Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-05
THE NORTH POLE THE ORIGI.
NAL GARDEN OF EDEN.

LILLE " OHzH FOLE 1H0 VkLxU
NAL GARDEN OF EDEN.
DR.. Hardinger thinks that he can
give good reasons for his belief that
the ':2rand old gardener and his wife
had their first situation, and lost it, in
the region about tie North Pole. Sew:
eral considerations led him to this con
clusion. In the first place, hard as il
is now to get to it, was originally an
easy place to get away from in all di
rcctiOns; from no other could it he SO
easy, and hence the dispersion of men
to all parts Of the globe is more read.
lily accounted for. DR.. Hardinger finds,
which most other modern archB0lO-
sists have not, abundance of evidence
OF the identical origin of all races OF
men in language and religious beliefs
and rights. The Hebrew Scriptures
say, as Hartlinger interprets them,
that Adam and Eve, after leaving the
garden, went to the southeast and
dwclt there. In Siberia, therefore, we
should expect to find evidences of the
earliest residences of an intelligent
and cultivated people. Such evidences
there is, in the traditions of several
Eastern nations, that their ancestors
came from the north, and also in an
cient remains of implements, burial
places and mines worked and aban-
doncd, many years ago. Besides these
considerations which make his theory
plausible, DIR. Hardinger had others,
which lie calls tlieOlOgicoscientific
proofs. Accepting the nebular n.y.
pOtlesis, lie admits that our earth was
at one time an incandescent ball, which
only by gradual and other changes be-
came fit for the abode of man. The
poles, now the coolest part of the sur
face, must first have become habitable,
and Therefore first inhabited. More
over, we are told that when Adam was
driven out, an angel with flaming
sword was set to guard the gate and
prevent his return. The Hebrew word
1--WE trust the doctor for this etymOlOgy)
for flame or ice is csh-whicl is evi-
IDENTIFY allied to our word ice. The
flaming or icy guarding has ever since
barred the way to mans first home.
THE Emperor William had one regi-
ment, during the late Franco Prussian
war, into which he admitted no one
under six feet in stature. He offered
a reward for every new recruit. A re.
cruiting officer in his service, finding
foreigner who was seven feet in height,
thought to gain reward and please
the king by inducing him to join the
regiment. 1t was required, however,,
that every recruit should understand
the German language, which the for
eigner did not. As the Emperor usll-
ally asked the men only three ques-
tons, the officer thought he could cover
this defectb by teaching his new soldier
the answers to the questions commonly
asked. The questions were these:
"How old are you?" To this he taught
him to answer "Twenty-one years.
How many years have you been in the
To this question he taught
him to answer 1.-TWO years. "Have
You been provided with clothing and
rations!" To this question he taught
him to answer "BOth." He repeated
his answers Twenty one years." 1.-TWO
years, "Both," until he. could say them
distinctly. On the day of review, the
Emperor seeing and greatly admiring
him, came to him with his questions
but alas, he changed the order, asking,
" How long have you been in the ar
my?" "Twenty-one years. What,
twenty-one years, impossible! How
old are you!" 1.-TWO years" "5ay,
my man, what is wrongi Are you
fool, or am III The man answered
I" Both" Immediately he was ordered
under guard, and not released until
the whole case was explained to the
Emperor.