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thought that sugnred Swlnburnc never
felt His pictures OF nature In her vari-
Gus mooda constitute aim one of the
Grcntc5t or English landscape painters.
His wonderful visions OF the sea have
seldom been surpassed. Tho heavens were
10 him an open book. aud whole nstroa-
omy could bc compiled out OF the nilu-
sious IN his poems. Every 1cld OF science
was laid uudor tribute 10y his muse. EVeu
Durwlus theory, put forth In 1855, was
already fOreshndowcd In some stsnzus OF
"In MemOriRm." CHIEF OF all. be was a
mighty ethical impulse, q teacher OF
righteousness, n herald Of lofty Ideals,
whose songs led men TO nobicr aims and
aspirations, out of the sordld and selush
strlfe into the serene and sublime hopO OF
oitruism.
There Is n picture OF him In which he
looks Ike q medieval monk. yet bis aus
tcrty had nothing monnstlc. Perhaps his
religion is best summed up In the reml-
nleccnce Of a chat with Carlyle. The
evening they we're smoking aud talking,
when the Immortality OF the soul came
up for discussion "Old Jewish rags,
said Carlyle, you must clear your mind
o. all that" Then be llkeucd mans
sojouru upon earth TO a travellers rest at
an inn. To this Tcnnyson replied that
the traveller knew whittier be was bound
md where he should sleep on the night
following
Jspnuese Poets Tribute,
ON Friday one hundred years will have
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practical and theoretical knowledge OF
high explosives. Since 1852 the United
States government has maintained recu-
lor schools for ite guuners, where tho
men not only acquire all the knowledge
that may be learned from books, but nlso
get proctlcnl object-lcssous In the ord
nance factories where our heavy weapons
arc manufactured. This course, which IS
very comprehensive. consumes II weeks
The classes IN eunuery arc open TO any
Young men who have served thclr time
In the Navy oS apprentices and received
the rnting as Scamcn, provided. OF course
they have good records to their credit
During their period OF probation ere they
attain to the dignity OF gUnucrs on ship
board the young men perform all sorts OF
tasks In the gunshops, even to construct
Ing miniature gun. tedious task which
they must discharge unaldcd at any step
from the time the metal Is procured from
the foundry until the delicate brecch
mechanism IL attached to the completed
weapon. Blue prints are studied guns
taken apart and re0sscmbled: and In
the end each specialist who Is qualifying
TO be n dead shot" IS able TO reproduce
any portion OF a gun that may bc broken.
knack that Is likely to prove useful
many times on shipboard.
When young gunner who has sradu,
atcd from one OF Uncle Sans schools
takes up his duties on mOu-of~war he
can do almost anything with a big gun
except shoot IT. Just at first he Is not
allowed to attempt this lndlscrlminatcly,
for ammunition costing $500 per round
cannot be used recklcssly The pre-
limlnnry steps in the making OF an cx-
pert gunner are therefore taken by means
OF what Is known ms subcaliber practice.
For this q small gun IS placed beside or
within big ride and practice starts with
firing at d small target placed Ot a
reduced range When gunner becomes
sufficiently adept TO manipulate n 13-incb
gun. lnclosing Onc-pounder weapon. so
as to hit six-foot target at 100 yards
with the small proJcctlle IL Is hSured that
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tbnt the whole nnaIr Is q Iob."

that the whole nGrair Is n job"
Solemn and emphatic was Cnrlylc's re-
sponse Richard Mnncs. on the day OF
judgment, when the Lord asks you why
YOU didn't get that peusion for Alfred
Tonnyson, II will not do to lny the
blame on your constituents, 1t Is YOU
that viii be damned"
Sheridan Knowles, the drnmatist. who
wrote "Virginius." was another nppli-
Cgut- Sir Robert Peel knew nothing OF
either but Lord Houehton induccd him
90 read Tcnnyson's "Ulysscs' and Ten
nyson received the pension
There was considerable lll-fceliug at the
time. and the policy OF "subsidiZinS'
poets mny SAVIOR TOO much OF patesnal-
Ism 10 appeal to democratic taste, but
Tennysous work IS ample Justification
in hiS case So also there was much
criticism when he accepted q pecraGe In
lSS3-nftcF hnylns twice declined 1t Ia
yenrs beforc-aud Longfellow's refusal TO
accept m order from the King Of Italy
has been held up as an example OF true
poetic Independence There rs no re9s-
enable argument. however, TO show why
ali the titles and emolumcnts should 90
60 empty-hcadcl sycophants or wholesale
butchers. The author OF 'ldylls OF the
King" aud OF "BeckeT," played by Irving
certainly did as much foe England as
Kitchener or Lord Bobs.
