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KAIL TO OUR COUNTRY.
Across the land from strand to strand They answer and an ocho comes
Loud ring the bugle notes, From chained and troubled isles,
And freedom’s smile, from isle to isle, And roars like ocean’s thunder drums
Like freedom’s banner floats. Where glad Columbia smiles.
One song—the nations hail the notes Ilaii to our country! Strong she
From sounding sea to sea, Nor fears the war drum’s beat;
Vnd answer from their thrilling throats The sword of freedom in her hands,
The song of Ubertyl The tyrant at her feet.
—Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitution.
“An Awkward Fix.”
'£■ — | ONFOUND i;t !
ry Wherever can
Charlotte be?”
Ell'f®'' "•* n is M - Chil '
p o u 1 o t who
. i.Sbl'i Jl , speaks, and as
1 J s the words show,
M. Chapoulot is
out of humor.
* Ordinarily M.
Chapoulot is as good-tempered and
easy going as one would expect in a
man of sixty, who had been like John
Gilpin, in his day, a linen draper bold,
'and has in good time retired to enjoy
a modest competency in repose. Your
•wealthy London tradesman, now, who
has grown rich beneath the shadow of
<Sfc. Paul’s, if he retires at all before
'death or disease puts him suddenly
hors de combat, flies off to spend his
fortune at Brighton or Bath, or
Cheltenham—anywhere rather than in
the great metropolis where he has
inade it. But M. Chapoulot, like the
true Parisiau he is, will never desert
his Ville Lumiere, and has retired no
further than from the bustle of the
Boulevards d-e to the more peaceful Rue
la Trocadero.
There he now lives with his only
daughter.‘Charlotte and an old faithful
servant of the family, and it is the
former whom he is at this moment im¬
patiently awaiting.
It is dinner time with the Chapou
lote, who dine at six.
r- H. ’ Chapoulot always begins his
dinner with punctuality, but he has
never begun it without Charlotte.
And Charlotte comes, not.. Five min¬
utes past six, and M. Cliapoulot’s'im¬
patience becomes annoyance; ten
.minutes, and it Is evdii
quarter past, and he is furious.
ger, they say, will tame a lion, but it
will none the less ruffle the equanimity
of a saint. Wherever can Charlotte
be? She has gone this afternoon to
take her music lesson in the Boulevard
Barbesse. She goes threo times a
week, and always returns in ample
time for dinner. Twenty past, anger
begins to give way to nervousness;
live-and-twenty, it is alarm; half-past
six and no Charlotte, Ml Chapoulot is
trembling with anxiety. Hurriedly
he summons the old servant, asks for
Ms hat and boots; he will himself go
out and see whatever may have liap
pened.
' But suddenly there was a merry
little rap at the door, and Charlotte
enters. No evil can have come, for
there she stands in the doorway, smil
ing radiantly, in all the ease and grace
of la petite Parisienne.
“Oh, papa—I-”
ButM. Cliapoulot’s fear gone, his
impatience again usurps supremacy,
and reassured about the safety of his
daughter, he begins to feel anxious for
the flavor of his dinner.
“Come to the table first. You can
tell me while eating. I shall under¬
stand better then.”
“Oh, but pap! You don’t know. I
have had an adventure!”
“An adventure!” exclaimed M. Cha¬
poulot, starting from his seat and drop¬
ping his spoon into the soup upon
which he had already commenced.
“Yes, papa! An adventure, in the
omnibus with a young man!”
“The omnibus—with a young man!
Parbleu!”
“But with a young man comme il
faut, papa, I can assure you. ”
“You ought to know, Charlotte, that
a young man comme il faut has no ad¬
ventures, above all in an omnibus.
Whatever do you mean?”
“It is very simple, papa. You need
not make such a cruel face. I had for¬
gotten my purse. That is the thing
which happens often enough-”
“Yes, yes; especially to thoso who
haven’t got one. Go on. ”
“I never discovered it until the con¬
ductor held out his hand to take my
fare. What could I do? What could
I say? I should be taken for a pauper
—for an adventuress, perhaps. I was
crimson, I was pale, Ifelt that I should
faint; when, happily, a young man who
sat next to me gave the conductor “a
piece of silver, saying: ‘Take for two.’
This gentleman, seeing my embarrass¬
ment, had kindly paid for me.”
