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Keckk Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D. W r'luilr Oouncumen.J W, Tianders, J. T. Dale, O. n. Knnlnson, Win. omearoaugu, K. J. Hopkins, W. U. uaiuoun, a. a. Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. rv.ii. W II. Hnnil. ai.iJlwj n,v-.- I fy Hnnwrien. R. M. Herman, Q. Jainlmon, J. J. Landere, J. C. (Joint, Josepli Ularn. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. - Member of Congress P. M. 8 peer. , . Member of eienateJ. IC. P. Ilali. Assembly V. J. Campbell. TV..-.!.-j T,,,lnm W I). Hlnrklev. I W J Associate Jwfges-P. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. rrothonolary, Register dk Recorder, de. J. C. Oeist. tiheritra. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Oeo. W. Uolenian. Commissioners-Win. U. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, II. H. MoClellan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlngr. - Jury Commissioners Ernest Hlbble, Lewis Wagner. twAHM I Vf n Knrr. County Auditors -George H. Warden, A. C. Uregg aud J. V . Kelly. Countv Purveyor D. W. Clvk. County Superintendent J. O. Carson. Kenlar Terns mt i'mnrt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Mondav of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners in anu au mesusye ui muuiu, I'karrk Mubbmll Mefesal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. f reaching in M. K. .;nurcn every ou l.i. ...ni..a k K W H. Kurlnn. miu uiuiiiii. i j ..v.. . --. Preaching In the K. M. Church every . . ., . .1 1 DaV Hsonam eveninirw. mo unui Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabhalb at u:uo a. in. aua v ... '!.. M A Uuilnv. Paxtor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at tne neauquarwrs uu mo second and fourth Tuesdays of each nunin. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rnii XilTSTA I.nnilH No. Rfifl. I. O. O. F. 1 M eeW every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, ranriuge Duuuiug. pi APT. GEOROK. STOW POST. No.274 V-' Q. A. K. Meets l si luesuay siier- noon of each montu atso oioca. t-p ns-nRnR RTOW CORPS. No. yj 137, W. R. C, meets flret and third Wednesday evening oi eacn uiuuui. F. RITCHEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Tioneeta, Pa. MA. CARRINGER. . a tinrnMv itnrl rniinsellor-st-LaW. Office over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. pURTIS M. SHAWKEY, vy ativknix-at-ijaVj, Warren, Pa. Praotioe in Forest Co. K C BROWN, rt A TTV1R M RV.AT.LAW Office In ArnerBuilding, Cor. Elm and Bridge Hla., Tlonesu, ra. (7RANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8 I Uivima nvar (MI7.H11H Nat. Rank. TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Phvsiclan it Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. ' Eyes Tented and Glasaee r ltted. D R J. B. SIOGINS. Phvalnian m SlirtrAnn. OIL CITY, PA. ItnTSl BlIIVBR H .UYktKPlf RRNSI. Pronrletor. Modern and up to date in all its ap polntmeiila. Every convenience and comfort provided for the traveling public rtUNTRIT. FtnlTSIT. I J It A It'IT I .TOM Prnnrlntnr. ITInnaal. Pa T li la III t.h A ItlltHi nail trAl 1 V located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements, mo pnum be spared to make It a pleaxaut stopping place lor lue traveling puuuu. DHIL. EMERT Shop over K. L. HaN.et's grocery store Oil Rilltl Biroei.. is preparou m uw irtmlu nf .HiulUlt Wrl I'm 111 tllA HtlRflfc tO the coarHeMt and iruaraiitttes his work to t give perieci hhuhihiuu, rrumn BIW7U- fion given to mendinK, and pricea rea- uuauiu. -Fred. Grettenbergor GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gTSar, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Kit tings and General Blaeksmithiiig prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mil) Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and lust west of the Bbaw House, Tldioute, ra. , Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER Ga to the Tiooesta Racket Store -FOR- Holiday Goods IlaDd Painted Cbioa. Japanese China. Decorated Glassware Christmas Decorations. Post Cards. Dolls, Toys, Games, Ac- G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm btreot, lionesta, Pa. BLAWIEPUTON LEHIGH Railroad Company Responsible For Manchester Wreck. Government Inapectcr