The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-10

III another three years
they only numbered fourteen. Hut
Aohamed had made great beglntns.
lie soon got holder. an began 10
preach biz new doctrine On TIE
streets and highways. There Is hrg.
one God and NohaEae. Il liz nrr.h-
Ct wuz the say Nahouset tailed.
lie soon occurred little band. g.. fol-
lovers. But hit VIZ some time hr--
fore he made mach headaay. After
preaching sOme time he determined
Oh bold stroke. and published An
account o. journey he had made 10
heaven and that he had conyersed
face 10 face With the Almighty. lie
claimed that he had received = rev
elafion Of many mysteries. About
this time he had number Of smart
followers and az they backed him up.
IN hiz extravagant claims, the rest
wuz easy. Mahomet certainly got
things to come hiZ way after that,
an hiZ converts came by thousands
The general plan forged by Mahomet
himself, fer he wuz the whole show
fer quite time, wuZ TO deal out hiz
new doctrines in broken doses 10 hiz
out a missionary. He iabored In
Medina an converted some rs OF the
citizens, including some rather prom
inent men. But he had troubles At
one time he wuZ Obliged to hide in a
great cave, called Thur. Hiz pur-
suers mite hev finished him but for
the fact that a spider had built
web across the mouth ov the cave
after Mahomet entered. This caused
the angry pursuers to believe that he
had not entered the cave. But he
wuZ in the cave at the moment.
Az time went on, fortune seemed
to favor Mahomet in another way.
The Christians and Jews in Medina
were at outs on account ov reli-
gious controversy. The so-called
Christians had certain views which
corresponded closely with the doc
trines Ov Mahomet. Az the cam
paign went along an grew hotter Ma
homet gathered in those called Chris
tians and soon had nearly awl Ov the
population oy Medina at hiz heels.
Then he grew holder. The final re-
suit wuz war between the followers
ov Mahomet and the opposition; Ma
homet ganin' the victory. The doc
trine ov Mahomet wuz: ''Whoever
falls in battle, his sins are forgiven
at the day of judgment his wounds
shall be resplendent as vermillion
and the loss of his limbs shall be
supplied with the wings of angels
and cherubins."
Ov course nothin' would stand ur
, against, such az that among the ig.
nOrant, and Mahomet grew and pros
, pered. He had to fight for awl that
he got. But he finally won out, hold
: in hiz countrymen for more thar
twenty years, dyin' at the age of 60
The followers of Mahomet hello
forth for many years after hiz death
, and the result wuZ much war and
other violence. Later the Arabians
conquered Palestine and Syria. Their
Egypt fell a victim. The great libra
, ry in Alexandria wuz burned, at any
, rate, the books were used to light
, fires in the public baths, though the
, buildings were not consumed. For 6
long time Egypt paid tribute tt
, Arabia and the fertile valleys ov that
country were robbed to supply Arabia
with the necessities ov life.
About the year 665 Ali wuz called
to rule over Arabia, the throne hav
, ing long been withheld from him. He
refused to accept until the soldiers
and people awlmost forced him to as
, cend the throne, which wuZ new
wrinkle in politics, even at this early
period in the history ov the world
Ali wuz murdered little later. The
, new ruler attempted to move the sea-
of government to Damascus; awlse
the pulpit and walking cane used by
, Mahomet. An eclipse ov the SUI
about that time frightened the Of
fcials and they refused to obey the
monarch, they thinkin' the ECLIPSE
meant Divine displeasure.
Truly,
, ZEKE RTLKINS