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Show st n:ti: l'mhii niiHtui.Tir.s. Kitraordlnary reparations are being made In aclenllllo circle, tor the observation ob-servation of tho t ilal irllpio of tlio suu, which occurs on April 10 neat. The places where It will be visible at. n totality bavo previously boen men tloned In the NhttM, an I It la only ntceaiary to sty now that the lutnl nary will bo wholly unottcurel li all parts ot the UulUd Btates. Tho period of totality will be sstncwhtt longer thanuiual an I llils will afford the astronomers better opportunities fir eOictlve work than they have lnJ of laioyctra. If any vagrant comets aru lying around In thu blailn ntmoi. ibcruofouraye'.eai's center, they will to a certainty, unUaion the oilier aide ot hltn or between him nud the moon, be"iotted" nud male to do aomo email aervlco lu the Uumaln of acloucu. riieea icllpite aro cauied by the moon coming between the aua an 1 thu earth at or near the former's perihelion with ua. If at aphelion, or the portion of her orbit furtheat from ui, tbu obicuratlon of thu aim Is not complete, tut a ring of light la left completely around the moon; this is ctlled an "annular"ccllpie,from tbo I.alln word nnnufus.n ring. It Is n beautiful octa clc, but us compared with n total ecllroe la almoat worthltsi for scientific pur-pen pur-pen a. Prof. I M. Hobaeberle, nn natrono. merol dlatlnctlon ennuected with tint Mount Hamilton otwervalory In California, Cali-fornia, will maknobiervatlouaof next monlh'a eclipse from an elevate I poll lion In the Andoa luounUIni In Chill. He made tbu Journey alono aa fur aa Huaaco, where heeipecttd bi employ natives to audit him. Ills Instruments weigh about a ton and as moat ot tho transportation In (bat region la by the backs nl llama-, Hie dinlmltles not toaoy dangersof thu trip muit bo evl dint. Huls equipped for a mouth's camping out, and will devote the Intervening Inter-vening tlrau to making everything aecurenudln perfect working order. I.otushoputhu weather will behave Itself on tbu occailou and the clouds will slay at home, as uudcr such circumstances cir-cumstances the ecloutlet will undoubtedly undoubt-edly (urulah sotnu valu.blo oonttlliu-lloca oonttlliu-lloca to the world of attroncuilcal study. |