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BERENICE ST. HI A Story of Love, Intrigue, and Grime. r\Tirrrtit diimmn J} J UYTlUni OALU TT ill. CHAPTER XIV. A PBOFESSIONAL INTERVIEW. T W8B with j . fh feeling of wear1 flffUlfflllMiUffrtfii iJIfi'lIm ine8811141 om mmi seat. It had been BUM !tfM? -^^ye.nt?res' il e8caFe8> kftd *?1* liyjiU'1i^'V.wljri*D1 r lowed each othil'w er wjtjj ajj tho rapidity with J &L which scenes are shifted on the ^Cole Winters ?^tJpWv* /Wty'If/Mf had not tasted ' >. ?food for four and twenty i ?j *??i onite keenly the Buuiii uu uvgiii nv w >2 pangs of banger. The effects of the drag that had been administered to him the preceding night, and the chloroform he had more recently inhaled, had dis* appeared now, leaving his brain clear and active. , Our hero believed that by shadowing Bears he woald learn tb# nresect whereaboats of the young lady whose safety cow interested him far more than his own. After a time he began to regret that he had not taken a seat near his enemy. In that way he could better test the valae of his diggaise, for if he passed the seratiny of 8ears he woald consider himself tolerably secure. At first he thought that the other might recognize the clothes and false mustaches as his own, bat apon reflection he decided that this was unlikely, 6ince there was nothing peculiar in either to distinguish them from thousaud6 of others. Besides, he had provided himself with a number of disguises, and was not likely to be very familiar with the appearance of any of them. "I'll risk it," decided Cole. "If my identitv can be detected, I'd better know it now, when I can have an opportunity to escape." TV hereupon he rose, walked through the car, and passed through theopeu por. tion, where smoking is permitted. With an air of weariness he threw himself into a seat opposite the man he had resolved to shadow. As he did so he threw open his coat, so as to display the star which proclaimed him a reporter. Cole knew, of course, that Almon Seare was exceedingly anxious end worried, and hoped on those accounts to engage him in conversation. In a moment lie learned that his judgment had been well taken. a *-..*1naknfl Rears. AUJlMlUg "W" ? ? "I see that yon are one of the licensed newsgatherers." He pointed to the badge and smiled. "Oh!" ejaculated Cole, hastily buttoning up his coat. "The murder is the great topic to-night." "Whatmurder?" "That of Mr. St. Cyr, last night." "Oh, of course! Any new developments?" "The daughter of the murdered man was decoyed from her home"to-night, and her whereabouts are unknown. The police are looking for her. It is feared that she has shared the fate of her father!" "Horrible!" said the other, with a look calculated to harmonize with the word. "Any arrests made?" *1 understand that Winters was captured to-night." Cole disliked to make statements not strictly in unison with truth. However, sot only his own life and liberty but that of Berenice was at stake, and he felt that thr end justified the meanB." "Is he the Ruilty party?" "Thepolice think so." "He hasn't maie a confession?" "On the contrary, he maintains that he is innocent" "How does he account for the evidence as published against him yesterday?" "Claims to be the victim of a plot. Says that the ringleader is a young man - ? - i "** ni. r>i f?:. - - Demenaea oy mr. au uyr. ms uaiue id BearB." "Is his story believed?" "No; but it "will be investigated." "You reporters are always anxious for a?what do you call it where one of you gets ahead of the others on a piece of news?" "A scoop?" "Exactly. You like to get the exclusive handling of a choice bit of sensational news, I sappose?" "I should say so." Cole started with well-assumed eagernesss, and drew from his pocket a notebook which the editor had given him. "No; not here. It's too long a story and besides I'm near my destination, the bouse of a friend, where I propose to pass what remains of the night." "Bpt Where " "You can accompany me if you like. Ea! Here we are." The speaker signaled the grip-man, who at once severed the connection be twean the car and the moving cable beneath, thus bringing the former to a stop. Following the example of Sears, Cole /Winters sprang to the ground. y *Th;li way," directed Sears, and walked briskly down A cross ?tr?et in the direc, ,t'oA tbe ?? -AHiGtLgh he was setting out on a desm> mission with his life in h:B hand, eart of our intrepid young hero feirly bounded within him as he followed the guidance of his most latter eneniy. Alter traversing several blocks, Sears halted before an isolated brick house near the famous shore drive-way, beyond which was Lake Michigan. ait a second," said he, and darted op the steps. A Dull at the bell had barely been given when the