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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
HEAT FROM THE sun.
HOW LITTLE OF 1T WE GET is ALMOST
BEYOND BELIEF.

Scarcely One Sunbeam In Two Thou
Earth-A Pen Picture OF the Actual
Condition of the Fiery Orb.
The sun is for the most part simply
wasting his heat-linging away the
golden rays that are the life of the
world with a recklessness beside which
all human waste is mere parsimony.
1t is almost beyond belief. Scarcely
one sunbeam ia 2,000,000,000 alights
upon the earth, and allowing for the
whole solar system not more than u
in 10O, 900 ever hits anything, so far
as we can ascertain.
Sir Robert Balls comment on this
waste of the suns heat is: Suppose a
man with an income of $1,000,000 a
year. He spends for useful purposes
/ cent and throws the rest away. His
wastefulness is no greater than that
which this old prodigal the sun has
practiced for untold ages.
The untold amount of heat which
thus leaks away through the cracks in
the sky cannot be expressed by figures.
1t Is only by considering what II might
do that we can get any conception of
It. This is probably the most striking
Illustration, and is given by aa eminent
astronomer:
Suppose a solid shaft Of Ice two miles
square to be extended like a bridge
across the gulf which separates the
earth from the sun. If a track were
laid on Its surface an express train
running at full speed would require
more than $50 years TO %travers it. Yet,
IL the whole heat of the sun were turn
ed upon 1t for a single second it would
be melted, and in n few seconds more
all, even to the railroad iron. would
drift away as vapor.
But what Is the source of this heat
that flows into space as the gulf
stream pours into the Atlantic, warm
ing the earth and other planets like lit
tie islands in its course? What keeps
up the supply?
IL the sun were merely a white hot
ball, gradually cooling, our grandchil
dren would indeed get a chill: or,
rather, neither they nor we would yer
have seen the sun The final frost
would have fallen long ago.
Nor can the heat be maintained by
fire, as we understand the word-such
fire as warns ind now and then
consumes u houses. If it were a
globe of flaming coal it could have last
ed but n few thousand years; it would
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02

Default having bean made in the payment
of a part of the principal and the interest
secured by a certain mortgage executed and
delivered by Michael Baisch and Mary Baisch
his wife to Herbert N. Peck. dated the 18th
day of March 1898, and recorded IN the office
south Dakota. on the 14th day of March 1888,
In book 81 of mortgages, on page ll6,said mort.
being upon the following described real
estate. viz; The southwest quarter OF Sec
finn twenty.two (22D, in town one hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE 122l. north, range hfty-iye
(55) west of the 9th Il. M. III said Day county
Said Mortgage and the indebtedness secured
said Herbert n. Peck TO the State Loan Com
pany and said assignment has been duly re-
corded in the office Of said Register of Deed
for said Day county in book 45 of Mortgages,
on page 325. -,
State Loan Company has declared all of the
principal sum secured by said mortgage due
ON said mortgage at the date of this notice the
sum of Five Hundred and Eighty six dollars
and Seventy-one cents 1886. 1l(, and no action
ar proceeding at law or otherwise having
been had to recover said sum or any part
thereof. Said mortgage contains a power OF
sale.
| will be foreeIosed by a sale of said real estate
at public auction. by the sheriff of said Day
County, at the front door of the Court house
in the city of Webster, in said Day county, on
the eight day of September, 1900, at the hour
OF two o o'clock in the afternoon OF said day,
for the purpose of satisfying said indebted
ne SIS and the costs and expenses offoreclosure.
Dated July 2ath, 1900.
State Loan Company,
JOIN Ii. Perry, Assignee of said Mortgage
Attorney.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
j..
MINING CAMP Z
one Instance Where n scheme work
ed the Wrong Way.


