The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-04-19
THE ECLIPSE or EIiE Sun.
interesting aud Instructive Notes ON
the Coming Astronomical Event.

the Coming Astronomical Event.
D.. James II. Carlisle, OF W0iIO.d
College. has sent the following notes
on eclipse, Of the sun, especially the
one &HoIt - take place, to the Nows
i.uuj, ~ Of France lTl0-l71U asked
az commanded one OF the French as
trGrumlr- 70 find out when nc could
hop. 10 aCG ~ total eclipse .! the sun.
\ list OF CClip="s WAS iabOriOuely pre-
pared. Ii the King had lived TO this
a:i.Y in Paris he would never have has
the coveted privilege. The coming
ecllpSC will not be total in Paris. In
ISl. ii central eclipse passed over Paris
but the disk Of the moon WAS too small
10 niuu 81! the face OF thc sun, IL being
only an anuular eclipse.
Wjli some Of tNc oldest residents in
Charleston tell Of the total eclipse in
1854, November 80: \ reference TO the
tiles Of the Charleston Courier might
h1 Of interest The present generation
will soon have til" rare privilege Of be-
iug pleas Il aud startled, even awed, by
luis great object lesson. The mOon's
dark >nHGOW will cross our State May
=, in path about fifty miles wide,
nearly parallel 10 our sru@OHat and a lit
IT, above the nj lui ,ut The State. Take
= lnap Of south Carolina, lay a ruler
touching NcwNury Huu WinnSOOrr.
brrw " straight uu" O' tween these two
towns, prulOnGIng thr inr each way to
the edge Of 9 .UrEiH huu North Caro-
tu"' ne centre "' vac moon ah"uo"
Wth "UN3 very A'Hr'S WonE Iha' lihc,
pAa7'nE oEGr ',"IC"sV,.r' pr"" l'pc
| nn vNCh Hl"e o. o""t ''nc p"r"'lo' !" II
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| N9'' "'H very "C"r'S CoFGF ChH N'cI'nl
Hh "hI5" l',' NI''p't VIII nc I"'"'
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tine ,ryjnu tnnt 49, we nnlurrn H." ci,t.
rln nf'iiuh, we nrlv rrI.Ir,,n ,nn s,,..
rourdinr circle Of u,rknrss
Tun nr,y.nonrr. nur rr,o, n,,blic
.rourntors. viii Drrunrr o,I ana vnnn,T
to InolI irtrIliurD,lv on lhr yonInrfuI
.nGIaai,},. turoIliriuls in tn, nntioruI
observatory have i-Su,G AN in,,ructivr
pi,mpnict with mnns
The following d,.cription of a total
rrjiusn Of the snn. INV Prof / kuss,I
Hind. of the Eoy;N As,r,nomjr,u So.
cictv of London, Is wc?th uuoljnr ,ust
now
During the ccliD:c of Isl. nearly the
whole. uDpuln,i ion of some Of tho urjnri
Dbl cities OF Southern France and ltnlv.
which were upon the ccutrn, line, turn.
ID nu, to virw tho rnrc nhrnomnnnn rf
a total deprivation Of lhc suns light in
the dnv Time, AFFAIRS Mr.. BaiIcv SAYS.
L" there was nn unusual shout, which
made the wrlkin rlur," At the corc,u.
sion OF The crlipsc and NJ. Arngo, who
observed ut I',rniunun. SAYS N,urlv
twenty ,housunG persons rovcrcd thr
,,rrnccs, rampur,s and other cminnnrcs
,nnr, Mo I,I,,rn ana ,hutun ostn,,Iirr
mann IRON, mnllitu,in nnnnouncod thr.
r,tinr,inn and ,r,nnnnrnmrr Hf tho sn,,,s
\, N'I'' I,'h1'," ',n ,i,i, ~ Wv
''''.i - WY
''S '"'', -, ~ 'o ,n We
{. ~ '''T',,, ,''} = was vno ~ " 'o'l VIC
-. t"'"rl" " ''t'ts purSI lor.h on we
- .t"' H'""Hu u '"c I Coru''"' uu'i"H ''lc
.'''' "''ST"' "''"H' ~" nuHufc" year
l,'I ! '"4Ty many Hl INC snhaoi'.n's OF
! "''S III" themselves IN caves on inc
sun, whlcn WA. ,o,uI in mat CITY In
l,lv lxlr ~ ~, '',r Ly
j.,,r',. -" VIC S"uT" VI r"irc'
t''."NHNu w Echlc!eS came 10
N'">" 9'A''"' "hu no CHGftlonS Oh Inc
'NCFs' tNO"Ih N"CNCu by the whir, !
coutu induce them 10 proceed until The
sun NnG ngniu NpDcnrrd r,,,in intbc
l''u' conErrE"l"u together mmCdiata- |