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AN ENGLISH PAPER Gives Its Impression of American Girls. London Dail, Mail. The American woman is like th! American Bc anty rose, a peculiar pro duct of her own country. Vu Ting rang. the Chinese Minister at Wash ington. once said: "You can't under stand why America has reached her present position in the world until you know the American woman: then you wonder why the country is n,-t even greater than it is." Prima'rily the women who live in the United S:ates have a firm convic tion that the hand that rocks the cra die rules the world. And as they like :' rule. they start by rocking the cradle. To rule their nienfolk they realize the necesity of attracting the eye, and they deliberately set out to make themselves a; prepossessing as pos ible. They copy the Frenchwoman's mode Of dressing and the English woman's method of caring for her physique, and then add a touch of originality by' teaching themselves how to talk intelligibly on every sub iect. They are particularly proud )f this last ability, and by no means re sent an insinuation that Shakespeare prophetically sketched the character of Katherine as partly typical of the present-day American woman. Only they would no: call themselves shrews. They simply say it is their duty to "call down. as they slangily express it. the American man. To be slangy in the use of expres sions is the American woman's way of showing tha she lives in a republic where all can do as they please. And yet republican simplicity does not by any means appeal to her. She is the royalist of America. Anybody with a title attracts her as a magnet attracts a needle. She makes little distinction between a Duke of innu merable ancestors and one who has bought his title with some propertN. What -he wants is to have the other girls in her set associate her name with some one of noble title, for, to her mind. noble titles always stand at the head r.f ;ociety. and society ranks above everything else with the aver age American: woman. A firm' believer in athletics is the American woman. and despite the-per ennial jokes of the c*mic papers, s.he understands a game when she goes to to see one. At college she gives as much attention to sports almost as does her brother. and she refuses to confine herself to such innocent pas times as basket bail, croquet or tennis. She plays football. t'hough, it must be confessed, with rules a trifle modied, and she plays baseball. and has her eight-oared and four-oared crews, too. Perhaps it is this consciousness of her ability to understand the whys and wherefores of masculine sports that gives the American woman her air of independence in everyday life. She needs no escort in going to the theatre at night. When she wants to tinder take a journey, the only thing she consults is her pockethook. and she dtoes not ask~ her big brmther to ac company.~~ her a- buoyenard. Shte migh a,keme ne ese' big broth vanmage. She has read t-o much o w~hat peo)ple think of her, and usually what people think of her is diattering. So if she were criticising a coun terpart of herself at home, she would fall into slang again and say. "Her head was getting too big for her bon She does not attempt to conceal her helief born ofi long reading of the newspapers of her native town, that "America is the greateCst place .on eart2." and that o:her coumnries are to be visited, a, i-' the Sahara Desert. just foPr curi 'ity's sake. She will a mit that Englishmen are better lo-ok ingr than the men: wher': The c-ame "Help Me Cassiue or I Sink." Poor old Cassius!!! My sympathies are yours. To think that after ages your rest is disturbed. and you are invoked to stretch fort . your hand to ward the diispensary. Bad' too bad! And it's getting worse. We are told that you are about to "illop. Now really Cassius. are yoI? fi so I want to assure y(ju that it is entirely unnec essary. tor the prohibitionists. into whose camp you will fall, are-theore tically. too dry to sink. Don't do it 'Cassey." my boy-reserve all your energies to keep the other fellows out of the creek. But, pleasantry aside life is too short for newspaper contro versy. and I shall indulge in it no fur ther than to clear myself from inten ti''nal wrong toward a man for whom I eitertain nothing but the most pro fmund feelings 'f regard. I elicited, as has been stated. a