Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-30
MERELY A MATREk OF BUSINESS
A Woman Who Wanted Her Tooth Pulled.

" oman " no Wanted Her Tooth Pulled.
Chicago Herald.
She was d mature woman, with high
cheek bones. dapp!ed face and red hair.
Fllnging aside her bonnet she got up into
the dentists chair, leaned her head back.
opened her mouth and pointed to tooth
on the lower jaw.
Il wish you d see what is the matter
with that grinder" she said.
Yes. ma am replied the dentist, IN
sympathizing tone. Has it been hurting
you long?"
Who said 1t had been hurting me?'
Beg pardon. md am. Inferred"
''Well, you don't need to infer anything
If you re ready to look at that grinder.
doctor. I'm ready to open my mouth
again and she opened it.
The tooth, madam, he said after a
brief examination, lis mere she'll, / re-
greet"
What occasion is there for you to re-
gret apythingl Whose grinder is it?''
Il was going to say it is too late to
save the TOOTH 1t is too far gone If
1t IS troubling you any it will nave to come
out
"WelI, that's what I'm here for
''It will be hard to get hold of it nth the
forceps, and l am sorry to say it will
hurt
docs it hurt you to pull a customer S
tooth?'' she demanded.
'Of course not, but"
"Well, then, you needn t feel sorry. n
am here on business. I don't need any
sympathy. Yank it out
The thoroughly humbled tooth artist
wasted no more words. He produced a
pair of ugly looking forceps and extracted
the offending molar without delay.
whats your biIl?" inquired the wo-
man.
Fifty cents"
That's the regular price, is It? You re
not charging anything for sympathy"
at is the regular price madam. ="
"Here's your money. Goodday!;
After she had gone out of his office the
dentist went and sal down by the front
window to rest IF | had that woman S
nerve, he said to himself. as he watched
her striding down the street Il could be
an alderman and own whole ward in
less than three months
The Use Of Water and Salt.
Boston Herald.
Salt is an absolute essential to the diet
of man. 1t promotes health In various
ways. Many of the functions of the body
go better under its influence and without
it the blood becomes impoverished. While
complete deprivation of salt would pro-
| duce disastrous results an excessive use Of
| it would scarcely be harmless. In large
! doses it acts as an emetic; in quantities be-
| yond the requirements of health it lrrltates
tho stomach and intestines and some
times purges. Those who use salt unusu-
ally freely almost always suffer more or
less from constipation.
To drink large quantities of water daily
should be the rule with those who suffer
| from constipation. Each day the system
needs at least two quarts of water, as about
that quantity is used up or thrown out OF
it every twenty-four hours. Fruit and
vegetable foods contain much water, and
IN tea, coffee, soups. ETC., considerable IS
taken habitually In all ways, as stated,
about two quarts of water should enter the
stomach daily. It is good plan to drink
one or two glasses of water from half an
hour or hour before eating breakfast. And
it may be either hot or cold as preferred.
| Which ever is used, the water should be
slowly slipped. To deluge the stomach
with cold water would be to invite dyspep-
tic troubles.
Prof W. D. Marks prophecy, which
has been going the round Of the papers,
that within ten years the journey from
New York to Philadelphia will be made
in thirtysix minutes on train going at
the rate Of $50 miles an hour, is by nc
means an eXtravagant one. In point of
act the length of time given for the &C.
complishment of this distinct progress in
modern rapid transit gives a very wide
and safe margin. A car can be seen to-
day propelled over track at speed of
100 miles an hour, and when the import
ant problem of dealing with the excessive
resistance OF the atmosphere at such high
speeds, which is now engaging the atten-
ton Of some of the first electricians Of the
country, is solved, there is every reason
to believe that this same car will be made
to travel al the rate Ct $50 miles an hour
Electricity is nowadays supposed to be
capable of doing everything under the
sun, N''t in the matter Of its application to
rapid transit If is difficult to exaggerate
the possibilities which lie in the near
future.
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