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PLAYS AND PLAYERS. THE HALL OF FAME. Joseph Palmer of the National muse um will shortly make a life mask of the president. Carl Meyer, the balloonist, says that birds steer with their beaks and not with their tails. Secretary of State Hay suves all the cartoons and caricatures in which he is depicted. He also lius the liuest col lection of Du Maurier cartoons in the world. Two of the official pallbearers of Abraham Lincoln arc still living, Hen ry G. Worthington and Alexander II. GofTroth. Both were congressmen at the time and both are eighty years old at present. William Anson, nephew of Lord Lausdowne, the English statesman, cousin to the Duke of Marlborough and a near relative to the I Hike of Port land, owns u horse, mule and cattle ranch in the San Angels district of Texas. Cnptnln John Stover Jacobs, the old est fireman in Boston, died a few days ago, aged eighty years. He was fore man of the first steam fire engine com pany In Boston and was one of the as sistant engineers at the big Boston fire In 1872. Count and Countess Lonyay Intend to purchase a large estate in England ami reside there permanently. Coun tess Lonyay is tin* former crown prin cess of Austria and a daughter of the king of Belgium, with whom, however, she is at loggerheads. John Butter, chief engineer of the Grimsby (England) trawler Satyriou, was drowned with the rest of the crew recently on the Iceland coast. Soou after the Satyriou sailed a message ar rived at Grimsby telling him not to go to sea because his uncle hud died and left him $40,000, Lord Curzon is sending a message to all the tribes in India in a novel way. He learned a speech in all the dialects and then spoke it into phonographs. These talking machines will be sent broadcast over India, and tdl the peo ple will so be enabled to hear the voice of the viceroy speaking In their native tongue. Austen Leigh,an authority on all mat ters pertaining to Eton, has discovered that Thomas Lynch, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was an Etonian. Perhaps the most significant fact in connection with this historical item is that Etonians of to day are proud of the fact discovered hy Mr. Leigh. “Strongheart" is the first of Robert Edeson’s great successes that was not the dramatization of u popular novel. “Arizoua" Is rapidly getting into the class of veteran drumus which have successfully withstood the test of time. Eleanor Robson was originally Kyrle Bellew's leadlug lady In “A Gentleman of France.” Now the two are the prln- i cipal luminaries in the ull Btar revival vt “She Stoops to Conquer.” Miss Clara Pitt, who plays the pnrt >t the maid at the baths in "It Hap pened In Nordland.” was a society belle before she went on the stage. She Is a native of Chattuuoogu. Tenn. Thomas I.. Drew, better known ns Tommy Drew by many hundreds of Bostonians, has signed with Madison Corey to play Montague Fish In Ade's "Peggy From Paris” company next season. Henry V. Donnelly, who plays the part of Cyrus Gilfaln In "Florodora," Is well known in the stage world. He Is best remembered ns the chief mirth provoker In the old farce comedy the “Rainmakers." Jessie M 111 ward was born In Liver pool, England, nml educated In London. She was only sixteen when she made her professional debut at the Lyceum theater. London, with Sir Henry Irving In "Much Ado About Nothing." A $2,200 RESIDENCE. •tone and Frame Cottaare With Maar Invtttnar Features. [Copyright, 1905. by Stanley A. Dennis, !S4 Broadway. New York.] In the accompanying design and plaus we present an attractive little home which enu be erected in most lo calities under uoruial conditions for $2,200 and iu some for less. There are u stone cellar and basement un der the entire house, with cemented floor, coal bins and a hot ulr furnace. The frume above Is hemlock. The walls are sheathed and covered with paper and narrow beveled cypress BRITISH BRIEFS. In London for using a sick monkey with which to beg money an organ grinder 1ms lieeti lined $-10. . A number of houses in the Italian colony of Ilolborn, London, arc to he cIosihI, being unlit for human habita tion. All the members of the city of Lou don police force are learning In squads of sixty In the police gymnuslums the art of Jiu Jltsu. The recent birth rate for St. Georges- in-the-East, London, the headquarters of the alien invasion, is at the rate of (10.8 in 1.000. This Is the highest birth rate ever recorded in England. A London court has decided that an employer is not Justified in dismissing an employee for using insulting lan guage when tin 1 language Is used “aft er business hours and off the prem ises.” An authority says that there are 105 good sized English towns which are | absolutely being ruined by the migra tion of their populations to the great cities. Trade declines, property de creases in value, ai 1 while English cities are being overcrowded the small er towns are being left desolate. 