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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03

There are many people who pretend
to like caviar, and it is possible that a
few may have forced themselves TO
relish the intensely salt or rancid prep
aration of sturgeon eggs called by this
name. We believe the "delicacy" first
came from Russia, and we can imagine
that native of Siberia, half Indian
and half Esquimaux, might find caviar
a delightful change from whales
blubber and decayed seal. We have
tasted caviar, and think that old rusty
mackerel brine is nectar beside it.
The Germans pretend to love caviar
and Americans who have been abroad
eat it before their friends to show their
acquired taste contracted in foreign
lands We read in the DeutSche FiSc-
herei Zeitung that some Germans have
been making caviar from the eggs of
the pike, and we wish them success in
their search after new source of sup
ply of delicatessen. Shakespeare
speaks of something which the general
public cannot relish as being caviar
to the general" The bard is correct,
as usual. Caviar is caviar, whether
made of triple-salted rancid sturgeon
eggs or of the ova of the pike favored
with seal blubber and stale mackerel
brine.
To our friends who have not yet
met this luxury we will say that at
dinner, after the pudding, ice cream,
cheese, nuts, figs and raisins have pass
ed, you take a piece of toast about
three inches square and cover it with
quarter inch layer of something that
looks like broken rice stewed in coal
tar. On this you put thick layer of
finely chopped raw onion and squeeze
lemon over it. You raise it to your
lips; you bite into it and roll your eyes
heavenward and declare that you never
tasted anything half so delicious before.
At the first opportunity you slip down
stairs and take quiet drink out of the
kerosene can to get up proper after
taste in your mouth.
Yes, the Germans have discovered a
new source of caviar in the pike, aid
don't we wish we had some of 1t.
The memory of the caviar we have
eaten comes over US like the recollec-
tions of an Arctic explorer when he
thinks of the train oil he has swallow
ed.- Forest and Stream.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
Expecting q Letter.

"I don't see how it is," exclaimed an
east side man, as he entered the post
office the other morning; ~ can never
get my letters on timer
"Are you expecting something by
mailP" asked the postmaster, politely.
Expecting somethingl I should
think l was. I've been expecting it
for the past three daysl" continued the
man, impatiently.
"This is probably what you expect
ed," said the man of letters, with self
satisfied smile, as he took bill from
the mans box and handed it to him.
eyes," growled the man, taking the
envelope which he supposed contained
he expected letter, without looking at
l.; this was due three days agol"
"Three days agol" exclaimed the
postmaster, little surprised. ''Why.
your tailor said when he put it In that
it was due three months agol' It did
not take that man long to discover the
true inwardness of the postmaster's re-
marks, but when he did he was mad
enough to lick the postmaster and
every stamp in the ofice.-StGtesnaGTa
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
At Sea i'm a Basket.

1t was upon September 20, 1854, the
Arctic, belonging to the now extinct
Collins line, sailed from Liverpool to
New York with more than 200 pas
sengers on board. The voyage was
safely accomplished until the Arctic
got within sixty-fve miles of Cape
Race, when she was run into by the
Vesta, a small iron steamer owned and
manned by Frenchmen, and of about
100 tons burden. Within four hours
of the collision the big vessel disap-
peared beneath the waves, and the lit
tie vessel was speeding on her way to-
ward the French coast, where, uncon-
scious of the mischief she had done,
she arrived in safety about fortnight
later. About forty Of the Arctic's
crew and passengers were saved in
boat, and few more were picked up
from RATS and bits of the vessel, among
the latter being Captain Luce and a
Mr.. Smith, then a resident of the state
of Mississippi, but subsequently a
wealthy Glasgow merchant. Mr.. Smith
was saved upon raft of planks,
lashed together by himself, on the top
of which he tied the basket lined with
tin, into which unwaShed plates were
put during the saloon dinner. Upon
the edge of this basket, with his feet
at the bottom, Mr. Smith sat for two
nights and nearly three days. 'bailing it
as it filled from time to time. It will
be heard with little surprise that for
many years Mr.. Smith preserved this
much-valued historical basket as. a
trophy in his drawing-room at Glasgow,
and showed it to his friends as the
vehicle in which he had foated upon
the waves for fifty or sixty hours. The
basket was concealed in the center of
an ottoman made purposely to hold it,
and was only revealed when Mr.. Smith
was surrounded by a few congenisl
friends.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

