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“Sissy” cf Chicago.
[Copyright. 1908, by T. C. McClure ]
“Sissy” Floss whs at Chicago. His
father lint] left him $1,000,000, and he
had been through college and traveled.
He wns called “Sissy" because he was
hort and slight mid effeminate.
The young man bad accompanied a
friend to New York to see him off for
Europe. The steamer sailed In the
afternoon, and soon after her depar
ture “Stssy" fell In with a couple of
college chums. A dinner and a trip to
Chinatown were planned and came off.
The effeminate was only five feet tall,
and his weight whs only 110 imunds,
and bis voice was like that of a girl,
but when he cjjt joo.se to have a good
tlule Tie was”all there. The trio were
shimming the slums In the most p
-proyeij fashion when a row took ;
"and “Sissy” was sc paruled Trom his
companions. He had imbibed too much
to whether he was In Baltimore
or Boston or to make much of a de
fense, and at the end of five minutes
he waa very niuch In the hands of the
Philistines. The gang floored him and
went through him up to his collar but
ton. They dragged him Into a cellar,
stripped off his clothes and gave him
an old Bowers suit In exchange and
left him to come to or pass In his
checks. He was In an undecided state
when the keeper of a .Cherry street
boarding house came along and took
in the situation. He also took “RJssy”
In. He wanted oue more hand to make
up a crew for a hark sailing for Bris
tol next day, and It made very little
difference whether he got a live or a
dead man.
When “Sissy” Floss awoke next
morning he was lying In a hunk In the
deck house of the White Wings, which
craft was at anchor off Liberty Island
and making ready to begin her voyage.
He didn’t awake until he wns being
pulled out of his hunk by the second
mate, who was also damning his eyes,
his ears, his nose and other portions of
his anatomy In the language of the
deep blue sea. After being landed on
the floor with a bump the young man
was kicked out on deck and then up
and down the decks. This was to
arouse Ills enthusiasm for a life on the
ocean wave. “Sissy” realized almost
at once that he was lielng booted, but
It took him some time to figure out
why he wasn’t in his room at the Wal
dorf. While he wns puzzling over it he
was booted some more, and the bark
got under way. She was off Fire Is
land before the victim got It through
bis head that he had l>oen shanghaied
nnd was being carried to son. A pro
test wns In order, and “Sissy” went
aft to the captain to make It.
“What are you doing here?” roared
that officer.
“I want to state nay case.”
“Case? You miserable little skulker,
what have you got to say for yourself?
Out with It!"
The story was told. The captain lis
tened to It, with a grin and a sneer on
bis face, and then exclaimed:
“You are a biankety-blank liar! You
signed articles of your own froe will.
You nre a pickpocket or a green goods
man that wants to get away from the
police for awhile. Turn to and don't
let me hear another word. If you keep
this thing up there won't be ns much
as an eyebrow left of you by the time
we reach the other side.”
“Sissy” started to protest and was
kicked off the poop. In going forward
he was cuffed by the chief mate and
kicked by the second, and. although
more fit for the hospital than the
decks of a ship, he was turned to and
set to work. From that time on his
days were anything but joyous. He
was n protesting sailor. In hc eyes of
captain and mates he could not be a
worse villain. lie was made ship’s
boy. Nothing was too dirty to sot him
at. The cook stood In with the after
guard and gave him many n kick and
cuff, nnd the nearer the bark got to
England's shores the worse the mates
hazed him.
After tlie first interview with the
captain “Sissy” made no more pro
tests. He began to rise to the occa
sion. lie recorded the kicks and cuffs
in a diary. The last entry was made
when three days from port. He neg
lected to add “sir” when answering
the second mate and was knocked
down and given a pair of Mack eyes.
Then as soon as the hark had made
fast to a wharf he was ktfcked ashore
and told not to return under penalty of
death.
Two hours after the last kick the
young man had satisfied the American
consul of his identity. A cablegram to
Chicago brought him several thousand
dollars within the next twenty-four
hours. Two days later, when he had
properly clothed himself, he brought
about another emergency. This time it
was for the captain, mates and cook
of the bark to rise to it. Warrants
were served on the four men—war
rants for several things. The bark was
overloaded by a foot. Her provisions
were totally unfit. She was under
manned, and she carried no medicine
chest. Not ouly the officers, but the
""•mwa were hylcd. into court There
pended, and as a last satisfaction “Sis
sy" stood by, with a joyous smile on
his face, while his two hired prize
fighters caught the two mates at the
dock and gave them such a walloping
that there are sailors in Bristol who
remember it yet. Asa local dally put
it the next week:
“Hon. Barkendale Flossy, the Amer
ican millionaire of honorable mention,
sailed for home on the Celtic yester
day. The gentleman is slight and ef
feminate, but, in the language of our
American cousins—oh, my!”
M. QUAD.
BATHING AT DIEPPE.
When th Comtesse do Boigne Tried It
In the Year 1806.
The Comtesse de Boigne In her mem
oirs gives an account of a visit she
paid in 1806, which Is interesting in
view of the position Dieppe now holds
among French watering places.
“The poverty of Uig Inhabitants,”
she Hays, “was frightful'. The Eng-
as they called him fnnd for
tlicm he was worse tljan the devil),
w’as cruising Incessantly lie fore their
harbof. WiUi difficulty a
bont *wa{Table to escape from time to
time and go Ashing, always at the risk
of being captured by the foreigner or
confiscated upon the return Journey If
tbe t<Mescoi>es of the watchers bad
seen It approach a vessel.
“As for the comforts arranged for
the convenience of bathers which
Dieppe has since organized, they wtu-e
nonexistent at that time. My brother
was able to find a little covered cart,
and with great trouble and great eir
jiense, notwithstanding the universal
poverty, a man was hired to lead tbe
horses down to the sea and two wo
men to go into the sen with me.
