A New Yorker's IDlpressloDs of" the World's Pair. while in the distance can be seen the statue of the (Continued from page 163.) Republic and the lake through the columns of the the admission gates) is the endless sidewalk railroad Peristyle. South of the Administration building operated by electricity, which extends over the entire stands the immense Palace of Machinery, with its long length of the pier. For five cents a person may ride row of Corinthian columns, and on the north are the upon

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... t all day if desired. In approaching the buildings Mining and Electrical Palaces, simple but harmonious from the pier, the sp lendid group of statuary sur-in shape and idea with the other larger buildings. mounting the Peristyle appears in strong relief against In the porch of the Electrical Palace is a beautiful a blue sky, while the other single statues on either statue of Franklhi drawing electricity from the clouds. side and underneath form an appropriate setting or West of the Administration building is a large open surrounding. Once the Peristyte is reached, the mas-space, bounded by the Central Railroad depot, an im siveness of its three rows of columns becomes appar-posing building and very large. In the gallery of this ent and the solid pavement underlleath brings one to building is a spacious writmg room, equipped with a realizing sense of Venice. A paved arched bridge is every facility for correspondence. The building provided in the centecr of the Peristyte over a narrow seemed to be too large for the purpose, and there wa terway which connects the basin of the Court of was much waste room. Just west of this are the Honor with the lake. Steam launches pass through train sheds for thirty-five tracks, having accommoda this and under the bridge in going from the Court of tions for thousands of visitors. Not more than one Honor to �he lake. The Peristyle fronts directly on third of the tracks were in active use. Coming to the the lake, making a pleasant place to sit on a hot after-Fair in this way, via the Illinois Railroad, the visitor noon, as the cool breezes from the lake draw through is landed close to the Administration building, and between the:columns. has for a first view the delightful vista of the basin After crossing the floor of the Peristyle inward, the and lakA from the eastern porch of that building. first unohstructed view of the various buildings in The aluminum bronze dome of this building, shining their majestic proportions is had. Close to the spec-like gold, looming up 275 feet above the ground, can rSEPTEMBER 9, 1893. as five years, and has never found their interest to flag as long as he was willing to talk about bears. He told a child five years old a story about a grizzly bear that fed on the carcass of a whale near his camp on the Pacific coast, and when he saw that boy a year later he climbed on his knee and demanded the same story over again. Bear stories never grow old. Children may forget about Samson and the lion, but never about the she bears that revenged the bald-headed Elisha. To some extent the same interest is manifest ed in wolf stories, e. g., the fascinating tale of "Little Red Riding Hood." Now, why is so much iuterest taken in these animals? Two explanations may be offered. One isthat it is entirely a matter of education, due to the consecutive traditions of the nursery, and the place they have in juvenile literature. The other is that this interest is instinctive. The latter is the true explanation. The origin of instinct is a mooted question among naturalists. Most evolutionists have held it to be due to the inhtti tance of acquired experi ence, memory, habits, all(� .stes. This is now denied by naturalists of certain ilrthools, but held to by others. Our own belief is that the matter now considered be longs to inherited memory. Bears and wolves have been the most destructive of all wild beasts known in tator at. the lake end of the Court of Honor, isolated be seen from a great distance, and is particularly con-our latitude and climate. The destruction of children on a pedestal rising out of the water, is the mammoth spicuous at night when cov.ered with rows of hundreds by these animals in parts of Europe is still more re gilded statue of the Republic, facing westward toward of incandescent lights. The designers have allowed markable. Formerly it must have been very great, the Administration building, which causes the statue ample space between the buildings properly to show and must have made a permanent impression on the to be seen first from the back. The statue is 60 feet them off, and while apparently near together, as ob-mind. We know that several of our finest breeds of high and cost $25,000. The two arms are raised upward served by the eye, they are in reality separated some dogs were originally evolved as wolf dogs. The fear parallel with each other, one hand holding a flag and distance apart, as can be proved by attempting to inspiredby hears and wolves in the childhood of our the other a staff with a liberty cap on it. It is very walk from one to the other. civilization, and the education of successive genera imposing and can be seen from nearly every point of One noticeable difference from the Centenial Expo-tions in this fear, descends to us as an inherited mem view. To the right of the Peristyle as one enters from sition in 1876 is the absence of cheap and rapid com-ory, or instinct, of sufficient force to impart a fascina-