Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 19, 1912, Image 2
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Hasty Evolution Is Shortening
the Human Jaw, and Nature,
Retaiiating, Denies One Big
Tooth to 47 Per Cent, of
Americans.
NEW YORK. ? In the following
article Dr. Brady deals in
his characteristic breezy way
with the teeth, especially the
wisdom teeth, expressing the opinion
that only by exercising the
teeth can we avoid becoming eventually
a toothless race. There may
room for difference of opinion on some
of ?he points Dr. Brady makes, and
the World assumes no responsibility
'or any of them, printing them solely
as the personal views of this brilliant
WlllCi.
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY.
Here in America evolution is hasty.
And nature, always unwilling to hurry,
retaliates upon our wisdom teeth. Actual
records fhow that the third molars,
or wisdom teeth, are missing from
the jaws of 47 per cent, cf adults, and
even the lateral incisors are missing
from six per cent.
The jaw in steadily recediug with
the process cf the suns, and it is not
unlikely that the race will one day
be toothless unleos the Fletcheristic
doctrine saves the day.
Comparison of the facial angle of
various races cf the present time and
study of the skulls of aborigines shows
conclusively that In the ascent from
the savage, and from the higher apes,
to the civil zed races of man the
jaw recedes as the brow or frontal
emiuencc becomes more prominent. In
other words, our masticatory power
decreases ir direct ratio to the Increase
of cerebral or brain capacity.
Iiut in America tbis evolution is going
on too rapidly. Nature apparently
doesn't m nd fl reasonable rate, but
when it cones to high speed living
she protests?and. believe me, nature
is no slouch as a protestant! Take
her wisdom :eoth argument, her tonsil
appeal, her appendix grumble and her
gallstone growl, and you have a for
When Oni's Vocabulary is Richest.
raidable array of opposition to hasty
evolution.
From the low browed, heavy Jowlec
bush man with a full complement ol
molar machinery to .he highbrow
weak-chinned ribbon clerk with i
groove in liis pate for a cigarette ii
u long halloo down the vista of th<
ages?interrupted ocasionally by th<
groan of tn ulcerated tooth
We Unveil Our Canine Teeth W.hei
Angry.
We still retain our canine t^eth am
use then1, to frighten off enemies, bu
only by way of facial expression as .
rule. If c n antagonist presses us to>
bard we unconsciously raise the lip li
a snarl and expose the dog fang a
a sort of unveiled threat of what wil
be coming to him if lit- Isn't earefu
And when we have an impulse to dt
liver a telling blow do we not ir
stinctlvely cast our slurs in hi
teeth or paste him one in the jaw?
Souie dentists are inclined to b
pessimistic about the wisdom teetl
They declare the pesky things won
last long anyhev, either individuall
or racially. T at nay well be. bi
certainly some wisdom teeth last loni
er than one could wish. One eonsol;
lion about the eruption of the wisdoi
teeth is that they arrive at the ver
period of life when one's vocabulai
is richest in lurid Anglo-Saxon wher
withal tc meet the situation. And
there's anything that taxes one
stock of ndjectiw more than a tro
blesome wisdom toolh, it s an nice
aled tooth.
No dentist could be pessimist
about au ulcerated tooth. Timid tool
carpenters are sometimes altogcthi
too optimistic?they refuse to r
move the splinter from the festerii
jaw for fear Mrs. Grundy may 1
displeased. An "ulcerated tooth
of course an abscess at the root of
tooth, and the sooner the pus is giv<
a free vent the safer for all co
earned
Ocasionally the dentist may dr
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through the root canal and ho give
the pus an exit. Or else he may lance
the gumboil, if it points on the gum.
and still give you a useful molar. Hut
i when the tooth is damaged beyond re
pair the safest, quickest and mostgrateful
relief is to give it the
yank-ee method and be done with It.
One of the most diabolical treatments
for an ulcerated tooth is foul1
ticing the jaw?a mintage that has
, caused many a permanent scar in the
cheek from perforation. Heat withi
in the mouth, or, better, a hot foot,
bath is logical and effective in reliev[
ing the pain if surgical treatment canI
not be had. An active physic is a!;
ways advisable.
An ulcerated tooth Is bid enough,
t but one patient had It complicated
with facial neuralgia and a gathering
in the ear. Oh, yes. he recovered, but
we had to keep him In the padded
Treat It by the Yank-ee Method.
cell. I have never seen an Instance
o? the complication recorded by Mark '
Twain ? Inflammatory rheumatism
complicated with jumping toothache 1
?but p great many persona with ul- J
cerated teeth seem to suffer from '
St. Vitus' dance.
