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Show m Hy the use of modern inachlneiy it H is said that a common cowhide can be H sliced up Into seven lajeis or thick- B I neses, and then by a sclcntlllc process H rubbed, woikcd and polished so that H I It has theappeatanceof the llnestcalf H or kid-leather. This Is a wonderful ln- H ventlon, and simply adds to the idea H I that we are living In a piogiesslvc H age. For aught, we know the shoes we H wear, and that gle us good satisfac- H tlon, too, may have been made from H some of this material. However, we B feel sure that If the cow hides can be B made Into leather for shoes, some of pflflj the steak we tune around could be pi! beaten into shape for tin-roofing or Iflfl I sheet-iron stoves. |