The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-01-08


| want to talk to you about an cdu-
cation which is not obtained from
books, but which has made more great
men and women than all the study of
books. Life is so short am trying
to do all the good l can, and want
to do you all good tonight. | desire
to make men better and wiser.
Some twenty three years ago while
travelling in India | saw the palace of
Agbar the Great which cost two hun
dred and twenty-five millions of dol
lars. 1t had beautiful walks six miles
long and shady carriage roads for
twenty seven miles.
The guide told me story about the
kings of this country. These old
guides of the East are wonderful men.
He said the king sat upon a throne of
gold and wore a silver crown. There
came a time when the Emperor died
and they tried to find some one to
take his place, but they could not find
one for twelve years.
The wise men asked the stars where
to find king and the stars answered.:
Search up and down this country un-
til you find a man whom the animals
follow, the sun serves, the waters
obey, and mankind loves. He will be
entitled to sit on the throne of burn
ished gold and wear the silver crown"
Some time after this as one of these
wise men was travelling over the
country he lost his way and took
shelter out on the mountain side with
a poor huntsman. After supper the
huntsman told him to lie down by the
warm fire. In the night as he lay on
the earth trying to sleep, he heard the
cries of the wild beasts, and as they
began to gather around the rude hut,
he became frightened and awakened
the huntsman. When the huntsman
heard the roar of the lions, the growl-
ings Of the bears, and the screams of
the other animals he started TO open
the door. Then the wise man be-
came still more frightened and asked,
'are you going to let these wild beasts
in to eat us?" "Oh, no." he said,
'these are my friends and he fed
them with herbs and they licked his
hands and went out. The wise man
cried II have found the king | have
found the king Oh, no oh, no this
can not be the king he is only poor
huntsman." The next morning the
huntsman cooked the food by means
Of the sun shining through window.
This is the king; the sun serves him."
then he looked at the huntsman and
said "He cannot be the king How
can it be with all my education and
yet this poor huntsman has found out
more than l have learned from my
books?' After while he wanted a
drink and the huntsman told him to
go down to the spring, but he came
back and the huntsman took some oil
and put on it, then he was able to get
some water. "1'his is the king, this
is the king for the waters obey him."
They went down to the entrance of
valley the next day and as the wise
man looked out and saw the water he
asked him why it was here. After he
had told him, he asked what is the sec
ret of human success and what is it that
makes success. He answered ''love."
"There can be no question about it, l
know, it covers the whole ground.
The people began to gather around
this huntsman, when they heard him
and found out what a wonderful man
he was, and they set him upon the
throne Of Furnished gold and placed
on him the silver crown. He ruled
there forty years; SO tradition says, so
the old guide told me.
There is a crown of silver waiting
for you, and there are thousands, who
are never permitted to wear them
but who deserve them nevertheless
can pick cut the successful men and
women in Bloomsburg tonight. You
will say, we don't want any kings in
America. You can count the leaders
of politics on but very few fingers.
You should be in that ring. | am
looking for the person who will be on
the throne ten to twenty years hence.
| used to think that Queen Victoria
ruled England, but l have found out
better. Who was the Nier of France
eight years ago? Is name was
Grevy. He said he could tap the bell
and all would listen. A little boy
came up and said, 81 want you to re,
sign" swell, l will not" There are
times when it is worse to have a SON
in-law than to have a mother-in-law.
(applauseD 1t was not long TIL they
would not let him have two weeks,
two days or two hours, but he must re-
sign at once. Who was the ruler p?
When they are found animals follow
them, the sun serves them, the waters
obey them and mankind will love
them. Are you a king? Now if a
cat will follow him you may know.