reply from Senator Tillman to a list of questions pro p(,tuded to -him. on the dispensary question. I had heard the other side. and he having been foremost among :s advocates was supp',sed to have an opinion which I desired simply as a matter of gratincation-for I flatter myself that I am too well known to have the opininIn lurking around in any body's mind, that 1 -ake my op inions sectmnd hand from any source whatever-without mature reflection npon the merits of same. I make no secret of the fact that I had so written to him. and several days before the receipt of his answer I was approach ed by the editor of the Herald and N.ws, and also by ?Ir. Jno. Aull. as c' rrespondent for the News and Courier and asked for same as soon as it arrived. (I was not asked for it by the Observer.') This I promised them, thinking I would get it in Saturday. which I did not do. T did not take it fr -m the office until about eleven o'clock on Monday. In compliance with my pro,mise. I gave it to The Herald and News for publication. Now I know nothing about typogra phy. and could not say how long it w'1uld require to set it up, but this much I do know, that I was so anx ious that it should be given to the Observer that I walked back from home after dinner for the express pur pose of seeing that it was given to that paper. and I was told that the Observer w ould not have time to han dle it. ac it was only about one or two hours from their time of going to press. At this time the operator was engaged in setting rip the article in the 'fnce of The Herald and News. This I found to be true, as it was onily about that time until the paper was dlivered at our offce dloor. Nowv as I have already intimated, were it not for the regard in which I hold the editor as well as the members of his staff I should have taken no notice of the strictures upon myself-for being somewhat responsible for the exis tence of the investigating committee appointed last session to obtain as near as possible the true status of the dispensary, and to report at the next session. s:range as it may seem I am mbued with a considerable amount of couidence in the manliness, efficiency and intentions of the committee. and donot intend t.' do any,thing to nultiiv myvself or to th:7ow a gratui im' 's insult in its face by an apparent want 'P c ennGence. A\s to the printing ('f the letter. in nes:fn. in :he the.r papler it wa ic wG v :.3p-ovai.:md.~ I am trut O dessa Is Leading City Of South ern Russia. The city , mlfcdesa. the -cene mf the mn st start:ing dlevelopments in the gr wth of revoh:utioni in the Czar's empIire. is the moSt important city and~ seaport in southern Russia and the fourth city of the empire in popu laion. It is situa:ed i, the govern m nt of Kherson, on an elevation sloping toward an inlet of the Black Seat. It lies about 3y miles northeast of :he mouth of the Dniester arid 938 !i es by rail e-.:thw.est of Aloscow. The e: .appearan~ce anid atmios ph -re ca r ve ra:the'r European 1 Rx-.. amt The city wva' built dur n1*' 'e !cemhiti cemttry. and.( is. a-eehah:d.The me 't p. pm!ar yard. from which a grand stairway ,eads to the bay. There are many fine buildings, b-,'h ecclesiastical and secular. The chief among them are the Cathedral. the Stock Exchange. the ttheater, the Gov ernor's palace. the city hall, the mu nicipal library, containing So.coo vol unines. and the university building. Monuments t) Alexander ITI., Cather ine II. and Hushkin adorn various sec tions of the town. There are about 25 orthordox churches, a number of monasteries and synagogues and a few reformed churches. In the south ern and eastern parts of the city are situated a number of parks. among which the chief are the Alexandrovsk Park and the Bo:anical Garden. While Odessa is primarily a com mercial place, it is also of consider able industrial in ("rtance. Tn 1899 ii had over zoo large industria. estab lishnents, employing about 21.oo persons. and with the output of over $o.ooo.ooo a year. The chief estab lishments are flour mills, sugar refin.. eries. match factories. brewerres, can neries and iron works. There are about 40.000 troops of all arms at Odessa. but there are no fortifications in which they could stand a siege if the rioters and muti ncers got the upper hand. The Russians of Odessa comprise scarcely one-third of the inhabitant= of the city, about 