Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-08
\ SOUTHERN PILGRIM
Y IN EASTERN LANDS

whom the greatest interest centers Is, or
course. Ramses H. Here he is. We have
reen seeing monuments to him all over
Egypt. We saw two immense statues of
him in Memphis. We saw a whole row
Of gigantic statues in front Of the temple
OF Luxor We saw his colossal statue at
the Ramesseum now in ruins. like most
OF the others Of him. We saw pictures
on the walls Of various temples telling OF
his prowess. Now here he lies, his very
self. brought to light after $3.50 years, and
placed here as an object of interest to
tourists and curiosity seekers
Just before I left home I told my wife
that 1 was going to see him. We'll, give
him a lick for me-" she said. 1 remem-
bered the remark, and while 1 could not
get at him on account or the glass case
to give him a lick" / could not resist
the temptation to shake my fist in his
face. And he did not resent it-you know
that he IL dead. 1t would have been a
dangerous thing to do while he was hv-
ing but I felt safe now that he had been
dead $500 years. OF course, IL was rather
mean to take advantage Of him In that
way But I could not help it, He was
such a mean old scoundrel while living
that I was bound to express my feelings
towards him in some such way. Ramses
II, as l have previously stated, reigned 81
years. He died at the age OF about lOO
years His mummy shows him to be
shrtveled old man, tall, with high cheek
bones. DR.. Wicker, Of our party, says
that he is the very image Of DR.. q. Camp
bell Morgan, OF London. The people OF
the south will understand better when l
| say that he is not unlike DR.. L.. G.
Broughton, of Atlanta He gives evidence
In his face OF power, of strength, OF de-
termination. It certainly seems the Bit
terest irony of fate that such man. so
long the absolute monarch and despot OF
all the valley of the Nile, should now lie
here as the gazing stock for pilgrims
But such is fate. How are the mighty
fallen. We never know what we are com
ing to.
Near Remses is the mummy of his
son, Meneptah, the Pharaoh OF the Exo-
dus as he is usually considered, though
some think that Ramses II was both the
Pharaoh of the Oppression and of the
! Exodus But is it not said in the Bible
that the Pharaoh of the Exodus was
| drowned in the Red Sea- as he attempted
to follow the children Of Israel acrossf
Where is it so stated? 1t is true the
] negro song says:
| ''Oh! Pharaoh, he got drowndeo'
! drownded, drownded,
| In the Red Sea"
But the Bible does not so state what
| the Bible says is: And the waters re-
turned, and covered the chariots, AMI
| the horsemen, and all the host of
| Pharaoh that came into the sea after
| them; there remained not so much as
one Of them" exodus 1920. 1t was
! the host of Paraoh" that was drown
ed. not Pharaoh himself. AS a matter
| of fact, a Pharaoh would not be apt TO
follow after a band of fleeing slaves
J personally. He would send some trust
| ed officer after tn em, while he remain
] ed in his palace. And so 1t comes 10
| pass that we have here all three close
| toEether-fathe son and grandson Seti
1 I, Ramses II, Meneptah, the Pharoah
whose daughter discovered Moses, the
Pharaoh who oppressed the children OF
Israel, on account Of which oppression
| Moses, when 40 years old, slew the
| Egyptian and then led to the land OF
] INDIAN to escape the wrath Of his foS-
ter brother now on the throne, and the
| Pharaoh of whom 40 years later Moses
demanded that the children Of Israel
| should be allowed to leave, and who
refused to let them go-all Of them
| right here. 1t is curious, but intensely
interesting. could hardly tear myself
away from the place. 1 made a second
visit TO II after the other members OF
| the party had gone, and then promised
myself to go to Cairo and see them
again some time.
ROOSEVELT I.
1 headed this article Ramses II and
Roosevelt L The reason was because
the whole article would center around
! these two distinguished personages.
II may seem a far cry from Ramses to
| Roosevelt. 1t is a jump of about
| $500 years from one to the other IN
| point Of time. But as matter or
character tn ere is a good deal Of sim
ilarity between them. Both were &C
tive, aggressive. bold. Both were great
rulers. The special occasion for my
speaking Of the two together. though,
was tn fact that while I was in Carlo,
seeing Ramses, his statues, his mum
| my, his impress on the country, Mr..
| Roosevelt came to Carlo on his return
] to the United States from Central Afri-
| ca We stopped at the same hotel. IL
| happened, by the way, curiously
enough, that Mrs. Grover Cleveland was
there at the same time. 1t seemed a
| little strange that an ex-president IF
! the United States and the widow Of an
| other ex-president should meet in
Egypt Mr. Roosevelt's coming Great
ed something of a sensation. Crowds
| lined the streets to see him pass. The
accompanying picture shows him just
as he was about to alight from his
carriage at Shepherds hotel, with the
| crowds around him Everywhere he
went he was the center Of observation
] and apparent admiration He was In
| yitcd to deliver number OF ad-
| dresses, which he did. had special
invitation to be present at one Of these
| addresses, and was anxious to accept
/ but II happened to be the afternoon we
were going to Heliopolis, and felt that
I ought not TO lose the opportunity OF
| going there, as IT might not come again.
while I might hear Mr.. Roosevelt In
| America some time.
| Nor did I hear his now famous speech
before the students in the University or
Egypt. I saw the demonstration follow
ing It, though. A crowd OF 1000 or more
students came marching down the street
In front of the hotel, yelling something,
did not know what asked our drago-
man, Mustaphs, what 1t was. He said
they were yelling that they wanted their
| freedom, that they could govern them
selves asked him what was the occa-
sion of the demonstration He said 1t
was Mr.. Roosevelt's speech at the Uni
versity of Egypt that afternoon. I aft
| erwards learned that their expressions
| were stronger than reported to me by
Mustapha, that they cried Down with
the lar" While did not hear the
! speech read II in q Cairo paper, and