door was thrown open by %man. By the light o:" a g^s-lamp which stood nenf by Cole noted that his face was forbidding, almost villainous-lookiDg. "Is your master in, Luke?" The question was asked in a low tone, but our hero had very particular reasons for not missing a word of any conversation that might ensue, so he strained ae fur aB possible hiB sense of hearing, and hearkened intently. "No," returned the servant. "And Harper?" "He came." "Leave anything for us?" "Yes. That's all right." Cole's heart gave a sudden thump as be Vnorrl tViAaA words Ha remftmberfld that *h? coachman employed Bloom bad been spoken of by that name, and con clnded that here was where ha hat brought Berenice. "'I'm going to stay here to-nipht, Luke at least until your master comes. He'l be along soon, I think." "All right, sir." "This way." Thns invited, onr hero hurried np thi stone s eps and followed his guide int< a broad hall. Then the servant showed them into t mall room, iiaif parior, half library where he lighted the gas. having fire closed the blinds tightly and drawn dowl the curtains. "Now for business," cried Sears, as h< waved the reporter to a seat beside thi table and proceededto.light a fresh cigar "I'm ready," replied Cole, aB he m~ad< ready to note down what the other might say. "In the first place, my name is Almoi Sears." "What!" cried the reporter, dropping his pencil and half rising to his feet. Although not in the least surprised, he saw that evidences of it could be expected, "That's what," returned the hardened villain, in a flippant tone, and then ble* a number of Bmoke rings into the air. "My name is Sears," he resumed, a mo. ment later, after the rings had dissolved in the air. "An hour ago I called to sae the chief of police, to give some additional information aB to this Winters. He wasn't in, and so I left and came here. Now that he has mixed me up with it tc the extent of charging me with murder, I might ae well give the whole matter to the public, and I'm very glad I happened to meet you." "So am I," returned Cole, as he picked up his pencil and resumed his Beat. "In the first place, a man in the desperate situation that this Winters finds himself will do anything to save his life. The evidence against him is moBt conclusive. and he can only hope to save himself by 6howing that a job was pat op on him." "I see," assented Cole, pausing in his writing. "In the second place he has a grudge against me, and his former employer, Mr. Max Morris, who more than likely he will try to involve with me." "How did that happen?" "I detected him in the act of robbing the cash drawer and told Max. As a result, he was at once discharged, and only escaped prosecution by concealing himself. Although this false charge was trivial in oomparison to the awful crime laid to hia door, BtUl it brought an angry flush to face of the writer. "Put that in Btroug," added Bears. "It Bhowe the animus of the scoundrel 1" "Very well. It's a good point " "But the weightiest matter remains. Sou see " A sharp rap at the door interrupted the speaker. "Come in!" he cried. "It's mef" said Luke, thrusting his head into the room. "What's the matter? Has he come?" "No. I want to Bpeak with you, though." "I'll be back 60011," said Sears, and stepped into the hall, closing the door after him. In an instant, Cole had his ear opposite the keyhole. He caught but a few words in the voice or the servant, bat they sent a thrill to his heart: "You'll have to come, sir! She's makin' au outcry, an' I'm afraid as she'll be heard!" CHAPTER XV. BADLT DECEIVED. For an instant our hero stood with bated breath. Then, as he heard the sound of ifootsteps ascending the stairs, he opened the door and glided oat into the hall. Another moment and he had reached the head of the stairs and saw Sears in the act of unlocking a door, not fifteon feet away. As for Luke, he was not in sight, and Cole concluded that he had remained in the lower part of the house': He applied his ear to the door, but a murmured mass of confused sounds alone rewarded his vigilance. 