Crackers and Gongs Greet Moon's Eclipse "Though moderns scoff at the superstitious fears "of the ancients, it lardly to be wondered at that, since olden times, the illiterate in China have been in awe of the phenomenon Which is now prosaically known a an "eclipse of te moon, and so.on Saturday fight, Chinese in Shanghai fred off 2 Wealth of firecrackers and beat gongs Jas the "Heavenly Dog" once again Swallowed the moon. Slowly horror turned' to satisfaction as, after Snxious "144 hours, the moon. was gain disgorged and shone on a walt= ing. "world. "Perfect weather condi: tions made the eclipse one of the meet notable of recent years, at there, was not cloud in the sky, nor the slight= fest suspicion of haze {0 mar the sight 'About 9 o'clock, the fist. shadow clearly was seen' creeping on to the fodge of the moon, and, with "slow but awesome' steadiness, it increased until not even'a thread' of the moon remained a 11.03 Firecrackers, which spasmodically had been heard all-over the city, and Ju. greatest numbers in. the native areas, increased til" their rate sounded "like machine-guns, "All hose who could brave the bitter cold of the night stood to watch the phenomenon, others. contented. themselves with running to windows {rom time {o time, Tt was not until 31 minutes rst midnight that' the moon" again peared, and well after 2 am. before the last of the shadow discernible to the naked eye had gone Discounting the dragon theory, according. to. sclentite calculations the beginning of the eclipse should have been visible generally In eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, the eastern part of the Indian Ocean. the Paciie Ocean and western North. Ameriet: find the "ending should have been Visible generally in' Europe, Africa "except the extreme western "par, the. Indian "Ocean, Australia, the western part of the Paclte Oveah, and the extreme "Northwestern part of North America, Following is a time-
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