..Tbere is q great deal that is out or
the ordinary in mining" said Samuel
Mott of Boise City, Ida, although !
think from personal experience II ~
orobably more so in the relation than
In the actual happening. In every
mining camp | have known there
have always been charges that those
working a vein had gone through MO
the next claim in taking out the ore
and consequently were taking U
what wasn't theirs. These claims IL
was always difficult to ~substantiate,
for the a that the offender, OF
course, would not allow the offended to
enter his workings, and without a sur
yey II would be impossible TO make u
a case. Every subterfuge and excuse
possible was resorted to to get into a
suspected mine.
a vein suit, where the workings a
been temporarily shut down and a mar
called Johnny Come Lately heavily
armed, was on guard. The other side
had tried again and again to get by
Johnny but had always failed, when
one man, who knew that Johnny was
an enthusiastic hunter. hired an ac-
quaintance of his to stroll by with a
gun over his arm and to engage John.
ny in a conversation about bar 1t
worked to a charm, and while he was
thus ~engrossed they managed to slip
in and survey the mine.
"Then there was the case of the
Last Chance against the Tyler. In this
case the workings happened to run to-
gether, and the Last Chance people
were working the same vein from IN
derneath that the Tyler were
working from on top. Knowing they
would sooner or later break through,
the Tyler people prepared smudge-
that Is, saturated cordwood that would
give forth a tremendous smoke-which,
they hoped, would drive the Last
Chance people out of their mine. But
when they finally set it off it went the
other way and made the Tyler work
ings absolutely untenable. Indeed three
of the miners were overcome and were
rescued only with great difficulty
New York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02

nave been burned 10 ashes long before
we were born. All the coal on the
earth would hardly keep the sun going
for one-tenth of a second.
A falling meteor gives out great heat,
Just as a bullet is heated when 1t
strikes the target. Some have cOnjec-
tured that a vast stream of these little
h~ailstones raining uponthe sun supplies
its fuel. But If the whole mass Of the
moon were put into a stone crusher,
broken up and thrown against the sun,
it would barely furnish heat for a sim
gle year. And no such weight could
possibly approach the sun without our
knowledge.
Yet, in it's own chosen way, the sun
really has its fires. With proper in
struments we may see the red flames
spouting from its edge, sometimes to a
height Of 100000 miles-higher than
the moon floats above the earth. To
some Of them our world would be no
more than a water drop falling from a
fountain.
To gain any idea Of the almost mex
haustible reservoir from which the sun
draws its heat we must first picture its
actual condition. Matter there is in a
state unlike anything ever seen upon
earth. 1t is neither solid nor liquid
nor in any familiar sense gaseous. The
sun is a boiling, seething. flaming mix
ture of the gases or vapors of all the
elements condensed by the tremendous
squeeze of solar gravity until it is
thicker than pitch, and so hot that its
vaporized iron might be used for steam
power if there were any boiler fit to
hold 1t. 1t has no definite surface, but
shades away from this incandescent
paste, through leaping flames of blood
red hydrogen to the faint streamers of
the corona, as filmy as a comets tail.
This writing mass, heavier on the
average than water and yet as un-
stable as air, does not even rotate like
other orbs, but swirls around its axis.
In the terrific tension of these gases
is stored UP the energy Of the sun. AS
this escapes in gushes Of heat they do
not cool, but slowly contract. 1t is
quite possible that they even grow hot
ter as they thus settle downward and
compress themselves into a denser
fluid.
A total ~shrinkage of 800 feet a year
Will account for the whole expenditure,
and so small a change in the size of the
disk could not be detected until it had
been watched for thousands of years.
This will so on until the substance OF
the sun ceases TO be essentially case
Gus. Then will come the beginning OF
the end, for from that time forth the
actual temperature of the sun will de-
cline.
This, however, wiz be IN some far
distant day. for careful scientists as
sure us that orr race will enjoy I'M
diminished sunshine for at least 5000
years, and perhaps for twice 5000.
Then, while the sun slowly reddens
and darkens, our earth will die. After
that comes the night Of ages.-Charles
Kelsey Gaines in New York World.
One never realizes how little lie real
ly knows until he has read a page or
two of the dictionary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
Notice of Mortgage Sale.
First July 26 7-u

