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not change features of 10000 feet high.
SO l took the rivers Euphrates as Eu-
pirates on which is Babylon, and
Hiddekel as Tigris on which is NineVeh
wide DanieD. They meet and flow into
the Persian Gulf.
Babylon oppressed Israel; Nineveh
oppressed Israel Required two other
rivers connected with oppression Of
Israel.
The question of whether ever a river
came down the Valley of Jordan into
the Red Sea is one which has been
much discussed. That an immense
crevasse exists from the source Of the
Jordan to the Red Sea is the case; the
depression of the Dead Sea is the diff
Guilty; the ravines Of Kedron and Gihon
are very deep.
Taking my ground spiritually and
the similarity of the name Gihon with
the brook of Jerusalem, I think that
they are the same.
The Pison, or Nile, flowed into the
Red Sea; the Gihon, or Gihon Brook,
flowed into the Red Sea, Joined, flowed
down, met the Euphrates and Tigris,
united near Socotra, and the soundings
shown end in deep basin 2600 fathoms
deep, which is close to Seychelles. Cush
is written in margin for Ethiopia. Cush
was son of Nimrod*; his land was prob
ably near Babylon, now Bah ell Mandeb.
Perrin means Bah (gate) ell (of) Mandeb
(the word).
Pison means overfiowing-the Nile
overfiows. Egypt oppressed Israel. The
Nile is believed now to flow into the
Red Sea; the Blue Nile encompasses
GodJam. province of Abyssinia in
which there is gold. Haviiah. son of
Joktan, son of Shem. went with Sheba
and Ophir to Mesha (Sale's Koran says)
and spread along the Red Sea. The
Sea OF Zugla, opposite Alden, is called
Sirius Habilah Sheba, and Ophir is gen.
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man increases the doors by which we
can be tempted. The temptation was
in its result distrust of God. a feeling
that God withheld something from man.
In man is implanted by nature the
spirit of inquiry. We all know this
tell child not to open a certain book,
he Immediately has an immense long
ing to open that book. which he would
not have noticed if he had not been for
hidden to touch it. You can test ii
yourself: leave a dozen lozenges on
your table, tell a child not to eat them
let the child see them constantly, tell
him only once, and add to your telling
that If he eats something unknown to
him will happen. Keep treating the
child kindly, so that he will not fear
you; some day you will find eleven loz-
enges-at least I think So Therefore
l think the forbidding of the tree was
even to our reason fair test to man.
and that the very fact of this distrust
and forgetfulness Of God was virtually
communion with Satan, a sacrament
with Satan; a mystical eating, though
material. which led to Satan communi-
eating or inOculating man with evil.
poisoning, tainting him.
Now, with respect to the other tree
the Tree Of Life, there is no reason to
doubt that man often had ate of
it, before his banquet on the forbidden
tree man had communed with God.
when he named the animals, etc. and
there is every probability he did eat of
the Tree of Life. l do not go into de-
tail on this, for you know the Scriptures
and you know what is written Of the
Bread of Life the fruit Of the Tree of
Life. etc, which eventually, in the last
chapter Of Revelation, appears again
alone, not with the Tree of Knowledge;
therefore, / think man often partook
Of the Tree of Life in the garden When
he had eaten Of the Tree Of Knowledge.
he was prevented from so doing, for he
had acquired taint from thus eating.
which If he had after eaten of the Tree
OF Life, would have given him immor-
tality; in his degraded state, he would
have mixed God with Satcl in their at
tributes, which cannot be: God will not
serve with Satan. 1 do not go into all
this, for I have not time, but believe
that the Tree OF Life, spiritually, ex-
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Z IN THE PENMAN" Of fiction has
been outdone by the Rev. George R.
Parrish Of real life. 1t Is indeed a
Z strange and thrilling story of a
~ wolf in Sleeps clothing. Of crime
masQuerading IN garb of respetca-
bilitv, of Canting hypocrisy in vestments
Of the church. as told by the Pinkerton
detectives. The novelist and dramatist
have time and again given US pictures of
these combinations that have chained our
attention yet often brought a doubt Of
their truthfulness in nature, success in
crime battling Of justice for a long time.
the criminal respected and apparently liv-
ing the life Of an honest man, while pa
tient detectives for years fail to follow
q slender clew to success, which, though
thrilling and entertaining, have often ap-
peared Overdrawn and too highly colored.
