If I IN r li II Y f h aj v rj d a w h WO f cp I IE ski If f General Advice To the parent f would say if you value the health and comfort of your child dont neglect its teeth until se vere tooth ache compels you to have them cared for On account of the nervous susceptibility of the child it may not tolerate the work necessary A painful operation may frighten it so that it will ever bo shy of the dentist and as a result it may always neglect its teeth Have the teeth ex amined early and at regular intervals thereafter All the evils consequent from neglect will be avoided This advice applies in case of the first teeth as well as to the second ones To those who think for themselves I would say select a dentist in whom you have confidence and consult him at such times as he advises You will then save your teeth save expense avoid unnecessary pain avoid all systemic trouble having its origin in the mouth avoid false teeth The paying a stitch in time saves nine applies most forcibly to the care of the teeth IDentacura if i TOOTH PASTE A IT IS AN IDEAL PREPARATION It not only cleanses the teeih but also destroys germs and sweetens the breath Three thousand Dentists testify to its su periority Children arepleasedwith its delightful fragrance 25 CENTS PER TUBE at your druggists If he will not supply you send 2fC direct Denticura Company 7 Ailing Street NEWARK N Y In the office of Dr Fickes you will be told the truth about iyour case If he is not able to fill a certain tooth so that it will not ache or to make a good fitting plate he will tell you so It is no discredit to a mans ability to admit that he cannot do impossible thingsr i Think of It No physician or surgeon would tol erate for a moment thatapatient with a foul septic ulcer say in his fore arm should from time to fime apply his lips to the ulcer to clean it Yet this is pathalogically precisely what happens in the case of patients with decayed teeth and suppuratiug gums Moreover the swallowing of pus is constant and goes on for years un heeded by both patient and doctor Not only is tho constant swallowing of pus a most potent and prevalent cause of gastric trouble but the oa tarrah set up is not simply irritant but actually infective and may lead in time to other more permanent ef fectsnamely atrophy of glands and ohronic gastrititis and in certain cases even to suphurative gastritis By Wm Hunter M D from Brit ish Medical Journal The Shoe on the Wrong Foot An establishment in Cincinnati ad vertises painless dentists Is not this a superfluous announcement Whoever saw any other kind In deed the exasperating peculiarity of dentists is the serenity with which they look on while their victims writhe Now if some one will invent another kindof dentist who can do the writhing himself and let his patients be painless he will make himself very popular The ordinary dentist every time one goes to him has some new kind of buzzer with which to explore a hallow tooth or soraper for a sensitive bone and while he gouges and files and plies the instruments of torture he himself wears the blandest expression of countenance If when he touches a tender spot it would set him howling instead of his victim if when his in strument slips against the nerve it would make him dance a jig and spin about on his toe while the patient smiles serenely and asks whats the matter that kind of a dentist would speedily become very popular What we want is not painless dentists but painless patients Union Central Ad vocate Isnt it the Truth V In almost any way you may under take to do your share toward educat ing the public regarding dentistry the majority of people will consider that it is done from a mercenary stand point to blow your own horn etc etc We can look back for ages only to find that when any good work was started the man at the helm was mis understood misjudged scoffed at and even beheaded when time proved him to be a benefactor to his race The energetic dentist of today is of course free from any violence but he is sure to meet with enough of the milder forms of discouragement to make him want to fold his hands and let the people drift How to Selecl Your Dentist and How to Treat Him PROFESSOR JAMES TAYLOR Select your dentist for his known skill and strict integrity Make up your mind on this point well before you give him a call This done go to him for advice and skill Recollect time to him as well as to every busi ness man is money State your case promptly with few words and enter into no lengthy description of pains and troubles He hears them too often Far better seat yourself in his chair and merely answer his ques tions for in nine cases out of ten at a glance he knows your case far better than you do Never set up your own opinion above his If he is the man you take him for he has had better teachei 6 than you Your prof fered advice implies a doubt of his at tainments or an egotism in your own character either of which you would be ashamed to acknowledge If you only want his advice take it and follow it Having now used his cap ital pay him for it for there is noth ing for which he can charge you for professionally more