“These preparations raised the pub
lic surprise nnd curiosity to such a
pitch that my first hath was watched
by a crowd on the shore. My servants
were asked If I had been bitten by a
mad dog.
"I aroused extreme pity as I went
by, and It was thought that I was
l**ing taken down to be drowned. An
old gentleman called on my father to
point out to him that he wns assuming
a great responsibility In permitting so
rash an act. It ran hardly he imag
ined that the inhabitants of a sea
shore could be so afrakl of the sea.
“But at that time the people of
Dieppe were chiefly occupied In keep
ing out of sight of It and In protecting
themselves from the disasters which
they feared the sea might bring, so
that It was for them nothing more
than a means of annoyance and suffer
ing. It Is curious to think that ten
years later bathers were arriving In
hundreds, that special arrangements
wore made for their convenience nnd
that sea bathing of every kind went
on without producing any astonish
ment In the neighborhood.
“I have thus attempted to point out
that the custom of sea bathing, which
Is now so universal. Is comparatively
recent in France, for Dieppe was the
first place where it begun.”
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
South American Insect That Acts as
Plant Guardian.
ADt defenders of plants and trees
are some of nature’s pretty marvels.
The Cecropla adenopus is a remarka
ble tree of south Brazil, widely dis
tributed through the tropics. Its slen
der trunk Is crowued with long leaves
at tbe ends of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches nud the leaves, but
If the tree Is shaken slightly an army
of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault on the In
truder. The ant is the terrible guard
ian that tbe tree has retained to pro
tect It from its most formidable ene
my, tbe leaf cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re
treat, w here they live ou small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth
of an inch long, known as Mueller’s
corpuscles. These are formed of deli
cate tissue, rich In proteids and ail, as
rations for the garrison of defender
ants to feed upon. The curious ar-
raugemeut by which entrance is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
W. Schlmper.
Just above the point of Insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe
rior node a superficial groove, at whose
end is a rounded depression. There
the tissue is thin, like a diaphragm in
a tube, and it also is soft. The hole
by which the ant enters is always
pierced at this spot. The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because it was
at the top. In the course of this
plant’s further development natural se
lection augmented these natural ad
vantages, so that finally the thin, frail
diaphragm as it exists today was de
veloped.—Chicago Tribune.
•* An Impertinent Question.
A young man hurriedly entered a
restaurant and sat down at the table
nearest the kitchen. With skuiHing
feet the waitress advanced.
“Have you frog legs?” the young
man anxiously inquired.
“No, indeed. Rheumatism makes me
walk like this,” the waitress Indignant
ly replied.—Judge’s Library.
Horses and Mules.
*
We will have to arrive
Wednesday, Nov. 4,
a car load of Horses and
Mules, and they will be placed
on sale Thursday.
We will again, this year,
guarantee our sales.
'Will swap horses and fresh
mules for second class mules
for shipment to Atlanta.
J. W. Moore & Son.
Winder, Georgia.
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White and Red Wines.
White and red wines owe their dif
ference to the fact that, while the for
mer is permitted to ferment without
•the grape skirts, these are allowed to
remain in the case of the latter. The
color of the grapes makes no difference
whatever to the color of the wine
which they produce, for the juice of
all grapes Is as nearly as possible col
orless. For instance, the grape which
yields champagne is almost black In
outward appearance.
•Over the Telephone.
“Is this Dr. Smith?”
“Yes.”
“Well, this is Mrs. Jones. I wish you
would come over as soon as conven
ient. My cuckoo clock has a little
throat trouble.”—Harper’s Weekly.
Evasive.
The Professor—And how did Phocion
shamefully evade his duty? The Fresh
man (who doesn’t know)—l have been
taught, sir, never to speak ill of the
dead.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Goodness Nose!
When the clerk informed the cus
tomer that tlie handkerchiefs wore
$7.50 each the latter remarked:
“No, slrree! That's too much money
to blow In!”—Judge's Library.
India’s Fame.
They were holding an “exam” in an
east London school, and the teacher
was explaining the chief products of
the Indian empire. One child recited a
list of comestibles. "Please, miss, In
dia produces curries and pepper and
citron and chillies and chutney and—
and”— “Yes, yes, and what comes
rffter that?” "Please, miss, 1 don’t re
member.” "Yes, but think. What is
India so famous for?” "Please, ’m.
A BANK ACCOUNT
Will give you a financial standing
in the community.
Did you ever hear it said of your neigh
bor, “He has a bank account?”
It means more than dollars and cents.
It means “For Progress and Enterprise”
and in selecting your depository you
make no mistake in choosing
THE WINDER BANKING COMPANY,
WINDER. GEORGIA,
Whose motto is “Every Accommodation Con
sistent With Sound Banking.”
REMEMBER
That’while the price of cotton is
too low, and the price of pro
visions too high,
the prices of
Seed Oats and Fertilizers
For fall sowing is just right at
The Farmers’ Supply Cos.,
Winder, - Georgia.
P. S. Remember that we also carry an up-to
date line of FREISH groceries. -
BETTER DO IT NOW t
Too late for Fire Insurance after it burns. Too
late for Life Insurance after your health is im
paired. Make use of opportunity. See us to
day.
KILGORE & RADFORD, Insurancec Agents,
jSTOffice at The Winder Banking Company.
BUGGIES.
We have on hand a line of the best Bug
gies for the money ever brought to this
market.
Cannon & Flanigan,
WINDER, GA.
Metal Shingles
ada p ted ? for*aJl
i:
■ ■ ■ * thrives where
such conditions
exist. TheyTUastas lone as the building Itself and never seed repairs. Any
good mechanic can lay them, for a hammer anu nails u all t u at i- necessary.
Drop In and See Them.
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