“Well, miss, you have done a nice
thing. Accept six sous from a stran¬
ger! You had better have explained
to the conductor, to the driver, to all
the company. But people should not
forget their purses—I never do. And
now, how will you return his money?
You will never think of keeping it?”
“I have his card, papa; M. Agenor
Baluchet, clerk at the ministry of-”
But papa, without hearing another
word, had snatched the piece of paste¬
board from her hand, exclaiming:
“What? This gentleman, not con¬
tent with insolently lending his six
“To thine own self be true,and it will follow, Us night the day, thou cans’tnot then be false to any man.
LINCOLNTON, GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 5 S 1898
sous, lias liad the impudence to force
bis card upon you in the bargain! He
is a very scoundrel, your young man
comrne il faut. ”
“But, papa, I could not return bis
money if I did not know bis address.”
M. Chapoulot has not a word to
answer to this ingenious argument,but
with a gesture of tbe intensest irrita¬
tion throws down bis serviette upon
the table.
“It is written that I shall not dine
this evening,” he says to tAe old ser¬
vant. “Find me a cab at once. lam
going to restore to this Agenor his six
sous immediately, and to tell him a
few truths as well.”
“But, papa, that will be ingratitude.
You must remember that this young
man has saved your daughter from un
faux pas.” rather led
“Uu faux p>as! He lias
you into one. But, silence, miss! I
am not going to receive lessons, above
all, lessons in memory, from a silly
girl who forgets her purse.”
M. Chapoulot has taken his hat,
and looks even more en»aged than
ever.
The old servant comes back, “A
cabman is at the door,but he will only
agree to a single journey.”
f-;, “Oh, that will do! I can easily find
another to return.”
And M. Chapoulot goes out in furi¬
ous "haste, while Charlotte timidly
confides to the sympathizing servant
that she knows even more of the
young man than she has dared to say.
For a month past be regularly traveled
in the same omnibus, and she lias no¬
ticed that he has noticed, etc., etc.
'Agenor, in b .2 bachelor apartment,
. his experience of
sits thinking i £ er will
the evening, and vowing he not
wash until the morning the hand that
had been touched by the dainty
fingers of Charlotte when she received
the card.
Suddenly a sharp rap at the door, a
violent opening, and a stout gentle¬
man, out of breath, his hat upon his
ears and cane in hand, breaks in upon
his dreaming.
“Monsieur!” exclaims the invader,
“your conduct is scandalous. You
are not worthy the name of a French
gentleman. An honest man would
never take advantage of the embavrass
ment and inexperience of a young
lady. To profit by the absence of a
father and a purse, to offer your
money—and your card into the bar
gain—to an unprotected girl, it may
be a good investment, but it is a bad
action. I have brought you your six
sous again, and would have you to
know, sir, that, as for my daughter
and myself, we wish to have nothing
to do with you. ”
And the stout gentleman, trembling
with his vehemence, puts his hand
into his pocket to get the money,
when, before Agenor has time even to
recover from his bewilderment, a new
actor enters upon the scene. It is the
cabman, all furious, with an oath upon
his lips, and brandishing his whip in
a threatening manner.
“Eh! you! What do you mean?
You engage me for a single journey.
I tell you I eaunot stay. You even
order me to hurry. And then you
jump from my cab like a madman,
and rush in here without a word.
None of that for me. I have only
one thing to ask. Pay me my money
quickly, or--” And the whip goes
round again more emphatically than
before.
Agenor understands nothing of it.
But the stout gentleman, who has
searched vigorously in all his pockets,
becomes suddenly pale, then red, then
redder still, then crimson, then violet.
He is silent in stupefaction a minute,
and then, in answer to a more vigorous
demand from the cabman, he manages
to falter:
1 ‘I have—forgot tern—my—purse!”
“Ob, yes! I know,” cries the en¬
raged cabman, “I have seen that
dodge before. You needn’t try it on
with me. Come along! you shall tell
yourltale at the police office.” And
he begins to drag away by the shoul¬
ders the unfortunate Chapoulot, who
is ready to fall into an apoplectic fit.
But Agenor, a true providence for
the family, draws from his pocket the
necessary sum and dismisses the
driver.
