INTRODUCTORY. 



Of course all scientific men of advanced and devel- 

 oped minds well know it is necessary to have refer- 

 ences in order to introduce any great science with 

 success ; and at this daj it requires noted men, men 

 of good standing, men of honor, men that have been 

 tried, men that are located and well established, in 

 order for references to carry an}'- influence with 

 them. There have been all kinds of humbugs, as 

 they are called by some. The people have been duped 

 in so many ways that it has become almost impossible 

 to introduce a good thing ; and after reading this work 

 through you will be convinced of that fact. In this 

 work there has been but a very small part told. The 

 financiering necessary in order to make a center or 

 focus of this great science, and to get it introduced 

 in some great center of science, where we could get 

 reliable and scientific men for references — men that 

 were known all over the world nearly — for this science 

 extends round the wide worJd, everywhere the horse 

 has ever had his feet ironed. After many years of 

 hard labor this was accomplished. This firm is known 

 as D. M. Osborn k Co., with which the well-known 

 inventors and scientific men are connected, Cyrenus 

 Wheeler, Mr. Kirby, and 0. H. Burdick. Such men 

 as these are not going to give themselves away by 

 allowing their names to be used to back up any 



