Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-03
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Nsw Hawk. Coma. Nov. s.--heierfshe
To the reeeat eeiip-e Sf the SUE ard hss fe-
euIiar views upon eTens= whose shafoxs hf
considers arr now being cast before, iToi'
Tcsssu SPOKE a. follows
III MAS act Upon the FIRST day Of ,s,e heN
era. but apass the last dss Of the OH one,
thai ti1., san was DIR ss ned. aI,a thai : iia'
~ me Is 80 significant, although thus - os
ma n,ea rs iltsf isfs, FIRST directed nay az
teniilr. To ,he phenomenon IL was de
chronological value OF the eclipse tha'
raises il 10 the inparfsnee OF that one Wtliss
aee,,rr4.i upsa the battle Of 4efiam ans
marked the beginning Of the Aagnstsniae
era an. very thankful that ours dl'i hc'
bappen to fall upon the 2ist instead oil
the goth
Bat Is /, not passing strange that ms
p,,,la,,,i.. valse of the eclipse Of the eo'l
inst was left for ne to designate, seeing
that the scientific world at large had WIFE
ore consent pronounced the event OF Tic
irunprtance, and had forgotten that tht
ebrouologist and historian can tin'. scten'
tif;e value where even an astronomer may
not?
But aisle from is unique scientific val
Ne 10 the chronni sist anil historian, this
Columbian eclipse of Oct. 20, 1892 let ms
30 cali iii, has in oiniaous significance "a
all 40 dwell upon the iAee of th@ cara
and particularly 70 US OF MHt'S >gh, 'he
land Of all OUT tolls, and ali oar Fathet
house tGen. 1ti' all
let rs iooh more rt"feiF II Lte picture
1t Wa = gala day, AneiirA Was 'so'''''' II
bunting its rrd. white AM hiae s',si''e',
De kcs! tie hand from north l" seh'a a"'
from easl To west 80 That tram ecA'eh
might have looked like one grand p'nAr
anna Of ''ll ''lory. Bnt these tha' ''"eii Oh
hig!' and RUE on eSftA i''"% ''g"i %i'u
keener etss t'ah H''''4fz hc'
and see he'"tth ttr hdFH IN"
they can se" hnt NIUE Is" 'P
rrovai, Tor a lahI that has forgotten y IRA
dilians IN a s'ngl' century Is certainly tsi
on the road to Crisis mofofuoh"e 10
degree of its forgeilulness. Ana SO II eaf''
abOat that Tire ringers oi mana afpeate'
up0a the walls Of heaven aud Hfote
warning To the word III The siSht OF aIi th'
assembled nations the representatives o
none were missing. FOR 10 rs that ten
NILE pageant tread the prnad avenues o
Chicago ami entered Inc Exposition Stouiil'
bar sinister was drawn across the scene
and an nncanny heraldic mark siurred gu
bright escrutcheon. " mere were GU
augurs then: AMI where had DANIEL oeei
had such thing bestreaked the PAINS o.
Shushan at Il carnival Ike that?
Think you for one moment that heaV
en-, which bath recorded the number O
your very hairs, was ignorant OF Una
eclipse: If So we deceive yourselves, 10
in the very nature of things there can be NJ
accidents and certainly none ike that.
II speak without reference to any party
and 10 the adherents of all, and conJur'
the freemen of this land TO commence thu
new Columbian era by voting, once a
least, and at once, according Il
their consciences, and SO leave IN
result with the Lord of Hosts himseh
1t is only by acting in earnest single
ness of heart at this juncture that even we
the most favored nation upon earth, can
all recover strength enough to see JUS