davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
How WOOD Can POISON You

plants is enough to cause the Irritation, anu
the infection may be transmitted to other
persons bv hands so infected. The bearers
of the irritating substance in this case are
the .gland-hairs. as in the case of the pr1m-
rose. This substance is a crystallizable sap
which can be extracted from the gland-ha1rs.
The sawdust of the Mexican bluegum is
harmful when the skin is especially sensitive
from some other cause. workman who was
suffering from tuberculosis, and who later
died from it, was attacked, after splitting this
lumber, by an eruption of the under-arm
which forced him to stop work. Others who
did similar labor for years had no i'll effects
In this case the tuberculosis may have created
the disposition
As result Of his investigation DR.. Graf
urges all cabinet makers who work in satin
wood and gardeners who grow poisonous
plants to protect their hands, arms and head
from direct contact with the wood, sawdust or
injured portions of the plants. At the first
sign of any Inflammation of he skin the
sufferer should receive the attention of der
matologist.
It has long been thought that poisoning
might result from the proximity of sumac,
even if the plant was not touched, but DR..
Graf denies this. A visitor to the Berlin
Botanical Gardens recently brought suit for
damages for injuries which he alleged he had
suffered on account of his near proximity to
d poisonous sumac, which is ON exhibition in
the gardens But the suit was lost, for the
directors of the gardens proved conclusively
that for poisoning to occur the plant must be
injured and the injured portion brought into
direct contact with the skin.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

cuation of the blood bring of it to the part Of
the tooth where the dentist is to do his operating only
small drop of drug called novocaine is injected
The teeth very much like electric light circuit
There may be anywhere from 10 sixteen lights on
circuit, but they all fed by tiny pair Of wires
running to the electric meter To put all the sixteen
lights out you need only to tamper with the main wire
The new method is to the point of the needle in
close to the which carries the ache-messages to
the brain. One tiny drop deposited there puts small
Circuit of teeth out of communication with the patients
brain for hour.
Another drug known suprarenin is used with the
novocaine. Suprarenin has the effect of driving the
blood away. This keeps nature from removing the
novocaine too soon, she otherwise would
The remarkable for pyorrhea which was
briefly mentioned months ago in these columns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

Many dentists SCOT at painless dentistry, and some
people take pride in bearing pain if suffering
necessarily were virtue. But most persons prefer not
to be heroes and all doctors agree that intense suffering
causes damage the system.
The disadvantages of breathing anaesthetic are
well known to every Those who have had their
gums cocained for a tooth pulling know that it is
dubious choice of evils. Also the socalled pressure
anaeshesia used in removing live is joke on
the patient, of course.
In Dr. Thomas method, a needle is used much like
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

r ANGUAGE may be said to be nothing but
grunts, embellished and modified by pitch,
A"-~ infection and accent. The ability to give
sustained and significant articulation TO these
sounds distinguishes the civilized or educated
man from his savage or unlettered brother It
is surprising how much quick meaning may still
be conveyed by the infected grunt OF the savage.
The truth is that when we are not Influenced
by acquired mannerisms we still revert to that
infected grunt" When we are deep in thought
somebody asks us question. II we fail OF full
attention and care to have the question repeated
we say "Iluh?"--the grunt with the rising inter
rogative infection. Or if We have grasped the
meaning Of the question and wish TO give r.
\ Tho Sinr EnnnnnA IrrnI Eritnln EIrhis Rn.r.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Jaw, and an Important New Cure
for Loose Teeth and Sore Gums.

tecting and cleansing the teeth and which probably
aid in digestion.
These glands similar TO the glands in dogs
mouth which secrete the poison causing hydrophobia.
II is held by our best medical authorities that human
bites have caused hydrophobia and there similarity
between the bydrophobia condition in dogs mouth
and pyorrhea in human being. Frothlng at the
mouth is caused by these glands.
When food particles microbes poison the end Of
the tube leading to of these glands, the infection
and Inflammation extend to the gland ITSELF Neighbour
ing glands become involved and the condition spreads
from tooth to tooth. Pus begins to exude from the
tubes and may may not be noticed after squeezing
with the fingers.
This is the second stage and is followed by the
third. The gums being thoroughly poisoned and in
famed they shrink and withdraw, leaving parts of the
neck of the tooth exposed Holes called pockets
appear between the teeth and the patient becomes
alarmed at finding few teeth loose and wabble at
the of his tongue. These teeth will eventually
drop out ii the disease is not stopped
The Dunlop method is TO gentle spray, mostly
gas composed of an oxygen-bearng compound The
gas not forced into the gums but penetrates them by
its own affinity for dead matter. The gas up the
the gland at the inner end. 1t burrows and runs
ABOUT In the passages between the teeth of pyorrhea
patent in curious way, but will not enter healthy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

