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T mffmmmmmimmmt _THE FARiVL_ RAISING A DAIRY. HERD. Good, practixsail Uairymen have long *go ceased tryiog to piok up auppUea tor their herds at ba{>hazard throu^h- oat the country. It requires the ut- aioBt care, and aa Mr. Gurler says in Breeders' Gazette, the herd is the foun- dAtioD, and without a good foundation ao kind of businesa can prosper or be permanentliy sucoeasful. It we build our foundation with cows that have a oapacity to make no more than 150 Ujs. of butter per annum, we shaJl make a Doiaerahle failure of dairying. We must have oows that will produce with lotelligent feeding and oaj-e sufficient to pay for feed and labor and leave a baJamce for profit. When we cannot ac- compliish this there is something wrong with us and we need to o<Hnmence with aurael'ves, taking time to do some in- tel'ligeint planning of our workj Who but ourselves to blaine tor our keep- ing unprofitable cowl^ Are we ex- cusable in this progressive age for not knowing whether our cows are paying A profit or not? And when the dairy aa a whole is profitable is it good busi- ness when wa do nut know what cows are making 'Jie prolit. whirh are mak- ing no profit, and which are making a loss? Before the introduction of the Babcook geat there was some excuse for a dairyman not knowing what his in- dividual cows were producing, but now there is no excuse whatever for this condition, as we have a isimple and thoroughly reliable way of testing the cowo. A person with average intellag- toce can learn to operate the Babcock test in a very short time. A maxrhine of lofficient size for a dairy can be bought !or 95 or flO. Now, Slaving the oows and the Bab- took testing machine, let us give each :ow a name, or, what is better, a num- aer on a tag in ibt- eax. Then we want Kales of some kin< to weigh the milkj Make a record of ea.-h milking tor three lays and take a sample of about imei i>unoe of mUk from each milking and put it into a small bottleâ€" an eight- funce bottle will answer very wellj Vben a cow is miilked pour the milk rum one pail into anuti^r three times to get it thoroughly mixed before tak- ing the sompile to put in tbe bottle. £«ep this bottle in a cool place to pre- '«nt the milk souxing before it is test- id. When the weather is warm it ia &fer to use some preparation to prevent Jie samples sourins.' Hiclirumate of fotaah will accomplish this very nice- 7 by the use oi a quantity the size of I small pea in each bottle. It can be trocured from a druggiist and should be •ulverLzed. At the end of three days vork out the test, which will give you •be percentage of fat in each oow's milik. fhis percentage of fat and the weight >f milk produced multiplied together ••i;^ give us the total fat produced by the different cows. To the fat add one- sighlh, or 12 per cent, and we shall have a very oliosu estimate of the but- ter each oow vri'A have mode if we have done inteJiigi-at work in handling the BoiLk and crt-am from the cow to the finished butter. Do not be discouraged by anything or anybody from undertak- lo^ this test work, as it is the only practical way you can learn what each oow it* making.! There is no more rea»- on for keeping a cow that wLU no more than pay for her feed than there id in keeping a hired man who can no more than pay for h'm board. When prop- erly fed and oared for a oow that does not produce 200 pounds of butter aunu- aMjv should be sold as soon as possible. Uelfers or young oows th;it have not reached maturity we must use judgment about an^ not be too hasty in con- demning a heifer with her first or sec- ond call. In case a person is starting new in the dairy work and h;is his cows to purchase, 1 would reoommt-ud the oowit to be tested before they are bouij^ht, and buy only »uch as produce â- ufficicnt to make them profitable. The probabilities are that we shall never again seM butter for 10 cents per pound. The tendency of the times is to lower prices and we must prepare to meet tnem and this means in the dairy that we must have better oows vnd handle them and their product with more InteHtgence. I l^elieve a dairy- man should grow his own cows in place of purchasing, as I am confident he ..'an grow better ones than he can pur- ohase. Exercise oare in selecting a male to use with the herd; A few dolUirs here will not amount to much per head on the calves that will be raised from htm. Remember that a cow that will) Sroduce 400 pouuds of butteor annually I worth four times as much in the herd as the oow that produces 250 pounds, *s the 250-poujiid cow leaves but fifty Cnds for profit