The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-21
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xeMsaut. but from the day of his birth
&ssl manifested wonderful precocity.
Eg@ walked with a sturdy step before
iEse WIS year old and was possessed
ar III a1an's vocabulary before he was
lGsso. His bent was ia two directions,
ss1ss@ and activity. He was sent to
ss5s1xH. where he soon surpassed his
.xrssaefs,. while i'm athletic sports and
kns9s OF daring no one could cope
wsfb him.
&hen. Chlacas was seventeen years
&stB q neighboring king invaded. the
&mninions of his sovereign, and the
an@ enlisted in the army. At the first
&Elstle he rallied his legion Tor regi-
went, as we call it now, it having
aazzD driven back and its commander
RElieG This made him prominent. He
HsEe. rapidly in the military service
zaag eventually as general of the army
EE0ge back the invader. He was &C.
asarded triumph, receiving the thanks
RE his, sovereign and his countrymen.
GAIGOb SCCHCu W 0A4NC AlAh Oh-
ward, and he begged permission to
GRarch. against one of the neighboring
States with view to its conquest.
E2es was given reluctant consent and,
agzding forth an army. within sixty
Rzys had annexed the territory to his
wxn country From this starting point
M proceeded with other conquests till
GDe had subjugated every land of the
G0ntinent on which he lived, and to-
ether they formed an empire.
When there were no more conquests
&oR ChlaeaS he was made prime min
Ester and as lawgiver proved himself
as great as soldier. His king died
GhfIdless, and. the legal heir to the
throne being weakling, the people
demanded that Chlacas assume the
9rUwn. He deferred to the unanimous
G1lb and the government was made
perpetual in him and his family.
Up to that time Chlacas was the
greatest man that had ever lived. He
vaS initiated later by Caesar, who was
both general and lawgiver and in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
a. d. by Napoleon Bonaparte. But,
unlike either of these men, he was not
ambitious for himself. He loved his
people, and his only wish was to make
lshem great and prosperous This he
achieved. From petty kingdom with
no markets for their products except
within their own borders he made them
4a empire, with the neghboring ma
ElGns tributary to them, and forced pur-
E9l2Sers of what they produced All
Rzs desired from them was their graft
tide, which they lavished upon him to
his hearts content
When Chlacas had mounted to the
s5nnacle of fame and could climb no
higher, a soOthsayer came to his domin-
Ez1s and foretold many wonderful
aaings. King Chlacas was seized with
Il desire to know what would be his
zxEd. He sent for the soothsayer and
asked him to give him picture Of
7dmself in his last days
% king" said the prophet, you ask
w5sat is not for your good. the good Of
gUUr people or of the world. Heaven
2sss wisely concealed our future, the
&lylr of death. Were these revealed
faEse affairs of the people of the earth
gs8uEd not go on. Do not ask me to
TEgeal what is in store for you
IT." replied the king, lam superior
"a the detriment such revelation would
apE4asion in another Show me myself
zs I will appear at my final day"
Then the soothsayer touched the king,
@fo straightway fell into deep slum-
dser. And he dreamed a dream. In
u siesOlate place he saw hut, and in
E1zs hut on a rude cot, covered with
ragged bedclothing, lay an old man
Gylng. There was no one to minister
III him. no one to hear the groan he
gave when his spirit left his body.
The soothsayer touched the king, and
3ge awoke.
interpret the dream 1 have dream
q" he said to the soothSayer
20 king, know that the old man is
y7wrseIf Your subjects shall rebel
against you, and q foreign ruler shall
aSspossess you of your dominions. You
SHALL die in exile, with no one to sound
y0ur praises or to give you even a
4xust of bread
from this moment King Chlacas was
aeaanged The ingratitude Of his sub
jacts ranked in his breast. From
Ewing them he grew to hate them. In
xsead of retiressing their wrongs, he
Ascf1 no Interest in them. From then
h. be-ran to Cypress them. Gradually
t4at love they had borne him abated
and at last turned to animOSity. This
SQotagonism between the sovereign and
AEs people led to many troubles for
apsth. Taking advantage of the OPP
Y@rtunity. one of the strongest of the
ssabiect nations rebelled, and, Chlacas,
Saving to oppose it with an army who
8isliked him, could not fight them with
zlge same effect as formerly. The rebels
we're successful and achieved their in
8Tendence. This rebellion was fol-
z-Wed by others till every subject prov
Esg1e had become free.
Then neighboring king who had
AsseqI growing strong while Chlacas had
Egen growing weak determined to
GEake war with a view to Subjugating