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front with a modern quick-acting iron
wise such as is shown on the larger
bench in Fig. 8.
These vises are'hot only quick-acting,
but are always parallel in very position
"a very important requisite for hold
ing the work firmly and preventing 1t
from slipping while being worked. Such
a change will add to the cost of the
bench, but will also add greatly to its
usefulness and convenience.
A great objection to the small school
benches described above is their size.
They are seldom made more than AZ
inches or so inches in length, which does
not give room for working long ma
terial, and affords no space for fitting
and planning the work while being con-
structed, and is also too crowded for
advantageous use of the tools. For
very small work, however, this bench
has its advantages, in occupying small
space and in being light and easily
moved, but if used it should be supple
mented by cheap, plain table on which
to lay tools, assemble the work under
construction and for other helpful and
practical uses.
If the workroom is large and the addi-
tional cost can be borne, we would rec
ommend the regular "cabinet-maker's"
work bench, shown in Fig. 8.
These benches are made from six feet
to six and one-half feet in length, and
furnished at very low price with two
wooden vises, such as are shown on the
small bench in Fig. Z, or they may be
bought with a quick-acting iron wise in
front, and with the modern and greatly
improved tail wise, as shown in the illus
tration Gig. 81.
In constructing the homemade bench,
illustrated in Fig. A, lumber from the
planning mill dressed (planed) on two
sides should be used; and for those de-
string to build such a workbench for
their own use the following instruc-
lions and dimensions will be found help
full:
The four legs should be 80 inches to
80 inches long, 81 inches wide and IL
inches in thickness. Through one OF
these legs, at distance of eight inches
from the lower end, cut mortise Gas
shown at A in figures and 10) 219
inches long and seven-eighths of an inch
wide to guide the slide piece of the lower
end of the wise. Next cut off two
seven-eighth inch end rails, 26 inches
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
GIRL TRAINS ELEPHANT.
Young Daughter of New York Zoo
Keeper Teaches the Park Pet
Many Tricks.

One of the most interesting animal
trainers and one of the most inter-
esting trained animals in the whole
world, probably. are Hattie Snyder, a
14-year-old school girl, and Hattie"
three-year-old Ceylon elephant,
writes John q. Rogers, in "a Girl Who
Trains an Elephant" in st. Nicholas.
Hattie Snyder's father is William
Snyder, who has been keeper of the
menagerie in Central park, New York,
for more than 20 years.
Whether Hattie the elephant prefers
life in Ceylon to life in New York is
uncertain, though she appears to be
perfectly contented. Mr.. Snyder, who
has wide knowledge of elephants,
affirms that Hattie is the most intel
ligent and most amiable elephant he
ever saw. She spends most of her
time in cage, about 20 feet square, in
the elephant house in the Central park
zoo. The front of the cage is open
except for strong iron bars, and
ing which prevents the group of in
terested spectators that are always
present from getting too close. In the
back of the cage is door which
opens intoa courtyard, and through
this door Mr.. Snyder passes when he
feeds the elephant, as does Hattie
Snyder when she visits her namesake;
the elephant also uses this door when
ever she goes into the outer world for
exercise.
Hattie Snyder lives with her father
and mother, about ten minutes walk
from the zoo. She attends the public
school, and although she always
stands well in her class and is partic-
ularly studious, she inherits her ia
Tiers love of animals, and prefers to
study them rather than her text
books. When the two-year-old ele-
plant came to New York Hattie Sny-
der at once made friends with her,
and soon began to teach her tricks.
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of the time pulling him until his
tongue run out and his face turned
blue. But dad was game, and don't
you forget it.
Before noon we got on top of a
glazier, which is the ice of frozen
river, that moves all the time, sliding
towards the sea- There was nothing
experience, and we would have gone
back the same night, only dad slipped
down a crevice about 100 feet with the
rope on him, and the two guides
couldn't pull him up, and we had to
send lunch down to him on the rope
and one of the guides had to go back
to the village for help to get dad up.
Well, sir, think dad was nearer dead
than he ever was before, but they sent
down a bottle of brandy, and when he
drank some of it the snow began to
melt and he was warm enough to use
bad language.
He yelled to me that this was the
limit and wanted to know how long
they were going to keep him there.
yelled to him that one of the guides
had gone for help to pull him out, and
he said for them to order yoke of
oxen. told him that probably he
would have to remain there until
spring opened and that was going
back to America and leave him there,
and he better pray. don't know
whether dad prayed, down there in the
bowels Of the mountains, but he didn't
pray when help came. and they finally
hauled him up. His breath was gone,
but he gave those guides some Ian
guage that would set them to think
ing if they could have understood
him, and finally we started down the
mountain. They kept the rope on dad
and every little while he would slip
and slide 100 feet or so down the
mountain on his pants, and the snow
would go up his trousers legs clear to
his collar, and the exercise made him
so hot that the steam came out of his
clothes, and he looked like a 1ocomo-
tive wrecked in snow bank blowing
off steam.
1t became dark and I expected we
would be killed, but before midnight
we got to the station and changed our
clothes and paid off the guides and
took train back. Dad said to me, az
we got on the cars: "Now, Hennery,
have done this glazier stunt, just tc
show you that brave man, whatever
his age. is equal to anything they can
propose in Europe, but by ginger, this
settles it, and now want to go where
things come easier. I am now going
to Turkey and see how the Turks wor-
ry along. Are you with me?" "You
bet your life," says I. Yours truly,
HENNERY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
Iced Air.

