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The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
Notice to Trustees.

CCHOOL TRUSTEES will please take NOTES
- that |, the undersigned, have in my posse
sion, and for sale at a low price. for cash, Ne
following described school furniture Twelve
desks with attached seats, made after In
proved plan, painted and in good order; 0ns
recitation seat with back, nearly new, and one
fine, large black board. Trustees wishing 70
procure such furniture as the above for thar
school, would do well to examine and price the
above
THOS. HOLDEN,
n13H1 Auburn
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
n13-tf1

A BSOLUTE DIVORCES obtained from
n courts of different States for desertion, sh
No publicity required. No charge until divorce
granted. Address,
NJ. House, Attorney, 1874 Broadway, Il. T.
n14-Gm
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
IMPROVE YOUR POULTRY.
1t costs no more to keep good
.: :: :: :: :: E: ::
49,. fowls than poor ones
Oakland Poultry
VA RDS,
~t..E Cor. Sixteenth 4 Castro SITS.
' "'" Oakland. Cal.
Eggs For Hatching
SEASON OF 1874.

From the largest and best bred fowls in the
world
Carefully packed and warranted to carry safely
any distance. The varieties comprise
Dark and Light Brahmas, Buff and Partridge
Cochins. White Leghorns, Houdans and Sill
yer Spanged Hamburgs.
Black Spanish, White Dorkings, Golden Po-
lands. Aylesbury Ducks, and Game.
Sebright and Black African Bantams.
A fine invoice of Bronze Turkeys, weighing so
pounds to the pair just received.
Y- Send stamp for illustrated circular to
GEO. B. BAILEY,
Importer and Dealer of Choice Poultry. Box
$50, San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21

General Agent for the Poultry World a
monthly magazine, devoted entirely to Poultry.
The best paper published in the country. Sub
scription 81 25 per year. Also agent for the
American Standard Of Excellence. Price so
cents. Agents wanted in every city and town
in the country. For further information ad-
dress, Box 659 San Francisco
Please state what paper you saw this adver-
tsement in n2J-3m
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
FLORENCE

rs sure to please. II there 10
i one within . tlDOsasand miles 81
San FrnmciscO nOt working weil' 1
will attend - 1t without amy expense
to the owner. SAMUEL HILL, At,
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
Delinquent Assessment Notice.

MONTANA MINING COMPANY-LocAr1os
OF Works, ILLINoIsTowN MINING DISTRICT
COUNTY OF PLACER, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE-There are delinquent upon the
~ following described stock on account of
assessment No. %, levied on the 9th day of Jan
uary, 1874, the several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders as follows
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Sill. for 7 @fo. "a, 800, 18O $50,
bpiIfet Omsiort til @uibeIs sier life
minore END 413, $50, euer fnns
$4,000 8uibeIs minore emo belle forri.
sc Iar. s 4 af bette Iats iibiteMaa.
lleosr oil rimeIispis bIipe ublfibet Iise.
iaa me9st iom / De f~oresaasnbe 7
Waansoer, % uofcreIien af Spsbs
uil aItlaa / bette Mar bIipe forraet
meo fra 60 til 20 psf.
Neoenfor finoss en- SabcI ODER an.
Ore @arer uofert fra Oecorab /
famine Siosrum, os Den belle 10.
ferieI, Sueoe meoberssnet, ubejpr
oltiaa 32,314 $50 Yuno, bpiIfet til.
Iammen bar peret %befororet paa
1916 Sra9tbOsne, buer Iabet neo
10 Sons:
Wel Q6,07 Scnber) 3,215, 400 $50.
Spg .582,0S0
0resfre. 1O7,1OO
Gait &ico os Smult ! 1913, 74O
Saltet SIeif. 795,41O
Smer os sgs........ 1O,9SO
M9srDprfnings Gebifaber35O 900
&iebmanosDarsr. .7OO,35O
ScrlfleuiSt. 5l4, 74O
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
Gn af De banlfelialte Speratiouer

