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/, tan. as some historians have accused
him Of doing.
The Oldest University.
The French had, however, most stu
pidly outraged the feelings Of the faith
full by stabling their horses in the
mosque Of ell Azhar. This Gamia el
Azhar. the greatest university in all
Islam, Is still one Of the most interest
ing sights of Cairo. Within its walls
the lamp of learning was first lighted
when Oxford and Paris and Heidelberg
yet sat In primeval darkness, and its
priests have kept the wick trimmed for
upwards of 800 years.
On my visit to ell Azhar was told
that 1900 students study. sleep and
eat bepeath the roof of this ancient COL
lege- After 1 had passed through the
Gate OF the BARRIERS, where formerly the
heads of all newly arrived students were
shaved. I stepped into the sanctuary
and found myself in the biggest school
room ever saw.
This immense hall. which is divided
into long aisles by colonades. was
swarmins and humming with Mahom-
etans Of all lands and all ages from
six to eighty. Some were curled in sleep
on the stone floor. but hundreds of
classes were in session, the pupils nod
ding their heads, making their notes,
many Of them on states. or droning
their Rotations as they squstted in cir
cles around long-bearded teachers who
sat cross-legged on straw mats. The
boys and young men only glanced at me
furtively out of the corners of their
eyes, but one little fellow who did
yield to his curiosity and turn his head
was promptly whacked with a long pole.
There is none OF the elaborate modern
appliances OF a European or American
university. and the faculty does not need
to trouble itself with new fads since
Moslem knowledge stopped short with the
writing of the Koran. more than 1900
years ago. The curriculum Of studies is
limited to the Arabic grammar. religious
science. the law, logic. rhetoric. poetry
and geography. In all but the latter the
textbooks have remained virtually I'M
changed since the university first opened
its doors in the tenth century. FL Azhar
has heard OF the discovery of America.
however. and / saw a map Of the United
States on one of its walls.
Napoleon himself surely was too wise
tic have desecrated this venerable mosque
and when the priests complained that it
had been turned into a stable he imme-
diately restored Il to them. All his eff
forts to bridge the gulf between himself
and Islam were unavailing. however.
when six weeks after the battle OF the
Nile, Turkey took sides with the British
and declared war on the French. The
circle Of his misfortunes was now COM
plete.
The Sultan being the spiritual head
OF the Moslem world. his declaration |
aroused the religious fanaticism Of the |
From the minarets of Cairo |
were called down upon the |
French In language they could not |
and in October the people |
rose in . frenzied outbreak against the |
foreigners.
As soon as Napoleon received word Of |
the revolt Of the city he mounted his |
horse and. with an escort Of only thirty |
guides" FASTENED to the various CEN |
ters of disturbance, where he adopted |
stern measures for suppressins the In |
He seized and held a. host
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Napoieon Marooned.
II was more than a week after the
battle when Napoleon himself crossed
the river. He had no more than estab-
Iisbed his beadouarters IN the midst ~
an unfriendIy CITY. cowed by fear IN tn.
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list to this interesting neighborhood Ia
show him where Pharaoh's daughter
came down to wash herself, while her
unwashed maidens walked along by the
rivers side and where she found little
Moses in the ark among the bulrushes.
My dragoman apologized to me for the
absence OF the bulrushes. They were In
the museum, he said.
There too is shown in the dusky crypt
beneath a very old Christian church OF
the Coptic sect the scene OF the repose
in Egypt of the Virgin and Child, while
in big ruinoas mosque many a tourist
imperils his buttons by trying to squeeze
between a pair OF columns where none
but honest men can pass.
A father and daughter poled me across
the ferry to the island where the Milo
meter has stood nearly Loo years to
measure the rise of the Nile. This Is the
ancient gage of Egyptian prosperity,
measuring the lack or abundance OF
water for the overlooking of the thirsty
Delta When Napoleon found that the
Mamelukes were accustomed to fixing
the tax rate the moment the Nilometer
register indicated a good supply OF water.
he ordered his engineers to investigate
the system They dug down and un-
earthed a fraudulent device for manipu-
lating the gage in the interests of higher
taxation.
Only the few with more advanced
minds, however. welcomed the labors
OF the scientists from France. and the
laboratory. the Egyptian Institute and
the library which they established. The
multitude hated everything that was new.