Moitgagors Mrs. Ellen Barry. Miss Ellen r
Barry. Mark Barry and James Barry. widow
and heirs OF the late Patrick e. Barn. ~
bortgagee. Della Rnndlett.
Mortgage dated March 22nd 1895, and record.
ed IN Day Co. In the office Of the Register 81
Deeds, April 18th. 1895, in book 81 Of Mort.
cages. on page so, at ] 10 D.. m.
assigned to George r. Newell Nov. 9th
Assignment recorded in Office OF Recis,.r ~
Deeds. Day County. \. D., Nov. 18th. IS9s ~
3 q. IN. IN book 30 OF Mortgages, page 553. -
Mortgaged premises the northeast " Sac.
ton :, Township l24. Range IS. Day Comm,
.. ID. No Proceedings have been had At law
OF otherwise TO enforce said debt.
Amount claimed to be due at this date
S720.22. " '"1e
Notice Is hereby given that default having
bees made IN the payment Of the pripcipai
aud interest secured by said mortgage said
mortgage will be foIcclosed by a sale of tha
said premises at public auction, at the front
dcor OF the Court honse, in the City OF Web
star. Day County, s. d.. On Saturday tho stb
day of September 1900, at two O'Clock. In the
afternoon OF that dIy, to satisfy the amount
Hhich shall then be due on said mortgsr.
including ten dollars attorneys fees and ali
legal costo.
Dated al Webster. s. D.. this ssth day OF
July 1900. "
Georre r. Newell.
y. W, Taylor. Owner Of said Mortgage.
Attorney for owner OF Mortgage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02

1t was rather a remarkable happen
ing for a fact. The machinist packed
his things and went over the side, amid
the pleasant ~salutations of the men,
about two hours later, with his bag
land hammock and a couple of thou
sand dollars In gold, his savings dur
ing the cruise. A couple of hours later
he was with his people and his sweet
heart in Spreckelsvllle. 1t is a small
world.-Washington Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
Notice for Publication.

June Glow.
Land Office at WATERFOWL, 5. d., May %
1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make his nome stead final proof in support
before the Judge or in his absence, the Clerk
of County Court at Webster on Aug o, 1900,
viz:
PETER OS0WSKY.
HID. Entry 1882 for the nwA, Sec. 10 twp.
l23, Range So.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
John Hark. Matt Stayig, Anton Knusmiski
and Mike Snaza all of Thorson P, o.. Day
Co, s. D.. Lee Slower,
Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
WOULDN'T INTRODUCE HIM.
The Young PM Rather Thought
She Needed the Introduction.

The Young Woman Rather Thought
She Needed the Introduction.
A young man with a beetling brow
and a nice new necktie entered q law
office in one of the big down town Of
flee buildings and inquired for a mem
Der Of the firm, a Mr.. Younger, whose
name he pronounced with strict regard
for the rules of orthoepy.
rs Mr.. Younger inY' he asked Of
the young woman stenographer, with
whom he seemed to be acquainted.
you mean Mr.. Youn-gerT' she re-
piled, pronouncing the *" hard.
Gan it be he pronounces it that
way?" asked the caller, feigning sur
prise. "Of course it's his privilege TO
pronounce it as he chooses; there's no
set rule for pronouncing names. But
you know Younger doesn't spell!
Younger. but Younger"
mo, l didn't know It," she answered
as one who doesn't care. "But here he
comes now. That's him going into his
private Office"
Excuse me, but that's not him."
mo? Pray, who is it thenf"
Its he."
They stared at each other for ten
seconds, and then the young man said:
"Will you introduce me to Mr.. Young
er?'
mol" she retorted. 'Since you seem
to know so much more about him than
| do, ! think you'd better introduce
me-"
There was an ominous click In the
rattle Of the typewriter as the young
man entered the private Office and pre-
scented his card.-Chicago Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
Notice for Publication.
First pub June 2I-6w.

Land office at Watertown, S. D., June IL,
1900.
: Notice is hereby given that the following
ma settler has fled notice of his intention
to make his timberculture final proofin support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence the Clerk
of County Court at Webster, S. D., on Arg.
Z, 1900 viz:
JOHN BRESKE.
T. G., Entry No. 1927 for the neA swA, Sec.
2, Twp. l23 range 50.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous planting aud cultivation of
of said land, viz;
John Citlak. Frank Snaza, Fred Cink and
Frank Breske all OF Tho,son, II. o.. >. ID.
Lee Slower,
Register,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
Notice for Publication.