“You will allow me, sir,” he says to
M. Chapoulot, who, all at onee under¬
standing that it is possible to forget
one’s purse, and that of all friends a
friend in need is one indeed, can only
reply with a smile:
“Monsieur—M. Blauchet, I believe
—30 centimes for the omnibus and 1
franc 75 for the cab, that makes 41
sous I owe you. If you will be good
enough to dine with me this evening
we will settle our affairs at ouco. As
an old business man, I like not out¬
standing debts. Besides, ready
reckonings always makegood friends.”
A quarter of an hour later the ser¬
vant puts a third plate upon the table
in the Fate de la Trocadero. A month
later there is a still larger party,
when the wedding of Charlotte and
Agenor is celebrated. And M. Cba
poulot will often say to those who
eare to hear him:
“Beware of borrowing, oh! fathers
of families. I made onee a debt of
41 sous, and could only repay it with
a dowry of 20,000 francs.”—Strand
Magazine.
SCIENTIFIC AND ^INDUSTRIAL.
A huge eel of the Fiji Islands, fif¬
teen feet long, is reported to have
a peculiar throat formation causing it
to whistle when excited.
A Dutch physiologist concludes, con¬
trary to usual belief, that in man is no
chemical regulation of heat, oxygen
consumption being the same at all
seasons.
An association has been formed in
Paris for exploiting the new method
of purifying water by means of elec¬
tricity, which Drs. Tyndal and Boux
have indicated.
To hold an ear of corn for eating a
neat device is made of a wire bow,
with a handle twisted in the center
and spring cones at each end to grasp
the ear and hold it rigid.
Crutches are now being made with
a hinge in the center, fitted with a
socket joint, so they can be folded up
when not in use, thus occupying half
the space of the ordinary kind.
A difficulty of administering medi¬
cine to small children is overcome by
Professor Aisnel, who affirms that a
mixture of equal parts of soap lini¬
ment and aloes will act as a cathartic
when rubbed in small quantity upon
the abdomen.
Photographs have recently been suc¬
cessfully taken under water, at a dis¬
tance of ten or twelve feet. The camera
was carried by a diver; the light carried was
supplied by an electric lamp
in the diver’s headpiece. The experi¬
ments were carried out in the bay of
Bio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experiments have been going on for
the last twelve years for the purpose
of trying to learn something of the
characteristics of the Atlantic Ocean
as a great moving body of water. As
a result the whole Atlantic is shown
to be slowly circulating round and
round like an enormous pool.
The intelligence of birds is illustra¬
ted by a discovery made tbe other day
by a man in Stuttgart. Seeing that a
swallow’s nest on his house had no
opening, he got a ladder and exam¬
ined it. He found five dead sparrows
in the nest, the swallows having evi¬
dently killed the intruders by closing
up the nest with mud.
In Berlin the firemen wear water
jackets, with a double skin, which
they are able to fill with water from
the hose. If the space between the
two layers becomes overfilled tbe water
escapes through a valve at the top of
the helmet and flows down over the
fireman, like a cascade protecting him
doubly. The smoke helmets, largely
used in Germany, Austria, Holland
and Italy, enable the wearer to breathe
and see at his ease in a smoke-laden
atmosphere. In some instances the
apparatus includes a means of tele¬
phonic communication with the street
below.
Girl Wlio IBooks Like a MermaUI.
If the mythical mermaid ever had a
physical reality in every day life, Miss
Fannie Minks, now in the Cincinnati
City Hospital, might easily apply for
the honor. At twenty, she is afflicted
with what in medical parlance is known
as ichthyosis, a term derived from the
Greek, meaning fish-scale disease.
This is not a misnomer in the case of
this particular patient, as herarmsand
limbs are covered with scales their en
tire length. The scales are similar to
those of a fish, and could not be dis
tinguislied from them.
The disease is extremely rare, only
one other case being recalled in the
history of the institution. The pres
ent case is exciting considerable inter
est in medical circles from the fact
that it is well developed and its symp
toms so well pronounced. Very little
can be done for Miss Fannie, except
to keep the affected parts as soft as
possible with frequent hot baths and
the application of unctuous ointments,
for once the scales become dry they
break off' at the joints and leave ugly
and painful sores. the investiga
The disease, as far as
tion has gone, seems to be due to im
perfect capillary circulation aud the
failure of shedding particles of dead
skin, which in the normally consti
tuted being goes on unconsciously.
