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Thc Art Gallery. Thc most imposing and ornate of all the structures is memorial hall, built at a cont of $1,500,000, by thu state of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadel phia. This is placed at the disposal of the centennial commission, to be used during thc exhibition as an art gallery, after which it ii designed to make it the receptacle of fri industrial and art col lection simil?r to the famous south Ken sington museum, at London. It stands on a line parallel with, and a short dis tance, nnrthward of, thc main building, ami is in a commanding position, looking ROU thwart! across the {schuylkill over Philadelphia. It stands, ujion a terrace one hundred and twenty-two feet above tho level of the Schuylkill. Being de signed for. an absolutely fireproof struc ture, nothing combustible has been used. The design is modern Renaissance, lt covers an acre and a half, and is three hundred ami sixty-five feet long, two hundred and ten feet wide, and fifty nine feet high, over a spacious basement twelve feet high. A dome, rising one hundred feet above the ground, sur mounts the. center, capped hy a colossal ball, from which rises the figure of Co lumbia. The main front of this build ing looks southward, displaying a main entrance in the center consisting of three enormous arched doorways a pavilion on each end, and two arcades connecting the pavilions with the eel)ter. The. en trance is seventy feet wide, to which there is a rise ot thirteen steps. Each of the huge, doorways is forty feet high' and li ficen feet wide, opening into a hall. Between the arches bf thc door w ays are clusters (d'columns, terminating in emblematic designs illustrative of science and art. Thc doors are ol iron, relieved by bronze, panels, displaying the couts of arms of all thc stales and ter ritories. Thc United State'-coat of arms >s in the center of the main frieze. The dome is of e;lass and iron, of unique de sign. While Columbia rhea at the top, "a colossal figure stands at each corner of thc base of the dome, typifying the four quarters of thc globe. In each pavilion there is a large win dow, twelve and one-half feet by thirty iourleef There are altogether eight of these windows, used for thc display of stained glass paintings, etc. Tho arcades designed to screen the long walls of the galleries each consist of fivo groined arches, and form promenades looking outward over the. grounds and inward over gardrns extending back lo the main wall of the building; These garden plots are each ninety feel by thirty six feet,or namented in thc center with fountains, and intended to display statuary. Thc arcades are. highly ornnncntcd, and the balustrades of them and of the' stairways are al-o designed for statuary. The walls of the cast and west sides of thc structure display the pavilions and the walls of the picture galleries, and are relieved by niches designed for statues. Tho frieze is richly ornamented, anil ?vc it thc central (lome shows to great autage. The rear or north front of building is of thc -samo general ?icier as the main front, but, in .-. of thc arcade, basa series of arched) - -, H *--I^?V.vi :f . * . .. ;..-\ ^ ^^^^ Thc. Pennsylvania railroad company, whoso lines penetrate every section of the Union, and directly connect all important points with Philadelphia, has made magnifi cent preparations for conveying, with safety and comfort, the millions of people who in tend visiting the Centennial Exhibition di rectly to the Centennial grounds. The loca tion of the Exhibition made, it impossible for any other railway to directly renell thc Exhibition buildings and grounds, and tin management, ever sinPe thc 3ite was des ignated, has employed its gigantic equip ments and unrivaled facilities to make the Exhibition a success, by providing thc amplest accommodations at the minimum price, for both exhibitors and visitors. It was titting that a railway company,national in its character and op?rations, should thin second thc commissioners in illustrating oui centennial history by demonstrating thc high degree of excellence attained hy Hit railway trannportation system of America in making Hie great thoroughfares uiiitinc the Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi valley, thc "VW*/ Northwest and Southwest with theCcngm""! City, ns \ cried as puni ble in ail ita essentials aa?d details. Its routes follow Voe geographical elimi n?is of continental iriter-communiculiun Uniting most of the. larger citietron thc .