'.The white Mans Burden"
Napoleon, 1t should be remembered.
was the first to undertake the heavy and
thankless task Of cleaning up and stirring
up the slothful East. The easy-going.
disorganized Egyptians were exasperated
by his passion for cleanliness, order,
precision, and efficiency.
They longed for the return Of the bar
barous and burdensome but loose rule Of
the rapacious Mamelukes. who had not
cared how they lived or died Every
innovation for the purpose of improving
their lives and easing their labors was
resented and resisted.
Workmen who were engaged to carry
bricks on public construction Indignantly
rebelled against the wheelbarrow as II
II were the vehicle of evil. The Egyp-
tians had carried their bricks on their
heads since the strike OF the children
OF Israel. and any other method was to
them an invention of the devil. an i'm
piety which they refused to endure.
Religious differences were the most
prolific source Of trouble. Napoleon had
done his best to avert them by all man
ner OF Irritation with Mahometanism.
He promoted and participated In the
Fete Of Mohamet; he even ordered an
Oriental costume for himself and did
everything short Of becoming Mahome-
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They xau Napolaop,s troons trottinp to.
ward them Ike dos
When the French came within striking
distance the Mameiukes, with their weird
war cry oasheu AT tne 1901 SOLDIERS OF
10 aS ni, an
AZ first md tbsn snra. sd ,h.v -o5s .csin
and again 10 the slaupb,er
But when they saw their army broken
into two parts and the irresistible French
squares wedging in between, they fled
in mad panic. One division galloped over
to the Pyramids and vanished into the
desert, while another raced into the vii
lage of Embabeh, from behind the guns
of which they sailed forth once more
only to fall before the unwavering squares
like grass before a steam moving ma
chine. .
Those who escaped from the French
leaped from their useless horses into
the Nile. along with a mob of other fu-
gitives. Most of them swan to safety;
but history makes the grewsome record
that after the yictors had finished rob-
bling the thousands of dead bodies that
bestrewed the plain they amused them
selves for days in angling for the
drowned, who numbered 100. The ~char-
acter of the conflict is established by
the number of French killed, which was
thirty. ~"
Opeufnr the Orient.
sue" was inc oa..ie vi lhe psrailius,
a COMBAT between the Middle Ages and
modern times. In military sense. 1t
was not above the level Of a massacre,
but IL was a great battle in its conse-
ouences
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tne Manneiuhes' NOSE amen slaves VINO,
revoItins asalhs, 'heir masters had rnied
Egypt ior nearly SIX centuries. Ana IL
oiu iar more thah tnat- "hen the plue
squares OF french broke through the
Mameiukes Iine on mat plain down
there py the Httle grove Oh oate palms.
they opened the lane py which the west
passed through to the east. From the
held OF the battle oil the pyramids occi,
dental civilization started on its event.
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IN THE PATH OF NAPOLEON '3 Il. f s.:
THE BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS

Mr. Morgan sketches today one Of
the most interesting battiegreunds IN
tse world. ms he saw II from the Pyra-
mids of Ghi.eh, with the Nile howing
by and the minarets Of Cairo On the
horizon. II In q story Of . crest vie
tory and a greater disaster that befeal
Napoleon i'm Egypt. In one he een-
suered the land of the Pharoahs, but
In the other his ships were SUNK ~
Nelson. leaving him mareoned On the
sands Of the Orient. We see the young
general at twenty-niae, completely cat
on from Europe as he took - ~the
white mans burden for the Arst time,
pried open the long sealed East, ana
started modern civilization On its tsur
of the earth. II In q fascinatiD< and
sixnincant view Of Napoleo. strug.
cling with adversity amid strange ana
picturesque surroundtngs.
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ages the principal shieks of Cairo. Plae-
ing mortars on Mt. Mokattam above tbs
citadel. he combarded the disa1ected
sections All persons with arms in their
hands were to be killed. every house from
which stones were thrown into the streets
was to be set af1re. and all men found in
the mosques. which were the breeding
places of revolt were ordered to be shot
This latter command was given only for
effect But the more turbulent were not
spared when they fell into the hands OF
the French. who cut OFT 4 dozen heads
nightly and cast the bodies into the river.