TennYson's Unnk ~ Poet.
For Alfred Tenuyson ranks supreme
nmong Victorian poets, He had command
over muslc that rugged Browning never
could evoke. He pierced TO depth or
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several weeks Thus the Nnyy VIII be
puttlng lts prize marGsmen through their
PAGES Mt the same time that the regular
Army and the National Guard OF the sew
cral states arc conducting their great nn-
nual marksmanship tournament ut Camp
Perry, Ohio.
Additional interest ls given to the forth
coming naval tnreet practice by the rcas
son of the fact that 1t VIII be the lrst
Euunery since the rcmodellue OF the bat
tlcships-a costly reconstruction which
was undertaken expressly To improve con-
dtions when the craft should be engaged
In battle. Thus this target practice be-
comes In substance n test not only Of
marIsmaushlp. but Of various Innovations
which have been introduced For In
stance, II Will In some degree prove the
efficiency OF those new skeleton masts,
those unsghtly steel structures that re-
scmble a peach basket inverted. but
which II Is claimed have such staying
powers that thTcc-fourtbS OF the mast
con he shot away without impcr.ling the
nerves of the battIeSnlp in tho military
tops" The target practice VIII afford II
splendid test of the new ERE control"
systems that hive been installed on our
modcrnizcd lighting craft. and will also
demonstrate the value OF the new policy
of permanently clearing the decks OF
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everything not likely TO prove Of use nn-
der war conditions.
Many persons who. laying aside all
patriotic prcJudices. are consclentiously
convinced that the American blucJackcts
are actually the best marbsmcn in the
world are awaiting with keen interest
the outcome OF the August and Scptcm-
her target work In the South Atlantic.
Tho scores which have been made public
from time 10 time during the pn9t half
decade have seemed TO Justify the belief
that the American naval t0rs lead the
world both In rnpldlty md accuracy of
nrc, hut within the past few months
there have come dlsquictInG rumors OF
some remarkable scores made in foreign
nayics. particularly the British ConSc-
quently there Is a considerable portion OF
the public that kccnly awaits the lntcst
tangible evidence on the subject.
WhutcVer superiority our naval marks
men do show will doubtless be due In
great measure TO the policy Of niTording
them plenty OF practice. IT is the con-
victon OF the officers OF our Navy that
the way To learn 10 do n thing Is 10y
doing IT, and especially do they adhere
to this prescription IN the case OF gun
merry Then. too. our Navy now has the
best OF talent behind the guns. Time
was. not so very many years ngo. either.
when the major portion of the enlisted
men OF the Navy were forclgn-born-
professional sailors attracted to the Yam
kec service by the high pay. Now moro
thGn % per cent. of the population In
our warshlp communities Is made up of
natiyc-born Americans, and the influence
OF their patriotism, intelligence aud en-
tbusluSm Is nowhere more manifest than
lu the work with naval ordnance.
The mnn behind the gun I'm The United
Stutes Navy In the 0rst decade Of the
twentieth century IL not only seamnn.
qualihed by regular apprenticeship IN the
Navy, but Ia also an expert mechanic, an
electrician, student OF the principles of
steam engineering and a man Of thorough
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every roll of the ship, but they have had
little practice In training aud Grius the
big shooting irons when their own craft
and the object aimed ot ere both pitch
log and tossing in n tcmpcstuou9 sea. 1t
Will be a new experience and valuable
one for both officers and men. The bat
tlcshlp lcet Will rendezvous FOR this tar
get practice at Hampton Roads within
sight Of the spot where the Monitor and
Merrlmac had their historic duel. and
Will then pass out TO sen. a portion Of
the target practice VIII unqucstlonObly
take place on the Southern drill ground.
but the fleet viii move of the Virginia
ard North Carolina Capes rs weather
conditions suggest In search OF rough
water
According to the prcaTronGcd program
all the buttleships VIII drop anchor in
Hampton Roads on Monday, August O. or
soon after. y week or more Will be de
voted 10 coaliug tue shlps-a job not rel
lsbcd by either the JocblcS or the wear
crs OF gold braid-and then after short
season OF rolling practice under way OF
at anchor the big craft Will pull up their
mud hooks aud steam away 10 the
marine rifle range. The middle Of the
month is expected to see all OF the war
rlors on hand for target work. which. az
has been explained, will continue for
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list by Sir Robert Peel. receiving nm an
uuity OF GOO His poems also hogan TO
produce q growing revenue. and hence
forth his life was one OF widening. deep
cuing influence, until by 1850 hls pre-
cmluencc wns acknowledged. That year
was marked by three important events In
the poets lllc-bis marriage. delayed 10y
bis nnencial reverse; the publication OF
In Mcmori0n." the noblcst tribute ever
laid upon a dead fricuds tomb, aud his
elevation to the luurcntcship. which he
exalted By his incumbcncy as 40 other
poet ever succeeded In doing.
