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Show Solomon's Temple. Even in thoeo days of oxtravagauco and millionaire display, very fow poo pie havo any ndequato impression of tho immonso oost of tho groat tomplo of Solomon at Jorusalom, tho slto of whioh is undoubtedly ocouplod by tho , splondid mosquo of Omar, n Saracenlo building of oxquislto boau-ty, boau-ty, of agonial form nud of great hoight, surmounted by n doino. It is built of marblo and is of a palo bluo color, tho platform on whioh it stands boiug of u dazzling whith. In tho building of Solomon's tomplo tho preparation of tho materials, tho oost of labor, etc., tho cost was really wondorful. Foroxnmplo: thero woro 80,000 mon omployod ns bowers of steno, GO, 000 bonrors of burdous, 10,000 howors of oodars, 3,300 over-soors, over-soors, all of wiiqm woro employed for sovon years, and upon whom, besidos thoir wngos, Solomon bostowod 8, 739,070. If thoir dnllyjfood was worth 2s. each, tho total sum for nil was 03,877,088 during timo of tho build iug. Tho materials in tho rough tare estimated as having boon worth 2, 515,377,000, and tho total oost of tho building is placed at tho enormous sum of 0,80,822,000 sterling. Record and Guido. |