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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 1, 1882, 15 The Hired Jinn’s Tricks. Geo. W. Feck, in Peck't Sun: One who reads about the honest farmer, and how he is cheated by the wicked monopolists, would hardly think that one of the hard-handed toilers could be guilty of doing a wrong or putting up a job on innocent wheat buyers. A correspondent was at Tama City, Iowa, a few days since, and was a witness to a scene between a farmer and a wheat buyer named Jake Borton. Jake came along as the farmer was pouring the wheat from his sacks into the spout at the side of the eleva tor, and he notioed the wheat was "plugged,” that is, that the top of a sack was all right, but the middle and bottom were the poorest kind. The following conversation ensued. "Hello! my friend," said Jake. "Plug ged your wheat did you! ” The farmer paused in his labor and wiped his sun-burned brow and replied : " I guess not. I don’t think it is.” " Don't think it is," yelled Jake. “Look at this,"and look at this,” he said, holding up both hands full of grain. " Well, itdoesseem to bedifferentgrades,” said the.astonished farmer. "I don’t see how it could have happeued.” “Your boys did it,” suggested Jake. “No," he replied, “that cannot be, for I have always taught them to be straight, and I know them to be good, honest boys.” “ Hired man ?” again suggested the never- tiring Jacob. “ Y-a-s,” said the liard-handed son of toil, “it must have been him,” and in went another sack of the mixed wheat. “ These hired men will ruin us all. Only yesterday Joe Smith socked a load of plug ged wheat on me that his hired man had fixed up for my special benefit. Poor, inno cent Joe felt terrible about it. Last week Deacon Jones unloaded a fine load of barley. That is, it was fine at the top and bottom of the sacks, but this hired man had plugged the middle with stuff that would not sell for screenings. The good deacon would hardly believe that the young man could do such a wicked thing. I have worn off my shirt sleeves and my arms are callous to the elbow ramming them into sacks for nest-eggs that those ungodly hired men have lain for me. Now and then theboysdo it—boys that walk not in the ways of their fathers, but get to roaming around Sunday, smoking cigars, %d|^^ing beer, and finally wind up in abus- in^ne confidence of their honest fathers in dosing me unknown to them. “Cases have occurred where the wives have actually stole away to the granary while their husbands were toiling their lives away, and put up a load or two of mixed grain, but these cases are rare, and the main run of scoundrels are the hired men, impos ing on the honest farmer. Now some folks would think that you fixed up this mess, but of course, I know better. I have had ex perience, it's always the same story, and nine times out of ten any farmer will tell you that it is ttye hired man. We have got to put them down. Your fair name is at stake. See here, my friend, I will give that villainous varlet of yours a lesson in com mon decency. I will dock you twenty-five cents a bushel for this load, and you take it * out of his wages.” “I d-o-n’t think that will do," said the farmer “ be might kick.” r “Let him kick,” replied Jake, “ You send him to me, I’ll settle his hash. You take it * out, and if he won’t settle with me I’ll re fund. Here’s your ticket, corner bank; drive on and let that team come up. 1 want to see what kind of a hired man he has ^o t.” The farmer drove off and Jake, softly ^whistling, balanced bis scales for the next deal, and pretty soon the farmer was seen sitting on a pile of grind stones in front of a store, figuring on a piece of shingle with red chalk, and it was more than likely he was figuring up how much he had made. An Amateur Salvage Company Mr. J. C. Thompson's friends tell this story of him; Mr. Thompson himself says it is exaggerated: Much disturbed by Ares oc curring in the neighborhood, Mr. Thompson decided to organize a fire compnny in his family, realizing that a little precaution migh> save him considerable in time of danger. He accordingly thoroughly drilled the different members on their respective duties and waited, and os no opportunity offered, he selected a morning to give a false alarm and test their efficiency. Leaning from the back-parlor window, he shouted "fire” at the top of his lungs. 