How He Got That Pension.
Perhaps tho story OF how TenDysons
pension was secured Is as amusing and
characteristic as anything In the life OF
those who were concerned In securing
it-Carlylc and Lord fouebtou. himself
a poet known TO fame as Richard Afonok.
ton Miles. The story has been told by
Wemyss Reid rs follows:
Richard Mines said Carlyle one day,
Withdrawing his pipe from his mouth. rs
they were seated together 10 the little
house I'm Cheync Row. when are YOU
going 10 get that pension for Alfred
Tennysonfr
MY dear Carlyle" responded Mines.
'.the thing Is not No easy as YOU seem
To suppose What will my constituents
say N do get the pension Tor Tcnuv-
son? They know nothing about MIN OF
biz poetry. and they VIII probably thlak
hc Is some poor relation of my own. and
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is the overshadowinC hCadlluer Of this
naval program. There arc a number Of
circumstances which bcstow unusual I'M
portaucc upon this pcpperine OF the bulls
eyes For one thing. It ~ not only the
first target practice Of the reorsaDized
hnttleShlp 1cct which now curolls all OF
our latest aud best sea warriors. but It Ia
the first target practice OF the historic
nect In nearly a year. It may be rcmem-
bercd that after tho iioatinc fortrcsseS re-
turned from the historic round-theworld
tannt they Immediately scattered 60 the
various navy yards for repairs that re-
quircd several months Thus the regular
spring target practice had TO be omitted.
Now the gun play that Is 20 continue Tor
several weeks will constitute n merging
or combination Of the sprug and autumn
record turget practice.
Finally. as contributing interest to this
coming cannonade on the oceanic shoot
Ing gallery IS the fact that n brand new
stunt Is 10 be tried with the big bnrEcrS
nothing less than target practice 10
rough water in the open ocean. This IS
not only a genuine novelty Insofar the
United States Navy Is concerned, but II
Is ia effect an absolute innovation among
the navles OF the world. Nevertheless.
moments thought viii demonstrate lts
value. To be sure most OF the great
naval battles have been fought in harbors
or other sheltered localities, or at least
under placid weather conditions. but there
Is no surety TINT the next time Uncle
Sam is called upon TO Gght his fleet may
not come upon the enemy In the open
ocean with q heavy sea running. Now IL
is an axiom with the boys In blue that
victory Is likely TO come TO the side that
gets ln the Grst effective blows. and It is
IN preparedness to do II frst" that tor~
gct practice IN rough water Is to be In
augurated.
The men behind the guns ln the United
States Navy have had plenty OF practice
In hitting moving targctS-cnnvns struc-
lures towed past the b0ttleships by tugs
or other vesSels-nnd they are nccus-
toned to working unconcernedly on sway
lug gun platforms that rise and fall With
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HF carefully arranged program. that
has been In preparation for months
past' Is carried out as per schedule
u this month viii see the most slsnin-
emit target practice in the history OF
Uncle Sans Navy. Combined with this
:rueial test of the marksmanshlp OF the
nen behind the guns will be a series Of
>attle drills and nnynl maneuyers TINT
"lll give the officers and blucjnckets OF
Americas great battlcshlp 0ect a chance
o prove their mcttlc under conditions
more nearly approximatlnc actual warfare
Than anything that mas heretofore been
conceived, In It's way this momontous
war game VIII be quite as important and
~ benenclol 10 the participants as the
famous round-the-world cruise from which
ihlS selt-S9mc ncct-now reorznnized md
lmproNed-returned about six months ngo.
