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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

moon. and even after three-fourths or more
of the suns light have been thus inter-
cepted, nothing peculiar is noticed by an
inexperienced observer. because this dimin-
ution OF light might equally well be the
effect OF massing clouds When, however,
the moon has advanced so far that only a
thin crescent remains of the once glorious
orb Of day, the sunlight begins to appear
of ashen color. Something unusual and un-
natural comes over the aspect of nature.
Animals become puzzled, fowls retire to
rest and all nature seems to pause in pres
ence Of the great portent. The sunlight
now diminishes rapidly, something like an
impenetrable black cloud comes earthward
over the landscape with the speed of a
cannonbal, and an instant later we are
cnveloped in darkness. The stars shine out
and in place of the suns waning crescent,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

Tribune, being entitled, in that capacity,
to the courtesy Of a telegraph frank. The
occasion of his writing his poem was in
connection with a request for renewal of
his annual pass that had expired with the
old year. We believe this effusion has not
before seen the light of print. and we
offer 1t to our readers as additional evil
dence, II any were needed, of the natural
humor in Mr.. Hays disposition, that had
already found expression in Jim Bludso''
and Little Brooches" and that was ready
at all times to find vent for the interest
or amusement of his friends.
I'd rather ride balky ass,
Or lose my hook to a big black bass
Or stand a -book-agent sass
Or dine on nothing but blue mass
or share King Nebuchadnezzar' grass,
Than carry around a last years pass
Thems my sentiments.
THE BARD OF THE MAUMEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

All scientific astronomers will have at
least one observer In their party whose
duty It will be to note the beginning and
end Of the total eclipse as we'll as OF its
partial phases with the utmost accuracy.
To render these observations Of value
to science in giving us better knowledge
Of the moons position and motion, the
latitude and longitude Of the place OF OBJ
servation must be determined by many
nights work before or after the eclipse.
There are a few astronomers who will
not observe the sun at all when II Is
totally eclpsed. but seize the advantage
offered by the darkness TO devote their
attention to other phenomena which can
be seen only during that time. The most
important of these is the discovery Of
planets called intrs-merucrial because
their orbits lie inside the orbit Of Mercury
which are always so near the sun that
its light prevents our seeing them at all
times outside Of total eclipse The ex-
istence of some of these bodies is sus-
pected, and two great astronomers claim
TO have seen them, but their observations
require confirmation.
From the above mentioned methods and
objects of observation IT is easy to under
stand the importance which astronomers
attach TO total eclipse OF the sun and
why so much expense is incurred to solve
these problems. l might add other points
but these would be too technical.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
Fig.

we see suspended in midair an enormous
black ball-the moon-the geometrical solid
ity of which is most impressive. Around
about it on all sides is that superb and
magnificent radiance called the corona,
which, like a halo Of glory about the head
of a saint, is brilliant with roseate and
scarlet light It encircles the moon like a
close ring, interspersed with pearly points
resembling carbuncles and gems. Beyond
these there issue delicate and fading fla
ments of light, like a bursting mass Of
fireworks, in the midst of which are dark
riffs and streams of light of such surpass-
ing beauty that no artists brush. no pho
tographic plate can ever portray to those
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
senator Daniels Debt to Grant.

