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Shipman hospital this week.
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length Of the Euphrates to see where a garden
could be placed which could be irrigated by
free How through the twelve months OF the
year. Below Hit no place could be found until
we came TO the reclaimed areas In the marshes
near the Persian Gulf. where was situated the
Garden OF Eden OF the Sumerians. of which
shall speak little later.
AT any point between Hit and the marshes.
beginning at Ur OF the Chaldees. a garden irri-
gated in the time OF low supply would be In
undated in food and II irrigated In Hood would
be left high and dry In the time of low supply
And a river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from thence IL was parted and be-
came four heads" The garden an irrigated
garden. in which the date palm has remained
even TO our day the tree of life and the vine
the forbidden tree OF knowledge. Down stream
OF the garden the river divided into four
main branches.
The first was the Pison. represented by the
Hooded depressions OF the Habbania and Abu-
dibis between Ramadr and Nejef Through all
antiquity these depressions were considered as
in communication with each other. but recent
surveys and levels have proved the contrary.
The project for connecting the two depressions
is being undertaken to-day by the Turkish
Government
The Pison not inaptly described from
the point of view of n dweller In Babyionia as
encompassing the whole land of Havilah which
lay between the frontier OF Egypt and Assyria
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The second river was the GIhon. the modern
linda, the Chebar OF Ezekiel. who lies buried
on its banks. the Ahava OF Ezra. the Pallacopas
OF Alexander. and the Nahr Kufa OF the early
khalifs. IL was represented encompassng
the whole land OF Cush, the father Of Nimrod.
the beginning Of whose kingdom was Babylon
and Erech and Acaad and Calneh in the land
OF Shinar
In the time OF Moses. Cush was applied to
Babylonia; but In the times of the Prophets.
Ethiopia was known as Cush. The Gihon most
emphatically encompasses the whole land OF
Cush of Moses time
The third river was Hiddekel the Dikel. the
Dijla. the Tigrts, the modern Sakhlawia branch.
some $50 feet wide and 25 feet deep running
ike mill race into the wide Akkar Kuf de-
preston and flowing out of IL into the Tigris
at Bagdad. IL left alone the Sakhlawia would
be capable OF carrying more than half the
waters OF the Euphrates and feeding the Tigris
In ancient times IL was undoubtedly a second
head TO the Tigris. and from the point OF view
OF dweller In Babylonia IL was very accurate
ly described as that 1t is that goeth in front
OF Assyria"
And the fourth river was Euphrates No def.
milton was necessary II was the river OF
Babylon itself
Just as the Babylonian colonists carried the
name OF Tigris with them to Nineyeh so doubt
less. In times after the most ancient they gave
the name Of the river OF Babylon to the great
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day. Yet this. says Professor BerEonie. IL
practically what the majority OF people are
doing today. They take their meals a. pre-.
scribed times, in accordance with customs thar
were established in the past. and that take no
account OF the conditions OF work and NAV ~
modern man.
Professor herFonie not only assures Us that
the plan OF meals Indicated O. the rght way
70 eat put, what la perhaps even more sur.
prisine, he tells us that he has prevailed upon
family in hts clientele 20 accept his views
ana that SIX years experience under his r..
hilie uas SHOWN excellent results a. regards
IN. general health OF ail the members
IN aN seriousness. while we NAV NOT per
nsp. o. "Illing 20 become out-and-out disciples
oI thc FrcuCh. professor. We are 90 often and
that We have an uncomforfahle feeffng 49,.
dust ne good deal Of truth On the accusafion
hut We suspect that this a. largely a rpaffer
tt eI we Individual 90 decide I'm each case Tor
uensltios '"u pIe
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worthy. Even In the world of science this
spirit Is by no means unknown. In spite OF
their boosted progress in what they imagine
70 De civilization. they have been relapsine
INTO barbarism. And the execrable deeds OF
their army-murder of defenseless non-com.
