Jerusalem's Boom

The city of Jeruíulim i Kroning in size and population at a remarkable rnfe. [tí arowtli ia uil tlie more surprisiug be[¦Mii-o neither itssituation uor it trade nre favorable to .1 rapid inciense; it lies among not very tcrtilc group of mountiiins; it lias ncxt to no oommcrce, and it luis nom-inuiiictures. Xevertlieless, new buildinjrs lire rislüg datly; churclies, g;irdens and iust.it uti-s nf varions kinds are lilüiiir up the fonnerly desoUte nciliborliDod to the d8tance of half au hour"s wulk beyond the llmits of thu city. The Jews ire to the front as builders. Their houses spring out of th! grojttnd like iiiiishroons - uniform, ulj', one (-toricd. plentifully snppliccl wit li Windows, lm! ith no marnier of adornnient. 'l'he Iiotlischilds liave complutvU a iidtfJjes)H:i(. C'Htóf ti siac II I 5 Tcw A.h'g8Ínian cburch. The Russians are also great builden; tlicy have erecled a in-w church, cnnsulato, lodiiiü houses for pllgrims of the orthodox national churclie?, añil a hospital. Near to tlio RuasUn group stnnds tlie "Germiin House" for Germán Roman Catholics, from wboe top t!ie Germán and the p:ipal llagsfl ¦ntftde by side. The Rtisslans have also built a high towor upon the Moiint of Olives, from hoe suinmit the Mediterrane n and the Dead Sea can botti he seen. The (Jreeks and Armenians are alao busy builders, hut they proyide for the bodily ratber thiin the religious demanda of the pilf;rims. The former build cafes and baz iars, and