Washington sentinel., 1901-03-16
HISTORICAL FIND.
Mckinley A dds the Gafdsn OF Eden
to our Possess Ions.

United States Geological Survey
who went with our troops to the
Philippines, has discovered thai
the primeval Garden of Eden was
located somewhere in the archi
pelago, possibly IN the Island oi
Luzon. Dr. Becker has not only
convinced himself, but several
other scientific gentlemen. that
the original habitat OF Adam and
pine posses
who agree
with him IN IuIs - iei is Dean
Hall, of the University Of MINES
ota, ggologist of wide reputation.
In burst OF enthusiasm he de-
clares that, lin bringing under our
flag the original Garden Of Eden,
We shall secure a treasure beyond
financial or political valuation"
The Garden Of Eden, it will be
recalled, was the point from which
originated all the ills to which the
flesh has fallen heir. Clothing and
coal, doctors and debt, sin and
sorrow. disease and death--none
of these would man have expert
enced save for an incident that
happened there in which a woman
and a snake took lea ding parts.
For centuries upon centuries
the human race has been groping
in the dark-lilSe man searching
for the keyhole, as it were-in a
vain endeayor to locate the spot
where woman's curiosity first got
the better OF her, with such disas-
trous consequence for all her de
scendants, Little did we dream,
however, when we paid sac, ,ooo,-
900 to Spain for one thousand ISL
ands that we had acquired owner
ship OF the piece OF real estate that
had once sheltered in peace Adam
and Eve and the Devil, and thus
answered for all time a question
as vexing for mankind as De Vets
whereabouts occasionally is to
Kitchener. Yet that is Just what
we have done, if these scientists
surmIses prove correst.
This discovery would seem to
set at rest the specuIations Of such
advocates OF the theory Of evolu-
tion as Darwin and Huxley. Itis
a pleasure indeed to learn that the
scriptural account of the creation
of man is likely to be veri-
fed. The idea of our descent
from the monkey vas always re
pugnant to the mass oi the people,
and il naught else good comes OF
our acquisition oil the Philippines
than the settlement OF the vexed
question OF our first parents, the
certainty that we have nothing in
common with the ugly baboon or
even the cute little creatures that
amuse us so much by their antics
in the cages ot geological gardens
and menageries is sufficient to
reconcile US to the loss OF the four
hundred million dollars that our
Asiatic venture has already en-
tailed.
When the site Of the Garden Of
Eden has been definitely ascer
tanned and the learned men OF the
Smithsonian Institute have inves-
tigated its surroundings we may
expect our fund Of Information to
be considerably increased. With
the assistance Of experts from the
Department they
should have no difficulty in locat-
ing the Tree Of knowledge, whose
fruit impaired wisdom to those
who partook oft except in the case
of the lady who first illustrated the
iutilitv of Prohibition and whose
infraction OF that useless law in
hicted upon mankind troubles and
from which we are
doomed 10 suffer to the end, unless
it be the fortune OF our own wise
men to discover an antidote some
where am ong the primeval growths
that must surely abound there.
We would suggest, II the Tree be
found, that it be transferred from
its present abiding place, where it
is dong no good, to the halls of
CS 'ress where, il members can
be 0ted to taste Of it, wisdom
may IMPLANTED in minds much
in need its bene6cent fruit. II
an antidote be found for the evils
that have followed Mother Ewes
bad break, by all means send it to
Kansas and other places that are
laboring under the delusion that
Prohibition prohibits, not forget
ting the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union and the publishers
oil the Ns1O Voice.
The march OF progress IN this
city doomed our people to the loss
Of many old landmarks. The
European Gardens. near the Bal
timore and Ohio depot, Letters
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