Her Tooth Extracted

To pull an elephant's tooth is about the biggest professional task a veterinary was Ui d upon to undertake. The operation was perfonned a few mojiths aso at Peru, Ind., the winter quarti rs of the great Wallace shows. Jëannette, one of the favorites in the herd exhibited with this aggregation, showed signs of distress. She h.-id acute attat ks ('f indigestión and would frequently whlnny as if suffering greatly. She did not relish her food. Phe became very affectionate toward her keeper and seemed to be begging him to do somethlng for her relief. Dr. Upshall, a member of the Detroit College of Vetérlnary Surgery, was telegraphed for. He found Jëannette had an ulcerated tooth, whlch was aching terribly. .The affifeted one was a grinder of hug'i dlmensions, and it hurt just in proportion as it was big. The ulcer on the root, when out, proved to be as big as a hen's egg. Jeannette's measuremont was taken from her tail to her neck. Just tfiat distanee from a corner in a briek building with a fourteen-inch wall, was erected, with massive oak timbers, a sort of stock, with an adjustable top piece. She was backed into the corner and her head put through the timbers, which was then closed on her neck. The walls of the building held her body and she would have to pull her head off to get away from the timbers. Dr. Upshall produced a pair of fórceps that would make a blaeksmith's tongs look like small plyers. He mounted the scaffold built in front and secured Jeanette's trunk back over her body with strong straps. Then he passed a strap iron through her month and fastened her jaw firmly. All was ready. He gripped the great fórceps Into the tooth and with a ratchet device on the handles he screwed them as tight as possible. Three other strong men mounted the frame work with him. At a signal all began to pull. Jëannette groaned and trfèd to break away. At first it was a long, steady pull, but the tooth was there to stay. The doctor Instructed his assistants to let up and they would try other tactics. He directed them to give it short, sudden jerks in unisón. They did so, and at each "heigho" that molar was given an argument that ca'used Jëannette to let forth a terrible groan. Once, twice, three times they jerked - and theni Well, two of the men were picking themselves up off the floor and one was clinging to the timbers. Dr. Upshall stood on the scaffold smiling. In his hand were the fórceps and in the fórceps was the troublfsome grinder. Jeannctte had quit bucking, and with her big tongue was exploring her capacious mouth to ascertain where all that brica-brac had come out of her face. It was some time before she indulged in such rare delicacies as dried thistles, but she Is all right now and traveling with the Wallace