StNicholas [serial] . THE NEW MAINE. Vol. XXVII. —4. 26 OUR MINIATURE NAVY. [Nov. swept aside, provided with a set of jewelerstools and put to making certain parts of amodel. One morning he rushed into theoffice, crying: Mr. Hichborn, I want my discharge! Why, whats the trouble, Marcery ? askedMr. Hichborn. The man excitedly replied: I ve been working here for a week, andthis morning some one opened the window,and my whole weeks work has been blownaway, and I cant find it. He was induced to go back to his bench, andsoon became one of the most expert model-makers in the governments employ. The
StNicholas [serial] . THE NEW MAINE. Vol. XXVII. —4. 26 OUR MINIATURE NAVY. [Nov. swept aside, provided with a set of jewelerstools and put to making certain parts of amodel. One morning he rushed into theoffice, crying: Mr. Hichborn, I want my discharge! Why, whats the trouble, Marcery ? askedMr. Hichborn. The man excitedly replied: I ve been working here for a week, andthis morning some one opened the window,and my whole weeks work has been blownaway, and I cant find it. He was induced to go back to his bench, andsoon became one of the most expert model-makers in the governments employ. The building of the Junior Navy is done atthe Washington Navy-Yard, the greater part. THE ILLINOIS IN THE HANDS OF HER BUILDER of the great ship-house, where in years goneby the formidable monitors were put together,being given over to this work. Pifteen menare constantly employed, as every piece enter-ing into a model has to be worked up from theraw material. The admiral proudly asserts that he employs the only men in this country whohave the necessary training and experience forproducing these wonderful little masterpiecesof minute work. The cost of each one of the miniature fight-ers runs from one thousand to five thousanddollars, and the process of construction is mostinteresting. The order for the model is ac-companied by the drawings of the big vessel,which are redrawn to the required small Marcery, who is in charge of thewoodwork, then cuts on half-inch plank, witha circular saw, the rough outlines of the vesselat its various elevations. These lifts areplaced in a hydraulic press and glued the wood is gradually cut away until thepencil
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