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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
FATHER OF CONCORD GRAPE
Memorial Proposed to Massachusetts
Man Who Originated the
Variety.

A movement has been started look
ing to the erection of memorial to
Ephraim Bull, the originator of the
Concord grape. Mr.. Bull found grape
vine growing wild in the woods and
transplanted it in a yard in Concord
Mass. From that vine, which is still
growing in the place where M. Bull
set it, has sprung the entire Concord
grape industry. Autumn and grapes
soon will be here. 1t is an appropriate
time to start such a movement.
1t is proposed to secure enough
money by voluntary contributions both
to put up a monument to Mr.. Bull and
to give perpetual care to the old vine
which he tended with such skill and
effect. Grape vines are extremely long
lived. In California there are some
which are certainly several hundred
years old. There seems hardly any
limit to the time they will survive and
tended. The plan of maintaining Mr.
Bulls vine in perpetuity is not, there
fore, so impracticable as it might seem
to persons unfamiliar with grape Gull
ture.
The Concord grape is peculiarly
hardy and prolific. The growing of it
has expanded into an extensive and
highly profitable industry, and it is the
progenitor of several other fine grapes.
Every year Concord grapes are con-
verified into thousands of cans of iel-
lies and jams, while carload upon car
load of them are eaten raw. A fruit
which is a source of so much profit to
some and of so much gustatory joy to
all should have many warm friends
and these friends should unite to dc
honor to the man to whom they owe
so much.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

boring the holes X and x the remainder
OF the opening is cut out with the COM
pass saw, or a scroll saw, as most con-
venient.
The mortises for the shelves are made
by first boring two or three nine-six-
teenths inch holes in each and then trim
ming out the mortises with chisel and
mallet, and to prevent splintering, the
mortises must be laid out and cut from
both sides of the board
The stock list differs from that al
ready given for Fig. 115 only in that the
shelves are four inches longer, and the
sides are 19A inches instead of 81 inches
in length.
In Fig. 120 larger wall bookshelf is
shown, having three shelves instead Of
two. The lower space is also higher for
the accommodation of larger books. The
two small outside shelves may be omit
ted if desired, and the shelves connected
to the sides by round head brass screws,
or bowels, as described for Fig. la. In
this case, however, the three strips
which form the ledge on the back of the
shelves should extend past the sides (as
in Fig. 114), which will add greatly to
its strength. The recesses for these
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
MEMS CHANGING IDEALS.
Their Ideas About Home Change
Greatly with the Progress
of Years.


AS the male member of the human
species advances in years his ideas
as to what constitutes an ideal dwell
ing change so absolutely that there is
between the different places he would
select almost no similarity, says a
writer who has made a study of the
Subject.
When three years old his ideal is a
tent formed from table cover. a
blanket, a spread, piece of carpet
or other material that can be so ar
ranged that it will form a little place
into which to crawl
At six the best possible dwelling is
hut built of barrel slaves, boards
and planks, and unknown to persecut.
ing adults, and especially to police.
men.
A boy of ten would select a spacious
cave, with marvellous secret en-
lance, preferably with the entrance
under water at flood tide, With the
floors covered with heavy aad costly
carpets, the walls decorated with
deadly weapons inlaid with gold, sill
yer and previous stones, and with
enough food slowed away to enable
the inhabitants of the place to live fol
year if necessary.
At 20 the hearts desire is room in
a large hotel where the cost would
be at least three dollars a day, and
where there would be a dinner al
01a1anIZ l0fo Of 4
rich women present, 4 big smoking
room, and plenty of stationery with q
heavy gold monogram or crest stamp
ed on it.
At 25 the best possible home is a
neat, comfortable modern fat i'll some
respectable neighborhood, not too far
from the cars, theaters and shopping
district, and with asphalted streets sc
there will not be too much noise.
At 35 the only proper dwelling is a
town house, preferably situated neal
houses of men whose wealth is reck.
oned in the tens of millions of dol
lars and who really have considerable
money, said house to have a nam
moth ballroom, music room and art
gallery; and in addition to this house,
another country house within easy
distance of the city, and still again
in addition to these two houses g
modest but quantity elegant cottage
at some popular seashore resort.
At SO a mans tastes have toned
down and he longs for little cottage
in the country, where all is quiet
where birds sing and there are chick
ems in the yard, cow in the stable
goodly plot of ground that continu
ally yields an unfailing supply of fresh
vegetables, and where all is modesty
sweet content and freedom from the
usual annoyances that make life 6
burden.
At GO the cottage has grown small
er, and the man would be content with
less ground, fewer chickens and vege
tables, and could get along quite nice
ly without the cow.
At 70 any place will do SO long as 8
man is not disturbed and has reason
able assurance that he will not be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
Japanese College Girls.