M. Fourmant has concluded q series
of exact experiments upon trichinB in
II eat. He finds that to pack the dis
eased flesh in salt for fifteen months
does not kill the parasites; mice fed
upon the meat died of trichinosis.
Remains of mastodon and num-
ber of curious bones belonging to vari-
Gus other animals have been found
near salt mine at New Iberia, La
Among them were some fossil teeth of
horses, and they have been presented
to the Yale college museum.
The post-mortem examination of a
mulatto who died recently in Cincin-
natl revealed a brain weighing sixty
one ounces. There are on record but
two brains heavier than this-that of
Cuvier, weighing 64.33 ounces, and
Abercrombie's, which weighed sixty
three ounces.
DR.. Reklam considers that headaches
and other consequences of sleeping in
rooms containing flowers do not arise
from any special properties of the
flowers themselves, but are due to a
straining of the nerves of smell in the
presence of perfumes for an unwonted
length Of time. The effect is anala-
gous to that produced upon the eyes
by an unusual exposure to light, or on
the ears by long-continued sounds.
An enormous quantity of water pass
es through the roots of plants. An
English experimenter has ascertained
that for every pound of mineral matter
assimilated by a plant, an average of
1000 pounds of water is absorbed.
At the French agricultural observato-
ry of Montsouris it was found that in
rich soil, 727 pounds of water passed
through the roots of wheat plants for
every pound of grain produced; while
in a very poor soil, 2693 pounds passed
through the wheat roots for each
pound of grain"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Always out of conference.-the
ncse.
The blandest counsel may be cross
examiner.
High words-"Tip top" peak"
summit" etc.
Now the thrifty fisherman figures
up his net gains.
A mans tongue often betrays HIM
but he always can count on his hngers.
A man has invented a chair that
can be adjusted to 800 different posi-
tions. 1t is designed for boy to sit
in when he goes to church.
The great question of the day at
present is how to wear high all-round
collar and still be able to sneeze hard
without cutting your throat. -
One of the sweetest pictures of do
mestic economy is poet backing a
white stocking so that it won't show
through the fissure of his boot.
"He's grown to be a polished gen.
tleman, anyhow" said an old lady
gazing fondly as she spoke at the shin
ing bald head of her son, just returned
after long absence.
papa" said lad the other night,
after attentiyely studying for some
minutes an engraving of human
skeleton, chow did this man manage
to keep in his dinner p
A little chap in Gallatin, Tenn, son
of a prominent turfman, was asked by
his school-teacher to define good
breeding" "A mare with two Lex
ington crosses" was the instant reply.
johnnie, how many bones are there
in the human body?" Whose human
,,'ody? Mine?" "Yes, yours, for in
stance" Cant tell. You see I've
been eatin' shad for breakfast, and
that upsets the anatomical estimate at
once"
A society has been formed in New
York. to he known as the "Order of
the Iron Tie" 1t is supposed to be an
organization to use its influence to per-
suade men to wear a tie that the
women folks cannot work up into
patchwork quilt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
Scotch Plowmen's Vests.

