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REMEDY FOE Cold IN THE HEAp.-The
following may be worth trying: "Tie a
handkerchief over the head at NIGHT on
going to bed, taking care to cover the ears,
and an incipient cold will be gone in the
morning. The first symptoms of cold
should never be neglected, as the simplest
remedies have effect then, which prove
useless afterwards. Ifa cold has gained
some headway. avoid liquids for twenty.
four hours, and 1t will disappear"
p6r The London illustrated News, dis.
cussing American Politics, has the follow,
ing valuable information.
'The Presidential nominations form
the chief topic of conversation in Ameri.
ca. There are three candidates in the
held-Wise, Douglas, and Bolts. At last
accounts Bolts was little ahead"
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The Difference between American
and French Brandy.

The Chester county (Pa.) Times is re-
sponsible for the following.
A gentleman of our acquaintance wish
ed to purchase some brandy to use in sick
ness, and called on an old German liquor
dealer in the city of Philadelphia, and
the following dialogue ensued:
"Have you any imported brandy
genuine stuff"
avery good prandy. Come and trink
some claret punch; dat ish goot, too, ven
the vedder fsh hot"
"No, thank you, want little BRAN
dy for sick man."
"Come and try the punch. One vriend
from Germany peen here; ] see him not
pefore, for many years. We peen drink
ing de punch"
Come and tell me about the brandy.
want little of the bc { j, .he r''rkn."
just enough to iht
and the visit of his friend 4ld| = l(rn5
ed his sympathies as to make him COM
municative.
"Now, my vriend, you wants goot pran-
dy, and sells you goot prandy. Dare ish
some prandy | makes myself, and dat ish
goot. Dare ish some bought in New
York, and dat ish shcap prandy. Dare
ish some imported from Vrance, and
dat ish very goot, too.'
"Did you say you made that lot your
self"
"Dat ! makes myself, and I warrants
dat. 1t ish made of de vera best old
whisky"
whisky! don't want any of your
internal connections made out of whisky
and called brandy"
(Old gentleman, solemnly,) "It is all
made of whisky, my vriend, and dat ish
de reason why de French prandy is not
so goot as the American prandy. No
prandy ish now distilled from wine any
more; it is not possible to make it sheap
enough for dis market from wine, and de
American people do not like de real pran-
dy, because dey are not used to it."
"Did you say that French brandy is not
so good as our manufacture? We import
some brandy from Franch, do we mott"
SO, we import blenty of prandy to
blease Gle rich people, but it ish not goot.
In Vrance, de prandy ish made of potato
whisky, and dat is not so goot as de corn
whisky what we make into prandy here !"
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Pretty Stanzas.

leaf by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the springs run dry;
One by one beyond recall,
Summer beauties fade and die;
But the roses bloom again.
And the spring will blush anew,
In the pleasant April rain
And the summer sun and dew.
So, in hours of deepest gloom,
When the spring of gladness fall,
And the roses in their bloom,
Droor like maidcns wan and pale:
We shall find some hope that lies
Like silent gem npert,
1'iii'any ga fce,s Of r,lesaeus,s --=-
Seine sweet hope to gladness wed,
That will spring afresh and new,
When grief's winter shall have fed,
Giving place to rain and dew
Some sweet hope that brcathes Of spring,
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossoming,
In the spirits glorious cline.
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ns,g- "What were the mob saving? ?"

Esg~ "What were the mob saying?"
asked the District Attorney of n Yankee
w;s,.-- .ssdo,.,, 1s,so, I'm riot trial.
well they was sorter singin'."
"What were they singing about ?"
"Well, they was singin' bout song"
what was the song-what they were
saying?" s
"As nigh as kin keep track, they was
a tellin' a Misses Long (her first name
was Lucy to take her time w
"You can CO."
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AIMING AT THE WRONG END.-Teacker.-
Come here, you young scamp, and get
sound spanking" .s
SchoAar.-"You haint got no right to
spank mo, and the copy you just set me,
ses so." H
Teachr.--"I should like to hear you
read that copy"
Schollar.-You-shill (reads) Let all the
ends thou aimest at be thy country's and
so forth, and so FORTH and when you're
a spankin' me, you aint aiming at no
such end"
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The Mystery of Sir John Franklin's
Fate Cleared Up.

