The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-09
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bIazcd ont IN fern nearly round as i
appeared to the naked eye. emb'irg
a bail Of FIRE. 1t flashed on tae sight
but D few seconds in each case, nj
the writer noticed on tb} ai5a Of the
house 3 faint, moving, tremulcus Or
wayy shadow. This ball Of light vas
one of the most st1i ing faa,u res Of
the eclipse. It was caused by the
covering of the entire suns disc <
cept the extreme cur Of the circufa
ference, which ii excess r. lieh
magnified many ~ ent
size.
The spectacle demon naiea ,iley's
Beads" was motto i in ? lied
form. The indentat.ons il the
ricr Of the crescent lis disa lar
ance and re=appeaTan G n~es.ai-
form, but were uneqU 4 Ia dep ~aa
was noticed near Che aortaEest q q
of the crescent a. Il , djsapp
that seemed TO extend tarough
this phenomenon IS caused by rIoc
aims in the moon, some of them must
be Of great height to show so plainly
at such an immense distance.
The corona or rim Of Brilliant,
flashing light around the moon at the
time Of total observation, was the
special glory of the occasion, anl
worthy of a journey across q cont
nent or voyage across an ocean to
behold. The old master" who
first painted glory around the head
of picture of o celestial being,
must have caught his Inspiration
during a total solar eclipse. The
light bursting forth from cur great
luminary on such an occasion, and
flashing out as if from the circle of
the moon, is certainly suggestive Of
such an exercise of the artistic imagi-
nation.
The color of the balls of light, and
the corona or circle of light, was
white with a faint reddish tinge, and
they seemed to fash as If composed
of flaming, fiery substance. The
appearance was not that Of an incan-
descent or glowing body. The balls
of light resembled in Viyidness a cal
cium or zirconia light. The corona
was not mere dull circle Of light,
but was brilliant, almost dazzling.
In relation to the movements Of
animals and birds, as the eclipse came
on, they acted, so far as the writer
could observe them, like they do on
the approach of night. Cows grazing
in the woods above the city started
homeward, swallows futtered in the
| air and descended into chimneys,
and pigeons went to their nests.
After the eclipse passed off the latter
few about again, and the former
checked their homeward course. A
friend informs the writer that his
chickens went to roost, and after the
eclipse left their perches. Children
playing in the streets ran home sf-
frighted.
Few stars were visible, and they
we're planets. The light of the sun,
though intercepted on its passage to
the earth, was so bright in the heav-
ems as to outshine the feeble light of
the fixed stars, except. perhaps, in
the far eastern horizon.
Few of us will ever behold the like
Of this sublime event again. We have
been fortunate in living within its
pathway. Its wonders will ever linger
in our memory. Middle aged adults
will be in their graves, children will
be men ami women grown, before the
United States sees such another sight.
To THE PoLIcE.-Runaways are Of
almost daily occurrence in this city,
and when an afrighted team gets
started on its wild career there is
great danger of persons being run
over, especially children. The cause
of most Of the runaways is that teams
are left standing in the streets with
out being unhitched. There is city
ordinance against this, and if the
police would make it a rule % arrest
all those who violate the ordinance it
would have wholesome effect, and
lessen thesnumber of dangerous run
Always that occur in this city. lie the
police and City Marshal will give This
matter their serious attention for a
while, we feel sure that we shall have
fewer occasions to write up fearful
runaways."
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