1 1 * ? ^ a wKa trrna HO JUUU HkLlO UUUUI OD 1U nuu nug (.v? a prisoner there, bat he resolved to know beyond all peradventure. Not only were his chances of learning anything small where be then was, but he ran tbe risk of being detected in the aot of listening should Sears leave the room without giving him any kind of warning. ' Accordingly he passed on to the adjoining apartment, the door of which, to bis great joy, he foond to be unlocked. Closing it after him, he advanced and entered a large closet on the Bide next the room which his enemy had just unlocked. "Calm yourself, I tell you! Calm yourself!" Cole had barely entered the oloset when he heard theBe words, pronounced in the voice of Almon Sears. "Why have you torn me from my poor dead father?" "Berenice!" murmured the listening I lover, in intense excitement "Because I don't propose to be tricked out of my rightful jnheritance," returned the new comer. "Xne Donas are gone, no one can tell where." "Well?" "I propose to possess myself of the remainder of the estate." "I will gladly give it up to you as the price of my freedom from persecution." "I'll agree to that" "And that also of the young man, Cole Winters." "That will be difficult of accomplishment, since he is now under *rrest, bu'i I'll see that be goes free." "What do you ask of me?" "Your signature to this paper." "\\ ait until jour part is done." "I can't accomplish that and secure tho release of Winters without your signature to this. My partner in the business will not permit it. If you care to save his life, to set him free??" "I do! I do!" "Then sign on the lower line. Here in a pen." Mr. Almon! Mr. Almon!" This came in the voice of the servant Luke, who 'was calling from below. Important as it "was for Cole to remain where he was, he might learn more bv leaving. Sears was still talking and evidently had not heard the hail. In a moment Cole had glided noiselessly into the hall. "What is it, Luke?" ho asked in a low and muffled tone. "The master's in the library and wants to see yon." "All right: I'm coming." *? hg spojte he began descending the stairs. When he reached the lower hall tho sefvant had disappeared^ Without the delay of a moment b? threw open the door and entered the xoozb be had recently left to shadow Bear*, fie had htJf expected to see Max Morris, and was not at all astonished when he found himself confronted by that individual. But he was to receive a surprise of a kind he had not anticipated. As he entered the room the banker prang to his feat and seized bim by the hand. "I congratulate y?u on the night's work!" cried be. Cole Winters was completely dum? founded. "I don't?that is " he stammered. "You don't? The girl is secure, the detective dylug, and the young fellow a fugitive from justice, who can only 6ave his life by keeping himself to himself." "But the bonds?" asked our hero, who felt that he must say something, though /iamI/I r/>f imorrino fha /*onaa nf thp banker's strange conduct. "That's the very point." i "Have you found them?" "No; but I have a theory. By the way, how came you to turn blonde to come here?" Like a fla?h the secret of Morris' strange mistake dawned upon Cole Winters. He had, no doubt, seen Almon Sears wearing ihe disg iiso he had appropriated, and had mistaken him for hie partner in crime. The knowledge almost deprived the young man of wits, and he narrowly escaped betraying himself. ' Ho wondered now that Sears had nol discovered his identity, but remembered ' that we are not so familiar with our own 1 appear.; nee as with that of others. "I've been doing some work on mv owe 1 account," said Cole, as soon as he could 1 trust himself to ineak. "That detective Tooled me completel; He made no charge against me, and made a cash deposit and was released." "Were yon recognized?" "No; as luck would have it, I wasn' All is well with us. * "Did yon see Bloom?" "Did 1 see Bloom? What are yon tall ing abont? Didn't yon send him aroun to tell me that yon were coming to n house and for me to meet yon her< Wh<?t'B wrong with you?" "Haven't I gone through enough t night to rattle any one? Bloom tol you_ everything, I suppose? "Yes, all lie couldin five minutes or bo "What is vour scheme about tl bonds?" "From what^Bloom tells me, there's e doubt but what the young fellow ha them in his boot when we threw him ini the Clark street cellar." "I think that's right." "It was near there that he broke awt from the detective who had placed hi; under arrest." "In the very next block, I think." "What more likely than that Hylan< in searching the houses in the neighboi hood, should have found his man whi! we were at my office?" "I see! And removed the bonds?" "Exactly." "But where was he when we returned^ "Perhaps still in the cellar. Anywa; he must havo followed us from there, \ have located us in your South Side den "True enough. Do you think he ha the bonds on his person when he came ) among us disguised to pass for you?" "No. He was taking desperate ohance and got rid of them before that." "But how, where?" "That's the question we must solr It's a hard nut to orack, but a kernel < $300,000 is worth a little extra exertion, "I'm willing to work for it." "And 1. How about the girl?" "She's all right." "Did you get her to sign?" "Yes." "Good! Tha St. Cyr fortune will I ours. I can supplr the necessary wi nesses, and make the whole thing i straight as a gun barrel. Let n have it." "What?