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Show Two Men to Each Shovel. Thero were two children to each pair of roller Bkatcs and vory contentedly con-tentedly the urchins hopped and slid nlong. "Two kids to a pair of skates," remarked tho sailor, "takes mo back to India, whero they rnn two men to a shovel, You sec, the Indian natlvo is a wcaklln' no wonder, conslderln' tho hot, damp climate and one man to a shovel Is too Btrcnuous. So with a cord tied to tho hamllo down near tho blado tho shovel does for two, tho man at tho cord helpln' to Insert the shovel by pullln' toward hlssclt and holpln 'to lift and toss tho dirt by swiugln' away from hlsself. Two men to a shovel is a characteristic of India, and of no other country what I liavo over saw." |