long by 150 feet wide, the principal facade looking toward the east. The building will stand upon a broad terrace thirty-five feet above the level of the park lake, which lies but a few rods below and to the eastward. The principal approach will be by a beautiful monumental flight of steps, the contour of the ground giving opportunity for stately embellishment. The terrace walls are to be of heavy granite blocks. Statuary, fountains, formal floral displays and lawns will complete the ornamentation of the terrace. The style of architecture chosen is the classic Greek, both the eastern and western facades showing rows of rich, graceful columns. The style is

Ionic. A semi-circular colonnade forms the central figure of the west or Elmwood Avenue front. The building has broad wings at the extreme northern and southern ends, terminated by porches. which will be reproductions of famous architectural works of ancient Greece. The Erechtheum of Athens has been a prolific source of inspiration for the architects, Messrs. Green & Wicks, of Buffalo. The portico of the Erechtheum, famous for its caryatides, will be one of the works to be thus reproduced.

The other building in the classic style, the New York State Building, stands upon a commanding site just across the park lake from the Art Gallery. The State of New York has made an appropriation of $300,000 for its building and exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition. Of this sum $100,000 was set aside for the building, and to it the Buffalo Historical Society and the City of Buffalo added $75,000, making $175,000 in all for the expense of constructing the building. This was done upon the understanding that the structure should be a permanent one, and, after the Exposition, should become the home of the Historical Society and shelter the large collection of valuable relics of this historic region which the society possesses.

The architect is Mr. George Cary, of Buffalo. He has chosen for his guidance in the work a Greek temple of the Doric order, adapting his plans to the purpose for which the building is intended. dimensions of the building are 130x82 feet, the north front to be 20 feet less than the south. The height is 33 feet on

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the north and 40 feet on the south walls. The height of the basement is 12 feet, and the second floor walls reach to the roof, making the ceiling 18 feet high. A A dining-room containing 1,906 square feet faces the park to the south and opens on the north. On the ground floor is also one of the museum rooms, which communicates with the floor above by a grand staircase. Over 10,000 square feet of floor space is provided for museum purposes. There is also an assembly hall with seats for 300 persons, and a library 37x52 feet. Offices, cloak and other rooms make the total floor area 31,803 feet. Fire-proof materials will be used throughout in the construction of the building. The exterior will be Vermont marble. The view of the bay and lake and of the park, which will be seen from the broad columinated portico on the south side of the building, will be of the most beautiful character.

Even the Midway buildings of the Pan-American Exposition will be ornamental and pleasing structures, covered with staff and colored as the other buildings of the Exposition proper are. The Pan-American Midway will be much more than a side show. It will be an educational feature of great value. Objectionable entertainments will be eliminated. The diversions of the Midway will be highly profuse and attractive and at the same time instructive. The Midway alone at the Pan-American will cost $3,000,000, which is more than the entire cost of some recent American expositions of respectable proportions.

The cost of the Pan-American Exposition as a whole, exclusive of exhibits, is estimated at about $10,000,000. The financial success of the enterprise is assured, as most of the stock and bonds has already been disposed of, and the amount of the estimated receipts from

exhibitors and concessionaires and admissions, based on a conservative estimate of attendance, is sufficient to more than meet the amount of capital invested. Buffalo has secured a sufficient number of conventions for the Exposition season to ensure of themselves a considerable attendance during the period the Exposition will be in progress, from the 1st of May to the 1st of November.

Much of the success of a great enterprise depends on the officers chosen to manage its affairs. The Pan-American Exposition was fortunate in the choice its directors made for the leading positions in its management. The president, the Hon. John G. Milburn, is a lawyer of national reputation, a gifted orator and a man of large influence in the affairs of Buffalo and the State of New York. The director-general, upon whom falls the responsibility for the chief executive work, is the Hon. William I. Buchanan, from the beginning the only man considered for the responsible post by the Exposition authorities. They were much gratified when he consented to resign from the office of United States. Minister to the Argentine Republic to take up the burdens and responsibilities of the management of the Exposition.