INI"NI WWN n n ." -
Lane office at WATERFOWL, s. D., June -
1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of bis intention
to make timbeF-culture final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence the Clerk
of the County Court, at Webster, >. ID, on
August IL, 1900 viz:
HENRY NORDIN
I. &. Entry No. 1856, for the WIZ nwA Sec.
"a, Twp. I23, Range 80.
He names the following witnesses to prove
has continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Gust Peterson, John Swan
son, Hans Johnson and John Reed, all of
Webster, S. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
NntinnA.m

~ VI MOrtRA., q
Notice Is hereby pivuue alR i
and delivered by Men thatan
Lucy b. McPbersonry Munger 4
24th'day of January moftgas.5
now due the sum az upon N
i've dollars, will be- hlne hundra
the mortgaged premisnsclosed
OF Day, and State az situate
described as follews "a South II
The southwest fri, ou., 4
thirty-one 1871, in Tow Iusrter q !
and twenty u20), north No \
1871 west, the same bei VI fangs n
as the east half of the otheD
LOT NO. two III, of Sect,ou' sawet
In township No, ono hIh Nc, fs
north OF range No. fftv Gfed and
Firth Principal Meridionin e
made by the sheriff - which
highest bidder, at the fro SAD cd
honse. at Webster, In Gat doos }
State OF South Dakors au County
August A, d., 1900 al on oa TIE d
noon OF that day, Que o'clOek 1
1880. south Dakos
Josephus Alley, Lucy B. asPh.,
Attorney for Mortsa...
H9HkA rs
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
cor HIS DISCHARGE.
THINGS CAME JUST RIGHT FOR THE
NAVAL MAcHiNIST.

An Incident Of n Three Years Cruise
ON the Vermont which Goes to
show How Small. After All, This
Great world of Ours Really IL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
Vermont Republicanism-.-A Pertinent
Inquiry.

The subjoined letter, from one of the
foremost and most eminent of the Re-
publicans of the State, was neither
written nor designed for publication.
Its spirit, however, is so wholesome,
and certain of its suggestions so per-
tinent, it is made public:
Iwant to thank you for the editorials APP
pearing recently in the WATCHMAN and
JOURNAL. They are sound, vigorous and
have the true Vermont Republican ring,
and 1 feel thankful that we have one Re-
publican editor who is not afraid to express
his opinions, and can stand firmly by the
administration. Our recently acquired pos
sessions have raised new questions which
must be settled, and that they will be set
tied right in the end no one need doubt for
a moment But whatever the adminstra-
ton does, or fails TO do, in this matter of
constructive legislation for our new possess
sions, exposes it to severe attacks from our
enemies, the Democrats; and these attacks
seem to make towards OF many Republican
statesmen aud editors. They are all at sea,
and being in that condition OF mind they
don't know what to say or do. Do as you
are doing, stand up and strike out straight
from the shoulder, and trust in Mckinley
and those who are making special study
OF this question, and upon whom the re.
sponsibility primarily rests, They, no
doubt, feel that responsibility more keenly
than we do. Again, why should Littlefeld
OF Maine and Mccall of Massachusetts be
invited to speak at our State convention,
instead of many others, whose names might
be mentioned, who are and have been earn
est and strong administration Republicans?
Whose work Is this?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
AaraUa ROPES. General ndiror.
Speaker Henderson on Porto Ricau
Affairs.

