore, there is nothing between them, or, in other words, when the stomach is empty, one wall grinds up on the other, causing an irritation of the nerves whichTproduces that pecul iar sensation- of falling from some great height. To understand how external action will affect the dream of a sleeper it must be borne in mind that those dreams which seem to take hours, and even days, in passing really occupy but a minute fraction of a second. If, therefore, we are awakened by some loud, strident noise, say by the crack ing of a whip, then between the time that the sound strikes the ear while we are yet asleep and the time that we are fully awake to realize what has caused the sound a few moments only have elapsed, but those few moments were sufficient to allow of a dream o apparently several hours' duration. As an example: A milkman, driving up beneath an open bedroom window, cracks his whip smartly. Immediate ly the thought produced by the sound causes a dream. The sleeper imagines himself a.soldier who has fallen into the hands of the enemy. He is led out to be shot He stands blindfolded, with hands tied, before the platoon of sol diers. He hears the click, click, click as the rifles are cocked. Ile hears the word given, and the noise of the volley rings out on his ears. TK<m he awakes with a start, to hear the rumble of the milkman's wagon as he cracked his whip and drove off over some rough cobblestones. A blow, a cut cr a sensatiou of pain will operate in the same way and Etvaken certain channels of thought connected with pain just as the noise awoke those connected with sound. For instance, a sleeper dreams that he is closed up in some close traveling carriage and is being driven rapidly off in an unknown direction by a man who has designs upon his purse and life. He tries to shout, in vain he struggles to get free and in the tussle drives an arm through the glass window of the carriage. The hand is cut and bleed ing. It smarts fearfully, and he awakes to find that in his sleep he had carelessly thrown out an arm, and his hand has smashed some fine medicine glass on a stand by the bedside. The whole dream passed between the time that the hand first struck the glass, creating the sensation of pain, and the moment that the sleeper awoke to real ize the fact.-Chicago Record. A Woman' Compliment. "After you had been at my house the other day," said one woman to another, "my little maid said she thought you were such a pretty woman. I don't like to correct her too often for taking such an interest as she does in every one who calls to see me. The first time Miss Blank called she thought she ought to say something, LO she said: 'Isn't Miss Blank a nice lady; she's so quiet.' And you know she isn't that either!" And silence reigned while the other woman digested it.-New York Sun. Shrewd Advice. The virtues of a keen business man are often negative rather than posi tive. It is said that a great broker once told his son that only two things were necessary to make a great finan cier. "And what are those, papa?" the son asked. "Honesty and sagacity/' "But what do you consider the mark of honesty to be?" "Always to keep your word." "And the mark of sagacity?*' "Xever to give your word." In battle red uniforms attract the eye must readily, and ll! men wearing that color are killed to 7 in rille green, or G in blue or ~> in cither brown, blue gray or gray. \ j-: - ! THE WINDOW IN THE TENT. An Old Soldier's Way of Securing: Ventilation When In the Field. "I never pull down thc window at the top to let in a little fresh air when I go to bed," said the old soldier, "with out thinking of how we used to open the window in the tents in the army in wartimes. An A tent, seven feet square at the base and running up, wedge shaped, to a ridgepole seven feet above the ground, made comforta ble enough quarters for four men if you could leave the tent open, which was equivalent to leaving off the front of the house, but if it were cold or rainy and the wind blew on the front of the tent so that you had to close it, why then you wanted ventilation some where, and you got it by making an opening in the back of the tent. "There was a seam, overlapped, run ning down the middle of the back of the tent from the ridge pole to the ground, and we used to cut the stitches along that seam, up near the top of the tent, and spread the sides apart by putting in a stick six or eight inches j long across the middle, making there ! a diamond shaped opening about a foot long, which served the purpose ad mirably. "The men's guns stood at that end of the tent, butts resting on a piece of [ cracker box, the barrels held in some i sort of a holder secured to the tent pole. If the wind changed on some rainy night and came around to blow against the back of the tent, the rain would come in on the guns and on us, and then somebody would get up and shut the window-that is, take the stick out and let the canvas come to gether again there and then open the tent a little at the other end, at the front. / "This all used to seem kind o' strange, then somehow, though prac tically it was just what I would have done in the old house at home and just what I'd do here now."-Chicago Inter Ocean. CECIL RHODES' IDEA. Hi Reason For Declining; a Drink In the Early Days at Kimberley. fIn connection with the foundation of Cecil Rhodes' colossal wealth, there is a story told by an old fellow miner, himself lately ,n colonial minister of finance, which illustrates at least one trait in the character of the great South African financier and politician. During the early days of ,the Kim berley diggings it was the custom when a miner found a particularly line gem to invite those about him to the ceremony of "wetting the stone"-i. e., drinking champagne at the finder's expense, with the idea that it would bring good luck in the discovery of another treasure. In the adjoining claim to that first taken up by Mr. Rhodes, in the very center of the crater holding the precious blue dirt, this in vitation had upon a certain occasion gone forth, and the men were going their way up to the hotel when it was noticed that Rhodes stood aloof. "HelloI Come on Rhodes!" shouted the lucky finder of the