Word: leatherizing
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Lost - Red leather pocket-book, containing some papers and letters. Finder will confer a favor and be rewarded upon returning same to the address found on the letters...
Teacher - "John, what are your boots made of?" Boy - "Of leather, sir." Teacher - "Where does the leather come from?" Boy - "From the hide of the ox." Teacher - "What animal, therefore, supplies you with boots and shoes, and gives you meat to eat?" Boy - "My father." - [N. Y. Tribune...
...recent meeting of the directors of the Bicycle Club it was determined to adopt a new club hat, which may now be procured at Ilsley's. The hat is made of dark blue serge, lined with soft leather, and will have a crimson "H" on the front. The price is $1.50, and it is earnestly desired that all the riding members should procure them as soon as possible. Too little attention is paid to uniform in the club, as it is; and where such a slight outlay on the part of each member will afford the club some distinctive mark...
...usually has queer little closets on each side, with glass doors. These, as may be readily seen, furnish great possibilities of decoration. The windows have the delicious oldfashioned window-seats, that are still more charming by being upholstered in the prevailing tint of the room, or else in brown leather, picked out in gold. If the pursuit of knowledge were ever delightful, to pursue it in one of these comfortable, roomy seats, with heavy and artistic window-curtains to give it an indescribable air of cozy seclusion, must give it an added charm. There is a wonderful taste shown...
...buildings of the American Oak Leather Company's tannery in Cincinnati was burned last evening. Loss...