and the 400-pound cow 200 pounds for profit. In 1894 my mature oows produced 339 pouuds oC jutter per oow, and I had six that made aver 100 pounds, ono making 508 pounds, md she a grade Uolstein-rriesiau. One regUtered Jersey with her first calf luadb over 400 pounds of butter. AMONG THE POULTRY. "Make hay while the sun shines," •hould be the motto of poultry owners tbsse (Ins autumn days. Quantities of leaves shouJjd be provided for strewing over the floor of henneries after the dally cleaning up. The sand heap should be replenished so as to insure a fresh supply during the winter, A Load o^" two of sawdust will be found to be an excel/lent article to spread over the floon of the coops; It is a good ab- soirbent. The practice of spreading the contents of the ashpan from coal fires is not a good one. Poultry often con- tract a disease similar to stone-bruise by (t(yLng from the perch upon the cind- ers contained in coali ashes. Try (Ul- ing the nestling boxes with dry earth hsached ashes, or better yet, unileached ssites. We have fotud that earth or ashes are superior to nests made of straw or hay. The saving wllil be some- thing, too, especialily if your flook of hens is large. Nests should be replenished every twol or tltree weeks and examined as to theii' condition. See that no fowls remain apon the nests at night, and alao note that the boxes axe not placed under perches or other places where the fowls roost. If vermin are found in the l)oxea remove and scald, then saturate with strong brine, and afterward fiU half full of earth or aahes and replace and you win have no trouble with verm- in for some time at least. Before poultry goes into winter quar- ters see that they ara free from vermin. Kxamine them and if lice are found,ap- ply a mixture mads of lard and kero- sene. Mix well by stirring briskly un- til' it ia of the coasiatency of cream^ and apply freely to the top of the head- Vi'ingB, legs, etc.> Do not depend upon dry sulphur mixed in the dust bath, etc.; rather mix in the soft food for poultry. Sulphur afaould be given to fowls once every week. Feal her-eating ia caused by a deficiency of sulphur in foods, and unless you wish your fowJs to acquire that pernicious practice or habit, supply it in the food. It is ob- noxious to vermin by being absorbed imto the system and finding an outlet at the pores of the l)ody. The same rule will apply to horses and cattle that are infested with vermin. We would never think of ridding animals of lice Ijy sprinkling Sulphur around them. Instead, the surest way is to give a dose of sulphur in soft food. A very handy adjunct of the poultry house is a splint broom. It can be naade of linn or hickory and is strong and durable. If the poultry quarters are cleansed daily, as they should be when large numbers are congregated, the work is very much lessened and the brown will generally be found to be sufficient. fVhen the cleaning is not done daily but weekly, a broad hoe should be used first, followed by a splint broom. A smalil hand-barrow will l)e found very handy. The hennery should undergo a thorough inspection. Do not leave gaping cracks, where the lumber has shrunk apart. Batten with narrow ptrips of lumber^ Cover all air-holes and rafters, if your hennery ia not ceiled, and provide sliding win- dows, and have the windows where they cahould lie; upon the south aide of the quarte>rs so as to admit aid the sun- shine possible. Your fowls aire as sus- QepCible to the cheering influence of fresh air and sunshine as yourself, and appreciate it in their way quite aomuctb. We do not beLiuve in artificial heat- ing of houses where fowls are confined; ral her provide warm comfortable houses and the proper kind oi food for the cold season, and leave the rest to nature or Provideucevi Whatever is done to in- crease the comfort and well Ijeing of your fowls increases their profit in the same ratio. Do not overcrowd nor ali- low crowers among your winter layers. Secure also a quantity of road dust and provide a place where corn and wheat can be buried in it ao as to induce scratching for it, thus securing needed exercise.. Give all the milk you can spare, either sweet or sour, also table slops; fowls relish all these things. BoLled wheat is recommended to Iw fed warm on cold mornings. Potatoes or vegetables may l>e aJdedj alao a dash of cayenne; this wilil put your fowls in better spirits than if a breakfast of oold grain were given alone. SEERSUCKER FOR CLOTHING. Seersucker has long been given s foremost place as the material for kit- chen dresses. It washes easily and needs scarcely any ironing. Only the hems