Franklin Sentinel newspaper, 1900, Part 133

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This is what "Ayer's " will do for you. It's the oldest Sarsaparilla in the land, the kind that was old before other Sarsa- parillas were known.

This also accounts for the saying, "One bottle of Aver's is worth three bottles of the ordinary kind."

$1.0G a bottle. All druggists. Welte the Doctor.

If you have any compin.at whatever and desire the best medical advice you the doctor possibly receive, write the doctor freely. You will receive a prompt ro pty, without cost Address. DR. J. C. ATER, Lowell, Mass,

CHINESE LAUNDRY HUMOR.

The Demare Mongoliana Have Many n Quiet Langh at the Expense of Canenalan Customers,

"Most people suppose." said an ex-Cali- forcian, "that the vertical row of hier- ogly phics on a Chinese laundry check are merely so many numerals. As a matter of fact, they are nothing of the kind, but constitute a brief and spicy description of the individual who left the bundle. If you will take the trou- ble to notice It, you will see that the laundry man always goes through ex- actly the same programme, lie takes the package, gives you a swift, compre- hensive glance and then proceeds to decorate a slip of rice paper with from two to five India ink chicken tracks. What he has really written is prob- ably something like this:

" "Fat foreign devil who resembles a pig; squinty eyes and a wart on the left side of his nose.'

"You carry around this flattering pen portrait, innocently imagining that it reads 'No. 4-11-44,' and when you call for your wash you will find that the Chinaman who receives the ticket will invariably look you over, making men- tal comparison before he reaches for the bundle. A Mongolian friend of mine out in 'Frisco put me onto the scheme. and I took the trouble to ascertain whether he was telling me the truth. I got a laundry slip, copied it with mi- croscopic fidelity and submitted it to several expert native translators. They all agreed that it ran something like this:

" "Ridiculous old man : very pompous; bald head like a speckled egg.' "You will observe that na bair grows rather bigh on my forehead and I have a few freckles, although nothing to jus- tify such an insulting description. However, it proved the point. The next ticket I got declared I was 'an elderly gentleman resembling Yun-Tai, the wind god,' which pleased me immensly until I persuaded a native curio dealer to show me a statuette of the deity. Then I wanted to murder the laundry - mian. The Chinese are a deep people. boys. They look as demure as guinea pigs, but all the while they are quietly sizing us up and having a big laugh lu their sleeves." -- \ O. Times- Demoernt,

Tire Meretini Molormna. "The fellow coming out of that sa. loon owes his life to D.e." said the Brooklyn motorman to the new hand to whom he was teaching the business. "How's that ?" asked the begini er. +> be piled all the passengers to il.e fruel of the rar by a quick movement of the brake.

"One night," espaitet. the motor mau, "Ir was lying be-press ner > the track. nod 1 resisted. at: cor quered the temptation."- Brock'in Life.

A Narrow Miod. Bransey-How I hate those fellows with only one iden in their heads! Stymie-Bores, aren't they ?

Bannery-You know Service. 11. tail r? Wel. he was calling of me " cay. and, though I triet, to draw L m out on politics, art, literature. re spinti. he would niways hath back to his ove icen.

Stymie What was that ? Brassey-Ilis bi. Brooklyn Eagle.

A Woman's Neerel.

She vowed upon her lips she'd set a Real And never to The world her plans pavesi. But when she walked about ibe tale wan told- Her hat waa new-but all Ita trimmings, old -Detrolt F: . + ! : ..

Why He Loved Wagner. "\'lin is your favorite composer?" asked the young woman. "Well," answered Mr Blykens, "mc for as I nm able to judge iny favorite composer is Wagner." "Wagner?"

"Yes. I love Waguer. I don't pro fexs to know much about him, bu: Ium assured on competent authority that hr never wrote any of those ragtime tunes for the street pianos to play."-Wnsh- Ington Star.

Honealy Rewarded. Jim-Honesty is the best policy aft- er nll.

Bill-Ilow ?

"Remember that dog I stole?" "Yes."

"Well, I tried two hull days to sell Im, an' no one offered more'n a bob. So I went, like an honest man, un' guy him to th' ole lady whnt owned 'im, nn' she guv mne 'alf a sovering.". - Tit-Bits.

Ilta Oniy Allernattve,

The Lady -- What enused yon to be conte a tramp?

The Tramp-1 wuz drove away from. a happy home un' forced ter become n wanderer.

The Lndy-llow did that bnppen ? "The Tramp- Me wifr nn' me mudiler aald dat I eider had ter go to work er git out, nn' I got ont .- X. Y. Jour- nal.

Further Evidence. "There is something. after all, in the Idea of opals being unlucky."

"What new light have you had on it ?" "Young Hankinsan has a flue opnl ring. He was wearing it the evening he proposed to Miss Garlinghorn."

"And she refused him ?"

"No. She accepted him."-Chicago Tribune.

Not a Show man.

Bobby-Are you in the show basi- ness, Mr. Wedder?

Mr. Wedder (with right children)- Why, no. Bobby ; what made you think FO ?

Bobby-Oh. I heard popo tell Kate that if she married you she'd have o whole menagerie to look after .- Brook- lyn Life.

Matronly Advice.

"And remember, dear," said the ex- perienced intrun to the bride, "if you wish to preserve your husband's love. do not be jealous. Merely pretend to be. That will give him n good opin- ion of himself, and of your apprevin- tion of his fascinations."-Inilianapo- lis Journal.

Needed Cheering.

Husband-Smikeson's wife is away, and I'm going over there this evening to cheer him up.

Wife-Why don't you bring him here ? Husband-Well-er-I'm not feeling very well, and need a little cheering up myself .-. N. Y. Weekly.

