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...practical knowledge of the machine. In England, where the bicycle has been gaining rapidly in popularity since its invention and adoption, the physicians who know the machines thoroughly and have had many opportunities to study the effects of their usage, are very warm in their praise of the rubber-shod horse, and often use them themselves in making their various calls...
Trite as the subject may be, we would again call the attention of the authorities to the necessity of having more plank walks in the yard. The expense of providing these would be more than balanced by the pleasure of being able to cross the yard dry shod...
Then came a squad of high College officials, mounted on ostriches, each bird being shod with gold, and wearing the shield of the University emblazoned on its breast. The skill of the riders did not seem to command the attention that it deserved, perhaps because they have so long ridden a high horse, that every one expected them to do it well...
When we flew o'er the glittering ice, shod well...
...duly appreciated, and the consequence is a more thorough and extended preparation. The certificates given to successful candidates will be worded so as to cover the different degrees of merit, and will in time, we hope, prove a far more valuable recommendation of a young lady than any slip-shod boarding-school accomplishments...