Show artificial seasoning of timber methods of artificial seasoning ol 01 limber timber have beau devised within recent years seasoning that would occupy three or four years by natu ral prom processes sees can now bo be accod polished in proper kilns in from three or four days to as many weeks tle the work la is done in closed in buildings capable of holding from to cubic feet of timber the floor Is gently sloping and the timber Is gradually passed down it A fan draws air over the surfaces oc of a steam heater beater ana the air passes through the plies piles of boards or planks which are separated about c inch tho air enters at the avei bud in order to cany carry tho the mo iture derived from rom tho the umber that has bren long eat at in the kiln to that tha which thich hail haa just been int kited at the upper end tha reason for this Is to that in sea sowing the air must be charged with moisture at the beginning and only dry at the later stages without this precaution the timber would be 4 case dried toe the integer remaining damp in the latter instance it would afterwards warp and crack the princ principal lal of a ahls school at now york hoa has roc received elved from the moth er of at one pupil a novel reason forbish tor wish ing her daughter excused from french conversation during meals the ex cuse was accompanied by a doctors certificate to the effect that the mental effort of concentrating her thoughts on french exercises while eating in i with the proper function ot of IL 6 young ladda digestive organs and ailt it persisted la lit wa bound eventually to impair her health As yet the other pupils have oot not learned the cause pf 0 heir their closs cutes exemptions from french chatter at the table if it they do find out it is feared that doctors III become |