Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-08

, ity too. appears to be completely losl
ana crowds arc alrniessly wanderinS
along without the slightest idea where
they are. And so Il goes on, hour aftee
hour, paralyzing business, creating In
describable discomfort, and alas. AIDING
and abetting the lethal ravagos OF Tho
angel OF death, whose spear ig rutb-
iessly struck into tho breast OF multi.
tudes, both of the aged and inftrm. and
also of the very young. But ut Length
n strong wind arises, and In u com
paratively short time the murky fog IA
driven away, the atmosphere becomes
quite clear. and the sun shines brill
liantly In q cloudless sky. And such
100, is the experience of mnav IN refer
ence to their own life. They arc wan.
derlng In tho gloom and murlSy obscur-
ity of doubt and unbelief; they reallg,
that even II there were 81 heaven they
are not fit for the company OF pure
and holy angels, and that they would
feel far more at home In the congenial
society of the lost; thoae who spurned
religion and who fidiculed piety. Ana
then In a moment of remorse, at the
fell porspect, they humiliato themselves
before the Almighty, and by the aid OF
the Holy Spirit, they realize that tina
Son of God was scourged an their Sub
stitute; the clouds and darkness roll
away, and, appropriatingthat Great Ok
His love and of Ills favor---A. Banker.
Madame Curl, The familiar idea of tho
on Atoms of atomic structure OF mat
Electricity. ter which underlies chem.
ical theory seems to Mad.
anne Curie, the world famed authority
on iudlum. to have its counterpart In
what she terms the atomic structure OF
electricity. In the opening lecture of
her course in general physics delivered
at the Sorbonne, where she holds A
chair. Madame Curie urges this Wow
of the subject with more confidence
than any other student of modern the
cries OF electricity and matter has ven
tured to display. The existence of eleo-
trio atoms, indlvisible by our present
methods of research, appears to be es-
tnblished, she thinks, with certainty
The important properties of these atoms
seem to her likewise evident. For in.
stance, the atoms of negative electricity
which we call electrons are found to
exist in free state. These atoms of
negative electricity are independent or
all material atoms. They have no pro.
perties in common with them. In this
state the atoms Of negative electricity
possess certain dimensions in syac,
and are endowed with n certain inertia
which has suggested the idea OF at
trfbuting to them n corresponding
mass" Experiments have shown that
their dimensions are very small COM
pared with those of material molecules
and that their mass is only a small
fraction not exceeding one one thou
sandth of the mass of an atom of hy-
drogen. Experiments also seem in
MADAME Curie to show that IL these
atoms can exist isolated they NAV a,s3
exist in all ordinary matter. They NAV
even In certain cases be emitted by
substance such as u metal without It's
properties being changed in a manner
appreciable by us.-Current Literature
Elihu Root Cabinet resignation ru-
In the Role mors at all times consul
of Hrmorist. tute good copy" for the
Washington newspaper
men. AS tho presidential election an
proaches these rumors become more
frequent Occasionally 1t is the Sec
rotary OF state who is to be forced into
retirement in favor of Robert Bacon,
assistant secretary OF state, who was a
classmate of the president Now for
the truth from the lips of an official
who knows: Mr.. Root was very
sick man last summer. 1t seemed ex-
tremely doubtful If he could continue
to perform the arduous duties demand
ed OF the secretary Of state. But thanks
to Professor Muldoon. Mr.. Root Is now
restored to perfect health. He has
no more intention of leaving the cab
met than has Secretary Straus. Tho
case can not be more strongly put
than that" Secretary Root is not de-
void of u sense OF humor although
most of his time Is given up to serious
questions of diplomacy. One of Mr.
Roots daily diversions is reading the
comment In William r. Hearst's string
OF newspapers and casting his eye over
the cartoons which are sapdwiched IN
between the Happy Hooligaus" and
Serene, the Monk" one morning re-
Gently caller found the secretary OF
state perustng copy OF the Morning
Hearst. The visitor was a member of
the foreign relations committee of the
senate, and had come to discuss with
Mr.. Root questions bearing on the dip
lomatic relations between Guatemala
and Mexico. Secretary Root dropped
the newspaper while his visitor pro-
ceeded TO talk on the Central American
imbroglio. The senator was telling the
secretary that newspaper dispatches
from the seat of the trouble limited at.
the possibility that a man who stood
very close to the president of Guato-
mal9 had been in large degree re-
sponsible for the ASA ssination of
former president of Guatemala within
the borders of Mexico. and for whom
eXtradlton had been asked Mr.. Root
looked up with an air of affected sur
prise: "Ah and do they suspect him ?"
asked the secretary languidly. II had
thought that perhaps Mr. Hearst would
accuse me OF this matter. From Col
Hers for February l.