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Show ATTBKWOHLn'H rAlti. Plana I'or Ibe ovf rnmenfa Eabl-billon. Eabl-billon. Washington, Jan. 5. riaus for the government's exhibition at tlie World's Fair, have ben decided de-cided ujio.i by the several depart meuts. The Lull ling In which the exhibit will be placed will be nearly squire, covering nearly 150.000 square feet of floor sjiace, and having hav-ing an ornamental facade, with a main entrance resembling somewhat some-what the Arcade Trioropbeat Paris. Intho middle will risea handsome azoda, likua tower, beneath which will ben bli rotunda. Around tills rotunda the great hall will be divided divid-ed up for the use of the various department. de-partment. Tlie Xavy Deiartment will U represented by a lac simile of onool tile latest war vts-e-ls built by Untie Sant. It will lie built of brick and covered on tliu outside with painted cement, to give a realistic effect, aud will have on board a crew ol sailors aud marines, properly oul-cered oul-cered nnJ all tlie latest naval appliances. ap-pliances. The War Department will have an elaborate exhibit. It will include in-clude a display of improved small arms, big fortification appliance!, engineering and other appliance-si Tliu worh of the Department uf Agriculture, in the way of importing import-ing and distributing seeds, will be illustrated by tlie exhibition of the virious kinds of cereals, fruits, vege-Ub'es vege-Ub'es and grasses raised In liiflcreut parts of the country. Incidentally to this attention will be given to showing tbe modifications of crors ty soil aud climate-, which will e most interesting to the tanners. Tlie Chemistry divhion will show the process of analyzing foods and the component elements of which they arc found to be. All the bureaus of the Department will be well represented. repre-sented. .The various branches of tlio Interior In-terior DepartmtutwillhaveeXhiblU of tbt-lr w oik. The great exhibit iu this Department w ill be that of the fish corumissimi. The latest fishery appliances, which are far alien I of! TOVgfcootvTCateT-aa'a." '' 'OeSMtbij iitayLit, uacMise aquariums wltTT miugseaand fresh water creatures big and little. The. various lirauchesof theTreas-, Ury DeptrtmeLil will nuke a gixi show lug, the most intetestiiig of whith will be the mo-JeU of the I.lgli.ilou'u Ituard aud the exhibits of the life saving service. Tills 'branch will hive n regular station on the lake shore and will daily rescue per-ons,blrcd fur the purpose, from a half submerged vessel in the lake, by menus of lifeboats and breeched bujvs. Tlio Smithsonian Institution will try to make its part a success. |