and edges need a "couching up" with the iron, and trimmed with a lit- tle linen lace around neck and sleeves such dresses look fully as pretty as those of calico, which does not wear halt so long. ' For children's dresses and boys' ev- eryday waists it is a lxx)n to the ever busy mother. Children should not al- ways be dressed in homely little dresses, and these luay be made up quite pret- tily and save considerable work in the ironing. Everyday petticoats for the littie girls, made of light stripped seer- sucker, wear just beautifully. And it may be used for simple waists for the little boys also. As it requires so little work to wash andiron clothes mode of this material, the chilaren may always be clean and neat. Many mothers make night dresses for the children of cream- colored seersucker and trim rh,»m with some strung lace. They look mucsh prettier than one would think. When niiilrin^> kitchen dresses it is a good idea to cut the sleeves short. One always rolls the sleeves up anyway when working around the house, audit they ara made short they will look much prettier. If cut oft at the elbow, finish with a narrow ruffle. Such sleeves are very comfortable. Another comfort> able sleeve is the bishop sleeve. Turn up a two-inch hem at the bottom, stitch- ing two rows about a quarter of an inch i apart and running a narrow elastic be- tween the rows of stitching. These sleeves aje easily slipped up or down and in that way never become soiled and always have a neat appeoxance. The two-mch hem. has the appearance of a narrow ruffle when drawn over the elastic. FAITH CURE. The small boy had been requested to do some errands, but insisted that he was feeling badly. Am the fautily phy- sician hiLppened to call he felt the boy's ^ulse and looked at bis tongue, and said : You had better make a good strong mustard piaster f The boy looked dep(reaeed and left the room. When shall I a{^ly the plaster? ask- ed the mother. Don't apply it at all. He'll get well before that stage of the treatment is reached. NEW STERILIZING IDEA. The Hf kerne t* Be Tried tai Pari* as a Larce l^ale. One of the newest applications of elec- tricity, and one fraught with great pos- sibilities for the future, is about to be tried at Paris St. Petersburg and Ant- werp, where large experimental plants are being erected for the production of ozone, to be used in the saterillzation of drinking water. Ozone, according to M. Repin, of the Pasteur Institute, not only destroys the microbes, but is the only agent which destroyes itself spon- taneously after having acted without leaving any trace. It offers advantages over sterilization by heating, in that it does not remove the .iir from the wa- ter, and in that it has the a<l vantage of destroying not only living geruis, but also organio substances dissolved in the w.iter. The purification of drinking water by ozone has now been carried out on a large scale at Oudshoorn, Belgium, for over a year. The water source at this place was a very polluted one, when untreated being absolutely unfit tor use. At the first contact of the water and t he ozonized air the greater i>art of the microbes ore killed; but a few offer resistance, and to kill these, seven or nine minutes of cuutiiiued .ipplication is required. As a remarkable exam- ple of the power of ozone tor this pur- pose, of seventeen siuuple tubes thus treated sixteen remained sterile. It has also been found that ozonized water is very much less IL-ible to reinfection than water which has been merely filt- ered, and that the lx?neficial salts in water are scarcely affected by ozone. The color and taste of the water are ino<lified favorably. The only difficul- ty in the application of the process hith- erto has b<'ca the want of suitably con- structed apparaiif. ti> produce the ozone economically and in large quantities. T'hie. however, is Ijelieved by M. Uepin to have lieen stilvod. A practical ap- pivratus is being exidbited at the Hy- ?:ienio Exposition in Paris, and at the telgun plant above referred to. Re- garding the cost of the process, which depends chiefly upon the amount of or- giuiic material in tlie water and the price of coal, it has been found that tn the treatment of the Seine water lose th:i.n one-horse power per hour will be necessary for the sterilization of five cubic meters. A daily consumption of 300.000 cubic meters of water, as in Paris, will, therefore, require about SOOO horse-power, the cost of operating which is not thought exorbitant. The ozone whu>h is not used can be recovered by paisslng the same air* through the ap- paratus again, and the same maohiuory can