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A RUSTIC LANDMARK. its TRAN SSI BE RIAN ROAD. Til* Mont Comfortable Railway Trav- alliiK la the World. “Two ongiiu'8 are required on heavy grades, and special twenty wheel loco motives are used on the hilly sections,” writes William Greener concerning the Transslherian railway In Ills hook. “A Secret Agent In Port Arthur.” “Hot water Is kept night ui«l day at most stations, and the trains’ suffer severely from the Inclement weather. The dou ble windows are permanently frosted, often the vestibule doors become fast, great patches of frozen snow adhere to tlie roofs, the sides and panels are hid den under a thick white hoar and long streaming icicles hang from the roof to the bogy truck where the water from the tank for the heating apparatus In each carriage has splashed over during the day’s run. At every large station there Is a special gang of attendants, who attack the train vigorously on its arrival. They use hammers and crow bars, iron rods heated red, long nam ing torches, scalding water and even light fires of shavings under the car riages to free the brakes, and little by little thaw out the working parts of the frost boujid train. "1 am still of the opinion that the Transslherian state express trains af ford the most comfortable railway traveling In the world. The cars are as luxurious, but not so sumptuous, as the l’ullmau palace cars of America. They are wider and give more accom modation, and us the trains are run solid through from Moscow to Irkutsk meals are provided at every hour of the day, and It Is not necessary to breakfast before 7 one morning and after !• the next, as sometimes happens on the American through transcon tinental routes. "In the’suloon the piano Is a welcome addition, the exercising apparatus Is useful and the bath a convenience. The observation car was not much fre quented in winter, and the reason for the existence of the photographer’s j dark room, with Its dishes and trays, j has departed, now that all photograph ing along the route Is strictly prohibit ed.” PnriM Hotels. Paris hotels are divided into four classes, according to the price of a room a night, as follows: Over 12 shillings, from (J shillings and sixpence to 12 shillings, from 2 shillings to 0 shillings and sixpence, and, lastly, un der 2 shillings. As an example of the business done by hotels oi the first class it may be noted that the lClysee Palace hotel, at which the king of the Belgians always puts up when in Paris, in the course of last year served 118,000 meals and let out 77,000 rooms to 10,0(10 persons. The Grand hotel put up 30,000 persons and the Continental 20,(MM) in the same period. English visitors were in the majority, number ing 0,500 as against 5,000 French per sons, the same number of Americans, 1,1-10 Germans and 008 Russians. Dur ing the year of the last Paris exhibition the Grand hotel made a profit of £00,- ooo, more than double Its average re turn, which is roughly £21,000 unnuully. —London Globe. The Birthplace of llornoe Greeley Is Still Preserved. Scarcely fifty miles from Boston, Iso lated and alone, in a delightful rural community among New Hampshire's hills, sheltered by protecting oaks and elms, decorated with fruitful orchards and fertile gardens, surroui/.ded by dense thickets of pine forests, homelike and cozy, with all its woeful lack of paint, is a quaint old fashioned farm house. It is not the roomy old domicile of colonial days nor the rough, unfinished and uncouth shack of a frontier farm er, rather a small, real, homelike New Hampshire farmhouse. Six rooms meas ure the size of the house, with wood shed and cattle barns near by. The exact date when the i«d house was built Is unknown, but It is a pro duction of the colonial period of archi tecture. for before tne Revolution a band of counterfeiters occupied It and here manufactured until captured by the authorities their spurious coin. A broad drive leads to the front door. The exterior is black with age. ex cept for a few decorated patches of re cently applied clapboards to keep out the wind. No blinds gunrd the win dows. and the sunshine sparkles through the small window panes with out hindrance. A front door and a side one are the moans of egress and entrance. A large strip of lawn fronts the house, and lie- sides the efforts of nature man has un knowingly aided in the beautifying by an adornment In the shape of a huge pile of pine and birch logs, the winter's supply of fuel. Giant shade trees shel ter the roadway leading to the house; the blue peaks of the nearby hills look down upon the fifty acres of fertile farm land, where good crops of oats, potatoes and Indian corn are grown; the sharp ledges which jut from the hillsides and the rocks which rise pro miscuously hero and there among the cornfields convincingly prove that the fertility of these lands was the result of much labor and trouble on the part of the pioneer New England farmer. Such is the exterior picture of Am herst's most noted laiyjmnrk—the birth place of Horace Greeley.