Even worse than an ulcerated
tooth, if possible, is the impacted wisdom
tooth, because nobody will be- *
lieve it is half so bad as you pretend.
About one in 6ix persons has
I more or less neuralgia in either of
the three branches of the facial nerve '
I when cutting the wisdom teeth. Some
' of the worst cases never cut the wisdom
teeth at all, but have ail the 1
I1 trouble just the same. Often an in- 1
veterate facial neuralgia is shown to
depend on an inverted, uninterrupted
wisdom tooth buried in the jawbone.
The X-ray discloses the offender and '
its removal by the dentist ends tho 1
trouble. When your face hurts bo E
a sport, and remember you're evolut- c
ing fast. By and by there'll bo no '
teeth to trouble us.
The flat brow and prominent jaw of f
the Mongolian and negro race are as
characteristic as the higli brow and
square jaw of the Caucasian race. 1
The danger is that we ultra-civilized
Americans, with our super-refined ?
mode of diet our devitalize wheat f
tiour, our predigeeUd breakfast foods.
our lost taste for raw vegetables?will f
suffer a further reeesion of the jaw '
and with it general systematic do- v
generacy.
The prevention is summed up in I
that new word of the English lani
guage?Fletcherism. All the tooth- '
brushes and dentists in the world cannot
prevent trouble with the wisdom
, teeth when there isn't room in the
jaw for the eruption of the last inoj
lars. Fletcher's teachings?thorough (
f mastication, h?ss food and more vege- i
tables?seem to be the sum. total of j
' oral hygiene from the preventive point \
i of view. I
^ Among the low type of negroes In ?
Mississippi the jaws protrude beyond t
the perpendicular face line in it7!2 per ]
cent. Among 10,000 persons examined
i !t> the streets of London only 4 per
rent, were beyond the line. Among )
j j 1,000 more intelligent negroes exam ^
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v Ultra-Civilized Americans With a Su
v I per-Refined Diet.
jr- ir.ed in Boston 43 per cent had Jawg
s of the negro type, 33 per cent, cam?
u on the line and 13 per cent, had re
r. ceding jaws like genuine Bostonese
highbrows.
ic The jaws of the early races meas
]) ured two and one-half inches from the
?r outer surfaces of the first niolare
e. while today they measure on the aver
age a scant two inches,
je As your Jaw protrudes beyond 01
is recedes behind the perpendicular fact
a line you are uncivilized or overcivil
?n Lt d The correct profile is a perfect
n- ly square Jaw. Civilization varies at
'.he square of the jaw?with a few o!<
ill ' roots thrown In.
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AKE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Is Lovable in Calm and in Storm, a*
Sunset, in the Twilight That
Succccd3.
Perr.e.?Although the summer at
actions of Switzerland are voted
Id-fashioned by tlyse newly ir:>rnied
with the mcro modish
iste for its winter sports, there
re still a few of us who prefer
s July to its January. The nelgcs
antan have receded to the mountain
)ps, and the summer tourist Is lazily
ontent to leave them there, realizing
lat in the sweet of the year the lake
liores are at their best. Of ail the
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^iew Over Lake Lucerne From the
Road Near Weggic.
akes that which washes the quays
if Geneva, I^auBanne, Evian and Mont*
eaux, and '.he shores of two cociries,
Is perhaps the most haekneyc-a;
et to myself?maybe from eld associations;
coetus dulces, valete!?It is
he most lovable. There Is varied lure
n the curious variety of Its scenery,
ia!f French and h?lf Italian, geographically
as well as politically lit
ts primitive fishing and ancb-nt sailng
boats.
Its colors may be less chain 'Icon in
htOr phanees than those of Tahoe, its
rout lees accessible to the angier
han those of Lake Louise, its tradiicns
less solemn than those of Gailee,
yet it is an inland sea that tho
raveler may learn to love for its own
ake, even though it may not move
dm, like Rosseau, to drop his tears in
t. .Hvron made verse on its shores,
ind here, too, Gibson finishtd his
rreatest work: yet such associations
ount for little in the sum of its magic
t is lovable in calm and in storm, at
unset, or in the twilight that sue eeds.
The long reflections of cumuous
clouds seen of an afternoon
roin the hotel balcony at Evian are
inforgettable.
