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GARDEN OF EDEN, U. 8. A.
Becker of the U. S. Geological Sur-
vey Claims to Have Made an
Intereating Discovery.
Have we annexed the Garden of
JEn among our Philippine posses-
ions? Dr. Becker of the United
States geological survey, who went
itb our army to the island*,is rath-
* inclined to that opinion. Indeed,
he advances many arguments calcu
lated to show that the first abbde of
mankind upon the earth is a spot in
w hat is now the island of Luzon,
ove r which floats the glorious stars
and stripes as a consequence of our
wa r with Spaia. It would be dull
and uninteresting, -if not incompre
hensible to the average reader, to
follow the course of Dr. Becker’s ar
gument through its whole course. It
covers the ground to say that he has
found from his investigations and
explorations that some time in the
Tertiary period of the earth’s exist
ence what is now the Philippine Is
lands was a paft of the mainland of
Asia. Then came convulsions of na
ture which broke up the great conti
nent and left the Philippines a group
of dots of land surrounded by water.
Previous to this momentous change
in topography, however, had occur
red the creation of mankind and the
beasts of the field, which permitted
of the scattering of the progeny of
the first-created over the continent
before the cataclysm.
Dr. Becker has discovered in Lu
zon many fossils and other evidences
in the strata of earth which make
him almost certain that the verita
ble Garden of Eden was situated on
that island. So impressed is he with
what he has found that he writes el
oquently to the effect that “in bring
ing under our flag the original Gar
den of Eden we shall secure a treas
ure beyond financial or political val
uation.”
It has not been possible yet to lo
cate the identical spot upon which
the Tree of the Forbidden Fruit
grew and bore its burden of evil for
the human race, nor has the location
of the den of the serpent been defi
nitely determined; but these are de
tails which may be overlooked if
positive assurance can be had that
we have the real and “original” gar
den. What a demand there would
be from various corporations for
eligible sites if the discovery were
authenticated beyond the peradven-
ture of a doubt! There would im
mediately be a proposition to con
vert the garden into a national park
—admission free every day in the
week except Tuesdays and Fridays;
twenty-five cents charged on those
days; ten per cent of the admissions
to go for a monument to Adam and
Eve. Then there would come a trol
ley line, passing by the gate of the
blaming Sword and leading into, a
firatclass tourist hotel in the apple
orchard. Among the attractions of
the hotel grounds would be the Lov
er’s Lane down, which Adam and
Eve walked hand in hand, anon
whispering airy nothings while they
inspected she beasts and gave them
their names. And then there would
be the lawn upon which little Cain
and Abel gamboled with the Mega
therium, rode upon the back of the
Scelidotherium and tickled the Pal-
eoblattina with a straw to seC it run.
The possibilities of the garden as a
place of touist resort would be al
most unlimited.
It is to be hoped that Dr. Becker
will be able to furnish positive proofs
that he has found the Garden of
Eden, and that it is now within the
mixed jurisdiction of General Mac-
Arthur and the Taft commission. If
he can do so the American people
will never permit the scene ol the
early joys and sorrows of the pro
genitors of the race to again suffer
neglect or fall into disrepair. They
will make it brilliant with many
electric lights and vibrant w ith the
clangor o_f trolley cars.—Savannah
News.
Njglit Was Her Terror.
“I would cough nearly all night
>ng,” writes Mrs. Ch'as. Apple-
ite, of Alexandria, Ind., “and
mid hardly get/any sleep. I had
msumption so bad ^that if I
alked a block I would cpugli
ightfully and spit blood, but
hen ail otter medicines failed,
tree $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s
ew Discovery wholly cured me
id I gained 58 pounds.” It’s ab
•lately guaranteed to cure colds,
mghs, lagrippe, bronchitis and
1 throat and lung troubles. Price
>c and $1, Trial bottles free at
oltzclaw’s Drugstore.
It is Money That Makes the Mare Go.
Birth and breeding count for lit
tle these days. Money is what the
world worships. The man who has
it is sought and courted, although
his merit may be but little.
Recently New York papers con
tained long accounts of a dinner and
a dance given by James Henry
Smith, a resident of that city. It
was given at Sherry’s, a well known
and fashionable restaurant. The
guests were the, best known people
of the metropolis—the multi-mil
lionaires and the smart set. It is
said the entertainment cost $15,000,
and the number of guests was not
large.
- And who is James Henry Smith?
A very good fellow no doubt, and a
worthy man in every respect. But,
fi'om. all accounts, he was not a so
cial lion a year or so ago. He was
a well-to-do bachelor .and lived very
quietly.