1850 Fifty-Fifth Annual Statement. 1905 Aetna Life Insurance Company Hartford, Connecticut. MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President. The leading Insurance Company in New England, and the Larg est in the World Writing Life, Accident, Health and Liability Insurance January 1 st, 1 905.- shingles. The cornices and other exte rior trim are white pine. The main ; roof Is covered with clear butt cedar shingles dipped lu stain. The exterior woodwork is given two coats of white lead and linseed oil paints. The body Is dark colonial yel low, the trimmings white, the blinds terra cotta, and the sash Is light green. The marginal lights of the sashes are glazed with cathedral glass of various colors. The floors are North Carollua piue, oiled flat. The Interior walls are lath- Receipts in 1904. Premiums - $12 Interest, rents and from other sources it, Total Income in 11104. $15 Disbursements in 1904. Dent'h 01 aims . $2, Matured Endowments Dcatli and Indemnity (Accident and Liabil ity! . Dividends to Policy Holders Surrendered Policies Commissions to agents — Agency Expenses, Medical Examinations and Miscellaneous Expenditures — Dividends oil Capital Stock (Life). Dividends on Capital Stock (Accident) Taxor .... Total expenses (Accident and Liability Business) 8(18,1122 77 0(i2.fi33 (lit 1131,55<i 7(1 81)0.58(1 (II 528,085 00 1,281,022 112 721 020 02 64(1,08 ) 71 1,007,478 2(1 080,870 88 200,000 00 60,000 00 364,088 04 1.410,462 17 Assets. Heal Estate acquired by foreclosure (Ifiice Building ........ . Cash on band mid in hanks Stocks and Bonds Mortgages secured by Reel Estate Loans oil Collaterals Loans secured Policies of ibis Company Interest due and accrued Dec. HI, 1004 Premiums til course of collection and deferred Premiums (net i Market value of Securities over cost. less sets not admitted ($.'>5,7 13 t'7) net Agents Balances and Bills receivable $ 173,1(14 74 4(10,000 00 7,07(1,023 80 24,400,38(1 00 32,(18(1,317 72 1,051,304 02 3,801.504 08 818,732 (15 (174,112 08 As- 2,318,700 55 65,145 57 $73,000,178 HI Total Disbursements in 1004 10,76H'856 00 Excess of Income over Disbursements in '04 5,172,700 80 SHORT STORIES. HORSES AND HORSEMEN. Cotillion, 2:10, will be used on the New York speedway by his new owner, E. J. LaPlnce. Norristown (I’a.) horsemen will offer purses this season for the races over ! and saved 510 lives. Chile's government derives more than one-half of its Income from salt peter. There are 180,182 Indians, besides the 5,318 lu New York and the 77,018 of the "civilized tribes.” Lifeboats were launched In service ou 204 occasions on our coast last year The fleet of llfe- Paid Policy Holders in 1904 $6,971,793 55 Total Paid Policy Holders from Organization in 1850 to Janu ary 1, 1905 $145,918,246 86 Life Insurance issued, revived and paid for in 1004. -. $28,86(1,11(17,00 Life IiiHumlice iu force January I, 1005 237,301,731),00 Accident Insurance in force ,lun. I, 1005 217,2311,1(14,(1(1 Number of Policy Holders .Inn, I, 1005 225,011 Total Assets, January I, 1005 Liabilities. Losses mid Claims awaiting further proof, and installment claims not yet due ( Life 1 $ 305,147 Losses and (Maims awaiting further proof, nml not yet due (Accident and Liability.) 588,727 Surplus Reserve for special class of Policies and dividends to Policy holders not vet due 708,(12(1 Premiums paid iu advance and other Liabili ties.. (11,002 Reserve un Life. Endowment and term policies. 4 per cent, standard on Old Business and 3• percent, on Policies tssnd since 1000, (11,858,783 Loss value of Policies of Ue-iasur mice, $-10,0(10,00 01,817,814 Special Reserve, in addition to I lie Reserve above given, . - 2,194,780 Unearned Premiums on accident and Liabil ity insurance .. .. J,274,344 Special Reserve ou Liability Insurance 100,000 Total Reinsurance mid Special Reserve and all oilier Liabilities .. 07,140,538 (iunrmitec Fund in Excess of requirements by (Joinjuny’s Standard 0 556,040 Total Liabilities .Inn. 1, 1005 . _ 73,000,170 (luurunlee Fund in Excess of requirements hv Standard of < Mmneeticnt nml other Status 8.850,420 Great Gains in Business in 1904 Inorease in AssntH . .. . $5,028,310 10 InorenHc in Guarantee Fund over re quirements ... -- 883,881 10 Inoreusuin Premium Income .. 