254 FIRESIDE SCIENCE. 



No matter what lamps or cans are used, the danger 

 is not in any important degree removed by their 

 agency. There is safety only in expelling every- 

 thing of the kind from household use. 



We might increase the list of so-called " new 

 inventions," which originated with us many years 

 since, but our object is not to " tell what we have 

 done," but to present some reliable examples, illus- 

 trating the nature of many of the " new patents " 

 which are constantly thrust upon public attention. 

 Our readers may have reason to thank us for 

 affording them some insight into the merits of the 

 claims of those who seek from them pecuniary 

 assistance. 



