The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-17

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The Parthenon wuz built many
years ergo by Peric1es- II crowned
the top ov q high hill near Athens.
This contained o great collection oy
art carved from stone. Hit hez bin
robbed time an ergin By conquering
armies an others. an many ov the
specimens ov Greek handiwork air
now found In some foreign museums
an In private collections ov art an
statuary. IT liz stated az a TACK that
one ov the Roman conquerors left
Athens with two hundred an fifty
wagon loads ov fine paintings an
pieces ov sculpture. an that several
thousand ov the soldiers each car
ried what they could ov the most
valuable things picked up while pill
laying the city.
But much ov this hez bin replaced
or restored. an Athens still leads In
Greek art, in things beautiful an
symmetrical.
Homer, the great song writer.
lived In Athens. or near the city-the
real location not bein' known at this
day.
About twenty-five miles form Ath-
ems liz the battlefield ov Marathon.
Here Miltiades won fame az a gen
eral, an hit may be that we get the
English word Militia" from hiz
reputation az a soldier. 1t IL sed
that a Greek soldier ran from Mara
thon to Athens to carry the news ov
the great victory an that he died
from exhaustion on hiz arrival. but
won the applause ov hiz countrymen.
A few years ergo a race course wuz
laid out between Marathon an Ath-
ems an the race wuz won by a Greek
against awl competitors to the great
satisfaction ov the audience an awl
the people. He made the twenty
five miles In two hours an forty-five
minutes, and wuz not so unfortunate
az the soldier, for he wuz in fine
trainin' an stood the long run better
on that account.
Not far from Athens IL the noun
tain pass known az Thermopylae.
Here three hundred Spartan soldiers
tried to stop the onward passage ov
Xerxes an hiz army. They failed
an lost their lives. But they made
a new record fer human bravery an
set the world an example that awl ov
US should follow, provided the end
justifies the means, fer reckless, use
less bravery IL not ter be praised
it IL, in TACK, but little short ov a
crime.
Quite number ov Greeks live
Ground the eastern end ov the Medi-
teranean Sea, an they air the pick
ov the people in that territory, fer
they air permanent settlers an hev
1eavened the whole lump, so ter
speak.
In this country the soldiers an po-
lice still dress in ancient uniforms,
but the citizens wear clothin' that IL
up-ter-date in style. The people air
modern in most respecks.
Durin' the international games in
Athens two years ergo many ov the
prizes wuz won by American athletes
who had been in long trainin'. This
opened the eyes ov the Greeks, an
while they air a little sore over hit,
they air still ta1kin' erbout hit. an
they awl seem ter think that America
liz worth seein' But We hev nothin'
ter fear from Greek immigration,
even if they should awl come at one
time, fer they air our equals in many
respecks, an would be far more de-
sirable than much ov the scum that
We hev bin gettin' from time ter
time. But don't understand me ter
mean that awl immigrants air scum,
fer many ov them air guide, honest
people, though the undesirable ones
will slip in now an then. Most ov
the Greeks would be desirable.
Corinth il another old city in
Greece. Hit il important in way
but hez only small populashun
The city guards the entrance to the
Philoponnesus. At this point canal
connects the Aegean Sea with the
gulf ov Corinth, this bein' the exact
place where Paul made hiz famous
talk ter the Corinthians, az the PEG.
pie ov the city wuz called at that
time, they not bein' a different race
ov people, but simply citizens ov the
town known az Corinth. And hit
wuz from this spot that the great
messages started forth which hev
an air still, thrillin' the people o,
awl the world. Durin' hiz stay a
Corinth Paul wrote hiz second epis
tie to the Thessalonians, for he coult
not be with them to preach, an ht
wuZ anxious ter confirm them in thu
faith an in the truth of the rea
Gospel an prevent them from bein
troubled by the Jews who were callet
unbelievers. When Paul left Corintl
he took a ship bound for Syria, land
in at Ephesus where he preached TO
some time In the synagogue owne'
by the Jews. After that Paul visite'
Galatia and other countries. In
short time he returned and preache'
| for three months In Jewish syna
gogue and disputed with them wit
great earnestness, to convince Their
of the truth of the Christian re
iigion."
Those were stirrin' days in the Lii
ov the great Apostle, an hit wuz i
an around Corinth, an in near-b
lcountry that many ov hiz experience
occurred. His epistle to the. Gala
tians was written while he wuz /
that locality; awlso his second epi'
tie to the Corinthians an his fir:
epistle to Timothy an his epistle