; oaiants. destruction OF priceless buildings,
heartleSs cruelty TO women and children-all
these are merely the outward and visible sign
OF their spiritual beliefs
Inc aim OF science IL the ACQUISITION OF
knowledge OF the unknown: the aim OF applied
science, the lettering OF the lot of the human
race German ideals are infinitely far re.
moved from the conception of the true man OF
science; and the methods by which they pro
pose 10 secure what they regard as The good
a humanity to all discriminating men. re-
pugnant These views are not confined TO the
Prussian ruling caste, although I'm Il they End
active expression; they are the soul OF the
people
The conclusion Is that this war is a war OF
humanity against inhumanity: OF principle
against expediency; OF right against wrong.
Fortunately, the present aspect OF the war il
favorable 70 the allies; and justice and mercy
will undoubtedly triumph.
What Is to be justice and mercy? First and
foremost. reparation must be made TO the Bel.
CLANS Tor the Outrages which they have SUI.
Tered: next, France mus. claim not only dam
ages for the present invasion but for the en-.
dgnities Of 1871. Russia and Great Britain
viii no doubt demand compensation The
motto Of the allies must be never again" Not
merely must the dangerous and insufferable
despotlsm which has eaten like a cancer into
the morals OF the German nation be ami
hlated. but all possibility OF It's resuscitation
must be made hopeless. The nation In the
elegant words of one OF its distinguished rep
resentatives. must be "bled white
VIII the progress Of science be thereby re.
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BY Sir William Ramsay
The WorId-Famous Scientist


ND On Aarch l. 1880
speaAihg AT the Royal Colonial Institute.
said; we have 10 remember that 1t II
part Of our responsibility and heritage 70 take
care that tne world an far "a 4, can ba ,,oiaoa
- -. $3.50 -.~-..... - -, -
" U.s. snouiu ieoei'e tne Ahsio-SaAoh ana not
another character. IL we Inquire what is con
spicuous in the Angio-Saxon character. most
people will agree. I think that n ix based IN
Yeea.d for ou- retgbhors, r,sb,. rao,rd
L,.L g. -. .,ts -
~ 20" uie "p'e0' Vi our laws anu
strussies TOT centuries
The Anglo-Saxon spirit is essentially one
which makes for fair dealing. the raee has
neva, hee, 4. ~.ce ~ o,,rs,.o-s r,,,,,,.,- -.
- - -, - opp'o9 Hfu'.'' uN'n
anu Jusuos nave Oeeh our "atchNords' anu
on the "hoie' the nation has acted up TO its
convictions. II IS this national feeling which
has led 10 our taking mart IN the nresen, war.
ra,be, thar 80 4. ,..s,.. t.-.,-... --.,--- -
-. -, ''ONo"' '"'"'' ma"
a"'" Slneh nation 10 De coerced into an I'M
moral act by large and powerful one.
have lent our aid TO the French and Russians
and We are ali prepared 10 support N the deafb
what we all believe 10 be a righteons canse
The German view az a nsffos's dnfisS AZ -,
different and wholly trrecopcitsbio vri,h ~,
OF the British ana Americaps \, a.. 49,
place. we regard the sac al our.etvss. %
are the state RepreSentative govern1cnt
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Why Our Customary Hours for Meals Are All Wron6

goes merely To maintain the body tcmpera.
ture above thar Of the surroundings
From 10 p. Oh. 90 3. "A. m.. during sleeping
hours. naturally the energy demand % the
body is reduced 10 "a minimum on the other
hand. in our modern civilized communities
where activity Or prolonged Tar beyond sun.
down ana Tor "a part OF the night the draft
upon our fund Of energy at these hours is
considerable Professor BcrFonlo insists that
tho hours az which energy should be- supplied
regulated by those considerations. but ID Ia
necessary 20 take note. Of the period that
elnpscs between the time % taking food and
ihht at which digestion and assimilation have
90 ilce aI The utiisable energy. iust az in
ne electrical poUorhousc the engineer must
calculate nc lime that claprcs between the
cnnline RI DE hrCs and The augmentation OF
The voltage ln the circuit
Ana what arc Professor Bcrgonie's conciu.
aionsf Why. thaf our meal hours are quite
WRONG hrcakfast o. mo only meal which
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We have placed correctly. o. 77O a. m
But This. be says. should be- made the
principal meal Of The day. % obtain an the
enefy necessary for the days work. and 10
restore the liver empticd by the nights Alb
stinence second iight meal-say. a luncheon
ot mik' SUGAR and cakes should BE- taken
about four y m. Yes. this ls not misprinf
you VII have to De- patient until 4 O'Clock ln
the afternoon ~ you want 90 gain the fuu benc.
