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papier-mache cast of the reliefs, and the 
photographic reproduction is carried out 
by A. Bruckmann & Co., of Munich. 
The scenes of the relief describe in con¬ 
tinuous pictures the long and difficult 
campaign against the tribes along the 
Danube. Episodes like the saving of 
the Roman Army through a rain-storm 
after a hot spell, which refreshed the 
legions almost worn out by fighting and 
a sultry heat; the establishment of a 
perfect military outpost at Vindobona 
(the Vienna of to-day), etc., are very 
vividly portrayed. Romans and bar¬ 
barians appear as they did in life, with 
all their military trappings, in costume 
and armament true to history, allowing 
us a glimpse of the life in a Roman camp 
seventeen hundred years ago.— Phila¬ 
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THE WANING HARDWOOD SUPPLY 
A LTHOUGH the demand for hard- 
^ wood lumber is greater than ever 
before, the annual cut to-day is a 
billion feet less than it was seven 
years ago. In this time the wholesale 
price of the different classes of hardwood 
lumber advanced from 25 to 65 per cent. 
The cut of oak, which in 1899 was more 
than half the total cut of hardwoods, 
has fallen off 36 per cent. Yellow 
poplar, which was formerly second in 
point of output, has fallen off thirty- 
eight per cent and elm one-half. 
The cut of softwoods is over four 
times that of hardwoods, yet it is doubt¬ 
ful if a shortage in the former would 
cause dismay in so many industries. 
The cooperage, furniture, and vehicle 
industries depend upon hardwood tim¬ 
ber, and the railroads, telephone and 
telegraph companies, agricultural imple¬ 
ment manufacturers, and builders use 
it extensively. 
This leads to the question, Where is 
the future supply of hardwoods to be 
found ? The cut in Ohio and Indiana, 
which, seven years ago, led all other 
States, has fallen off one-half. Illinois, 
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Missouri, New jersey, Tennessee, 
Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin 
have also declined in hardwood produc¬ 
tion. The chief centers of production 
now lie in the Lake States, the lower 
Mississippi Valley, and the Appalachian 
Mountains. Yet in the Lake States the 
presence of hardwoods is an almost 
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