Show I Rise of Abyssinia AbY Abyssinia sinla an African empire known to the ancients as Ethiopia is rapidly rising in importance Industrially and commercially It is presided over by byan byan byan an emperor with the title Negus Ne Ne- gusti which signifies king of kings The pr present sent ruler is Menelik II born in 1842 2 a man of rather remarkable remarkable re reo character and singular headedness clear for one so far separated separated separated separ separ- from the outside influences of the civilized world worM The area of the country is about square miles and the population is a little less than The last census estimated it to be The chief industries industries industries indus indus- tries of the empire are the rearing of cattle sheep and goats and the cultivation cultivation cultivation cul cul- of ot barley wheat hops bops and tobacco for home bowe consumption |