Report to In terstate Commerce Commission That the Company Wat Cognizant of the Fact That There Were De fectlve Rails. Which Caused Dis aster, as Evidenced by Letters to Subordinate In Handa of Commis sion. The dancer zone In the use of steel rails as they are manufacture'! at nresent. has been reached, de clared Chief Inspector S. H. Belknap oi the interstate commerce commis sion, in a report to that body in Wash ington. If heavy, high speed trains are to be run lu safety. Mr. Belknap declared, a thorough Investigation in to the ca iBea of rail defects must be vndertaken with a view to remedying tilt: trouble. Accidents, due to defec tive rails, are Increasing constantly. r ltoiknnn'a renort deals primari ly with the wreck of the Grand Army excursion train on the LeMgn vane railroad near Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 2f. last, when a "fundamentally defec tive" rail cost 29 lives, ine run found to contain many ."slag splits' in thA head of the rail. There were transverse fissures, which the report declares, "cannot be detected except hv chance. The report contains the following: "Our investigation further disclosed v, ft that the Lehigh Valley rail road was cognisant of the fact that there were defective rails in service oi the character of the rail heroic ques tioned, as evidenced by letters of in structions to subordinates. ESCAPING BURGLAR KILLED Okner Shoots Man He Found Robbing His Store. a mnn inter identified as Herbert Hilts, of Syracuse, who, with a com panion, tried to escape attar they had been caught robbing a hardware store ot Randolph S. Carroll of Chittenango, una shot through the heart and in stantly killed at an early hour Satur day morning by Mr. Carroll. ir rnrrnll found the two men at 2 o'clock In his store. He covered them with a ride and started for the nome n,io? nf Police Fenton. Near the chief's home they bolted. Carroll fired. One man went down, ine .onoimH a hi? tnurlne car and, tn spite of a rnin of shots that followed Mm eccaped. Carroll stuniDieu over i rinnrl mnn In the road. The Chittenango postofflce had been entered prior to the naraware store burglary. A can of nlrto-glycerlne was found in the postofflce. WOMAN ACCIDENTLY SHOT Rifle Exploded Wnlle Young Man Wat Cleaning It In Adjoining Room. Mr.. Otto Werner of South Edmins- inn in a hoanital in Utlca. suffering from the effects of a bullet wound. accidentally Inflicted by clarence HickliiiK, a your.g son of her era nlnvar An operation has been performed nn the woman but the bullet has not been recovereJ and her condition in PiiMral Youne Hlckling was clean inL' his rifle in a room adjoining the room In which Mrs. Werner was busy with housework, when his cleaning cloth catisht in the trigger and dis rhnrirpd the WCaDOn. The bullet went through a window in an Inside wall and tore away a ,!. n( ih wnllnlnHter before it UTV.- ... nnsaed throuch the arm of Mrs. Wer ner and entered her side just above the hip. Glanders at Geneseo. An Investigation was begun by the Oeneseo town village boards of health to ascertain how best the village miuht he protected from the enldeinlc of glanders that recently broke out. Voluminous testimony watf taken Cenree J. Smith, the Standard Oil company's agent, and James Dwyer. who recpntlv lost his horse tnrougn an attaclt of the fatal malady, being examined in detail. Smith has charge of the several horses of the Standard Oil at Gene3eo that fell victims to glanders, and the company's horse are kept under quarantine. Persistent Wooing Won Bride. Dr William V. Kirk, aged 70, a re tired practitioner of Roanoke, Va., married Miss Martha K. Jones, agen 99 n niii se in Rome. N. Y. Tim 't.irtor broueht his first, wife to a cancer hospital here about two vears auo to be treated and Miss .limps w:ta the nurse who tared for her It proved to be an Incurable rnsn and Mrs. Kirk died. Tho PlnncHon which the doctor Vniinrl In the nurse rinened into love and the aged physician a wooing cur mlnated in the weduing. Bolivar Well Behaved Town. Bolivar enjoys the distinction of being the most law-abiding community of Its size in Allegany county, if not In New York State. The past year, with it four jMstices and five consta bles. Bolivar's total criminal account amounted to only $4.50, and Its total poor account $3.40, or a total of $9 SC In both accounts. GOVERNOR MANN Refuse! to Interfere In Seattle's Electrocution Next Friday. Photo by American Press Association. O'CONNOR MAY BE LEADER Judge May Head the Democratic Party In Utica and Oneida County. There has been much speculation since the election in regard to the the present election in regard to the leadership of the Democratic party in Utlca and in Oneida county, and, unleRS all Bl.