Gn at De panlfeIisIte Sperationsr,
iom rimelisuis bar ueret siort paa
bisie &ailter, blep iioIte Snsba9
bslbiseu l,ofcrt al Sr. Ooftor Smitb
Der / 8peu. Gn Mrs. Gpsuion fra
Sprine @auss, Minn. babbs Iibt
at &reit / bet enc 8rpit libeu iibite
NpriI, % Oct bespnote III at tase
FABIAN Sperbaano, at belle 8rbitet
maatte bortta9ss. Sstte er Den an.
Den Operation al bette Slass, Sr.
Smitb bar ubfert / 2cbet af en-
fort SID, ioet ban for Omtrsat IA
Sage .iiom afifar paa Ole SeTom
fra @aibinstonprairis en- @suert TOM
bar omtreut 9 Gar CANNED % bel.
ebe "a Yurb. Set CT en- Silfrebs.
itiuelie at pioe, man ber paa Stebet
MI bar Ell fra Norsss lluiperIitet
piosnlfabeIis Mauo at betro fig til,
,iaar man isIp eIer Gns Gsne bicm.
irses al Sp9oOm.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
- > -

Si meo llnoren moo bam baitsb;
Sbi ban par Dor 8ror,
Srepne irem paaltano ar Sfammen
Sit pi lcosrpaa;
Nu ri itaa ire 8rcore iauimen
Sa ifaI iaaoan itaa.
@Orife Mano i 9us % Spite,
Sat bin fore SUB!
9anoet piloe ban beifpttc.
Sficnot BET mprft iaa no.
Gilt. bpao Sebrsue bar fiempst,
Meorene bar srabt,
Sar ben Ssrre itile lempct
Saa hi panot Dor Get.
So ri sIi,sr bette 2ancet.
Ssm BET tiger frsm
Suret, ueirbiot cper Sanoet
Meo De tulino Siem.
Ss iom Seores & bar beust
Sst af Sob til Seir,
Sslaa ri, naar bet blir trepst,
Sor bets 6reb laar 9eir!
@Drnhierns gisrnisn.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

GSrr. S!isn 81 Sbompions npe
Store peo Chen af Guswortb, SOB.
barb 81 Cos 8p9nius, er Hi paa
bet nGrmeite ferois, % gierne ere
bsitemte paa at lptte lno / Mioten
al oenue Maaneo. 8psninssn, Der
er 2 gtagsr ioruosn &ielberetasen,
50 SOB lang, % er en- al be imuf.
fslte / 8peu, oil neiten ubeIuffsnos
blipe benyttet for berss b~etpbslise
Sorretuias, iom / De ienere Nar bar
tiltaset Sag for Sag. 0stte Sirma
bar peo opstis Sorretninssfcrelis 90
itreus Yaapasleli9beo baaoe / %
uoenfor Sorretnin9sn iuuuset zig,
iaa9ootlom fra Sntet, op til bbno
De NIL ere, ct al Bpsns ioliosite Sir.
maer, oe npbsr fine &llnosrs iuloe
Matelie oe Siuio. Sen 8psuins
bport SllM d Sbomplon MI orloe
lin Sorretnins sr iOIst til ST, s
Sobnion. (Sanblenbe meo Groceries,
Slour g. SEED / 8artboIs 8bsnins,
@ater Strsst.) 8psninsen bIipsr
frembsIs$ itaasnoe paa famine Steb
% hi baabe at Den nlaa bliue liee
laa inobrinsenbe for ST.. Sobuion,
lom Den bar peret for Be forrise
Gisre. @so Siben at Sliou&3bomp.
ions npe Bltif er bens Spiuinsbro.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

) go. 3 al Soften apr
bllue paabe9pnot ben al "@sb @rnsr 5
3risre me9et pnbsbs 6ort1Ilin9
Ma9Dt,
en- original Sortelina ira SbsIemov.
fen, srunost paa en- pirtsIis SilNrc.
sslle. g Der pnifsr 8sspnbslisn Al
beune 6ort9uins bcr iubitribsrc /
betios. 8laoet tOiter furs so GE.
for ct Iar. Sousbo9er aIsne e
prro Gil Collar
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Sra bets Seis Sperre talet
Goma mibt imoo,
8enoer fine SEer brbnts,
Spor Ell Scr oro9 frem,
Sorbenifiolb lanss &piteA Ignite,
Saa Den lpitss biem.
&pinbsr ielu itob op % itreoe
Com De bare M9nb
Mnbre funbe bare sraoe,
Wsn bet fom isien!
Saarbe Siber bar hi oeist,
Blep tiIiibit fOrftcot;
Wen / perite Neo blaaeiet
Sribeb blep os foot.
Set 9ap Saberfraft at bore
Sun9ersneb % &ris,
Oct gap Seben ielp lin &re =
90 bet GAP Sorlis.
Sienoen lit 8aabsn faitso,
Sp @ilrst for
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