1t has long been the custom of agri-
cultural laborers in Scotland to distin-
guish themselves by the grandeur of
their Sabbath kirk suits. Sunday
claes." The vest or waistcoat was es-
pecially the center of their pride or
vanity. II had combination of all
the prismatic colors of the rainbow,
the more brilliant prevailing, forming
a complete aurora borealis. About
forty years ago, in border parish on
the south of Scotland, the principal
heritor and patron, according to the
law and custom, was allotted the chief
seat in the gallery opposite the minis
ter's pulpit. He, however, was nom
resident and an Episcopalian. He
therefore dedicated his seat to the un-
married plowmen of the parish, who
for many years avai!ed themselves of
the privilege. Generally their number
fully packed the seat. So soon as a
member left the parish, he, of course
ceased his seat-possession, and so soon
as he entered the holy bonds of matri-
mony he had to provide accommodd-
ton for himself and his wife elsewhere,
as the pew was held to be of the kind
of the Limited (mail) male" Sabbath
after Sabbath the Juvenile rustics We'd
with each other who could show the
newest pattern in the design and color
for his chest covering. Often have
clergymen who have never before
ascended the pulpit stair of this parish
been startled as the opposite gallery
brilliantly flashed on his wondering
eyes. The rustic band got the title of
the robin redbreasts" or "canaries," :"
and their seat was commonly known as
their "nest" or "aviary." A change,
however, did occur. The heritage fell
to brother of the late proprietor, who
"knew not Joseph" and was rather
displeased at this weekly display of
foppery. The new laird granted the
pew to new tenant, who had become
possessor of the home farm, and had a
numerous family. 1t was easy to grant
and possess, but not so easy to annul
previous grant and dispossess former
occupants. The bovans refused to
remove, pleading a grant with long
possession, even for the prescriptive
period-in fact, that they had acquired
both figuratively and literally "vest-
ed interest" The sheriff had to be ap-
preached by way of interdict. 1t was
however, more by suasion than by
force that at length matters were
peacefully arranged. For many years
the display of colors which once haunt,
ed from the gallery ceased from the
memories OF the parishioners of Sunny
side. The epidemic which prevailed in
the south spread to other portions OF
| Scotland.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those
who need it most take il least.
AS every thread of gold Is valuable
80 is every minute OF time.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversely
is the only balance to weigh friends.
The more we do, the more we can do
the more busy we are, the more leisure
we have.
Knavery Is supple, and can bend
but honesty is firm and upright and
yields not.
No principle is more noble, as there
is none more holy, than that of true
obedience.
He who is the most slow in rNaking
a promise is the most faithful Nm the
performance of it.
Never let your zeal outrun your
charity The former is but human,
the latter is divine.
Duty cannot be neglected without
harm to those who practice as well as
to those who suffer the neglect.
Precept is instruction that is written
in sand, and washed away by the tide;
example is instruction engraved on the
rock.
Whoever has contented mind has
all riches. To him whose foot is en-
closed in a shoe, is it not as though the
earth were carpeted with leather?
Try to repress thought, and 1t is like
trying to fasten down steam-an ex.
plosion is sure to follow. Let thought
be free to work in its own appropriate
way, and it turns the machine, drives
the wheels, does the work.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
An UnsOphiSticated Way.

Any Esquimaux asked to undertake
journey or perform a labor he does
not like does not declare that he is not
at home, but he has precisely similar
formality adapted to his own circum-
stances. He does not like to tell the
stranger proposing to him that he does
not wish to go, or that the pay is not
sufficient, or, in short, that he will not
go; but he says, 81 have no boots"
This is not to be accepted as hint that
pair of boots would be an acceptable
present; it IS merely polite refusal,
and in strict politeness must be ac-
cepted as unhesitatingly as our own
'Not at home"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03

