The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-07-27

Is USUALLY NOTABLE n,
FOR MANIFESTATIONS or EARTH
ELECTRICAL EVENTS. " 'REAr
Boston Advertiser.
IL IS !" be believed, from ov,.
., now =" oe seen in the sun, that Isaees 0.'''s
"' great activity is in provress - ..''od ',
ana .'l that the effects Of this imms's,s 'as,s
a''e iorce will be seen dl,rin. asu'' y,
nse years y, ,n what is known s n '.s,' "ea'
spots" These sun spots are sa. a. sun
10 oe great solar volcanoes !. sppseo i'.s
disturbances Of the suns s,., !" "'ner
some visible way. The spots ,sve eaa 10 %
seen easily by observers du,,.' san 'e
yea, years up to 1906. whe The ma.'noss u nue.
will have been reached. Th.sa T4'um
posed cavities, s"m.tims 20 70 x,S's ny,
of about 10000 miles, and ,h.n h,u.'' A.a.,'
up '"to Two separate spots or clyi,isa
sometimes separating at the r,,s !.
perhaps 800 miles an hour. e I"
The energy sent out Nv
,o'ce 'nat causes these sun spots mus, !,
nc enormous. There some reason ,'' :
oei'eviny that before the sputs ,hs.n NJ
selves make their appearance ;" '.% .,''
sleht' tne energy is at work and !. ~ ~
dated from the sun to the n,,s, ~ :.
TINS system. At all events the ,a.'
spot periods are usuallynotable n Nv ~
eartii for peculiar nanifestatim. !,
electrical energy. The electric s,,..'. \.
that nave been seen in New Enul..a
lately are due, in some degree. n N.
solar energy and the electricity san, Ia
earth as Il result. Such. at least i /,
widely received scientific l,e,,ry.
1t may he that the sun spots, Or tho
energy OF which the are merely thu 70.
suit, work in some fashion that canOo,
be SO easily traced. During the mas,
three years, when the suns energies
nave been at work, strange things
have happened in the world. IsI,
merely a coincidence. II SO, j,a,
least worth notice that concidpmp,u
this kind are not rare, il one takes Tho
trouble to look up the story OF theciv.
ilized world in the few years preceding
each period OF ont break of sun spots.
say. in the past iiity years.
10 trace back the periods, reckoning
eleven years as the cycle. the Begin
ming OF sun spot outbreaks would be :
reckoned In 1889. 1878, 1867 and 1855, in
such y count. These dates are not
exact because the period Of duration
IS not exactly measured In units Of
years. Still it is surely worth sume
notice that before the period Of 1856
there came the desperate outbreak VI
the war in the Crimea; that before the
period Of 1867 the United States was
'avaged by civil war to an extent
hardly ever recorded in the history 0f
my other country. and the great tray
,dy NJ Lincoln's death had been re.
c0rded: that preceding the sun.spOt
period OF 1878 there came tie harrow.
ing experiences Of France, eliminating
IN the communist riots, and the Rus.
,ian-Turkish war; that before 1883
came the Roumelian revolution, the
Nihilist outbreak in Russia, and the
war with the AighanS; and that he
lore 1900 came the war with Spain, the
Jameson raid, and the consequent war
between the Beers and the British.
1t is also interesting t0 notc llow
movements or Importance
,ave accompanied the manifestation
Il sun spots in the past halt century
Zach period has been accompanied ny
.reat business pOomS, and the climax
md Disappearance Of the sun spolsl III
lose proximity to a financial pa''c'
xcept In 1861, when the immense
for war IN the Un''e"
states rather caused better BUSINESS
,ince that date. however, tie years
873, 1884; and 1895 were years ol w'oe'
prcad Hnan cial and industrial ae'
,ression. This coincidence u alsu
triking enough to he noted. VI coulss n's
such cOincidencrs do not prove lnas
he energy or the reaction ~ llIe w.. sn,
fuses such results on The eattn' uuS
/ is at least remarkable that thesaas
mercy and the human pD'rey W. W. ~.
arth should have run 10 cyc'c' !"
l0sely alike.
A Georgia boy sends tn the A''a",e
the following co'upN
ion on war: War is u great 1n'ns'
think. Before dad went TO hs". ~
paniards lie was poor as JOBS Iu'Aa'.
Tut be had the good fortune 70 aa'' ,
ne leg shot off and they SEM ny
ome with a big Pension which ooue".' .,'',
ue u pianner and painted thc "'., ~
cd and the shutters green. y ~. ~,
My had another war, he Ip'lns -. .',a