worthy of a fee If you want the use of his skill give him a fair opportunity to exercise it aright Avoid a fldgetly nervous manner Recollect by your firmness and nerve you very much assist in securing a good operation and at its close patient and dentist will feel far better You should never expect a tedious and difficult operation to be performed without some pain and inconvenience Let this be ever so much keep up your courage and firmness Never hurry the operator Rest assured he will not labor longer than necessary If he is the man you have selected him for he must porsevere till the end is accomplished As an old operator 1 can freely say I wish never to operate for any patient unless I have their confidence not only that I will execute my work faithfullv and well but also that I will do it with the least pain consistent with success Let there be a perfect understanding between patient and dentist We mean by this you should feel safe in his hands that he is not uunecessarily holding the head too tight or cutting away too much of the tooth or press ing too hard on the -gold but that he is doing all this just right and for your benefit Let there be no crawl ing away from his hands Your head should be unreservedly placed in the hands of the dentist The least twist or change of position in the head forces the operator to change also his position and this often cannot be done without great constraint and ex haustion The least change in posi tion of the head may obstruct tho light or overflow the cavity with saliva or cause the instrument to slip Every operator will tell you that his work is often spoiled in this way and a filling half done all lost gold lost aud time also the operation prolonged and patience almost exhausted These things occur often without any fault of the patient but far oftener by their want of firmness Fully appreciate the importance of the operator and determine that if not well done it shall not be your fault but having done all you can and rest assured it is far more than is generally supposed you can ex cept in extreme cases with propriety throw all responsibility of failure on the dentist If you have a tooth to be extracted make up your mind before taking the chair It is no place to parley with a condemned organ No amount of talk no amount of screwing up of cour age will diminish one iota the pain of extraction Nine tenths of the teeth broken under the hands of good operators are the result of the pa tients uncontrollable nervousness A firm head placed just as the opera tor desires the hands down will al ways if at all possible secure a quick and easy operation Dental Journal Cleaning teeth is not merely polish ing the anterior surfaces of the front teeth It also consists of removing the tartar at the necks and between the teeth Tartar makes a foul breath a red offensive condition of the gums and often causes bleeding when the teeth are brushed Mauy people when spitting blood think thatit comes from the lungs or stomach Quito of ten it comes from an unclean condition of the teeth caused bv tartar Li TMlOiTIyJTfc Dental Work Dental work is work of the most exacting kind It must be done quite right or the reputation of tho dentist suffers The true practitioner of den tal art takes a great pride in doing a good piece of work for a patient who appreciates the fact that he is fully as anxious to satisfy them as they are to be satisfied Ten Commandments for the Care of the Mouth and Teeth 1 Omit to wash your face rather than neglect cleansing your mouth and teeth 2 Instruct your children as early as possible to take care of their teeth Tho neglect of youth is not to bo re paired in later life Tho cafe of the milk teeth is just as important as that of the permanent sot 3 Beware of sweets and too soft food Active mastication of firm thick crusted ryo bread is the best natural preventivo against disease of the teeth 4 Do not forget above all to cleanse the mouth before retiring to sleep He who only cleanses it in the morning covers the well after the child has fallen in 5 Mechanical cleansing by the aid of brush and pick is the founda tion of all artificial care of the teeth 6 Antiseptic but harmless mouth washes and suitable powders are en tirely commendable to ncrfect the arti ficial care ul tho teeth aud mouth Measures which cauterize the mucous membrane or decalcify tho teeth are to be unconditionally rejected 7 The teeth should be examined once or twice a year by a dentist in order that foci of disease may be de tected and remedied before they havt spread far 8 Tartar is to- b removed from time to time 9 Diseased teeth and roots incap able of retention should be removed under all circumstances no matter whether they be painful or uot at tho time 10 See that the prospective and nursing mother is supplied with suit able food rich in salts green vegeta bles milk eggs etc in order that the teeth may be properly developed Take care that the child is supplied with similar food after weaning C Rose in Cosmos 6SSe2233S3TOOSS3S3B5L a s s a a i htf ar iA Painless Extraction First dentist The fact is Ive got gentleness down to such a fine