A Horse with Eight Feet.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3147, 7 March 1889, Page 3

A Horse with Eight Feet.

James M'Oloud, of Lodi, owns a horse on his Dakota farm which has eight feet. It is perfectly formed in all respects, except that it has eight feet. Nor until the pastorn'or fetlock joint is reached in tho descent from the shoulder to the foot, is there any apparent difference between this horse and any other. But at the pastern joint or lower end of the shin bone the branch begins, and two perfectly formed feet are found, ono on each of the lour legs. The runs on the range the same as 'flStmy, and is as fast as most of them, and all eight aro shod, or may be if desired. M'Cloud has refused 2,500 ■ dols. for a half interest in the curiosity, but he wants 5000 dols. outrigh for the whole animal, Madison Journal.

Curious Election Bets. Betting ou the result of the Presidency campaign is, as overybody knows, the great national sport of the ■ { United States, The American &t papers just now are full of curious "t? bets made in the course of the recent contest, c Two young fellows, proud of their moustaches, staked these adornments on Harrison and Cleveland respectively. A Chicago barber made quite a mediasval sort of wager,He agreed with one of his employers that he would not cut his hair or beard till a Republican President was ijt the White House. A well-known Weethinker and spiritualist and " one of the pillars of a cburoh" wagered on these terms; it Harrison was elected, tho freethinker was bound to attend and sit through fifty-two prayermeetings in the church referred to, consecutively if possible. If Cleveland had been elected the churchman would havebeen obliged to attend 52 spiritualistio meetings. A young lady pledged herself to marry either a Republican suiter or his Democraotic rival according aa Harrison or Cleveland got in, Some of the bets were peculiarly idiotic, Two men agreed that the one ot them who supported the losing candidate should sbave the top of his head for a month. Another couplo of lunatics agreed that the ldser of the bet should walk the * streets from dawn to midnight, with';"V out resting, speaking, eating, drinkm iog, or smoking. Fortunately Wfl' presidential elections only come onoe - jfifour years.

.Indiarubber Pavement

■ The latest innovation (says Iron), is paving streets with Indiarubber, which material threatens to enter into competition with asphalt. The new pavement is an invention of Herr Busse, of Linden who has introduced it in Hanover. He used it first in the summer of last year for pauing tho Goethe Bridge, which has a surface of about 1000 squaro metres or 10,764 squaro feet. The new pavement, it is stated; proved so satisfactory that 1500 square moires (16,146 square feet) of ordinary carriage way in the city wore paved with it this summer. The Berlin Corporation, being favorably impressed with the new pavement has had a large area paved with india- , rubber as an experiment, and the . magistracy of Hamburg is likewise trying the pavement, It Is asserted that the new pavement combines the .elasticity of indiarubber with the . TCasistance of granite. It is said to nap perfectly noiseless and unaffected ', , either by heat ot cold. It is not so .slippery as asphalt, and is more , ; durable. As a covering for bridges it ought to prove excellent, as it reduces vibration, but a question may • be asked as to its cost, Theexponso must-U heavier than that of any other known pavement.

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