NJ or Professor Bcrgouio's regime And then
ua cartiui NOT to ovcroat on milk and cracker
FINALLY, no $3.50 or o'clock. you will be- Der.
mitted 20 take light supper. about twice az
big az your luncheon no four.
in thls way. says Professor BorRonio. you
Niu Pc stocking your boilers. 20 90 fnoat rnosr
nearly On accordance With the demands made
upon them o. the day goes By What would
You think OF on engineer who followed an in
flexible rule 20 coaiing be engine three times
a day IN accordance with some oideatabiIsFed
custom. without ever inQulrinr into the de
mands made upon % lt different times Of the
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cause OF the present war. No means are to be
neglected to secure this end; righteousness
truth and justice are to be sacrificed in order
that the German race may persist The Ger.
man nation has been educated TO believe in
this ideal by the Prussian ruling caste:
Deutschland uber Allies in der Welt" There
fore the war
Now. II may be pointed out that the youth
and early manhood OF the race are the fighting
class; and that by war the most ablebodied
OF the population are. at least partially elm
mated. with the inevitable result OF the de.
terioration OF the race a whole. Probably
II would be argued by PrussiRn statesmen that
the relative number OF deaths I'm war Is small
and a successful war will leave abundant
healthy men 10 perpetuate the race. Deteriora-
ton by the effects or war. they may contend Il
not so widespreading as deterioration by the
saving Of lives Of little value.
have tried to state the case for the German
nation: II represents an attempt 20 aid the
elimination OF the unfit the unfit being all who
do not hold with German ideals.
Now. a race with such an ideal becomes i'm.
possible II cannot be denied that Germany
has contributed much In the past 20 literature,
10 science and 10 the art OF music. Individual
Germans have attained the highest eminence
and have gained universal admiration But
the originality Of the German race has never
IN spite OF certain brilliant cNceulions been
their characteristic: their meter has been
rather the exploitation OF the inventions and
discoveries OF others; and In this they are con.
spicuous
The same obedience TO command and the
same attention to detail may be noticed In
their Industrial and scientific work as IN their
army. And OF recent years. according to com.
mon report commercial morality among the
Germans has been az "A low cbb. They are
disliked as business men: their methods are
not REGARDED as fair or their word as trust.
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The Real Causes of the War and the Remedy

have practically left unconsidered the eco
monte problem OF the increase OF population
beyond the possibility of feeding Il. More
over II Is not the AngloSaxon spirit TO pre-
Is grappled with when II arises. Not merely
is this the character OF our race. but our dem
Ocratic government renders any other course
OF action practically impossible.
German-or. to be more accurate Prussian-
statesmen have foreseen that difficulties viii
arise. owing to the natural increase OF the Ger
man people. Her colonies are relatively I'M
important; moreover. they are badly ad-
ministered and do not attract settlers. II Is
true that enormous numbers OF Germans have
emigrated; IL is said that there are no fewer
than million Germans in Brazil: and a very
much larger number has found a home in the
United States. But these are longer under
German rule; they regard themselves as eman-
cipated. and soon lose connection with, and
affection for. their native land. This is nat.
uraily repugnant to the Prussian ruling class.
and their remedy Is war
The doctrines OF humanity are deeply rooted
In the Anglo-Saxon spirit; lives are preserved
which do not represent a high standard OF
health and strength. and what may be termed
the virility' OF the population decreases.
