Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-01
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought

/ sheet lightning OF all tho varied man.
| Grand Display fcstatlens of natures
/ Of the Heavens. grandeur of her pow
! er. and of her wrath.
| perhaps. with the one exception of an
outburst OF the Imprisoned fires ever
/ tumultaousy raging beneath the crust
[ OF the EARTH the numerous develop
I meuts of that subtle energy electricity.
| are the most aWe-lnspring and the
most beautiful And OF an these diver
siiied paEeants doubtless the most
| trapscendently sublime Is a great dis
play ~ the diffused electricity known
| MS sheet lightning. The twilight is fast
! feding away and the advancing shades
OF night are yelling in gloom and OBJ
security both the heaving waters of the
great ocean ana the long sweep OF the
iron-hound. rock-girt coast with It's
scarped and buttresged ranlparts, which
for ages past have stayed her proud
waves, and have wlthstood her most
furious onslaughts. And now from time
To time the linc OF the distant horizon
is dimly lighted M with an intermittent
lambent glow, at first but faint and
shadoWy, but ever gathering IN inten-
Slty ana volume until at each inonen-
tarily recurring flash the heavens are n.
lumined in a flood or shimmering cor
useatinE fire and the glittering, tossing
waves sparkle ana CLEAN as though the
great deep were q splendid ocean of
molten silver. And now the radiant and
august spectacle Is solemn and alto
gether majestic: as though the very
heavens were openlng-and some Of
those who in their childhood had the
rare privilege of witnessing this vivid
ana lustrous display wondered that they
could not see the angels flying to and
fro IN the courts of heaven: as though
a glimpse OF the bright spirit world
were opened to our gaze; as though tho
laws OF nature We're for a moment Sus-
pended and supernatural brightness
from realms beyond the ether were ir-
radiailng the earth. For the armament
appears to open. and from the horizon
far hp toward the zenith itself the eN-
panse OF space Is fla shing a food Of
light, the momentariy recurring inter-
ValS " darkness only enhancing the
Splendour and the beauty Of the display.
And then the flashes become more and
more intermittent until at length the
last faint CLEAN fades away and night
once more asserts her sway. But though
IN the flights Of fancy this wondrous
and rarely witnessed pageant may have !
reminded some Of that Great Day when |
the heavens shall be opened, YET that |
glorious day Will he infinitely and SUI |
premely more majestic and moro trans
cendent. For He who made the |
worlds who nineteen centuries ago |
came 10 this earth IN humility to suffer |
the chastisement due to those who will /
accept Him as their Redeemer, viii then |
come IN the glory of His Majesty, at |
tended by angel and archanEel. and by |
the shining hierarchy Of heaven.-A
Banker.
The Air ship Some day in July
Built to Reach or August, 1907, as
The North Pole, we hope and be-
lieYe. a man stand
ing at the northwestern point of Spitz-
bergen, six hundred miles almost di-
rectly north Of the north cape of Nor
way, Will behold a strange and Won
derfu spectacle, He viii see rising |
from little pocket OF land amidst The |
snow-capped hills of Danes Island, an
enormous airship-a huge mass of
hydrogen gaS imprisoned In staunch
reservoir Of cloth and rubber I'm |
shape much like thick cigar. it's
sharp nose pointed northward. Under
meath the mammoth cigar a curious,
structure OF steel. en-
Closed IN tense, smooth siiken walls
and roof. From the two sides OF this
steel car protrude two steel screws.
IKE the propellers OF a steamship,
themselves of great size. but dwarfed
10 the eye by contrast with the Oil
nehsions OF the gas reservoir over
mead The screws reVolve in the air
whit rapid motion, driven by a CO.
10 horsepower motor working In the
enclosed engine room and therefore
hidden from the onlooker. but the
Gathering exhaust will he heard pull
ne the echoes from the hillside and |
frightening the rotches and kittlwakes
rom their nests in the rocky cliffs. AT !
he bottom of the car, and forming
he very backbone of it, is a long,
lender tank Of steel--the bunkers OF
his cruiser OF the air--contalning
iearly three and a half tons OF gaso-
enc Aft is large rudder for steer
ne the craft to the right or the left;
ND mere also are movable planes for
Its navigators to point its
lose upward or downward at their
Wellman in McClure's.
'uli Protection There are two sides
COR Railroads to every transac-
md the Patrons ton involving the
purchase and sale
4 transportation. There Is the side
4 the buyer and the side of the seller
lie railroad cannot be permanently
prosperous unless its business Is huilt
T. on the solid foundation of pros
erous communities. Communities {
pnnot be permanently prosperous {
nd cannot expand their business un- r
SIS they are served by transportation I
gencies strong enough ana PROSPER {
us enough to handle their present
-anlc effectively and 10 extend their 8
ABILITIES so as to keep pace with IN {
ceasng demands for transportation
is 20 the interest Of tho railway s
tat every producer along its lines !