Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-25

| In the darkness calm ana Qcep,
Lying on her mothers bosom,
| Little Bessie fell asleep!
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No doubt it would be an easy matter to
find multitudes of persons who know far more
about the science of astronomy than they do
about the teeth in their own jaws. 1t is
more than probable that large number of
individuals could be found whose teeth are
all gone by reason of old age, who do not
know how many teeth are usually in the jaws
of human being. The fact is, the human
family generally know very little about their
own teeth Not because the subject is hard
to be understood; neither is it because there is
nothing interesting about the teeth; but SIM
ply because men seem to be inclined to study
every other subject before they study them
selves.
Some old Latin author says that children
begin to get their teeth when they are seven
months old, and begin to shed them when
they are seven years old. This statement
approximates the truth. The same, or some
other Latin author, says that children are
sometimes born with teeth. This also is true
Children are sometimes born with teeth, but
not often. The first set of teeth, which are
called milk teeth, are twenty in number, ten
in each jaw, and are removed or shed out
The process of shedding commences when the
vl,ild 10 ola u yoa,o old, ~"1 continues
until it is fourteen or fifteen. Then it has
twenty.eight teeth At the age Of maturity,
it gets what are called its wisdom teeth, which
are four in number one on each side OF each
Jaw. Then the mouth is full, and contains
thirty.two teeth sixteen in each jaw
The composition of tooth is a thing wor-
thy of note Each tooth is composed of two
substances. The inside of the tooth is called
ivory, and the outside is called enamel. The
inside is much softer than the outside. This
is wise arrangement The inside wears OF
and leaves sharp edge.
The teeth of animals indicate their nature
and habits The teeth of COW and those of
dog are very different from each other.
The teeth of the COW are designed to crop and
mash vegetables, whilst those of the dog are
designed to tear and cut flesh. The jaws Of
the dog, in chewing his food, move up and
down or like the two parts of shears in cut
ting piece of cloth. This is the case with
all animals that eat flesh. The COW, when
chewing her food, moves her jaws from side to
side She does not cut her food, but simply
mashes it; and this is the case with all ami
mails that live on vegetables.
Teeth resemble bones; but they differ from
bones in many particulars. If a bone is bro
ken it will, usually, in the course of few
months, "knit" and be as strong as it was
before it was broken. This is not the case
with the teeth. IF a tooth is broken, it vii
never knit or grow together again. If the
enamel is broken off, it remains in this con
dition that is, the enamel is never replaced
The teeth of man are designed both fol
eating vegetables and flesh. The four from
teeth in each jaw are constructed for cutting
the next two on each side in each jaw ar
constructed as if for tearing. These are called
the eye-teeth. The next two are called small
grinders, and the next grinders The las
one on each side is called wisdom tooth
These generally make their appearance abou
} the time that the individual is grown to man
hood or womanhood.
The wisdom of the Creator is very eviden
in the construction of the teeth Of the differ
ent kinds of animals. Had the lion or tn
dog no better teeth than the COW, be coul(
never eat the food which his appetite Graves
, and had the COW the same kind of teeth tina
the dog or lion has, she could never crop tn
grass or chew it after it was cropped. Socrates
.. long ago, declared that these things showed
that wise Creator brought animals into ex
! istence.
9 "Ir's VERY HARD."-"It's very hard t.
! have nothing to eat but porridge, when other
have every sort of dainty" muttered Dick
as he sat his wooden bowl before him. sit
: very hard to have to get up so early on thes
e bitter cold mornings, and work all day, whe
e others can enjoy themselves without an hou
0 of labor It's very hard to have to trudg
s along through the snow, while others rol
e about in their coaches"
o "It's great blessing" said his grandmcotf
er, as she sat at her knitting, "to have too
when so many are hungry it's great bless
t ing to have roof over ones head when
o many are homeless it's great blessing t
r have sight and hearing, and strength fo
e daily labor, when so many are blind, deaf, c
a sufering.' -.
a "Why, grandmother, you seem to thin
r that nothing is hard" said Dick, still in
= grumblng tone.
l. "No, Dick there is one thing that l d
e think very hard"