The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-10
No. 3o.

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deity was worahIppsd. wA~a wursAfp~
ped =: all. uader gae HAze ~Eaaa."
an awIways uaaeY an o4k tn~1. tie
eaa sF~e seeming 10 sv saEx o. a.
cred tree n Germany n The ezrty
days. Later thcy lad dralas or
priests who anAIiy became vusy Ia
nasntial. an. &c Enky s&y. us~fai. Zoe
they could maintain sllsnr~ In any
crowd. the people not daring 20 ba
disorderIy when they weFo prrseas.
They had n goddess called 'Rrthz~
an at certain times. whvH this sod
dess wuE supposed 10 be pAasla'
through the country. &wi war woala
be suspended. peGEhboFhood guar
reis would be huKh~d. an The people
would remain quiet an w~ll behaved
for aShile. at least TAe priests also
taught the people that brave man
Na2 favorite with the Eods they
worshippcd On the other hand. a
coward had little or no prospect. or
what they termed heaven Such
ideas are no, dead yet. bat exist IN
some countries In one form or anotA-
er. In Japan. for instance Ia an
Client Germany they believed that u
they spent their lives IN war they
were bound TO 80 to a happy home
after death. In heaven or somewhere.
The ancient Germans were ex-
tremely fond ov games. such aE dice
In some cases they would risk their
persons in Is game ov chance an we're
often placed in slavery TO pay n
gambling debt. In such cases the
slaves were well treate4. havin' a
good house TO live in lie wux re-
quired TO give a certain portion ov
awl he made &c the master. but after
that hin time wuE hix own. an 10 he
somethin'. But there wuE some
shame attached TO gambling.
Before the beginnin' ov The Chris
tian era but little liz known ov Ger
man history. About the only things
we'll known wuz the invasion ov Italy
by the Cimbri and Tutona: their de-
feat by Marius in 390s b. c.; the In
vasion ov GauI on the banks ov the
| Rhine, under Arioistus. and their de-
I feat By Julius Caesar in 3s50 are
about awl the history known prior TO
/ the Christian era. Julius Caesar. af-
4 ter completing the conquest. divided
/ Gaul into three provinces an named
them the Celtic. the Acquitanic. an
/ the Belgic. The provinces ov the
/ left side ov the Rhine were compris.
/ ed In the Beigic. Durin' the reign ov
Augustus another division took place
an the country lying between the
/ Neuse an the Sceldt an the Rhine
were taken from the Gelgie Gaul an
were formed into a province called
Germania cis-Rhonanas In 1895
Arminus. at the head ov the Cherus-
ci, massacred three Roman legions
! under varus. At a later period. In
the third century after the beginning
fov the Christian era. the German
tribes formed associations for de-
tfense against the Romans. One ov
these. the Saxons, iz the best known.
perhaps. Charlemange made the
first attempt TO unite the different
German tribes into one nation, under
one ruler. Aside from the above
! facts but little IL known ov the very
early history ov the German Empire.
After Charlemsgne completed the
consolidation. an at the same time.
redivided the country. the feudal sys-
tenn gained a foothold an this finally
uprooted hiz influence an that ov hiz
descendants. they finally losin' out
altogether In that way the man
Who had done the most for Germany.
TO whom hit probably owes most ov
hits present greatness ar well an the
past. because a mere nobody except
for the brief mention he got In early
history. The German people ought
ID give him the credit due him an
perhaps will do 50 get. though but
little has been done along that line
az yet. The dukes OF Franconia.
Saxony. Bavaria. Saabia. an Lor-
raine. assisted By the Carloyinglan
princes. caused the reputation oy
Charlemage TO decline rapidly In hlz
day. After Charles the Fat" the
people out ov respect for the mem
ory ov Chariemagne. placed the
crown upon the head ov Arnold. .
son ov Carioman. an then upon hix
son. Louis. But after this they
elected q Saxon line ov princes m
son ov Carioman, an then upon hiz
son. Louis, But after this they
elected = Saxon line OF princes N
rulers of Germany, an some ov them
were rather Hgnt-weIght rvrierE