The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18
THE ALMANAC IN
EVERY HOME
Pecos Valley Will Advocate
Annexation to Texas.
TENDERFooT's DOPE

There are some signs of the near
approach Of the change of the calen.
dar that never fails, aud that pecu.
liarly American institution. The Alma.
mac. IL now bringing the fact home TO
US that II IN only little while until
we must conform ourselves TO a new
condition Of times. or rather to a fresh
phase of Il. the year 1910. They are
now, and the average American house.
hold has at least one on u nail IN
the kitchen where 1t eau he gotten
ut handy, for information for the
year to come. No other nation has
the almanac habit like we have. and
some Of thcm are really scholarly com.
pilatiOns. even though they are used
to keep constantly before the people
the virtues Of somebody Lung Holster
and Liver Rcstoicr. Invariably they
arc absolutely dependable.
The veiy general reliability Of the
almanac ~ all other things has made
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"cies should he so frequently di-prov.
rn and generally repudiaied. Leaving
out the meteorological information and
patent medicine advertisements offer.
ed there il no truer or more depcnda
BILE booa than the almanac. Did you
ever sit up ill li:is watching for the
first faint shadow Of the earth = shnd.
Ow to creep onto the penumbra Of the
moon aud wonder IL the event was
really going 10 occur at the exact min.
ute 1t was prophcsied in the almanac :
The yellow backed pamphlet was vim.
dicated every time. There IN no in.
stance on record where it failed, bar
ring a typographical error and alma
nae makers are very careful to see
ths, no such mistake occurs in this
very exact data they hand ou, yearly
to the public free gratis.
-Four Eclipses.
But the real interest in IA. almanac
perhaps han to do with astronomical
data, eclipses of the sun aud moon, ,
morning aud evening stars, new aud
full moon, etc. The year 1910, accord.
ing to the new almanacs will have
four sclipses, two OF which, both total
to people. The phenomena Of n total
eclipse Of the sun, however, which oc'
ours this year will not he visible er'
cept in Australia and vicinity, and 1t
In not likely that any of our people
will care TO journey ~ Australia for
anything short Of u prize fight The
oclipses given in the books are enum'
Grated as follows:
ECLwsEs, 1910.
IA total eclipse of the sun May
sth invisible here but visible IN Aus
tralia aud large area around that
continent.
IA total eclipse OF the moon May
23rd cath, visible here. the beginning
visible generally IN southwest Europe
the central aud western parts of
Africa, South America North America,
excepting Alaska, and the South PA
cafe ocean; the ending visible gcncr
ally in South America, North America
except Alaska aud the central aud
southern Pacific ocean.
llI.--A partial eclipse Of the sun,
November LIST. invisible here, visible
To u large area Of the North Pacific,
parts of japan, Eastern Siberia and
exereme Western Alaska.
IVA total eclipse Of the moon,
November 10th, visible here the he
ginning visible generally in Europe,
Africa, central and western Asia,
South America and eastern North
America: the ending visible generally
In Europe, Africa, western Asia, North
and South America,
The hrst Of the tive .otal eclipscs OF
the moon visible here in timed exquis
itely for convenient observance, but
the latter one will be visible in this
city aud vicinity only during the latter
part of the cclip G, owing to the fact
that the moon is partly observed he
fore II rises, getting above the hori'
aon at $40 p. M, while the eclipse be
gins at 3;46. 1t is Of interest to note
the hours at which the various stages
Of these two eelipses take place.
II. NJ.
Moon enters penumbra, ..s 32 pm
Moon enters shadow ....,,s 40 pm
Total eclipse begins. .......ll pm
Middle of the eclipse ,....ll - pm
Total eclipse ends, o am