Senator Dan1eBB DeDt 10 grant,
T AM going to tell you of an Incl
ll dent in the life of Genera
k&k Ulysses S. Grant which has never
10GH8GI appeared in print, that 1 know
49, of, but which happened to come
within my cognizance" said Senator Daniel
OF Virginia, when in Chicago. as the guest
of the Hamilton club. to a Record-Herald
writer.
Along in January or February, 1866, a
young Virginia soldier, about II or IS years
of age land want you to understand that
every boy in Virginia from Is to IA years
of age upwards was carrying arms
at the time), was instructed by his COM
mander. who was Colonel John s. Mosby,
to cross the Potomac TO a certain postofiice
in Maryland and bring him the mail. He
wanted it for the military information he
could get out of 1t.
This young man was in his full Con-
federate uniform, and, with a comrade or
two, proceeded to execute the order. He
arrived at the postoffice, and the inconven-
lent postmaster showed fight. He killed
him He got the mail and brought II and
delivered it to his commander. A short
time afterwards he was captured. He was
taken to the city Of Washington. He was
court-martialed and condemned to be shot
for murder.
At that stage of the proceedings his father
and mother whom knew well-and there
were no more respectable and reputable
people in Virginia-went to the city OF
Washington and laid the case before the
president Of the United States. Andrew
Johnson. He referred them to General
Grant.
General Grant sent for the papers and
read them over and wrote upon the back
Of them words to this effect; This young
soldier. in full uniform, obeyed the orders
Of his commander. II he had not done so
he ought to have been shot. AS he did 90
It would be murder to shoot him. He should
be instantly discharged.
And that is one reason why am here
and why am glad to pay the respect Of q
soldier to the brave, true and honorable
American soldier, Ulysses s. Grant"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
Morgan and Hls body Guard.

]. Pierpont Morgan is said 70 be attended
everywhere he goes, except on his yacht
Cesar or on special trains, by two dis
Greet detectives. Mr.. Morgan Is not aware
Of the presence Of these men and new
Officers are constantly employed in order
that he may not learn their Identity. Mr..
Morgan has several large policies on his
life. In addition so many financial inter-
ests in this country and abroad are deeply
interested in the distinguished banker s
health and freedom from accident that a
pool has been formed TO protect him In
every possible way.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

sunrise, at $40 a. m, next Wednesday
morning. N e w are the cardinal points
Of the sun. T being the uppermost point.
Unfortunately Tor us, the maximum OBJ
scuraton will occur for Omaha before sun
rise, so that when we do get to see the sun
the eclipse will be more than half over and
the moon will be we'll on it's way off the
SUMS face. However, as solar eclipses are
pretty rare, 1t will repay the reader to rise
before the sun next Wednesday and see the
day star eclipsed. II there should happen
to be some fog or haze or light smoke near
the horizon the sun may be looked at di-
rectly by the naked eye. otherwise q col
ored or smoked glass plust be used. A tele-
scope, of course, will add much to the in
terest of the observation. An excellent
method Of using a telescope is to hold a
white card a short distance beyond the eye
piece and to focus the SUMS image upon
1t. In this way many persons
may view the sun at the same time and no
dark glass need be used. IN default of a
telescope the suns image may be projected
by means of a small hole in a card, and,
more Interestingly still, by watching the
numerous images OF the eclipsed sun made
by holes or chlncks In the window blind.
Every one of these holes, which ordinarily
gives circular image Will then show the
sun as a crescent Even the small spaces
or interstices between the leaves of a tree
through which the sunlight can find its
way to the ground will form these crescent
images. So that such a large collection of
crescent images of the sun will present an
appearance well worth the inconvenience
Of early rising
If the reader can by any OF the methods
have mentioned obtain a distinct image
Of the sun he may try his hand at a real
scientific observation and note the exact
time of the end of the eclipse This will
occur for the Creighton university observa-
tory at o'clock 26 minutes and 1882 sec
onds. AS the big Union Pacific whistle
blows at o'clock exactly and is generally
correct to the second, the reader will have
a fine opportunity of obtaining the correc-
ton to his timepiece and OF thus seeing
whether the moon is on time. The moon
will leave the sun-that is. the last contact
will occur, very near the point z on Fig.
III. WILLIAM F. RIGGE,
Prof Creighton University Observatory.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
what OmahSns VIII See.

Between the lines Middle of Eclipse at
Sunrise" and Eclipse ends at Sunrise"
the sun will rise obscured to the extent
indicated by the distance OF the place
concerned from the curves which show
the even tenths OF observation. and this
observation will be on the decrease. For
example, at Omaha, the sun will rise O.56
collapsed and present the appearance shown
on figure 3.
The dotted lines marked V. VI, VII. at
the bottom of the map connect those places
at which the sun Will rise at 8, G. o'clock
central time. II eastern time is used one
hour must be added to the time indicated
and II mountain or Pacific times, one and
two hours respectively subtracted
The mark c on the line where the
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
ny Plays Important Role.