In summer time the air used for ven-
tilating the house of commons in Lon
don passes through blocks of ice. In
winter it is heated. In fog the outer air
passes through layers of cotton. wool
six inches thick. During 48 hours of
fog. the cotton wool on one occasion
was as black as the back of chimney.
Thanks to these precautions, the house
has been absolutely free from mist and
the atmosphere is in normal condition
while dense fog prevails outside. The
normal temperature of the house of COM
mons is kept at the level of 81, except in
sullry weather, when it is raised to IS
degrees.
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of inexperience, cannot build a bench
unaided, and if a carpenter is called upon
to do the work, his labor, together with
the cost of material, will be almost, If
not quite, equal to that of the youths
bench, shown in Fig. Z. This bench is
low in price and is to be found in near
" all large hardware stores where
manual training outfits are kept for
sale.
It is furnished not only with the usual
wise in front, but also with the tail wise
shown at the right hand end, which is
of the greatest Importance for gripping
and holding the pieces of wood while
being planed and worked on the bench.
This small bench may be greatly i'm
proved by replacing the wooden wise in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

Dh' LAohN anee. Phillips and
his partners were given the move. and
they elected to play a queens pawn at
tack A favorite variation of PhilIips
was brought about, but DR.. Lasker skill
fully stopped it. and obtained a strong
counter attack by the unexpected sac
rifice of pawn. Later he regained the
pawn, exchanged rocks and won by ex-
ceedingly clever king play after So
moves. Lasker's end-game play. with
king and pawns, has been the marvel
of chess players ever since he won the
championship and was never shown to
better advantage than in this exhibi-
ton. He made no attempt whatever tn
win piece, but Unanswered steadily
to get his king into winning position
The allied players defended stubbornly
but were bound hand and foot after the
twentieth move, as far as offense was
concerned, and Lasker merely maneu-
vered to hold them so until he could
bring his king from kings knight
square to queens rock four, where he
had announced to the spectators that
it would win. Then he exchanged ev-
erything and won by his king plav in
a few moves. 1t was a typical Lasker
game, showing all the delicate touches
and the absolute precision that has al
ways marked his play. DIR. Emanuel
Lasker was born in Berlin in 1868.
Early in life he showed himself preco-
cious in mathematics and when 70
years old first took an interest in
chess. He received his education in
the gymnasium at Landsberg and later
studied higher mathematics at Berlin
and Heidelberg. Lasker's brother was
an. expert chess player In 1889 Eman-
uel entered the Haupt TURNER at Bres-
lau and surprised his friends and COM
petitors by carrying off all the honors.
Since that time he has been the adj
mitted master of the science and his
career has been a series of triumphs.
In 1895 and 1896 he won from Steinitz.
Pillsbury and Tschigorin at St. Peters
burg. He has been challenged ONLY
once. Marshall, the American expert.
tried to arrange series of games, but
the match fell through.
Marshall, the American chess cham
pion, has decided to accept the chal-
lenge issued by D. Janowski, of Paris.
in which the latter comedies him the
odds of four games. The two experts
will play this match as, soon as rinal
arrangements can be made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
Jap Generals in the Field.

Frederick Palmer, the correspondent,
who has been with Gen. Kuroki in the
field, says in his recently published
book: Gen. Kuroki spent most of his
time in the shade. Gen. Full, the chief,
went to sleep in the thick of the fight
on the I'd. He had worked most of the
night planning for that day. He could
not make the work of our infantry any
easier or make the fire of our guns any
more accurate by watching them.
When he was wanted he could be
awakened"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

wood screws, counter sunk into the top
so as to be below the top surface of the
bench. To get the position for the
screws, lay the plank in position on
the bench frame Gig. 100 and from
beneath carefully mark with a lead
pencil along on both sides of the end
rails and legs, and also along the in
side of the front board of the frame,
thus giving the position of the bench
frame on the lower side of the top plank.
Space for four screws into each end
rail, and four into the edge of the front
board-12 screws in all. With the bor-
ing brace and five-sixteenths-in au-
ger bit bore the screw holes through and
through the plank.
Now turn the plank over and on Its
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
Plenty of Palaces.