Mr. Buchanan, who was a National Commissioner from Iowa to the World's Columbian Exposition, was the first chief of department selected at Chicago, where he not only directed the affairs of the departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Live Stock, but was a most sagacious and helpful adviser in the general management of the Exposition, and was a recognized force in a large organization containing many strong men. The record of his work at that time bears abundant testimony to his uncommon executive ability.

In the early part of President Cleveland's second administration Mr. Buchanan was appointed United States Minister to the Argentine Republic-a

mission that he filled with great distinction to November 1, 1899. As a diplomatist he is more widely and favorably known throughout the Latin-American countries than any other representative of the United States. During the latter part of his diplomatic service the Argentine Republic and Chile were brought to the brink of war by a long-standing boundary dispute. For a time a peaceful adjustment appeared to be hopeless.. Finally sceheme of arbitration was devised, and Mr. Buchanan was made the arbiter, whose decision was accepted as binding on both parties. His fair, judicial, tactful treatment of the question in controversy inspired both governments to convey to him expressions of their warm appreciation and high esteem. The facts regarding this happy outcome of an international quarrel that had long excited the countries of the Southern Continent, made a strong impression on the people of those countries, and earned for the United States Minister an enviable reputation throughout South America.

At the present writing the prospects for a successful Exposition, from both the artistic and financial points of view, are all that could be desired by the most ardent well-wishers of the enterprise. The buildings are farther advanced in construction than in the case of any recent Exposition at a corresponding period. By the time this number of The Pacific Monthly is in the hands of its readers some of them will be completeand ready for exhibits. The landscape features are already well in hand, and, barring unusual incidents, like earthquakes or cyclones, there is every reason to anticipate that the gates of the Exposition will open on time, and that when they are swung wide they will disclose. one of the most glorious visions of beauty and magnificence that has been revealed to human gaze in the history of mankind.

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NOTHER murderer escaped the gallows on the ground of having operated while under hypnotic influence," said Sydney Worth, throwing aside the daily paper in disgust. "It is enough to make us lose confidence in our courts of justice to read such stuff." "Well, I'm not going to argue with you, Sydney, but I think that I can tell you something of interest on this very subject. Here, smoke a fresh cigar with me and listen to my story." Dr. Manning passed his cigar case over to Sydney Worth. Dr. Manning, like all good doctors, was very deliberate in speech and action. On the present occasion he was exasperatingly so. He selected a fragrant weed for himself, opened his pocket knife and very skillfully made two incisions, one on each side of the closed end of his cigar, and removed a wedge-shaped piece. He examined the wound critically, probably to see if an artery had been severed and required being taken up. Seeming satisfied that all was well so far, he settled himself comfortably in his easy chair, carefully applied a match to his cigar, slowly began to draw, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing a delicious cloud of cigar smoke issue from his full lips.

"A good many years ago," he began, "just how many it does not matter in this narrative, but I had been practicing medicine only a few months, when I met the strangest experience of my life.

"One afternoon I was returning from a visit to my only patient, when, crossing the street, my attention was attracted by a tall man of swarthy complexion. He was standing on the street corner, and seemed to be looking for some one, peering into the faces of passers-by, and scanning them from head to foot. As I passed him, an involuntary shudder went over me and I hurried by, turning my head to avoid his gaze, but instinctively I felt that his eyes were still on me, and

it made me feel uncomfortable and creepy.

"On reaching my office, before entering the door, I cast a look over my shoulder, and was quite certain that I saw the swarthy figure slink into a convenient hallway.

"I entered, slammed the door behind me, and rushed on up to my office. Going to the window, I peered out from behind the curtain, and, sure enough, there he stood directly opposite, writing something on a card, which I supposed was my number. Then, placing it carefully into his vest pocket, he walked rapidly down the street and disappeared. For two or three hours I felt nervous and worried over the incident, but it gradually wore away, and before bedtime that night I had entirely forgotten.

it.

