The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-09
OUT At LAST.
but He Had to Use . Railroad Wreck.

but He Had to Use . Railroad Wreck.
AT one time in my early practice
IN country town." said a dentist
the other day, ''there came to me q
very nervous woman to have tooth
extracted. She carried on Sd that I
could scarcely get her into the chair.
aud soon as ! put the forceps near
her mouth she screamed and bounced
about SO that l couldn't do anything
with her.
'.After two or three visits, each
worse than the other, l suggested
that should take her to the nearest
| large town, where dentist admin
istered gas Well. the tooth hurt
so. that at last she consented. and l
took her there, about twenty five
niles by rails
Il went armed with pair OF for
ceps, as a matter Of habit. aid when
We got to the place and she saw the
gas bag and other appliances, she had
the fdKets again worse than before,
and had to give it up and take her
back home. l was thoroughly pro-
vOked, and much ANNOYED, but she
fOolishneSS, SO l tried to restrain my
feelings
about ten miles out OF town, and
as the train was 30 ny along about
twenty miles an hour. and she was
holding her jaw. and l was holding
mine in the seat beside her, We CAME
int collision with something on the
line, and the last thing l knew We
were rolling down an embankment.
and being piled up in a very promis-
cuOus fashion.
II don't know how it came about.
but wasn't hurt much, and when
my senses were fully restored I
dragged my patient out through q
window, and laid her on a bank near
by.
''She was pretty badly bruised, and
had been knocked senseless, and, as
/ was endeavOring to restore her, a
brilliant thought occurred to ME.
'The next moment l had out my
forceps. and the next l had out the
COMPOUNDED tooth. Two hours later
one OF the physicians who had been
summoned had restored her to con-
seriousness, and, as she opened her
eyes and saw me standing by her
side, she clapped her hand to her jaw,
and exclaimed,
'Oh, doctor. l knew it would he
terrible, hut didn't think it would
he so bad as that However, though.
it's out at last"
''Then she went to sleep and it
was a week before she knew the real
facts of the case"
Ibid she pay you anything extra"
asked the writer.
"NO," smiled the dentist, ''but the
railway company did-twenty- five
hundred dOllars-and got half"
: The Chinese Laundry Ticket.
Probably not one person in q
Thousand understands the true inter
probation Of the Chinese laundry
, ticket.
The celestials have q system OF
their own. 1t is based on the many
, gods and goddesses OF the laundry.
Although the system is very COM
plicated one seldom does a Chinese
laundryman deliver a package Of
!, washing to the wrong person. Fur.
: thermore, il the ticket is lost the
I chances are that you will not get
. your linen, unless you be particular
friend of the proprietor. Instances
q are on record where an American has
r gone to court to force the Chinese ia
b yield up the washing, but the Judge
! was not convinced that the case OF
the white man was good one.
!, The Chinese laundryman at the be.
4 ginning of each week makes out a
a batch of checks in duplicate, to be
1 used as wash tickets He selects the
e name of some god or goddess or OF
= some object. as the sun. the moon, OIL
8 the stars To this name he pretixes
+ a number, as Moon No. J." Moon
= No >" and so on. In the space be
(; tween the two legends-for the signs
i are repeated twice-he has his OWE
h name, as, for instance. "Wah Lee. ,
i When customer takes a bundle
{ OF washing to the laundry the Chi
9 nese, flrst tearing a ticket Ia two il
I a ragged fashion, puts one-half on
> the packet for reference, the othel
:, half he gives As receipt to the per.
= son who has brought the package Of
I laundry 1t must be presented wher
z the laundry is demanded, and a,
l. fears need be entertained that the
= package Of clean clothes will not te
= forthcoming. for the Chinese are
: scrupulOusly exact Ia these matters
!. and seldom or never make mistakes.
- Ladies' Home Journal
~ Vertical Hand writing.
The vertical system Of handwrit
ing, which was introduced into tn,
IL Samuel Ready school In Bait NOR,
q several years ago, says the Sun o
d that city, is now occupying the at
u &aaAion ~ q nnmhae NJ Nathan nd