In one case the teeth were placed In
salt water while the dentist carefully
washed out the sockets. Then they
were reinserted, a stitch or two placed
In the gums and the Jaws were ban
daged shut so that the teeth bit on a
pad of lint. In the other case the
teeth still hung to the gtnns, so the
sockets were cleaned out without de
taching the teeth.
In both cases the teeth became sol
idly fixed and the patients could use
them for normal biting a few months
after the accident
Dr. C. De Witt Henry of New York
replaced not long ago the teeth of a
truck driver that had been knocked
out In a collision. The man had pick
ed his teeth from the gutter and run
up to the dentist’s office carrying them
in his hand.
World's Largest Vaults.
In the underground vaults of the
new United States assay office, the
cornerstone of which was laid recently
In New York, can be stored more than
$20.000,000,000 In gold. They are said
to be the largest and finest In the
world, according to Popular Mechanics
magazine. Five of the eight stories
of the building will be located beneath
the surface of the earth. Sealed In
the cornerstone of the structure are
copies of several newspapers; a med
al on which there Is a portrait of the
president, and a ba£ containing a set
of United States coins ranging In value
from one cent to $20, besides other
articles of Interest and value. The
building will cost over $800,000.
Reduced His Conceit.