@innsibsit 9otel bar itlitet Gjer,
icet $. Sboiu bar ioIgt no til
Sr. @m. garrst al Charles eitp
$. Sbaiu er betieuot ION Ell msset
goo Sotelprrt, men Sr. 8arret ifaI
urre ben beoite i Statcn, % nltiaa
bcere.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Gscorab sr bleuen lp~fiaIis9ictt
meo en- np 0ottor, nsmIia Ell Sr.
Inbros fra Mc6rcsor. It BONNIE
siter De Sstla9er We8rssors Muller
uo9pos ousr bans 8ortsans mao
ban uGre en- goo Gage. Secorab
bar Ill 10 Sottorsr.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Sr. 3. 8. 2bompiou. al Sirmaet
SIion 81 S%bompion. rsiier iii Gbi.
caso ueite Wanoas for at fiebe
@arer. Sa De MI faar ~betpoeIis
mere Num emo iorhcn, oil De uoen.
tpipI sicre ct itOrartst Snofieb.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Inuno Mafres &ons i 9incolu
Souuibip oroe pluSis!i9t iioite Sors.
bags Iften, %ontassIis pso Sprrns.
ming al ct 8loofar.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

9! ifal tiuabe oS at benlebe Sp.
merfiombeoen paa Sr. g. S. NeIions
Mpertiisment / bette SO. ST. Nslion
bar MI brepet benns 6%orretnins /
Hers @ar, aItio til fine &unoers
Silfebsbsb, % Gnbpsr Tan bore
iiffer paa at bIiue reeslist % bel
b%sbanblet.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Local notices 10 cents per line
for the first insertion, and 5 cents
a line for every subsequent insertion.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Gr. s. Spueriou rsiite til Gbisa9o
ilbite SnSoas for at 9ierc Snofieb
al nDe Scit % @intsruarer.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
9eeorab oe 9meem.
Sen ste September,

Osn ste September.
Sor at man Tan oailne Tia ct
Besreb ON builfen Sorretnins Der
brides / Dor lille gp bill ri ber otter
"Secorab Gepublican" eips en- 6or.
tesneIie Ober boormeset Spsbs Der
sr uoifibet fra 0scOrab / Maaneberne
Sanuar ii! SuIi influlipe:
s Sanuar 1882 $50 go.
Ssbruar 4,115,410
Warts 1,189,430
Mpril 3,84S,16O
Mai 5,525,01O
SUM 3,406, 800
Suli 2,731,50O
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Der, ~tiIbsrsnbe OSrr. u 8uuifion
& Bro. Sisie to Spiuinssr lisner
bperanbre Iom to GRADER 0anb.
iOm Scope paa 8ierset flyer ON lin
Oatter Mattbe. Set CT fuus ben
SorifieI at ben Sibite er liot itcrre
al 89rt, nemlis 20 SOB lGnsere.
Settle oriftise Sirma iOm auerece /
Iensere SID bar brepet en- al Be be.
tpoeli9Ite Sarbpareforrstnin9er /
8pen, aster NIL betpbslis at uouioe
lin Sorretnin9, Der .rimeliSpis oil
bliue ben Sterite / Sscorab. Sor.
uoen jim essn Bpsnins @ gtassr
90 &iGloeretaseu.) ifal De benptte en-
Del al Den 8p9nins bpor De NIL
bar lin SOrrtnins. Sisie Solf bcrer
til THE self-made Men" oe bar line
Mebmenneifers % SunSsrs Igtelie
% Sluto Tor IN SSrll89eo | Satloel
% &anbel. Set Store lom I'LL bsnpt.
tes al @uuiflou 81 8ro. lfaI, mar
bette Sirma flDtter / lin rpe Spsnius,
benbttes al q. Sanisn 81 SO. Sano.
Ienoe meo Sfo % Ste,ler. Sstts
Sirma aster, naar itcrre Ilaos sipss
Dem, %betpoelis at iorrse lit auereos
MI fore SpIas al Sfotei. S9rr
Sanion d So bar nplis ieiet Ell np
8ren til lin Sorrstnins. uemlis ct
b%etposlist SpIas al osocr % StinS,
bpor SfOmasere % minNre 9ano.
Isnbe meb Soroel fan fOripnes.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
OFFICE CLERc1 G. c.,
Winnesheik County Iowa. !