While they are studying their Eng
lish history, Chinese and Japanese
classics, and working in up-to-date
physical and chemical laboratories, the
Nippon maidens are also instructed in
the polite arts, in the elaborate Japan
csc etiquette, the graceful obeisances of
their own country and the very differ
ent style of western etiquette. They
work in farm gardens, laid out accord
ing to western ideas, and they also are
instructed in the graceful art of flower
arrangement, which has been science
among the Japanese for centuries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
DEMAND FOR DUCKLINGS.
New York Poultry Dealer Explains
the Ramifications of His
Business.

Standing two or three deep outside the
window of a dealer in poultry supplies
in busy downtown street was bunch
of people watching with great interest
a flock of restless ducklings, says the
New York Sun.
What will finally become of the lit
tie ducks?" repeated the poultry dealer.
''They will all be sold to go out of the
city, to the suburbs or the country. We
sold six out of this brood this morning
to a man who lives on Long Island. We
shall sell the rest to people who see the
ducks in the window and take fancy to
them. We sell in this way, right here,
in the course of year, thousands OF
ducks and little chicks.
1--WE can put up pair or dozen Of
little chicks, or of ducks, in package
that you can carry as handily as any
package of merchandise. We have boxes
of various sorts and sizes expressly
made for that purpose. Here, for in
stance, is paper box with perforations
for ventilation, in which you can carry
a pair of chicks.
"They are bought mostly by jewellers
in the suburbs or the country who want
a few chickens. At the Easter season we
sell thousands Of little chicks. OF their
final fate I would not undertake to say,
but that of the greater number of
those taken into the suburbs ami the
country may be happy enough.
"Of small chicken raisers there arc
hundreds doing business in New York.
and living in the suburbs or the coun-
try, who bring to the city with them
daily eggs from their chickens, which
they sell to dealers or, it may be, to
friends or acquaintances. We sell
boxes for just that use; paper boxes
that knock down fat, and that by the
hundred cost less than cent apiece.
There are some small poultry raisers
who make more money on eggs than
they earn at their business.
There is fair higher intelligence
displayed nowadays in poultry farm
ing than ever before. Poultry raisers
are getting rid of their mongrel stock
and putting in good thoroughbred
stock, to the immense advantage not
only of themselves but of everybody
else. The improved breeds yield bet.
ter meat, and they lay more and bet.
ter eggs; and as the fowls of any one
breed are more nearly uniform in size.
they pack and ship better.
1--WE speak of small change as
chicken feed and we are accustomed
to think of chickens and eggs as
small, If not minor things. But the
poultry products of the United States
annually exceed in value that Of tho
country's wheat and corn crops COM
bined; and the country's poultry prod
ucts have in the past five years an
nually increased in value 20 per cent,
with the supply not yet equal to the
demand"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
LOSS OF APPETITE
Gold Sweets, TwitchIns Nerves and
Weakness Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills


Pink Pills.
Nature Furnishes every infraction of
her laws, and careless habits easily lead
to the condition described by Mr.. Viii.
liam Browne, of No. 1919 Lincoln street,
St Joseph, Mo. Mr.. Browne is an ex-
pert timer in the employ of the National
Biscuit Co. He gives the following ac-
count of a trying experience:
SIN the spring of 1902" he says,
"while ! was regularly working at my
trade, grew somewhat careless In my
habits of eating and drinking, and finally
found that my appetite was tickle, a bad
taste fingered in my mouth, my nerves
twitched and were beyond my control,
my kidneys were out of order and cold
sweats would break out over my body at
odd times. Perhaps, while stood talk
ing with some one, this trembling
of the limbs, and profuse sweating, and
severe chill would seize me. became
alarmed at my condition and, having
read an endorsement of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, got box and began to use
them. They helped me at once. After
nerves, the trouble with the stomach
and the cold sweats stopped and have
not reappeared, and my appetite is good.
Ihave told all my friends that DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills cured me and I recon-
mend them to everybody"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mr..
Browne because nothing can strengthen
the nerves except good rich, red blood
and DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually
make new blood. They don't act on the
bowels. They don't bother with mere
symptoms. They drive from the blood
the cause of anamia, indigestion, ner-
vous disorders, general weakness and
the troubles of growing girls and women.
The pills are guaranteed to be free
from opiates or harmful drugs. Sold by
all druggists, or by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

serve as pattern by which to ray out
the sides. The style shown at F will be
found more desirable than either of the
others, but it will require more skill to
lay it out symmetrically. The holes at
the large end of the two openings near
the top may be three-quarters or seven
eighths inch in diameter, and after bor-
ing these holes the lower parts of these
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

being keyed on the outside, as there
shown, and as has been fully described
in former article under Fig. 70, parts
A, G and E.
A much simpler pattern for the sides
of this book shelf is given in Fig. 118,
which may be used if desired, in place OF
the one illustrated in Fig. lis. The two
holes x at the large end of the openings
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
A LESSON IN
| MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.
More About Making Bookshelves-
Stock List for a Three
Shelf Rack.