Miss Minks is receiving every atten
tion that the hospital with its facilities
can afford, and the best ot nursing, al
though a cure cannot be effect ed.
Aerine.
We have liquid air, or aerine, a
liquid which maintains a temperature
of 200 degrees below zero, but we
scarcely know how to use it. Possi
bly it might be used for hardening
steel, ns we know the quicker we can
cool red-hot steel the harder it be
comes. For drills, cutlery, etc., its
use as a cooling agent should bo very
effectual-
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Boasting a Joint.
First see that a good clear fire is
burning and sweep up all ashes that
there will be no need to make a dust
while the meat is before the fire. Allow
quarter of an hour to each pound of meat
and half an hour extra to each eight
pounds. It is necessary to cook close
white meats, such as pork and veal,
rather longer. Place the meat first
close to the fire for about seven min¬
utes, then draw it further away. The
object of the fast cooking to start with
is to close up the pores of the meat
and keep in the gravy. To roast prop¬
erly meat must be constantly basted
aud be carefully watched that it does
not burn. Turn the joint from time
to time so that it is equally done all
over.
Coloring For Soups.
Essence of spinach is used for color¬
ing soups, dressings, creams, pud¬
dings, etc., etc. It is prepared as
follows: Wash thoroughly in cold
wate# a half peck of spinach. After
washing it let it soak a couple of hours
in cold water, then drain it quite dry.
Put it in a big wooden bowl, chop it
up a little, then pound it with a •pota¬
to masher until it is a pulp. After
this put it in a cheese cloth bag and
dip the bag with the spinach in a
saucepan containing a very little cold
water. Press all the juice of the spin¬
ach with a potato masher into a sauce¬
pan and stand it over the fire. When
it reaches boiling heat take it from the
stove’ and strain it through a hair
sieve, add two tablespoonfuls of fine
sugar and stir it till the sugar melts.
When cold bottle it or put it in a glass
jar, stand it in'a cold place and it will
keep for some time.
Cements and Paste.
Ktfife Handle Cement—Besin, four
parti; beeswax, one part; plaster Have of
Paris or brick dust, one part.
all finely powdered and mix well.
Fill handle, heat the end of tho blade,
and press it in.
Cfiment for Glazed Surfaces—Two
ounces of granulated gam arabio dis¬
solved in a half pint of water; dissolve
one-half ounce starch in cold water;
add with one-half ounce of granulated
sugar to the gum solutiou, and boil
all until clear. A little oil of cloves
may be added to keep it.
Cement for Glass and Earthenware
—Dilute white of egg with its bulk of
wat.jr. Mix to a thin paste with pow¬
dered quicklime. Must be used im¬
mediately; will not keep.
Cement for Fastening Tops on Oil
Lamps—Three parts resin, one part
caustic soda, five parts water. Mix
with half its weight of plaster of Paris.
It sets in about forty-five minutes; is
of great adhesive power.
■Strong Cement for Mending Broken
Crockery—Mix together equal parts of
glycerine and litharge to the consis¬
tency of soft putty. If articles are al¬
lowed to stand until cement is thor¬
oughly hardened they will resist
acids and hot water.
To Fasten Paper to Tin—Break
clear glue in small pieces, soak over
night, in clear water. Squeeze and
drain, put in a wide-mouthed bottle,
add sufficient glacial acetic acid to
cover, and stand bottle in warm water
until melted.
Scouring Paste—One part oxalic
acid, fifteen parts peroxide of iron,
twenty parts powdered rotten petro¬ stone,
sixty parts palm oil, four parts
latum. Pulverize the acid, add iron
and rotten stone, sift well, gradually
incorporate ths oil aud petrolatum.
Perfume with oil of lavender.—New
York Times.
