Monday, July 1st, will be Canada's national holiday. It is called Dominion Day and is the anniversary of Canadian Confederation in 1867. The day is patriotically observed and the Canadian railroads are figuring up a grand rush to the Pan-American Exposition on that day. In order to show the visitors from the Dominion that Canada is fittingly represented here, extra efforts have been made by those in charge to have the Canada building finished and furnished complete and in apple pie order for their reception. It is really a Canadian headquarters and has been for the last week or ten days .

The Canada building was thrown open to the public on Wednesday, June 19th, when a spendid Union Jack was run up to the peak of the high flagpole. That was all the formality observed in the opening of the handsome building. Commissioner William Hutchinson, representing the Dominion Government. said he didn't want any ceremony about it and has had his way. It was the original intention to dispense with ceremonials at the Canada building altogether. The Hon. Frederick W. Borden, M.S., Minister of Militia and Defense, was here a week ago, however, and was so much impressed by the representations of [illegible]...

Building and exhibit have been authorized and arranged for by the Department of Agriculture, which the Hon.Sydney A. Fisher is minister. Minister Fisher was here and assisted in the selection of the site for the Canada building. It is very well located. To Canada and New York State is given the distinction of having their buildings by themselves, and not huddled in with other State and foreign countries. Directly in front, not more than a gunshot distant, is the Electric Tower, of which an unobstructed vew may be had from the porch and balcony of the Canada building, and in front, also, is the canal surrounding the great group of exposition buildings, and only a stone's throw away is the Agriculture building. It is but a step from the railway entrance and the East Amherst gate and will be a particularly desirable headquarters for the agriculturalists and stock-breeders of Canada on account of its nearness to the Stadium wherein almost all the animals will be paraded for judging.

The building is very similar in design and material of construction to the British building at the Chicago Exposition in 1893. The architect must have had its Elizabethan prototype in mind when he set out to design a building for the Pan-American Exposition. The addition of a tower, however, improved the general character of the design from an exposition viewpoint and it is, on the whole, and improvement on the designs ob both the British and Canadian buildings at the Columbian Exposition. The porches are gay with boxes of bright flowers and infront of the building are two bits of garden which will assist the commission's "color scheme" by and by.

Within is shown the ingenious handiwork of a pastmaster in the art of decorating with grains and grasses. The columns and arches and friezes are richly trimmed with the cereal products of Canadian farms. They are woven into figures and patterns and constitute a fanciful and rather artistic style of decoration eminently suitable for fair purposes. The exhibit of Canadian grains is made in small glass jars, enclosed in large plateglass showcases. Pre-eminent in the display of Canadian products in this building are the specimens of game animals and birds. An inspection warms every drop of sporting blood in one's veins. A large part of the display is the property of the New Brunswick Legislature and was loaned to the Intercolonial Railway for an exhibition here. the Intercolonial, by the way, is a Government road. A mammoth bison occupies the post of honor in the central court and surmounting the two showcases of grain are a fine specimen of musk ox, seen in the picture, and a large deer. The bison is a huge specimen and those in charge claim that it is the largest specimen in existence - alive or dead. It is Government property and has never been loaned before for exposition purposes. By the way, this stufffed bison has a history. It was the giant of a herd in the Canadian Northwest Territories and was killed by Warburton Pike, an American writer of some repute, who had it stuffed and mounted by a Rochester tazidermist, and presented it with his compliments to the Dominion Government. Moose, elk, caribou, beaver, lynx, wildcat, mink, seal, marten, fox, bear, wolf and a variety of game fish and birds [illegible] the vast country north of us to be well stocked with game of all descriptions from New Brunswick to the Yukon. The musk ox, which occupies so conspicuous a position in one of the accompanying pictures, was killed in the far Canadian northern region so barren of wood that the Indians, who carry bunches of fagots with them for fuel, call it the "country of the little sticks" and was carried hundreds of miles to Hudson's Bay, whence it found its way, via England, to Canada. One splendid moosehead, with antlers spreading 68 inches, was loaned by Col. Charles E. Turner, United States Consul General at Ottawa, Ont., who shot it 150 miles north of the Dominion Capital. It is said to be the most perfect specimen in existence. There is likewise a caribou head for which premier honors are claimed. It is a very comprehensive exhbit and for the sportsman there is nothing at the Pan-American Exposition to compare with this display of Canadian game.

Off the main court on the left is a general parlor, daintily furnished with wicker chairs and couches, and a ladies parlor adjoining, where a maid is always in attendance. This parlor is handsomely furnished in mahogany. To the right of the main court are the general offices of Commissioner Hutchinson and his secretary, William A. Burns. It is there that the register is found and there that the Canadian visitor will find a warm welcome. Adjoining are reading and writing rooms and on the second floor are private rooms for the accommocation of the commissioner and his staff.

In the office there is a large register, in which Canandian visitors are expected to place their names. If they are sojourning in the city and are desirous of acquainting their friends with their whereabouts, there is a column for their Buffalo address. This column appears to fill a very general wish, as many of those who registeradd their temporary addresses, Of those who enter their names in the Canada building register a majority are former Canadians now resident in theis country and there is now and then a line or two of comment which shows that some of them, at least, retain an affection for their native country. Mrs. George Phillips of New York wrote the first entry on the first page of the book. Opposite her name and address is inscribed: "I salute thee, my country, Canada." A group of officers, from the Canadian militia camp of instruction at Niagara-on-the-Lake inscribed with pride opposite their names, "Soldiers of the King, God Bless Him!" and Irene Hanson of Montreal was so well pleased with the Dominion's building and exhibit that she inscribed, "Hurrah for Canada!" after her signature.

The roof-lines of the Canada building are outlined, in harmony with the exposition buildings, with incandescent electric lamps and Commissioner Hutchinson is justly proud of the building, its location, its exhibits and its appointments.