be used for the production of light at night and tor the sterilization of wa- ter during the day, thus reduciov large- ly fixed charges. GROWTH OF RAILWAYa Only 70 years have elapsed since the first railway in the world was finish- ed. During that comparatively brief period 400,000 rnUea have been oua- structed. BROWN CHEESE. " 'Preme,' or 'premost,' also called brown cheese, is an inexpensive article of food when ther^i ui plenty of milk, and we consider it very good," says a correspondent in Housekeeper. "Fill the boiler with sweet skim milk, or, it you can make cheese of the curd, take new milk. Un the evening before the cheese is to be made a piece of rennet the size of your hand should be put to soak In a pint or so of whey. Add this whey to the skim niLIk and stir with a wooden paddle, keeping the boiler on the back of the stove. As soon as the curd forms dip it out with a long han- dled skimmer. It is a good plan to strain the whole boilerful if you have dishes enough to use for the purpose. When the whey h;is U'*;onie tree from curd put it back into the boiler, move the boiler to the tiout of the stove and let it boil steadily without a cover. When it has boiled down until it begins to thicken it should be stirred almost constantly. When it is like thin mush add a cupful each of sugar and butter, remove it from the fire, stir it tuitil cold, then pour it into Wishes and set it aside to ti&rden. In the winter I )je- gin with it in the forenoon, and it is done fur the next afternoon. In the summer I begin early in the morning ami finish it the same day. Out of a b«>iler full of milk you will not get mora than two quarts of preuie, but it is an excellent dish, ami will sell fur 25 cents per pound. It will keep for any length of time, ,ind the fiios <io not trouble it. Care should be taken that the boiler is perfectly clean and that the i>remu is stirred steadily after the boiler has been moved imtil cold." SOMK EXCELLENT RECIPES. Delicious Raised Biscuit.â€" At three o'clock in the afternoon dissolve one- half a compressed yeast cake in a half cup water. Put into a bowl one quart of flour ; make a hole in the center and pour iu the yeast and one pint of warm milk. Stir well with a spoon, and stand in a wai-m place until light. In the evening adii two well-b<-aten eggs, one-half cup of .sugar, one heapmg tea- spoonful salt, one large half cup but- ter. Knead thoroughly, adding flour enough to make a velvety dough ; cov- er and stand iu warm place over night. In the muruiug turn out on a bread board and roll out with a rolling pin to one-halt inch in thickness; cut out with a cooky cuiiur and put in a warm place to rise, if property made these rolls are delicious. Delicate Cream Biscuit.â€" Add to 2 quarts ut flour, 1 leaspooutul of butter or lard, 1 large teaspoontui of sugar, 1 small teuspuoiiCul of salt, .;! tablespoon- fuls of ye.ist. Let it rise over night, and in thu morning knead lightly and Utke in a quick oven. Fruit and Nut Cake.â€" One cup of but- ter, 2 cups of sug.ir, 1 cup of sweet milk, whites of 7 eggs. 2 1-2 cups of ilour, 2 teaspooutuls ut baking powder. Stir well. Chop together 1 lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of figs, 1 lb. of dates, 1 lb. of hick- ory nut meats, 1-1 lb. of citron; dredge well with flour and stir well into the oake. HELPFUL HINTS. " By cutting unions, turnips, and car- rots across th>< fibre, it makes them more tender w hen cookod. Apples for tuakiug pies should not be sliced; merely peel, cut in quarters, core, and again cut each quarter in half. For baking bread and pastry have an oven that wilt In (ive ujiuuleji turn a piece of white paper a dark brown. Turpentine mixed in black lead and brushud over the grwisy stove is very effectual in cleaning it. Good black huae should need no special oare as regards the dye, other than g roper washing. If there is any doubt, owever, about the dye it may lie set by first washing in strong salt water, then dry and wash again in another solution, rinsing last of all in clear water. If properly done the dye will not move after this. Fink or green prints will be brighter If vluijgar is put iu the rinsing water. Always dry prints iu the shade- THE COLD SWEAT OF HEART DIS- EASE Is Dispelled in 30 Minutes by Dr. Ag- new'a Cure tor the Heart. The thousands who suffer from heart disease will undeistand what is meant by Mrs. Roadhouae, of WUUcroft, Ont., when siie says: "Cold sweat would stand out in great beads upon my face." With everyone who suXfers from heart trouble it is a death struggle, for it is bard to say when the cord of life will not snap with this disease ooniruiiuig the system. In the interests of human life, let all who suffer from heart trouble always act promptly, and use a remedy that is effective. Death may easily occur it it lb a case simply of ex- perimenting with medicines that are nut specially intended to remove the trouble in this direction. