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Flere Is the Scheme by Which Rich Shoeing Horses.

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days the biacksmiti’s trade was a noto- riously good one. . All the blacksmiths got rich with their horse, mule and ox shoeing, and the wagon and the other repair work which they did. Most of the blacksmiths combined with their other work wagon repairing and even

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were yery few factories In those days, and i made wagon cost big mon- ey. When they were doing nothing else, they would make wagons, and when there wus lots of transient work wagons had to wait. shop was a busy place. There was no tavern there, but the blacksmith also had a cider press, and he made the cider for all the farmers for miles around. But neither this nor the profits of his shop couki account for the rapid way | in which he accumulated wealth. As is well known, apple cider, if allowed to stand long enough, will become *‘ hard,’’ and after that it will turn into vinegar.

‘This cider dealer always had plenty of hard cider on hand, but never had any Vinegur for sale. The farmers and others who stopped at his place could always get a drink of hard cider, which they took out of a tin dipper at 10 cents adrink, and the size of the driak was something which attracted very little attention. hardly any kind of beverage is more intoxicating than hard cider. It is @ good dcal like champagne in one respect. Yon can drink a great deal of it one day, and the next day you will be awfully sick and sorry, and a good decal drunker than when you went to bed. The blacksmith required no license to sell hard cider, and he worked the gsme to the limit. His place became Very popular, and the farmers came trom many miles around in both states to get their horses shod at | is place. Many of them would*come home drunk, and their wives began to protest. They always had to have some excuse for hav- ing visited the state line shop, and so the blacksmith, after supplying them with a few dipperfuls of hard cider, would take the shoes off their beasts and put om new oues, whether they > needed it or not. For this service he would charge a good round price, while in many instances it was noticed he made no charge for the cider.

‘*But, as is the way of all flesh, this blacksmith died one day, and then his business secrets. came out. He left an estate of over $80,000, and in the cellar of the cider press a great number of enpty whisky barrels were found. For years he had beep putting whisky into his cider and had been setting new shoes on nearly every horse which came along, willy nilly.’’— Washington Star.

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Methods of the Blind.

The blind man has to depend almost entirely on the accuracy of his ears to guide him wherever he may wish to go, and itis remarkable in what a short time he becomes familiar with a new locality and fresh surroundings.

Few people arp aware of the powers of the car, but the blind, through con- stant exercise of that organ, are able to discover objects almost as rapidly as a seeing person.

For instance, when walking in a per- ‘fect caim, he can ascertain the proxim- ity of objects by the feeling of the at- mosphere upou Lis face. it would seem at first that the echo given back, were it only from his breathing, might be snus. le to his ear, but it has been as- @ftained by experiment that a blind mai. ith his ears stopped can tell when aiy large object is close to his face, even when it approaches so slowly as Mot to canse any sensible current of air.

When he is walking along the street, be cen tell whether it is wide or nar- tow, whether the houses are high or low, if any opening which he may be Passing is a court closed up at the end | ®rwhether it has an outlet to another Street, and he can tell by the sound of Wis footsteps in what lane, or court, or Square he is.

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rie goes along boldly, seeming to sec with his ears and to have landmarks in the air. Of course no blind man likes to go over a new route unattended, but afte. he has traversed it once he knows every point of importance to hin.— Pearson's Weekly.

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Quite a Simple Matter. :

Jilkins is the factotum of an artist who has made some noise in the world and is quite as important a personage, in his own estimation, as his master. One day a lady called on the artist in the absence of the latter and was re- ceived by Jilkins.

‘Dear me,’’ she cried, glancing first atan incomplete picture and then at Jilkins, ‘‘I declare it is very much like you!’’

“Tt is me,’’ said Jilkins, with a su- penser air. ‘‘I sits for all his old men. ‘ hat’s what he’s specially good at.’’

‘*You must be a very useful person | to your employer, ’’ observed the visitor. ‘*So you think that Mr. Blank, R. A., is especially good at old men?’’

‘*Yes. Cos why? Cos he’s got nothing to do! I order his frames, wash his

, set hi lettes, mix his colors ; at leaden ly participate in the moyements of

and sit there for him to look at. How can he help being good? He’s got noth- ing todo but shove the paint on!’’— Strand Magazine.

Cats and Fish.

A sea captain tells of his sailing; im southern seas where flying fish abound. They would sometimes in their flight in the night come aboard the shipand drop to the deck. He had three ¢ats that, though they were lying asleep below, would hear the sound whauever’ a fish struck the deck and woukt rush up to get it. They distinguished this from all other sounds. The crew tried to imitate it in various ways,, tnt could not jeceive the cats

— Tobacco Before and Afte r. wm which soon a to In- @rnity, Insanity, Consumption and an early grave. Betee caeaiwet over SS years fa thousands of cases; is the only Meliable and Honest atine known, Ask druggist for Wood's Phosphodine; heoffers some worthless medicine in place of this, Inclose price in letter, and we will send by return Rall, Price, one package, #1; six, $5. One will powtes, siz will cure. Pamphlets free to any address, The Wood Company, Windsor. Ont., Canada

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YAWN AND LAUGH OFTEN.

