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Show SHOW GRATITUDE FOR RELIEF Elephants Cured of Toothache Give Every Demonstration of Thankfulness Thank-fulness to the Dentist. It Is not easy to tell when an ele-.phant ele-.phant has got the toothache, but it Is best to keep out of his way when you do know it. A London surgeon, who had been for many years in India, says he would sooner risk a railway accident acci-dent than meet an elephant with toothache. tooth-ache. It appears that toothacho affects an elephant In a more severe manner than It does any other animal. Elephants havo very sensitive nerves, nnd a touch of toothacho often brings on madness. Providing you are nblo to chain down an elephant and draw out tho offending tooth, tho bruto is certain to bo affectionate to you afterward. Here la an Instance. An elephant In Bengal, India, became affected with toothache, but the keepers keep-ers managed to secure it while a dentist den-tist drew a decayed tooth the cause of the trouble. After a tlmo tbe elephant ele-phant Beemed to understand that the dentist was trying to do something for hU pain, and ho gave every evidence of appreciating tho attention. When tho operation was over ho frisked round tho dentist llko-young lamb. |