Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-22
ECLIPSE SATURDAY BE ONLY ONE IN
 NEXT CENTURY
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON Jan. 22.-Millions of Americans will see, son Saturday, January "A, something they probably will never see again, a total eclipse of the sun in some places and a par tial eclipse over the greater part of the United States. There will not be another in more than a century.
 Those who live within a belt 100 miles wide and 5000 miles long rang ing from northern Minnesota across northern Wisconsin and Michigan, the Great Lakes to New York, Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island, parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts will see the fam ing sun plotted out on the morning of the 24th, next Saturday. Those who live near this path across the country-a path that ends at sunset near the north of Scotland-Will see the sun shadowed in part, the extent depending on how near they live to this belt.
 In Duluth, Buffalo, New York, New Haven and many other large cities the eclipse will be total. The partial eclipse will be very large, nearly to- tai in some of the larger cities includ- ing Boston, Providence, Albany, Phil adelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Chicago. As far south as New Or leans, and as far west as St. Louis and Omaha, the partial eclipse will be large
 In most of the central states the sun will rise more or less eclipsed; but from Lake Erie eastward, all of the eclipse will take place after the sun has risen.
 In New York city the total eclipse will take place about 9:10 a. m. and the time of the greatest eclipse for most of the cities in the east that keep Standard time will vary but few minutes from that. The partial eclipse will begin about 8 o'clock in the same section and the eclipse will be over about half past ten.
 When the eclipse becomes total the brighter stars and planets appear and also the beautiful solar corona that the astronomer is so anxious to study. This is a magnificent halo of pearly light extending to a great distance from the sun and different in shape and appearance at every eclipse, says a special bulletin of the American Ma ture Association It is never visible except during a total solar eclipse and can be studied only at that time because it's light is so faint that the glare of sunlight in the daytime hides it from view. It is only when the moon comes between the sun and the earth and shuts out the light of the sun that the corona shines forth in it's wonderful beauty.
 "All those who find themselves in the path of total eclipse should look for the shadow bands,-wavy bands of light and shade that fit over the landscape and buildings just before and after the total eclipse" says the bulletin.
 They should look out for the inter esting phenomenon known as "Baily's Beads" which are seen as the thin, thread-like solar crescent breaks up into beads of light as the solar eclipse is about to begin and which are seen again just as it ends.
 Look also for the scarlet solar prominences during the total eclipse, which are flames of glowing gases of hydrogen and helium arising from the hidden surface of the moon to heights of thousands of miles and visible beyond the edge of the moon in queer forms and shapes
 "The brighter stars and planets ap- pear during the total eclipse, and even a little before and after it. The plan cts Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter, should be seen in close group some distance to the southwest of the sum- But above all else do not fail to make the most of your opportunities to ob- serve the wonderfulu and mysterious corona, which can never be seen ex- cept when the sun is totally eclipsed and which very few people have had the good fortune to sec
 Although the event of this one day dwarfs all others by comparison in the January skies, it is in midwinter that evening skies are at their best, the American Nature Association points out. There are more brilliant stars in view than at any other time of the year, sparkling more when the denser air is cold and frosty. If one could look at these stars outside the earth's atmosphere, he would find they do not sparkle at all, but shine with