Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-03


Of oil spectaclss, the ipimitsble corona
was revealed to the naked eye. The
ineffable glsry Of that scene cannot bs
described, but for those who saw u %
the people Of Miles City cav il. Its
beauty and grandeur will always re-
main . climax In comparison with
which all earthly spsctaclss must fade
Into insignificance. All around the
dark body Of the moon halo Of mild
white light shone Intensely, II q mild
light can be imagined a. intense,
reaching out In well defined Swallow
tail" forks on the upper Isft and lower
right hand corners TO . distance twice
"a great as the apparent diameter Of
the moon. while on the upper and
lower sides, 1t was more Of . halo. In
distict in form. For exactly sixty.
fsur seconds was this visibls 70 the
usked eye. though none but those
Who held watches on II would believe
that 1t was more than ten seconds; %
intense was she interest that time
few unheedsd. and there are those
who still contend that the moon
moved faster during tosality than ct
any other phase Of the eclipse. A
minute or two before sbs eclipse BE-
came total Venue appeared In oil her
beauty and during tetality several
other s.an were seen. although ID wa
still light enough TO read the face Of .
watch without Artificial light. Tbs
light was that Of morniag twilight,
peaFly bus pos golden, and imbusd
with that indsscsibabis ffsshsess that
bstekens the coming day. Birds that
had not bsen seen nor heard before
chirped and twistsFsl and new Low
dews 70 the ground, and psass'nl eat
us lowed. No human vslss broke shs
stiffness save II SUPPRESSED sjasuls-
tioss of admiration. But beautiful -
vas the spectacle u va succeeded BY
oss. slnost ~ peer. when the psssAGe
Of the moon uncovered the lever rish'
hand segment Of the sun, and the nrs'
ray Of true sunlight revisited the
earth; the transition In oil things ter
restrial wAs stantaneous and mott
wonderful. The awful subliu,ity OF
the period Of total eclipse was passed,
Mature WAS herself again, and for ali
curiosity seeking observers the eclipsr
was oyer. A party Of Cheyenne
squaws who were In town during the
day had made an afternoon camp
near the brewery 10 discuss the pro-
vendsr they bad collected, but In the
midst Of their festivities they wer.
surpri.ed by the increasing darkness,
and with every manifestation Of alarm
they quickly broke camp and strucI
out for Fort Keogb to seek the protec-
tion Of the representatives Of the Great
Father.
Thermometer readings were taken
at the brewery ~ follows: At ] p. NJ.
the temperature was s4' above. Az
o'clock, when the eclipse bsgan the
mercury dropped to 2s'; at 8 o'clock
lust before totslity IL wss 260 and dur
ing totality 1t sunk TO DO. Mr.. Huff
MN obtained Eve views during total
ity one Of which will be sent to PIof'
Todd, Of Amherst University. by
cial request Of the professor, who l.
one Of the highest authorities In the
country on the subject Of solar eclIpseH'
and whose pamphlet OF instructions to
amateur observers was exceedingly
helpful to Miles City people. From
the fact that this pamphlet cautioned
observers TO have lantern nj hand TO
read the time during totality, IL Is
evident that much greater degree
Of darkness was expected than we ex
perienced here, aud that we did mol
have IL Is, We believe, solely at
tributabls TO our intensely clear Ut
mo-pbere which permitted the trans
mission Of coronsl light sufficient u
dispel the darkness. supt Ullman, o
the electric light. had steam up and
sinul'aenously with the going out oI
the sun, turned on the electric light
bot II was not needed, though his fore
sight is TO be commended. Another
total eclipse Of the sun occurs ON the
22od OF December next, but ~ usual II
is only visible In out Of the way cor
ners Of the globe. South AnIerlca and
Africa. II may be centuries beior'
the Yeliowstcne valley will again b.
visited by this trapsceudently magnis
icent spectacle.
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