The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-16

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Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
RilklnsviIIe, y. c., Feb. 4, 1911.
The ancient history oy Egypt dates
sgar back into the real old history ov
the world and IL therefore ov more
than ordinary importance. An to
tell the truth. about hit, the natives
ov Egypt air still Twin in the ancient
past. For many years the people ov
that country made fair progress an
some claim that they forged ahead
-ov most countries for quite period.
But they got so far an then slipped
back when any motion wuZ notice
able at awi.
Egypt wuz not the birthplace ov
-zwl ov the sciences. But hit wuz the
protector ov most oy the sciences, an
4ner people began to use them freely
at an early period. Her people are
now, an always hey bin, ahead ov
ssuch countries az Africa. When Bib
aical history wuZ maxim, Egypt wuz
rite up at the front an that country
gets much notice at the hands ov the
inspired Sacred writer's while some
ov the now great countries, such az
England, America, etc, seem to hev
been unknown in that day. Like
China, Egypt claims more than she
Gan prove, but she wuZ, an still IL.
a wonderful country. Egypt wuz an
Independent empire up to few years
ago. She made a mistake an went
to war with England. Hit lasted just
long ennuff for England to get few
warships an few thousand soldiers
there Now the English flag floats
c3yer awl public buildin's in Egypt.
Menes wuz the first ruler ov Egypt
What they did without King up to
that time will ANYWAYS be a mys-
terry, for hit il reasonably certain
that Egypt had been inhabited since
ifhe creation an equally certain that
Ienes did not live until a much later
sHxte. Sir Isaac Newton, the great
historian, claims that Menes founded
an built the city ov Memphis. But
this must hev bin mistake for that
city wuz not mentioned by Homer.
ga1e described Thebes az the metro
polls ov Egypt Norden thought that
Memphis wuZ built, in part, from the
ruins oV Thebes, but that supposition
Wuz not based upon any facts
I0symandis il supposed to hev bin
Flhe second King ov Egypt. Hit il
.acaaimed that he still occupied the
throne when Thebes wuz at the top
a. one 'ox the great ancient cities
a71z palace, hit il claimed, wuz a
Thing of great beauty.
zai4 liz we'll known fact that some
~~DE the stones used in buildin' the
azrger pyrimids in Egypt an some o1
The great stone columns in buildin' s
.sS8W1 oE which air still visible, were
heWn out more than four hundred
miles from their present location. A.
Some sov them weigh hundreds o.
tons, the mystery IL, how did the an
@s7snf Egyptians transport them sucl
IA Egneat distance, for the pyramid:
ssfanG upon the sandy banks ov tn
river Mile an there air no quarrie
engineers an mechanics hev meas
zred an estimated the weight O
1hsse great blocks ov solid grant
an they claim that we now hev n
machinery capable ov handlin' tn
great stones, to say nothin' to hau
ing them hundreds ov miles. No shi
YOU'D bear their weight an no raj
-rDad fat-car, even if railroads ha
zhsen in existence then, would he
borne such weight. How did the
move the stones five or six hundred
erp miles? The ancient Egyptian
must lfev known few things. Nes
The palace ov Osymandias stant
Three great stone statues each. repr,
senting the figure ov a man, probabl
King Osymandias, an they air
2seavy that no mortal man now livi
can hgger out plan to move the
Gwen few yards. But the Egyptian
drought them not less than six hui
aired miles probably three or 70,
thousands ov years ago.
- In the old palace once occupied |
King Osymandis, an which liz ST
IN guide state ov preservation, f
hit wuZ wonderfully built, can
seen curious works ov art, an, spec
ansEs ov sculpturing which make Il
scRptors and mechanics ov this al
turn green with envy an jealous
Tor though they air now consider,
more upto-date in most respects, a
new better tools, they can't equal Il
work oy the ancient Ecyntianc in I'll
particular line. With nothin but
schisel an mallet these ancient w6r
men made vast pictures in marble a
grsn1se portraying important histol
scahesents. an though the number
orKmen may hev bin great,
probably required hundreds ov yea
TO complete some ov these works