Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-19

Bey Withdravys
From The
Burning
City.
War vas begun on Tuesday morn
ing July II. 1882, between England.
and Egyptian forces under an Egyp-
tiGn revolutionary soldier named Ari-
bi Bey- The Turkish king or Sultan,
and his Governor in Egypt, have all
been unable to check the growing
power OF Aribi Bey, who has made
himself almost absolute master of the
greater part of Egypt, and so serious
~ threatened the interests of Euro
pean trade that passes through the
Suez Canal, that the English govern
ment concluded to come to the res
cue of her commercial people, and to
the aid of the Sultan. and bat
tie against the revolutionary mill
tary leader.
TIE SUEz CANAL
There are other interests. religious,
and political in the contest bat the
surface interest, or the interest that
Is easiest seen is the Suez canal,
which is the nearest route for Eng
land and European people TO ship
through to their Asiatic possessions
A canal across the Isthmus Of Suez
was long ago looked upOa as of great
political and commercial importance
3193 years ago. an Egyptian king
dug canal ACROSS the Isthmus. fol
commercial. AID war purposes. and
kept standing feet of 400 ships in
Red Sea. 4 backward movement il
the civilization and commerce of tina!
region caused the canal to be neg
lected. and filed up and was lost
sight OF during several centuries
About 500 years before Christ an
Egyptian king concluded to re-oper
the canal but when he consulted the
oracle. he was warned not to do sc
for the reasen that he would be
only building it for barbarians, anC
strangers, and strange as the warn
ing seemed. 1t came true, fof the
kings son was dethroned by tn.
Assyrian king NebuchadneZzar, ant
Egypt passed under the yoke Of ;
new king. The 2nd. Ptelmy opened
the canal, shout 100 years befor,
Christ, ana his canal port on th'
Red Sea, was at the town of Suez
inst where tie canal port on the Re'
Sea is at this date in the year of on
lord 1882. at a period oftime, almos
1000 years ester the 2nd Ptolmy
1t is thus leaned in few brief lines
that the political, commercial ant
canal interests, centerlng about tn
Isthmus of Saez, have at interval
been considered of such importance
as to command the enterprise ant
arms of the powerful nations of tn
Earth. The English have closed th'
canal at this time, but expect sool
to open it. The place where th'
battle was fought on the l1th inst,
is at Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA
a CITY founded ,.bout 1900 years ag'
by Alexander TIE Macedonian con
.aueror. What 4 grand instrumen
in the hands of Providence Alexan
der was. Judea before his time ha'
become a Persian province. and whel
he broke the power of Persia by tn
sword. he sent nerd to Judea, up t.
Jerusalem to surrender to him. Th
Jews refused to do so, dcclasln;
themselves to be faithful subjects o
the Persians. Observation-Disclosures.
marched his army under his persona
command to Jerusalem to take yea
eeance upon the city The Hlgi
Priest clothed in his robe of office &.
the head of a procession of Priest
and people, went out to meet tn
Conaueror. Alexander sat coldly o.
his horse, surrounded by his sener
ais. When the High Priest came ur
Alexander suddenly sprGng from HI
horse. and to the astonsshment OF III
friends prostrated himself to tn
earth. One OF his generals mad
free to demonstrate with him In
king told the general that he wol
shipped not the High Priest but tn
name engraved on the breast plat
that the priest wore, and, that IN hli
he recognized the figure that appear
ed to him before he undertook tn
war with Persian. The coneuere
spared Jerusalem, and became In
friends of the Jews conferred favor
on them and induced many OF then
10 settle in his new city AlexnndrIa
and thus he was the instrument use'
TO carry back to Egypt the faitn Q !!
the God of Moses. Alexandra
situated not far from the sea, at ON
of the mouths of the river Nile
has spacious harbor, and was, am
is vet considered the key to Egypa'
Alexandria under the patronage OF i!
founder became great city. In
were assembled many of the learne
men of the world The Ptoimie
who succeeded Alexandria IN tn
rule of Egypt till the Romars s,lal CANT
and carried out his policy OF patron
ling the learned men OF tneir aa M
- .1,.,,o,,.;on TTnder Ptolmy In