-'na fail, a shake up le imminent. The question has been frequently asked in view of the re markable run which he made in this city in the late election when, as an independent candidate for the city judgeship, he was re-elected hy a plur ality of 2.300, whether Judge O'Connor ha? designs on the Democratic leader ship. Judge . O'Connor, a Democrat, was denied a rerominMlon by Samuel A Reardsley, the recognized Democratic leader In L'tlca and Oneida county, but O'Connor secured an independent nomination by petition, fought Beard- aley to a standstill and was re-elected by one of the biggest pluralities ever given a candidate on a Utlca ticket O'Connor has thus demonstrated his strength In the locnl Democratic or ganization and his apsumption of the piirty leadership is among the poss' bilities of the near future. Judge O'Connor stated that he was not par ticularly ambitions to be the boss of the party m Utica and Oneida county TO BUILD NEW HIGHWAY Surveyors Soon to Begin Work on Road From Vt. Morris to Letch worth Park. Surveyors started work this week on ;the new maeac'am road from Mt. Morris to I.etchworth Park, passing through the vl'iaee and then through the town of Portage to the High Bridge. The road will be about 17 miles long. From Mt. Morris to Nunda it will run over the state road, passing the Ridge and Brooks Grove to Nunda, 11 miles,' and from Nunda through Oaliland to the Portage High Bridge, n miles. When the surveyors liavo complete! their work bids will be received for the construction, which will be start ed early In the spring. When com pleted it will make a continuous state road from Letchworth park to Rochester and the numerous owner of autoa on this section are much elated over the prospect of this long stretch of good road. Gas Well Struck. The New York Gas company struck a well on the Criswold farm at Sheri dan. N. V, which will produce over a million feet per day. This makes the third big gusher that the company has struck in that territory within the last three months. The New York Gas comoany Is supposed to be con trolled by the Standard Oil company, which is making preparations to pipe the output of the gas fields in Chau tauqua and Cattaraugus into Buffalo. Three Murdertrj Electrocuted. Three murderers were led to the death chamber In Sing Sing prison and put to death by electricity Just ns dawn began to brighten the skiea above the Wi stchesler hills Mondav morning. They were Pletro Palette of Portchester, Frank Schermerhorn of Mlllbrook, n-ar Poughkepsie and Bert I. Brown of Re. - They went tc the chair In that order. The execu tions becan at 5:28 o'clock andasted only 23 minutes. Switch Fnglne Kills Its Third. Victim. J. Augut Peterson was killed by an Erie Railroad switch engine at James town, N. Y., while walking the tracks on his way to "work. The accident happened some distance west of Fair mont avenue. This switch engine has killed two ether track walker this full. T7. AUTO DRIVER KILLED Racing Car Crashes Into Tree Fatally Injuring Jay McNay. While Speeding Up Car on Chatam County Road Race Circuit, and While the Track Was Supposed to Be Clear, Racer Came Upon Wagon and In Trying to Pass It Crashed Into a Tree Another Driver In jured. : Savannah. Ga.. Nov. 21. Jay Mc Kay, driver of one of the Case cars, Was killed and Joe Dawson, one of the Marmon team, was 'injured during the first day's practice over the Chatam county road race circuit. Both of the accidents were dlrect lv tracpnhln to the nresence of vehl- cleB other than racing cars on the race circuit during the time between Jl o'clock In the morning and 1:3d o'clock in the afternoon when the roads were supposed to be cleared of nil nthtr trailio In order that the rac ing drivers might speed their cars In preparation for the contests ot next