old woman will be company for Jane
Eliza and the children. It's old HUI
dah Jones, you know Cappen Jones
widder, down in Frog Lane"
"Ohw said Mrs. Aclley.
II expected her up last night said
Abe, drawing on his blue yarn
mittens; "but | guess she found the
weather one too many for her rheuma-
tiz; so now I'm goin' arter her, with
an armchair tied into the box-sledl
And. by-the-way," fumbling in his
coat pocket, there's letter | got last
night. Guess it was meant for father,
but opened it by mistake"
who's it from?" screeched Abigail,
who had just come down stairs, half
frozen, from her freless room, tying
her apron strings as she came while
Maria was visible, twisting up her
back hair in the distance
Your rich cousin, in New York,
said Abe. "She amt COMMIT She's
made up her mind to rent furnished
flat in New York, where she can be
near her doctor and her favorite clergy
man.
"Nonsense!" said Maria That's
only practical joke, as some one Is
tryin to come on us. Cousin Jones is
here Already"
asleep in the best chamber, where
I'm goin' to light a fire at seven
o'clock" added Abigail.
"What" roared Abraham.
"Girlsr' shrilly exclaimed Mrs. Ack-
ley, "it's dreadful mistake as we've
all of us madel This old woman amt
our Cousin Jones at all. It's the town
poor as Abe has took to boardl-old
Cappen Jones widow, from Frog
Lane"
And she struck an attitude in front
of the stove like Medea before the sac
rifcial flames.
and we gave her cold fowl and
raspberry-jam," cried Maria, "and the
whole of the meat pie
"And my choicest linen sheets, and
a fire in the best chamberP' groaned
Mrs. Ackley. "My goodness me! how
could we be such fools?"
"Go and wake her up at once" said
Maria to Abigail. Tell her Abe Ack
ley is here, to take her where she right
ly belongs; and ask her how she dared
to impose upon decent people like us?'
1T amt her faultw sighed Mrs. Ack-
ley, Its ours. Goodness, what
idiots we've beenr'
"Wen, you haven't asked me to
breakfast" said Abraham, junior,
waggishly; "but l guess I'll stop for a
bite and sup, and take the old lady
up to our home arterward. Tain t a
good plan TO travel on an empty
stomach such weather as thisr'
And the bewildered Mrs. Jones was
whisked away on the boX-sled before
she knew the rights and wrongs of the
case, leaving the Ackley family discon-
solate.
II never was SO mistook in my life
before" said Mrs. Aclley.
But Abe, junior, regarded the matter
as stupendous Joke.
"Old Mrs. Jones g1t first-class
meal and nights lodgin' free gratis
out of mother said he; "and | don't
remember when anybody else has done
as much"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03

Two ladies who were bound some
where in company yesterday entered
Woodward avenue car together, and
no sooner were they seated than both
made dive for their purses.
"Oh, let me payP' pleaded one.
"Oh, | couldn't think of itr'
"Oh, do, now; I have just the
change"
"Oh, but | have tickets"
"Yes, but you paid the last time"
"But you can pay some other time.
Here"
She was hurriedly searching through
her porte-monnaie, but didn't seem to
find anything.
"I told you | had
And the second one began a search
in a wild manner, emptying out pins,
needles and buttons, but no money.
"Why! I do declareY gasped the
first.
"Strangest thing ever sawl' added
the second.
"I'll pay for both," observed man
on the seat opposite, and he marched
up, fumbled through his pockets and
held out battered quarter to the dri-
yer The latter would not take il. and
the man marched out and slid off the
platform in the most solemn manner,
and at the next crossing the ladies said
they had taken the wrong car, rang the
bell and got off.-M. quad.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03

Deal very gently with those who are
on the downhill of life. Your own
time is coming to be where they now
are. You too are stepping westward" !"
Soothe the restIessness of age by amuse-
ment, by consideration, by non-inter-
ference, and by allowing plenty of oc-
cupation to fall into the hands that
long for it. But let it be of their own
choosing, and cease to order their ways
for them as though they were children.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03

Prophecy.

/ have heard il in the forest
Where the branches gray and barey
From The sen of pines upsiarting,
Stand like phantoms in the airi
Ghosts of beauty once so hair.
have heard the distant echoes,
Faint and tar, but wondrous sweet, &.
Telling that the summer cometh
Crowned with ecstasy complete;
And earth thrills beneath my feet.
have seen the tidings written
On the far blue of the skies;
have heard the brooklet singing
Softly meath its roof OF ice,
OF the coming mysteries.
Summers coming, coming, coming"
Speed the news from tree TO tree.
Clouds of heaven bear il onward,
River, tell il tn the sea.
"Summcr comes! the earth il free."
George L. Heath
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-03
Her King.