4 The echo of his voice had not died away, when a sofa and two chairs grazed his car on their way downward, fouroil paintings swept down' the leader, a wash-stand and two trunks slid past him, two bed slats und a mattress struck him on the head, and in an upward glance seeing the legs of the library table appear at the second story window, he withdrew and started up stairs. Half way up he met the round marble slab front the center table which glided between his feet without a word, and struck the servant girl behind him, who was carrying the china up stairs for safety, and she and her burden landed in the hall. Gaining the second floor he was in time to see his eldest daughter carefully remove the bureau drawers one by one and drop them from the window. Before he could speak he met a stream of water from a fire engine which took him in the face, and heard the front door being opened by the fire depart ment axes, while the parlor windows step ped out to admit the ladders. Turning to fly, he met his wife with a gridiron and an almanac in one hand, while the other was occupied with a baby and a glass of wooden tooth-picks, and at the same instant there was a deafening crash, which proved to be two mirrors and the parlor stove, tied to gether, reaching the ground, while a fire man, ax in hand, inquired, “Where is the fire?" Bangs are going out of fashion with wo mankind, though occasionally men "bang” one another. Strange, what u rumpus there is kicked up in a family when the male por tion of the house comes home with his head "banged.” The female portion * madasa March hare or a wet hen, but it's all right for the dear women to “bang” to their heart’s content. "I wouldn’t marry the best man living,"she said, And she kept her vow from the first; But she did not live to die an old maid, For she married one of the wont. A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever, DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD’S of the Antif Ion (n patient).- “At you Indirt will me them. I recommend * ftouraiuVt Cream a* thetrnxt harm- fat of all the Skin prrparatlont." One bottle will last six months, using itevery day Also, l'oudre Subtile removes superfluous hair without Injury to the skin. Mmk. M. B.T. OOUItAUD,8oleProp.,-l8 Bond St..N.Y For sale by all druggists and Fancy floods Dealers throughout the l), H„ Canadas and Europe. Beware of base Imitations. 11,000 reward for arrest and proof of any one selling the same. VIOLIN BOW, BOOK OF INSTRUCTION kM VIOLIN CASE. to reward those who send subscribers' names to us, we have Just made arrangements for a valuable arti cle that will Induce many new workers to become our agents. This desirable premium consists of a Violin, a Bow, a Book of Instructions, and a case to hold the violin. The violin Is handsome, finely finished, ol excellent tone, and Imitation ebony trimmings. The top and back of these violins are worked out Just the same as the best that are made, and are also of the same model. They produce a splendid tone, full, rich, and brilliant. Tune one of these Violins up to concert P itch and keep It there for one week, and we are ready compare the tone with that of any violin made, hlle examining this low-priced Instrument please >tlce the manner In which they are trimmed and uuiauic.nuu am ouuauic, |ua« no suvy e»sw • •” be tuned up and played upon any occasion. This Is a great bargain. GIVEN AN A PREMIUM FOR IS SUB- NURIRERN. We Offer it for Sale for $3.50. PRICE, Including one year’s subscription toSooTH- KRN World, fl.75. Musi be sent by express, receive to pay charges. R. & J. BECK, MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, I'lillndel i»li 1st. Microscopes, Telescopes, Spectacles. Eye-Glasses. - Thermometers. Barometers, Opers-Olssses, Field-Glasses, Photographers Outfits for Amateurs, Send for Illustrated Price Catalogue, which will be mailed frkr. and mention this paper. MANY ADVERTISERS HAVE DIF FERENT ARTICLES ADVERTISED IN DIFFERENT PAPERS, AND TO GET A PROPER ANSWER TO YOUR LETTERS, IN WRITING RE SURE TO NAY THAT YOU SAW TIIF. ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN WORLD. HY SO DO- ING, YOU FREQUENTLY RENEF1T YOURSELVES AND OUR PAPER. GOOD TIME-KEEPER FOR $3.50 FOR $4 SE.gH&i’VJm 1ijm^%r8^i>'! nEABS SUB - A HANDSOME STEM WINDING WATCH, FINELY FINISHED. The out shows the face of the W atch, giving th-> exact site and atyle. The face la i crystal, showing the handsome movements, without the neceesltyef on ' of American make, known the world over for their excellence and fine . „„ wam^'iidaflV'exposeir^ meU1 ' 11 ** thorou * hl} ’ Protected from the dirt and duat to which a key-wladlng We know this Stem-winding Watch will meet with and grow In favor at Its peculiar merits and good qualities become known. There Is now a growing demand for Just such a Watch, and we believe that the vast army of profseslonal men, clerks, mechanics, farmers and laborers, will appreciate aoooDWatch at a low price which they can rely upon for accurate time. THE WATCH IS A GOOD TIME-KEEPER. We «re now, for the first time In the world's history, able to furnish a low-priced, reliable watch, suitable for use on litll- roads, steamers, by the farmer In the field, the mechanic at the bench, the boy attending school or working on the farm, ladles and others who make appointments and keep them* HOW THEY ARE MADE AND WHY THEY ARE SO CHEAP. This watch Is lsss complicated than other watches, contain ing only fifty-six separate parts, while ordinary watches con tain over one hundred. The parts are made by machinery, operated by skilled artlaiana, which give these watches tbs TIj5&®?NO?AND*A wVprS& ‘ ACCURAT * THE WATCHES ARE TESTED BY THE MANUFACTURERS, Who have one of the largest and beat watch factories In the world. 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