DEBORAH, Septbr. ,, 1874.
NOTICE TO JURYMEN AND OTHERS.
BY direction of the Judge of the
Circuit Court the Jury for that
Court will not appear until Nov.
9th 1874. Jurymen and others will
govern themselves accordingly.
S. L. TubbS,
Clerk C. c.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Nfr. eaton, Sefreter for @in.
nelbeif Gonntp Issroprfninssislifab,
itaar / UNDERSTANDING msb Irof.
u. u. YaImsr ON at opienbe en-
2uftbalon en- al 0asene / County
Sairen. @rof. Yalmer bar msb Selo
lenbt op oper 100 Balcner.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Sr. $. 8. SoIbers refer til
Siten neite Mfanoas for at siere
Snoficb al @arer for lin u%Oitrafts
@boleiaIe % &etailfurretnins.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Set beruHrenee Norife 9utberlfe
College be9Dnote Den 3bie Sept. tit
5te SfoIeaar. Smtrent 225 gleper
ere inbmeIots bporaf Stcritebslen
auereoe er TONNE. Sette er / Sanb.
BED ct forbauienbe Sremifriot % be.
isr at ben nurlfe 8efolfnins bespn.
Der at paaifienne % bragg SorbeI
at at lace fine Sprn faa en- bebrs
Sfoleunoerpisnins END Der / Sic.
selen bpbss Dem. Ser bar msIot
zig enbnu flsre GIspsr iom paa
Manasl Of Ylabs life fan cptaess.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

SOarb Of Supsrpilors meber paa
Wanbus. @ssninser n,aa inoisnoes
for @anoas Mibbas.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Circuit Gourt bespnoer lin See.
lion n9lte @anoag.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

Set or meo 6orncisIle at ri bel.
Ieber 9elsruss SpmGrfiombeO paa
Softor s. 5. 8iuinston Iuertisie.
msut / bette SO. Softoren bar ia.
get Gramen ueb Stub MsoicaI Col.
lsse, boorira ban bar lit diploma.
ST.. 3 Ellington bar MI opbo!ot zig
/ Sscorab i IA @ar % sr iom
Softor iaa forosIastis bstlenot blanot
9anosmeno / @inueibsif 60. at
Bet CT uneopenbist for os at ilse
No9et til bans Nos.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

@, 8. Iolit, S. 6. Safer %
VI. $. Sbompion bar melbt fig lom
&anoioatsr for "GIerf of Courts" %
Dor Sanosmano Charles Steen FAINT
GDrus WcRab for &ecorbsr.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
Sr. g. $. 0obIn fom tiiba

Sr. 9. 8. 9oblp tom tilbu9e
fra NOrse iioite SbOrSoas, bOortil
ban for en- 3 Moaneper lloen reiite
for at Iappe paa i'm Selbreo, os Oct
bill piit sIeoe bans mango Ssnnsr
at bsre at bans 8siies SormaaI or
naast. $. SabIp bar BAIT en- bps.
ecIis Sur oa paa lin 8eiie beic9t
fsre lmaa 9anosbser, laalom Con.
Don, 9ipsrpool, Gioinsbursb, yorf,
&~riitiania oa fere.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05

81 erfare of Ct npt Sasirrsr.
firma bar nebiat zig i SseOrab.
uemIis SSrr. 9sf&SobniOn buoraf
Sr. Sobnlon or Norif. Man itllOe
fro at Ell bb9tis nurit Sasicrsr -
90 hi bar bort ST.. Sobnion omtale
iom iaaban - funbe sicre GOD Sor.
refining Der, bpOr Sfanoinauerne ere
iaa talrise, % buorai ositoHsre life
ere oct ensslite Spros msstise. 81
enifer bette upe Sirma goo Srsm.
gang. Sores SHice er ousr Senniib
Msatmarfet, &ater Strest.
Decorah-posten., 1874-09-05
Sill. 7.475,4OOO $50.