—Boston and i Maine Messenger. COLONIAL DWELLING. Of Attractive Modern Beslan tout Cory Aritmaement—Cost, S-b.VIO. [Copyright. 1906, by Stanley A. Dennis, 231 Broadway, New York.l This model home has many special and attractive features. It is designed for a narrow lot, but may be built on a large plot with equally good effects. There Is a cellar under the e Wire house, with eighteen inch stone walls laid In cement mortar. The cellar floor Is con creted to a depth of four Inches. Goal bins, laundry, storeroom and a steam boiler which beats the whole house are all lit the cellar. The frame Is hemlock lumber and timber. The exterior walls are sheath- 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. FRONT ELEVATION. #d, papered, sided and shingled. The main roof Is covered with clear black Rluto. The exterior work Is clear kiln dried pine and cypress lumber and moldings. The windows, except those of the cellar and the fancy leaded glass one, are tltted with outside blinds with rolling slats and are hung with up to date blind binges and openers. The ex terior woodwork Is painted with three coats of pure white lead and linseed oil Receip.8 in 1904. Premiums.- .. *l3,8fiS,082 77 Interest, rents and from other sources -- 3.0112,1133 fit) Total Income in loot — - (>15,11111,55(1 it! Disbursements in 1904. Death Claims If”,800.580 (II Matured Endowments -- 1,528.085 00 Dcntb and Indemnity (Accident and Liabil ity) ...... ---- 1,881,988 09 Dividends to Policy Holders... . . . - 721.023 02 . Surrendered Policies .— 510,080,1 Commissions to agents . 1,007,178 20 Agency Expenses, Medical Examinations and Miscellaneous Expenditures -- 050,370 33 Dividends on Capital Stock (Life) 200,000 oo Dividends mi Capital Stock (Accident) 50,000 00 Taxes 064,038 04 Total expenses (Accident and Liability Business) -- 1,410,468 17 ; I Assets. Real Estate acquired by foreclosure Office Building Cash on Immi and in banks Stocks and Bonds . - Mortgages secured by Real Estate Leans on Collaterals 1 .onus seemed Policies of tins Company Interest due ami accrued Dee. 31, 1004 Premiums in course of collection nod deferred Premiums (net) Market valuoof Securities over cost, less sets not admitted (#55,7 13 07 ) net, Agents Balances mul Rills receivable 173,1(11 71 100,000 00 7,070,023 30 24,400,1180 fit* 32,080,317 72 1.051.304 (12 3,801,504 08 818,732 (15 (174,112 (IS As- 8,1118,70(1 55 55.145 57 $73,000,178 81 Total Disbursements in 1001 Excess of Income over Disbursements in '01 01*1 l*lno Trees. Six large pine trees have recently been sawed Into lumber at Bradbury Bros.' mill that made 14,010 feet of 1 sawed lumber. They were hauled to the mill In logs from twelve to eighteen feet In length, and nineteen of these logs averaged over 500 each. They i were very straight, pretty sticks, and a good portion of the lumber was of the grade known as "clear,” and the mar ket price for the whole lot was $30 per thousand. These trees hail been standing on the 1 land near the Notch, owned in recent years by M. L. Parsons, for many gen erations. Five of them wen* on an nron of less than a quarter of nil acre and the sixth at no great distance. They wore recently bought standing for $100 for tho lot of six trees by C. P. Whltte- more. There are very few such trees left In Somerset county and, in fact, In any part of Maine. It takes from 200 to 200 years for them to attain such a size.— Somerset (Me.) Reporter. Tlie Auto as a Nerve Care. The possession of a motor enr Is a matter of great Importance to the man whose nervous system is on the ruck all day. The mere rapid transit from the town to the country rests the brain and allows of that mental recreation which Is always the chief object of change of scene. The motor, then, Is one of the modern aids to preventive medicine. Tlie Locomotive Mimt (io, It was u decidedly Interesting though one could hardly suy a startling pre diction which Senator Depew made In a speech the other night at a dinner of the Transportation club In regard to future of electricity as a motive power. “Within ten years,” said Mr. Depew, "the steam locomotive of today will he seen In the museum for the inspection of the antiquarian, uud we will lie able to proceed over the rails by means of •electricity ut a rate of seventy-five miles an hour.” As u railroad official of large experience Senator Depew un doubtedly knows whereof he speaks 10,758 855 fill 6,172,700 80 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 *88,85(1,0(17,00 Life Insuratien In 'force .liimmrv I, Ifib5 237,304,730,00 Accident Insurance in force .Inn. I, 1005 217,23(1,1 (I I.till Number of Policy Holders .Inn, I, 1005 225,01 I Total Assets, .lamutry I, 1005 Liabilities. Losses and Gluims awaiting further proof, and installment claims not yet due ( Life ' $ 306,147 00 isses and < Mu lilts a waiting further proof, and not vet due ( Accident and Liability • 688,727 I d Surplus Reserve for speeial class of Policies and dividends to Policy holders not yet due 708,08(11 7 Premiums paid in advance and other Liahili- t j,. s . 