point that my patients go to sleep while Im pulling their teeth Second dentist Thats nothing Mine are beginning to have their photos taken while I operate because they always have such a pleasant expression on their faces Puck In my practice I find that sueeess is largely obtained through the good will of my patients If a patient knows that the dentists wish is for the mutual good of both he or she will have confidence in him and will cer tainly send others to have work done I leave it to you if it is not to the dentists interest to do the very best he can by each and every patron A man may be as honest as the day is long and still do a lot of mischief during the night Editor Dental Hints Teeth W 3 WILLIAMS D D S UNIOXTOWN KV Rend bofore the Kentucky Suite Dental Ab solution Loulsvillol Teeth ns wo find them arc awful thliife Clmck full of nerves aches und pains Head swollen up eyes a fright Got no hope Jaws stick tight Our telephones ring our night bells chime With n pounding on our doors nt the selfsame time 31 y God Doctor wake up quick Ive nursed this tootbitcho till Im almost sick Please hurry Doctor Ive no doubt This will be a terrible tooth to pull out I had one pulled by Dr Jones lie broke off the tooth and pure of tho bones I can stand anything but this makes me sick Oh Doctor hurry please be quick Yes Ill hurry and you Jump out of bad Your foot strikes a coal hod tho lamp hit your head You arc sorry ho sutYors will soon make It right But say toyoursolf I wish youd died last night You quarrel at your luck aud hunt for a match An uunsual cuss word from your store you snatch Spoaking of cuss words if thoy holy out a bit A dontlst should upo them whonevor he sees lit You light up your lamp get on your clothe Tho tiros all out yon are almost froze -Man comes In with hand on his jaw I am sorry to disturb you Doc but oh my law Takes his seat In tin chair throws bis head back And while yon for vour instrument- rum- inajii and rack He rattles his head as If ho wero wild Gives you bis history from the time he was a child Fie talks of his folks his uncles and annts Of all who wore petticouts all who wore pan tb Thoy all had thoir troubles sornonota few Horse kicks broken jaws toothaches too Ho brass of his nerve his stock hogs and sheep Take up your time whon vou should be iSlocp ie careful Doc lots wait awhlie Tts been aching i week its as sort- as u oile Wait just ii tninuto 1 am soured to a fright Mrfyby youd better not pull it to night Nov- its getting better maybe Itll quit -iv Doctor what do you think about lt Ii wide his mouth and feels of ins tooth And swears that he thinks it o little bit loose Tho time passes by you begin f rotting You are freezing to death and that old devil is sweating You cant stand this foolisbnes and you toll him so Now you have that tooth pulled or get up and go He opens his head and grabs the chair Out comes tho tooth as slick as a hah Ho yolls like a demon throws up his feet And attacts a policeman down on the street Jumps out of ihe chair swoons aud groans Says you have killed him and broken his bones He keeps complaining as he fixes to go He rivets his eyes on the middle of the floor Growls and profanes and its always so For ho has forzotten his pocket book and go ing to bent his bill you know am mK n ijmxMjilutmlg i1 wtasmf uju Luilaujc ne V V W V estetn Dental Company LONG DISTANCE PHONE 160 Over JVIeGonnells A Warnius i I fyTeCook fieb i SSSTSSEESi Of Interest to Butchers The public in mailer towns is Unfortunately among the laity there warned against unscrupulous travel- j is an idea more or less extended that ling dentists It is quite impossible is is not well to chew very hard food for a dentist to do any difficult work j that it may injure the teeth and they in a room at a hotel and not equipped with the proper instruments Many travelling dentists will takeadvantage of the ignorance of the people and charge them exhorbitant prices for in ferior work A reliable permanently located dentist who has built up a large practice by doing the best work at fair prices dare not and will not take advantage of any ones ignorance for the snke of a few dollars avoid these things When a patient complains that their beefsteak is par ticularly tough there is something wrong With normal teeth with normal health the tousrhest beefsteak can be masticated without difficulty and the notion that it can not is an error that is doing immense harm Any one who cannot bite down with a force of J 25 poundb on his molars is in an abnormal condition and I have iitfirfn imiiiiiwriiiiimtfiiraiiiiiiriniifitiThFf1 DINTS N A TUBE GIYES SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN OF COMING SICKNESS The SlfjnlficHiice of Sntcrlnc Vltvm lujr nnl llccurrliiK Winter Cold The iUciiuiiiK ol Hlur Warning Signals Nature scarce ever strikes without iwnruiii In so fur as disease Is con cerned it gives clear signs of what Is Impending days weeks months and even years bofore the attack If peoplo looked for theso signs and took warn ing from them they would escape much serious illness and live many yearn longer than they do It Is Indeed remarkable