But now comes a real detective story
a chapter from the records Of crime that
has emphasized all the dramatic situa-
tons so cunningly and effectively used by
the novelist and play writer Truth is
stranger than fiction" and fiction is only
worthy when II approaches truth.
True Detective Story.
Last week came the story Of the arrest
for forgery Of the Rev. George R. Parrish
pastor Of the First Congregational Church
of Marshalltown. Iowa, as told by the
Pinkerton detectives. Now, there IS moth
Ing particularly strange in the arrest Of
q man for forgery; It IS daily item Of
news, and so common an occurrence in a
great detective agency as to hardly call
for the most ordinary attention, but here
was a case that even stirred the cold, pro-
fessional, calculating mind Of a detective,
whose waking hours are passed in rubbing
against crime, and who is as familiar
with criminals their life and methods as
IS the trained entomologist with the in
sects he captures and securely pins. It Is
the strange bug that requires more
thought than Is necessary to formally en-
ter him under the proper heads in the
register. SO with the entomologist in the
realm Of human bugs" The PinkertOns,
after a long chase, have melted" and
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pinned" particularly poisonous and
elusive human insect, and tell Of their ex-
perience in the chase.
Reporter, lawyer, clergyman, preacher
of the Christian religion to the people and
teacher Of good morals TO the children,
a forger for position, a forger for money,
followed by detectives for years posing
as an honest man, honored and respected,
shadowed to his very pulpit, there arrest
ed and now in custody of officers of the
law as a criminal. This is a synopsis of
the drama in real life.
Different Aliases.
Parrish" Thompson" and Aiken are
some of the names under which the ar
rested man has been known, with likely
more to appear when he shall tell the en-
tire truth of the strange story of his life
Parrish" REV. DR.. George r. Parrish" i"
is the title which appears in the record of
his arrest for forgery. And this record
as given out by the detectives, tells of the
thrre years chase necessary to capture
him.
"All criminals come to the detectives
who wait" said the elder Pinkerton years
ago. Criminals VIII talk and they will
continue their methods until some day
they make q slip and reveal themselves
The slightest cue is sufficient for their de-
lection II you only have time and patience
enough to abide TT
This has been true in the case Of Par
rish for the clew that has been followed
to his arrest was a slender one, and the
arrest did not come until three and a
quarter years after the commission Of
the particular crime with which he is
charged.
1t was on July II, 1896 the Pinkertons
say, that the Sandwich Bank OF Sandwich.
H., received a letter purporting to come
from the cashier Of the Lucas County
Savings Bank Of Toledo. Ohio, enclosing
a draft, apparently issued by the Illinois
Home Missionary Society Of Chicago in
favor Of the Rev. Mark Thompson With
the draft was pretended letter from the
cashier Of the Lucas County Bank stat
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phet, Hinnom, the Valley of Slaughter,
the sewer of Jerusalem, the site of all
abominable sacrifices; it is connected
with Jerusalem in an evil way; it has
the same name as Genesis. Now comes
a difficulty.
This is about the substance of every
thing about Eden-its garden and its
trees; quite useless unless it tended to
illustrate great truth The first word
God utters to man is. Thou shalt not
eat; the last injunction Christ gives
is, Take, eat" To the world at large
the history of the fall is foolishness;
such effects could never come from SC
small a cause of eating of a tree So
the large proportion of protesting
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they never ceased making Inquiries after
Mark Thompson, or rather, the man who
had been known by that name.
Finally. in October. 1897, the detectives,
through the remarkable instincts of their
profession, We're satisfied that they had
at least touched the trail of the man they
were after. A forged draft for $500 came
into their hands.
THAT draft was written by the Rev.
Mark Thompson" said the xeen-eyed de-
tective expert into whose hands it came.
1t was compared with the Sandwich forg-
cry, and the comparison showed that the
two had apparently been made by the
same hand.
