In the days of Solomon, Jerusalem was supplied with water from Solomon's pools and brought into the city by aqueduct. These pools are constructed of heavy masonry and comprise three great reservoirs between two shelving hillsides standing on different levels, the one draining into the other, and consisting partly of masonry and partly of rock cutting and cover about seven acres. They were fed by springs, and are at the present time in very good repair. They are located in the hill country toward Hebron, about six or eight miles southwest of Jerusalem. The upper pool is 380 feet long by 233 feet wide and 25 feet deep; the middle pool is 423 feet long by 233 feet wide and 39 feet deep; the lower pool is 52 feet long by 175 feet wide and 50 feet deep. These pools were no doubt made by the order of Solomon. “I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees; . . . I made me pools of water.” Eccl. 2: 5, 6. About 200 yards above the upper pool is a fountain. The water from it is conducted by an underground aqueduct to the pools. Modern Jerusalem has depended entirely upon the rain for its water supply; hence the water is very precious and is not furnished free, but sold. Altho the past summer has been very hot and dry, the lack of rain has been turned into a blessing, because it awoke the people to a realization of the fact that Jerusalem was entirely dependent upon rainwater. The first relief came through a Mohammedan, who undertook to bring water by rail from “Bettir,” the first railroad station west of Jerusalem. He succeeded in bringing in five tanks daily, and sold the water cheaper than it was ever sold before. Plans were made by an eminent architect, who during his stay in Jerusalem had become interested in the situation, for bringing water from Solomon's pools in iron pipes to Jerusalem. He estimated the cost at £5000, and that 8000 skins could be distributed free to the poor every day. The fourth of July was a day of universal rejoicing in Jerusalem, as a few days previous the new governor, in telegraphing his congratulations to the sultan on the occasion of Mahomet's birthday, asked that the day might be signalized by permission to pipe water into Jerusalem, so that the suffering this year might be mitigated, and the poor people be supplied with the water freely. A favorable reply was received, and plans were at once made to launch the new enterprise. The course to be followed is principally that pursued by Solomon: past the orchards, “Urtas,” through Bethlehem, past Rachel's tomb and Mar Elias, across the plain of Rephaim where David, parched with thirst in his battle with the Philistines, longed for the water of the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and the valley of Gihon across the valley of Hinnom, around Zion into the Tyropeon valley. The work is now being pushed faster than is usual with the Turkish Government. (This fund for bringing water into Jerusalem has been on hand since before the discovery of America.) At one point, following the course of the oldest aqueduct, the piping enters a tunnel through a mountain between Jerusalem and Mar Elias, which is about 450 meters in length. This tunnel is being enlarged and utilized as a sort of reservoir to accumulate the water and give it head for its outflow in Jerusalem. In exploring this tunnel quite a perfect arch was found at one point, supporting the roof, which is of very great interest, as the tunnel and arch were doubtless constructed by Solomon, giving evidence that the arch dates back of the Romans and the Greeks.—Ex