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Show tt- Souvenirs From Garden of Eden for Tourists If, on your vacation you happen to stumble into the town of Qurtia at the junction ot the Tigris and Euphrates rivers you may not be impressed hy the scenery or the city but you will soon be Informed that it Is the site of the Garden of Eden and to prove it you will he shown the "Tree ot Knowledge." says a writer in the Washington Star. The tree is merel a decayed trunk with a few scraggly branches and these will soon he out ol ousiness, hut 'he natives have thought fully planted another tree nearby and this baby will prohah'y do service as "the tree" when the older one has -le parted. Anyone visiting tnls locality Ps pre sumed to have come 'o see t-e tree for there is little else, and the Uill dren of the town are eagei In their efforts to act as guides to visitors The new arrival Is al once snotled and 1 surrounded hy the luvenile guides and almost drugged to the tree Arriving on the ground Ihe hoys will hound in to the branches and offer chips as souvenirs |