While the interesting discoveries re-
Gently made in the Arctic regions, by
Captain McClintock and the crew Of the
yacht Fox, set at rest forever all hopes
and fears as to the fate of Sir John Frank
lin and his brave comrades, they stamp
upon the records of Arctic investigation
melancholy tale of suffering, and an
instance of fortitude and devstion to duty
almost without parallel. Stimulated by
the undying love of woman, the hopeful
nature, the unyielding energy Of fond
wife, the little band of the Fox set out to
make the final search for the remains of
aa i nr,es. rafythe Ere]sxss ~ that
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{. 'Ss '1lN |E.9llsllllal!

Wanted 10 Hre,Nl4Gy, having pleas
ant home, no membranes but husband
ana child, wishes to place herself at
the disposal OF some servant who can
come well recommended from her last
place. She would prefer one who would
be willing to remain within doors at least
hive minutes after the work is finished
She would also stipulate for the privilege
OF going to church herself once each
Sunday, having been compelled to refuse
the last applicant, who was not willing
to allow her but half day once a fort
night. Wages satisfactory, if under ten
dollars week. .H.
She is deeply conscious of the utter in
ability OF ladies in general to comply with
the present demands of servants, but she
hopes by strict attention to please in all
respects. The best of reference can he
given; also, good recommend from one
who has now left her to the fate of MANY
housekeepers. Please apply before six
a. M. "-f -n.rH. .. ...-T
GEN FROM CALIFoRNIA.-The tongue
of childhood in its earnest and innocent
lispings not unfrequently gives utterance
to the most exquistely poetic express
sions, which seem to fall from their tiny
lips by inspiration. A few days ago a
bright-eyed little boy in this vicinity,
about six years old, retired up stairs to
bed leaving his mother below without
the customary good night kiss As he
kissed his father and bade him good night
he naively said, "tell mamma good night
for me; forgot to kiss, but tell her that
7 kiss her in my heart" , y. .......
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BoYHooD FAULTs.--Judge Longstreet in
his new novel of VIM. Milten, publishing
now in the Southern Field and Fireside,
very shrewdly says:
1t was common remark of Doctor
Waddell, "show me boy with horse,
dog, and gun, and I'll show you boy
who will never come to any thing" We
can look back through the vista OF fifty
years, and we can not point to the man,
living or dead, whose history disproves
the remark. We can point to many in
vericaton of it.
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2ey Horace Greeley, E., who was an
nounced to deliver the address before the
Wyoming County Agricultural Society on
wednesday last, arrived in New York on
Tuesday evening from California and on
ly calling at the Tribune Office few mo-
ments, left to fulfill his appointment
without even seeing his family from whom
he had been absent four months and a
half. There is punctuality for you, but
we wonder what Mrs. Horace says about
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nay" Iron freight cars are coming into
use on the Ohio Railroad. Four or five
have been constructed, and are found to
answer well. The entire car weighs only
1880 pounds, while the ordinary wood
EN- baggage car weighs l4,5OO to l6,5OO
pounds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

DEMOCRATIC CoNsIsrENcY,-Two Demo-
cratic Conventions were held in Massa-
chusetts on Tuesday. One resolved that
a Territorial Legislature had no power to
exclude Slavery from Territory, and the
other that the people of Territory, as
well as of State, have Alright to decide
for themselves whether or not Slavery
shall exist within its limits. ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Hoe CHoLERA.--The Shelby News says
the hog cholera is prevailing to great ex-
tent throughout that county. Some
farmers have lost nearly oil their hogs.
We learn that this disease is also play
ing havoc with the hogs in Washington
connty.--LouinpiHe Courier. .f. -
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pay- The first locomotive run in Egypt
used mummies for fuel, making very
hot fire. The supply Of mummies is said
to be almost inexhaustible, and they are
used by the cord.
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A Fixed Fact : An Entrenchment,