Nepublifanlf County Contention
ifal afboloes paa Gourtbuist Sirsoas
sben LOBE september 81. l! gitm.
for at nomiuere &anbioater for
"GIesf Of Courts" % "&ssiitsr Of
Seeosv. Seoplss Contention afboI.
oes Scrba9 ben lobe Septbr Sill.
Saften afboloes &epublifanif Gau.
Gus paa Gourtbuiet.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24

For those who care to experiment in
making homemade matches the follow
ing hints from the Scientific american may
prove serviceable: The preparation is
different according B they are chemical
or lucifer matches. For chemical matches,
put forty grains of phosphorus in wide
mouthed bottle; add enough oil of tur-
pentine to cover the phosphorus; then
mix in ten grains of flour of sulphur.
Put the bottle in hot water until the
phosphorus is entirely dissolved; stop
the mouth of the bottle with a cork, and
well shake the whole until it has be-
come cold; afterward pour off the
supernatant oil of turpentine Into
the mixture of phosphorus which
remains in the bottle dip the
extremities of the matches; and after
some time, when they have become dried,
drop them into the following mixture
Dissolve thirty grains gum-arabic in a
small quantity Of water; add to it twenty
grains of chlorate of potash, and mix
them intimately together; then add ten
grains of SCOT, previously mixed with a
few drops of spirits of wine. In about
twenty hours the matches will be per-
fectly dry, when they will ignite on rub
bing them over rough surface. For
lucifer matches use one-third of phos-
phorus and the remainder of gum-arabic
water and coloring matter like minimum
or Prussian blue. Mix in water bath
and muller carefully. The dipping is
performed in the following manner: The
melted composition is spread upon a
beard covered with cloth or leather, and
tile workman alternately dips the two
ends of the matches, that are fixed in a
frame. The fumes are very poisonous.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24

from one another and from the mortar
The very opposite characteristics are
found in ancient work, and on examlna-
ton it has been seen that the mortar has
in great part been converted into sill
Gates, entering into close union with the
particles of quartz. 1t is to these silicates
that mortar owes its firmness, and 1t Is
to the slowness with which silicates form
in modern mortar, and small proportion
of these present in it, that this owes It's
poverty. A method of setting free the
silicious earth, and promoting the rapid
formation of silicates, has been discov-
cred by Prof. Artus, and which yleids
a mortar resembling in its characteristics
those of the ancient kinds. The great
recommendation the process possesses is
its simplicity. Lime is in the first IN
stance well Stacked, and mixed carefully
with finely-sifted sand; to the mass is
added quantity of unslacked lime to
the extent of one-fourth of the sand in
the first instance mixed with the Stacked
lime; mix the whole thoroughly, the
mass heats and the mortar may be at
once used. When the mortar is not
wanted for immediate use, the first proc
ess only is carried out, namely, mixing
the sand with the fine-slacked lime
when wanted for use the unslacked lime
has to be added. A very strong mortar
is said to be the result.-Builter.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24
Foreign Gossip.

The dry goods clerks of London
threaten strike. Their grievance is
that they want to wear mustaches and
| their employers won't let them. 1t is not
Il question of wages, of hours, of COM
forts, of amusements, but hair
Among some books and MSS. short
| ly to be sold in London is a rolled manu-
script of the Hebrew Pentateuch, &C.
CURED few years ago from a synagogue
| in Palestine. This manuscript was writ
ten in the twelfth century on sixty skins
ofleather and measures 100 feet In length
by two feet two inches in breadth.
AT a meeting in London to receive
report from the missionaries sent to dis
cover the tribes Of Israel, Lord H was
| asked to take the chair. Il take, he re-
piled, "a great interest in your research
es, gentlemen. The fact Is, have Dor
rowed money from all the Jews now
known, and If you can find new set
shall feel very much obliged"
The East India papers mention sin
gular case Of going to school late in life
1t seems that the Raiah of Bussahir,
whose income is $500, 900 per annum, be-
gan attending school when he was TWEEN
ty.fve years old, and in the five years
which have since elapsed he has become
quite Anglicized. He is described as
being good -natured and as making ii a
point to compare his watch with that of
every European traveller in order that he
may know with absolute certainty what
O'clock it Is.
The Paris Cab Company has insti-
tuted mode of advertising which IL ex-
poets will yield considerable income
when its advantages are known to trade.
On each hiring the cab-driver is bound
to give ticket bearing the number of
the vehicle and the tariff Of charges. In
stead of tickets the company now dis
tribute to its drivers little books of a
few leaves, the outside of which contains
the matter of the former tickets, the in
side being left free for advertisements
The average daily number of hirings of
the company's vehicles is $1,000, and
from the class of the public who use
cabs, and the probability that the adver-
tisements will be read by the passenger
to while away his time on the journey,
this mode of publicity will probably be
appreciated by advertisers.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24
A New Way to Dine Without Price.

