The Butte inter mountain., 1902-10-16
THAT WILL BE THE BEST PLACE TO
WITNESS THE TOTAL ECLIPSE
OF THE MOON TONIGHT.
MAYBE THE LOVERS WILL
NOT ENJOY THE DARKNESS
Luna Is Due to Go Into Mourning at
1919 and the Effect, Witnessed from
Some Lofty Point viii Be Edifyino
in the Extreme, Especially If She Is
Leaning on Your Manly Breast.


the clouds clear away, Butte will repose
in the shade OF the obscured moon. The
total eclipse of Miss Luna is scheduled
for this section of the country at 1910
p. M. and will last just one hour and
70 minutes by the clock, according to
the calculations Of the expert star gazers.
Todays eclipse will be visible in all
parts of North and South America, New
Zealand and parts OF western Europe.
Scientists pay little attention to these
1unary phenomena nowadays, because they
are OF such frequent occurrence and there
is very little additional information to be
gained from them. OF course, all of the
glasses will be trained OH the silvcry orb,
but most OF the observers will be laymen
and the curious
A curious phenomenon, sometimes ac-
companying an eclipse, is the so-called
SHADOW bands" These are bands Of light
and shade, usually wavy, which play about
over landscape and can sometimes be
seen with great distinctness against the
walls OF houses. The effect is like that
produced by the reflection of the sun frors
lake gently stirred by breeze. Some
times these bands do not appear at all ana
then again at times they are not wavy.
What Causes Them.
No one has been able to establish the
exact cause for them. Some say that they
are due to the unequal re fraction Of the
slender pencil Of light from the waxing
and waning crescent. One noticeable fact
about these waves is that they seldom
fail to inspire people with awe. To
some they appear rapid and nervous, while
others see them as stately and dignifed.
Strang to say, few people sec the shadow
of these lights as the same color. Some
describe it as black, to others it appears
as a round ball of darkness with an
orange yellow border. Some see it as
as purple and brown.
The best effect of the rush Of the
shadow can only be gained from an
emnence. where one can look out over
the country and see the approaching OBJ
scurity envelope all. There is no bet
ter place in the country hereabouts than
the summit OF the big butte, from which
one could get an excellent impression Of
the whole phenomenon. Here one can
get magnificent notion of the speed
and majesty of the onward rush of the
shadow.
Exceptionally Weird.
Some of the effects of an eclipse have
been known to be exceptionally weird
and uncanny, on man and beast alike. An
unnatural chill frequetly comes into the
air People get nervous and excited,
while children cling to their mothers with
fright. Birds futter about i'll consterna-
tion while cows stop chewing their cud
and sniff the air as If fearing an ap-
preaching storm. Beasts of prey growl
ferociously and attack human beings bold
ly. Peculiar electrical condition are oc-
casioned by the sudden change of light
and heat and these are perhaps respon-
sible for the excitability of man and
beast. Dogs run to their masters whin-
ing piteously. Ignorant people become
superstitious and fear some great calamity.
At Pekin on January 20, 1883, at the be-
ginning of an eclipse, an uproar occurred
like that heard in our Chinatown on New
Years day. The mandarins ordered the
drums to be beaten in order to put to
fight the celestial dragon which they
thought was swallowing the moon. At an
other time frenzicd negro in this country
thought that the world was coming to an
end and in his excitement he killed his
wife, three children and himself during the
eclipse.
When It Is Due.
Tonights eclipse being total, it will give
all persons interested an ample opportunity
to see the phenomenon. The following
schedule for this observation in this west
ern country, as announced from the OBJ
servatory at Washington, isl
Mountain Pacific
d. h. m. d. h. M
Moon enters Pc
numbra .....I6 8 rpm I6 2 rpm
Moon enters
shadow :. ...I6 I7pm I6 8 rpm
Total eclipse
begins -. ..,I6 10 Iopm I6 9 I9pm
Middle of
eclipse. :. 10 II 3pm I6 10 3pm
Total eclipse
ends :. :. 40 II 48pm I6 10 4Spm
Moon leaves
shadow ;. ....I7 5oam I6 II sopm
Moon leaves Pc