Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1908 — DID YOU SEE THE ECLIPSE? [ARTICLE]

DID YOU SEE THE ECLIPSE?

■V**The . annular eclipse of the sun was not very generally observed here Sunday, although at one time the face of the sun was more than a third covered by the moon, and the light from the sun ’ was very perceptibly The moon passed over the south-east quarter (we are unable to give the town rfnd range, or number of the section) of the sun’s face, and as a matter of course the farther north the point from which the eclipse was observed the less the sun’s face was covered, and the farther south the more of it was covered, until the line of totality was reached, when the moon covered the entire face of the sun. Within this line, which is a territory about 90 miles wide, can be seen the beautiful corona, which is the light waves flashing ffom the sun, and can be seen in all of its beauty, because of the darkness at the point from .which it is viewed. There will be a total eclipse of the sun in 1912 that will be visible here. The eclipse Sunday began at 8:42 and ended at 11:30 a. m, The colored gentlemen were still alive but badly frightened when last heard from, and their ultimate recovery is assured.