week. Tried to Dodoe Wagon. According to a statement made by H. F. Maxwell, who was acting aa mechanic for McNay when, the fatal ity occurred, the Case car suddenly came upon a negro in a wagon near Cattle Park, where there is an "S" turn. The curs was traveling very fast at the time and when McNay swung his pteering wheel over to dodge around the wagon, the car swerved off the roid, struck a tree and crumpled up. The driver's seat of the Case racing car is set very low and consequently McNay had no chance to Jump wher the car began to skid, nor was there aiiy possibility of his being thrown out as the car jumped off the road. When the car struck the iree the machine was crumnled much as an accordeon Is pushed together, and the steering wheel was driven back against McN'ay's chest, crushing the life from his body. After McN'av's body had been exam. inert by the coroner it was found that his collar bone had been brok en on the lefv Bide, three ribp on the vipht side had been fractured and his body was badly bruised. Death Was Instantaneous. Death was instantaneous and was duo to a runture of the heart, follow ing the impact of the steering wheel ngnlnst Ills chest. M V Maxwell. McNav's mechanic. had his left arm broken In three iilncpn his left side bruised very bad' ly and his face lacerated. He was re moved to the Savannah hospital. Joe Dawson, youthful pilot, of Mar mon racing cars, was the victim of an accident In the first day's practice and thoiinh probably not seriously in jured ho occupies a room at St. Jo seph's hospital and suffers Intense puin from Injuries to his head. MYSTERY IS SOLVED Body of Man Supposed to Have Been Killed by Regulators Dug Up. BIwood, Ind., Nov. 21 Judson Brluker disappeared here in 18!3 and relatives and friends believed that he had been murdered by members of a band of regulators who had organized as a result of systematic horse steal, lng, a regular organized gang existing in this state, Illinois and Kentucky, The stolen animals were taken south and sold and Brlnkers was un der suspicion as a members of the gang. The mystery of his disappear ance Is believed to have been solved today when a well-preserved skeleton was found by men digging a cellar. Physicians who examined the skele ton said It was that, of a white man about 50 years of age. And old horse pistol dating bnek to the days of Brlnkers' disappearance, was found near the skeleton. SHOT DURING COWBOY GAME Moving picture Inspiration May Prove Fatal to Boy. Hazleton, Pa., Nov, 21. Michael Dolusho, a 7-year-old boy, was shot in the neck with a rifle and probably fa tally wounded by Alvln Beam, aged 12. as they were playing cowboy In an alley near their home, as the re sult of impressions they got at mov ing picture shows. Beam is In custody of Constable fichlavo, awaiting the outcome of Do- lusho's Injuries. Firemen Thinks This Blaze Incendiary The police are Investigating th.? fire that caused the partial destruc tion of the home of Mrs. Amanda Ful'er In Oreely avenue Hornell, N. Y. shortly after midnight. The blaze started In tin- back end of the house and was sweeping with great force when the firemen arrived. In the hoi'se the firemen alleged they found several cans of kerosene and some waste rasa strewn about. The fanv lly was away from home. Weman Perishes On Highway. The body of Mrs. Mary C. Bates was found on the hlehway near her homo In the town of Kedus. She left Sodus lute at niulit fr her home, and la though to have been overcome by the shet storm which was raging at the time. BURGLARS WILL BEWARE Percival Rockefeller Has Two Eng lish Bloodhounds, Which Green. wich Police Will Use. Greenwich, Conn., Nov. 21. Burg lars will have little chance of escap ing if they ply their trade in Green wich or vicinity, for Percival Rocke feller, son of William, is to have two Imported English bloodhounds, each weighing 210 pounds, which he will loan ;o the Greenwich police depart ment. L. J.. Conger, superintendent on Mr. Rockefeller's . Greenwich estate 'Oanoke' had sent to Vermont to have two hounds ready for him when he callB for them within a few days. The dogs are about double the size of the ordinary Southern bloodhounds! and have the reputation of being able to track a person through any crowd ed city once