Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-07-29
II Caddyer Wdntcd.

90 and sec Colonel Blank" they said
10 me at tho Comtltution Office in At.
lauta. The Colonel knows every
body for miles around, and he'll post
you on everything"
"Thaaks."
But he's a peculiar man." contin-
ued Grady. you've got to strike
ium jasi right or he went talk for
shucSs. He's strictly temperate, and
yet you must take flask along and
ask him 20 drink. It's an old South
era custom. you know, and while he
scn't touch a drop, he'll expect to be
invited too. You eau fill the flask
uith watsr, and hei never know the
Tiff :rence.
Wien l reached Macon arranged
for call on the Colonel. ! bought
pint flask at drug store, and told
the clerk to fill it with something good
to cure q sore heel. | didn't ask him
what it was, but a sniff or two con-
vinced me that sweet oil and tar
formed the greater portion. With
this bottle in my pocket entered the
Colonel's office and told him who I
was and what / wanted.
"Yes, sir; glad to see you-sit
down" he replied, and as soon as he
had sealed his letters, he turned and
began:
$50 you want to know what we
can raise here, do you? Well, my
boy, you can say everything-every-
thing. We raise wheat, corn, oats, po-
tatoes, yams and"
Just then h5 looked over to the
wafer cooler and 1 put in with
"Say Colonel, have drop of some-
thing good put up by the best house
| here"
"Thanks-that's just what I was
hankoring after !" he replied, as he
hold out his hand for the flask.
How | got out of there alive I can't
rem ember, nor can I recollect what
became of the bottle, but there is
whole newspaper staff il Atlanta who
mey look upon themselves as doomed
men, The Colonel took his quart
daily, md it was rut-up job to get
l0la g, ray Gead tody for new med.
lea! College at Savannah.
LAT FLIRTATIoN.--The latest craze
IS The ha Irritation. The fol)owingi is
| tie code: Wearing the hat squarely
on the head, I love you madly; tip
| ping over the right ear, my little
brother has the measles; pulling it
over the eyes, you must not recognize
me; wearing it on the back of the
head, - Ia taking il off and brush
6 It the wrong way, my heart is
usted; holding il ont ip the gight
hand, lend me quarter; leaving it
with your uncle, I have been to a
chrrch fair; throwing it at police
mao 'ove your sister; using it as a
ian, g1iae and see my aunt; carrying
4 criass N it, your craelty ia killing
ne; kosing it up stairs, is the old
.aln around? -? kicking it down stairs.
Where IS your mother kicking it
aoross the street, am engaged; hang.
ing it on the right elbow, will call to-
aight; hanging on the left elbow, am
badly left; putting it on the ground
and sitting on it, farewell forever.
| The RIGHT KIND OLA V.-When
the late Horace Maynard entered
Amherst College he put over his door
a large letter V. 1t puzzled his class
Inates as to what it meant, but it was
noticed that he always kept ahead of
his class. When asked about the
mysterious V he evaded answering
and said he would explain when he
graduated. When he wss called upon
to make his commencement oration
he pointed to the catalogue, at the
head Of which was the entry, Vale.
d.ctoEy, Horace Maynard. He set
lis mark high, and he had won.-
From DemmeSt'S Monthly for Aug.
ust.
The peculiar action on the kidneys
and urinary organs by asparagus is
frequently noticed during the season.
Prof. Benson recently proved in tho
case of Emperor William and others
that in combination with malt and
quinine it is an absolute specific for
Diseases OF the liver, kidneys and uri-
sagy ccpqas. His methcd has been