The $500 forged draft had been offered
to a Watertown CWis.) bank by a young,
well appearing, nervous, clerical looking
man. who had stated that he was the
Rev. Edward E. Aiken The draft was
refused. and shortly afterward a similar
instrument was offered by the same man
to a bank at Elkhorn, Wis, and was not
cashed.
Trailing His Forgeries.
Where is the Rev. Edward E. Aiken?"
asked the detectives, but he had az com
pletely disappeared as had the Rev. Mark
Thompson. Yet the search was contin-
ued, but the combined Revs. Thompson
and Aiken moved about as rapidly as
did the detectives, and though clew after
c!ew was exhausted the hunted forger
was not found.
Then came-only a few weeks ago-the
result of patience and knowledge of the
fact that criminals. as a rule, continue
their tricks" Thompson-Aiken continued
his hypocrisy and forgery, and unwit-
trgly made a clew that has led to his
imprisonment for the Sandwich forgery.
Another forgery came into the hands of
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Y HE following are the reasons for
FA the theory that the Garden of
Eden is at or near Seychelles.
could even put it at Praslin, a
small isle twenty miles north Of
Maize
Allow that Genesis Is not allegorical,
that Eden, its garden. its two trees, did
exist on this earth. Eden Is a district,
the garden is a spot chosen in that dis
trict, the trees were actual trees, i'm
bued for time with spiritual qualities;
these trees, the bush, the ark. the taber-
nacle and temple differed nothing from
the same things in the world except
for the time during which they were
spiritually consecrated or set apart for
manifestations Of God. or Satan. Gods
conservation made things which were
equally clean, clean and unclean; there
fore see no reason for doubling that
God did set apart the two trees to be
one of Life, the other Of Knowledge; OF
that God when these two trees had full
filled their purpose should have rele-
gated them back to their former ordin-
ary tree position. We see this in the
way the temple is no more than another
building; in the way the Philistines and
Titus and Nebuchadnezzar carried of
the holy things of God which at one
time it was death to touch. I therefore
maintain that there is no reason to
doubt that two trees Of the earth
We're used as mystical or sacramental
trees in Eden's garden, or that they
were destroyed when they had fulfilled
their mission; they were, l think, rele-
Ga ted back to their position as trees.
Allowing this, what was the tempta-
tion Of man? Here is his sOliloquy: 'It
must be good to eat; it looks nice ]
wonder what would be the effect of
eating it, just a little bit?" In this we
must place ourselves in mans position
He then could have no other tempta-
ton but this: he could only be tempted
by his belly's appetite; he could desire
no carriages, dress or jewels; he had
no one to be spiteful to, to be jealous
Of. to hate; he could be greedy and he
could be curious; he was as a child
curious and greedy so that the temp
tafion was necessarily, l think, that
which 1t was. We ever have many doors
open to temptation, for the increase OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23
Rats as a Cure for Badness.

Now 1t has been discovered that rats
may be useful to man as a cure for bald
ness. This is on the authority Of the
British Medical Journal, which prints a
letter from a Chinese doctor. who offers
to prevent hair from falling out: He
says:
What carrot is to a horses coat
rat is to the human hair. Neither fact
can be explained, but every horseman
knows that regimen of carrots will
make his stud smooth and lustrous as
velvet. and the Chinese. especially the
women. know that rats used as food stop
the falling out of hair and make the locks
soft. silky and beautiful. I have seen 1t
tried many times"
''Do you make your wife an allowance
for household expenses?" asked the talk
ative one.
The taciturn one drew himself up
haughtily.
'You forget, SIR" he said, "that am a
French nobleman married to an American
girl."-Chicago Post.
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orally connected with Abyssinia, so l
think Pison is Nile.