BY JAMES RITCHEY.
Instructor in Wood Working and Pattern
making, Armour Institute of
Technology, Chicago.)
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
MAKING HELVES.-CONTIN-
UED.
In Fig. ia at B is illustrated another
method for connecting the two shelves
to the sides, which consists in extend
ing the ends of the shelves through
mortises in the sides, the shelf lemons
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
Nothing Doing.

"Say, mister" began the husky hobo,
"I'm lookin' fer somethin' ter do,
an"
"Well, just keep on looking" said
the icy-hearted citizen. "You can't do
me. Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

strips are shown, together with all dis
tances and dimensions, in Fig. 121.
The length of the three shelves will, of
course, depend on the width of the wall
space over which it is to be hung, and
may be varied at the pleasure of the
workman. We will assume that they are
to be 80 inches between the sides, and
to be made as illustrated in the drawing,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

thus firmly connecting the whole, and to
add to the support of B small brace E
is glued to the lower side of B and con-
nected to C by means of short dowel
three-eighths inch long as shown at x.
At E and at F in Fig 123 two addi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

Afghan women ride in closely hood
ed palanquins borne on the shoulders
of four sturdy servants, with a relay
Of bearers following behind.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
FIG 122.

ing the center bit considerable pressure
will be needed to force the bit into hard
wood, and as soon as the center point
comes through the piece it must be
turned over and the hole completed from
the opposite side of the board. After
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

openings are sawed out as in the case
of Fig. 49,
The upper shelf strip for the sides
marked F should be two and three-quar-
tiers inches wide from end to end, having
no center rise, as shown in Fig. 121.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
Cheap Mutton.

There is no meat trust in Australia.
There mutton sometimes sells for as
little as two cents POUND.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

tional patterns for the sides OF wall
bookshelf are given. That shown at q
is simple and will be easily shaped, but,
as in the case of more complicated pat
terms, it is always best to draw the pat
tern full size on heavy drawing paper.
which, after being cut to shape, will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06
FIG. 121

begins to remove the wood in shayings
from the intended hole.
Care must be taken also to see that
the outside corner of the lifting lip does
not extend beyond the circle formed by
the cutting spur, as is sometimes the
case in new tools of this kind. When US
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

In Fig. 1872 A represents the middle
shelf, B the small outside bracket shelf
and C a cross section of the side. B is
bored for four five-sixteenths inch
bowels, which must be~-lf sufficient
length to pass through the side c and
into corresponding holes in the shelf A,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-06

are one and one-quarter inches in diam
eter, and should be bored with center
bit such as is shown in Fig. 119. This
bit, while not having screw center
point, is without exception the smooth
est boring tool of any of the many styles
of boring bits. The lip on the outer edge
must be kept very sharp so as to cut the
fibers before the chisel-like lifting edge
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
ueinecken. the German Prodigy.

Heinecken. the German Prodigy.
Christian Henry Beinecken. the most
wonderful Of all the worlds precocious
prodigies, was born at Lubeck, Ger
many, in the year 172l., When but nine
and q half months Of age this human
wonder could pronounce every word
contained in the German language, and
before he had rounded ont his first year
Of earthly existence he knew all the
leading events of the worlds history.
At the age Of fourteen months be could
give chapter and verse Of any quoted
passage Of the Scriptures and knew
the history Of every book in both the
Old and New Testaments. At the age
Of two and a half years he could an
swer every question in the biographies
and histories then In use and could con-
verse with visitors In either German
French, Dutch, Latin or Greek. His
fourth year was devoted to the study
Of religion and ancient history. Ee had
finished the studies mentioned and had
started on course in oriental religion
when he suddenly died before compiet-
ing his fourth year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
Three Boys and q Clock.

Three boys in house were told to
20 and take the exact time by clock
IN the town. The first lad went, look
ed at the clock, came back and said,
s'It is 12 o'clock" In after life he
became n prosaic bookseller.
The second bog was more exact. he
said on returning that it was three
minutes past 12 he became doctor.
The third lad looked at the clock,
found out how long it had taken him
to walk back to the house, returned to
the clock, then added the time Of his
walk to the time. of the clock and re-
ported the result thus: ut is at this
moment 12 hours. 10 minutes and 10
seconas." That boy came to distinction
as HelmholtZ, the scientist.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
Table Knives 20, Fun.