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart is a heart si>ecific, and will give relief within 30 minutes after the first dose is taken, and cure permanently, as many have already testified tlirough these columoa. Sold by W. E. Richardson. Atlanta, Ga., has a house wholly con- structed of paper. THE MEMBER FOR ALGOMA. Mr. George H. McDonnell, M. P. for Algoma Recommends Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powderâ€" It Relieves in 10 to 60 Minutes. Let no oae be suiurised at the l^ish character of the testimonials received oy the proprietors of Dr. Agnew's Catar- rhal Pmvder. This medicine merits the best thmga that can be said of it, for be the trouble Cold iu the Head, Ca- tarrh. Hay Fever, or Catarrhal Deaf- ness, relief is so speedy and effective that it charms all. This is the view of the popul;ir member of the House of Commons tor the Dist riot of Algoma, who has used this medicine, and does not hesitate to tell the people of Can- ada of its great worth. Sold by W. E. Richardson. A SAFE RULE. Cutely, why are you always asking old Blowly's advioel Because I can always make big mon- ey by doine what he tells me not to do. PUes Cured in 3 to 6 Nights.-Dr. Ag- new's Ointment will cure all cases of Itching Piles in from 3 to 6 nights. One application brings comfort. For Blind and Bleeding Piles it is peerless. Also cures Tetter, Salt Rheum, Eczema, Barber's Itch, and all eruptions of the skin. 35 cts. Sold by W. E. Richardson. Gratitude to Coluiiilius is reflected in 29 towns, it we include Columbua Landing, Mich., and Columbusville, N.Y. PILL' AGE Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills. 10c. a Vial are Plivnned After the Most Modern in Medical Science. They are as Great an Improvement Over the 50 Years Old Strong Dose Pill Formulas as a" Bicycle is Over An Ox Cart in Travel, and Less Than Half the Price. Cinnamon Diop Coated makes them pleasant to takeâ€" Ix'tng purely vege- table makes them alisolutely safeâ€" they never gripe and they never fail â€" 10 doses. 10 cents at all druggists. Sold by W. E. Richardson. Baron Steuben's services in the revo- lution have not been forgotten, tor there are 12 Stcubene and Steuben- viiles. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A MARTYR TO RHEUMATISM. Released From Pain in One Day. "It is my desire," 8;iys Mr. James Kerr, faruier, of Kars, Out., "to toll for the public good of the great blessing South American Uheuiii.itic Cure has been to my wife. She had been a great sufferer fVomi rueumal'ism for 25 years; hatl doctored with all physicians, far and near, but never received perfect relief until she used South American Rheumatic Cure. It banished all pain in one day. and seven bottles cured radically. 1 think two or three bottlee would have been suffii;ient had it not been for delay iu securing meiiicine. I most cheerfully and freely give this testimony. and strongly recommend suffert.rs" from rheumatism to use this remedy, ;i3 1 believe it will cure in •very "case." Sold by W. E. Bicbardson. SHE KNOWS. Is kissing a common or a proper nounf asked tne teacher. Botn, answered the girl with the cor- al lips. DEATH THROUGH THE KIDNEYS. Hardly tiny orgiui of the human sys- tem play a more vital part than the kidne.v8. A derangement of these, even to a slight degree, will lead to trouble that is likely, it not stayed, to prove fatal. There is only one way for the Biystem to be rid ot this disojisc, and that is by trying a medicine that will act specially, and is a specific foi kid- ney disease. This is the strong f.ictor in the great South American Kidney Cure. It is prepared specially for these organs, is radical in its banishment of duMoae located here, and rich in the healing powers ncccasivry to complete restoration. Sold by W. E. Kiihardaon. Cures ProTe the merit oJ Hood's SaraapariUaâ€" poifc tlT«, petfMt, permaneut Cures. Cures ot Scrofula in severest fomu. Salt Bheum, with Intense Itching and bum* scald head, bulla, pimples, eto. Cure* of Dyspepaia, BheumsUsm, Catarrh, by tomug auU mailing rich, red blood. Cur^a of NervouinsM and That Tired FeeUnft by feeding nerves, muscles and UtoMt on pur* bluod. For book ol ounu bf Hoods Sarsaparilla Bend address to 0. L Hood A Co.. LoweU, Vam, u j» r-kMi are the bast atter-oinnsi nOOd S Fills