The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-07-08

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Hustier-How They Pr~s-~ve the
Dead In Egyps-Eseriassing Paint.
"Hieregiyphies" Explained.
Correspondence of the Caucasian
Enterprise
Cairo. Egypt. July /. Isos.-After
my long trip into Russia, I deter
mined ter return by water an take
in that part ov the world known az
the Holy Land" Egypt ought 10
be included in that land. and hit wux
in the long ago. fer Egypt holds an
important place in Biblical history.
an hit adjoins the cluster oy small
countries in which most oy the
greatest events transpired. or.
rather, hit did. before the SueE Canal
wuz dug. fer that now separates
Egypt from the Holy Land on one
side. On the other side Egypt iE
bounded by Africa an African des-
erts. Fortunately fer Egypt. much
ov that portion OF Africa Ia practi-
cally uninhabited.
Egypt liz, or would be a desert but
| fer the great work done by the river
Nile. This vast river. so famous In
history, actually makes life worth
living in Egypt. Where water can
be carried upon land from this river
hit IL wonderfully productive and
| rents fer az much az $50 per acre by
the year. a good purchase price fer
American land. But land that cannot
be irrigated will not rent fer 80
cents per acre nor any other sum.
bein' worthless. But. in addition to
the river. a regular irrigation sys-
tenn hez bin put into operation In
recent years where the lay OF the
land Is right fer pumping water from
wells, water being obtainable In
many places by diggin' to the depth
ov the river level. In some cases the
pumpin' In done by hand. and In
| others oxen air used.
The camel takes the place ov the
horse In Egypt now az hit did In
| the olden days. This ugly animal. q
part ov every circus parade In most
ov the world. IL supplied by nature
| with great water tanks, an he can
carry or pull good loads fer several
days without fresh supply ov
water, and with but little or no food
durin' the time. But fer the faith
full camel the people ov parts oS
Egypt would be In hard luck.
| You air not In Egypt long before
you air likely ter be reminded that
| In the days when Moses wuz tryin'
ter secure the release ov the Israel
ties from bondage. they hevin' bin
4 put into a condition ov slavery by
| Pharaoh, King ov Egypt. "a plague
ov flies" overspread tie land. the
plague continued until the Egyptian
ruler agreed to release the Israelites.
But some Of the same flies. or their
descendants, must be here yit. fer l
never seed flies SO bad. At first Bob
kicked and reared like he wuz la
yalier jacket nest. but he liz gettin'
used ter them. Most ov the people
carry horse-hair brushes ter fan the
} flies erway fer they air az bother
some ter people az they air ter
: stock. wish King Pharooh had
never got inter that mess With the
: Israelites. He orter hev bin I'm
peaehed at the time. fer the Israel
ties wuz awl rite.
Egypt is ruled by the Khediye. a
rather young an GUIDE lookin' man.
II had the pleasure ov meetin' him
an taIkin' with him. He liz az smart
az a briar; in fact. most ov the
Egyptians air healthy an brainy,
somewhat like the Greeks. but lack
ing In Greek energy an talent. The
Khedive liz the supposed boss In
Egypt, though he hez legislative
council and a lower house called the
assembly" But back ov hit awi
stands Lord Cromer. the consul
z general ov England. Some twenty
|. odd years ergo Egypt got mixed up
: In a row with England Az usual In
Z such cases, England soon had troops
: enough In Egypt to lick the folks to
a standstilI Her navy wuz awiso on
= hand and bombarded Alexandria. ons
!. lov the largest towns. an the Egyp'
: tians soon gave mp, that bein' tns
9 only thing TO do. So Egypt IL Eng
/, Iish" now.
e One of the largest sights" in
q Egypt, though / failed ter see hit, II
e the National Debt. Hit liz sed tel
e amount TO erbout five hundred mil
{ lion ov dollars, or about 800 pei
acre fer every acre ov land In cult
vation. But under the business man
:. agement ov England the debt :
n gradually bein' paid on.
- The next big thing in Egypt liz tn
! river Nile. awlready mentioned Il
= this article. The source ov this rive
- in In Africa an fer four thousan
= miles hit flows toward the Mediter
.lranean. Hit furnishes water fe
!, many acres ov the burning sands o
- Africa, grows larger slowly. an the
r goes entirely through Egypt. FL