N1thal, this summer tryout OF our
heaviest nghtlnS ships Is going 10 he spec
lacular IN the highest degree. However,
there VIII be few. II any spectators nj
the big show, primarily because IL VIII be
held so far from shore as TO discourage
onlooEerS. There are several reasons for
The selection OF n llttlc-frcqueuted section
Of the Atlantic Ocean for this big burn
Ing OF powder For one thing the nnvnl
officers prefer TO carry on their practice
Gt the targets In n locality where there
are comparatively few interruptions from
passing shipping and equally potent as
factor In favor of an isolated oceanic
tnrget range is the privacy afforded Tho
Navy Department is not anxious for spec
tatorS OF any Kind on such an occasion.
aud there are certain classes Of observers
whose presence might be decidedly OBJ
jectionable There Is no doubt that the
military and naval representatives OF
foreign powers now stationed tn this couu-
try TO make notes for their respective
governments would give a good deal 10
be permitted TO View the forthcoming
Gress rehearsal In the South Atlantic.
While the evolutlons OF this record
breaking fleet Of 16 or II battlesbips and
attendant smaller craft are expected to
establish 4 new mark in teamwork on the
high seas 1t Is the tnrgct practice which
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pure silver were also dug up with the
bodice
An important ind were some splcndldly
shaped utensils OF terra Gotta which had
been heavily vanished md chow the
nnczt workmanship. a number or anil
mails which were caught 10 the hot vol
cnuic dust have been discovered: the
bodies have disappeared. leaving perfect
reproductions in the volcanic material
under which the animals pcrishod. These
reproductions of the nuinBl bodies arc
said 10 be unusually perfect and unique
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NlCK pearls and diamonds 10 poor
health. needing expert attention to
- restore their pristine beauty arc
marvellous. bur stu fairly well under
stood facts The latest addition To scien-
tiGc mdrycls IS the theory Of III and
dying mctas-ln other words. II Is now
claimed by the most expert Of chemists
that uetals suffer from what IS known
as "dcgFadotion" by this Is meant that
the metal umdereocs 4 change In its con
ditlou equivalent TO what mortal Ill
ness would be IN q plant or human h
ans aud e. oace mors resolved by this
illross Into It's original elements. Just as
the human body must ultimately return
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Y y this year or centcnarics there is
none the EDgllsh-spcnkln6 race
should observe with more appro-
u pirate reverence than that OF
Alfred pcnnyson, on August u.
The unquostloucd poctical supremacy
OF Shakespeare In the spacious times
OF great Elizabeth" in also accord
I'd 10 TcnpysoD In tho Victorian ogc. But
Tcuuysou hns another distinction his life
disproycs tho notion that genius must be
crratlc, and TINT the artistic temperament
must have license TO transgrcss the ordl-
nary rules al morality. There nrc no os-
cepados like those OF Burns and Byron
Nerlniue and Nlllon, in the story OF DIS
life. And though he was not great
financial genius. like Voltaire that Pier
pont Morgan OF poets. he was Tar 1tom
want and starvation. unlike Cbntterton
and Otway. and lived most Of HIS long lhe
in happy sunshine Mt his beautiful home
on the Islc Of Wight
His fnthcr was o preacher. his mother
preachers daughter. so be was duly di-
rcctcd on the way. he should go. But "
was a hnutcLold where love Of the arts
went hand In hand with sound morality
nnd Tcnnyson wrote good verses u-'tot'
he WAS IL The Poems OF Two Broth
crs' were published when he was II, ana
his brother Charles only one year olno'-
Al tho time Icnnyson htleh"''i -
bridge the revolutionary waves OF lo"u
were unging Europe With rcd ana tnls iu'
stlIlcd In the sensitive poets soul his dis-
taste for rlotous r0dlcalism which echoes
through "Locksloy Hall sixty Years AZ
ter -
Chaos Cosnosi Cosu,os. Chaoal once AGAIN tic
dckcnlne gamei .r.
Freedom ffoe 20 LAS herach, hpo nylnz "o"f
thcy fbout her Damc. .
Except a brief spasm OF sympathy Win
Spanish revoIution0ries. be remained a
conservative,
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Carlyle, who had advised Tennyson to
stick TO prose. copltulatcd the same year
Ia 40 ardent letter.
81 have just been reading your poems;
j have read certain of them over agJlu.
aud mean 90 read them over aud over
TIL they become my poems.
Truly II IS long since in any English
book. poetry OF prose ] have felt the
pulse Of real mans heart as | do In
this same"
Soon after tho publication OF the vol.
umc which elicltcd such praise. Tennyson
was persuaded TO invest all BIS capital
la an invention for turning out wood
carving by machinery. He lost what
he had. aud for n while felt thc pinch.
not ot pcnury. but OF impccunlosIty- In
1s45, he was placed 90 the civu pension.