pilU, aid digestion. IM FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THECOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGCsr Sale in Canada. NERVOUS PROSTRATION The Frequent Cause of Much Misery and Suffering. The Vicllni Hclplr%> aad i arrllableâ€" It Supx tlir i'uBKlllutlait uud Muken ttaa lavuiuuturil]' .4>k U Ulc Wurlk U*> tUK. From the Lindsay Poet. It is at least commendable to bow, before ilie inevitable. liut what ap- pears to l>e inevitable may be delayed or altogether averted. What were considered necessarily fatal iliseasea twenty-five or even ten yiars ago in many instances are not now placed in uliiit categoryâ€" thanks to medical and sciautific siiill. Life ia sweet. We must either oontrol the nerves or they will miutter us. Hysteria may prove fatal. It reuders the persou altllcied hulpleai and unreliable, and casts a continual shadow upon a hitherto bright and cheerful life. It saps the coustitutioa and makes one iuvuluulorily ask, "la life worth living ( ' Mijis iauny Wat- son, daughter ol ilr. Henry Watson. living on lot 22, in the township ot Soiuerville, Victoria county, is one ot those whose life tor years was mads imnerable from nervous disease. At the a,ge of Iweive Mias Watson met with an apcideut which so seriously af- lected her nervous system that during the subsequent five years she was sub- jected to very severe nervous prostr*- lion, resulting m cuuvulsiuus vMih un- consciousness ior three ur four hours at a time. IhJs oondition continued until March last when she had an increased and prolonged attack by which she waC completely prusiraiuJ fur the space of» (ortmght. Ihedisea*' so affected tue op- tic nerve that .Vli«4 \> atsuu was forced to weio: glasses, ilauy remedies were tried but wuliuo avaL. and bolh Airs. Watson and her friends feared that a cure could not i-o obtained. Lllimately Dr. Wi.iiauis Fmk Pills were strongly recomiueiiUeil by various friends and th* young ladv decided 10 give them a irial A halt do;;cu boxes were bought, ana liy the time one Ijox was used there was an improvement iu her cuudilioo, and before the haif dozen boxes were used. Miss Watson was, to use her own words, a different person altogether. Her entire nervous system was rein- lorced to such an extent that she la now able to dispense with the use ol the giasses whicu pievioua (ailing eyo- sighi had made iiui'e!>»ai'j . ilias Wat- son is now a staunch friend of Dr. Willioma' Puik fills, and says: 'l have pleasure in recommeuuing theui to all similarlv afflicLea." Itev. D. .Miller, » friend of the family, vouches for the facts alx>ve set (urih. Dr. Wi.liams Puik Pills create new- blood, build up the nerves, and thus drive disease Irom ihf system. Ui hun- dreds of cases they have cured after all oihor medicines have failed, thus establishing the claim that they are a marvel among the triumphs of modern medical science. Th.- genuiue Pink Pills are sold onlv in boxes, bearing the full Lrade mark, "Dr Williams' fink Pill* for Pale People." Protect yourself from "imposi.ion bv refusing any [till that does not bear tlje registered trade marll around the l)o.\. PAPER HORSESHOES. Ucucrlptlon of the rr<>r«-->H by Wklck Tkay XT* Made. A peculiar invention purporting to have lieen brought forward some time since in Berlin seems to have proved a reality, namely, the manufacture o( horseshoes of pajH-.r. impregnated with oil or turpentine to make it water proot, Iho process being descrilied as follows: Alter being thus saturated it is gluud toget her in thin layers, with a cement whii'h does not liecomo brittle when drying, being a mi^l^ure of Venetian turpentine, powdered chalk, linseed oil and lacquer; the holl^s, admitting the nails by which the show is fastened to the hoof, are stamped through the paiier when moist. The article is ihea subjected to a very strong preasure under a hydraulic press, and, when dry. can Ix! filed and planed to tit the hoof snugly. \ variation in this man- ufactiue IS that ot producing horseshoes ot piiiier pulp, adding chalk, .sand, tur- pentine and linseed oil in such quan- tities that the material is unperuieable to moisture. This composition is .said not only to possess tlio ncce>is.iry elas- ticity and toughness for such a purpose, but it can readily be pressed In molda and dried afterward, or cut out ol blockis of the moss and placed undei strong prv;«sure. But thu -^hoes tnede by pasting together paper sheets are said to l^e stronger than those made of the compre.-wed uiaiorlal. The por^ ticulnr advantage named for shoes o( this descriijiion is thi> proveoling *f the horse slipping on slippery i;oad»