Photography Plays Important Role.
The most general method OF observin
the coming total eclipse will be to photo
graph the corona The science Of solar
eclipse photography has made considerable
advances and an amateur can scarcely
do any useful work unless he makes an
especial study of the subject and profits
by the experiences of others. Successful
eclipse photographers know thoroughly how
to regulate the aperture and the focal
length of the camera, as we'll as the
sensitizlng and backing of the plate the
time of exposure, the time and manner OF
developing, and many other details, in or
der TO bring out a desired feature of the
corona. They know that, on account of the
great inequality in the light, one plate
cannot reproduce the whole corona, but
they must either make many exposures of
variable durations and then construct a
composite photograph from all of these, or
else prepare their plate in sections for the
Individual parts of the corona 1t is to Sc
cure With immense labor and skill most
admirable photographs of the corona have
been made in former eclipses and 1t is
hoped that those Of the present eclipse will
surpass them all.
The spectroscope is the instrument from
which the most valuable information is ex-
pected. It is to determine the position
of certain green line in the spectrum
of the corona, which up to the present is
the only one that has never been identi-
fed with the line of any terrestrial sub
stance. The unknown element causing this
line is Professionally called coronium, and
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
Eclipse of the Sun Visible in Omaha August 80

may disclose its identity during this eclipse
in the same way that helium and other
substances have done in former eclipses
Photometric observations OF the corona
and Of its various parts will be another
task 10 be performed during the coming
eclipse This is done more accurately
by photography and requires a special
outfit.
The heat radiation Of the corona will
engage the attention Of other astronomers
and important information is expected on
this point from the present eclipse.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
Noted Public Man.

A unique figure is that OF Goodwin Smith
OF Toronto who was so years old the other
day. He has lived and done public service
IN the United States, Canada and England,
and enjoys a large share OF esteem ana
election in each coutry. Many years ago
he took front rank as a scholar and thinker.
A Toronto paper says OF him: In the
coutry in which for much more than a gen
GRAFTON Goodwin Smith has made his home
he has borne his full part in the fray Of
human affairs. sometimes on the winning,
sometimes on the losing side. exhibiting al
ways a rare degree Of personal force and
courage Of conviction. but never failing
also 10 manifest the patience. courtesy and
dignity that are alone consistent with real
enanence Of intellect and integrity OF
heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
ExpInuatIon Of Diagrams.

But the readers Of these pages will re-
main at home and will therefore be in
terested TO know how the eclipse will APP
pear in the United States. Here the eclipse
will only be partial and will occur near the
time Of sunrise The accompanying map,
Fig l, will give all the necessary informa-
ton. The first glance at 1t will show three
important curves. The one TO the right Is
marked Eclipse begins at sunrise" and
signifies that all those places through
which this line runs will see the eclipse
beginning at the moment the sun rises.
For all those places that are to the right
of this line the eclipse begins after sun
rise, and for all those to the left before
sunrise, that is, all these latter places will
not see the whole of the eclipse but will
miss a part OF it, owing to the fact that the
eclipse will have begun already before the
sun rises for them, the sun therefore rising
partially eclipsed.
Along the middle line marked Middle
of Eclipse at Sunrise" the sun will rise
with the maximum observation It is to
have for those places. This maximum
observation Is indicated by the numbers
and is expressed in tenths of the suns
diameter obscured, intermediate distances
being in proportion. For example, at
Cairo, Ill.,, the sun will rise with an OBJ
sourat!on OF Ob3.
The exact appearance Of the sun when
various tenths Of it's diameter are obscured
are represented in Fig II. The first circle
is the sun with the moon placed before 1t
in such a way to hide l. 2 g. T. 8, s, I, 8,
. tenths Of its diameter. the separate ap-
pearances of the sun thus eclipsed being
shown in the other figures.
The line to the left marked Eclipse ends
at Sunrise" connects all those places for
which the eclipse will end at the moment
Of SUNRISE and which will therefore Just
miss the eclipse completely. To the left
or west Of this line the eclipse will not be
visible at all.
Between the lines Eclipse begins at Sun
rise" and Middle of Eclipse at Sunrise ="
the sun will rise ecl9sed to the extent
which may be found by reference to the
curved lines marked 0, ?, 4, 6, S, which show
the even tenths of observation. The eclipse
will increase until It reaches the magnitude
shown by the other set of lines which start
from the Middle Of the Eclipse" line, run
eastward and are marked to single tenths
of observation. An example will make this
clear. At Columbus, O., the sun will rise
somewhat less than four-tenths (0SS)
eclipsed, and the observation will increase
to nearly four-tenths O.69) and, of course,
after that diminish to nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