Gihon means bursting forth" the
brook Gihon is on the southern side of
Jerusalem; it meets Kedron and flows
when it does flow, to the Salt Sea (Dead
Sea-, by the Valley of Fire; it is To-
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GENERAL GORDONS NRP OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN


with General Gordon in 1882 the form of letter
probably
subject the Of
feeling which the 0
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forgery was made known occurred to the
detectives, and that conclusion they
acted. Records of the names of nisters
in charge of Congregational CHI -
every State were examined, when, loi and
behold, credited to the pastOrate Of the
First Congregational Church of Marshal
town, Iowa, was the name Rev. George
r. Parrish"
To Marshalltown the detectives went,
where they made quiet, searching inquir-
les as to Mr.. Parrish, holding him under
the strictest surveillance during their
progress For davs he was ''shadowed
Detectives eyes were on him all day, and
every night he slept under their guardian
ship
It was learned that the pastor lad re-
ceived his call through a letter of rec
ommendation, and that that letter was a
forgery. The detectives were sure they
had the right man at last, but ito make
assurance doubly sure" they sent to
Sandwich for the Rev. Mr.. Lewis, who
gladly hurried to Marshalltown TO ident-
ify the man who had so cruelty imposed
on him.
Then came dramatic finish. Accom-
panied by the detective Mr.. Lewis en-
tered the First Congregational Church
with the congregation, took a seat and
waited for the beginning Of the usual
Sunday morning service. Presently the
Rev. DR.. George R. Parrish entered his
pulpit.
THAT is the man." whispered Mr..
Lewis to the detective.
Mr.. Parrish was not disturbed then. He
conducted the service as usual, preached
q strong sermon, calling upon his congre-
cation to live honest, truthful, upright
lives, to never fear to do the right, and
to never stoop to wrong, no matter what
the circumstances or temptations.
When he closed hush of approval
came over the congregation, which was
followed by words of commendation from
one to another, while many went to the
pulpit to shake their pastor by the hand
and congratulate him on his sermon.
The detectives patiently waited, and
when the pastor left the church he was
shown a warrant for his arrest charging
him with forgery, and was taken into
custody. He was silent, and consented
to go to Sandwich for trial without the
issuance of extraditton papers. He is now
there waiting for the action of the Grand
Jury.
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Christians, they believe the first, but
put aside the second, eating as impos-
sible to produce any such effects.
What was the forbidden fruit? It
was fruit of the ground. What is the
hidden fruit? 1t is fruit of corn and
juice of grape. Both nothing-yet one
caused great things. May not the other
cause greater? The sequence Of the one
eating was not known; the sequence of
the other may not be known in its full
ness. Yet it may be believed to be far,
infinitely far, greater.
child and the highest angel can un-
derstand that by eating a poison one is
i'll, by eating an antidote one is cured.
Yet the highest angel could not under
stand the depths of either eating.
q
derstanding? We ate in Adam In dis
trust. let us eat In trust. Let even
curiosity lead us to do so. We are bid
den. Why not try it?
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'This appears to be an oversight. See Gene
sis, x:S-"And Cush begat Nimrod'
The Seychelles a group of small islands
in the Indian Ocean belonging to Great Britain.
east. of Zanzibar; Maize is the largest island
of the group The principal port is Victoria;
population about 16 600 The principal exports
are cocoanut oil and vanilla.
The evening times., 1899-02-13
S. Kann, Sons 4 Company.
MR.. REED ABSENT.
The House Convenes without the
Speaker Being Present

tpuSpneS w NIthOur the
Speaker Being Present.
1t was five minutes after noon today
when the House was called to order and
Speaker Reeds chubby form was nowhere
10 be seen. After waiting in vain until
tie time mentioned Clerk Mcdowell took
the gavel with some little nervousness, and
announced that Speaker pro ten must
be elected.
Mr.. Payne of New York moved the House
adjourn, as II was evident that no quorum
of members would be present on account
OF the storm. This motion was lost by a
vote Of 81 to 9-.-----.----
Several members of the Democratic side
! seemed bent on having some fun with the
| new speaker, but the election of Mr. Payne
OF New York put a stop to the .'iollying.',
ana prayers and the reading of SATURDAYS
journal, was proceeded with. The House
then resolved itself into Committee of the
Nhoie with Mr.. Hopkins of Illinois in the
priation bill
Inc hrst half-hour's work of the House
was devoted in talk on the Hanna Pavne
ship subsidy bill. Mr. Sulzer of New York
did most Of the speech making. getting his
,ime extended several times in order to
continue.