The fisheries cf Lake Geneva are unsatisfactory
front the standpoint of
port. Of angling, properly speaking,
here is none, save for sntail perch
tnd roach, which are caught on long
tamboo rods and coarse float tackle,
vith a worm.?The Field, Loudon.
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.abor-Saving Machinery Given 39
One Cause by Dr. L. J. Cooke of
Minnesota University.
Minneapolis. Minn.?Tin- universa
:se of modern farm machinery, reievlng
the farm boy of much of the
leavy work formerly done by hand
s to blame for his reported physical
nferiority to his city-bred classmate
:ays Dr. L. .1. Cooke, physical dir^cor
at the University of Minnesota
Jr. Cooke recently declared that the
lverape city boy physically vc
much superior to the country-hrtc
ad. Here are some of the reasons <
ivhlch Dr. Cooke ascribes the coun
ry hoy's Inferiority:
Use of labor-saving machinery or
:he farm.
Financial ability of farmers to bin
laborers to perform the h avy work
relieving their sons of the task
Riding on farm machinery, plow
ing. mowing and performing othei
farm duties causing the boy to '? <
rome stoop shouldered.
Lack of systematic physical cul
Mire.
Absence of athletic rivalry anion]
voung men cn the farms.
YOUNG BANDITS IN JAM
Youthful Desperadoes at Washing 'oMust
Stay in Training School
During Minority.
Washington.?Stripped of the"
black masks and revolvers, thr<
youthful desperadoes were taken t
the national training school, wher
they probably will remain for the net;
seven years. The boys were Raj
mor.d Whltmire, Raymond Ilrinkle;
and Harry Hodkinson. all fourteei
years old. Judge Delacy in th" juver
ile court sentenced them durin
their minoritj*.
The three lads, infla.ied jy "p*?r.ny
dreadful" literature, covered thm
faces with black masks, and, revolver
In hand, brcke into a store, aftei
ward "jimmying" their way into
private residence.
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Little Rodent Mingles With Big
Crowd of Shoppers in New
York City.
YOUNG AMERICA HELPS
Mcst cf the Women Fled, but the Big
Scene Came When One cf the Fair
Ones Lest a Dainty Shoe in Which
the Animal Seek3 Refuge.
New York.?A wee gray mouse
hardly out of its infancy, suddenly appeared
on the sidewalk the other day
on crowded Westchester avenue in
fn.nt of Baumann's shoe store at No.
7-10. The broad thoroughfare was ful!
af women shoppers.
It was a question who was scared
most the women or the little mouse.
Mousie tig-zigged across the sidewalk
ii: frantic efforts to find a hole. His
every turn was followed by shrill
screams of the women, who even
drcppf ?! tin ir bundles in nu ir nasu-.
Ori" woman raised her skirts and
made a flying leap, landing on the
running beard of a passing automobile
pnd thus made her escape. Others
v ere not so agile or fortunate. They
1 ad to keep on running until out of the
zone of danger.
In less?much less?time than it
takes to write it. there was not a woman
in sight. The small boy took her
plate in great numbers. Here was a
sport with some class! They formed
a hollow square and encouraged the
mouse in his every little movement
Poor little mousie dashed from side
to side, his terrified squealing pounding
above the delighted shouts of
young America.
nut the big scene was to come.
.Mousie had tired. Motionless, his heedv
eyes 'laming with terror, lie crouched
back against the store window. Thpn
the door opened and utterly unconscious
of the excitement without, her
mind evidently intent on the brand
new French heel ties that adorned her
shapely feet, out came a "baby doll."
The meeting between the young warnan
and mousie was accurately timed.
Hoth gazed throbbingly into each other's
eyes at the psychological moment.
Then both fled, and in the same
direction. Young America became delirious
with the very Joy of living
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His Every Turn V/ss Followed by
, Scrcaris.
"Hal)/ doll" and mousie were acclaim'
ed
"Baby doll" lost one of Iter shoes.
Kxposed to the winter air was a dainty,
silkclad loot and ankle. Wild
' cheers rent she air. With appealing
e; es "Baby doll" stood on one foot.
' But motifi)' hita.n* master of the ?it
' uation. There was a friendly refuge
front th world lady's silpper! In a
dash li?* was in it and hidden.
1 Then Patrolman William .Murphy of
the Tremont avenue station forced his
? v. aj into the crowd and rescued "Baby
doll" hr.it. then mojsie. Mousie was
allow, d to c-caj o and "Baby doll" ac
cepted her slipper afier it was proved
r that t!u*re v.; s u -thine in it.
Setr-s Solace for Dead Cat.
