Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19

life and guiding them to a .con,,,o,,
end. reverence and love dimlv No.
ceive the spirit OF purity and roodpes
and truth, and find In this figure. iitas
ly as they perceive IT, underlined ~,
even undefinablc though II be. the nv
ject OF their quest. the One, int.rn,at
cd TO them by the life of idealigsd wv
mainly but greater than ali hunnnitv
interpreted 70 them by Jesus cbSs,
the supreme object they have sougt,
Tho outlook.
The Terrors Ponds d very small s,,e,
or War. each year for testIn,,
tho new devices of
possible military value. A perman.,t
board of army officers known as tbN
board OF ordnance and fortIaoatIon y
supposed TO have the duty Of encou.'
aging inventors and assisting In tl,n
development Of their Inventions Cor.
sress has appropriated very nttlc for
any such purpose, and last year onlv
$1,000 was expended by the hoard
which, with Its accumulated allotmynis
of precious years, has now on hana
more than 100000. Comparatively few
experiments are made, and the last
number OF suggestions are appareptIr
shelvcd without much more attention
than polite acknowledgment TO the an.
thors. Perhaps an exception should M
made In favor of an ear protector ma
invention OF New York man, adaptei
for use by those who are on duty m
the currents OF battleships and those
who are stationed at the coast forti6ca-
tons. Ordinarily. the blast of a hIr
gun has an effect upon the drum Of the
ear, II is at best unpleasant, and some
times Il proves disastrous as in Inc
instances of men who have lost thel,
hearing. The ear-protector Is little
celluloid bulb SO pierced that Il may be
placed In the ear and protected from
the noise and shock while not interfer-
ing with the hearing. an advantage, %
course over the crude method of STUFF
fing the ears with cotton so that nuth-
ing can be heard. and when orders can
only be appreciated by pantomime.
Some of the other inventions which
have not been favorably received may
be regarded as having a tendency to
encourage peace. since they would IN
troduce into warfare factors of devas.
tation which would by their diabolical
results promote international dIsarrua-
ment. OF this class must be considered
those bomb dropping devices which .
successful, would destroy whole at.
mics; the iniammablc projectile, capa,
BILE of burning up camp; the nitro.
glycerine missile; scheme for pour.
ing burning sulphur into trenches and
kindred methods of wholesale eradica.
lion and obliteration. There Is, too the
usual proportion of armored cars, IN
Guiding the highly protected motor
which shall penetrate the enemys lines
and afford its steel-shielded occupants
chance to pick oft the opposing
marksmen and incidentally strew high
explosives along death-dealng route,
one of these hurtling cars makes the
famed Juggernaut look like toy from
rhe nursery, One of the conditions
which seems to be fully met by incipl-
ent invention is the use of smoke for
various purposes, including that of
shield which will permit Approach upon
an enemy without his discovery Of ne
advance The country does not lack
vet. with all the cry for universal
peace. the means of increasing the raw
ages OF war.--J. e. jerks, III hafpeFs
Weekly.