111,008 80 Reserve on Life. Endowment and term policies. I per cent, standard on Old Business and 3>„ per unlit,, on Policies issuil since 1000, (11,858,1811 CO Less value of Policies of Re-insur mice, *10,0(10,00 . - - (11,817,814 00 Special Reserve, in addition to the Reserve above given, ... 2,104,78(100 Unearned Premiums on accident and I,labil ity insurance .. -- ... 1,874,1144 28 Special Reserve on Liability Insurance 100,000 (in Total Reinsurance and Special Reserve and all other Liabilities -- 07,140,538 Id (laaranteo Fund in Excess of requirements by (iompaiiy’s Standard . (I 555,(141) (Ml Total Liabilities .Ian. I, 1005 . . . 73,0011,170 HI Guarantee Fund in Excess of requirements bv Standard of Uonneetieut mid oilier Slates 8 850,48(1 (15 Great Gains in Business in 1904 mu Increase in Assets IncreiYHc in Guarantee Fnild o quiremcntH Increase in Premium Income Increase in Total Income . *5.(123,310 1(1 883,881 10 1,135,(1(18 00 1,372,(182 20 Increase in New Life Insurance issued and paid for .. $2,225,105 00 Increase in Life Insurance in Foroo 11,001,802 00 Increase in Accident Insurance in Force 8,018,02(1(01 Increase in number of Policy holders Il,(ll8 F. M. BRYANT, District Manager, Newnan, Georgia. WEDDED TO A HABIT. GUST FLOOR PLAN. paints of desired colors. The shingles are dipped In shingle stain before be ing laid. Tho floors are clear No. 1 corah grain ed North Carolina pine tongued and grooved flooring boards, blind milled. The Interior walls are plastered on spruce laths with two coats of hard , . patent plaster, sand-finished. The trim when it is on his genial sell. Is ash of special design, finished In the nntural wood on the first floor and cypress on the second floor, also finish ed In the natural wood. The main stalrH are quartered oak finished In the Savor! by Dynamite. I Sometimes a flaming city is saved by i dynamiting a place Hint tho fire can’t j cross. Sometimes, a rough hangs on so ; long, you feel us if nothing but dyiiii- i mite would cure it. '/. T. Gray, of Onl- : liouti, Gii., writes; “My wife had a very aggrevating cough, which keeps | her awake nt nights. Two physicians icr; so she took Dr. Robert L. Taylor, the much- married ex-governor o( Tennessee, is never averse to a joke even J ust now he is telling this one; Upon the occasion of his most , could not hel| recent marriage, late in the fall of King’s New Disoovory for Consumption, , , Coughs mid Colds, which eased her 1904, he was, he says, somewhat " As a curative agent, however, tlie mo tor has a peculiar value, in certain nb- i T j le t)m e set for the relegation of tlie normal conditions of the nervous sys- menin engine to the antiquarian mu- tem more especially. I11 cases of nerv- sellnl seeIns ) jr [ e f, ) )ut when we re- ous depression the exhilaration indue- member the progress made during the ed by a runJn a motor cur Is most ben- | nst ten years in electrical propulsion eficlnl; the circulation is Improved, the w | 10 s i, a ii say that the senator’s proph- blood purified by the more rapid respl- ot . v lim .v not be literally fulfilled?— Les- rat.ion of fresh air, and even in cases of Weekly. profound Insomnia regular and refresh- 1 . ing sleep Is obtained. In a word, the effects of motoring are stimulative and tonic.—Physician in London Chronicle. Genius of n Convict. With nothing but a jackknife to work with, one of the convicts nt the prison at Wethersfield, Conn., has re cently finished two wooden models of locomotives. These models are each about eighteen inches long, Including die tender, and perfect In every detail. Nothing except wood is used In the models, yet they may lie operated by turning a crunk under the engine. The wheels go around, the pistons slide hack and forth, the cab windows may be moved, the bell rung and the en gine and tender uncoupled. The con vict had nothing to work by except his own memory. British Military Genius. Now forts are being erected and guns mounted at Singapore, and the British authorities, with their usual sagacity, are boldly advertising what ought to be hidden. Both the forts and the guns mounted on them are sur mounted with immense palings, which have been painted white. Thus every position has been earmarked, as though to give a possible enemy every facility to destroy the fortifications should oc casion arise. At Aden the military authorities have painted the railings upon their forts scarlet, but the white rails round the gun positions at Singa pore are even more striking and are visible at sea for a distance of five miles.—London (’bronicle. cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured ami Dr. Paul Peniston’s Drug Store, price 5()o and *1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle Free. puzzled as to the fee lie should be- | 1( , r> n yj. r j 0 |.|y seieutiflo euro for bron- stow upon the East Tennessee par- ( ohitis and Lu Grippe. At .1. T. Reeso’s son who tied the nuptial knot. Whispering his dilemma confiden tially to a friend, Governor Rob with difficulty suppressed his laugh ter at the following advice, “Why not give him just what you are ac customed to paying?”