Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1891 — Care of the Teeth. [ARTICLE]

Care of the Teeth.

Nothing is more conducive to sweetness of breath, and consequently of general health mouth, than to brush the teeth regularly shortly before retiling, that all particles of food, as well as the natural secretions, may be removed. Castile soap is the best which can be used for cleansing the mouth, with which a little magnesia may be employed. A solution of oil of peppermint in water makes an agreeabte and useful mouth wash, while a silken thread may be employed to cleanse the spaces between the teeth which can be effectively reached in no other way. A fine tooth powder can be made of six ounces of prepared chalk, ca sia powder half an ounce, and an ounce ol orris root. These are to be well mixed and may be colored with red lake or any othor innocent substance, according to the fancy. Cleanly habits should be a part of every child’s education, and if they have been neglected in that formative period of life, let them be taken upj and studied and practiced later on; for in this respect we are surely “never too old to learn.” It should*also bei understood that merely external and; visible treatment is not all- that is* neoessary. liet parents impress this; lesson earnestly, in the interest of health, decency and morality.— Good Housekeeping. , A chewing gcm concern in Brooklyn has become a stock company with a capital of $1,000,000. *