Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11
Soldiers
Afraid
In Battle

Afraid variety OF conduct Will
In Battle. be witnessed on the part
of those who are about
to engage therein. This conduct Will
be varied more or less by individual
temperament Each after his kind
One thing depend upon-almost invar-
iably all are afraid. But some are born
fatalists, and display a certain temper
amentnl indifference. Others, as brave,
do not present 80 unperturbed de-
fneanor. Sometimes the face is ghast-
~ pale. and moist with cold sweat.
And not this alone. The soldier, par
| ticularly the young soldier. is often
| sick. Nausea, indeed, is n very COM
mon sensation: In which case the lips
are generally coloress and compressed.
| A small proportion OF the men are
taken seriously Ill and arc obliged to
| lie down. The awful sense OF peril Is
| Tor the time more than they can bear.
| AT the boom of the first cannon some
| OF the harder make q few sickly at
tempts at humorous remarks-on the
principle of whistlIng to keep their
| courage up. With very few this
| righteousness is sincere display of
| recklessness. or course, land forces
| never have any such fearful moment
of graphic prescience as fall to tho lot
| OF those who, In an impending naval
engagement, witness the sprinkllng of
| the decks with sand-to absorb the
blood which Is yet to be spilled, and
so to obviate the sllpperlness OF wet
ueck! on land II Is not so bad as that
Here, the larger movement and the
rapidity OF action afford some relief
TO the tense mind. The older officers. sit
ting on horseback, are carefully exam
ming the situation, using their field
glasses. These officers are generally
veterans and more or less accustom-
cd to the scene which follows | have
been asked. How about lodging bull
lets?' This inquiry botrays lay lnex-
perience. If one seems to dodge a bull
i lee, whiie In battle, the movement is
put an involuntary one. No one sees
ball coming. Scientific experiment
mas shown that bullet in flight is in
Nlsipfe. But the tearing up of the
ground, and other injuries. by bullets
and cannon balls often produce the
enect or seeing the missile. If there
could be such a thing as dodring n
would be incident only to the very FIRST
OF ones army experience. The fatal
Ism which makes veterans calm by
and by pervades the army.-S r
Elliott in the December American
Magazine. 'ean
Mans The feasib,,,tv ., .o,;,,
CONQUEST travel is now definitely
Of the Air. established. and every day
marks an advance towards
tne achievement of the practical utility
or the aeroplane. At present, how
ever, IL Is somewhat unwieldy and
cumbrous machine. but when 1t has
left the ground and scars upwards its
movements are so graceful and withal
so facile. that a thrill of pleasure is
experienced by all who witness an as
cent. The great machine is brought
Out or It's shed; the machinery Is lu-
Dricated the sails and rudder are ad-
1uSted; the brave conqueror of the air
the wounds on his head caused by n
recent accident to his machine still
bound up with white plaster-examines
the somewhat complicated mechanism
ana takes his seat preparatory to start
ing Inc formidable pair of propcIlers
commence to revolye, at first slowly
then suddenly at terrific speed. with q
stridulous roar as OF an express rail-
way train. causing q hurricane of wind
sufficient to blow off the hats Of those
immediately behind. And now the aero
plane shakes itself free from those who
arc holding it in. and starts on Its
toiis course along the ground. speedily at
tanning great velocity. At length
III is seen to have risen into the air
soaring upwards and still upwards and
careering along. literally on the w-inps
or the wind, at Il speed OF about FORTY
or nifty or more miles an hour. like an
enormous dragon fly or like some prirn- 4
aeVal monster of the air: now In
graceful curves. now in straight
course. and now partly descending. I
Summing over the trees. and then more |
slowly gliding along a few feet above
the surface of the ground. until al |
length, amidst the hearty we'll earned |
cneer OF the spectators the gallant avIa- |
tor stops at the exact spot where he |
started. Truly man has at last over |
come even the attractions OF gravita-
uon itsclf. But for US that stranpest |
and greatest OF all the natural forces
VIII be overcome and annihiIated the
moment the spirit bids its temporal
rare well TO the body. And even when,
at the resurrection. body soul and spirit |
are again reunited. gravitatIon will ex-
erc'se no restraint. For in the spirit
world those glorihed beings who have
attained an Inheritance In that SUPER
nal realm In virtue of the merits and |.
meditation of the Savior of the world.
VINO TOOK upon Himself the pains and
penalties due to them for their lapses
from righteousness, will have cast Off
tnelr arth-trammels and will be
like the angels of God But alas! there
are those who. neglecting or refusing
that offer of salvation, will find the
Gates of Heaven closed against them
A Banker
The Work Every Christian Scientist
Or Mrs. knows of Mrs. Stetson. For
>tctSon. twenty-five years she has
been a towering figure in
the movement She has seen the New
ork membership of the cult grow from
1othing to several thousand, and has
lone more than any other single per-
son to promote this growth. When
.unds were needed to build the first
christian Science church in New York.
she raised most of the money When
he church was finished. she was ap-
pointed First reader and held the posi-
Ion for sixteen years. Her own home
vas. and is. next to the church. Her |