The car of Russia and the emperor
of Germany might, if they please, dis
pute with each other as to which of
the two owns the greater number of
palaces. Each might sleep in differ
ent house every night for month and
not exhaust the number of his various
dwelling places. The car is said to
own many country seats-which are
kept up in every detail, furnished and
furnished, and crowded with servants
into which he has never set foot.
King Edward, of England, while occu-
plying regularly but four, has a dozen
or more homes, which are ready for
him at all times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

weather. This is necessity when glue
is to be used, as glue will not hold nor
can close joints be made if the air OF the
room is chilly and damp.
The same is also true as regards the
vanishing and finishing of different
articles when made.
Staining, filing, shellacing or waxing
require a room of more than moderate
temperature-almost warm-and also
free from dust.
Workbench. ... s
Among the first and most important
appliances of the worlcroom, is a con-
venient and substantial workbench. A
cheap substitute is sometimes provided
in the form of large kitchen table,
to the top of which is added a stiff
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

plank about IA inches wide and IN
inches in thickness, so that it will stand
the hard usage to which it may be sub
jected, and we have seen large dry
goods box used temporarily in the same
way for this purpose.
Another substitute is to make up a
rough workbench such as is shown in
Fig. A.
There is no framing to this bench, it
being simply nailed together as shown
in the illustration, and having wooden
wise and adjustable bench stop, as will
be explained further on.
The trouble with all arrangements of
this kind is that the beginner, because
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
DAD GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES.

DAD GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES.
sailed on it, and rowed on it, and
looked down into the clear water
where it is said you can see corpse
on the bottom of the lake 100 feet
down. We hadn't lost any corpse, ex-
cept the corpse of that old woman we
run over at Nice, but we wanted to get
the worth of our money, so we kept
looking for days, but the search for a
corpse becomes tame after awhile, and
we gave it up. All we saw in the bot
tom of the lake was cow, but no man
can weep properly over the remains
of a cow, and dad said they could go
to the deuce with their corpses, and
we just camped at the hotel till our
money came. Say, that lake they talk
so much about is no better than lakes
all over Wisconsin, and there are no
black bass or muskellunges in it.
The tourists here are just daffy
about climbing mountains and glaciers,
and they talk about it all the
time, and could see dads finish
They told him that no American
that ever visited Switzerland would
be recognized when he got home
if he had not climbed the GLACIERS, so
dad arranged for trip up into the
sky. We went 100 miles or SO on
the cars, passing along valleys where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

FIG. 9.

brace bore holes in the bench frame
where indicated by the marking, of suf-
ficient depth to receive the full length
of the screws.
The top plank is now ready to be
screwed down, for which purpose the.
brace and brace screwdriver bit are
the best.
By proceeding in this careful and me-
chanical manner the wood screws cut
their screw thread in the bench frame
only, all splintering and tearing of the
wood is avoided and a stronger and firm
er connection obtained. ....
1t will help greatly when using these
large screws to first rub the screw
thread part of the screw on piece OF
beeswax, such as is used for laundry
purposes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

ends of the legs, but the back board
must be nailed on with its upper edge
projecting seven-eighths of an inch
above the legs, as shown in the COM
pleted frame in Fig. 10. The reason
for this will be seen later. The front
piece for the top of the bench should be
6 feet long, and, if possible, not less
than IA iDches wide and IA inches in
thickness.
The best wood for this top is hard
(southerE) pine, which is much firmer
and less liable to warp than the other
cheap woods. The plank must be thor
oughly seasoned, and should be fastened
to the frame with three-inch No. Is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

long and 10 inches wide, and carefully
nail rail firmly to the upper ends Of
each pair of legs-nailing these end rails
to the edges of the legs, as shown at
E in Fig. 9, and using 2A Inch wire nails.
The front and back boards are now cut
from board 1 rs inches in thickness,
and must be feet 10 inches long and
IL inches wide.
At distance of eight inches from each
end of these boards nail them firmly
to the front and back of the leg frames,
mailing not only into the legs, but also
into the ends of the end rails, thus more
firmly binding all the parts and adding
materially to the strength and firmness
of the bench frame. The front board
should be kept just even with the top
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

{ d e washington
team in the Amer
lean league, has
become the talk of
the baseball world
by taking h i S.
bunch of players
from last place, a
position they have
almost continuous
ly occupied for the
past two years,
and putting them
up among the lead
erS where thew are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
BY JAMES RITCHEY.

b1 JAMES FsIICHEf.
instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
Making, Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago.l
Copyright 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Note.-The interested reader is advised
to clip this article for preservation.
A very important part in the outfit
necessary for successful start in wood
working is dry and well-lighted room.
If possible to do otherwise, Do not
crowd the worker and his work into
damp basement where his tools will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
The Athletic Girl.