they are given the trail. Last year chicken thieves were quite busy on the Rockefeller ostates MURDERED MAN'S BODY IS FOUND. Was Robbed and Thrown Into Mine Hole Filled With Water. Freeland, Pa., Nov. 21. Max Heslor and Frank Malloy, running a mine lo comotlve out of Drifton colliery dump ed a car of rocks into a mine cave, which was partly filled with water The rock rushing to the bottom of the hole disturbed the body of a man which floated to the surface. Through receipts found In the pock ets of his coat It was shown that he had been making regular remittances of money to his wife In Europe. Thes? were made In the name of Ifalko. Some were made out by a private doctor in Freeland, John Shlgo and Joseph Rudock, of Dunmore, Pft They later Identified the body of Hal ko ,who has been missing nearly four weeks. The case has excited attention be cause the deceased was regarded as a high grade citizen and the Slavonian societies, of which he was a member, huve called in the state police to aid In capturing the assassin. That he waa murdered and robbed and the body thrown into the mine hole, which was partly filled with water, is the theory held by the po lice. A deep gash across the face and head further strengthens this theory. CITIZENS TERROR STRICKEN Petition Governor Tener to Investi gate Three Dams on Top of North Mountain. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 21. Gov ernor Tener has been petitioned here by hundreds of citizens of Hunting ton Mills, Harvervllle and Watertown to investigate the three dams on North mountain. The residents of the villages lying near the dams are terror-stricken lest the Austin flood disaster be repeated on the mountain. One. dam Is cor4 structed of logs and Is said to have moved. .Another is of concrete and was cracked, it Is said. The dams hold lack water covering hundreds of acres to a depth of 33 or 40 feet. Killed by Climbing Stairs. Norristown, Pa., Nov. 21. Miso Kate Rellly was found dead on the floor of her bed room at her home, in Airy street, near Cherry. She was ful ly dressed and Coroner King, finding no evidence of foul play, believes death was due to overexertion !n ascending tho stairs to retire last night. Turkish Crown Prince In Egypt. Port Said, Nov. 21. The Khedive of Egypt and the crown prince of Turkey have arrived here. They were met by Lord Kitchener and other dm- tlngulshed members of the Egyptian government. Great crowds ashore greeted the visitors with prolonged cheers. Government Will Be Responsible. Lniwlnti Nov ?l Premier Asnultll stated In the house of commons that If a woman suffrage amendment to the manhood suffrage bill was car ried by the house of commons the gov eminent would accept full responsl blllty for the measure In Its amend ed form. 24th Will Go to the Philippines. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 21. The 24th Vnited States Infantry, colored, sta tioned at Fort Ontario, Oswego, at Madison barraC-ks, will entrain on Nov. 28 for San Francisco, from which place the regiment will sail on Dec. .1 for Manihi, via Honolulu and Guam, ou tne transport I.og.in. Swedish Missionaries Are Safe. London, Nov. 21 The secretary of the Chinese Inland mission has re ceived word that the Swedish mis sionaries who were in Shan SI have arrived safely at Honan Fu, although they were robbed on their way to that place. Italian Warsl-lp at Dardanelles. Constantinople, Nov. 21. A state ment purporting to be official is iu circulation here to the effect that a fleet of Italian warships are now off the entrance to the Dardanelles. SHORTER NEWS HEMS Pithy Paragraphs that Chronicle the Week's Doing. Long Dispatches Frcm Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In at Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. Manchuria declared Itself Independ ent and neutral as between Manchu and Chinese. The Virginia supreme court refused to grant an appeal In the caBe of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., convicted of the murder o? his wife. All foreign cortuls at Nanking left the city in view of the Inability of the foreign warships there to protect them. Senator Smoot predicted tariff re vision In the next session of congress, but Senator Penrose, his committee associate, said no action