Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-05
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IN A DENTISTS CHAIR.

xAN IA O1LN Ii ~ OuA1lGs
VISIONS WHICH APPEARED TO A MAN
FILLED WITH LAUGHING GAS.
The First Positive Evidence of the Effect
Of the Aresthetic-A Sound Of Celestial
Misunderstanding Teeth by Steam
The Results Of the Operation.
I took my seat in the chair. have seen
tho guillotine once used in France, in the
revolution. have looked upon the "block"
in London Tower. But that chair, with the
long row Of bright steel knives and forceps
in every conceivable shape lying on tho
table, In ready reach, had about it q more
distinct and terrible declaration Of suffer-
ing; for with the guiIlotine and block there
was the thought of a minutes pain, and all
was over. But here was an array Of all
the ingenious devices for a protracted
agouy-large pincers, medium-sized pincers,
little pincers; and then q multitude Of
sharp pointed instruments, for all the re-
f2ement Of pain. was in the chair, .
helpless, speeches. victim, for the doctor,
with an assistant, brought huge black bag
and instantly pushed into my mouth a large
tube, terribly suggestive of gag. Hold
his nose" exclaimed the doctor, and the as
sistant held tight the victims nose. "Now,"
sid the doctor, 'draw in as long a breath
- you can, and breathe out as little Is pos
dblan
With all my breathing world pent up in
that black bag, no nose for any practical
purpose, two strong men over me with the
steady purpose Of first making me q sense
les body, and then to dig, gouge, cut,
punch, and pull at my silent mouth to their
hearts content,-what could l do but obeya
drew in a column Of gas, and then breath
ing back little, drew another, and 80 con-
tinued The tormentors complimented me.
"That's it, Oh! your doing nobly" "Don't
lot 60 his rose!" Tormentor No tightens
little on the nose "How many has he's"
"Four double ones Shall have to cut a
good deal" The third or fourth respiration
began to tell upon me- Just then resolved
to notice carefully every sign anc sensation,
both physical and mental 1t seemed to me
that l was about to put out into strange
and unknown sea, and determined to keep
. faithful log" of my mysterious voyage, as
lar as possible, or, at least, to signal with
the shores of consciousness to the last mo-
ment
A SOUND OF CELESTIAL MUSIC.
The first positive evidence of the effect of
the gas was peculiar tingling sensation
i his finally conferred at the ears and re-
solved itself into the sweetest music. l con-
cluded that after two more respirations l
would make an instant and overwhelming
assault on the man holding captive my nose
and with one bold dash release the prisoner
But after two more breathings, / thought
would let tho nose alone. Wondered if noses
were q real necessity, Doubted whether
the man had actually had my nosa Then
the music! Could have spoken, am sure
should have talked of the harpings Of
heaven. lis it some such sensation that de-
ceives the dying, or does celestial music de-
scend to EARTH when the golden doors are
opening to the spirit0. Coupled with these
sweet notes was a monotonous and regularly
measured sound, which 1 now think must
have been the noise of breathing.
was still conscious; knew that was in
the chair and taking the gas; saw the doc
tor and tho pos,essor of two noses Now 1
was to have another and quite different
experience All sounds ceased; but the
nerves of the ear seemed to gently CULVER,
like the most delicate vibrations of the
strands Of some instrument when the fingers
of the musician have ceased to touch them;
and suddenly there dropped before my eyes
q thin, misty veil Another and another
came l was far out on the unknown sea,
and the shore lights were glimmering dimly
and doubtful in the distance. l knew l was
going; l am confident that the horror OF
passing away, that awful sense of letting
20 my last hold Of life, was the very
counterpart OF death
My little girl was at my side, and the
49, lod laft cl,on tei-1
gas my child; and, if do, l know it will
produce no effect; no dentist can touch my
teeth, and not feel it" AS seemed to be
saying this, heard some one groan at my
side; it was my own signal Of return to con-
seriousness; it was the ship Of life touching
thu dock; had got back with two teeth
lost overheard on the voyage
EXTRACTING TEETH BY STEAM POWER
A second bag Of gas, and a similar physi-
cal experience The music came and ceased
The white wells fell, and again the instant,
nameless horror, and then vision as wild
as 1.-The dreams of an opium eater" l
thought was on the New York Central
railroad going west from Albany to Buffalo.
/ stood on the rear platform Of the last car,
and at my side stood a giant His head
lowered to heaven, and on his mighty arm
was coiled rope, said to be three miles
long, and to which was attached a hook
more than 100 feet in length This monster
and the entire train were at my command
1t seemed to me that l had stopped the
train, and then at my bidding the giant
throw his hook at four-story tooth which
stood by the road side, and instantly put
ON all steam and out came the tooth, leav-
ing the cellar as deep cavity. mo
laughing gas about this" l ex-
claimed but the new and improved
method OF extracting teeth by steam" In
this way it seemed to me that we tore out
all the buildings on either side Of the rail-
road for thirty miles Our last grand feat
however, was to pull up an entire village of
some 10000 inhabitants Out it came, and
in the cavity, deep and wide as the crater of
Vesuvius, there were men, women, and
children, all jumping and bounding like
maniac4 hat are thoses' l asked of
my giant who was laughing in ecstasy in
view Of this last grand pull Those" said
he, are the nerves. The village had the
jumping toothache.' Now, for Syracuse!r !
/ exclaimed "AI right" said the giant
IAN right" shouted the man on the engine
Hes all right said the doctor, and
WUs hack again, minus two more teeth
Rev. J. Hyatt Smith in Brooklyn Magazine !
Duplicating the Princes Dinner.
will confess to something that party of |
Americans in Paris once did. 1t was in all |
the French papers that the prince of Wales |
had given to the American beauty, Miss |
Chamberlain. dinner at certain cafe The |
item, by the way, was not written always in |
as respectful French as it might have been. |
Since the party had to dine somewhere, it |
was suggested that the princes dinner be |
duplicated in every minute particular, the |
room, service, courses, wines, flowers-every-
thing the same. This was done.
Il was very good dinner. It was not |
nearly so extravagant as dinners given at
Delmonico's every day in the winter. don't