gem. "Aren't you coming up to 'wet the stone' for good luck?" To which, ho rever, Cecil Rhodes only shook his head. "I say, come on, there's a good fel low," persisted his neighbor. "What are you going to do?" asked Rhodes, looking up. "Wet the stone with champagne, of course." "Well." replied the future magnate, decisively, "I did not come out here to drink champagne, but to make money," and then went on with his work. That Mr. Rhodes has succeeded in that purpose, probably beyond all flights of his imagination, is now a matter of history-New York Sun. Both Afflicted. There came to a young doctor an un commonly unclean infant, borne in the arms of a mother whose face showed the same abhorrence of soap. Looking down upon the child for a moment, the doctor solemnly said: "It seems to bc suffering from 'hydro pathic hydrophobia.' " "Oh, doctor, is it as bad as that?" cried the mother. "That's a big sick ness for such a mite. Whatever shall I do for the child?" "Wash its face, madam," replied the doctor.* "The disease will go off with the dirt." "Wash its face-wash its face, in deed!" exclaimed the. mother, losing her temper. "What next, I'd like to know!" "T^ash your own, madam-wash your own," was the rejoinder.-BuHalo En quirer. Worse OfT Than ITe Thousrnt. Shadbolt-Well, I'm $50 worse off than I was yesterday morning. Dingus-How's that? Shadbolt-I was held up by footpads on my way home last night and rob bed. Dingus-I'm sorry for you, old man. But they didn't get the $5 I borrowed of you before you started home, any how. Shadbolt-That's so. I forgot that I'm i>r>5 worse off than I was yesterday morning.-Chicago Tribune. Conceded Fitness. "Tilis '(Jatos Ajar' design is a hand some one," said the tombstone man. "It is just what I want," said the widow. "Ile never shut a door in all our married life without being told." Indianapolis Journal. T never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I nm the risk of be ing deceived, and if they are true, of hating people not worth thinking about.-Montesquieu. Not Included. # Featherstom-Come. Bobbie (hand ing him a quarter), how many fellows have ("Alied on vom- sister this week? Bobbie-Let's see-live. "That doesn't, include me. does it?" | "Oh. no! Sister says you don't I count."- Brooklvn Life. -- I Side Tracking Dewev. Washington, Oct. 23 -The man who has no weakness is yet unborn. Mr. McKinley's supporters have taken advantage of Admiral Dewey's oniy known weakness-fear for bis health-to shut off the flow cf Dewey enthusiasm, and thus, as they think, lessen his availability as an anti McKinley candidate for the republi can presidential nomination. They do not wish Dewey to attend any more big receptions because they keep him too prominently before the public, and, although Dewey looks much better than he did when he fir6t came to Washigtoo, and has been going to the club or tbe theatre in the evening and attending to his private business in the day lime-he helped the committee select the house, which wili this week be bought for him-in as active a man ner as any other man of his years could do, be bas been persuaded that bis health is in great danger, and that be must absolutely avoid excite ment of all kinds for some months. This was so firmly impressed upon him that he cancelled bis engage ments to go to Atlanta and to Phila delphia, (and announced that be would accept no more invitations until nex spring And the McKin Ieyites think they have killed the Dewey boom. What Archbishop Chappelle, apos tolic delegate to the Philippines, who has announced his intention to go to the Philippines to bring about peace, which Gen. Otis has so signally fail ed to do, and Mr. McKinley said to each other daring the long confer ence they held at the White House, while big politicians were kicking their heels in the secretary's office, is what all the newspaper men have been unsuccessfully trying to find out That they talked of conditions in the Philippines is all that is posi tively known, although much more has been sent out by the imaginative newe makers. The archbishop seem ed very well pleased when he left the White House, and said that he would probably see Mr. McKinley again before he loft Washington for Manila, which he" will do in a few days. The archbishop is weil known and popular in Washington, where he once had charge of a bhurch. The Washington Post, which bas practically beeu a McKinley paper since this administration came into power, sounded a significant warning when it said at the close of an edi torial full of praise of Mr. McKinley personally : "The president must usher in a new and healthier regime. If he cares for a political fature, be muet replace imbecility with brains and vigor. The people are worn dut with failure, bewilderment and disas ter. Humanity demands a cessation of the murderous bungling in Luzon Good faith and national honor re quire the pacification of Cuba and tbe political rehabilitation of the Cubans. This tragedy must end and end soon Existing conditions pro jected into the coming year will put a conclusive end to Mr. McKinley's public life." Col N. M. Bell, who was promi nently connected with the post office department during the first Cleve land administration, and who has been in private business in St Louie, for some years, is visiting Washing too. He says that people in the east have no idea of the intensity of the feeling against trusts in the west, and predicts that the trust issue will figure largely ic next year's cam paign He also thinks that there is increasing hostility towards milita rism, one of the aliases of imperial ism, and towards that sort of expan sion involving the surrender of the Monroe doctrine. Notwithstanding the failure of the senate, at the last session of con gress, to act upon the batch of naval nominations which would have put Rear Admiral Sampson ahead of Rear Admiral Schley, and of the public calling down at Minneapolis of Sec retary Long, when he attempted to glorify Sampson for what Seeley did, it is announced upon seemingly good authority that the attempt to jump Sampson over Schiey's head is to be again made by Mr. McKinley as soon as congress meets. The unjust atti tude of the administration