A Plain Declaratino,

Fond Mother-Has Mr. Brown, with whom you have been dancing all the evening, at last declared his intentions ? "Yes, mamma." Thank goodness! What did he say ?" "He declared be would never get mar- ried."-Tit-Bits.

An Unfair Advantage, As an expert tennis player, Our baby heats them all: Because his racket is immense, He doesn't mist a bawl -Puck

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Mother-Ile washed his neck this morning without being told to do so .;- N. Y. World,

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THE SENTINEL, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1900.

LAYING UP A COMPETENCE.

Something That Practically Any Mas Can Do by The Exereler of Self-Denial.

"There are some men of genlus," sald Mr. Nippingly, according to the New York Sun, "who accumulate great for- tuurs by great strokes, but by fa. tbe greater number of fortunes, including those of moderate dimensions, and there form the great majority of all, ano un.de by the very simple process of Mr'ng within one's Income and lavest- ing the surplus, with more or less wis- dom, but always where it will be safe.

""The older I grow the more amazed I am that more people don't lay up a competence for themselves, as most anybody can do, by beginning early In life to live within their income, and sticking to that course faithfully. Did I do this myself? No! Am 1, however, having learned the wisdom of this course, now making a beginning? I am obliged to say: 'No;' I am still spending all I get and laying up noth. Ing.

"There are some lessons that we all easily arqnire, but never turn to onr own advantage. O'ne of these is of the benefits that arise from ine exercise of self-denial. We get from this, at once, the direct benefit of what we save, and self-denial nourishes, strengthens and broadens the will and enables a man constantly to do and to enra more and more.

"There's simply nothing like self- denial; it is the key to every one of life's treasures; and everybody has one of those golden keys in his possession, eager to help him, and wating only for bim to bring it in use."

A FIGHT TO THE DEATH.

It Was Between a Man-Eating Shark and an Alligator and the Shark Won,

Some fishermen down at Mayport, Fla., the mouth of the St. John's river. witnessed a strange fight a few days ago between a large alligator and a man-eating shark, says the Philadel- phia Press.

The alligator was sunning himself on the river bank when the fishermen approached within 30 yards.

There was a roar from the alligator, which attracted attention to his pres- ence. and he fell sprawling in the river. Then a huge shark shot toward the bank and caught the alligator's tail in his mouth, causing the alligator to roar with pain and turn onto the shark's tall with his mouth.

The two monsters stuck their teeth firmly in each other's tail, and the shark snatched off a piece of the alli- gator's flesh, swallowing it at one gulp. The alligator let loose the shark and made a desperate effort to escape. The shark raised himself above the water and pounced upon the head of the alli- gator.

The entire head of the alligator was caught between the jaws of the shark and mangled.

Several hours later the dead alligator, without head or tail or legs, rose to the top of the water and was carried out to sea by the ebbing tide.

Several sharks have been caught at Mayport this year, and the fishermen who reported the above story will try to catch the shark that ate the alli- gator.

THE BUGLER WHO FORGOT.

Got a Chance to Run the Fight to Sult Himself and Made Things Warm.

It Is not often that an ealisted mnn gets a chance to run a part of the fight to suit himself. That chance, however, came' to one bugler, snys a Manlla cor- respondent of Leslie's Weekly. Capt. Hannay, finding that L company was too far away to hear orders, sent his bngler after the company to sound tbe charge. At the first notes L flew on- ward. It was right here that the bugler forgot, for the time being, that he was only the commanding officer's orderly. He saw another chance for He L to move on the jump-too good a chance, he thought, to be lost. sounded once more and Lieut. Ross, imagining, of course, that the order came from Capt. Hannay, executed it. Not even yet waa the bugler's thirst for forward action sated. He sounded again and again, as the heat of gen- eralship made bis blood flow fast and hot.

By the time the bugler came to him- self and relinquished the duties of fight- director the poor fellows of L company were tronhled with shortness of breath. In this brisk affair, according to the official report. the dead reached a total of about 60, including some officers. It is the enemy's dead that is meant, of course. Twenty-one Muusers and six Remingtons were the spoils of this field.

Self-Protection In Plants,

Young long-leaf pines, according to Mr. Pinchot, of the department of ng- riculture. protect themselves against forest fires in a most interesting and remarkable manner. For four or five years the stemus of the infant trees at- tain a height of only as many inches above the soil. During this time their bark is extraordinarily thick, and that alone gives some protection. But in addition, the long needles spring up above the stem, and then bend over an all sides "in a green cascade which falls to the ground' in a circle about the seed ling." This green barrier enn with difficulty he made to burn. while the shade that it casts prevents inflammable grass from growing near the protected stem. Mr. Hinchot thinks that it is owing to this prenliar system of self- potertion which the pine seedlings have developed that the growth of evergreen oaks in Florida has been fr. stricted in regions where fires have raged while puro pine forests have Inken their place.

ZEB'S NEW GUN.

The Boy, Told Him There Was Some- thing Abont It That He Could Not Make Ont.

The rugged old fellow who always goes as guide and companion to n party of young men on thelr hunting expedl- tions was very proud of a new gun which he had just purchased. lle had boasted of it many times before they get to his home, and lost no time in bringing It out for inspection.

"Thar," he sald, as he held it out, "Ain't she a beauty ?"

"Why, yes," answered hls friend, as he took the weapon; "it looks all right. Say, you've never fired this, have you ?" "Not yet. 1 were waitin' fur you fellers all to come along so ns to gin it its fost trial."

"Why. it's a handsome piece of work, and no mistake, but, Zeb, this gun

shoots a blue flame."

"You don't say so." "Yes, sir."

He took the gun back gingerly and was abont to put it away, when an- other of the party came ia.

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Franklin Sentinel newspaper, 1900, Part 133

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Number of Pages: 436

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Publication date: 1900
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Number of Pages: 436