New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-03

~ coming IN AT the close Of the dinner for -
with his guests. Abba sahib was assisted m -
work OF entertainment by Mrs Wray
After a 10 o'clock breakfast Saturday caSneeO
took the King. guests 10 the point OF obeevva8ioo
Smoked and colored glasses in abundance. cnAFS
and other convenences made the selecteo spo.
delightful place not only TO see the eclipse. DOT -
the approach Of tho shadow from the soutnwO@
While the party awaited the first" contact ostwso
the sun and the nearest edge Of the advancing
moon, the cameras OF amateurs were busy. Many
of the observers became absurdy Interested In the
boyish antics Of the King who having mao 70 .1v
about coaxing his native friends. TO look through
my glass The best Of al and very hor S,rsi
According TO iimepiecss registering Msa a VIZ
one became Intent on looking first at the sun. q
Il slowly but surely became covered BY the moon;
ss5 the S 10 20 ths as Sso
the second contact, when the pho,osphere would be
or shadow appeared in the southwest. touching The
horizon. Immediately. and directly over II, :
q brownish hue overlaid the second. Hardly had
one time look again at the sun before tho dense
os MAKING them gasp FOR Breath They
for S aa the Of hs
covered the scene the birds few about In confu-
then settling quietly into tho trees. During the
ninety-fve seconds Of to,a!ity not voice IN tns ne
stir Ii became almost unbearable, the stiffness and
impressiveness OF it all
at the srroag " os
disappeared, the intensely bright line was replaced
by pink flash possibly due 10 the ehromosphere)
onds later the first temperance OF the other edge
OF the sun preceded by similar phenomenon
the other limb. thus doubling the performance
and dispelling all doubts as to its genuneness.
Although the came into View tho very
moment that the covered It's full beauty
was revealed only gradually The longer one gazed
the further did the streamers extend Totally &C.
Cured at about noon, when the was IN the
south, though very high up. great halo. seem
ngly OF the width OF al least one-quarter OF the
moons diameter. completely surrounded that orb.
Toward the west two and TO the east three trregu-
larry shaped stredmers were seen. The one 10 the
southwest the longest OF all While some OBJ
servers said the streamers were simply elongated
rays. 10 others there seemed 10 be a very distinct
curvature like that OF the trains Of sparks from .
rapidly turning pinwheel.
Of 10 the west. northwest and southwest three
stars, or planets suddenly appeared, but they re
ceved little attention. Most people were surprised
easily tell the time by ordinary watch
At the end OF totally the great shadow on the
earth flew off tho northeast and the feeling o{
oppression rolled away, as great gust OF wind
rushes up the mountainsiGe. The shadows Of
leaves came out with startling dist!nctness, while
all lnterstces had the appearance q crescsnts. A
common basket held up produced q crescent TOR
every little space; and pinholes In paper AZ
gave out bright images Of the same shape.
The temperature. shown by thermomete1
kept IN the from the first. fell from o4 degrees
Fahrenheit to - degrees. while In the shade tho
change was from 81 degrees to 70 degrees only.