His uncle, a close-fisted old
Scotchman who had made his mon
ey in the western states, died and
left him $50,000,000. At.once he
became a man of importance in the
eyes of those who have the reputa
tion of leading society.
He was overwhelmed with invita
tions to this and that function, and
society was unwilling to be satisfied
until it had this quiet bachelor in
its grasp. Now he is in the swim
for certain—not, probably, with his
entire consent, but because he could
not help himself. His money made
him so attractive that a nearer view
of him was insisted upon. If his old
uncle had not made him his heir it
is probable that he would still be
unknown.
Now he has his picture in the
public prints, and columns are writ
ten about him 'and his dinner and
his dance. Money makes the mare
go.
The logic of the protectionist is
something remarkable in its weird
ness. Here we have American sugar
makers complaining because our im
port duty on sugar is not high
enough, while American makers of
machinery are complaining because
the Russian impost on machinery is
too high. And although Russia
raised the machinery duty in retali
ation for our having raised the duty
on Russian sugar, the loyal protec
tionists insist that Russia’s action is
unfriendly and declare that Russia
has no right to deem a similar act
on the part of the United States un
friendly. When a protectionist starts
out on a logical journey he invaria
bly meets himself coming back.—
The Commoner.
To The Deaf.
A rich lady,'cured of her deaf
ness and noises in the head by Dr.
Nicholson’s Artificial Ear Drums,-
gave $10,000 to his Instute, so
that deaf people unable to pro
cure the Ear Drums may have
them free. Address No. 1474. The
Nicolson Institute, 780 Eighth
Avenue, New York.—Ex.
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Three sons of President John Ty
ler have lived to see the Twentieth
Century. One is a member of the
Virginia Senate, and another is pres
ident of William and Mary College.
See that you get the original
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve when
you ask jfor it. The genuine is a
certain cure for piles, sores and
skin diseases. Hottzclaw’s Drug
store.
Brakeman Orders a Private Car.
Oil strikes in California are mak
ing poor men millionaires as in the
old days in Pennsylvania. One of
the strangest of these freaks of for
tune came to John A Bunting, a
former freight brakeman on the
Southern Pacific road, who has just
ordered a $30,000 private car.
Ten years ago Bunting was keep
er of a railroad water tank on the
desert near Tucson, Ariz. Then he
was advanced, and finally became
freight brakeman. He loaned a
friend $170, and took as collateral a
watch and a mortgage on forty acres
of land in Kern county. The friend
did not pay, so Bunting sold the
watch and foreclosed the mortgage
on the land. He tried to sell the
land, but could not get anything for
it. Recently oil was struck near his
place. He resigned and began to
develop his property. He struck oil,
and now is rated as a millionaire.
Bunting went into the office of
General Manager Fillmore at San
Francisco recently and sent in his
card. Fillmore sent back a reply
that he was sorry, but he • had no
job. Bunting sent back word that
he.was not looking for jobs, but that
he wanted to buy a private car.
Fillmore congratulated him and
advised him to buy a car with all
the latest improvements, which
would cost Aim $30,000, and mean
while to rent a car from the South
ern Pacific. This he did. Bunting
has no expensive tastes except a
strong desire to travel in his own
car and to have that car as luxurious
as it is possible to make it.
India is rapidly becoming an im
portant factor in the coal market.
The output last year was nearly 40
per cent in excess of that of the year
before, and a still further increase
will be seen this year. Exportation
of coal from India has already be
gun. The coal is found over wide
areas, and the growing shortage \in
England may be relieved by the ex
pansion of the mining industry in In
dia, and the United States may find
that country a serious competitor.
Thirteen years ago Sim Bell and
his wife, of Ottumwa, Iowa, quar
reled because they could not agree
on a name for their baby daughter.
From that time neither spoke to the
er until last week, when both hap
pened to attend the same revival
meeting in a local church. The ex
citement at this gathering broke the
long period of silence, and now they
are fully reconciled.
Like Oliver Twist, children ask
for more when given One Minute
Cough Cure. Mothers endorse it
highly for croup. It quickly cures
all coughs and colds and every
throat and lung trouble. It is a
specific for grippe and asthma,and
has long been a well known reme
dy for whooping cough. Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
The House of the Delaware legis
lature has passed a bill to prevent
kidnapping, which makes the penal
ty death, or imprisonment for life,
in the discretion of the court. It is
the first bill in twenty years fixing
the extreme penalty of the gallows
as an addition to the list of crimes
punishable by death.
Stop the Cough andWorks off the Cold
Laxitive Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM, JR.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Crockery, Stoves, Lamps House-
Furnishing Goods.
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