The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
ROGERS, PEMr - COMPANY

the public feet WANDERED in devious COR IS
and led the body into ma ~ ard warrior, fo"rs
of collision not Ol,y tine contact -. man va
hi. fellow man. but also vita ir'".. brick waits.
and lamp post. II any iunnr ~rc'aNt!lc crutlo-
man had his telescope turned in IT,. 6.r"cilun
ana observed the proccedi"s;. Of nj. "iE v"-
trrday morning he viii dnuhi.c-" lr",cgi q
paper before his local aoadrmr g! trl"A's
beginning somewhat a." iolIo".
rho pri 'clr9l mr'roroI, Of ~" Farms
western hemisphere l. n ! haze d~"o''irl,
actually Inhabited. The %cr"ntIi" Wnl"u -
iihil il are t%oarfnlly distorted "rlrin: tl"ir
Loads tilted backward, They Wor Mp ini- "rb
staNtly turned toward ", What appear 10 10
oN"rinG So absorbed do tu"N become -
thi' occupation that they hlnn ,er a ont tl'lr
thoro1guIares liz" blind p"oil". !'uln' few
sit upon mountainous projections Win what may
possibly y" tclc.copc~ pointed - III .,dH'CIon.
Efforts 10 zig nj ih'm proved nnaTah'"|
sttN n"ck~ lo-loy. But there. wac, enough %
sea 70 pay for u ltlln discomfort l. one kept
sharp watch and ayailed him"el, Of ttr 'cca-
sional opening that the clouds Afforded. AZ
n. very beginning Ot tn" cCi.i - the suG was
apparent. a pale ball before which misty cur.
tains wa we'd md f'oatcd. Presently il seemed
that ,Omething had taken "A small bite out or
the upper right hand edge Of the disc. Then
IN" cloud thiChpa"d and When nclt the sun lr-
reared dimly there was 4nit" a llttl i" of It coy,
cred 10y the moon. 50 Il went by fits and
starts until half OF ID" orb Wa Garkened, when
tho CLOUDS opened a long rift and the watcher
s Sm9 h nIl f ,%"@d i3Ga iSaal, d" ds, 81 ~ TO "n rha pain Syc cf
blindness. and h" "cr" within reach OF any
E,a,. proc"rd"d to Smok" H. seen the
clouds thtckc1"d again and there was little 10
see either with or Wlthon; g." projecting glass
for more than a Charter of an hour.
Just about the TIM" Of Ia" greatest obsclrn-
ton there was a prr'ormanCt that was better
fore. for now the hcaNir. clouds witharcw and
were succeeded by .Cnddlng rack, 'ometimes
n diaNhlnOuS I~the ihiun" ( veil. sometimes OF
~" density of wood smoke" ~ the ohscurant
mists thickenrd ard thinucd the sun paled or
suddenly aiowed forth a golden marvel amid
the gray ma-eo~. only Ia Wane again 10 the SEM
blan"' NJ a Chostly crescent. so swift were The
changes thai II seemed like Il hit of elfsh trick-
cry, a. sort Of peck a-boo game. played by,a
weird imitation Of the true CRIB Of day, and the
observer was constrained TO nv to his smoked
glass one moment Hhcn the radiance burst out
ia unb'arahle briillancy; aid Tho mex, minute To
strain his owes in order to spe the celestial
trCk-ter NJ I'LL.
This didn't last very long. Soon the. clouds
gathered ngnln and only Al the very end Of ths
eclipse was there another good view AZ no
tim" was the darkness oppressive though there
wG~ not more hEht than there would l." dcr-
!nS "a" progress Of n thunderstorm, when
the clouds We're heaviest. \ person who had
meyer heard Of such q thing a. n solar cC.,nse
would hardly have nullced Tint nm th,ur M
usual wa, GoUls on ab"y1 ua'''~ u" n,i'd
the prevailing crook of III" human NeCr. What
tow telescopes thor; were IN town whose OWN
cr~ hadn't gone L. ~" bot ni t,tll.' W"ru M
IN commission, but iho report IRON nj of th"nV
wa Of dlsappuir'nrnt i'r1f. Pncs. tho hoad
81 the HstrouomCHl department ~ CClnmrlp
myers ty, who sai. for Europe today ard
Wiz therefore not able 30 40 South for -,
occasion. rigH"d his apparatus o1 too Cf t'n
bHi N aulrtm"H' hOuS. h'i' got ohi, orn ~
~" GOOD gliInUFo~' "i the lr c"odl0rs I'D
saw noINnG Of scientific vain. |" B.u'l n
IL poltt chic l~ustt4f' orA ~ pu,' or ~
ST. ~ had t1"ir t"lr'Cuu'~ cleared iWG %, I. -,
h"l iho r"-uite ~"rr uNS' %,'ri"~'. T. ~.
VA, u brDofl'n amateur u. .~n., ~. ,r-
ran''rd h, Cut"t, VITA rlra"a. al
arpH"atjIN IN tho back ya-d oth. non, '' HS
Iial-'' IN" 7 - ~" uaf,iglrd ~, n.G ll- ,rh-
lng mt 'i"St OF u" cTtt ?" unllh6or' nod. vlInh
huu' ont Of its back widow. and r'". H.
irt'r"st'd a1yic". But Nr. VIZ, ddr {. -
the wind -'dI"1i, in"g'3srd fruIi 80 +, forts
miles an hour e,0ft. S'Ip't!y after tho 81
o. the ECLIPSE il dropped Alton niles "p Gu!r.