Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-12-13
RELICS FROM THE
GARDEN OF EDEN.
The Spade Of The Explorer is Bring
ing Up Skeletons to Prove that All
Families Lived Together in the
Vale OF jashmere,

Garden Of EGsn. AT least the Scien-
fist and arcnaeologist have begun to
study the famous plateau which has
long been agreed upon as the undOubt-
ed location OF the Paradise of the Bible.
Perhaps there is no more wonderful
spot on earth than the plateau-the real
Garden of Eden. As the
cradle of the human race, it is of over
Whelning interest, but it is of the very
limos interest, too, to the scientist and
naturalist for entirely different reasons.
From this remote and almost inacces-
sible corner Of the earth, for instance,
came originally nearly every one of our
domestic animals.
The Bible says, in the Book Of Cen
esis: "The Lord God planted a garden
eastward in Eden And, indeed, II
eve there was 2 spot which seemed to
have been specially created and clothed
climate and of diverse species of birds
and beasts, with its verdant valleys and
luxurious plains, framed by an encir-
cling range Of snowy peaks,
1t is the wonderful Vale of Cashmere.
Here it was that Adam was created
the first man. And here, too, Eve was
created as his com nanion. The serpent
tempted them ana san entered the world
all in the beautiful earthly garden
spot of the Vale Of Cashmere.
Little, very little, has been known of
the curious people who live on this
great plateau. And now that the ex-
plorer las begun work among them the
possibilities Of the work of research and
discovery are almost b~oundless.
Here, where time has stood still,
where a people older than any known
on earth are living in patriarchal
style, may there not be found some
thing which will bridge the chasm from
the present time to that of the first
man? The missing link in the history
of the human race is here to be found
if ~anywhe~e
A MINIATURE WORLD.
And already the explorations that
have taken place upon the site of the
Garden of Eden have disclosed much
that goes to ~corroborate the Biblical
story. Nowhere else on earth is there
q place so nearly capable of producing
all varieties, all species OF birds and
animals. In no other spot On the hab-
table globe are the temperate, the tor
rid and the frlgid. zones brought close
together.
The Biblical story Of the creation
no accoun of Investigation of
species from a OTnnOn origin, but dis
tinctly lays it down that varieties in
animals and plants were created as
such. Noah in setting forth upon his
ark, is sta Cd to have taken with him
q male and 4 female of each species in
order to insure it's p~erpetuation.
AS it is well known, there is no place
In existence where a male and a female
of every species could be found within
g limited area, NOah's task in gather
ing them together would have been
physically impossible. In the western
hemisphere many thousands of miles
sepas ate the gOl;lr bear from the alli-
gator, the pine from the cocoanut, and
even the birds of the air are peculiar
alike to the tropics and the Arctic.
Nowhere on this continent, and no
where il Europe, so far as had pre-
viously been known, could there be
found a place having all climates. But
this it has now been discovered, is
possessed by the sky-land Of Cashmere.
Here is a lakeland raised five miles
ahax-n tho laval of tho nnnan and from
that very fact alone isolated from the
rest of the world, and possessing eli
matte and atmospheric possibilities no
where else to be found.
This taDieland is cut up into noun
tains and valleys. The Mountains are
p-erpetualiy snuN cad, ana on the loft
lest peaks a condition of intense cold
prevails such as only the Arctic can
parallel. But actually in sight of these
frigid peaks are smiling valleys with
all the luxuriance of tropical endure,
while the Intermediary attitudes show
every variety of climate and life known
to man.
Ice that never melts looks down on
plains Of burning, golden sands. The
varieties Of animal and vegetable life
lie in strata. IN this rarefied air, five
miles above the sea level, every foot
of altitude counts. Here is found the
fig, and just above it the acorn. They
are close together, yet neither can grow
upon the site of the other. On one
level of the mOuntain-side are the wolf,
the fox and other furred animals, and
just a little lover serpents crawl
Standing, then, in the Vale of Cash
mere, the naturalist can compass with
his eye every climate. Every living
species is within close range. Of the
almost infinite products of the vege-
table kingdom every variety IS at hand.
This is a condition nowhere else to be
found on the habitable globe. It was
previously unknown to exist. The Vale
of Cashme is a little world in itself
The collection which has been sent tic
Washington includes ancient written
that antedate the dawn OF
history, whose Translation, coming as
they do from this spot where the race
ORIGINATED, may yield startling infor-
nation. Besides this there are prehis,
toric ornaments, mulets, weapons
queer vessels v-LcCe uSe IS mysterious
and uncertain, masks of a Wlerd anc
striking odd1ty suggestive OF loolaIry
and religious instruments used to-day
as part of a superstition that wa:
hoary with age before Christianity was
born.
But most important of all among thu
specimens which have been sent from
h far lands of Cashmere are thost
that relate to natural history. There il
nothing ancient about these. They ar
thoroughly up to date, having conn
from birds and animals recently killed
And it is by this collection of natura
history specimens that it is known tina
this strange land produces not onl.
species known to science, but other
that are absolutely new.
The natives of this country inhabi
;+s various climates, as is shown b.
f1r caps in the collection, as we'll as b.
thin fhrous garments for the hot val
law One curiosity is a tiny buck1
clasp of wrought brass, a relic of tn
period of the world before history be
gan. Another odd thing is a preh1s
@oric nair of stockings, made withou
anv heel and running straight from to-
to toe.
The people here lead a simple pastor
al life Identical with that described L
hib1icaI literature, preserving every pa
triarchaI characteristic b
modern civilization. They are know