Charlatans In Science

The intelligent Christian cultivates revereuce for true science; but for Charlataui m he has no respect. The world, and sóme of the magazines are tull of those who prate of scitnee, and arrógate an exclusive use of the term, but wh ni intelligent school boy may detect as charlatans. Oue ofthi cldss has an artioleinthe CornhiU Magazine, which wiü do for a 8pecimen. He speaks of "flowers which lay themselvea out for fertilization," attributing "design" to the flower inatead of the Creator; of "blosíoma which lay themselvea out to attract wasps," as if they knew there were waapa and fIt a desire to attract them ; and of flowers which 'gradually fitted their forma, aad the position of their honey-glanda to tbe firma of the bees aud butterflitB.' He farther says that "these flowers whicb laid themselvea out for bees and butterflies would grow to be purpie or blud becauae that is the col r ihe bees preí'er." The writer then, must have found hare-belh and white clover of a strange o jlor, unkuown to American bees. And even if his white clover has become blue or purple, how did that clover know that bees prefrred thote colore? He says "the uight lichen bas taken to f'ertiïization by moths, and as moths can only see white Mowers, it bas, though a descendent of the day lichen, which is red, btcome white." But how did this dfsceudant of adayüght flowtr know, beforehand, that thtre were any moths at night, and that they could only see white, or that they would f eed on flowers of any kind? He ascribes to fl wers more intelligence than he possetses himself Qiving a "daisy's pedijrree," he finds that the flowersbethoughtthemselves that a gond plan for getting their seeda well fertilizad would be to attract bees to thera; fur this purpose some honey would bedesirable; so they proceeded to Jay up honey; then, that the bees mightlearn where honey was to be had, they changed parts of themselvo3 into gay petals, to act as announciog flagj! But how came the flüwers to kuow thre was &uch a thiüg as honey or that bees liked it, and wheace did the Jatter contrive to get honey? Furthermore, cao anything be done to iraprove the race of sciep'Jfic fuols? Mr. Evarts says that a sentence going the rounds, attributed to him, is an attempt at condensing one of bis dispatches protesting against the disinemberment of Turkey. It was founded on an incident which occurred at ona of his ïiianksgiving dinners at home. "I had a roasted New-England gnv.se, well stuffed with sage, with plenty of apple sauce and the usual accompaniments. At the close of the meal I said: 'My children, you now see the difference between the condition of , affairs before and af ter dinner. You j thcn saw a goose stufied with sage; now you see a sage stuffed with goose.' "