Swallowed Table Knives For Fun.
The glass eaters. iron chewers and all
other classes Of human ostriches" are
we'll known to the freQuenters Of dime
museums and side shows, but It Is sell
dom that we see, read or hear Of a
man who swallows indigestibles Of e4-
traordinary size just for the novelty OF
the thing. Such q man, however, was
John Cummings, whose history is Civ
en- In extended notices in the medical
and surgical annals Of Boston. He
watched q French sword swallower
one day and Immediately after at
tempted similar feat with a common
table knife. The knife accidentally
slipped down his throat, and few
days later, it having given him 40 In
convenience, he repeated the expert
ment. Both Of these exploits took
place at Eavre de Grace, France. On
his return to Boston he boasted Of the
feat and upon being bantered repeated
the dose again and again. Curing the
following ten years he swallowed in all
thirty-f.e knives and forks, finally dy-
ing In terrible agony. He died IN 1909.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
Grim story OF Napoleon.

A grim story Of Napoleon is told by
Christian Was in a Frankfort review
under tie title Of Napoleon at Yafa."
A great number Of the soldiers were
down with the plague, and one day
Bonapa-te sent for his chief surgeon,
Larrey. III l were you," he said to
him, II should put our plague patients
out OF their misery. It would save them
from having recourse to opium to
soothe them" Put my duty IS to make
them iive." replied Larrey. Bonaparte
then revealed the grim truth. BE and
bis staff were reduced to travelling on
foot because the horses were all being
used for the transportation Of the sick.
He must therefore either abandon the
plague stricken to the cruelty Of the
enemy or get rid Of them. Mr.. Waas
maintains that the order was carried
out accordingly There is aa .end. sob-
serves the Journal des Debats, to the
illusion Of the famous picture in the
Louvre Of "Bonaparte Visiting the
Plague Stricken Soldiers at Yafa.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
Women In India.

It will be many years before TIE
caste prejudices of India are sufficient
y broken down to give any sort Of
freedom to the Indian woman. From
q bride she is numerically overwork-
ed, but from the day she gives up her
childhood to the day Of her death-it
may be for sixty years-she is seclud-
ed and sees nothing Of the world out
side the walls Of her family inclosure.
Her happiness or misery. indeed, en-
tire!y depends on the manner In which
the affairs Of the family are conduct
ed The Indian woman. isolated from,
the outer world By custom. IS again by
custom Isolated as far as practicable
from all the male members Of that lit
tie inner world to which she is con-
fined. Free intercourse, even with her
own husband. is not permitted her
while yet her youthful capabilities for
toyousness exist. No wonder, then.
that absence Of joility is characteris-
dc Of the Indians generally, for the
happy laughter Of home is denied
them By custom in the most persistent
manner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-22
BUYING p. WATCH.
FILLED Cases, PLACED Cases and Gooe
and Bad Movements.

FILLED Cases, Plated Cases anO Uooo
and Bad Movements.
'Not many mon know how to buy q
watch" said jeweler, "and to large
extent they have to rely on the honesty
Of the dealer. So complicated is the
business that even we 50 to the fac
tories ourselves and arrange for spe'
cial work in order to get the proper ar
ticle, for, of course, we could not as
say every case We receive.
''Now, how many people know the
difference between filed case and one
that is plated? A filed case. you see,
is a composition that resembles steel,
with plate Of gold on each side. that
on the outer being thicker than the in
side. Such cases are guaranteed not
to wear through within FIVE. ten. tif-
teen or uIu to twenty-five years. the
limit Of the guarantee made by the
reputable houses. II man offers you
a case warranted for thirty or forty
years you are going to be bunkoed il
you buy it. When you see watches Of
fered for sale as gold filled for So or
81 depend upon it they are plated, and
mighcy thinly too.
In the matter Of watch movements
be continued, 1.-The buyer is really at
the mercy Of the dealer. In one big
factory about 5000 movements arc
made every day. There is certain tc
be haste in that sort Of output, and the
name on the dial does not make up fo-
imperfections To avoid these FIRST
class jeweler arranges for several hun
dred movements to be delivered year
hence.
"a strictly first class movement re
Quires six months exactly in its pas
sage through the factory from the be,
ginning to the finished product ready
to offer for sale. Such goods are the1
stamped with the name Of the firm fo,
which they are made and that firm mas
to stand sponsor for them. The Swiss
watch, in its higher class, is the best
movement in the world today. O1
course there are cheap Swiss move
ments that you can buy for s. or s.
but they keep good time.H-Kansas City
Star.