* "What! Are you losing your seneei The paper! It means half a million, i least. "By Jove!" cried Cole, slapping hi thigh. "What's *he matter?" "I left it up stairs!" "Where she can read it?" "Oh, no." * "She'll tear it up if Bhe does. She's smart girl, I tell yon." "No danger of that. I'll get it." "Do, and hurry about it. It's the kt to a fortune, I tell you." "I'll be back with it in a moment." With this our hero left the room, clo! ing the door behind him. As he entered the hail he heard son one descending the stairs. He had barely time to spring back inl the protecting shadows of an embrasui in the wall when a iorrn, that of Almc Sears, passed him. As the young -villain entered the libri I rv, Cole glided forward and ran light! I up the stairs. "He was acting on no plan. He migl no donbt have escaped by the hall doo but an irresistible impulse led him up < where the fair girl was cruelly imprii oned. In the act of ascending, he heard loud and startled cry below. "you!" came the voice of ttio banke "With whom have I been talking, then The next instant the door was throw opon, and the two men ruehed exoited out into the ball. [to be contdjusd.j TEMPERANCE. what a labor leader thinks. I believe that within the portals of eve) saloon, invisible to tlie eye of mortal, the: stand the awful responsibilities of the wor that can happen to man er woman. Not oj good act that will live in the memories mdn, that will find a place of honor upc atone, marble or brass, has ever been done 1 a man besotted with drink. It never ei nobles,, it always degrades. It never brigb ens, but always clouds the intellect. It nev maKes a man strong or endurm^, u luwn, weakens and lowers him. One poor man b gins to sell liquor among others well to d and in a short time he becomes wealthy ai the rest. poor. The wives of the drinke wear rags, while the wife of the seller liquor wears silks.?Terrence V. Powderlv. MODERATE DRINKING NO GAIN. Alcoholic stimulants exhaust the streng of those who are called to prolong physic endurance in extremes of heat or cold. Wh folly, therefore, to suppose that in modera temperature thero is any real gain from mc erate drinking! Lieutenant Greeley testifl to the advantage of total abstinence amo: his men in the Arctic regions ; and Henry ] Stanley bore witness to the danger of a alcoholic drinks in Equatorial Africa. A now Miss Kate Marsden, whose remarkal journey on sledge and hocseback to visit t outcast Siberian lepers is attracting deserv attention, has a similar story to tell of t value of abstinence and 1 he danger of alcohi She says, in the preface to her narrative of h journey: "I have never taken any acti part in promoting temperance principles, b now I think that the record of my exertio in Siberia, without the aid of stimulants, m prove as beneficial to others as if my voi had been raised fa furthering the cause 1 years past. I took no alcohol whatov throughout the journey, excepting on ti occasions of great exhaustion, when t stimulants only made me worse. I hai therefore, good ground for recommend! abstinence from alcohol where much physic endurance is necessary." If a man says drinks wine or whisky because he likes to, may be supposed to tell the simple truth ; b if he says he takes these stimulants in ord to meet the extremes of weather, or to gi him powers of physical endurance, he Is be pitied for not knowing any better. A ci lege athlete must be a total abstainer while training for a contest, even if he drinks free or moderately, at other times. Yet at tfc very time his brother, or his father, is, pi haps, taking liquor at his meals, or betwe meals, to give him strength.?Sunday-sch< Tiraes. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. ; "Washington, D. C. charges $400 for i lifluor license. Wine mado by the Zuiusand I)utc h coloni ol South Africa will be exhibited at the Worl< Fair. A new liquor law in Cape Colony prevei a traveler from securing drink except wi a bona fide meal. No table of liquor measure in the boo states the fact, but a person, if ho tries, c get a peck of trouble out of a pint of whisl At a recent religious gathering in Londc W C. Caine, M. P., made an address temperance, while W. E. Abel acted as p: siding officer. There is a horsH in Florida that beeon wildly excited and unmanageable whenei anyone approaches him having a breath tl smells of whisky. If drunkenness is chiefly the result poverty, why is it that in periods of (inane panic drunkenness decreases, and icereai in periods of prosperity? The Blue Cross Temperance Society of I continent has ISO section*; Swiss, with 3! members :tw<.