was likely until after 1912. It was reported in Washington that almost one-third of the samples of foods and drugs examined by the gov ernment, were found to be adulterated und misbranded. Thursday. Official statistics showed Rome, Na ides and Genoa to be immune from cholera. Representatives of Spain and Ger many conferred regarding the ces sion to the 'utter of Spanish Guinea. The American Harvester company was ousted from Missouri and fined $'i0,ono by the supreme court of that state. The British foreign secretary in the house of commons said the gov ernment had informed Persia that tn; employment of British subjects wouM antagonize Russia. President Taft in his annual mes sage to congress will recommend a federal incorporation law to aid in solving the trust problem, and will deal with the tariff question. Friday. Yuan Shih-kai assumed the prem iership of China. Twenty degress below zero was re ported at Crookston. Minn. The Turkish forces in Tripoli attack ed Derna and Tobruk, but were re nulsed Under the dominance of General Chang, the viceroy, a reign of terror for rebels has been Instituted In Nan kins. General Allen, head of the army signal corps, deplored the lack of de velopment of aviation and wireless for war use here. The secretary of tne Interior, in asking tor $100,000 to investigate min eral waste said that M00.000.0000 was lost annually by American miners. Saturday. Colombia's refusal to arrest Castro haa caus"d serious unrest in Vene zuela. Four barso employes were killed when a boiler exploded near Free Bridge, N. Y. An earthquake was felt in Southern Germany, the shocks being especially severe In Stuttgart and Frankfort. It was announced at Washington that, the sta'? department is preparing to revise the R.tsslan treaty of 18,12. A Washington dispatch said facili ties were ample In the Pacific for lushing two United States regiments of Infantry to China. nishon Alexander Mackay-Smith of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania died suddenly of heart disease at his honu In Philadelphia. Monday. President Taft was confined to the White House with a severe cold. A bui'Klur was shot and killed while trying to escape at Chitten ango, N. Y. One Bchooner was sunk and a doz en disabled near Alpena, Mich., in a heavy storm on l.uke Huron. Severe storm inundated the whole city of Tripoli, which was reported surrounded by water and accessible by only one gute. A lurv was obtained in Lincoln Center, Kan., to try the young men accused of tarring Miss Mary (ham berlain. General Bernardo Reyes was arrest ed at San Antonio by a United States marshal on the charge of violating the neutrality laws. Tuesday. The excess of deaths over births In France during tho pa st six months of l'.lll was slated oflicully to he 1 8.2 1 9 Diplomatic relations between Russia nm! Persia have ceaBed. It was stateJ at Richmond, Va., that no reporters would be admitted to wilivesH the death of H"iiry Clay Beattie, Ir., on Friday, for the inur- ler of his wilo. The tiiree-inaster barge Helen A. Wymun was wrecked about twelve miles southeast oi Block Island; the crew of live men are missing and ara probably drowned. It was learned at Albany that Al bany, Oswego and Chenango counties defeated the proposed amendments to the constitution which were voted for nt the lust election: the canal pro pouitioti squeezed through In Albany county. EDUCATION AND THE TEETTf School Authorities Now Recognli th Important Part Played by Oral Hygiene. v School authorities are greatly Inter ested in various plans for improve ment In the minds of backward pupila by improving the condition. of their bodies. Now they have become im bued with the idea that clean mouths mean healthy pupils, and the exam ination of the teeth of school chil dren is the latest thing under con sideration. Investigation in Germany shows that nearly 96 per cent of the school children have diseased teeth and sta tlstlcs show conclusively that: 1. On account of bad teeth the physical development of the child is seriously retarded. 2. The morj the physical develop ment Is disturbed, the less in general Is the mental capacity of the child. 