Bcset on Every Hand.
Cairo was speedily beaten back into
sullen obedience when the gathering Of
an army in Syria. beneath the crescent
of the Sultan and under the command
of the Pasha Of Acre, who had merited
the name Of Dejezzar. or the Butcher"
gravely threatened Napoleon's occupa-
ton Of Egypt. II being contrary to his
nature to accept the defensive, to sit
down and wait to be attacked. he took as
many men as he dared to spare from
Egypt and boldly crossed into Asia TO
meet the enemy ON his own ground.
His line of retreat and his line OF
communications had been utterly de-
stroyed by Nelson's crushing victory. He
was cut on from France and Europe.
ne NallS anu from MS army were
dispatched only to fan into the hands
of the vigilant British and be printed in
the London papers, the ardent love let
tiers of the soldiers and their sweethearts,
as well as official reports and the grow
ing communications OF his dissatisfied
officers
In the six months after the naval dis
aster. only one French courier was able
to steal through the British blockade
Of ha cd nd
SO hard pressed by pursuers that she
saved herself from capture by running
ashore. The courier landed. but out of n
heavy packet of dispatches he had saved
only one letter from the Directory.
In the Path of Alexander.
Thus at Twenty-Five, Napoleon was
alone with his heavy responsibilities and
his youthful ambitions In the vast alien
world of the East. II he turned back it
was only to lock across 1.5o0 miles of sea,
with Britannia ruling the wave. II he
stood still in Egypt it was only to give
the Turks. IN alliance with the British.
an opportunity to swarm down upon him
and overwhelm him at their leisure. He
must hasten into Asia and surprise the
Sultan before he could marshal his
hordes or else be caught in a trap.
The old caravan route to Syria =
marked at every step by footprints in
the sands of time. As Napoleon set out
upon 1t in February. I7ss. he was thrilled
by the thought that at last his feet we-s
In the path Of Alexander.
Notwithstanding the disappointments
that had crowded upon him sincs thu
day he landed on the shore Of the Orient
he still cherished the dream that this
might be his own pathway to an Eastern
empire which would rival the great
and make him the master
of the world from the Ganges to the
Seine. Although he was entering Asia
with only q little band of 12.o0o men ne
was not without a glimmer Of hope that
after whipping the Butcher Of Acre. he
might be able to march across Persia,
England in India and still take
Europe IN the rear"
Copyright 1914 by James Morsan)
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which we do not command separate us
from France. but no seas divide Africa
| from ASIA Here we will found an en-
pire.'
NapoIeonic Cairo Tod.s.
knowing that the Cairenes would be
emboldened by Nelson's victory. he
FASTENED back to his headquarters In
the home of Elf Bey by the shore Of a
pond at the edge Of the old town. That
pond is now the principal square Of the
city. the Ezbekiyeh. which is the very
heart of modern Cairo.
Tourists. rejoicing in their first white
helmets and smoking their Egyptian
cigarettes in wicker chairs among the
palms of the broad porch Of their hotel.
while they watch the passing show OF
the Orient, have the romantic sense that
they are characters i'm some one OF the
many six biggest sellers whose authors
have worked up this scene on the terrace
at Shepherds Probably few OF them are
aware that the first party Of tourists to
find quarters where this hotel now stands
was personally conducted by Napoleon
Bonaparte, and that where European
bookseller has his shop nearby, the pal
ace walls of Elf Bey rose when Egypt
was ruled by the Little Corporal
Trying to Darsle the East.
Over beyond the Ezbekiyeh, where the
splashing of the waters among the tall
palms is drowned by the clangor OF troll
ley cars, there was an open field In other
days. There Napoleon planned grand
balloon ascension to distract and impress
the public mind. for he had brought from
France the first balloon ever seen In
Egypt But the air, like the sea, failed
the conaueror OF the land. The amaze
ment of the Egyptians was quickly sue
ceeded by amusement, their EXPLANATIONS
Of awe by shouts Of derision as they saw
his gaspag collapse and tumble to earth.
He tried to move the shieks and wise
men to wonder by an exhibition which
his French scientists gave, Of electricity,
chemistry. and other strange experiments
in natural science. He succeeded with
the more advanced minds in his audience.
but many Of his guests viewed the de-
monstration with stolid indifference as
unequal to the marvels Of eastern magic.