"I slept unusually sound until just 2 o'clock (I remember distinctly of hearing the clock strike as I sat up in bed) when I awoke with a start, shaking from head to foot. The cold perspiration was exuding from every pore in my body, and my pulse beating wildly. I felt as if a great weight had suddenly been lifted off of me, leaving me crushed and breathless.

"I jumped out of bed, and, bathing my temples in cold water, succeeded in composing myself sufficiently to return, when I fell into a deep sleep. It was late when I arose the next morning with a dull aching pain in my head, as if a heavy weight were pressing down on my

brain.

"All day I felt oppressed and dazed, and had the feeling of one trying to re call something that had escaped his memory, but could not. However, by evening this condition had worn away. By bedtime I was myself again, and attributed the whole thing to an irregulated stomach. As on the preceding night, I slept very soundly until precise

ly 2 o'clock, when I again awoke, shaking as if with the ague. As before, I jumped out of bed and bathed my temples and face in cold water, but did not return to bed immediately, for I was worried and puzzled.

"Night after night passed by, and 1 experienced the same thing with unfailing regularity. I grew weak and apathetic, neglecting my meals, my friends and my daily duties. I was fully aware of my condition, but would not have lifted my finger to have prevented it. This state of affairs continued with unvaried precision until the tenth night, when, on being aroused, I was sure I saw the swarthy face of the stranger pressed against the window pane, but before I could reach the window it was gone, and on peering out into the darkness I could neither hear nor see anything. I returned to bed, concluding that it was a hallucination.

"Scarcely had I reached my bed before there came a loud knock at my door. I jumped up, and, before opening the door, asked what was wanted.

"Is Dr. Manning here?' 'Yes,' I answered, 'this is Dr. Manning.'

"Well, there is a sick gentleman in the next block wants you to come right away; I am to wait, and show you where to go; I'm a messenger boy.'

"I hurriedly dressed myself, and was soon following the boy up the street. The prospect of a new patient somewhat dispelled the lethargy in which I had been for the past ten days.

"It took us only a few minutes to reach our destination. The boy directed me to the room, and then, whistling loudly, left me and ran off in the dark

dimly; near by lay a violin and bow, and leaning against the table was the violin case. A plain cane-bottomed chair, near a low wooden couch, in the corner, was all the furniture that the room contained.

"On the couch was a figure, entirely covered with an old quilt, so that I could not tell whether it was a man or woman. I drew nearer and stooped over the figure, when suddenly the quilt was thrown over my head, and before I could realize what had happened, two strong arms were about me, and I was securely bound with a strong cord and seated in the chair.

Then the quilt was removed from my head, and standing before me was the swarthy stranger with his wild, maniacal eyes gleaming upon me.

Do not be alarmed,' he said, in a rich, musical voice, 'I only take this extreme measure as a precaution against any interruption, for I have some work for you to do, and it must be done tonight. No harm shall come to you, but I must be obeyed.'

"What followed has always seemed to me like a dream indelibly impressed upon my brain; the fear and excitement under which I was laboring rapidly subsided as he spoke, the musical tones producing a soothing effect.

"Before we work we will have some music,' he said, never taking his lustrous eyes off of me, and taking up the violin and bow he glided off into a wild, fantastic air. I watched him wonderingly. Wilder and wilder grew the music, and as I watched those gleaming orbs, as the head moved to and fro in an undulating motion, I gradually became oblivious to my strange position and surroundings. Faster and wilder yet, and objects about me appeared only as misty reflections. I became deliciously buoyant and seemed to float off into space. Then the music gradually grew fainter and fainter, until it died away entirely. Laying down the violin, the stranger untied the cords that bound me, and silently motioned me to follow him, which I did, for my every movement was subject to his will.

"We walked rapidly, at times almost running, until we had left the business center of the city and were in that portion occupied by handsome and aristocratic residences. We finally came to a halt in front of a large and imposing mansion. Standing in the shadow of a