N* w York ! i s oriEolate at tin- loss
of a pt t cat, Mirs Constance Beptley
' of WoodlMid, W. lOigion Sornera-t,
K.'ir'uii:!, arrived here for a short
tour in the 1'nited States.
.Visa Ifi title;. is a lovi-r ' animals
.: ! lias many pet3 in h?-r ?-1: t' lier
j frtvorito animal was a hia Maltese cat
I':l!y. who was !1 years old A few
v feks ago Billy got ill ami d< spite
the < Torts of veterinary surgeons
i tiled.
The loss of her pet so disturbed
o .Miss Bentlcy ihat sbc d cid J to tnkt
, -i change of 3ctna.
Many Bugs.
y Madison, Wis. One person goes In
a sat:- in Wisconsin evt ry IS hours anc
i. is committed to a public asylum, ac
g lording t .-'ati.-Jie's ; .v.ied the et'iei
lay by the state board of control.
r It Was Loaded.
s L' Louis, Mo.?Adolph Bernhard
tvc-i, c. tried to prv out a bullet in a re
a vc-lver cartridge with a needle. Th.
cartr'dge blew off two of his lingers
THE RAILWAY MAIL PAY
Pamphlet Issued By Committee Representing
263 Railroads Operating
214.275 Miles of Line.
Washington, D C.?That the rail
ways of the United States are underpaid
for carrying the mail and that
despite this fact the Postmaster General
is not only seeking to have the
present rates of pay reduced, but is
planning tg force the railways to
transport without any compensation
whatsoever the enormous additional
amount of mail matter expected to be
offered by the public under the new
Parcels Post to be inaugurated on '
January 1st, such service without compensation
to continue on the railways
of the Southeast until 1016, are some
of the statements set out in a pamphlet
just issued by the committee cn
Railway Mail Pay, representing 268 ,
railways, operating 214,275 miles of
line.
The pamphlet shows that the rail
ways receive a smaller rate for the
snaee on their passenger trains devot
ed Jo the mail service than they do
for the space assigned to passengers
or express.
The pamphlet states further that
the passenger train service of the
American railways is less remunerative
than the freight service this
makes carrying the mail the poorest
paid service which the railways ren ;
der. During the last twelve years
the Post Oilice Department has made
great reductions in the pay for railway
transportation, but has not reduced
the total of its other expenditures
or the proportion of snch expenditures
to its total revenues, all savings in
the department's operation having
been made at the expense of the rail ;
ways.
Having failed to get redress from
the Post Office Department for either
the reductions in pay or the nuemrous
requirements made of them, the railways
have determined to take their
ease directly to the people, feeling
that when the facts are known the j
American people will not sanction the
methods which the officials of the I'ost I
Office Department have adopted.
The pamphlet would show that the
railroads render the one vital service
of the mail system, that of transporting
the mails from one section of the
country to another. '
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Proposes Canning Inquiry.
Washington.?A general congressional
investigation of the canning industry
was proposed in a resolution
proposed by Representative Allen of
Ohio to_ provide for a committee of
five to hold public hearings and to
compel the attendance of witnesses. |
It is set forth in the resolution that
"it is charged that certain canneries
of the I'nited States fruits and voge- j
tables intend *d for consumption are
prepared and canned among filthy conditions
b\ workers who are diseased
and w ho live and work in an environ- I
nient that makes cleanliness and
health impossible," and "that women
and children often of tender years are
employed under these conditions for
long hours and inadequate pay."
Cotton Ginning Has Been Active.
Washington. With a total of 11.844.4.12
bales of cotton of the growth
of lf?l2 ginned to December 1, activity
in the cotton belt during the period
from November 14 to December 1 was
greater this year than it was last year,
when the country's greatest cotton
crop w;>s being prepared for market.
This year, the ginnings per working
day for the period amounted to 102,985
bales, compared with 100..3* bales
last year. Tie- total amount ginned
to December 1. however, was less than
last year by 971,275 bales.
Lower House Passes Supply Measure
Washington. The usual legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, carrying -24 !?iui.."$2 was passed by
the house. Just before the vote was
taken. Representative C.illett of Massachusetts.
made an unsuccessful effort
to have inserted an appropriation
t'nr ftimaintenance of the
Ul ?*/-*, v.- / I"* ? ...
"ommorce ccurt. It was vote down.
Health Certificate Required.