-:://): ; .' '. ' \ : . * V-~ ; - /Vf CENTENNIAL DEPOT, i southern shores if tlie great lakes, on the Mississippi ?uni 'Ohio rivers, and on the At lantic harbord. l'Ile main road from New York to Philadelphia, though poising througli tlie principal cViesof New .Jersey, does not devinta six miles from an air line, and this deflection is due to tho interposition of navigable waters. These rom M not only excel in directness as well as in tl-?, number of important cities and towns they '?joniiect, hut they are confessedly superior io con Btruction and equipment. Between Pitfs hurgh and New York, 4M miles, the entire linois double track, laid with, heavy steel rails with joints connected between li?s by a process thal gives the effect of continuous rail, on which there can heno unpleasant jarring. All bridges on the line are of iron or stone. A large portion of this distarle is provided with a third track, which enfhles freight trains to keep entirely out of the way of passenger travel, and permits the express trains to run their allotted l?st'1"00 without interruption, and near Philadel phia, and oilier important terminal p?nJ8i four tracks have, for considerable tanct-H, been completed. The block signal system, cxclusive"y used on tlie Pennsylvania railroad Hirer's"" out itH entire length, compels the engjnt'or of a train to know whether tlie tra?"' 13 clear or not to thc next station, bc ii one ?wp M^?0?^mS?m 5NNS YLVANIA HA! LEOAD or I un miles, ami evrry modern' appliance foi* combining thc highest Kneed with Hie most perfect safety li:.s been adopted. The company has built !!00 elegant ears", with engines of tim lust class ample tn move all trains that may possibly be required. Centennial visitors will lind tin. Pennsyl vania road the only direct route from thc West, Nortli and East tn tbe Centennial Exhibition, tho ralos ns low as by any tither route, the time made by it the quickest, und the accommodations for comfort, luxury and .safety unequaled. Careful agents, nu all trains, will arrange for the prompt and cheap delivery of all baggage, and, for fifty cents, sell seats in a comfortable carriage to an}' point in Philadelphia. Above all, thc?! visitors will be landed at the very doors of thc Exposition, in the beautiful Centennial depot of the company represented in thc above cut. It stands op posite the open space separating the Main exhibition building from Machinery hall, facing thu principal entrance gate and the Judge's pavilion, and in close proximity to several immense hotels and restaurants, lt itt 340 feet in length by 100 in width, two stories high, and surmounted hy six towers. In design it is tasteful and ornamental, comparing favorably with the many beauti ful structures erected for the purposes of the Exhibition. The first door contains a gen ?ral wailing room, K!0 hy 100 leer, al anica' waiting loom eighty-ono. by Ititi leo!ta ling ??age room forty-nine l>y 100 feel, a ticket oflico th if ty liy forty feet, ? package room len hy thirty feet, and a number ol' retiring rooms, all handsomely lini.-hed, and pro vided with every convenience. The nunns :>n the second lloor are for the use of the railroad ollicial.s ami employees. This depot is reached hy a circle, of three track.H H weeping from the main roadway four-fifths til ;i mile long, and the diameter :>f the circle they describe is OOO feet. All trains will enter this circle heading west, nilli depart from thc depot bending en.it. Di rec trains can l?> landing or receiving passengers in front of thc depot at the | lanie time, tim entire tracks liebig lloor?.?i iver, and no matter in what direction thc rains may come or go, they can bc moved ivitliout confusion, delay or danger. Seventeen additional sidings have j been 'oustmeted, connected with this circle^ of a Cllgth of 1,000 feet each, upon which Wait ng trains can bc run ami remain with en jincs attached, until the time arrives /or hem to enter upon thc circle, receive their | iHftsengcrs, and depart for destination. This arrangement of tracks and sidings is lovel, and affords facilities for the tranaac ?oh, without detention or confusion, of nn dniost unlimited passenger business. O |*MTNT?Sf< rOT.TfFfi??. rhllndnlpbli^b WE MEAN IT! And aro prepared to demonatrnte tho fact. OUR AUGERS are operated entirely 07 HOItSE POWER, and will lioronl. tho rnto of 20 FEET PER HOUR. They boro from 3 TO 6 FEET IN DIAMETER, AntWtN Y DEPTH REQUIRED. They will boru in All liliitlx of Enrlb, Sort Nu ti il ?nit E.till OMt <l tl e. Il W ii ill I ii <> ii n SIUOO I'iml, Nlato and Hardpan. And we MAKE tho REST ot WELLS in QUICKSAND. GOOD ACTIVE AGENTB Wnnlcil In every .Stale and County in Hie Uniteil Slates. Send for our Illu.strutcd Catalogue, terms, jirie.en, ?tc, proving our advertisements buna /ule. Address CREAT WES?ERS V/EIL AUBER CO. BLOOMFIELD, DAVIS CO., IOWA. ?Vi-t.ne in what paper you saw this adver tisement. "THE VIBRATOR" 1000 SULP LAST SEASON WITHOUT ONE FAILURE Oil REJECTION This ls the tammin Thr.-Hhini; machino tlint hus "nwojit tim fi'-M" mu? crrnliii mich n revolution iii tho Irndo, l>>-OH HATCIILtSS QHAIN-SAVINO ANM> TIM?-SAW INO principle*.