1,135,008 00 lnorcnse in Total Income . . J,372,082 20 Incrensc iu New Life insurance issued and paid for -- $8,825,105 00 Incrensc iu Life Insurance in Force 14,001,802 00 Increase in Accident Insurance iu Force 8,018,020 00 Increase in number of Policy holders 11,048 F. M. BRYANT, District Manager, Newnan, Georgia. boats uumbers 285. It has been figured out that the an nual boat race between Yale uud Har vard at New London costs euch of the tlie Klnwood truck Fred Ackerman of Mansfield, O., has purchased the fast pacer Billy J., 2:14(4, from Joel Milum of Upper Sandusky, O. R. T. Callahan of Buffalo has sold his handsome speedway pacer Noella, wag on record 2:16V4, to a Pennsylvania turfite. Cresance, 2:16%, the property of Fred Boyd, Decoruh, la., wi.l be trained aud campaigned by It. L. Tarker, Cedar ltupids. Fantine, 2:06%, by Shirley Boy, has been sent to Harrle Jones of RushvlUe, Ind., to race the coming season on the grand circuit. L. O. Baldwin of Glens Falls, N. Y„ now owns the stallion Armont, by Bel mont, sire of the champion yearling Paul D. Kelly, ^-20%. I for baggage, thut remaining as here American Boy, 2:10, and Fred the tofore g centg Kold per pound . Kid, 2:08%, are now owned iu North ed and plastered with one heavy coat of adamunt wall plaster aud white sand put on one-half inch grounds and troweled out smooth und straight. The Interior trim and other woodwork are clear kiln dried whltewooil, stained colleges $1,000 a minute during the 0(l ^ ou floor and cherry ou the time tlie race is lu progress. second, with water color stulus prop- “Metapsychics” Is the latest word. It e rly rubbed down flat and finished with Dukota and will be heard from In the northwestern circuits. The Commercial club $1,000 stake on the programme of the Des Moines (la.) state fair is for 2:35 Instead of 2:25 trotters, as previously announced. is the Invention of Professor Churles Reichert, president of the Society For Psychicul Research of England. It means the science lu embryo, hitherto known as "occult,” "psyeGlcal” or “spiritistic.” The passenger rates across the lsth- ] / mus of Pauamu have beeu $4 gold for i f first eluss aud $t! silver currency for second class passuge. By the new tar iff a first class passuge is $2.40 gold, while the second class is $2.85 silver. 1 These rates do not cover the charge I two coats of light varnish. The bathroom Is enumeleil white. Tlie stairs are cypress, with ash new- EDITORIAL FLINGS. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Speaking of yellow perils, how about the lemon pie of commerce?—Atlantic Journal. If you only had as much money as Mr. Rockefeller what a lot of good you would do!—Somerville Journal. Now is the time for bulletins an nouncing the totul ruin of the Dela ware peach crop.—New York Tribune. Having beeu obliged to huve his vulet Embroidered tussore silk makes charming summer frock. ■= ■ " „ second floob flan. sJn'ln'boffidres^aid ^ mblnatl ° n W HavIug C beenTbllgi W to have his vulet els, balusters and molded hand rails. Some new pongees, with rose decora- ! arrtsted ’ the czur ls . now c . onfront ,^ 1 hUV6 olltHlde blllld “ wlt tlon In soft colorings, suggest tapestry. $33 TO PACIFIC C0A8T Tickets will be on sale from Chicago, via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line,during tho autumn months at this low rate. Correspond ingly low rates from other points. Daily and personally conducted excursions in Pullman Tourist sleeping cars, through without change to Han Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, only $7 for double berth. Full particulars on application to W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., C. & N. W. Ky.. Chicago. When a man has the reputation of being insincere he is always looked upon with a degree of sus picion. Stiff, flat handles have the preference In bags, and leather covered frames are more popular than ever. Shot silks In soft rose, wood, violet, amethyst, pale blue, biscuit and opal colorings are fashionable for afternoon wear. Novel notions lu shoes are the straps that button crossways over the Instep In many tones of brown, from light pongee to the deepest chocolate. Many of these are laced with ribbon of exact ly the same color. A belt novelty is of striped patent leather, red and white aud blue and j white being a favorite combination. J The stripes are about a quarter of an Inch In width, and the buckles are plain and generally of dull gold.—Brooklyn Engle. JAPANESE JOTTINGS. with the servant problem along with rolling slats, his other dlfficultles.-Wushington Post. The hardware Is black Japanned, George Bernard Shaw declares that brass faced locks and oval cherry “ehiiriren ,.re the <rre.it destroyers of door knobs, roses and escutcheons. 1 he mantels are cherry uud huve bevel Turrlffic Race With Death "Death wns fast approaching.” writes Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla., describing his fatal race witli death, “as a result of liver trouble and heart, disease, which Imd robbed me of sleep uud of all interest in ltfe. I bad tried several dif ferent doctors aud several inedioinns.hut got no benefit, until I begun to use Electric Bitters. Ho wonderful was their effect, that in three days 1 felt like a new man, and today I am cured of all my troubles. Guaranteed at J. T. Reese’s and Dr. .Paul Peniston’s Drug Htore; price 60c. children are the greut destroyers of i home life." Such an assertion creates u strong suspicion that his birth was a broad mistake.