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Show Paid Toll In Horseshoes. Tho shlro hall In tho town of Oakham, Oak-ham, Rutlandshire, England, was, and ' Is probably now, embellished with a great number ot horseshoes which had been lovlod from travelers. "If i any noulemnn enter precinct or lord-! ship as an homngo ho Is to forfeit ono , of tho horso's shoes, unless ho rodcem it with money." For conturles theso shoes havo been accumulating, so ! that tho walls ot tho building woro it ono tlmo covered with them. Thoy wero varied In shapo and size, and many wero gilt, somo of them hnvlng been ghen by monarchs and princes; In fact. It Is stated that n duko of York once paid a silver shoe, such an Impost being duo from every scion of loyalty who rides across that country. |