She AaH not found her king as yet,
The golden DAYS glide by;
They bring no sorrows to forget,
Nor any cause to sigh.
No heart for her devotion made
The passionate summers bring;
Urhalmed she walks, and unaIfrayed-
She has not found her king.
: Men bring their titles, and their go%,
She turns in scorn away.
The man must be of different mold
She swears she will obey.
TIL ugh poor in honor and in lands,
Rich in "A rarer thing.
III led by God alone, he stands,
Wnen she viii own her king.
But when he comes, rs come he viii,
Strong to support, ard grand,
With surplication that shall I'LL
Her soul, like her command;
She'll place her hand in his, and take
WhaIer this world may bring,
Proud and contented for his sake,
Whom she hath crowned her king!
Temple Bal
New-York tribune., 1883-12-11

There was no business done either in State bonds
city bank stocks.
The dealings in railroad bonds were light and
generally at easier figures There were no transae-
tons in Erie second consols. but the first gold rs
sold at 127%G127ia. Missouri Kansas and Texas
seconds were u higher at 6sl2 but the general 6s
were per cent lower ut 81. Chesapeake aud Ohio
currency Gs declined q to 5Ol4. Canada Southern
first IS off % at 9sl2; West Shore and Buffalo
first 5s were l. lower at 1884, and Central and
Hudson debentGue 5s were easier at lO3. New
York, Chicago and st. Louis first Us were up 4 at
1921, and seconds sold at SIS. East Ten
nessee. Virginia aud Georgia incomes declined 10
to 31l2. Lake Erie and Western incomes were
active at 30l2G40. Northwestern debenture 5s
were off Is, al 93ai. Denver and RIO Gnnde con-
soils up from 90 L To 93G927s. Texas and Pa
cic incomes declined q To 81, and frsts Rio
GTande division, were steady at 76a753. North
eTn Pacific tiTsts were ss lower, at 105l2
The Sub-lreasnry to-day lost on balance
$74s, ,464, made up by Losses of $40, ,404 currency
aud $3.50 coin. The days transactions covered
Receipts 81 ,534 460 payments, - 2S2, ,824 cur
rency balance. $I,46l ,sO2; coin balance, $ll0,-
700,l7S.
Money was easy at per cent, with exceptional
New-York tribune., 1883-12-11
THE MARKETS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
Per North River, Vessels and Railroads.
NEw-YoRK, Monday, Dec. 10, 1888.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.


