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Show POOL OF SILO AM. x News of tho finding of the foundation founda-tion of tho tower of Siloam will be read with interest by Blblo students tho world over. In addlton to the foundation, founda-tion, tho excavators discovored a Jong, woll-cnt Grcok inscription, tolling of the laying of the foundation of tho bathB, tho synagogue, etc. "What iB known as the Siloam inscription, consisting con-sisting of 6ix linos, dating from the time of AhabjDr Hezekiah, waa discovored discov-ored by Mr. C. Schick in 1880. Mr. Schick also uncovered a conduit in the '00 's. The latest excavators havo discovered dis-covered tho conduit loading from the famous spring montionod under different differ-ent names in tho old testament, Mr. Schick's" conduit not being tho oldeBt, as popularly eupposotL Mention of the recent discoveries in Jerusalem, the finding of the foundations founda-tions of tho tower, the inscription and tho aqueduct recall te old-time hymn, beginningt By cool Slloam'a shady rill, How fair tho Illy grows. |