Mrs. Elitely-There's Bessie ARM
strong dancing with that stout Mr..
Rotunde again. Why do you suppose
she shows such partially?
Mr.. Elitely-Give it up, unless she's
simply keeping in training. She used
to put the shot at Vassar, you remem-
ber.-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
Lesson from Japan.

From the japanese we are slowly
learning not to bunch a miscellaneous
lot of cut flowers in wads for vases, but
to give each flower its natural, charac-
teristic attitude and isolation, and the
result is far mere artistic and beautiful.
Garden Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
insured Against Experiments.

Students of chemistry and physics at
Heidelberg are compelled by the laws
of the university to insure their lives.
Even those students who, simply at
tending the lectures delivered by the
professor, and are content to watch his
experiments, are not exempt from, this
rule
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
While in Chicago recently DIR. Lask-
er, the worlds champion chess PLAYER.

nominally in con-
sultation with two
OF the weaker play
ers of the Chess
and Checker club,
OF that city, decis-
lively defeated Phil
lips, the CORE
spondence cham
pion, in consulta-
ton with two 9TH
er players in an
exhibition perform
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

upper side ream out the holes with the
brace and rose counter sink bit to
such depth that the screw heads will
be at least one-eighth inch below the
surface. Replace the board carefully
in position on the frame, and with a
scratch awl or other pointed tool Ca
common lead pencil will do If pointed
centrally mark through the holes in
the plank, so as to give the position
of each screw on the edges of the bench
frame boards. Remove the plank and
with a three-sixteenths-inch bit and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.

The Workroom and It's Appliances
The Work-Bench-Cheaply Made
Substitutes for the Usual Bench
Regular "Cabinet-Maker's" Work
Bench Should Be Secured If Pos
sible-How Substitutes Are Made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09
Making Brightness.

Mrs. Bacon-Yes, the world is bright.
err for my husband having lived in it.
Mrs. Elizabeth-Oh, is he the man who
invented the electric light?-Yoniesys
Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

Garland Stahl, better known to base
ball fans as Jake" Stahl, manager of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-09

rust and where his boards will become
so damp as to make it impossible to
do work which will not warp and shrink
open at the joints.
The workroom should not only he
lighted and dry, but it should be heated
so as to be comfortable in all kinds OF
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-20
MAC STEWART WILL BE SET FREE.
Expresses His Gratefu1ness to the Governor and
Friends for Work in His Behalf.

knows to be right. But had you not
done as you have done the chances
are that | would have died before this,
for only hope has kept me alive since
DR.. Lignoski got you and all our leg
isiators and men of the senate inter-
ested in me- You all got right down
to work and have succeeded in gain
ing my liberty and life, and will ever
be ready to do your bidding, and l
am as good a C. S. as l was in 1861
when | Joined Gen w. P. Hardeman's
Company A. of Col. Reily's Regiment
and of Gen. Tom Green's Brigade, but
it was not Gen. Green's Brigade at
first. Governor Creel sent you let
ter telling you what he has done. He
and the Congress agreed to all you
asked without dissenting voice. They
gave me a copy of it, too, and | love
the Governor for it. Of course it was
not what they thought of me the rea-
son they granted what you asked for.
They did not tell you the facts about
my trial, for had evidence that show
ed it was either kill or be killed, but
as that is all over, l will not speak
of that only among good friends.
owe my life to you all, my friends.
will visit Austin and you and all
friends when | can made it down thai
far. With kindest regards to you anc
all friends, | am yours forever, your
friend, Mac STEWART.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-20
Bond Is $25, 900.

Wallis, Texas: The arguments OF
counsel in the Eldridge examining trial
began about 4:3O yesterday afternoon.
and County Attorney c. R. Johnson
onened for the state and was followed
NV Judge John P. Bell and Hon. JON
atban Lane for the defendant, both OF
whom made strong pleas in behalf OF
defendant Eldridse. The court called
a night session in order to allow coun-
Gel time to finish the arguments, as
MANY of the attorneys and other PEG,
nile attending court wish to get OH ON
the next trains. Hon. j. B. Brockman
in a one hour speech closed for the
state and In his masterful style brief
" covered the Issues in the case. In
a few minutes after the case had been
turned over to the court he stated the
result of his deliberations, which was
TO the effect that the defendant be
required to give bail in the sum OF
sa5. 900. and the prisoner was given
over into the hands of the sheriff until
the bond is given. Mr.. Lane an
nounced that they were now ready &c
make the bond.