-nty-< mo sections German, iifti i sections Fr-neh iilul throe s:vtfons Itelgiun Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew Mid ] 1 Kate Bushnell, two of the "round the wori missionaries of W. T. U.. are now onth homeward way after having traveled 87,i 1 miles. The Chief Justice of Kansas said at a pi lie met*tint; that prohibition is as well forced as any criminal law in the State, n 1 much better enforced than any low-lice] law in other States. , Imagine the happy country where the 1 ' forbids the sale of liquor in the rural distri and for the first and second transgress! 1 imposes a fine and for the third lmprisi ment. Such a country is Finland, and i l result ie, according to those who know nearer approach to a total abstinence peo than any other country can present. HMMMMMHaHMMMBHHMHMMDHMHMMMBMi ri STATE BUILDINGS t. HOW SOME STATES ARE REP1 8ENTEDATTHE BIG PAIR. cd J(ew York and Pennsylvania's Str ?y ing Structures?Virginia's Representation of Mount Vernon ?Other State Buildings. 3Id . Most of the States are represen ie pit the Columbian Exposition in Chio by State buildings. Each contt l<? some feature of peculiar interest. ^ New York. The New York State building i substantial design, appropriate for iy oiHcial headquarters of one of the < ? "* "?J1 i rij _ AT- _ XT J " est ana weaiiniesi oxaies in me uni The building is in the style of the I ^ ian Renaissance, a villa in charae ?. rectangular in form, approached on ie south by a flight of fourteen st( forty-six feet wide, giving access t grand terrace, fifteen by eightyi ,? from which the loggia, or open ve y bule, forty-six feet by sixteen j to six inches is reached. The semi-circular porticoes, easti ^ west, have a diameter of fifty fee' n the form of an exedra, and the 8 covered portion, furnished with ' fcmntain, will be an unique featur* the building. It is proposed to place a bust Washington upon the key block c ' the main entrance, and at either s: those of the first and the pree Governors of the State. The m floor of the building consists of vestibule referred to, a grand stairc hall, with a dome ceiling forty-six i ? from the floor, a small reception ro< ie a suite of three drawing-rooms, sm ing, writing and reading-rooms, h tory and coat-room, postoffice and t i? graph and telephone service i bureau of information. B The second floor contains a la hall, eichtv-four feet lone, fortv feet wide and forty-five feet in heif on the west of which is the room served for the Board of Lady Ms gers. There are also roomy offices the General Managers' Board and Board of District Commissioners. iy The entrance to the building flanked by the Barbarini lions recei cast in Rome, selected in preferenc* *' the lions of the "Villa Medici, whi 19 however fine, are inferior in size. ' four pedestal lamps lighting the 1 to f a I*** w *** vBa/ j race are exact copies- in bronze [7 antique examples in the Museum Naples, and are richly sculptured. 18 Another striking feature of inte] of adornment is the arrangement of electric lights, in a belt cou: ? marking the second stoiy floor, i t- outlining tbe arched entrance, ab er whioh the great seal of the Stati F8 New York, ten feet high, is illumina 0 by a myriad of tiny lamps set close id gether. A second line of illumination acce . the main cornice, and similar ones fine the edge of the roof garden, i the arches, angles and cornices of th tw-o belvederes. Finally, a clustei :al lights illuminate the bases of the : iat poles. Within and without the building ed blaze 2000 electric jets. In the m og hall on the first floor, besides beautiful fountains scattering tl Qd cooling sprays within the spaci >le porticoes, an object of unusual intei is a relief map of the State of 1 jjg York, -which of itself cost 330, C o). This main hall has a mosaic floor an hung with imported silk hangii Here are the parlors for men i nB "women, postoffice, information i ay baggage rooms. The gTand stair-' :ce is of marble, and leads to the banq hall, where the visitor can not fail vo be impressed -with the elegance of ho surroundings. The beautiful arc ceiling, three stories high, is ric .,2 ornamented with designs of fruits d he in stucco. On the third floor, in he dition to twelve rooms for gen< purposes, there is a gallery for' a bi ve of music. to Total cost, $150,000. ?! in ly( Pennsylvania. 1"* The Pennsylvania structure is in en Colonial style of architecture, w] )ol the front is an exact reproduction old Independence Hall, having its trances, bell tower ftjid spire. In pendence bell hangs in the tower. \ a rotunda within the entrance iB finis] in tile and slate, like the old hall. r. jv building is rectangular in form, 1 stories high, with a ground area its 110x166 feet. The corners of the fr itii are quarter-circled in. Piazzas twe feet wide surround the building i l&"s over them are verandas with protect ;v> balustrade. Outside staircases, ri and left to the rear, lead to the gar ? TViic mnf ia TI UU UU IUC 1UU1. X v/v/A ., re~ American-made tin produced in Ph delphia. The outer walls to the i JI5 line are of Philadelphia presBed bri iat Above the main entrance is the coat arms of the State, in bas-relief, and of either Bide of it are heroic statuef iu' Penn and Franklin. The front is ] * ther ornamented with two free pro ij10 of statuary, one emblematic of arts ?