towards Admiral Schley has so far only added to that gallaut officer's reputation, and if it is persisted in, many be lieve that it will result in giving Schley the second place on next years democratic national ticket Stranger things than that have hap pened. It may be said that Schley is not a democrat, but that is no reason against it. Gen. Grant was not a republican and be was nomi nated and elected president by that party. The army and navy officer who has enough political bias in his make up to become a member of a political party, is an exception. As a rule, officers in neither branch of the service vote, even when they remain in one place long enough to acquire the right to do so. Ex Gov. Thompson, of South Caro lina, who has just returned froui Europe, said he was approached by a native in a village of Switzerland, who said to him : "Excuse me, 6i"r, but wili you gratify my curiosity by telling me what it was that the gov crnor of North Carolina said tc the governor of South Caroiiua ?" Isk ed what reply he made, Gov. Th 'jap son said : "Why, simply repeated the historic remark, and gave a prac ! tical demonstration of what followed it, bat it beats me bow tbat fellow ever heard the story of the two gov ernors 99 Star Route Mail Delivery. The postal regulations receutly issuad by the department relative to Star route maii carriers contain a new paragraph that is of great inter est to a large number of South Caro lina people. As wiil be remembered, all the Star route contracts are to be given out afresh for four years this fall to the lowest bidder ; and all bids must be fiied by November 30 next. The new regulation requires that bidders for mail contracts in this State shall include in their bids the delivery of mail free along their routes whenever a suitable box is provided and certain formalities are complied with This is a substantial adoption, as far as South Carolina is concerned, of Congressman tokes' Star route mail delivery, which attracted so much attention all over the country last winter, and which the News and Courier very ably advocated Curi ously enough, the proposition failed as a "rider" to the annual appropria tion bili only by the enforced absence of Senator Quay from a conference committee during his remarkable trial for the wrecking of, a bank. Representative Stokes was not daunted by this, however. He urged the department to undertake in an experimental way what had failed only through an accidental combina tion of circumstences. This recent order of the postal authorities, in line with hie sugges tion, secures for South Carolina sub* stantiaily the benefits be proposed for the entire country. When seen by your correspondent, Mr. Stokes expressed himself as highly gratified with the result. ' The proposition," be said, "is too important, its benefits too patent, its fairness too manifest, to admit of a donbt that the feature wiil become permanent, not only m the postal system of South Carolina, but of the United States It is here to stay.'' Mr. Stokes attributes much of the credit for this result to the intelligent and vigorous fight made for the measure by the daily and .weekly press of the country. Almost with out exception the press of South Carolina warmly commended the , proposition, and the rural press of the United States took up the fight for it. Here is the text of the instructions, applying specially to South Carolina : "In addition to proposais for carry ing the mails on the routes and sub ject to the conditions hereinbefore set forth, proposals will also be re* ce i ved for carrying the mails on the same routes in the State of South Carolina, subject to the same condi tions, and also subject to further requirements, as follows : "Any person living on or near any star route herein described who de sires his mail deposited in a box on the line of the route by the carrier on said route may provide and erect a suitable box on the roadside, located in such manner as to be reached as practicable by the carrier, and such person shall file with the postmaster at the postcffice to- which his mail is addressed (which shall be one of the two postoffices on the route on either side of and next to the box.) a request in writing for the delivery ? of bis mail to the carrier on the route for deposit in said mail box, at the risk of the* addressee. "It shall be the duty of the post master at every such postofiSce, upon a written order from any pereou liv ing cn or near the star route, to* deliver to the proper mail carrier for that route any maii matter, except registered mail, with instructions as to the proper mail box at which said mail matter shall be deposited ; but no maii matter so delivered to the carrier for deposit shall be carried past another postofiSce on the route before being deposited in a mail box. "The carrier on the 6tar route wiil be required to receive from any post master on the route any mail matter that may be entrusted to him, out side of the usual mail bag, and hail carry such mail matter lo deposit it in the proper boxes placed on the line of the route for ibis purpose ; such service by the carrier to without charge to the addressees " Orangeburg cor. News and Courier. The Y. M. C A Work:. The Youog Men's Chrisitn Associa tion is a worldwide organization and has received, and is still receiving, the heartiest endorsement of the great men of the world. Here is wbat the late Cisarlss H. Spurgeon has said : "The value of your association to our great city cannot be rated too high Every Christian man who is gaining wealth io London is under bonds to upheld tho Youog Men's Christian Association. It should be his delight as well as it is his duty." The late Rsv. John A. Broadus, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., spoke as fol lows : "After closely observing the Young Men's Christian Association work for years past, and taking fre quent part in it, I am thoroughly convinced that if. is of great value It does soma kinof werk better than MDgle churches caa do, and when wisely managed heips the churches and decs not interfere with them. I shall do anything can to extend its iofia eocp, and I earnestly recommend it to general support and cc-operaiion.'?