Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-29
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overheard and dozen men are ready to
spring after and save them. That, is
bravery, but it is bravery born in impulse.
Let human face appear at the window OF
burning building and dozen men will
risk their lives in the effort to extend help.
That is bravery, but it is bravery born of
pity and excitement. Let man but hear the
cry Of woman in peril, and he will rush to
rescue and deliver her at any cost. mat IS
bravery, but it is the bravery of honor and
chivalry. Let man be surrounded by
wolves and all escape cut off and ne Will
fight until pulled down. That is the brave
ry of despair.
1t is the battlefield which tests a mans
courage. A regiment is in line on the edge
of wood. Half mile away is another
wood. Between the two is meadow bare
of the slightest shelter. The regiment is
ordered to advance. AS the line moves out
into the clear sunlight every man Will rea-
son to himself: :,
"The enemy is posted in the opposite
timber. Before we are half way over he
will open on us with shell. One battery
will cover our regiment front. This IS my
last day."
So each man reasons, but every face is
sternly set to "front," and not foot miss
es step as the line pushes across the mead
ow. The shells come, and dozens Of men
are blown to cory fragments, but the line
moves on as before, and the living reason:
"The fire will presently change from
shell to grape and canister, and then shall
certainly be hitu'
The prediction is verified. Gaps are
opened through the double line, but only to
be closed again. The regiment has lost its
marching step, and its lines are no longer
perfect, but the movement is still onward,
and men reason:
"The infantry are in support of the bat
terry. have escaped shell and grape, put
when we come under the fire OF musketry
we shall be slaughtered"
There is no hanging back, no obliquing to
right or left, no other thought than to push
ahead. The grape ceases, and lead takes
the place of iron The lines are further dis
ordered, and the left wing has lost its
"front" by thirty feet, but the wave does
not stop. AS it rolls forward men grip
their muskets tighter, their eyes flash, their
teeth shut hard, and they reason
"In a minute more we shall be near
enough. Then we shall charge them with
the bayonet. Then will be a hand-to-hand
fight, and surely must ekilled or wound
ed, but let US at them-hurrah hurrah "
Me,v York Stm.
IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR THETEETH
EARLY.-The teeth are too often neglected
during the first 10 or IL years OF a child's
life. The irregularity of the teeth 50 COM
nom in adults is generally caused by the
extraction of the child's temporary teeth
before the permanent ones were ready to
take their places. The jaws, consequently
contracted, and the teeth came through in
crowded condition.
The teeth are the hardest portions of the
L.. Lolx o,,I 1,nffh va hnnNr0a
less through decay. 1t can be safely esti-
mated that in city of $4,000 people there
are not 100 of the native inhabitants be-
tween the ages of four and fourteen whose
teeth have escaped decay, and if the decay
were to continue unchecked, most OF the
inhabitants would be toothless by the time
they were fifty.
If the future men and women are to have
good teeth, the care of them must begin in
childhood. 1t is mistake to have the
temporary teeth extracted as soon as they
decay and cause pain. 1t is best to pre-
serve the first teeth until the permanent
ones are ready to be erupted. TO do this
it is necessary to have filled the temporary
teeth that show signs Of decay.
The predisposing cause of decay is not
fully known. The structure and density of
child's first teeth are dependent largely
upon the health of it's mother. Some foods
rich in phosphates, when partaken by the
mother, are supposed to be conducive to
dense development and perfection of bone
in the child that is to be born. 1t is especi-
ally important that children at an early
age should be taught to clean their teeth
taught the use of the toothbrush and its
importance. That the food we eat has
much influence in the formation of our
teeth is apparent in the results of the gener-
al use of oatmeal in Scotland, roast beef in
England, black bread in Germany and
macaroni in Italy. Each national fare
produces marked characteristics in the for
nation of the teeth.
The toothpick should be used as often as
food is eaten. 1t should be thin and plia-
BILE; goose quill makes the best. Even
picking the teeth with pins is not as harm
full as eating a lemon and failing to clean
the teeth afterward. Eating sugar will not
make any more inroad on the teeth than
the same amount of apple. At least once
year the teeth should be examined by a
dentist. Here, as elsewhere, the ounce of
prevention is worth more than the pound Of
cure.-W. Fl. Gikson, d. d. s.