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dog that is apprehended to be mad, it commonly happens that the 
dog is killed before one is assured of his condition, and the person 
bitten continues in a cruel uncertainty. Mr. Petit, the surgeon, 
hath an expedient for putting an end to this uneasiness. He rubs 
the throat, the teeth, and the gums of the dead dog with a piece 
of meat that hath been dressed, taking care that there be no 
blood to stain it, and then offers it to a living dog. If he refuses 
it with crying and howling, the dead dog was certainly mad ; but 
if the victuals have been well received and eaten, there is nothing 
to fear.” 
New Horseshoe. —A new horseshoe has lately been experi¬ 
mented with at Lyons, France. It is made entirely of sheep’s 
horn, and is found particularly adapted to horses employed in 
towns and known not to have a steady foot on the pavement. 
The results of the experiments have proved very satisfactory, as 
horses thus shod have been driven at a rapid pace on the pave¬ 
ment without slipping. Besides this advantage, the new shoe is 
very durable, and, though a little more expensive than the old one, 
seems destined sooner or later to replace the iron shoe, particu¬ 
larly for horses employed in large cities where, besides the pave¬ 
ment, the streets are intersected by tramway rails, which from 
their slipperiness constitute a source of permanent danger.— Am. 
Druggist. 
