5, or blocks 1 by 1 by 5 feet. When the sawing has been completed
stone-cutters trim and prepare the marble for shipment. An
interesting thing I saw was the marble for a pavilion in the
Woman's Exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition. Columns, caps, and
bases were being prepared.

The columns are first sawed out in blocks about 1 by 1 by 7 feet.
Then they are turned on a lathe until they are perfect though
rough cylinders. These are polished, first by rubbing sand over
them to take off the saw and lathe scratches, and then with three
different kinds of grit. After this they are rubbed with a hone
perfectly void of grit, and polished with acid. The caps and bases
are prepared in the same way, excepting that the blocks are of a
different size (almost square, in fact), and that they are turned
into their respective shapes. This mill is owned by the Tennessee
Producers' Marble Company. The marble quarries of Tennessee are
the finest in the United States.

JAMES MAYNARD, R.T.K.
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

Want Corner.

Harold P. Daniels, 73 East 127th Street, New York, collects beetles, and
wants to hear from others in the United States and Canada who do the
same. M. S. Newman, 722 East Ninth, New York, wants to receive sample
copies of amateur papers. Jessie Loomis and Mabel Moreland, Box 156,
Creston, Iowa, publish _Our Own Idea_, an amateur paper of much merit,
and they want to exchange with other amateur publishers.

Wallace Gibbs, Galva, Ill., publishes _The Sunbeam_, a neat eight-page
monthly. He offers to send us a morsel on the experiences of an amateur
publisher, if we want it. We want it, Sir Wallace. Send it along. Tell
us the discouragements, the pleasure, and the advantages. R. L. Miller,
Jun., asks if an autograph of President Diaz is wanted by the Table.
Yes, it is. Can you favor us with one?

THE HALLOWEEN WITCHES

BY MAMIE A. DENTON.

Mildred and Naomi Dean sat at opposite sides of a large room; Naomi with
her fingers in her ears, and her elbows resting upon her knees, while
Mildred gazed out of the window with dreamy eyes. The two girls were in
search of ideas for a Halloween party: they were twin witches, born on
witches' night, or Halloween, and had given regulation Halloween parties
since their babyhood. Now they wanted a change, and after eagerly
reading everything on the subject that came within their reach, t