OF the wisdom tooth, your dentist
ought not 10 replace more than ii
per cent
Taking the corresponding teeth on
the lower jaw, the decay in your
front teeth should be the inslgnii-
cant amount Of per cent, the next
one only I and the canine" Q to
z. Your next two teeth will de-
cay TO the extent Of 13 per cent
and % per cent, respectively. 4,
About 43 per cent. of the first two
grinders will have gotten away from
you and eighteen per cent. Of the wis
dom teeth will not be with you.
DR.. Black does not lay these differ
ences so much to variations in tooth
structure as to saliva currents and
cleansing action Of the lips and tongue
and the friction Of food which favor
certain teeth.
DR.. Burt Fl. Thorea, of Boston, read
paper recently on subject very
important to the average person. He
explains method OF making tooth
insensible to pain for an hour or
more without upsettiBg the patient in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

THERE are many animals totally unrelated which
] have come to display less close
- sembance to another Conveyance is
the term biologists to describe this strange phe
nomenon.
One Of the best examples of conveyance is furnish
cd by the birds of prey These are commonly under.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

tnct sea dragons, the ichthyosaurs
and pIesiosaurs, which in like man
ner have been fashioned out of land
jewellers. But there can be no ques-
ton of community of descent, for the
latter are highly specialized reptiles;
the former are mammals"
Cases such as these, and many
others of a more reconcile character.
furnished material for some very
spirited arguments at the recent
meeting of the British Geological
Association. About the facts all
we're in agreement But In matters
Of this kind there Is often a difficulty
in distinguishing between con
yergence' and "rarallelism"-that is
to say, between instances where to,
tally unrelated animals have come
to resemble one another IN response
to the demands of their environ
ment, and those where this likeness
is due to inheritance from a common
stock
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

the old cocaine
needle. But in
stead of filling
the gum with CO.
caine and rely
ing on the cir
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

is now being generally adopted by
The leading dentists. This is known
rs the Dunlop Pyorrhea Cure Our
parents used to know pyorrhea as
recession of the gums" 10 is also
called Riggs disease and some per
sons refer to their troubles as "sore
gums
By the new method Of DIR. W. f.
Dunlop, of New York, it is now pos
Sible to cure sore gums, bring back
again the portions that have receded
from the teeth, and restore to Arm
ness and useful service teeth that
have become loose.
DR. J. P. Carmichael, of Milwaukee.
believes that pyorrbea has three
stages, but that it Is rarely If ever
recognized until 1t reaches the third
stage. The first sign Is tiattened
appearance of the usually curving
edge of the gum. Just next to the
edge will be noticed deep red line
This may be around one tooth or
many, the patient has no pain or dis
comfort, and usually neither he nor
his dentist is interested.
Careful examination will reveal a
red, thread-like line running from
the inflammation near the gum edge
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

The birds furnish Us with vet another striking il.
msttaton in the little diving petrol and the little
aux
THE hrst named IS dmiuutivo relative Of the
stately alhatross' the ono of the guiuemot
tribe, yet II would take an expert 20 distinguish be.
tween thrw. Both are descendants If land dwpIIcrs
which have taken To marine lie procuring an their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
WHY ANIMALS Grow to LOOK ALIKE

food beneath the water. Hence they have become
profound transformed in regard to their bodily
shape. A very brief examination of their anatomy,
however, is enough to show the affnites of each.
No less striking is the of the whales and por-
poises the descendants of ancient land jewellers, and
the extraordinary likeness they present to those
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

10 a Quli req spot
perhaps half an
inch away.
This dull red
spot rs an intia m
ed gland, and the
little red thread
is an irritated
duct or tn b G
which runs from
the gland to the
edge of the gum.
The business OF
the gland is to
Secrete certain
fluids which have
to do with pro-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

stood to include birds like the hawks
aud the eagles, on the one hand,
and the owls, on the other. But, as
matter Of fact, the owls are "A race
apart They have nothing whatever
to de with the eagle and his kin.
On ,he other hand they are very
nearly allied to the "goat-suckers,'
Ms SIS proved by iheir anatomy They
have acquired their likeness to he
nobler birds-the hooked beak and
sharp talons-by their predatory
habits.
Similarly the swallows and the
screaming, bow.winged swifts have
come to bear so close a likeness that
even experts have been deceived
and have accordingly placed them III
che same family But here again
the skeleton and muscles tell very
different tale. The swilts also are
near allies of the goat-suckers. Thei
mode of life has determined their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

hi. oT
MuBe Replace the IN
the jaw the FrOntT th
Cent?
4 Per
seventh Pei Cent andbe dom Tooth emit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

The striking likeness between the Old and the
New World valtures is of parallelism. These
two types are certainly not relations. They
descendants of a common stock starting In the race
for life with certain characters in common The
differences which they how display represent the
moulding forces which their different experiences
have exposed them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

gums. when pyorrhea has been
cured and the gums have returned
to their normal condition the gas
can no longer be induced to enter
the membranes.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
Lot Of Political Pirates.

