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Show A Design for the AVoidd'a Fair. Mr. Hallock, a mechanical engineer of this state, has proposed a design for the i main building of the World's fair atChi-i atChi-i cago. The leading feature is a dome hav-j hav-j ing a diameter of 800 feet. This dome j rises from a flat, pedestal-like building, which is in the form of across, and is 1.SU3 feet long and 1,492 feet deep. Thus the two dates of 1492 and 1802 are expressed in the dimensions of the building, and the 400 years which have elapsed since the discovery are expressed in the length of radius of the dome. On the top of thp dome is a temyle of Liberty, expressive of the triumph of Liberty in the government govern-ment of the American nations, and on this structure is a colossal figure of Columbus Co-lumbus pointing to bis discovery, which is represented by a great map upon the j fat. of the dome. Philadelphia Ledger. |