The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-18
ITS ON TIE sun
lay They Affect Our Source
OF Light and Heat.
! TO THE GRAND CLIMAX

Darkness and Cold Shall Over
Our Planet and Smother II In
hill OF Death-Their Effect Upon
attic and Weather Conditions.
return of sun spots is a phenom-
hat astronomers always regard
reat concern, They come flock
elk once in about every eleven
1t takes on the average four
half years for them TO reach a
UNI OF numbers. when the sun
10 be more or less speckled ev-
y, and six and a half years TO
again 10 u minimum. when for
; in succession the suns face is
IN as n polished mirror. Upon
lole the heat on the earth, tax
entire surface into account ana
the observation on the temper
Of the atmosphere. is about III
5 of the Fahrenheit scale lower
spot maximum than at sun spot
um.
cannot be wholly due 10 the
ling OF the sun caused by the
ce OF the spots, since. as Mr.. &.
bolt OF the Smithsonian institu-
as shown, the amount by which
emperature Is lowered is five
too great To be accounted for in
cay.
there are other ways I'm which
aston of a horde of spots on the
1akes its effects felt upon u
The most conspicuous Of these
connection with the earth's mag
I,
earth IL a great magnet. and the
ppearS to exercise a direct indu-
lpon its magnetic state, that in
e varying with the condition Of
IN as to spottedness. When sun
are at 4 maximum. magnetic
5 Of great violence occur, during
the electro magnetic excitement
earth is wildly manifested--in
tmosphere by imposing displays
aurora borealiS. and in the earth
by vagabond currents which in
Il telegraph and cable communi-
and sometimes leap into yisi-
IN the form Of cracking sparks
lectric flames playing about the
ments.
lSionally il has been possible TO
phenomena of this kind TO the
ace of individual sun spots Of un
magnitude and activity. Ii is
he transmission Of a shock from
IN To the earth, across a gap Of
900 miles. supposed to be filed
nothing but the invisible and in
Die ether.
city how the forces that produce
upon the sun affect the earth's
ter is an unsettled question.
Is Il considerable amount of evil
for saying that such storms as
eStern tornadoes. the hurricanes
West Indies and the typhoons OF
nina seas are far more numerous
: sun spot maXima. and especially
: the time that the spots are in
ne in numbers. Ii has also been
bit that wet and dry seasons are
cted in some way with the sun
ycle, but on this subject the evi
is contradictory. Some statistics
that dry seasons accompany sun
and others that wet seasons ac-
any them.
all of these things r really of
account In comparison with the
question OF the effects produced
the sga .tsc!e. The earth .s .
In the infinite vault of space,
We are animated atoms living for
raction of a moment upon that
lificant speck. OF how great CON
nee in the vast scheme of the
can the little questions that
to our %ephemeral comforts be.
sun flame should lick us up u
pearanCe from the universe. phys
considered. would be of less i'm
nee than that OF the minutest
Of water from the ocean. But If
I'm should disappear there would
star gone from heaven. A part
e universe at least would notice
lsence. Whatever threatens the
,nce Of the sun, then. has. an APP
able importance. The astronomer
that the sun spots L sympto-
OF progressive changes which
eventually bring the suns career
end. and SO he studies them not
he sake of finding out merely how
may affect our petty affairs. but
der to trace for his intellectual
action the grand phenomena of
.fe and death OF a star. And In
that he is pursuing the only
e which can rescue man from OBJ
/. offsetting his material i~nsignifi-
and nothingness with the rela-
greatness Of his mind.-Garrett i.
SIS in Spokane Spokesman-Re-