Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-21
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Didn,t Know when tho Tooth Cam'
Out, hut, oh, His other Troubles.

Didn,t Know when tho Tooth Came
Out, but, oh, His other Troubles.
From the Boston Herald
docs 1t hurt very much to have q tooth
pulledl" Inquired a tall man of a fremont
street dentist.
"That depends" was The reply. eff the
effected tooth happens to be a molar, with
the roots at right angles with each other,
or if 1t Is dscsyed SO as to leave the nerve
uncovered, or if 1t is worn down even with
the gums, so that 1t is necessary to dig the
hesh away in order to get good hold with
the fo1ceps, then the chances are that you
will kick a little"
Then the tall man trembled from head to
foot, and il a shaking voice ssid; "Whst
do you think that orei" accompanying 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 looking glass at one end.
and running it into the cavern that yswned
before him, made careful inspection OF
the interior.
''That looks like a stubborn old fellow, n
Iuo ubCNOE. ds ne IcplACtu buc
strument upon his working table.
"Whst would you advised" timidly in
quired the tall man.
Laughing gas" replied the doctor.
"Will be oblivious to the psini'
ENTIRELY So"
The tall man settled himself In the oper.
ating chair, and the doctor inserted be-
| tween the patients teeth an old champagne
cork. Then he placed a funnelshsped
piece of rubber over the tall mans mouth
| and nose and told him to breathe heavily.
| Gradually consciousnessgayew way under the
influence of the gas, but not until the man
! to be operated upon had suffered the sen.
! sation of being smothered under an old
| fashioned feather pillow.
/ The tall man was now In dresmland. de
| first imagined thst he was on his way tc
/ the worlds fair and when the train was or
down grade and going sixty miles an
hour the wheels left the track. The all
brakes broke, and the cars rushed along al
o terrible speed. 1t was with the greatest
difficulty that the dreamer kept In hit
berth. Tremendous jolting was caused by
| the wheels running over the ties. The sus
pense was something awful; the wreck oi
| the train was inevitable. The car was filled
of the terrified passengers, mingled with the
crash of the glass and the rattle of tbs
train. Suddenly there wss desfening re
port and tremendous conclusion. and the
cars appeared to crumble away. The tai
| man found himself In total darkness, but
| suddenly, to his horror, he discovered G
| streak of lurid flame through the wreck.
age, which told him that he would bt
roasted alive u immediate sucoor did moi
reach him. He could 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 ht
was confined, and their hot breath was be
ginning to singe bis whiskers. Then cams
| the crash of an axe directly over his head
The frat blow struck him fqusrely In the
back of the neck, and he felt that his time
had surely come. The next one cut of hil
left ear, and the third opened a space In
his Uranium the sizs of saucer. The frt
had now crept up to bis feet and the left
one was slowly roasting, when another
| blow from the axe, greater than all the
rest knocked his head clssn from his body
| He experienced a singular buzzing In hii
| ear; there was glesm of light in the dis
consciousness.
The doctor was standing over him hold
ing double tooth In his forcsps.
"That was an old stager and no mistake
How he did hangl 1t took all my strength
to dislodge him." and the doctor wiped hil
dripping forehead with his handkerchief
"Where a. a. am II" were the first wordi
| of the tall man.
"Why, right here in my Office" respond
ed the doctor. "You would have had
tough time If you hadn't taken the gas"
"Well, If It had been rougher than 4
actually was 1 would now be q corpse,
and the tall man paid the 81. so and wen
out into the street feeling as If he had beel
walking In q treadmill for week.