Good hard roads are desirable to every pedestrian except horses. The softer it is, the better for the " pedes " of horses, unless it is too soft to bear the horse's weight. How to get good, hard roads, and yet have an elastic shoe, has long been the puzzle. All improvements so far have been in the direction of a grooved shoe, with some elastic material forced into the groove. But in all these cases the shoe wears out soon, and the owners seem to prefer to risk the wearing out of the horse than the certain wear of the shoe. Now we are told that an English mechanic has invented a horse-shoe composed of three thicknesses of cow-hide, compressed into a steel mould, and subjected to a chemical preparation. It will last longer than the common shoe, weighs only one-fourth as much, does not split the hoofs, requires no calks, and is very elastic.

Let this English mechanic come to America if he wishes to make a fortune for himself instead of his grandchildren only.