The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-27

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F1ghser~-tapsure 81 smyrna
Continued from last issue
Bnkinxvine. y c. Apr. Il. 1911.
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
After the assassination oV the
young ruler ov Egypt. shajir AldoF.
smart but more or less wicked
young woman. became queen o.
Egypt 4 queen aaz then sort ov
novelty in Egyptian politics but sae
created something oy 4 stir il one
way or another. Miss Aidor VIA in-
debted 10 the Mamelukes for her ole
vation 10 the shrone. Az the Name
lukes may not be WelI known % awl
ov your readers perhaps 4 brief ex-
PLANTATION viii not be out oy place
The heroic SaladIn, the previous
ruler had gotten up the soldiers who
were termed Mamelukes. and they
came originally from Georgia and
Circasia, countries conquered Salad
-. "a ny sha Ia 81
Der oy prisoners taken by that war
like ruler Even yet the inhabitants
or Circasia ar enoted for personal
beauty few years ago the Cir
casian beauty wuZ a feature OK
every well-regulated circus sideshog
in the United States. and they at
tracted no little attention. especially
on account ov the beauty ov their
hair. But automobiles and other
; secondhand junk hev destroyed the
value of the old-fashioned circus
that you and ! saw when We were
boys Another reason IL that the
. American girl, even If she isn't bald
: headed, can buy hair and add 10 hel
own crop until her head liz az large
az a -four barrel. After putin OF
a hat that cost little fortune. hat
at least three feet in diameter, the
l. American girl IL plum out ov sigh
t shure enuff. But | was tellin' abou
the handsome soldiers called th'
4 Mamelukes durin' the reign Of Queer
e Aldor The young men who com
h posed that portion ov the Egyptian
Il army came from Circassia, and with
e their fair, rosy compilations, theiI
: beautiful eyes and hair, they were ir
: marked contrast TO the dark soldiers
1 who composed the bulk ov the army
Twelve thousand young men were
pcrchased" by the ruler ov Egypt
in 1880 by the Sultan, Malek Selah
who had succeeded Queen AldoI
while the matter wuZ bein' consid'
/ cred, for things moved slowly II
e Egypt in the early days and mat
a ter ov that kind might be talked fol
s a generation before hits final adop
/ ton. The Sultan caused hiz fore
S most military leader to take extra
s care in drillin' the pretty" soldiers
e and they became the special body
guard oy the Sultan. So far az
know he wuz the only ruler wh<
$ selected soldiers because ov theil
beauty In such case the soldier
= might Justly be termed ''band-box'
4 soldiers, term often applied TO th'
= boys in certain local military com
: panies in our own country Ths
Egyptian ruler certainly had bans
of beautiful soldiers. But like tn
- ancient soldiers ov Rome. they OF
\ ten gave laws TO their masters. Tn
der the next ruler or Egypt tn
Mamelukes entered politics" az ~
say in North Carolina, became a.
impediment tc the government IL
self. They finally assassinated tn
!" Sultan, Turan Shaw, in 1851, an
appointed Ibegh. one ov their owl
r number, Sultan of Egypt And tn
IN Mame1ukes were strong for the
st were strong, for they ruled Egyp
le 2e3 years
ID Toward the end ov the twelft
ID century Bibars and Naser Mahome
De each tried a hand at rulin' Egyp'
lie but they didn't last long. About thi
date the Sultan Calib wuz awlso o
the throne, for brief period. an
hit wuz durin' hiz reign when tn
city of st. John d'Acre WIZ take
from the Christians. The attack WI
D fierce and the defence brave; but tn
&c Mussulmans obtained possession c
~ Acre, and the whole oy Palestine, |
~ 1891, after much money had bee
se spent and many lives sacrificed !
~ the wars and victories ov the crr
nc sade. Soon afterwards. the knight
ov Templars departed for Europe
but those OF St John formed a Sc
tIement in the Island OF Rhode
nt From this secure retreat they mad
he many short trips into Egypt an
j <a..cad x,s,ch trol, ,hlo hcin, ahle I