150.ooo of the resi dents being Jews and the remainder Greeks, Armenians, Turks and people of various European nationalities. In general the members of the lower classes of Odessa are persons of thr most desperate character. Shaking dice for the drinks is some ien's idea of strenuous phy:sical eN ercise. Barbecue. We will furnish a first class barbe cue at Mr. Perry Halfacre's mill on Saturday. July 22, 1905. Arrange ment.s will be made for the usual en ioyments of all present. Cooking will be under the best arrangements. J. D. H. Killer, D. E. Halfacre. Week End Rates, C., N. & L. Commencing June 3rd, and continu ing until and including September 2nd, 1905. the following week-end rates will be on sale to the following points, via the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, railroad to Isle of Palms,$.5 Sullivans Island 5-15 Charleston 3-15 Wilmington 5-15 W\aterloo 2.00 Cross Hill 2.00 Glenn Springs 2.10 Spartanburg 2.10 Greenville 2-10 White Stone 2.10 Tickets to the above points will be sold on aSturdays good to return oni the following Tuesdays, for schedules and further information telephone or wri te, J. W. Denning, Agent. Southern Railway Excursions. The Southern railway will sell round' trip tickets to the following points for special occasions: \thens,, Ga.. Summer School, June 2to July 28. 1905. Rate: onefrt e ae plus 25 cents tor routi: a plus 25 cents for rou;nd trip. Nashville. Tenn., Peaboidy Summer Scool and Van-derbilt Bibical In st ute, June 14 to August 9, 193 Rate: one fare plus 25 cents for round triw. Baltimore, Md., Account of the United Society of Christian Endeavor In'er-national convention. July 54i . Asb ury Park. N. J., Account of N.:a :ial Educational association, Jll -;-. Rate very low and will be give. on application. T EACHER WANTED. The patrons of Mr. Betrhe I choo: nNo. 2 town shiri desire (o emloy7) a e::hor fr Seven memb -. S-alr mvt b e cent to I J. C. S. Brown, Teacher Wanted. The undersigned will elect a teach er for Union Academy on July 1o, 1905. at a salary of $30 per month. Applications must be sent to the un dersigned at Prosperity, S. C. L. I. Feagle, M. C. Moore. Jno J. Kinard. Trustees Teacher Wanted. The trustees of Dead Fall School will elect a teacher on Saturday, July 15. Male teacher preferred. Salary $35.00 or $40 per month. Term seven months. Applications received by the undersigned. signed. B. L. Dominick, R. S. Boozer, Newberry S. C., R. F. D. No. 4. J. W. Crouch,. Silver Street. Fire Insurance! We vill insure your Frame D welling.for only sixty cents on the hundred dollars, (not ex posed), or better still, one dol lar'and eighty cents for five years. Good business people insure their property, why don't you? Insurance on stock and store buildings also, HOLMES & McFALL, Fire Insurance Agents. Phone 67. Littletoli For Sp'e i,.: .c;ca::on. Health re. ycr. High grade of work Higi C?,servatory ad: :"tages in Musi El.>cutiou. Hat water heat. Ele pr",:euients. Remar ..-- .-alth record; onli Ci0.e pe"- a't-n,tior to the heal pt ;il. l-' a "ard of scholarsi p11 mic 2e.'-- CH ARG ES VE 24 th AlmiSe will begi: act e.. REV. J. M. R j im 'YL g1 rre .sock wil 4' Kibetter sh e ntire s U:<Tbe conv\ p i de of theon g Ve a. big~ unl s wFre going tc 5 ucements th possicl.inom cooan "isYt It makes a woman knit her brows when her husband tells the children yarns. Some men do right only because they are too cowardly to do wrong. Writing Paper Our Fall stock will. soon arrive, and in ord er to make room for it we will offer you a line of Box Paper for one half the regular price. This paper is perfect in every respect and worth every cent of the regular price, but is sacrificed to make room for other goodsP Those who have need of paper should take advantage of this sale at Mayes BPo Store. nale College! ort. Over 2oo boarding pupils last standard of culture and social life. ic. Advanced courses in Art and ctric lights and other modern ir- - - one death among p:;piis in 23 years. th and social development of every ip. All p- pils dress alike on all RY LOW. HODES. A. M., PRESIDENT, Littleto. N. C. P.Irp. .5. I ront Build ger ad more\ us Quarters l be more cornJt It red, and wher2 ape in every ''K line of nl~, 7~ se furnishings erted into cash * iext 3 months.. I iertaking, but Soffer price in-g at will rnake it * ein early w hiie I e best. ~~UMMER .