Mr. Sulzer wished to print in the Rec
oiG long table Of statistics compiled by
captain Bates proving that the Hanna
Payne bill was most extravagant measure
ana that it would make certain ship syn
dlcates enormously rich at the eyoensa
OF tne Government exchequer
Mr Payne took occasion to find fap,t
with the public building bill, during the
discussion following Mr. Suffers def to
Mr- -lawney, after which Mr. Cannon of
lilInoIs rose TO defend his formor and pres
ent stand on public expenditures.
Mr.. Berry of Kentucky created mild
sensation by pitching into Mr.. Payne.s
snip subsidy bill, and incidentally landing
MI Loud, Mr. Dockery. and Mr.. Milliken
the latter the deceased Representative from
Maine, few stinging slaps.
am overjoyed to see the Republicans
pulling each others wool" said Mr. Rar0
ry. and it is edifyirg to observe how tbav
are trying TO vie with each other as watch
dogs OF the Treasury. Here's Mr.. PAYNE
CRYING against the extravaganza of the
Public Buildings Committee which is in
tending 10 spend eight or nine millions
and at the same time he, the gentleman
from New York, brings in a ship subsidy
blll that viii take three hundred millions
out OF the Public Treasury, and the gen.
tleman from California Mr. Loud. object
ed to the public building waste and at the
same time he gets sl50.000 TO blow out a
rock from the sea 3 miles away from the
Golden Gate
And the gentleman. from Missouri (Mr.
Dockeryl, who so often poses as the guar
dian of tire Treasury, kicks against this
building extravaganza and yet Missouri
has had public buildings in towns of $50
inhabitants. The late Mr.. Mflliken. of
Maine, who was, until his decease chair
man OF the Public Buildings Committee
secured buildings for his State, though she
has but four representatives on this floor"
Mr.. Berry called attention to the fact
that Kentucky could not get any public
buildings, though she paid $27, 600, 600 in
internal revenues annually
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same day; and he did not want to be cut
out
Mr.. Wolcott asked unanimous consent
that the unanimous consent of Saturday
be set aside.
Several objections were made to this
Mr.. Hale insisted that the arrangement Of
Saturday was deliberately and solemnlv
made. and in the presence of a full Senate.
he ala not think the agreement should be
violated
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut. coptended that
an appropriation bill was before the SEN
ate, and that Mr.. Mason, under a tech
nicaIity obtained unanimous consent. He
ala not think this was fair, as number OF
! Senators left the chamber under the i'm
preston that nothing would be ATTEMPTED
on this line. Those who desired tn obiect
supposed the matter would not come un
Saturday.
Mr.. McLaurin said he knew as n posi-
i've TACT that several Senators would not
have cast their votes for the Treaty had
pledges not been given that there should
be vote on the McEnery resolution. He
denied that snap judgment" had been
taken.
Mr.. Hoar arose to say that Mr. Mason
had telephoned he vas sick at home. and
would like to have the discussion post
poned until tomorrow
Mr.. Wolcott sarcaSically wanted TO know
why Mr. Hoar made such a proposition
| and was sharply rebuked by the Massachu-
setts Senator.
Taking the floor again Mr. Hale said he
did not know of any bargain that had been
made to secure votes for the Treaty But
there was some mystery about the matter
else why should so many Senators try their
utmost to prevent a vote? Why should
they seek to violate solemn agreement
Mr.. Teller suggested that Mr.. Stewart
| make his speech today.
Mr.. Allison moved that the Senate meet
at II a. m. tomorrow. Carried.
! He then asked thai the McEnery resolu-
| tion be taken up tomorrow Immediately
| after the routine business, and that speech
! es be limited to fifteen minutes. There
was SO much talk on the matter that Mr.
Allison withdrew the request.
Mr.. Hawley, rising to question of privi.
! lege. protested against the Saturday agree.
| ment while he was absent from the Cham
ber, but made no attempt to have it Sc
| aside.
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Tho reoessitjes Of the suffering POOR OF
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arnr:l urgently to the charity Of the pub
lie II Washington is not to be shamsd oe-
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NATION concerning cases Of destitu lon ana
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This is work which can best be accom-
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uv in any part of The city to be IN u''ei
5,nger Of destruction from want OF loou'
,,,aI ~, rairnent without some hint OF the
fact coming to the ears of the Policeman
nm the heat. We are satisfied that with me
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The nolice. then, are the people who most
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