The Iowa Legislature made haste to
express its disapproval of the Porto
Rcan tariff bill passed by the House OF
Representatives Speaker Henderson
has recently written letter to a consti-
tuent, at Dubuque, in which he defends
that measure and makes an explanation
OF its object and the situation it was de-
signed to meet that is very different
from the one the correspondents of sem
sational newspapers have given. The
speaker represents that it would be
''simply brutal and inhuman" to place
direct tax on the impoverished Porto
Ricans, "and the time will come in the
near future when those who propose a
direct tax, which would result from alb.
solute free trade, will suffer in every
possible way for their misguided con-
duct, for their selfish acts" The
speaker says further:
There are large quantities of tobacco and
sugar in Porto Rico, bought up by the
JrusJS anu syuulCdJoS' Luoy WdhV W BOu
that into the United States free Of duty, and
when once in, of course, it will sell in the
markets at the same rates as the tobacco
and sugar which have to pay the full tariff
rates, thus giving hundreds of thousands OF
dollars profit to the syndicstes, etc. The
trusts and syndicstes are fighting the bill
and 1 have given you the reason why
There las not been, nor is there now, to my
knowledge lobby working for the Porto
Rican bill, Tut these syndicates and the
Goldfish interests of New England and other
interests, including the -four interests, are
all trying to get into Porto Rico without
paying the is per cent duty on their pro
ducts, as proposed in the bill.
The speaker is probably representing
correctly the relation of the sugar ant
tobacco trusts and other interests tc
the legislation pending in Congress
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, March 81. - Cambridge
won boat race today, defeating Ok
ford by twenty lengths. The race was
simply procession. London momen-
tarily forgot the war to turn out to wit
ness the race on the Thames. The
weather was ideal. The course from
Putney to Mortlake was lined with
people decked in dark or light blue.
The odds were four to one in favor of
Cambridge, as Oxford lost several of
her best oars through illness.
MANILA, March 31.-The Filipino
General, Pana, who has been active
in the Panay district, has surrendered
to Gen. Kobbe and is being brought 10
Manila.
MoNTEvIDEo, April 2.-The recent
heavy floods in Uruguay have caused
great destruction of cattle and wheat.
Two bridges on the Central railway
have been swept away, with reported
loss to the company of $250,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
The Conventions.

Judge Waterman of Brattleboro, whom
the State committee has named as presiding
officer of the Republican State convention
soon to be held, is said to be a pronounced
opponent of the Mckinley policy OF expan-
sion. 1t is safe to say that il he accepts he
will not take that occasion to air his views
on that subject and News, RAN
dolpb.
The contemporaries seem generally
mixed in the matter of the State con-
ventions. Lawyer Dunnett of st.
Johnsbury was the mau named as pre-
siding officer of the convention for the
nomination of State officers and presi'
dental electors at large, which is called
at Montpelier June q. Lawyer Wa
terman of Brattleboro, was named as
chairman of the committee on resOlu
tions for that convention. Lawyer Fish
of Vergennes was named as presiding
officer of the convention which meet;
in Burlington April IS to choose dele
gates at large to the national conven
ton, and Lawyer Royce of st. Alban'
was named as chairman Of the commit
tee on resolutions for that convention
-Four delegates-all lawyers-from foul
different towns, nominated, elected, ant
appointed to the offices of first i'm
portance in the two conventions, an(
neither the Republicans of the towns
from which they hail, nor the dele
gates of the conventions whose des
TIMES they will control, have shadow
of voice in their election or appoint
ment-except, possibly, by way of per
fuuctory ratification. Four years age
the State committee wasa law unto it
self in disregarding wholesome and long
prevailing customs and practices in thC
matter of constituting State conven
ton, all in the interest of certain can
dldate for the governorship. In whose
or in what, interest is it this year ar
ranging to forestall the action of tht
conventions?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04

poses to do the same thing on rum, to-
bacco and other products or articles
taxed under the Dingley tariff.
This tax is merely nominal. 1t is
entirely temporary expedienl, and is
in lieu of direct, or internal revenue, or
any other form of taxation. 1t in no
way violates the letter or spirit of any
promise or pledge to the Porto Ricans,
by General Miles or any body else. 1t
raises no barrier TO trade and COM
merce. 1t is measure OF humanity.
AS between this proposed tariff, and
free trade, with the levying of internal
revenue taxes, or any form of direct
taxation, it is merely question of de
tail, simply matter of method of rails
ing needed revenue. But the pending
measure has the approval of the great
majority of Representatives and Sen
ators, about dozen of the former and
a half dozen of the latter constituting
the minority. 1t has the additional adj
vantage of safeguarding the question
of the future trade relations of the
United States and the new possessions
Under the circumstances there ought
to be no schism in the patty over this
question. A measure sanctioned by {
majority so near unanimity, ought tC
be accepted without wrangling. Thi'
small minority is playing into the hand'
of every enemy of the Republican
party, on the thres hhold of nationa
canvass. Vermont Republicans ough
to stand firmly by the congressional
party majority as they would by thu
men and measures of the minority i
the situation were reversed.