:. The New York Courier boastingly says
"Ihe Republican party is fixed fact
It is entrenched impregnably from
Maine to Minnesota. 1t cannot be beat.
EN- anywhere along that line, nor will it
surrender" ....,.....
The 'thred fact" and no Surrender
are partially true: nothing else. Bour-
bons never learn: but, 4.....
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uss The London Times says that the
seizure of San Juan originated in the as
sumption that England would not dare
to avenge the act, and it is time to put a
stop to such notions.
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The CALoRIc ENGINE IN PRINTING! The
Northampton (Mass.,) Gazette thus re-
cords the triumphs of its new caloric en-
gine: ....
1t goes like clock" Putting and
blowing, it tugs away at its work like a
boy at his steut. Hundreds of people
have been to see it. What makes it go?'
asks one. Where is the water?" asks
another. "What the deuce won't they
get upnext" And on it goes! whats
that blowing OFF, That is the escape of
than is needed to drive the press, it is
passed off through the ample pipe. No
water is used. A fire is built in the little
furnace and the wheel set in motion, and
away it goes. 1t needs no attention any
further than to keep the fire burning
Any boy can manage it. And besides
driving the press, it gives all the heat
necessary to warm the room in the cold
est weather. 1t can consume but little
fuel, and therefore cannot cost much to
run it. 1t is the cheapest power in the
world. When first set up the draft was
not good, and it failed to show its power,
but that difficulty has been overcome,
and now it ''goes like II top" Three
cheers for the caloric printer
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BAY" A Mr.. West, of Bradford, N. H.,
has been muleted in the sum of 500 for
breaking promise of marriage made to
Lowell widow Both of the susceptible
parties have seen upwards Off fifty summers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

- hSuR S240 A BARREL.-At the last ac-
counts flour was selling on the island of
Hayti at two hundred and forty dollars
per barrel! That looks like high price,
but the money was Haytien currency,
which is like our old continental money.
About $50 of it are worth one silver dol
lor
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BJ- An English womnn, about rs years
of age, living nine miles west of Auburn.
New York, walked into the Auburn
market recently, bringing the entire dis.
tance 20 pounds of butter on her head.
2S dozen eggs on one arm, and a thump.
ing fat baby, weighing So pounds, ON the
other If7T' =
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TERMS:
THE POST rs pUBLisneD EVERY FRIDAY,
At Two Dollars Year, Payable In Advance.

~ wv uOboss sVe' sys~sS 's'FsSvss'Sos
@ss- No attention paid to orders for Me paper
a"iess accompanied ty the Cash.
ADvERrisEMsxTs will bo charged 81 per square
pf 10 lines, or icss for the first insertion, and SO
sats for each continuance. liberal deduction
male to those who advertise by the year
..ss- Persons sending advertisements must mark
no number Of times they desire them inserted, or
l,oy will be continued until forbid and charged
accordingly. -&N iuF
For ann nouncing the names of candidates for
oaico IS. Cash
Obituary notices over IL lines, charged at rcgu-
lar advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the
private ends interests Of Corporations Societies,
Schools or individuals, will be charged as adver
tisenenis.
jon woRx, such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Circu-
lars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills. &c. will be exccu-
ted in good style and on reasonable terms.
All ictters addressed to tho Proprietor, will be
promptly attended to. 81.
No communication inserted unless accompapit2
by the name of the author. ,.
Ra1- Office on Main street. next door e fne ON
yrokson Hotel.
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.f~ YES" said kind mother of one
OF our city chu ohes. helping her little
son learn his SUI day school lesson, s.Cain
was fugitive and vagabond on the earth;
he was 50 bad that he thought every man
would slay him. Where could wicked
Cain 80 tot" "Why, mother replied
thoughtful Johnny, "Caip could have
| gone TO Bahimore."
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REvIvAL.-A revival of religion has, for
some time, been going on at both the
Baptist and Methodist Churches in Thorn
asville. Many have connected themselves
with the Church. The Hon. James la
Seward, ro loe-", i,ss oi"ua 'h~ p''r'i
-Ba;nJyidqe Argus, 2Sth.
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Bfsuop or MoslLE.-The Mobile Regis
tyr saws: I'VE learn from friend that
the Rev. John Quinlan, of Cincinnati,
OHIO. President of the Theological Semi
nary has received the appointment of
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mobile
and West Florida, rendered necessary by
the death of the lamented Porter.
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BB" "Jerome, Jerome !'' screamed Mrs.
Butterfield, the other day, to her biggest
boy, what are you throwing to those
pigeons" Gold beads, mother, and the
darned fools are eatin' 'em--'spect they
think it's corn" g.. .. ..3I - ii,
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~ The man, VIM. Fulton, who killed
his child in Detroit, while firing gun at
his wife, has been found guilty Of murder
in the second degree. The jury recon-
mendedl him to mercy. .''
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psy- The Utah mail says, Mckenzie,
the forger of the Government checks,
has been sentenced to two years impris-
onment in the Penitentiary.
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R8- Treasury receipts of the week,
Sl,l36,OOO. Drafts paid, Sl,2s6,OOO
Drafts issued, nearly 81 $4,000. Subject
to draft, S4,570,000.
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----------Cnew on wisdom past,
And tottcr on in blunders to the last"

