The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-30
ANCIENT HISTORY
Egypt Was In o Turbulent
state o Few Years
Before Christ.
BEAUTY, TURBULENCE. MlsRULE

Cssopszs=a tie Most Beautiful womsn
an ns ssorId-cacsar Was some
ahing al a Ruler and Warrior.
ainf cleopatra Gave Him . Hum
for Ills Money-she and Caesar
1a1e From the SAME Wad Of Candy
Caesar Was Great in War and
Once Decided TO Whip the World.
BnkinsvIlIe. y. C.. March %. 1911.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
The Egyptian Kingdom had long
been divided by local divisions among
abe people an about forty years be-
fore Christ hit became greatly agi-
aated by the turbulence an misrule.
Cleopatra, the beautiful queen. wuz
in full charge, an while she IL said
TO hev been a smart woman. her rep
altation az a beauty probably caused
her to forget the great responsible
ity resting upon her an did not seem
to understand that her country, nat
urally a rich one, wuZ about bank
sxupt, both morally an financially.
But she wuZ not the first nor the last
women who has spent too many
hours before a lookin' glass an in
other vain an useless ways when she
orter hev bin mendin' socks or
somethin' oy that sort. Some kings
Wfth the same disease. So far az |
ney noticed, hit takes a remarkably
guide man or woman to rule a great
country an Keep hit from Dustin
wide open. Cleopatra, with some ov
ner partisans, soon fed to Syria
There she raised some kind ov an
armed force. Ptolemy had charge ov
the Egyptian soldiers an they were
camped between Potassium an Mount
Cassius in order to oppose Cleopatra
should she attempt to return to. the
capitol of Egypt. Caesar wuz actin
III guardian ov the children ov Ptol-
envy an wuZ invested with the su-
pTeme authority ov Rome. He COM
manded the under officials to lay be-
fore him a full statement ov the diff
ferences which continued to agitate
the Egyptian people He threatened
to pass upon everythin' an then COM
Dal the people to abide by hiZ de-
szIsion- Hiz power wuZ too great to
meet with much open or effective op-
position from the men ov Egypt But
he must contend with Cleopatra an
her beauty. Advocates from each
faction were chosen an it wuz ar
ranged that the matters in dispute
he brought to an issue. Cleopatra,
aware that her beauty might hev
much effect upon Caesar, set out
from Phoenicia an wuz secretly con-
geSed TO the Egyptian capitol. Her
"trip wuz so we'll planned an wuz
probably so unexpected that she wuz
: so unexpected that she wuz able to
reach the presence ov King Caesar
without any suspicious on hiz part.
Her brother, Ptolemy, leader ov the
army an the right hand man about
the palace, wuz frantic with rage
when he found that Cleopatra had
actually gained the presence of Caes-
ar SO unexpectedly. Knowing chat
me had smart woman to deal with
in the person ov hiZ sister, Cleopa-
ira, Ptolemy quickly decided to COM
promise matters by proposin' that
Caesar an Cleopatra be considered
Joint rulers ov Egypt, which wuz
proof that Ptolemy considered him
self whipped. An hit wuZ practical
ay certain that Cleopatra would be
she whole business, for while Caesar
WIZ mighty man az leader ov men
ON the battlefield, he wuz likely to be
p mere toy in the hands ov Cleopa-
ira when they should undertake to
Jointly rRle Egypt, for hit wuz more
than probable that after the first
week or so, when awl hands mite be
ON their dignity, Cleopatra an Caesar
would soon be chewin' the same. wad
CIV schewin' gum like some ov the
auys an girls do nowadays when
they git to maxim eyes at each other.
The friends ov Pto1emy were very
suspicious ov Cleopatra an her
charms, an they awlso feared that
she would hev the power ov Rome at
hEr beck an call. To be sure, that
Honle hev nothin' to do with hit, the
GUmmander-in-chief filled the city ov
Alexandria with troops an attempted
10 block the harbor with ships to pre-
vent the iandin' ov supplies or any
NnIng else from Rome. The plan
WuZ frustrated hv tho burnino, Nv
most ov the Egyptian ships ov war,
an, at the same time, portion ov
Ihe city ov Alexandria wuz burned.
1neludin' the great library, then by
lar the most complete library in the
world. Photinus, who wuz blamed
with this business, wuz put to death
soon thereafter; but Gauymedes, who
WIZ equally guilty, il said to hey
continued the strife an went unpun-