Recipes,
Cream Fritters Beat the yolks o
three eggs with a gill ot cream or
good new milk, add a M n ot 8 ’
half , lemon rmd .
on e ounce of sugar,
grated, and three crumbled macca
roons. Whip the white of one egg o
a stiff froth, ^ and stir it lightly into t le
ingredients; fry like pancakes, drain,
sift sugar over and serve hot, with
j aEa sauce
Pain’s Perdus—Cut thin slices of
sweet homemade bread into pieces
two inches wide and five inches long,
Spread with thick sweet cream and
peach and apricot jam; roll up and
fasten with tiny skewers, if the pieces
will not stay rolled; dip in beaten egg
and fry a delicate brown in deep hot
fat. Serve with hot melted jelly
poured around them,
Cranberry Glace—Boil one quart of
cranberries, one pint of water aud one
cn pf u i Q f augar until the berries are
perfectly soft; strain them through a
s i eve an( j add three ounces of gelatine
w jjieh h ag soaked in cold ivater
enough to cover for thirty minutes;
a q ow them to come to a boil and pour
j nto mo idg. Set in icebox to stiffen,
alld serve with whipped cream.
ch a , a Maintenon—Melt ovei
fte ()ue table spo 0 nful each of but
ter ftnd flom% add one -half teaspoonfut
of 8alt> half t kat a*»*nt of pepper, a
teaspoonful of chopped parsley, four
tablespoonfuis of finely chopped
canned mushrooms and one-third cup
ful of stock; stir and cook for two min
utes, and set aside. French six rib
chops cut an inch thick, make tv
inch cut in the side of each, running
the knife down to the bone to form a
pocket. Put a portion of the mixture
in each chop, press the edges together
and broil over a clear fir*.
DUTY.
The longer on this earth we live
And weigh the various qualities of men,
Seeing how most are fugitive aud then—•
Or iltfui gifts at best, of now daughters of
Wind-wavered-copse-lights,
tlie ten— stern-foaturod
The more we feel the high,
beauty devotednoss to duty,
Of plain and still, paid with mortal
Steadfast nor
praise,
Rut finding ungarlanded amplest recompense
For life's expense
la work done squarely and unwasted
days. —James Russell Loweil.
PITH AND POINT.
Jim—“Is Maud’s hair gohlen?”
Mab—“No—it’s plaited.”—Standard.
^ Staylate—“Won’t you giveme a kiss
before I go to-night?” Miss Wary—
( < When do you intend to go?”—Stan¬
dard.
When in doubt about the freshness
of eggs, they can be’tested by essaying
to play “Hamlet” in a country village.
—Norristown Herald.
Nell—“Mr. Sillious is only an
apology for a man.” Belle—“Well,
wouldn’t you accept an apology if it
were offered?’-^—Boston Traveler.
An Irish tenant observed that it was
“a hard thing for a man to be turned
out of the house which his father built
and his grandfather was born in. ’—
London Tit-Bits.
“We are going to give up having
Johnny get an education.” “For what
reason?” “Well—ive can’t get him
sterilized every morning in time to go
to school.”—Pack.
He (theatrically)—“You have re¬
fused me! To-morrow I go to seek
my fortune in the Klondike.” She—
“May I have the refusal of you when
you return?”—Puck.
Uncle Hiram—“When they talk
about tbe lower branch of the Legis¬
latin’’they, mean tlie Assemblymen.”
Uncle Abner—“Well, Idunno! I think
some of the Senators is jest as loiv.”—
Puck. ■jii -T
Ethel—“I was just telling Mr. Ban¬
gle it costs Cousin Bob only five hun¬
dred a year to live. Penelope—“How
does he ever manage it?” Ethel—
t < Why, he runs in debt for the balance.”
—Judge.
“What decoration is that you are
wearing?” said a recruiting sergeant
to a new recruit. The man blushed
deeply and responded: - > It’s a medal
our cow won at tbe cattle show.”—
Standard.
“I wonder,” said Mrs. Meektpo,..
“why they say that silence is golden.”
“I guess,” replied her husband, very
unguardedly, “it must be ’cause gold
is so hard to get sometimes.”—’Wash¬
ington Star.
Gertie—“Pa’s awfully cross with me
for coming in this dress. ” Bertie—
“Is he, really? I don’t see much in
it—er—to object to.” Gertie—
“Neither could he. That’s why he’s
so angry.”—Standard.
“I am afraid that actors sometimes
deceive about the salaries they get, ’
us
remarked the milcl-mannered citizen.
“No,” replied the keen observer;
“they may think they do, but they
don’t.”—Washington Star.
First Citizen—“Pete is gettin’ to
have a lot of new-fangled notions.”
Second Citizen—“What’s the latest?”
First Citizen—“He says he has a pre¬
judice ag’in lynchin’ a man on circum¬
stantial evidence.”—Puck.