Lucy Hooper, writing to the Phila-
delphia Press from Paris, says: Zone
of the nastiest tricks, but at the same
time one of the cleverest of the day,
was recently perpetrated on the restau-
rant keepers here. An enterprising
genius set out one day to get first-class
dinner without paying for it, and he sue
ceeded in this wise: Having procured
quantity of cockroaches, he killed them
by immersing them in boiling water, and
with the lifeless remains of his victims
tied up in handkerchief and concealed
in his pocket he sailed forth in quest OF
dinner. Entering the Cafe Brebant, he
took seat at table in the public room
and ordered some soup. The soup was
brought in its neat little plated tureen, and
the hungry customer proceeded to ladle
out plateful of it, which he consumed
with much appetite. Having nearly
finished his soup he watched his oppor'
tunity, popped one OF the cockroaches
into the tureen, and then screamed
for the waiter The waiter came, and
with speeches. Indignation the rascal
pointed to the defunct insect. Bring
the proprietor at last he gasped.
will omplain-I-I--' For heavens
sake, be silent, sir whispered the dis
tressed servants you will ruin the repu-
tation of the house. OF course we will
charge you nothing for the dish if you
will say nothing Ah-weil-in that
case--but can eat nothing more here.
am too sick. Good morning. SO OFT
went the gentleman, followed by storm
of apologies and regrets. He proceeded
to the Maison Doree and ordered dish
of fish, which he obtained on the like
cheap terms and in the same ingenious
manner. The Cafe Anglais supplied
him with roast, the Cafe Richie with
fowl and salad, and he wound up his
days campaign with some ices and cakes
at the Cafe Neapolitaine, having OBJ
tanned first-class dinner without spend.
ing single cent. When the walters OF
the different cafes began to compare
notes, of course the trick was discovered,
but it was then too late to punish the
adroit swindler."
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24
Popular Fallacies.

The age of war and conflict is fast
passing away, and the industrial and
commercial age is taking itsS place.
Progress is the world watchword to-day;
and it is the boast of the nineteenth
century that, since it's birth, the march
of discovery and invention, in all the
sciences and arts most conducive to man 8
comfort and civilization, has been greater
than any preceding half-thousand years.
Science is now the measure of nations
standing; for general scientific knowl-
edge means education, which means re-
finement and religion, which means
death to superstition. And in this coun-
try especially, where education and true
religion are so generally ditfused, sci
ence seems to have a stronghold upon
the respect and admiration of all but
the most ignorant and backward minds.
In view then of this general diffusion
of scientific knowledge, which, in this
country, though not in itself astonish-
ing, is yet great when compared with
that in most other lands, it does seem
remarkable oft-times that SO many old
and long-exploded fallacies should still
find credence among the majority of the
people, and even among the well educated.
II is fairly astonishing to see what out
rageously- stories will circulate
through the popular press, often pub
lished in the fullest good faith, and ac-
cepted as true by supplemented readers.
The scientific hoaxes perpetrated in the
United States are almost innumerable ;
and that they continue to be published,
republished, revamped, and, strangest of
all, believed, and solemnly discussed in
journals that ought to know better, does
not speak well for the thoroughness of
this scientific knowledge, on which diff
fusion we so often pride ourselves.
We remember recent example In the
story, lately published in California
paper (these hoaxes generally emanate
from the fertile Vest, concerning mag
netic cave, said to have been just dis
covered, possessing such powerful attrac-
ton that hatchets were drawn from the
hands of the explorers and flew to the
roof, remaining glued there; while un-
fortunates in hobnailed shoes had to
leave their foot incasements behind
them. This story, though laughed at by
one-half the community, was received
with open eyes and gaping mouths by
the other half, who could not compre-
bend that the size of the attracted BODY
might have something TO do with the
force of attraction.
But It is not merely of these ingenious
hoaxes that we wish to speak, but of a
far more injurious state of ignorance
among the common people. We refer
to popular fallacies concerning the sci.
ences of everyday life, and to the gen
eral ignorance about the great forces of
nature, and the first principles of sci
ence in all its departments. Some of
these fallacies are simply ludicrous;
ders are made in matters OF hygiene
The prosperity of quack doctors who
have medicines, each one of which will