After the democrats in the state
senate had, like a lot Of pirates,
robbed a large number Of republicans
of the right to hold public Offices to
which they had been appointed By the
governor Of the state, the democratic
governor, Elliott W. Major, said, in a
pauonizing way, that he would let
some Of the decspitated republicans
hold on to their jobs for few months;
and he is reported to have said that
some Of them are very good men.
As a matter OF fact every appointee
oiformer Governor Hadley, whose name
was submitted to the pirates in the
senate, is a good man and deserves 4
hold Office throughout the term 70
which he was appointed. No man oI
the list could have been denied con
firmqtion for any other reason than hi
politics. The democratic state senat
simply took the Offices Of these me
because they are republicans and bt
, cause democrats want their jobs. n
t other explanation Of the refusal Of th
/ senate TO confirm them can be ofere
I in good faith. The act was one Of bs
!. faith, bad politics and bad judgmen
e 1t was not only partisan, it was pira
ical. While thessssnate is to be he
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
Missouri Cattle Feeders Meet.

The third annual meeting Of the
Missouri Cattle Feeders Association
was held in the Agricultural Building
at Columbia, Missouri, on January Is,
l6 and II. Greater interest than has
ever been expressed at an annual
meeting before was evident by the
crowded lecture room at every session.
Addresses by Dean F. B. Mumford
Of Columbia; President c. S. Houston
Of Malta Bend; Professor W. A. Cochel
Of the Kansas Agricultural College;
President c. S. Jones Of the Chicago
Live Stock Exchange; John I. Alex
ander Of the Chicago Livestock Ex'
change and ]. R. Thomas Of Columbia
were particularly interesting and edu'
cational.
At the business session the organ
Iization committee recommended thai
the scope OF the association be ex
tended to include the swine and sheer
feeding interests. In accord will
their recommendation, the name o
the association was changed TO tn
Missouri Cattle, Swine and Sheel
Feeders Association, and some sligh
! changes were made in the bylaws i
J order to accommodate the interest
, which sought admission to the o.
ganization.
The officers elected for 1918 ar
u President, S. P. Houston, Malta Benz
Vice-Presidents, c. W. McAnincl
Hughesville, and John A. Rankin, 81
;. TMkio; Secretary Treasurer, H.
IS Allison, Columbia.
10 The following resolutions, viii
s. were unanimously adopted, set Ior
in some Of the points discussed in t
D. business sessions:
tie Whereas, a revision Of the la
duties will work to the disturbance
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
Col. Phelps Says It's a iOke.

Col. Bill Phelps ot Jasper county
says the system" Of taxing railroad
property in this state is joke. This
is his playful way Of stating a SELF
evident truth but the people look upon
the matter in different light. They
believe that the unfair, unjust and in
excusable system OF assessing railroad
property is a crime against the state.
From their point Of view there's no
joke about it,
Col. Phelps was, for many years, an
attorney for railroads, employed to
protect them from adverse Legislation
and to keep down to the lowest possi'
bic level the taxable valuation Of their
property. He was effective. He
knew how to handle the men with
whom he had to deal and he was at al
times a powerful factor in democratic
politics. However, when the demo
Gratis we're overthrown and Col. Phelp
could no longer exert his party pull
the railroads dispensed with his ser
vices. Subsequently he was electe'
to the Legislature and at the last se'
sion was able to do things not at a
agreeable to his former employer
. Now he is the principal promoter
bills intended to put the rates, service
h capitalization, bonds and assessmel
h OF railroads under the control OF a boal
e empowered not only to find facts b
to execute law. In such capacity Cc
q Phelps is rendering valuable serVl
Of to the state.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
EIactinn Of j. S. Senators.

