The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-29
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Didn't Know When the Tooth Came
Out, But, o, His Other Troublesi
From the Boston Herald


''Does it hurt very much to have a
tooth pulled?" inquired tall man of a
fremont street dentist.
"That depends, was the reply. eff the
affected tooth happens to be a molar, with
the roots at right angles with each other,
or if it is decayed so as to leave the nerve
uncovered, or if worn down even with the
gums, so that it is necessary to dig the
flesh away in order to get a good hold
with the forceps, then the chances are
that you will kick little"
Then the tall man trembled from head
to foot, and, in a shaking voice, said
'What do you think of that one}" accom-
panying his words by opening his mouth
to its fullest extent and indicating with
his finger the seat of his trouble.
The doctor took up a small instrument
with little round lookiug-glass at one
end, and, running it into the cavern that
yawned before him, made careful in
spection of the interior.
''That looks like stubborn old fellow, -
remarked the doctor, as he replaced the
instrument upon his working table
What would you adviser" timidly in
quired The tall man.
Laughing gas, replied the doctor.
The tall man settled himself in the op-
Grating chair, and the doctor inserted be-
.
payne cork Then he placed funnel
shaped piece of rubber over the tall mans
mouth and nose and told him to breathe
heavily. Gradually consciousness gave
way under the influence of the gas, but
not until the man to be operated upon
had suffered the sensation of being
snothered under an old-fashioned feather
pillow.
The tall man was now in dreamland.
hut J., l.
to the world s fair, and when the train
was on down grade and going sixty
miles an hour the wheels left the track
The air brakes broke, and the cars rushed
along at a terrible speed. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that the dreamer kept
in his berth. Tremendous jolting was
caused by the wheels running over the
ties. The suspense was something aw-
full the wreck of the train was inevita-
bic The car was filled with the shrieks
of the terrified passengers, mingled
with the crash of glass and the rattle
of the train. Suddenly there was
a deafening report and a tremendous con-
cussiOn, and the cars appeared to crumble
away. The tall man found himself in
total darkness, but suddenly, to his horror,
he discovered a streak of lurid flame
through the wreckage, which told him
that he would be roasted alive if immedi-
hear voices directly over him, but do as he
would not a sound could he utter. The
flames were making rapid progress toward
the place where he was confined, and
their hot breath was beginning to SINCE
his whiskers. Then came the crash of an
axe directly over his head. The first blow
struck MIN squarely in the back of the
neck. and he felt that his time had surely
come. The next one cut off his left ear and
the third one opened up space in his
Uranium the size of a saucer The fire
had now crept up to his feet, and the left
one was slowly roasting, when another
blow from the axe, greater than all the
rest, knocked his head clean from his
body. He experienced singular buzzing
IN his ear; there was CLEAN OF light in
the distance, and, with bound, he re-
turned to consciousness.
The doctor was standing over him,
holding a double tooth in his forceps.
THAT was an old stager, and no mis-
take. How he did hang 1t took all my
strength to dislodge him. and the doctor
wiped his dripping forehead with his
handkerchief
Where a-a-an II" were the first words
of the tall man
"Why, right here in my office, responded
the doctor. You would have had
tough time if you hadn't taken the gas"
well, if it had been rougher than it ac-
tually was | would now be a corpse, and
the tall man paid the 81 so, and went out
into the street feeling as If he had been
walking in treadmill for week.