Again, our Legislators, though aware Of this
fact have taken few steps to face II, n In
deed any practical steps are possible
6eTman statesmen, on the other hand. have
attempted. Nv the physical training inseparabls
from universal military service. 20 improve ths
condition OF the paftiaiiv unit. They imagina
that they have secured an advantage over other
nations by doing so. and their IDEAL with Witch
they have infected practically all Germans. Is
20 secure world supremacy for their race in
the conviction that the condition OF humanity
VIII thus be amelorated. This Or the aim
which has pormeated all classes OF German so
ciety during the past generation: this Is the
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Garden of Eden as Located by Modern Science

Babylon branch In early Bible LANGUAGE the
Independence of the United States would be
described by the expression -And George the
Third begat George Washington. the beginning
or whose dominion was Boston and New York
and Philadelphia and savannah"
The first civilized settlement Of the Ssmitss
between Anah and Hit depended for its ex-
istence ON Irrigation. The wearing down of
the cataracts deprived the settlers OF the
waters OF the friendly river which had watersd
their garden. and they travelled eastward and
could see behind them nothing bat the blasted
and desolate region Of bitumen and naptha
springs which lies to the east OF Hit. and
which seemed 10 them as smitten by the fam
ing swords OF the offended Seraphim.
Like all early peoples. the Semites called
themselves the sons OF God, and In their Jour
nal they soon encountered the sons Of men.
who had already conquered the lower Tigris-
Euphrates delta. and among whom had settled
those OF their own sons whose hands were
stained with blood and who could no longer be
permitted to reside In the tents OF their tribe.
There sons OF men. known the Sumerians.
had made their earliest settlements In the
marshes near the Persian Gulf.
On the location of the cradle of the race OF
Sumer in reclaimed marsh land at the junction
OF the ancient Euphrates and the ancient
Tigris, TO the immediate north OF Ur OF the
Chaldees. there Is no question Of doubt The
location OF the cradle OF the Semitic race be-
tween Anah and Hit on the Upper Euphrates
is. ! submit, the true solution OF the problems
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tarded? think not The greatest advances in
scientific thought have not been made by mem.
bers or the German race; nor have the earlier
applications Of science had Germany for their
origin. So far as We can see at present the
restriction of the Teutons will relieve the
world from a deluge Of mediocrity. Much OF
their previous reputation has been due 10
safely trust that race TO persist in vitality and
intellectual activity.
II would be unworthy of the dignity OF scIen-
uhc men 10 Initiate the example Of some OF
the German professors In abandoning the dis
unctions conferred on them by English learned
societies. 10 must be remembered that the
award OF distinctions 10 Englishmen has been
the act OF the older race OF German men OF
science, who form the councils OF the various
academies. Doubtless these men deplore I q
DEGRADATION OF their race. as manifested In the
Outburst OF barbarism which has shocked the
feelings or the whole world, and Il would be
a graceful act II the English men OF science
we're to retain the marks OF their appreciation
In conclusion. Il cannot be contended that the
present war has in any sense been promoted
by the imagined spread OF education and scL
ence in Germany. II affords to all men a les.
son. however. that the moral sense OF a nation
requires educating. as we'll as the intellect:
that a regard for truth and for The sanctity OF
a promise are more important possegsions
than knowledge OF recent discoveries and in.
venuons; and that the intellectual progress OF
a country Is TO be measured By the intelligent
participation Of every citizen I'm problems OF
government and Of advance in the moral and
mental conditions OF the race The snIendgd
response TO Lord Kltchener's cali 40 arms
shows that. In spite Of many small and annoy.
ING oddies IN the stream OF British life and
thought % still flows steadily In the ROOD "a
channel OF probity and honesty.
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By Sir w. willocks, KONG.
TwENTY-EIcHr years in Egypt and thre

VWENTf-EICHT years in Egypt and three
In babyionia an irrigation engineer
have given me special opportunities for
studying the problems connected with the
Garden Of Eden, Noah's food. Josephs famines.
Moses crossing OF the Red Sea. and Joshua's
crossing OF the Jordan Accurate plans and
levels. and knowledge OF irrigation and OF the
spoken language OF these lands. have helped
me to understand the meanings Of technical
terms and to All in the true backgrounds Of the
events which took place In these two irrigated
countries. or myself can only say that as the
meaning Of events which seemed impossible to
me have unfolded themselves. the Bible has
again become the living book OF my early
days
The early chapters OF Genesis had their
origin In rainless land. where all life de-
pended on irrigation. The Lord God had not
caused II to rain upon the earth, but there
vent up mist from the earth and watered the
whole face OF the ground" Now no mist-not
even primevaf one-wili keep a garden alive
The word translated mist" means free flow
IRRIGATION" as distinct from irrigation by
machinery or with ones foot. This rs certified
to by the Rev. Professor Sayce.
