The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-07

The first o5sltive evidence OF the effect of
tn, gas was II ptcuhar tingling sensation.
hi finally conferred at the ears, and re
solved itself into the sweetest music. | con
,lu,iea that after two more reSpirations |
w.snli make an instant and overwhelming
| assuilt oa the man holding captive my nose
| aaI with one bold dash release the prisoner.
Tut after two more trrai hings, thought |
| womb let the nose alone Wonderei if noSss
were real necessity, Doubted whether
the man had actually had my nose Then
the music! Could have spoSen, | am sure
| should have talked OF tue harpings of
| h tven- rs it some su sensation that de
| celyas the lying OF dogs celestial music de
seeni to earth, when the golden doors are
opening to the spirit. Coupled with these
sweet notes was mouotonous and regularly
| measured sound, which now think must
| have been the noise OF breathing
| | was still conscious knew that was in
the chair ami taking the gas; saw the doc
tor and the pos eSsor Of two noses Now
| was to have another and quite a different
| experience All sounds ceased; but the
nerves of the ear seemed to gently quiver,
| like the most delicate vibrations Of tie
strands of some instrument when the fingers
| OF the musician nave ceased to touch them;
and suddenly there dropped before my eyes
| "A thin unsty veil Another and another
| came | was far out GA the unknown sea,
and the shore lights were glimmerlns dimly
| and doubtful in the distance. ! knew / was
| goin@; | am confident that the horror OF
| passing away, that awful OF letting
| go my last hold of life, was the very
| counterpart OF death
My little girl WAS at my side, and the
| two men had left me Il shall not take the
| gas, my chiid, and If / do, | know 1T vii
produce no effect no dentist can touch my
| teeth aud not fest it As | seemed TO bs
say Ing this, heard some one groan at my
| side It was mi own signal of return 10 con
saiouSness; ii WAS the ship of HE touching
the dock had got back with two teeth
host oyerl GARD ON the voyage
| EXTRACTING TEETH HN STEAM POWER
A second bag OF gas, and similar phi ysi
| cal ex ieriente Tho music came and ceased
TIE white vels tell, and again the instant
| II 5iiele>s horror and then IL vision AS will
IS The dreams OF an opium eater,
thou ut WIS on the New York Contra
railroad going west from Albany to Buffalo
/ stood on the rear platform Of the last car
and at my side stood giant His heat
towsr,i to heaven and on his mighty aril
| was coilei "A rope said to be three mile,
long and 10 w.icu was attached a hGol
more than lie feet IN len tn This monster
and the entire train were at my comnan |
1t seemed 10 me chat | had stopped th'
train, and then at MY bidding tbs gian
threw his hook at IA four story tooth which
stood tiy the road side, and instantly pu
on all steam and out came the tooth leav
ing the cellar as a deep cavity. M
laughing gas about this ex
claimed, but the new and improves
method Of extracting teeth by steam II
this way it seemed to me that we tore GU
all the buildings on either side OF the rail
road for thirty miles Our last grand leat
however, was to pull up entire village o
some 1000 inhabitants Out it came, an.
in the cavity, deep and wide as the crater o
Nesuvius, there were men, women, an
chill lien all jumping and bounding Liz
mahiacs W hat are those | asked O
my giant, who WAS laughing in ecstasy i,
view Of this last grand pull Those, sal
he, are the nerves. The village hal tn
jumping toothaehp!!" Nov, for Syracuse,
exclaimed "All right said the giant
AN right shouted the man ON the engine
"Ile'a all right, said the doctor, aud
was back again, minus two moro teeth
Rev, j. Hyatt Smith in brooklyn Magazine
Duplicating the Princes Dinner.
will confess 10 something that party O
Americans IN Paris once did 1t was in "a