Rt no. Nov.- The Episcopal church
of the District of Nevada in convocation
adopted a resolution pledging the
clergymen to require a certificate of
health before performing a marriage
ceremony "in any case where there is
a doubt as to the fitness of either
party for marriage." As a part of the
resolutions the convocation also advocated
the passage of a law by the next
Legislature ?n .\'avad.i requiring that
such a certificate of health he presented
to the county clerk upon applica
' fion for a license to marry.
Oil Monopoly Bill Criticised.
Herlin The German government's
petroleum bill was again subjected to
vigorous criticism. It was then referred.
without opposition, to a committee
, which will endeavor to evolve somefling
acceptable to the majority of
the house. Not a single voice was
raised in defense of the bill in its
prr-sent form. Most of the speakers
were convinced that the banking
group behind the proposed company
] was quite as dangerous as the Standard
Oil company and would raise
prices if the measure became law.
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WAS WILLING TO REPEAT IT
Eright Youth's. Phrase of Gratitude
Paid for and Well Worthy
cf Repetition.
Tlo was a most intelligent youth
and while going through the basement
at the works he noticed that something
was wrong with the machinery.
He at once gave the airam, and prevented
what might have been a serf
ous accident. The circumstance was
ropoged to the head of the firm, before
whom the lad was summoned
"You have done me a great service,
my lad." said the genial chief, "and in
future your wages will be increased
by two shillings weekly."
"Thank you. sir," said the bright 1
tie fellow. "I will do my best to bBe
a good servant to you."
"That's the right spirit, my lad." he
remarked, encouragingly. "In all the ^
years that I have been in business no
one has ever thanked me in that way
f will make thp increase three shill
ings. Now, what do you say to that?"
"Well, sir," replied the lad, smiling
ly. "would you mind If I said if
Hgafn?"
Up and Doing.
Not all city folks are as ignorant cf
the farmers' surroundings as the far
mers sometimes suppose. This was
evidenced by an incident in the- stay
of a young New Yorker on a New England
farm. "Well,
young man," said the farmer
to his boarder who was up early ana
looking around, "been out to hear the
haycock crow. I suppose?" And the
sly old chap winked at his hired man
The city man stniled. "No," said he
suavely, "I've merely been cut tying
a knot in a cord of wood."?Judre'?
library.
Cruel. Cruel Answer.
"See, darling!" and .Mrs. Justwed
held up for her husband's gaze three
mirrors arranged so as to give as
many reflections. "I can get a triple
view of myself." "Humph!" gurgled
her brute of a man, struggling with
his collar. "You seem to be quits
popular with yourself!"?Judge.
A scieutist has discovered that the
onion is a cure for love.
ITCH Relieved in 30 Minvtef.
Woo'ford'a Sanitary Lotion for all hind* of
tout anions Itch. At Druggists. Adv.
Hut a tip doesn't always come to the
man who waits.
Mrs. Winslow's Sootniug Syrup for Chile ?*u
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays palu,cures wind colic,25c a bottlc ttfx.
Public enthusiasm is often succeeded
by public forgetfulnoss.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets euro constipation.
Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure tha
disease. Easy to take. Adv.
It's easier to persuade a man to
stand alone than it is to induce him
to stand a loan.
Tr your appetite is not what it should be
perhaps Malaria is developing. Il affects
the whole svstein. OXIDIXE will clear
nwav the germs, rid you of Malaria find
generally improve your condition. Adv.
Not Always. *
"It is money makes the mare go.'
"If she turns out a loser, ft is the
mare that makes the money go."
I'or Ht'MMKIl JIK \DACIfKS
Ili'-ks* CAPl'DINE ii the best remedyno
matter what causes them?whether
from the heat, Kitting tn draughts, feverish
condition, etc. 1<)o.f 2'r and 50e per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Unworthy Competition.
American-made shoes compete in
parts of itussia with "American"
shoes made in Germany.
Burduco Liver Powder.
Nature's remedy for biliousness,
constipation, indigestion and all stomach
diseases. A vegetable preparation,
better than calomel and will not
salivate. In screw top cans at 2"o
each. Harwell & Dunn Co., Mfrs.,
Charlotte, N. C. auv.
State Aviation School.
Guatemala has opened an aviation
school.
PrRulnr practicing phv.-ieinns re:ommen 1
end pre^c-tilx? OXIDIXK for Malaria. because
it is a proven remedy by years of ex
perk-nee. Keep a bottle in the medicine
ehe-t and administer at first sijpi c f Chilli
and Fever. Adv.
Mind unemployed Is mind unonjoy*
ed.?Bovce.
plops X^Uiiglia " wwrrujj
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