The Sultan With The Toothache

Onne the Sultan was affiicted with th toolhuche, and after dujs "f torturo tnunnged to screw his cour-ige np to the pulling point. Uut to tho disinny nf the Ühuroberlnin, in all Suimbul not a burher cv dentist, ior love or monej or reputalion, was innnd wilünor to under.iiki) the operution. Americun dontists muy sinilu ut tho uisilhiriimity of tliulr Oriuiitiii brethren, but let them rBincmbtór thut. nny érceident in the e.Ttractnm J a rcyul tooth, whether f[;io: ure, de'hty, or uny ndditional pain, irv:ght uoiitttgu thu bold operator to the bastin ido, or to tau tenuor merci. ■ of tb bow-utrinsc. Atiestan ohpcur Jew, who had newr looked hihT tlntn the jaws of his Hebrew cnstnrner.. w.is induoi'd !0 risk his neck and hoe' in the dental er.co-.in'.cr. Thrice protrating hintself, ha entreated iho Sul tan to show his slai-o the RVnding molar. Quick as thnuglit t'ne fnrcepn fártí appUed, and imrnediatcly the Jew feil down witli a piuruing shrieb ut t!m (oet of his rnas ei-, n a well nsumed fit of epileptic convulsions. U jninped the patiënt i'rorn his ttirane, forgeltirib; in his terror, his too( hache, hin diyiiitv, and tho pain of hii estraction, nnd or dered his vages to Uring cordwils and water to the unforLuiiute dentist, Tho wily Jew, perceivinp; that a hydrop:ithi,; trsattrveqt was imminent, und tlmt thi-i buil' o.iltv had produeed tlie desired effüut ot dirtracting the royal itte'ition, now convaiosced with grent. promptneas, h"iumphantly exhib.ttntj the tix-th to tho aatonished inqoaruli and his courtiers, Itia hardly nucefiary to add, that not only was the integrity ol the soles of his feet respei;' tod, luit Israel went forth liom the palnee, even nnto his kindred with sheict-U of gold and shukels of silvcT. - Atlantic Monfhly.