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t. tho soil that sustained It while alive
ond supplied sD the varied clements that
gave it birth.
Stability In metals Is. after nll' only
relative term. The most common form
OF ghls is the degradation or Iron md
steel from n tough aud Trustworthy
metal 10 a. brittle metdl that snaps ~
der the weights that have been intruateti
10 IT, While In good health the steel and
Iron supports this weight faithially as
WAS expected through the expert oAicula-
Hons 81 the onEiucers. Yet frequently
IT ~ attacked by Il crystallzing uheaec
un1 10 40 longer the same metal.
Many pbeuomenn aEo sale TO havo been
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A Graveyard i'm POr1peii.

An expedition OF scientists sent and
supported by the Emperor OF Germany
was the means OF bringing these old
graves once again 10 the Daylight OF the
onrth's surfncc, Tombstones with Lntin
inscriptions have been found and prove
that the wealthy citizens were Inferred
here Ancient Roman money from the
times OF Augustus Caesar aud Titus Was
found and niso. aud probably most In
tcrceflng OF oil. nre some curious surgi-
cnl Instruments Silver and gold neck
lnces. amulets OF brass aud bottles Of
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''Timbuctoo.' Tennysou's prize poem.
caused Charles Wordsworth, the future
bishop, Ia say that "nt oxford. the author
would have had a better chance OF beiug
rusticated. with the view Of his passing
n few months at d lUnatic asylum. than
Of ohniuiug a prize"
Though Byron and Shelley we're dead.
Scott and Wordsworth were ytl living
when TcnDyson published his nrst poems.
and Wordsworth lived TO pay tribute To
Tcnnysons genius. Aubrey dc We're. the
lrsh poet, tells OF stay nt Rydal Mount
with Wordsworth. when he rceltcd some
OF 1enDySon's verses. including, "Of old
sat Freedom on the heights" 10 the ven
cradle poet Wordsworth listened with
deepening attention. and 1nally said II
must acknowledge that these poems are
very solid and noble in thought Their
dictl0n also sccm8 5inGunrly stately"
A. wc read our Tcnnyson today. we can
but echo this praise With louder emphB-
SIS For Tenuyson'S technique grew in
perfection uutu he played upon tho Eng
lsh language az n II were n sonorous or
gan with multiudinous gtops Nothing
short of perfection satisfied him. Hun.
drcd5 OF verses were blown up the chin
ucy With his pipc-smoEc. or were written
down nnd thrown Into tho nrc aB not per
feet enough says his son.
Tribute of HIS Friends.
This heroic capacity for sclf-criticlsm.
which so few authors possess made him
the almost 1awlcss artist that he was.
Early recognition was not wanting. Ed
ward Fitzgerald. destined 10 win immor-
tnlity himself rs translator OF omnr
Khoyynm. wrote IN 1912:
He viii publish such a volume as has
never been published since the time OF
Keats, and which. Cncc published. will
never be suffered TO die. This ~ my
Propnccy. Tor l live before Posterlty-''
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~FCENT digging outside the city
K walls OF that nucient aud buried
HN metropolis Of pagan Europe. Poin-
poll. has resulted IN fndlng wonderful
buried burial ground. and these ancient
bodies. inferred nrst by their feilo"-men
and afterward by q couvulsion Of vol
cnnic fury, arc said 10 be most interest
ing from a scicntlnc viewpoint. my
an author Of antiquity. refers In one OF
bis books to n big suburban graveyard
Just outside the walls OF old Pompeil'
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Sick and Dying Metals.

acted by experimental chemists Of the
highest rank which they now declare
mean that stability 80 metals l. ouly d
comparative phrase. Metals become Ill;
they change 10 color. 10 their powers OF
dnctilty and OF wclght-bearing.
Ai0ny metals ofe now admitted 10 have
diaeases ana their activities and quail
ties fan them ~ " some toxic process
we're attacking the atoms or the metal.
and usually such illnesses arc incurable
aud the uct.1 to all practical purposes
dies" Scionce T. already az wors OF
the new problem ot how to nuns and
nse LSs.
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THE nnEADLEss LAND.

GAPAN is known as the "Breadicss
Land" on account of the fact that
Bthe country never knew OF the "stnn
OF lie" until in the sixteenth century,
when 1t was introduced by the Portu-
gucSc Rice, beans, ASh and eggs form
the chief articles of food, and bread is
hardly ever eaten by the Japs The
American boy always expects a piece OF
well-buttercd bread when he comes home
from school, out the japanese lad wants
rice, his favorltc food.