()0 sciences, the uther of mines and ir :cu nfactnre. The interior finishing i resents, in the floors, native mai ' and hard woods from Pennsylvania, Hr the walls arc wainscotted in wood, f D00 poed and heavily corniced. ' ' somen's rooms are finished in nn lll>" and the men's in oak. The walls of women's rooms are ornamented \ use murai paintings oy loe jreiiusyiv? womej. All the ceilings are of stani uw metal, and the staircases are ot qt tered oak. On the main floor i6 on- reception-room, 33x56 feet, and the either side are parlors for men ' .tt pumen. On the second floor are ro p 0 tor the Governor, the press correspc ents, the Treasurer of the commission, ' and the Board of Commissioners. There are three bedrooms in the tower. The building is supplied -with 800 electric lights. ?; g^jpwwiiiiwn PENNSYLVANIA. ;ps, o a The front entrance opens into a cenfeet tral rotnnda to the right and left of 6ti- which are general reception-rooms with peet dressing-room accessories. In the rear an exhibition room extends the entire and "width of the building. The walls of t jn this apartment are ornamented with un. the portraits of distinguished Pennsylthe vanians, and many rare documents ot 2 0f historical interest are displayed. Stately and imposing as the exterior of of the building is, its interior recesses ,ver present more gratifying results from ide, being crowded with objects of absorbent iQg interest, not only to Pennsylvania^ ians but to people from all over the the world. jago Broad, winding staircases lead to the feet second story, where the waiting-rooms 3ID) and offices of the Executive Commissi sioners are located. There is a room lva. for the use of press correspondents, ele- and a room furnished with newspaper and files for the use of the general public. The doors and windows of this floor jge open upon broad verandas, admirably -six arranged for promenading and sightrht, seeing, and outside staircases lead to re. the roof garden, which, besides furaishLnfl_ ing a birds-eye view of the grounds, for are in itself a spot of floral loveliness the I and quiet retirement from the busy ! throngs. j3 Estimated total cost, about $95,000. ltly 3 to Virginia. ich, The "Virginia building is an exact The representation of the Mount Vernon ter- mansion in Fairfax County, Virginia, gjL [fnii B^qo iwi TZVf YORK. ! of where Washington lived for many at yearB and -where he died. The Mount Vernon homestead came into George rior Washington's hands from his brother, the Lawrence "Washington. It was built rse, by their father early in the Eighteenth and Century. ove The main structure is 94 feet across 2 of the front by 32 feet deep, with an attic ,ted and two-story portico extending the to- length of the front, and finished on top with an iron railing on a level with the snts dormer windows of the top story, de- Two colonnades extend back from and the wings of the house a distance the of twenty feet, each connecting with a of one and a half story bnilding, 40x20, flag such as were called "dependencies." Altogether there are twenty-five will rooms in the structure. On the first iain and second floors of the main building the there are eleven rooms, in the attic leir six, and in each of the dependencies ous four rooms. The largest rooms in the rest building are the banquet hall, 31x23 few feet, and the library, 16x19 feet; the 100. main entrance hall, Washington's is nhftmher. in which he died, udou the igB. second floor, and Mrs. Washington's and chamber in the attic, to which she reand moved after her husband's death, and ivay which she occupied during the re[uet mainder of her life on account of its to being the only room in the house the which looked out upon his tomb, hed In the main hall is a large stairway, hly four feet wide, ascending by platforms one to the floors above. On the first platad form of the stairway there is an old 2ral Washington family clock, a very interind esting historical relic. This hall is furnished with antique sofas and pictures of the last century. The rooms upon the first floor are ornamented by heavy carved and molded the wo?d trimmings and handsome mantels, very antique. This Virginia building . is onlv an exact representation in everv en. I particular of the old Mount Vernon j structure, but everything withig jt is I also of the same character. Nothing ' ^e(j ! modern is seen in the building, except The PeoP*e anc* library of books by the j.w0 Virginia authors. As far as could be done the building has been furnished ont ar^c^eB collected from all over the , State, the heirlooms of old Virginia anj families, and with portraits of the same character. Whatever may be lacking ' j? in furnishing the building with articles ? of this character was supplied with .