3. The worse the teeth, the worse, as a rule, is the school standing. About 500 pupils in the schools of' Ludlow, Mass., were recently exam ined and the condition of the teeth and mouth found mwet deplorable. The most striking feature observed was the neglect of dental cleanliness and absence of any evidence of den tal treatment beyond a few instances in which teeth had been extracted. Probably not more than three out of one hundred possessed brushes, and showed signs of using them regularly, and these three were practically free from decay. Bacterial deposits, tar tar, remains of food and every de gree of malodorousness and poisoning were evident. Many children were suffering from undue retention of temporary teeth, but still more from the premature loss of them, showing the utter neg lect by the parents of the first set of teeth, which from a dentist's stand point Is most Important The first permanent molar was in variably badly decayed. Probably B0 per cent, would have to be treated or extracted. This molar is very confus ing to parents and children, as it comes before the temporary teeth are shed and is therefore taken for one of the first set, and neglected from ig norance. It is evident from this inspection that something must be done. First of all, the public must be convinced that such a movement is for the pub lic welfare. The disastrous results from a lack of knowledge on the subject of oral hygiene are seen on every hand. Suf fering humnnlty needs more thought upon the subject and needs it badly, because our future health and happi ness to a great extent depend upon it. How can we best accomplish a den tal education among tlto masses of the people? Dentists cannot get At the masses of children growing up around us to teach them, and the par ents as a rule are entirely ignorant on the subject. It would seem that this must be looked up in our public schools. We are supposed to have medical inspection in the schools, which Is all good aa far as It goes, but It Is not broad enough. It does not take In the teeth, at least the ex aminer commonly Ignores that part of it; yet any physician knows the great Importance that mastication plays In the promotion of good health. We should have dental inspection In every school. (Copyright, Western Newipaper Union.) REAL DENTISTRY IS MODERN Most of the Improvements Have Been Brought About Within the Last Century. In some of the ruins of Egypt are engravings representing a man lying on his back, while another is standing over him pounding out a tooth with a rock. This is primitive dentistry, and while it might seem to be severe, yet, no doubt, It brought a measure of relief, otherwise such extreme measures would not have been resort ed to. In China, it is said, when a man goes to the native dentist for relief from the toothache, it Is the usual procedure for the dentist to Insert his finger in the patient's mouth, and, on removing It, show him a worm which he says he has withdrawn from the tooth, and which was caus ing the acho. This procedure, so we are told, usually stops the ache. These primitive methodB are a far cry from the scientific attitude ot the profession today, yet most of the im provement has been brought about in the last 100 years. The causes of this rapid develop ment have been many, the rapid growth of knowledge in other lines of work, the formation of dental col leges, the Invention and manufacture) of uae.ful instruments, and the scien tific stndy of the mouth and its dis eases. There 1b one other thing which haa brought about this marvelous growth, which Is perhaps more Important than all the other causes combined, and that Is the professional spirit, or dental ethics, as ! Is lometlmea called. It used to be the thing, if a den tist made an improvement, to bide it from his brother dentist so that he might reap the benefit alone. Many a secret, or Invention, has died with the dentist originating It. In time this custom was changed, and then the profession began to progress by leaps and bounds. Nowadays, if a dentist discovers anything new that is good, he carries it to his society, and explains it to every one, so that all may got the benefit. He goes to the convention with one new Idea and brings back a hundred, and both he und the public are benefited, t'uvriuiu. WtJtura Nawuiftper VuioA.
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