Let us inspect, now, that IMPREGNABLE
ENTREScHMENT, as it stood in l85G.--when
the Republican leaders, by running FIRE.
mont, elected Buchanan President. The
popular vote then was
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN THE NORTHERN STATES IN
1860,
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n6y- The Des Moines Citizen saws a re

H6y- The Des Moines Citizen says re-
turned Pixies Peak wagon passed our Of
flee few days since with these words
rudely daubed on the cover, "Fizzle--ask
no questions" That told the whole story
as well as it could be told in half an hour,
and saved the time of the travellers, who
felt that they had already wasted too
much -Ag
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

sss- The water that flows from spring
does not CONCEAL in winter And those
sentiments of Friendship which flows
from the heart cannot be frozen in adver-
sity. H' ,.s9 +f-
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Eey" A little boy was saying his prayers
half asleep; Now ! lay me down to
sleep, pray the Lord my soul to keep |;
and if ! should die before ! wake-Pop,
goes the weasel" ~
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80 ssqs- .Vuvuern otates-.the Canebrakes
of Alabama-is said to have utterly failed
in its crop this year.
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Proposed Abolition of the Law for
Enforcing the Payment of Debts.
from the Now York fpdepep,.r,,

Abolish all laws for the collection of
debts, and leave creditors to their own
power of discriminating character when
giving credit. This is the point to which
our growing civilization tends, and to
which Practical wisdom and philosophy
point. We have long since abolished
the inhuman laws which used to impris-
on debtors, in which abolition we took
the lead of old Europe. We have now
to lead the way to ppre important re-
form. A great portion Of the bad debts
made arises from thSiR Ring of business
on impiudent hSs1 ~ .,sey--ss
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p6- Seat in Congress from New York
city, is quoted at ten thousand dollaps by
the papers there.
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~ Jas, Price, white man, received
30 lashes ct the last Wyths county tVa.,)
Court, for petty larcsny.
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IT OUGnT TO PAss.-A correspondent of
the Camden Republic recommends that
the Legislature of Alabama pass an act
as follows: THAT the Probate Judge and
Circuit Clerk, in each county in the State,
both be required under suitable penalty
to keep file of the county paper in their
offices, and at the expiration of each year
to have the same well and substantially
bound, and kept in their offices as pub
lie records, for the use of the public"
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hy,raxs DuEL.--On the 18th ult, an
.tI.,r fatal duel was fought with rifles, at
,...v races, near San Andreas, Cal. The
..ar, .es were DR.. Peterson and Col VIM.
4 4stewood. The former fell mortally
....,.at,ed, and died in two hours.
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DG- The salt or brine in which any
kind of meat has been picked, is deadly
poison TO stock. ..' tiN n.H
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ass@ Am old Dutch farmer, iust arrived

