The morning call., 1893-09-17
PULLING A BOA'S TOOTH.
The Perilous Dental Job Performed
by Two Amateurs.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
Edward Schmidt, the proprietor of the
birdstore on Twelfth street. Washington,
the other day enjoyed the unusual privi-
iege of playing dentist TO an eleven-foot
boa constructor. Mr.. B. Constructor was
lately resident OF South America. but on
transferring his residence to Washington
took up his abode with Mr.. Schmidt. He
is described as compara atively thin for his
height, being only some eight inches
through the thickest part of his
eIeven-foot body. He dresses in
brown and black diagonal suit. which
fits quite well. but shows decided
signs of wearing out, and he is getting rid
OF it by sections. though. for the sake of
appearance, be has another one just below
il. His royal pythonic highness weighs
just sixty pounds, and IS valued at 81 per
pound. One of the most remarkable fea-
lures OF his makeup is his mouth. L. is a
common phrase to hear of the dropping
of ones lower jaw" in moments of con-
sternation, but Mr.. Boa can get up the
largest amount of CONSERVATION in this
line when he gets ready by dropping about
six inches of lower jaw. linear measure
ment He can raise an equal amount of
upper jaw at the same time, and his
mouth Is provided with a convenient lat
eral huge arrangement by which it
can be spread sidewise and pre-
sent a total receptive surface of
about the size OF bandbOX. 1t
was this mouth with a good service
able set of teeth. but no poison fangs,
that got Mr.. Snake into trouble soon after
his arrival in the national capital. He was
lodged In good strong wire cage and fed
few pigeons. Then, instead of going to
sleep gorged with food, as is supposed to
be the habit of his family. Mr.. Constructor
RmnSa1 hinSalf hV CtriHinn Of
master. who was putting reinforcement
OF wire netting around the bars of the
cage. he miscalculated in one Of his
springs, and, when kissing like steam
exhaust-pipe he launched about four feet
OF his neck across the cage, he hung HIM
sell up in the wire netting by his teeth.
AS result he had very sore mouth for Il
couple of days, and yesterday Mr.. Schmidt
decided that he would have to have one of
the injured teeth pulled.
1t was delicate operation to handle his
snakeship. who, If given his choice of
holds. is good deal more than a match
Tor man in q catch-as-catch-can wTest-
ling bout. But the willy man took an un-
fair advantage of his prisoner, and. divert
Ing his attention in front, executed flank
movement and grabbed him by the back
of the neck. Then it was a case of pull
Richard pull Satan in getting the lengthy
SouIherner out of his cage. He finally
French. the assistant dentist. promptly
froze onto the last foot and half OF the
tail as il slid out of the cage. Mr.. Snake.
stretched at full length. with no chance
TO work his powerful constructor muscles.
was rather at a disadvantage; but, watch
ing his opportunity while the doctor
was working on his head with a pair of
wire nail pullerS, he threw half- Nelson
lock around Mr.. French's legs and pro-
ceeded to mix up with that gentleman in a
way that was no less surprising than in
convenient. The tooth which was loose
came out easily. looking Eot unlike large
fishbone, and the two amateur dentists
then exerted themselves TO let go of the
snake and get him back In his cage. Mr..
French was finally gotten out of the en-
brace of the pytnon's coils. and the two
operators wrestled him back into captiv-
ity, where he drew himself mp on shelf
in the corner of his cage, and, coiling him.
self into a large figure s. lay with his
almond head on the top of his coils and
swore fluently in an unintelligible South
American dialect at every one who came
in the nelghborhood.
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