Show THE ECLIPSE those who are interested in astronomical subjects are informed by an eminent astronomer that the last solar eclipse of any consequence during the remainder of this century will take place lace in april next the date is dual C being ing 1516 15 16 because at the point of first contact it will be late on t he and the last contact will occur at another point on the day following the interest which utah people might at first feel in the phenomenon will be sensibly diminished by the further information that it will be wholly invisible to north america not even a segment of the sun being overcast north of the tropic of cancer or say ce central mexico the path of totality begins away out in the south pa cine ocean a few hundred miles west week of the chilean coast crosses that cou country n and south america in a direction north of east and emerges at the town of ceara en the brazilian coast as the center of the path whence it proceeds to the coast in africa numerous observations will be taken and a much better opportunity will be afforded for this purpose than usual as the period of ef totality will be si as long in places as an aj 4 minutes the grand eclipse of january 1 which was waa total throughout the country to the northwest and northeast of us and which was observed and reported on near pocatello by a special messenger of the NEWS lasted but little over a minute but it was a celestial splendor while it did last an additional advantage to scientific investigation this year will be the sunspot maxima which will be on at that time W an inferior eclipse will take place on the ath of next october this will be visible only at the pacific coast line as a partial eclipse and nowhere during the whole of the phenomenon will it amount to more than what is known as an annu annular laVA that is the moon will be in RD aphelion helion or at its furthest point from u us s and by thus diminishing in apparent size will not completely cover the suns face leaving a complete golden ring around its opaque body this to is a very pretty spectacle when viewed with a protected eye but it no more compares in magnificence with a total eclipse than the tinted spray of a cataract compares with a full developed rainbow |