* furniture made after the same old 'ila- faBhion.oaf ic?.. J ? Of and *??|S | llfigij % ffifflSJ ll8 ' 51. and ,?* res- Virginia. The lple The building will be presided over the by the lady assistant of the Virginia rith board, Mrs. Lucy Preston Beale, a iniu daughter of the Hon. Ballard Preston, ped and a granddaughter to General Presjar ton, a former Governor of Virginia, the She has for the attendants in the on building old Virginia negroes, and will and undertake to represent in every par oms ticular an old Virginia home of the md- Colonial period. Massachusetts. En The Massachusetts building is in the all Colonial style, and is largely a repro- op< dnction of the historic John Hancock ifl 3 residence, which, until the year 1867, Th stood on Beacon Hill, Boston, near the tar State Capitol The building is three th? stories high, surmounted in the center roc by a cupola. The exterior is of staff, ha] in imitation of cut granite. Jt follows wh the lines of the old house sufficiently th< faithful to recall the original to the flo ifiinds of those who have seen it. Like is : the original, it is surrounded by a ter- < race, raised above the street, and has in front and on one Bide a fore-court, filled with old-fashioned flowers and ' foliage, in keeping with the character Co of the building. It is approached by ty] two flights of steps?one leading from ? the street to the terrace, the other from the court to the house. The main entrance opens to a spacious, well-studded hallway, with a tiled floor. Facing the entrance is a broad, Colonial staircase, leading to the second floor. An' oldfashioned bull's-eye window gives light to the stairway. On the right of the hall is a-large room, constituting a registration room, postoffice and general J ^ nrru. I rtXXJpiIUU IUUU1. J.lit? Ubliii^D auu xux- j nishings of this room are unique. Its g marble floor, its tiled walls, its uncovered beams and its high mantel recall the old Dutch rooms found in Western Massachusetts, as well as in New York ,, and Pennsylvania. On the left of the * frontdoor, or main entrance, are two large parlors, which, when thrown to- Pu gether, form a room 80x26 feet in size. .' The front parlor is furnished by the P" Essex Institute, of Salem, an old historical society. The back parlor is ^ lie MASSACHUSETTS. ? more especially a reading room for meD. The second floor is given over Pft almost entirely to the use of women. 8e' There is a large and smaller parlor, ro' and two bed rooms for the use of the ex women's board. The entire floor is ne furnised in old fashioned furniture, and in the bed rooms are four post bedsteads. On the third floor are rooms for servants. A liberty pole, eighty-five feet high, stands in the ^lc fore court, and a gilded codfish serves 111 as a vane on the top of the cupola. Cost, $50,000. . West Virginia. The West Virginia building Is in the Colonial style, two stories high, with a pitched roof, the outer walls being * weather-boarded and painted. It is representative of the "West Virginia residence. The roof is shingled. The k interior is finished in hard woods, the walls are plastered, and the ceilings are of ornamental iron work from Wheeling. All of the exposed material in the building is the product of XV. dl.i. mv_ in nn 1/lltJ UUllCi JLUC iimiu cjuiixmi^o io uu the west, on a platform porch. Above ** the entrance is the coat of arms of the th State in bae-relief. Within the en- ?P ... ba -v th ; ? ?? " ' -?J '' ra WEST VIRGINIA. an trance is a vestibule, with rooms for a 1 the boards of commissioners on either m: aide. Beyond the vestibule is a large reception hall flanked by parlors for 80 women and men. Back of these parlors are toilet and retiring rooms. On the second floor front are two com- 111 mittee rooms, and the balance of the ?P floor constitutes an assembly room and co reception hall, 34 by 76 feet in size. There are four large fireplaces in the building, two on each floor, with very handsome carved wood mantels. The SB building has a ground area of 58 by ne 123 feet, including the semi-circular verandas on the north and south. Its wide entrance and the broad verandas, extending around both wings, will af: ford delightful resting places for visitors during the fair. The exhibit will be found especially interesting in \ the departments of horticulture, forestry, mining and the liberal arts, coming as it will from a State peculiarly rich in respect to all of these*, Cost, $20,000. Rhode Island. h The Rhode Island building is after I] the Greek manner, with columnar ?