"No man hauled his wagon, and whether it was men or horses or mules or loaded camels, and was raised above the ground to the height of a cubit."

A cubit, according to the ancient Egyptians, measured about twenty inches, but elsewhere it is recorded that over the Red Sea they were lifted up three cubits. It is further stated: "And every one traveled in the wag like an eagle when his body glideth above the wind."

Thinks Garden of Eden Was in Sahara Desert
London.—In the past there have been many guesses and speculations as the location of the Garden of Eden. Prof. Sir Arthur Keith, lecturing before the Royal society, treated a scientific audience to some original ideas of his own on the subject. He said that the "far distant past" the Sahara and the vast deserts of Arabia and the area stretching to Mongolia were "blooming."

"That large tract was really the Garden of Eden, man was driven from not by a flaming sword but by a flaming sun. Every type of man could find round that Garden of Eden. It is possible to go far beyond the days of Abraham and Tubal Cain and his smithy. It should be realized that Egypt and Babylonia were only remnants of a past civilization. Civilized man, I am convinced, is far older than is at present generally believed."

Gotham Goes "Coo Coo" Over New Parlor Game
New York.—This city has veritably gone "Coo Coo," all because of a simple little parlor game by that name which has become the rage in Gotham. 