ass- An old Dutch farmer, just arrived
at the dignity of a Justice of the Peace,
had his first marriage case. He did it up,in
this way. He first said to the man;
Vell you wants to be marret! Veil
you lovish dis woman so good as and yo-
man you have seen?
"Yes." .....-.
Then he said to the woman, "Vell, do
you love dis man so better as any man you
have ever scent"
She hesitated little while, and he re-
peated: ........
"Vell, vell do you love him so veil as
to be his wife? ....l ..
Eyes, yes" she replied. .....
"Vell, dat ish all any reasonable man
can expect. So you are marret. pro-
nounce you man and wife?"
The man asked the justice what was
to pay. Nothing at all; you are Welcome
to it if it will do you any goots"
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-
The gpst.
Athens, Friday, October 21, 1859.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. il.--The opposition
are celebrating the triumph of Mann,
for District Attorney by $500 majority,
and the residue of the ticket by $500
majority. In Lancaster county the op-
position ticket is elected by 1900 ma
iorito. The Democratic majorities are
in Wayne county 600. Northampton
county 1900. Montgomery county 1900.
Dauphn county elects the whole Repub-
lican ticket
WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-THE Government
il satisfied that the Yacht Wanderer is the
only vessel which has landed Africans on
our coast. They are making stringent
efforts to intercept further cargoes.
New ORLEANS, Oct. l2.-Driver & Pierce's
store on Levee Street was burned last
night. Loss $1,000.
There is a mass meeting of the Oppo-
sition tonight. Soule is speaking: there
is a great gathering and enthusiasm.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 13-Two men were
shot last night, and the ballot box at the
Goth Ward smashed up and no return
made. The Reformers carried seven
wards, defeating the most Objectionable
candidates of their opponents. Exclu-
ding the Goth Ward the Americans have
1857 majority against l9,oOo majority at
the last election.
New York, Oct. 13-Noon.-Flour de-
clined 5 to 10 cents-Sales of 5000 bbls.
S4.60@$4.7O; Corn buoyant, mixed 81;
Whisky 20.
New YoRK, Oct. l3.-The Washington
correspondent Of the Times denies that
England has demanded an explanation
of Harney's course. On the contrary,
while Lyons is claiming the Island Of San
Juan. he has submitted proposition for
a settlement Of the dispute-Cass replies,
positively declining To recogni"~ o'e" a
shadow Of English title. This turn in al
fairs is regarded as very serious. Our
Government think peace or war depend
upoh the tenacity of England to her pre-
tensions.
Pnl,ApELrHIA, Oct. 13.-1t is reported
hat President Buchanan intends prose-
ou,.ng Nv Forney for libel in an editorial
a..is;a on Bruderick's death.
lyDrANh EL.crlox.--The Republican
.i-kat ia elected on an average OF about
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Gov. Harris on Banking.

That portion of the Governors recent
Message which relates to Banking" is
not received with any favor by the press
of the State, if we except those few prints
which grind for the TOLL" and are ever
ready to commend any absurdity, or mon
strosity that eminates from "head quar-
ters." Among the journals disposed to
take issue with His Excellency upon the
Currency, is the NashviNes Gazette, from
which the article below is taken, and
which paper is strictly neutral in respect
to parties:
THE GovERSoR's MEssAGE.-We have
contents of. the Message. AS might have
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psy" Bricks that will float used to be
made years ago, but the art has been lost
until recently. A Monsieur Fabroni has,
it is said, discovered their composition,
which is said to be fifty-fve parts Of 81
liceous earth, fifteen of Magnesia, four
teen of water, twelve of alumina, three
of lime, and one of iron. They are in
fusible, and will float in water though
e6p Gehn nAtn tney f rssst Water Ss Unite
perfectly with lime and are subject to no
change from heat or cold. They are
nearly as strong as common brick though
only about one-sixth as heavy or consider.
ably lighter than water. They are such
poor conductors of heat that one end may
be heated red hot while the other end is
held in the hand.
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lntemperance comes with noseless step,
and binds the first cords with touch
too light to be felt. This truth of mourn
full experience should be treasured by
ALL and should influence the arguments
and habits of social and domestic life in
every class of the community.-D-. Chan
utnS.
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.g2ea.I The Rev. S. q. Starkes, Principal
: ,ue State Female College at Memphis,
-. il Fr lay morning last.
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BeSH One of the railroads in New York
is said to be the safest in the world, as the
Superintendent keeps boy running
ahead of the train to drive off the calves
and sheep. ls' On.
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RN- The Scientific American speaks of
new invention for horse-shoeing, ie-
signed to obviate the continual driving of
nails in the hoof, by which great injury is
sometimes inflicted on valuable horses by
unskilful workmen. A groove is made
in the underside of the common shoe,
into which is fastened a piece of iron of
the same width and shape as the groove,
only thicker and slightly curved upward,
the junction forming complete dove
tail. The advantage of this inner shoe
is, that it is made to project beyond the
ordinary shoe, and when worn down can
easily be removed and replaced by anoth-
er without pulling off the shoe from the
horses hoof. ..