\ * ** S\ plf I' ^ ' * RHODE ISLAND. porticoes on four sides of the building ?that on the west or front side semi- __ circular in plan, with arched openings between the Ionic pilasters, the latter being of the full height of the two stories. $ The building is amphiprostyle in that the north and south porches?each of the full width of the building?consist of four fluted Ionic columns, each twenty-four inches in diameter and twenty-one feet high, while the rear entrance is between Ionic fluted pilasters, the same as in front. The columns are surmounted by an enriched Ionic entablature, with decorated moldings, modillionsand dentils, and above the entablature the building ' is finished with a balustrade surround- W: ing the four sides of the roof, with ornamental urns over each j'odestal in tit the balustrade. ' The building has a ground area of 32x59 feet, two stories high, in wood pa and staff in imitation of granite. Fu trance is had to the building from sidee through French windows jning to the floor. The main hall L8x25 feet, and is open to the roof. I e parlor for women and the Seer fry's office are on the first floor. On s second floor are two committee >me and a gallery around the main 11. The Governor's room occupies at may be called the second story of , ! 3 porch on the west front. All the ' ore are hardwood, and the interior finished in cypress. Dost, $7000. Connecticut. rhe Connecticut building is in the . ' lonial style, the building being a , y ?e of the Connecticut residence, with , <V.y ? 'a CONNECTICUT. ) addition of circular windows on i north and south, and a circular izza on the rear. It has a ground of 72 by 73 feet, including the tzza, and is two stories high. The berior is weather boarded and painted lite. The roof contains five dormer \ odows and is decked on the top.. The I -y ck is surrounded by a balustrade, d from its center rises a flag staff, ie main entrance is off a square porch, vered by the projecting pediment, rich is supported by heavy columns, ie interior is finished in Colonial' rle with tiled floors, paneled walla, d Dutch mantels. The plumbing d carpenter's hardware in the build- *' ? are in special designs and are do- , -'.a. ted as exhibits by Connecticut manu- >i jturers. On the first floor is a re* '}}. ption hall, 21 by 48 feet, with a :ht well in the center. In the rear the Hall is a stairway train a lanaing If way up. Flanking the hall are rlors for men and women. The jond floor ie divided tip into living ' 3 oms, and will be occupied by the ecutive World's Fair officer of Concticut and his family during the fair. Cost, $12,000. Florida. The Florida building is a reproduo- 0 in in miniature of old Fort Marion, St. Augustine. The fort covers an ru>sn>A. ea of four acres. The building on / ; e fair grounds occupies one-fifth that ace. It is in the form of a four.stioned fortress. Including the moat, l ' e site is 155 feet square. The build* g proper is 187 feet square. The ime is of pine, covered with plaster' m d coquina shells, in imitation of the iginaL The interior is divided into xlors for men ana women, committee id exhibit rooms, and is furnished in orida's native woods. The interior art is planted in bamboo, orange, mon and other tropical trees. The mparts furnish space for promenades id hanging gardens. In the moat ie sunken garden, where are produced Lniature fields of cotton, sugar, rice, bacco, etc., showing the natural reurces of the State. Cost, $20,000. Fort Marion is the oldest structure North America, the most interesting ecimen of Spanish supremacy in this ? untry, and the only example o 1 edieval fortification on the continent, s erection was begun in 1620 and con* lued for 100 years. To equip it as a rrison required 1000 men. It was ver taken by a besieging force. Maryland. j Maryland's building was int2nded"af st to be a reproduction of the State W/^f- r . i I I MABYLAND. juse at Annapolis, but recently the ms were changed, and the building it now stands is a handsome strucre of a composite Colonial type, renbling the old manor houses of the esapeake Bay regions. There are now not less than 2133 litiry women in Paris, of whom 1211 ite novels or books for children. 217 dagogical works and 280 devote themvee to poetry. The others ao not lit themselves to any one department literary work. . f A Labor of Lore. Tattersall ? "Wot yer doin' now, raggesy?" Wragges?"Gettin' names to a peion." Tattersall?"Wot fur?" Wragges? "For de legislator' ter 88 a bill fur road improvement."? ' ,ck.