The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22


stood SslII-Elfls~a Was n smart
Tr.der-a Country With . War
Record Miles and Miles In Length
-when War Was Carried Into
Africa" The Early wsrshir~
Were Not so Dangcrous-Hanni-
bal the Fighter.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise-)
Bilkinsville. y. C. Dec. -. 1910.
Hit hex bin sed that nearly every
page ov ancient history contains
some reference 10 Carthage. or TO
some circumstance with which the
people ov that country we're con-
cerned. STU the history ov that
country In far from complete. But
hit liz certain that the Carthagenians
made much history. They were
known TO have taken a part In the
most important transactions ov the
most civilized States. an they push
ed their discoveries az actively az
did any other people, and. in the
wind-up, strived with Rome herself
for the mastery ov the world.
The whole ov Africa and Egypt
wuz first peopled by the inhabitants
who fed before Joshua from the
countries ov Canaan, for hit liz s fact
. that awl the countries ov Europe
gained additional people early after
that great revolution for Joshua wuz
a great soldier an he fought under
Divine inspiration. During one ov
the noted battles Joshua command
ed the sun to stand still. for a num-
Der ov hours that hiZ soldiers mite
hev more time to whip the enemy. II
you will read the 18th and 14th
verses OF the 10th chapter of Joshua
you will get the facts regarding that
wonderful occurrence. Joshua not
only gained the battle but he cap
tured the five Kings who had been at
war against him and he told his SOL
diers to put your feet upon the
necks of the Kings" an they did So
Joshua not only caused this treat
ment, but he afterwards hanged the
five Kings, awl oy which liz proof that
the Kings must have been very wick
ed men. We are also told in the
Scriptures that Joshua utterly de-
stroyed" Debir, one ov the cities ov
that country. Other cities met the
same fate, an he left none of the in
haDitants alive. Then he "smote all
the country of the hills, and of the
soldiers escaued. The Roman lead
er wuz captured. On the way home
the remainder ov the Roman fleet
south, and of the vale, and of the
springs, and all their Kings; he left
none remaining, but utterly destroy
ed all that breathed, as the Lord God
ov Israel commanded"
So you see I wuz correct when I
said at the beginnin' ov this article
that the Carthagenians made much
history in ancient days. For a time,
at least, they made more history than
any other country for the same pc
riod. That the people were smart,
no one will deny; but they were too
wicked to last.
Carthage wuz first settled an ruled
by a woman. Her name wuz ELISA.
She left Tyre about $50 years B. c.
with large colony to avoid the op-
pressions of her brother Pygmalion
who ruled at Tyre. Arriving at Uti-
ca where a settlement had existed
for Soma Tina E,liSca ~ n;5o ~ - -
wuz sometimes called, began to trade
with the Phoenicians. In the very
first deal she got the best ov them.
Her proposition wuz to purchase az
much land az the hide ov an OK
would enclose" for SO much. The
trade wuz made, but the woman had
caused the hide OF the OK to be cut
into very small strips about like
shoe-strings an hit enclosed q very
large tract ov land. But the citizens
thought hit such a good Joke at
their expense that they turned over
very large body ov land to the
lady. My private opinion liz, that
Miss ELISA Dido had probably cut M
at least dozen ox-hides into narrow
strips to enclose land. But the
game worked awl right an the citi-
zens never got through telIin' how
the new lady citizen buncoed them
so cleverly. But IL you ever buy any
land in Carthage you had better not
say anthin' about measurin' hit with
an ox-hide- Hit IL now nearly five
thousand years since that transaction
an some ov the most intelligent citi-
zens there are beginnin' to suspect
that Miss ELISA got nice tract ov:
land Tor a song. In another five
thousand years they will probably be
cuttin' eye-teeth.
But Miss ELISA Dido wuz not SO
smart in some other matters. She
mad won fine reputation in buildin'
up colony and wuz considered smart
In ouyin' real estate with ox-hides.
But she lost out on a simple little
deal-matrimony. She had been
married an wuz devoted to her hus-