The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-05-18

20 Highp0int.
Scaboard Air Line from Heardmont
70 YoungsvilIe.
Seaboard Air Line from Weldon to
Portsmouth.
Seaboard Air Line from Boykins to
: Seaboard Air Line from Wadesboro
TO Laurinburg.
Southern from Hodges to Columbia.
Southern from Sautuck to Columbia.
L. 4 G. from Lancaster to Chester.
Char. Cln. & o. from Leslie to Cam.
den.
G. &. ID. from Hamlet to Bennetts.
vile.
z. T. & Y. V. from Fayetteville to
Richmond.
q. +. & Y. V. from Smithheld to
Weldon.
A. & W. from Aberdeen to Star an6
Troy.
A. & N. c. from G0ldsboro to Raj.
eigh and Nelson.
W. & W. from Springhope to vii.
liamstOn.
W. & W. from Oakley to Weldon.
N. & G. from 1arborO to Winston
and Suffolk,
N. & Z. from Tunis to Norfolk.
A. & W. from Courtland to Ports
mouth.
N. & s. from Edenton and Port
Monroe.
Va. b. & S. from Norfolk to Virgin
la Beach.
Va. B. & S. from Norfolk to Cteeds.
Here Is a bewildering choice of
places to 70 to from Scranton, all the
way by rail, to see all Of the spectacu-
lar features OF this coming eclipse.
Some OF the above roads have been
extended and Incorporated into larger
systems since the list was prepared
by me several years ago with a view OF
visiting most, II not all, the above
places for the purpose OF making ar.
rangements for certain line Of sim.
pie observations, requiring no special
training or expensive outfits, but
which nevertheless might lead to i'm.
portant meteorological discoveries OF
incalculablc value To the world at
large. But meeting with no encOur-
agement from any quarter, and finding
that | had bitten off more than l
could chew as u mere, nnsubsldized
amateur, l have dropped my original
program and settled down upon Luce
dale. Miss, as the nearest and best
place for me tUgo for my own personal
observations.
One Of the most impressive features
Of tn is coming eclipse, especially along
the gulf coast from Ocean Springs tn
New Orleans and Atchafalaya Bay.
and at Virginia Beach, on the Attain
tic coast, will be the approach and re-
cession OF the shadow OF the moon at
cannon ball speed over the waters,
from southwcstward to northeast
ward. Under favorable conditions OF
a calm atmosphere, ttfnl streaks OF
scintillating shadows will appear fly
ing over the waters shortly before to-
tality until the last ray of sunlight
disappears, and a gigantic black mon
ster strikes you almost blind. Then
turn about and lift up your eyes TO
behold a jet.hlack ball, which is the
moon, surrounded by pearly white
ness, which is the glorious corona OF
the sun, and by the stars OF the con
stellati0n, Taurus, with the sparkling
planet, Mercury, in close proximity to
the eclipsed sun, about halfway be-
tween 1t and the beautiful seven sis.
ters OF the Pleiades.
Then, shortly before the end OF TO-
tality, look down again upon the wat
er, or in the absence Of smooth water,
upon a white tablecloth spread upon
the ground, and watch the rugged.
edged shadow Of the moon and the
last streaked signals from its noun
tain peaks disappear In q contrary
direction from which they came.
Telescopic observers, whose atten.
tion is directed to the sun and moVn
will miss these shadow sights, visible
to the naked eye. but will probably
see the cause OF the same phenomena
In the form Of sO-called Bailey's beats,
first observed by Bailey during the an
nular eclipse Of May Is, 1888, and A.
tributed to the mountains Of the moon.
Another interesting feature OF this
coming eclipse will be the probable
presence Of an extensive group OF sun
spots during the same, and their effect
upon solar protuberances and the ap'
pearance of the corona.
Another search for a long-deferred
temperance Of the problematic plan
ct Vulcan will be In order on this oc'
casion, and ifit is anything near what
the French astronomer, LIE Verrier,
once calculated tito be II ought TO oe'
come visible to the naked eye, should
IL be at Its eastern or western
elongation during the eclipse. Exten'
slve preparations for photographinl
II havv.been made ut various places
Within VIE limits OF tUtality, vt grea'
expense, and Il ID 10 be deyoutl!
| hoped that each scientific expedition