“Miss Da Sweet must have said
something very harsh when you were
trying to whisper in her ear. I saw
you jump away.” “You are entirely
mistaken, I happened to lean against
her hatpin.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Emperor of China—“And all
this trouble results from tlie attack on
the German missionaries?” Li Hung
Chang— “Apparently. As soon as
Kaiser Wilhelm heard of the attack on
the missionaries he got religion.”—
Puck.
Klondike Bride—“And do you still
think I am worth my weight in gold,
love?” Klondike Bridegroom—
I < Worth your weight in gold, pet?
Why, blame my eyes, if I don’t think
you’re worth your weight in canued
goods!”—Puck.
Skilful Shooting.
A private performance was given on
Friday afternoon at tlie Boyal Music
Hall by Colonel Gaston Bordeverry,
who is represented to be “the greatest
pistol shot of the world.” Two of b;s
tricks were striking. He cut with a
pistol bullet a swinging thread, caus¬
ing the dependent bell to fall and
ring, aud he hit from a most uncom¬
fortable attitude the edge of a card
held sideways to him. Also with a
pistol bullet and at short range be
grazed tha hsad of an erect lucifer so
as to set it aflame. Bat tbe gilt of
that .exploit seemed less bright when a
bystander with a rifle performed pre¬
cisely the same feat.—London Times.
A House Full of Treasure.
A baker residing in a very old house
at Melines has just made an interest¬
ing discovery in his garret, where it
had been frequently been noticed that
the rafters, when tapped, emitted a
hollow sound. A vigorous search
brought to light a rusty lock in the
corner of one of the rafters,, and, on
being forced, the cavity was found to
contain Spanish gold coins of the six¬
teenth century to the value of $5000.
.The smallest humming bird known
weighs only twenty grains.
ISO. 4^
“OLD MORTALITY.”
House Where Prototype of One of
Scott’s Characters Was Born.
The Hawick Arcbaelogical Society
lias preserved a literary landmark dear
to every lover of Sir Walter Seott’a
writings. This is the house in which
the prototype of ‘’Okl Mortality” was
born. Every reader of that admirable
novel, in which Scott touches with so
firm a grip the conflicting tastes and
interests of Covenanters and Royal¬
ists. will remember that tiie story was
made to revolve round tlis reminis¬
cences of a famous old man, who was
a repairer of tombs in Scottish church
yards. The original of "Old Mortal¬
ity,” whom Scott had met only onee.
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OLD MOUTALITY’S” PIKTnPLACF..
and then at his occupation, was a cer¬
tain Robert Paterson, who, as tills
stone commemorates, was born at Hag -
giesha, in 1712. Paterson was little more
than a beggar, receiving such charity
as was giveu to him from day to day
by tlie Uinmy people among whom ho
moved. He traveled about with his
little pony from churchyard to church¬
yard, interesting himself in taking
away <he dirt and moss which accumu¬
lated on the other tombs, many ot
which were those of famous Covenant
ers. It was tlie knowledge of this man
which, undoubtedly, inspired Scott, to
tell the story which common assent has
placed In tlie very front of his great
works. ____
BIG MULE, SMALL PONY.
The Two Make a Combination Such as
Is Seldom Beheld.
Colossus, who is said to be the big¬
gest mule in the world, is destined to
take up a permanent home at a men¬
agerie in London. He weighs 1,873
pounds, and is 20 hands 1% inches in
height. From his nose to the tip of his
ear Colossus measures 42 inches. His
eyes are about the size of overgrown
clam shells.
Dot, which is said to be the smallew
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TWO REMARKABLE ANIMALS.
living pony, reaches only to the mule’s
knee joint.
Dr. E. D. Colvin, lately found in Mis
souri a mule that measured 19 hands
and one inch in height. Tills will bu
shipped with Colossus.
Origin of “Norway Oats.”
David W. Ramsdeu, aged seventy
three, died at his home, near South
Roya-lton, Vt., recently. He was horn
in Washington. Vt., and always lived
in that state. In 1801, in a package of
x-eds he received from the government
at Washington, Ramsdell found a pe- ■
euliar variety of seeds which experi¬
ments showed to be a new kind of oats
which he named "Norway oats.
Aamsdell in ten years made an enor
mous fortune from the sale of this
grain. Over $3,000,000 was spent in ad
vertising it. Poor business ability,
however, dissipated his riches, and he
died practically n poor ma:i.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
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