When human beings first appeared on the
earth. and for many and many a generation
afterward. men could only have Just held their
own against Wild animals; and. while their
dwelling places were surrounded by forests
and jungles. the unending struggle must have
left them but little time to make any real ad-
vance in civilization. II was far different in
the Gases Of Arabia and practical cases like the
stretch OF country between Anah and Hit on
the Upper Euphrates.
Here II was possible for men to destroy the
existing Wild beasts; and. as their numbers
could not be recruited out OF the deserts they
were exterminated, and men had leisure to be-
come civilized. "Amalek was the first OF the
from the Nile 10 the Euphrates by the great
heather seer whose home was on the Eu-
pirates, and whose survey OF the western
Asiatic world was revelation to Israel Mum
bers xiv. and Micah viz.
Living In tents and using gourds for vessels
the early Arabs have left no traces such as we
see In Egypt and Babylonia; but Arabia has
been able TO pour forth from her parched loins
her virile sons. who began the subjugation OF
both the Nile valley and the valley OF the Eu.
pirates
When the early Semites the ancestors OF the
children OF Israel. moved down the Euphrates
the first oasis they encountered was the coun-
try between Anah and Hit The river here Is
to-day a series OF indifferent cataracts, where
the current turns giant waterwheels which lift
water and trrigate the narrow valley to the
edge OF the desert Garden succeeds garden
orchards and date groves lie between fields OF
corn or cotton. and life and prosperity are be
Tore Us wherever the water can reach.
Though to-day owing to the degradation OF
the cataracts-a degradation whose steady
progress was noticed by the writer's OF the
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stream on whose banks was situated the
cIauie OF the race From source to mouth one
Iver became the Euphrates and the other the
Tigris.
nave stated that in the last 5000 or 5000
years the Euphrates cataracts between Anah
ana hltt have been SO degraded that the river
Sah no longer irrigate by free flow the gardens
IL once watered and waterwheels have TO be
employed 10 trrigate the old terraces. On the
llsris the degradation has been so great and
SO sudden that up stream OF Samarrah the river
mas iahei' forty feet since the days OF the
khalifs or within the last 500 years
Adam represents mankind and Eve repre-
sents womankind. just as Cain represents the
asriculturists and Abel the shepherds. II is
the Oriental way OF recording facts OF narrat-
ing events An expression like "Cush begat
Nlmrod represents the succession OF the Cass-
ne dynAst. by the Babylonian dynasty, or OF
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ausustan ase-waterwheels are necessary 10
irrlsate the gardens. the benches OF river
deposit above the highest floods OF our time
prove mat In days not very remote the water
ieo on from above cataract irrigated with
tree How gardens situated little down stream
and out of reach OF the foods.
such was the Garden OF Eden; and Il II here
that. In descending the Euphrates. We first en-
counter the date palm. which even to-day Is a
tree OF life 10 the whole Arab world. ct Is in
teresting that In all countries where the Arabs
hold sway, any man who plants date palm Is
possessor OF that palm-even II II stands on
another mans land or on the common domain)
In this reach OF the Euphrates wild wheat too
has its home.
While In Babylonia for three years I made
q special point OF carefully examining the whole
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put before us in the early chapters Of Genesis
Some would place the Garden OF Eden of the
Bible in the same locality as the Garden OF
Eden OF Sumer, but then the words east and
eastern must be changed into west and west,
ern. and the whole story be made meaningless.
To the east OF the Sumerian Garden OF Eden
lay the marshland OF Babylonia. covering some
100000 acres into which no one could go II
even he wanted TO. Seraphim with flaming
swords protecting the east end OF the garden
would be out OF place.
The idea and Imagery OF a Garden Of Eden
as the cradle OF a race. came from the Sumer-
lans, who had far more imagination than the
Semites. as the early tablets prove. The Sem
ties, who came from the northwest and
travelled eastward. placed their Garden OF Eden
on the Upper Euphrates at the real cradle OF
their race, between Anah and HIT and up-
stream OF the division into four branches in
the plain OF Shinar