Let them make me be N Morocco
and here at the same time" was chal-
lenxe which one Of the shieks gave. When
the scientific men told him such q thing
was impossible the shiek stroked his
beard and turned away with contempt
for the sorcerersi Of the west who could
only do tricks with bottles and wires but
could not make q man be In two places
ct once.
Measuring the Nile.
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NAPOLEON'S DREAM.

In of
a fancied
a Koran composed
by Nine de Remu
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SIN another effort to show the peo-
Die the usefulness. Of western science
was made at the Nilometer on the Island
of Rhoda in the oldest OF Old Cairo. The
diiireut dragoman always takes his tour
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Where Forty Centuries Look Down.
n.rHs AND EyENTS-AGE 1890.

July a. I7s Battle Of the PyanidA
July 2 I7sS Took Csiro
Aug J. l7S Battle Of the Mia
Aug Il lT@ Fighting In the desert
Sept II, l7ss Turkey declared war.
Oct. n It's Revolt in Cairo.
Feb TO- I7e9 Started for Syria
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Urges Merchants
Unite to Protect
Shops From Thieves

Atlanta merchants must get to-
gether and adopt some protective
measures IL they do not wish to be
overrun with thieves and burglars"
This was the emphatic sentiment
expressed Friday by A. Cohen, of the
Peoples Credit Clothing Company,
No. 40 West Mitchell street, whose
place is one OF the several entered
and looted recently.
Mr.. Cohen was scornfullv indig-
nant at the story that the detectives
had rounded UP the gang of burglars
and had recovered the greater part OF
the loot.
1--WE lost $500 worth of goods" he
said. 1--WE haven't recovered parti-
Gle OF it. All that the detectives got
back was an umbrella, two skirts and
a pair Of trousers. probably taken
from some other store They corralled
some negroes in a quarrel. and then
gave it out that they had captured a
desperate band of burglars"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
GEM STOLEN BY
ASSA|LANT OF
R0Z|ER FOUND
Police Begi nFurther Probe of
Mysterious Attack as Victim
Leaves Hospital.

A further investigation of the as
who was terribly beaten and left for
dead in an alley off of Decatur street
last December, was started Friday by
the police, following Rosters release
fro mGrady Hospital and the recovery
of $1T5 diamond stud which Roster
wore when he was assaulted and
which mad not been seen since.
The stud was recovered in a De-
catur street pawnshop, where 1t had
been left by negro. Shortly after
its recovery Detectives Rosser, Wylie,
Chewing and Sturdiyant, who are
working on the case, arrested VIII
Williams, a negro orderly at Grady
Hospital, who is held as a suspect in
the case.
Williams told the police that he
found the stud in the back Of the
yard of the hospital about a week
after Roster was assaulted and
robbed. Since then he has been wear
ing it about the hospital. A few days
ago he let negro friend wear II, and
the friend took IL to pawnship to
learn whether the diamond was a
genuine stone or not The pawn
broker held the stud and notified Chief
Lanford.
When he was released from the hos
pital Roster went to the Tower with
Detectives Rosser and Wylie and pos
itively identified Tom Brown, a negro,
as the cabman who had hauled him
on the night of the assault and who
is the last person Roster remembers
having seen. Bowen has been indicted
by the Grand Jury and is now await
ing trial In the Superior Court on
charges of assault and robbery
With the recovery of the diamond
stud, all the valuables which were
stolen from Roster have ben restored
to him, with the exception of a $65
gold watch, for which the police are
now searching.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
S|CSBEE
TELLS OF FATE
Of MAINE
Rear Admiral Unveils Tablet and
Gives Dramatic Incidents Of
Battleship's Wreck.

NEW YORK, Feb 20--A dramatic
description by Rear Admiral Charles
d. Sigsbee of the blowing up of the
battleship Maine marked the memo
rial services commemorating the six
teenth anniversary of the disaster. in
the Seventy first Regiment Armory.
John Jacob Astor Camp, No. 9s7,
Spanish War Veterans, composed Of
postal employees, was in charge of the
affair.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee unveiled a
bronze Maine memorial tablet, made
Of metal from the wreck of the Maine
and presented by the United States
Navy Department.