—Montgomery Advertis- ! er - That famous Gambon dinner lu New York seems destined to be classed with the great feasts of all times. And its cost might rnuke even a Lucullus sit up and look interested.—Cleveland Plain i Dealer. mirrors. The grill is u special design In oak. The kitchen and the bathroom con tain sanitary open nickel plumbing und fixtures. The less a man says the more he means it. Saved by Dynamite. HomotimoH a limning city is unveil by dynamiting a place that the lire can’t crosH. Hometiincs, a cough bungs on so long, you feel uh if nothing lint dyna mite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Cal houn, On., writes: "My wife Imd a very nggrevating cough, which keeps her awake at nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr, King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured her.” Htrietly scientific cure for bron chitis and La Grippe. At J. T. Reese’s and Dr. Paul Peniston’s Drug Htore, price M)o and $1 .(X); guaranteed. Trial bottle Free, No, Cordelia, all baseball play ers are not base men. A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Waiuwright.of Lemon City, Fla., has written the manufacturers that much better results are obtained from the use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in eases of pains in the stomach, colic and chol era morbus hy taking it in water as hot as can he drunk. That when taken in tiiin way the effect is double in rapidity. "It seems to get at the right spot in stantly,” lie says. For sale hy Holt & Cates, druggists, Newnan Ga. Most women can get along bet ter with men than with their own PITH AND POINT. Gossip has wonderful acoustic prop erties. Did you ever know any one to buy a wedding present cheerfully? Most any girl can tell her own for tune many years hence by looking at replaced hy the solution the wood Novel Treatment of Lumber. A novel method for Increasing the usefulness of lumber has been perfect ed in England. The method consists, in brief, In replacing the air in wood with a solution of beet sugar aud removing the excess of water by a subsequent drying. The Inventor, Mr. I'owell, attains his object by using a large boiler lu which the timber to be treat ed Is placed aud the beet sugar solution pumped In. After the air has all been is That Job of Printing== ■ ■■ Ataia Peniston’s Drug Store Crime Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane Crane s Spring Medicine, s Kidney and Haoknoho Cure, s Cough Cure, s Headache Relief, s Cholera und|l)mrrlioea Mixture. s Family Liniment, s Eczema Cure. 's Liver Powders. 's Pile Halve. 's Liver Pills. 's Female Relief, These are Standard Prepara tions and are Sold and Recom mended at L Peniston’s Drug Store. ...White Barber Shop... C. T. BAILEY, Proprietor. Japanese dead are burled lu a squat ting posture, chin upon knees. Wrinkles are poetically termed by the Japanese “waves of old age.” Danjiro, the great Japanese trage dian, is also the most skillful of all the dancers of Japan. Japan has one of the largest steam-, ship companies in the world, with service to the United States and to England by the way of Suez. her mother. When other people take it easy they appear to have a lots better time than they are actually having. People who have consideration are like those who got big salaries—you hear about lots of them, but know mighty few. In trying to decide what is easiest in this world we have come to the conclu sion that it is telling some other fellow lot to worry.—Atchison Globe. kiln dried. Examination of the wood seems to show that tlie sugar is absorb ed into the fiber of tlie woody tissue aud is not simply held lu the Intercel lular spaces. It Is claimed that timber treated in this way is no longer porous, will not shrink or warp and is stronger, heavier and more durable. Moreover. It is said tills wood is not liable to dry rot. It is hoped that by mixing the proper poisons with the sugar bath the wood will be made resistant to the at tacks of funguses and Insects. Have it done at this shop, and—if the quality of the stock and the work is not satisfactory, or if the price is not as reasonable as first-class print ers anywhere charge for first-class work—the job will not cost you a cent. That’s a fair and reasonable proposition—a proposition we could not afford to make if we didn’t have the facilities, the workmen and the will to “make good.” If it’s any thing in printing, you should try The News shop before giving an order. 1 r r Only first-class white bar bers employed. Prompt, re liable, courteous attention and service given all custom ers, at tho usual prices. We have the only electric mas sage machine in the city. Give it a trial ; it does the work perfectly. Cleaned for Action When tho body is cleaned foe action, hy Dr. King’s New Life Pills, you can tell it by tho bloom of health on the checks; the brightness of the eyes; the firmness cf the flesh and muscles; tlie | buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At j J. T. Reese’s aud Dr. Paul Peniston’s Drug Store, 25c.