The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
NIT HiRU ~ THE I(IIPSE.
Thirsty Men Talk Astronomy and Make
Ohscr, aitOns Through Glasses.

IUITh'N wen AIN MANY
Ohscr, a,tOns Through Glasses.
When Jack. the negro iani1or, went into
the Ralph avenue saloon in Brooklyn. he
found Bross. the barber, explaining. 10
Kuh-neo- kamp. the boss, just what all
eclipse meant.
II was almost midnight. Salvo. the
bootblnck wa. asleep in the cor ner. Three
tired lct'ercarriers, having completed
their DAYS work. were nj the end of the
bar purchasing postage stamps with
fro'h on
Ata'able in the rear room old Constant
Reader was slipping beer from glass held
in his left hand. while with his right he
steaded newspaper file
Pnochlo Pete and his pal, O'Donovan.
were making the lunch counter look lik"
, subway section of Fourth avenue on a
rainy day. They had tunnclled the cheese
and were hois'ng the scrap material with
both hands when they heard the barber
say
Sure. a eclipse ia dor shadow from der
moon across der earth's eliptical."
yer kissing like a senseless goose.
chmed in O'Donovan. backing from the
bologna dish TO spear n hunk of bread
NO matter how high thing is If goose
passes under il tn goosell duck his head
Ard you're duckinR under III moon
Il guess know when talk, roared the
barber. his voic" awakening ev"rylh'ih o.,
mar Siuinper"n IN 'ne pa nh, a. ~,
ready for battle. he continued; When a
boy ON school | learned ecip-es. Mebb"
you tlnk didn studlee grammar.
Achps"s ann grammar. e"naiHeu
ODonovan Are they, Peter, ,;uo i
No, ahs"er"d r'''' '"i>'' y
geometry -, - H.. .a
Constant Reader laid down ms papers
and adjusted his spectacies IN ne h'"i'e''
toward the bar do
The Iettercarrlers ordered up ano,her W.
livery ana moNeh nearer 70 me nalp
Echp-es com" under ,he hedh 81 sae
ronomy, SAID one OF me cariNIS' ~
eclipse am IN" same an tIr ,iine, , aus
some OF them are what YOU eau t"'a,e'I'is'
and such a. that lh"y ohly come ohI" Il,
thirty years, while W" nave 'ie o'n'i'
every three or four months.
"Dey only come When der observatory
discovers dem in der kenescope' reinafh"o
the barber.
i always believed is tan would fhll on
und den W have sign OF var chi'hed ia
kuh -nee-kamp
We're not lnlkln' about comets, sa''
- bonovan. W"f" diScu-Sln a'nlNe9
Pardon me, gentlemen, remarked ,on
slant Reader, a. he Joined the crowd Par1
don me, gentlemen, nuf can pr"papiy ah''
something TO what mas been SAID on 'n,,
subject. When | was at vienna Nv"
years -
We didn't ask you 70 speech sonnet ing
interrupted the barber. We are disgusting
| It among ourself. We are not trying 70
| learn sonnet ing which We understand; w
| know it,"
Constant Reader showed his Indignation
| by going 10 the other end OF the har ana
| ordering drink for himself. 90
| How far did We disgust der echpse'
| continued Bross.
YEN have to az the man in the moon
| that quest ion " replied Pete. Il think none
| of YOU know what an eclipse is. What do
| you think about il Hennorv?"
| We'll" said kuh-nee kamp, 1T Ia when
| somebody init a spy glass sees between
| der moon what va cant see when il Amt
| come ont on der almanac"
What is they anyhow" inquired Jack.
| DO do clouds shove de moon around like
| dem ere football plavers' | heerd bout
| dom ere 'clipses when I were down in
| tieogi' pickin' cotton. Dev's hard luck.
| dew is, Do dev hab dem in Italv, Salvo?"
Nav" said the boot black; -dey make a
| do too much trouh' We gotta NOT Ikea
| da, W" gotta nlan,' earhoT,ako."
| "Let us hear what his whiskers has ter
saw about il =" remarked Pete, motionn z
| 10 Constant Reader
| As I was going to saw gentlemen re-
marked Constan, IL is simply the ohscuring
| of one celestial body nv anot her.
| who killed dem Chinamans?" inquired
Kuh-nes-kamp.
| What Chinanen9- asked Constant
| He names celestial bodies like those
| in the slIy. explained O'Donovan. ~We're
| not talking about Chink corp-os-
| "Ycs- continued Constant And in
| speaking of the lunar eclipse limits want
! 10 tell Won gentlemen thai they are some
| VIVA, wider than those for solar eclipsas il
| pentImbral lunar oclipses be counted. II
| Z s.iI a. raIne,nbe, I'm, in everv neriod
| of u 40 hInations there nrn on an averapn
| 4O72 solar rclipses and c0ia lunar eclipses
| besides an penumhrai hinar eclinses-
| or in other words p2I lunar eclinses in :
| Guiding peuumhral ones
| 1 guess don't gwoep no sa,y,iust on dat
mans shoes no mo when | clean up de
| fnor ybisnered Jock
He smarta man, be Pres Unite State
some day." said tn, boo, black