The direct election Of United States
senators by the people has been ap'
proved by republican president and
a republican congress and BY repub'
lican and democratic legislatures all
over the country. In this state both
political parties have approved it.
Governor Hadley sent special message
to the Legislature January 9 urging ap-
proval OF the pending amendment to
the national constitution providing for
it.
Missouri has frequently experienced
the need of the proposed change in the
method Of electing senators. The
senatorial primary law, though con-
ceived in fraud and born in iniquity,
has given the people a chance to
choose between party candidates but
has not given relief from the domina'
ton OF gerrymandered state senate,
the democratic majority in which has
several times overcome the popular
sentiment Of the state in the election
Of United States senators. There is
nc really good reason why the voters
Of each state should not be permitted
to directly elect their representatives
in the highest Legislative body in the
world. 1t is sincerely hoped that the
state senate will promptly approve the
resolution Of congress recently sub
mitted. The house has already ap-
proved it. 1t will doubtless have the
sanction, in few weeks, Of two-thirds
Of the states and will then become a
law,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06

a partisan asset will be
determined at Kansas City February
u, when the republican state commit
teemen will assemble with the repub-
lican editors Of the state as guests Of
the association Of young republicans.
In the evening the association will
spread a banquet at the Baltimore
Hotel, where stirring addresses will be
heard from Governor Eberhatdt OF
Minnesota, Hon. James E. Watson OF
Indiana, Judge Henry S. Caulfeld oi
St. Louis, Hon. Polite Elvins, chair
man Of the state committee, Homer
Mann and others. Capt. King, the
president, has called meeting Of the
republican editorial association Tor that
day at Kansas City.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
Partisan State Senators.


The Missouri state senate has been,
for many years, body Of rank parti'
sans. With the exception oil the few
republicans who have been permitted
to sit with them the democratic SEN
ators, always in the majority, have
always acted as though they simply
represented a political party, not a
great state in which their party polls
less than half the popular vote. The
action Of such senators January Is,
when, by unanimous vote, they termi-
mated the official rights Of number OF
appointed state officers merely because
they were republicans is only one OF
many vicious partisan acts for which
the state senate has become notorious.
That act alone ought to teach the
people of Missouri the iniquity OF the
genymander under which the demo
cratic party holds and has for many
years held control Of the upper branch
Of the general assembly.
During all Of Governor Folks term
and throughout the administration OF
Governor Hadley the democratic ma
ioritY in the senate interiered with the
prerogative Of the governor and sought
to make him subservient to senators,
not only in his appointments but in
matters Of legislation. Concerning
the last session OF the Legislature Gov
ernor Hadley said truly;
A political party in control OF the
Legislative department is to be judged
by the bills that it passes and the bills
that il defeats as matters Of party action
Judged by such a test the democratic
party has never more completely de
monsuated its lack Of justification 10
a claim upon public confidence AM
approval it has never more completed,
demonstrated its lack Of responsiveness
to considerations OF public welfare thai
| it has by the bills that it passed an
the bills that it defeated and the polit
ical results which it undertook t
accomplish through the exercise
official power during the last Ses5io
OF the general assembly.
This criticism was provoked chief
by the record Of the state senate
That body has become stencil in tn
e nostrils Of the people. Arrogant, at
T. dacious, unjust, unfair and partisan
e the extreme, its big democratic majo
} ity has made it a menace to the r!gh'
= Of the people and the interests o! th
: state,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
Mineral Resources Of Missouri.

In a neatly illustrated vest pocket
pamphlet the Missouri Geological Sur
vey shows that Missouri leads all other
states in the production Of zinc, lead,
barytes, and tripoli; has important seams
Of coal, the finest limestone and granite;
the highest grade fire clays and glass
sand, extensive deposits OF cobalt,
nickel, copper, pyrites, iron ores,
mineral paints, and abundant mineral
waters,
These and other mineral deposits
constitute the vast underground wealth
of Missouri, the output Of which is
valued at more than S45,000, 900
annually.
The pamphlet outlines briefly the
general distribution, as we'll as the
value Of the output Of each Of the
mineral resources. Small illustrations
show typical mines, mills and quarries,
while the distribution Of the various
deposits is indicated by double page
map. A list Of reports of the Survey
available for distribution is also given
A copy Of the pamphlet should b'
in the hands OF every citizen and cat
be obtained upon request address II
| A. Buehler, State Geologist, Rolla
| Missouri.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-02-06
0pDOsed TO a Popular Vote.

The democratic leaders at Jefferson
City are all hostile TO the initiative and
referendum but are afraid to say so.
On the pretext that the amendment as
it stands is too broad and opens the
way for dangerous changes in taxation
laws they propose change preventing
a popular vote on any taxation propo-
sition. Such a change is unnecessary
and is proposed only as a step in a plan
to deprive the people Of the right to
legislate on any subject by direct vote.
The initiative and referendum law is
a menace TO the democrats. They
dare not put through number Of par
tisan schemes the people would be
sure TO veto. And they know that any
obnoxious law they may enact is ap
to be referred to a direct vote Of tht
people as long as that can be dom
under the initiative and referendum
law. For instance, they cannot hop
to establish gerymanders Of congres
sional and senatorial districts.