The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

tweive. wu1 elected King ard tae
other eleven princes had 20 step
down and out This wuz ss5 years
before Christ PEammesicus wuz
very frindly with Greece during the
early part oy biz reign an that eaus-
ed dissatisfaction The devil IL awl-
ways busy in political matters pro
vided he can hev liberal encourage
ment Many o. the Egyptian col
disrs became sore when Sethon dis
/ banded the army and large por-
ton oy them went TO Epioshia an
! took up their residence. rsammeti-
Gus concluded that things we're goin
10 get pretty warm about the throne
an he moved hiz place ov abode 10
a point near Bubastis. on the Pc
+ Iusian branch oy the River Nile. He
merce and the Egyptian nation be-
| gan TO prosper once more. After hiz
death hiz son Nechus succeeded TO
{ the throne In the Scriptures he
WIZ called Pharaoh Necho."
Nechus gave much ov hlz time TO
sort ov a sailor He Investigated the
coasts ov the Mediterranean Ocean.
/ Then he fitted out feet in the Red
+ Sea, passed through the Straits of
/ Babelmaudel, doubled the Cape Of
Good Hope and returned TO Egypt
We must give Nechus credit for re-
! markable enterprise for that day an
/ time, for none oy the citizens ov any
/ portion ov the world had even got
I ten so far from home either by land
/ or water. With a little encourage
ment Nechus might hev been Undue
ed to sail in search ov America. In
/ that case he would hev beaten Chris
/ TOPPER Columbus some thousands ov
/ years, for while Colonel Columbus
wuz perfectly willin' to discover
| America much earlier, he did not
! find hit convenient to be born till
/ a much later period than the one in
which Nechus lived. 1t took Nechus
/ tshree years to make hiZ little in hiZ
/ day. Now a modern boat could
make the run in a month or so.
| Nechus finally developed a war
| like spirit and gave less attention to
| civil government He. engaged in
some lively scraps with the Modes
and Babylonians. Josephus the an
cient historian claimed that the AS
| syrians lost out in a war with the
| countries named. But / doubt hit.
If the ancient Josephus wuz. built
| like some ov the modern tribe ov
that name he probably could not hev
! kept hiZ war record straight.
| Nechlus wuz rite enterprisin'. Dur
in hiz reign he attempted to join the
Red Sea and the River Nile, by
means ov a deep wide canal, some
| thin after the style ov the Panama
Canal. He failed in hiz project. Hit
| liz said that much money wuz vast
ed and about $4,000 men lost their
| lives. Nechus died 600 years before
the birth of Christ.
| Psammis wuz the next king He
held the job for six years only and
wuz not known outside ov hiz own
| township.
! Amasis wuz the next ruler. No
body had ever heard ov the gentle
man and no one seemed to know
how he ever reached the throne. Blu
he wuz a prohibitionist-one ov the
first on record, sort ov Tillman-
Glenn-Daniels prohibitionist without
bein' able to give any excuse for
such conduct. He held awl ov the
citizens ov Egypt down to their knit
tin, but lived a riotous life himself.
If there ever wuz genuine dead
game SPORT" Amisis wuz hit. King
Amasis often went among the people
and made speeches which would melt
some ov the stones in the pyramids.
hev never been acquainted with
man who could come az near preach
in funeral sermon on the political
stump az Chas. B. Aycock. Amasis
wuz probably the first edition ov Mr..
Aycock, and old people tell me that
he wuz like him for the world. He
even got off songs about the "gleam-
in sword an the bloody knife" for
pistols had not yet been invented.
Amasis arued that everyone must
live sober, religious life, and to be
sure that awl the people ov Egypt
were doin' this he adopted rule
requiring awl ov his male subjects
to make report to him once year
and affirm that they had carried out
the instructions ov his royal high
ness, and to state incidentally how
he made livin'. So far az I know
this rule wuz never in force in any
other kingdom. Hit might be well
for the Legislature to investigate
this matter.
Yours truly,
ZEKE BILKINS.
(To be continued)
:! Ye have not chosen me, but I
have chosen vOu and ordained vou