Scientists Declare That Both Are Highly:

Beneficial.

Tt is not so very long ago since a fer eign scientist discoursed on the benefits of yawning. This act, which is gener- ally regarded as partaking of the nature of a tired condition, or symptom, of such a condition, of the respiration amd of’ the need for fresh air, is said to» be of great service in clearing the eusta- chian tubes of the ears. These tubes lead from the back of the mouth to: tb- inner side of the ear drum, and a, yawn- ing is looked upon in this light a a hygienic exercise which benefits: the structures in question.

Another seientist has no difficuify m showing that when we laugh we in- crease the play of tension in our imngs. One result of this increased tension is to arrest the blood flow in the lungs and to imduce the taking of deep in- spirations. These latter are healthful things, for many parts of our lungs are not called into active use in.cadinary

' breathing. The apex, or top of the lung,

is netably a part which does nef active-

breathing, and as this is the special seat of consumption attack we may reasonzbly hold that the lawy of disuse explains the greater liability of this portion of the organ to the caset of dis- ease. The free and actiye.nse of a part, strengthening and toning -i&, as it were, is an essential eondition for health; hence laughter, by bringimg imto play the whole of the lungs, or at least by favoring an increase of hung work, is to be reckoned an admirable exercise.

Besides this physical effect of laugh- ter we have also to take into account its, mental side. There: isa certain braim stimulus to be noted, a psychic result, in addition to the physical effect, and it is pretty certain the mental phase of a good, hearty laugh is, in its way, a8 healthful as is its physical i te Singing is also, praised as an excellent lung exercise, and public speaking is as effective a lung tonic as one may wish for. The only drawback to the work of the speaker is the foul condition of the atmosphere in which he has often to co his work. —Exchange.

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INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION

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The Penmanship Department is eon:tucted by Mr J. Harry Williams; for smcimens of his students’. work, see Geo. Carter & Co’s window. Shorthand by Mr Wim Moran, the outy tioenands public teacher in this Prov-

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French Morses, However, Are Superior toe Those Used Here.

The French horseman does not rice as wellas his prototype in the United States regular army, but the horses of the French army are better and mors serviceable than those in the Unite? States. The half bred barbs of chasseurs are up to any amount of work, and the heavier Normans and Bretons of the dragoons and cuirassiers, although perhaps too light for the weight they carry, are splendid specimens of horse- fiesh. The French artillery—believed elsewhere than in France to be the corps d elite of the army—was beyond praise. ihe physique of the personnel of the field and horse batteries is supericr to that of the line, and the average effi- ciency of the officers is higher. The steel gun thatis is armed with is a most effective weapon—the fieldpiece of 90 mm., weighing 10.43 hundred- weight, and firing a 17.98 pound com- mon sheJ], 18.5 pound shrapnel; the horse artillery gun weighing 8.36 hun- dredweight, with a 13.15 pound com- mon shell and a 13.84 shrapnel.

The large number of batteries at- tached to an army corps—more than four guns to 1,000 infantry and cay- alry—is not the only indication that

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the French place great reliance upon

their artillery. The batteries as they marched past presented an admira- ble appearance. The old maxim of ‘‘spit and polish’’ was not as mi- nutely carried out as is the case with the batteries of the United States regu- lar army. The stee) hames and collar chains were in some instances not as bright as they might have een, nor were the leather harnesses absolutely immaculate, but the horses are beyond

criticism, and everything pertaining to:

each piece and each caisson is thorough- ly serviceable and businesslike.—New York Tribune.

The Most Costly Fruita,.

Hothouse grapes are the costliest of fruits. They are never less than 75,

cents.a peund; and when they are most

costly, in February and March, they

sell for $9 a pound, sometimes. going as high as $10 a pound. At prices ranging up to $2 a pound there isa ready sale for them. At the higher prices they are sold almost exclusively for the use of in- valids. ‘Chere isa sale for all that are produced, but the production is great, and the vines may die from exhaustion after a single season of forcing.

The next most costly fruit is the hot- house peach. Hothouse peaches sell in February at $2.50 each. They dre used mainly by invalids, but such peaches are alsooften sold for gifts. They are presented as flowers or as bonbens would be. Three or four peaches are packed in cotton, and set off with a few peach leaves.im a handsome bex. Hothouse peaches run down to about 6cents each in April and May, when we begin te get the first of the peaches from the south.—New Yerk Sun.

An Explanatory Hint.

‘“‘Why,’’ asked Pat as he came hic- coughing into the Quippery, ‘‘is the humble goat always held up as the sim- Ue for intoxication—for imstance, ‘full asia goat? ’’

“} cannot guess,’’ wumswered Tim, ‘*unless’’—and he paused meditatively and looked at Pat as if he expected an imvitation—‘‘unless it is because he is always ready to throw a horn into any- body.’’—Pittsburg News.

All animals, domestie ones inclnded, become restless before a storm. Cats and dogs scratch and move about, while their fur looks less bright and glossy than usual. It is always a sure sign of rain when horses and cattle scratch their necks and sniff the air.

The eysight is very often injured for life by tight lacing.

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