Show ROUGH ON tae SENTRY the F remedy emed jr acta a a an AH right bight but it was wa given to the wrong man one of the most amusin amusing stories of the day treats of atzen mistakes philanthropy according to tidbits tid bits at a certain army post there was a london sentry on duty near the hospital the surgeon was preparing to go to bed inside when he was annoyed and alarmed at the sent rys coughing ills ilia experienced perien ced ear told him that the man had bad a severe bronchial af affliction lUction needing mg a strong remedy he debated awhile with himself and then going into the dispensing room compounded a powerful po erful mixture this he took outside to fo the sentry with instructions to swallow it immediately the man refused the surgeon insisted and finally commanded the soldier to take the medicine which he did with much grumbling then the worthy surgeon went to bed pleased to hear no more coughing next morning to his surprise the commanding officer tent sent for him and said that the sentry had complained declaring that the surgeon had forced him to sw swallow flow something he thought was poison an investigation followed and revealed the fact that while the surgeon was mixing the fhe medicine the coughing sentry had been relieved and consequently the remedy had been given giren to the wrong man EARLY ERAS the era of emperors co commonly aly 1 adopted by the romans after the firm establishment of imperial rule begun began 13 C 27 with the accession of augustus the christian era began with january 1 of the year of the julian pe jieri od though different make mahe a variation of a year or two in this date the E era of martyrs a famous era in use in the early church commemorates the tenth and last great persecution by beginning february 1 23 13 A D the era of antioch was devised by Pano dorus of antioch who lived in the fifth century he assumed that the world was created september 1 B C |