The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
ANCIENT HISTORY
King Leostris Believed in
Beautifyins the Country.
PYRAMIDS COME HIGH

PYRAMIDS COME HIGH
However, They Were . Good Invest
ment--A Captive Sovereign C.us-
ed the King 20 Wake Up-A King
Who Abhorred war-How the Al
mighty saved Egypt From q Fear
full Disaster in war-Egypt Tried
Twelve Rulers Instead Of One
King-Nechus Was . Great Sailor
Columbus Would Have Beaten
His Record Had He Been Born
Earlier.
BilkinsvilIe, n. C.. Feb. q. 1911.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
After King Sesostris learned that
hiz brother had made complete
failure az a temporary ruler, he
abandoned hiz dreams az to the COM
plete conquest ov the world and has
tened back TO Egypt an spent most
ov hiz time beautifyin' the country
an IN improvin' the condition ov hiZ
people, for the fierce war had awl-
most impoverished awl classes ov hiZ
subjects. And this wuZ awl the more
necessary OWN TO the fact that so
much time, labor and cash had been
spent in buildin' the Pyramids, cost
ly public buildin's an other things
which were practically useless ex-
cept for ornamental purposes at that
time. However, Egypt hez bin reap
In somethin' ov harvest from
sight-seers and travellers generally
durin' very recent years, for the
whole world liz now CROWN deeply
interested in the wonderful display
ov the ancient handiwork ov man
found there. King Seostris awlso
provided employment for the soldiers
in order that they might not find
civil like too dull; and he enriched
the temples ov the gods, whom the
people worshipped. He fortified the
Kingdom at many points and did
much to improve what liz known az
Lower Egypt for that portion ov the
country had been somewhat neglect
ed. He then divided the people into
casts or classes, which wuZ supposed
to be wise step in the early history
ov the world. But he did another
thing that wuZ both cruel and fool
ish: he held some oy the rulers ov
the countries which he had conquer
ed az captives and he compelled
them to be exposed to the taunts and
insults ov hiZ people, causin' them
to keenly feel the awkward position
in which they had been placed by
the fortunes ov war. In the midst
oV this unfair treatment one ov the
captive sovereigns wuz bold ennuff
to protest, an he said in effect that
he who sat upon a throne and dealt
out venom to helpless captives might
soon change places with them. King
Sesostris then did little thinkin' an
he soon decided to free the captive
rulers and permit them to return to
their own countries. But hiz ambi-
ton had carried him too far He
lost hiz health, became totally blind.
He ended hit awl by takin' hiz own
life. He wuz succeeded az ruler ov
Egypt by Gnephactus. This gentle
man amounted to but little an hard
1y ever got any mention in the pa
pers, for newspapers were unknown
at this early period
Sethon wuz the next king. He wuz
religious man and belonged to
most ov the secret orders. He did
not believe in war. He dispersed the
soldiers an most ov them became
hostile to hiz administration. Sand
acherib, the highest officer in the AS
syrian army, soon learned that Egypt
wuZ tryin' to get along without any
army. He soon entered Egypt with
a large army and devastated much
ov the country. Sethon mustered in
a large army, but hit consisted ov
raw and undisciplined troops and
they did not make a successful fight
against the warlike Assyrians. AT
one time hit seemed that Egypt
would lose out entirely But God
did not permit this disaster. At the
most critical period a great host oy
rats appeared in the camp ov the
Assyrian army an in one night the
rats gnawed the bowstrings and
shield-straps ov practically awl oy
the soldiers an bein' unable to re-
pair the damage quickly, the Egyp.
tians forced the Assyrians to fee and
pursued them with great slaughter
> The Assyrian army is sed to hav met
similar disaster in Palestine a lit.
tie later, when $4,000 ov Senuach.
cribs soldiers We're found dead early
one mornin'. In this case hit WI,
supposed that the cause oy the dis.