RS & Su q and nominal Ss P PS Ssrs S Ii Tr rs
hands. 6SGs EsDs 5 sSP s:s a @ for ga G
for J3R1sT I9d6 1920 1Gr FeSSaSSa5 SaS 1yi
S MSc9 4 doSsr sosus Os y S
peee%6e o5 JnsinGgs lCiSS Nav
fo.S0sio4M0 M Mid quiet and unchanged -.
cSSn .s d e Sa.: sas sui pSsd e os
1000 bales Receipts ports to-day 942 bsle against
ssS Is; bss Tsss ysoP dis
sJ5ISs,y fSgeR fS9S
EESs 4s'Ss fS
JspTqSe HS% Fs iiss s
n.I2i June, 1lSO9 y "a July il.42SlLS6; August
FEouk RNp more active with
fr S s 6s sg s s City Y Mi
a. 9. month The oGS11s ah1 rSO So;pS;s was sss. S
95So 9cG1 6S. SOW q which s6' were export pe@dHs
lDsTps lSS9 So T. Q sGSss I 10 M ss S 81 @
TSer SS SS. %hsA No. g S 90 rs o Na
Ior Winter %6ssSt 100 s6i: aGy %inteE Sn"s %hsat
tians hass@ Tsn Eo sqg1Tae LATER
ooS % S1rs%s Fancy d S Common to Good Extra
g SSi sqSa e ShSs S 22S 60 o@S C cnoce ss
50 $50 s6 81 Common Extra Minnesota 81 564 so Clear
20 s sTsS @ 4 SSsss 6msn SS S1isa d f I 2r 22s
Is 4Saa Far q Good s4 ioas5 .: Coed 70 Very
s59S' 81 7S ty 2af % kIta indies south
America 80 0DHS0 OO MaIkct clOsbd
SSE s2SREEN c Hdy a S Sb. Good
Extra sS.S@s yer g1 G99S g @ Snps b Speps S oas
later for Choice BUCRWREAT FLoURdul Inferior .
MH&E % he'd higher YcSS western 50 ioSsS iO Brandy
"GRAfND% ME1T-Markct excited opening do.c higher
yaS5@ . @ ins aHd eSns heavy at under the
highest prices very moderate export business atiea
Sdtgan SS m saes f bush Fiure s2OoO
paaSPs TsraasG ShGGSF TntSF lied d9RFs z 5sl i
Red s l2as l2 store u l2' free on board rom store
81 I5 = - for Raj Certificates IN elevator e n
q i9s l2' closing g &c., I2S dS Jipnay 4 lSsS sss
do May, 81 2Oi.qsI 32is closing 81 2lgs... RYE 6r
More 5e aye sa ea 1855 S65 5ny RssST @ssGn S az c IN
5000 bush do 74sc delivered; 500 BUSH No !4ei
eevs,Sp 9gSp delivered B8RLEYGMarket
without decided change f@es 3 oS Ss Snsh vS no
dS sHt@r SSV'sa state 73Ss c Six RoSd State s
excited and decidedly higher opening &c better snDse
aud advancing 2263c and closing heavy at 9 Se under
the highest prices business mainly on speculative account
10000 bush future 10000 bush eaee including
UnErsted Mixed az 5O4u7c. NO. g. 66G0o@cy, mnHny nanny
GSiiycred; No = Mite, 7Ot New. White Western,
New sS s co.ns Ss Dn s DO snuary
6s4c es o DO February C7d7OSsc closing 6y!c
Sed SH Ms aSG pSS T S Soss easns Tn at prices
sales coo bush future 900 bush casn including
s 80 Io MlfS Mate e n 81 5,'t Sjsc No. a6a1Ctd No.
quote I2c.; Mixed Western 3BIa3 Nc; White do, 5sa
i6 do January, sos ale closing tls fsoruaryil9
SSps as s@ g0 N Max eG' 70 % sS
05c 100 ~ Csc aSl OS shsrps 81 lOGsl loEye Feeu W
d9jc.
THE EXPORTS PROM ATLANTIC PORTS CTScoNPLETE). SEW
ERAL STEAMERS AT Sgw-roRK AND SOME AT OUT
New-York tribune., 1883-12-11

Snesp-noeepts 2eo0 hesdi shipments 1000 heal, IA.
grades strong Common DALI Inferior to Fair 81 50wSs
per cwt, Good % 20, Choice "a. ''eN
sssa Ss nc sssr !. ss ssPps Sc
st Logis Dec Iocante-Receipts. 800 heal shipmeuts
200 head market steady demand exceeded supply esp
sy fSr shppins sEade. ExPorts ssSse 49 sd dics
mon - 2oa$4 s0 Bgtchsrs Steers o. 50asi 90, Cer~s
Texans, So 2J1$4 25. ~
saeep-Receipts lioo head, shipments TOO head, eo,
ggsdss wanted Others dsl Fair 70 Coed Muito9s S
Hogs Market excited and higher IAglt nominal PaSp
ng l6Ss3 1e Batcaers to Extra % 2Oas5 20 receipts
BUFFALO Dee. --CafisRecelpts to-day I7Oo head to
5000 bead; time last week, 1900 s
through 81 cars market fairly active shade Lieep
Steers 50 16d So so Good Choice S5 0S5 s la
Fair Medium 81 90as5 S0 Light Butchers 81 2s4Si 81
Mixed Butchers IS 35ds4 30 Oxen S3 75dsl 30 Stocker
sS75asi 80 Yearngs, 80 i5as3 50j Fat Bulls AZ S6S
snep.Rscelpts to-day $500 head for the week. IsOOo
through ears market dun and ower except for best syy
g abas4 80; Western lambs, sass i5 Canada lambs,
Rods-Recepts today 600 head for week, 22ooc hed
market active firm aud higher; Good le Ch9ee lors
Heavy S. AOG@5 80, Common TO Extra Pigs - ga 55