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used as a stimulant, for flavoring syrups, and in perfumery. of sending electric telegraph me ages without the aid of wires. The best-known invention is that of Marconi, an Italian electrician, the mes¬ sage being sent by the use of a powerful current of high frequency, which pa es through the ether or the earth and acts on a suitable receiv¬ ing instrument many miles distant. The dis¬ tance to which me ages can be sent is annually increasing. family. It is very cruel, fierce, and destructive, but is capable of great affection. In many re¬ spects it is like a neglected savage dog. It does not bark, but gives a hoarse howl; nor does it lap like the dog, but drinks by sucking. There are many kinds, varied in size, thickne of fur, and in color. The ordinary color is a yellowish gray, but there are also black, brown, and white wolves. They are found in Europe, Asia, and North America, but not in South America or Africa Wolves do not lie in ambush, but run down their prey in open chase, their favorite prey being the allied species of the domestic dog and the Arctic fox. The coyote or American prairie wolf and the Japanese wolf are smaller species than the ordinary wolf or Canis lupus. down and sawn into boards. The wood used in the construction of houses is chiefly obtained from pine and from fir trees, the wood of both being called pine-wood. When sawn into boards it is known as deal; when split into thin narrow strips, it forms laths. The wood should be sea¬ soned or thoroughly dried by exposure to the air for one or two years after the tree has been cut down. For making furniture, hard woods, such as oak, maple, cedar, ebony, walnut, mahogany, and rosewood, are used. Xne two latter are often cut into very thin slices, called veneers, which are then glued on the surface of beech or some other cheap wood and made into furniture. sides its importance in building and the manu¬ facture of furniture, wood is nece ary as fuel, and is greatly used in countries covered with forests where coal is not easily obtained. The toughest wood is pig-nut hickory next, white oak and white ash. (See Lumbering.)