—Woman’s Home Companion lor June. American Railroad Slaughter. Greater I'iUstiiira. The consolidation of Pittsburg and Allegheny will create a municipality American trains travel 000,000,000 having a population of 451,512, accord- miles and English trains 400,000,000 ing to the census of 1000. The cousoli- miles during a single year. With a dated city will rank next to Baltimore, train mileage less than half that of tho which in the census year had a populu- American roads the English roads in lotion of 50.8,057. Greater Pittsburg 4003 hauled twice as many passengers, will be the sixth In rank among Atrieri- conducted their business on one-tenth can municipalities. The order in the the trackage and In doing so killed but census year are New York, Chicago, one-tenth as many people and injured Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston and SECOND FLOOR PLAN, nntural wood. The hardware Is orna mental dark bronze, with rosewood knobs, roses and escutcheons. The kitchen has a modern range, sink, boiler and closets. The pantry and closets are fitted in modern style. The bathroom contains open sanitary plumbing and fixtures. The walls of the bathroom are tiled, and the floor Is covered with composition tiling, as is the kitchen floor. This dwelling, the architect says, can be built In many places for $3,500. A C001! Suggestion. Mr. O. B. Wftinwriglit,of Lemon City, Fla., has written tho 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 by taking it in water as hot ns can bo drank. That, when taken in this way the effeotis double in rapidity. "It seems to get nt the right spot in stantly;’’la- says. For sale by Holt & Oates, druggists, Newnan Gu. PACIFIC COAST EXCURSIONS. See the Most for Vour Money. Rock Island service to California ap Pacific Northwest this summer, permits you to do this. Low round trip rates to Los Angeles, San Francisco or Portland 011 special dates in May, Juno, July, A'.gust,September and October. Liberal arrangements for stop-over among the mountains of Colorado and in Califor nia—side trips to the Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc. Write for Colorado and California books and Rock Island folder. John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Man ager, Rock Island System, Chicago. ■ ■ ■ At>ii Peniston’s Drug Store Grano Spring Medicine. Prune ’h Kidney and Backncho Cure. ('rune ’h (lough Caro, (Jruiie ’h Headache Relief. Orano ’h ('liolera umlfl hurrlioeu Mixture. (’nine ’h Family Liniment. Grime 'h Eczema Cure. Grime 'k Liver Powders. (Irani' ’h Pile Halve. (!rime ’m Liver Pills. Grime ’b Female Relief. Iliese tire Slumlord Prepara tions and are Sold and Recom mended at Peniston’s Drug Store. A man is never alone when he has the company of a good book. That Job of Printing— less than one-tenth son's Weekly. as many.—Pear- Baltimore. The Roonevelt Dam, Another huge dam is to be built for irrigation purposes, tlie Roosevelt darn in Salt river valley, Arizona. It will be one of the largest In the world, will cost $1,000,000, will overflow about 350,000 acres of land and supply water power for hundreds of places through out the territory. Bacilli Are Si-areit In Ffffj'pt. A German physician has discovered that the air of the Egyptian desert is about as free from bacterial life ns tlie polar regions or the high seas. Tuber cle bacilli are killed when exposed six hours in the sunlight. He considers the desert especially suitable for rheu matics and patients suffering from kidney diseases and tuberculosis. Glass Walls. C. E. Eastman, an Iowa architect, Is applying for a patent on a glass outer wall for department stores, office build ings, schools and courthouses. It con sists of a steel framework supported by brackets attached to the beams of the floors In duplicate, making two walls of opalescent wire glass, the glass being set in the framework. The glass walls are approximately a foot apart, making an Insulating dead air space to prevent loss of heat in winter and pre vent undue heat In summer. This sys tem of construction allows of any ar rangement of floor plan because win dows are unnecessary. The exterior will admit of any style of treatment entirely free of tlie restrictions of fenes tration. 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. Get a Shave -AT- r Bailey’s Barber Shop and you'll continue to get shaved there, Tlie same is true of Imir-cuts, shampoos, etc,, Three white bar bers are employed, anil the service is first-class. Drop into Bailey’s White Barber Shop (tperu House Building, Newnan, - - - Georgia. Cleaned for Action When the body is cleaned for action, by Dr. King’s New Life Pills, you can tell it by the bloom of health on tho cheeks; the brightness of tlie eyes; tho firmness cf the flesh and muscles; the buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At I J. T. Reese’s and Dr. Paul Peniston’s Drugstore, 20o.