Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-28

virtue OF his rank stood some PAGES in
advance OF TennysOn's foremost files
uf time" Master OF the languages,
philosophy, theology, physics and met
aphysics OF both orient and occidenL
the nineteenth century biOgrapher Oi
Siddartha was a wonderful man
Sir Edwin was the son of an English
country gentleman He was born at
Rochester, England, in 1880. In 1854
he graduated with high hOnOrs from
Oxford, and after some time as head
classical teacher at one u the English
public schools he went out 10 India as
principal of the government Sanscrit
college at POOna, in the Bombay resi-
uency. In 1861 ne was home in Eng
land after resigning his position in the
east he had no special course OF life
In view, and was Tusticating with his
wife az a fishing village in Cornwall.
one day he saw an advertisement in
the Athenaeum for a scholarly man
qualified TO write editorials upon Euro
pCan subjects and familiar with the
colonial and other outlying interests
OF the British empire. Edwin wrote
and was accepted by Levy Lawson, OF
the Daily Telegraph, with whom he
long remained as one of the main
forces employed in keeping up the
largest circulation in the world"
LabOuchere once said that the Levy
LawsOns. father and son, never be-
Heved In judaism. christianity or the
deity. The nearest thing in their mind
TO what Providence might be If he
contemplated a tour through space was
Edwin Arnold. when" continues the
editor of Truth. 4 have seen LawsOn's
steam launch urging on its mad ca
reer up the Thames on Sunday after
noon. Lawson himself always sat on
deck with a book i'm his hand. The
stately volume. as became its owner
ship, was bound in gold. Looking
through my field glasses from the bank
1 could see that il was The Light Of
Asia. and then I knew that Lawson
was az his prayers-he was engaged in
the only worship he comprehended, the
worship OF Arnold"
Speaking OF the work which he had
done Sir Edwin said not long ago that
be had written no less than 1000 edi-
toriaIs. each of them averaging over
half a column he said he was never
happier than when pegging away writ
ing editorials. He always smoked a
pipe when writing; he had no diver
sions except 10 write poems, which
came 10 him unsought at all times
when he least expected IT,
I never force poetry" he said. 4
merely let il come as IL will j. comes
and / jot il down in the rough. Then
the next day re-read the rough
notes and then re-read and revise 1t
again until il satisfies me. IL am
writing a long poem l write each day
what comes TO me and file the notes
away i'm a kind of day book until the
poem is finished"
Sir Edwin, asked what OF all the
countries he had seen he liked best
said.
Japan. Ly all means. Japan is the
most beautiful OF them all. My advice
To every one is to visit Japan, and my
remark TO those who have had the
choice and never taken advantage OF It
is that they have no excuse TO offer Tor
themselves. No, there is no truth In
the report that / am 20 live permanent
Iy i'm Japan. I would like TO do So
but have too much work 70 do. IL Is
the land OF poetry, this Japan that /
love" And Arnold a few years ago
threw all London into a spasm by
bringing home a pretty little japanese
bride.
While Arnold was a personal friend
Of the late Mr.. Gladstone he was his