how careless we are In this respect A man who wll anxiously pcan the sky for signs of coming rain lest his top hut may got spoiled will never dream of examining his oyoB nose or finger nails for signs of coming illness The snooze for Instance is very sig nificant It is always u nign thct some thing is injuring the air passages any where from the nose dow n to tho lungs Should It be only a case of snuff or pepper of course the snooze is of no consequence But often It Is an Indica tion of congestion There is inflamma tion somewhere with too much blood and tho objer i of the sneeze is to give relief by getting rid of some of the fiiiid This tpc is ii v ruing that eery i iml nt nt iboti tiouid attend to It is at least the forerunner of a cold But it may Indicate an approaching at tack of bronchitis or pneumonia When there is much sneezing accompanied by something like a small shower of rain the victim will do well to take a warm footbath go to bed and adopt the other usual remedies to cure u cold The winter cold Itself 1b a gravo warning When it recurs two or three tinai s criy win tor it is sure to be fol lowed in riid by bronchitis Once this roiufs on it is practically in curable Men are started on their lives much as a shell from a camion with a cer tain fixed quantity of energy If dis ease or accident does not carry them Off they will die some timo of what we call old age In other words when the energy with which they started 1h spent Some hstve energy enough to carry them over the full century oth ers have only suiUeient to kep them going for ninety eighty seventy sixty or fewer years Now esirly baldness a sure sign with some exceptions that the energy Is likely to fail sooner than in the average man But all kinds of baldness Uau not this significance Sometimes the low of hair arises from scalp disease caused probably by mi crobes The warning baldness is that kiud which commences about tho tem ples and on the crown of the head aud gradually eats its way over the scalp until only n circular fringe of hair Is left Blue nails or blue hands betoken weak or obstructed circulation They are a warning against overexertion of any kind The obstruction may occur from disorder of several organs in the body But most commonly the blue ness indicates that the heart Is not up to tho nik xnwint c r somewnat similar warning It is a sign that the steam has run down and that it is time to go to bed or perhaps to go into the open air When you hit in a dose room the Inmrs do not iwivr sutiiciont of tho vital gas oxygen The yawn is then sl desperate effort of the lanes to proper ly aerat the bod and it warns you to open the windows or to leave the room When you are out of bed too long or when you have done an unusu ally hard days work the waste prod ucts of your body are present in exces sive quantity Then the yawn is a warning to you to lie down and rest Most people have a great horror of getting si strike or fit of apoplexy It is not by aoy means as unpleasant as the toothache but the suddenness of It is what appalls There is really no suddennis about it however No disease ghes sueh early warning A stroke is a very simple occurrenco and not at all hcrfble It results from two or three euws but the most com mon one i this A little artery in the brain vars oit and lets some blood escape which clots prepses on the brain and parnlyzis whatever part of the body is governed by the piece of brain pressed upon Now this artery wears out only in common with other arteries of the body In some people they all become what Is called athe romatous or Lard and brittle At the same time they become tortuous or twisted We can see these hard and tortuous arteries on the temples and then we kvv it is not safe to do any thing wlieh will congest the brain never seen a piece of beefsteak so lest the one little artery there which touEfh that ninetv nou rrrssure Js P v lin e to give way shall HfAI1i1 - OTncK it - vrVk mUl iMi i t II difficulty And have searched for the toughest meat that I could possibly find for the purpose of this trial and I have seen persons chow tho toughest meats and I have done it myself with out any difficulty whatever G V Black in Review Dr Fickes makes a Specialiy oi Crown and Bridge Woik A good set of teeth is good life in surance i llood fPeane Ukewise warn ing is often given by the tiny arteries of the eve They break and let out little traces of blood which can easily be seen but n cold or sleepless night may do the sime When these signs occur -owl they occur months and years before the stroke do not get ex- j the provocation do not rush to catch an omnibus r in any way overexert i yourself and do not dine too heartilj By taking the warnings given by na ture you will insure yourself against this way of leaving the world and be sure of dying of cholera or smaiNox or some other respectable disease- London Mail OuporttitJiiirs Up Hail XpjileetecJ Were yen mu prised when I propos ed he allied Well she replied thoughtfully I was not so surprised that you proposed when you did as I was that you did not propose on some previous occa sions Chicago Post r r 5f y s V A