The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-06-08
NATURES MOVING PICTURE
The Coming Eclipse Saturday Afternoon
A a Red Gross Show


long range gun will be on the street,
mounted for action, with the inten-
ton of bombarding "Old SOL" by
shooting eyeballs at him until he
hides behind the moon, and it won't
be long before the Kaiser will be
asking for the loan of the moon, but
he wouldn't act fair with God even.
He would want to keep it. as some
here at home do with your Ratchet.
The bore of the gun is small but
the range is great. 1t is capable of
throwing eyeballs ninety three mill
ions of miles by day and billions upon
billions of miles by night.
No charge will be made for the
use of the telescope. but a little Red
Cross Sister will be in attendance
and for any donation you may drop
into her little contribution box she
will thank you. She will thank you
in the name of the brave boys nov
in the trenches and they who are yet
to go. She will thank you in the
name of the sick and wounded in the
hospitals lover there" in the name
of their kind-hearted nurses, wearing
crowns of mercy. set with jewels of
patriotism and gems of love, in the
name of mothers, sisters and sweet
hearts at home, and in the name of
humanity,
Please bear in mind that you are
not giving to a street astronomer,
but to the noblest order ever known
to man. Do not allow yourself to
think the Red Cross a graft. with
members appropriating money to
their own comfort and luxury. If
you have such thoughts, for the love
of God store them way back in the
waste chambers of your own Uranium
where they may perish from lack of
ventilation. Do not pollute our pure
mountain atmosphere by allowing
them vocal vibration.
The telescope is a delicate instru-
ment to handle even under the most
favorable circumstances. 1t is not
suited for crowds, but only for pri-
vate parties of ten or twelve people.
Still. with rigid rules and discipline.
it may be used fairly successful with
crowds. 1t will be absolutely neces-
sary for you to form in line and take
your peep in turn. without pushing
and jamming each other. Gentlemen
should remove their hats or tip them
back before looking. Personally.
the ''optic gunner admires ladies
without hats. He admits 70years of
prejudice. Claims he never had
money enough to support two peo-
pie who wear hats, and now thinks
ladies as well as gentlemen should
tip their hats to the telescope. A
hat brim often knocks the glass out
of line and causes delay in bringing
the object back into the field of view.
Do not take hold of the instrument,
but steady yourself on the support
provided for that purpose. Do not
hold the glass long at a time. A
peep of a few seconds is just as good
as one of minutes. You will not be
confined to one peep, but can have
as many as you care to earn by COM
ing up the line as often as you wish.
A short peep every five or ten min
utes during the eclipse will give you
all the phases of this great show of
nature. The above rules are deemed
fair for all. Kindly comply and |
trust all will go we'll.
Later on, when the nights are not
so cold and conditions r right. with
no contribution box in sight. | want
to show you a most beautiful sun
cluster in the constellation C~assiopeia.
1t is more than 60 billions of miles
from Eureka, and yet. Eureka is on
the map" So is the sun cluster if
you a read the map. When you
have seen this great field of light |
am quite sure you will be pleased to
think you live so close to such mag
nificent grandeur.
Its one of the many places | expect