could be known OF them until Lockyer
and Jansen in 1868 simultaneously discov-
cred method Of seeing and measuring
them apart from times of eclipse. No cor
responding method has been discovered of
photographing or seeing the corona in full
sunlight, although many and most in
genious devices have been used to that END.
Hence astronomers are forced to make use
OF every total eclipse to ascertain the suns
physical condition. They wish to know
what the corona is, what causes It, does it
change, does 1t change rapidly like the
prominences is there any causal connec-
tion between the corona and the promi-
nences or sun spots?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

Scientific Uses of Solar Eclipse.
The scientific uses to which total solar
eclipse is devoted are numerous and i'm
portant. The suns light is so intensely
brilliant that even the smallest visible por-
ton Of the solar disk blinds our eyes to its
environs. II is only when the entire disk
is covered by the moon that the suns
fainter surroundings, the prominences and
the corona become visible The promi-
nences or protuberances are those brilliant
carbuncles seen close to the lunar orb.
They are eruptions, mainly of hydrogen
gas, from the solar surface. Very little
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
John Hay. sense Of Humor.

Leslie's Weekly has received from a
source OF undoubted authenticity a copy OF
the following little rhyme by the late John
Hay, written about thirty years ago, when
he was acting as editor OF the New York
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
THE SUN WITH DIAMETER oBsCURED.
scientific Uses Of solar Eclipse.

who have not seen II the enhancing lowell
ness of that sublime phenomenon.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27
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Address: THE REV. JOHN cAVANAUdH, {. s. C.,
kOTRR DAME, INDIANA.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

Figure III, as indicated above, represents
the appearance OF the eclipsed sun as II
will be visible in Omaha at the moment of
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

Eclipse a Wonderful sight.
While the outer positions of the solar
disk are beirg obscured by the advancing
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

Eclipse begins at Sunrise" near Cape
Charles. at the mouth Of Chesapeake bay,
shows the place Of First Contact" that is
the place which is the very first on earth
to see this eclipse begin.
1t is a pity that the path of this total
eclipse should come so near to the United
States and not enter them at all, for a
total eclipse of the sun is, without excep-
ton. the most magnificent phenomenon that
It is given TO man to witness. 1t is truly
a sight that It is worth a journey
around the world to see.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

-HERE will be a total eclipse OF
the sun on next Wednesday, Au-
gust 80 It will be visible as
IfiFfblI total eclipse on a line beginning
- just north but completely out
side Of the state Of Minnesota, and run
ming across Canada and the Atlantic ocean,
over Spain, the Mediterranean and Red
seas and terminating on the south coast
Of Arabia. The greatest duration Of the total
phase will be three minutes and forty-hve
seconds fully twice as long as the duration
Of the eclipse Of May q, 1900, In the south
ern states. The total phase will this time
however, not occur anywhere within the
United States, so that our astronomers,
like those Of most European nations, will
go to Spain to observe the eclipse, and not
to Canada, because in Canada the sun will
be very low In the sky, while in Spain 1t
will be very high and the eclipse will last
longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-27

nth year, New freproof buildings. Modern
equipment. Delightful location. NumbeS
limited. Strong faculty. thorough mill:
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Col. Albert NJ. jackson. AM. President
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