The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-12-18
CARE OF TIE TEETH.

EDITOR NEWS: clip the following
article from the Little Corporal, which
! from its importance to everybody /
would like to see published in the NEWS.
1t is addressed to young people, but as
the disease particularly spoken offs gem
orally continedto persons in or past mid
die age it should be read by all. Scarce
/ ly anything else is more destructive to
the teeth and their contiguous parts than
''tartar," and upon no subject is there
more general ignorance. A long train
of evils follow the accumulation of
which is commonly, though very i'm
! properally called scurvy, to which it
bears no resemblance. 1t is known, by
chronic inflammation and tumefaction of
the gums, attended by the recession of
their mayins from the necks of the teeth
which loosen and ultimately drop out.
1t sometimes not only underminds the
constitution by the fetid matter dis
charged from the gums corrupting the
fluids of the mouth, but so nauseating
aud disagreeable is the odor which the
tartar frequently exhales that the atmos-
phere of a whole room is contaminated
by it a few minutes. w. K. BoGGs.
'Our boys and girls" have you ever
particularly noticed the appearance Of
the different mouths around YOU, and
thought how much the teeth affect per-
sonal appearance? Compare two miss
! es, one with regular, clean, white, and
pearly teeth, as she parts her tinted lips
to smile, or in pleasant conversation,
J Wi " hn iS nf fol Il
pretty, but who has black and even
filthy teeth, half decayed, standing in
all directions, looking more like tUSkS
! than like human teeth. Bahi You turn
away. scarcely able to see anything but
/ her ''uhw holesome" teeth. How unit
dy they look! and what an unpleasant
odor is constantly issuing from what
might otherwise be called a mouth
One, two, three, or more shelly things,
once teeth, filled with decaying food,
with as many ugly roots" as apprOpri-
ate ncighbors, emit an ordor that might
well vie with that of the ''Augean
stables"
Do my young readers know what this
| dark covering on the teeth is; this thick,
yellow crust. so often entirely conceal
lag the beautiful enamel" which is des-
iguated for ornament and the protection
of the teeth? 1t is called 'tartar," but
is really composed of phosphate lime,
&c, with goOdly supply OF Sire cre0-
tWreS," somewhat resembling snakes,
closely Embedded iii this disgusting
crust, as other vermin live in filth! Ii
any one doubts this, let him look at
some filthy mass through microscope,
and doubt no more. One look might
give you an emetic. and induce you to
take excellent care of your teeth. Think
of these snakish creatures, these wrig-
IL
Vermin, they crawl from tooth to
tooth, or swim in the decaying food or
tobacco spittle of a putrid cavity!
Would you ''slay your thousands" Of
these wild animals! If so, brush your
teeth daily, or oftener, with soft water
and refined soap, riusing the month af-
ter each meal, III addition to removing
bits OF food, &c, collected in the cavi-
ties and interstices, using only a soft
tOo1hpick, as quill, &c. The soap-if
a nice article-will not only destroy
these vile creatures, but leave a sweet
and pleasant taste i'll The mouth. Try
it and see. They seem to dislike soap
as much as some boys do, and ''secede"
i'll great haste. Do you say that YOU
would as soon have this wild herd i'll
your mouth as soapI Wei, we
differ in our tastes. Even ''soft soap"
that Of the most unpleasant kind
would scarcely contaminate some
mouths, filled with decaying food, and
more filthy tobacco. Boys, how can
you put such stuff in clean mouth !?
This soap may be kept in bottle, ready
for use, 10 which a little boraX and spir-
its OF camphor have been added, with
some pleasant essence, as checkerberry,
to make il more agreeable to the taste.
All acids, as vinegar, lemon juice.
hard cider, &c, I'M ure the teeth, ''setting
them OH edge" particularly when some
part of the beautiful covering, the en-
amel, is cracked off, exposing the real
bone of the tooth, which is dissolved by
acids, aud OF course destroyed. This
enamel is broken by the use OF pins and
the like, instead OF proper toothpicks :;
by cracking nuts with the tceth,-as
glass ware is broken,-and by chewing
any very hard substance, or prying the
teeth apart.
Again, the free use of candy, and
sweets i'll general, is injurious to the
teeth. These sweets sometime remain
between the teeth, and at last become
sour, dissolving them like any other
acid. Ii the crust becomes very thick,
not easily removed, the teeth may be
rubbed with some soft wood, as piece
OF pine. or piece of the cedar OF u lead
pencil rubbing hard enough TO gradually
remove and Kill the intruding vermin.
Finally, boys, never chew tobacco to
keep your teeth clean. Only look into
the mouth of one who does, and see if
it preserves his; see if his teeth are
clean, and in good condition. If not,
avoid his example.
:, EYES AND EARs.-The most accept
able compliment one can pay in con-
versation is attentive listening, and the