Realizes Fatality.
we were all men and Americans
and ceremony was forgotten said
the admiral when Anthony, my
orderly came up to me in my cabin
and l inquired what had happened,
he replied dramatically:
1.-The ship has been blown up and
is sinking, without pauslng to begin
to inform you l was finally driven
to the poop deck. heard shouting
and cheers on the shore. | thought
there might be an attack. and
ordered sentries to be posted.
was told there were none, and then
for the first time | realized the ter
rible fatality caused by the explosion.
heard men crying out for help from
the water. l said: They must be our
men, and ordered boats to pick
them up.
Honors Veterans.
1.-THE water was level with the poop
deck when / stepped into the gig"
In closing Admiral Sgsbee said:
Il have been bounteously honored
by the Government. / wish to make a
plea here for the survivors of the
Maine who have since entered civil
life. May they not be forgotten on
these memorial occasions"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
OBITUARY..

James Nathan Luvas, thirty seven,
No. 81 Arnold street, an accountant
in the offices of the Georgia and
West Point Railroad Company, died
at private sanitarium at 3 a. IN.
Friday. The body was removed to
Barclay & Brandon's chapel. Fu-
neral services will be held at the
home at p. m. Friday. Saturday
at 5:20 a. m. the body viii be taken
to Waverly Hall, Ca, for interment
Lucas is survived by his wife and
two small children.
The funeral of Mrs. Emma S. Morris,
aged sixty y-four, who led Thursday
at her home, No. 656 Highland ave-
nue., will be held Friday afternoon,
followed bv interment in Westview
Cemetery. Surviving Mrs Morris
arc two sons, Harvey and w. IL.
Morris, and one daughter, Miss Fay
Morris.
TIE body Of Mrs. Mary r. Soags, aged
forty six, who died Thursday at hsr
residence, No. 1887 Marietta street
will be taken Saturday to Gaines
vile, Ga, for funeral and inter-
ment. Mrs. Boggs is survived hy
her daughter, Clara Boggs, and t~o
sons, Boone and Maxey Boggs.
Whitney Symmes, aged sixty nine.
died at q local q nitaTfum Friday
morning. The body was taken 70
Patterson's chapel and later viii be
taken to All Souls Church, near
Pendleton, S. c., for funeral and in
terment. Mr.. Symmes was a native
of Greenville, S. c.
Mrs. Missouri sPridgeon, aged fifty-
eight, died Thursday at her home
at No. "a PnlIir n street SurviY-
ing her are her husband, W. G.
Pridgeon; two daughters, Mrs. J. A.
2rater and Mrs. Jessie Winn, and
one son, Samuel Pridgeon.
Francis A. Maxwell, eighty one. No.
166 Hampton street, died at his
home at q. m. Friday. The body
was removed to the Harry G. Poole
parlors.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Society Almost as Deeply Inter-
ested in Banquet as in Pres
entation of "The Genius"

The play may be the thing-most
Genius" which will be presented by
the Palyers' Club at the Grand The
ater February "a, society is taking
about as much interest in the dinner
and dance that will be held at the
Capital City Club after the show az
in the show itself
The affair promises to be one of the
most enjoyable social events of the
year. The members of the cast and
the officers and directors of the club
will occupy seats at a long table down
the center of the dining room, in full
view of the envious multitude.
The progress of preparations for
the play Indicate that the per-
formance will be notable one. Some
of Atlanta's best-known society folk,
all with ability as actors and ac-
tresses, will appear in the cast, prom
inent among them being r. Frank
Taylor, who will play the part of
Jack Spencer" and Mrs. A. G. Wal
Ter, who will take the part Of Miss
Van Brown Smythe." Others in the
cast are Miss Helen Mccullough, Miss
Jessie Mckee, Mrs. Robert Small,
Wallace Draper, Hamilton Douglas,
Jr., and Marsh Adair.
The boxes for the performance have
been reserved by The Georgian, The
Constitution, Fl. l.. Deceive. Edward
A. Alfriend, Governor Slaton, General
Robert K Evans, Captain James w.
English, Charles l. Ryan, Colonel Will
lis Ragan, Col Robert ]. Lowry,
Frank Ellis, Col r. B. Fielder, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Grant, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. S. Arkwright, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Y. McCord,