ECLIPSE OF MOON
VISIBLE IN NOME
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Only two planets are well situated
for observation during January. Ju
piter is nearly in the same position
as during December, being the
brightest object in the sky directly
south east in the evening twilight
and passing the meridian 6.52 p. m.
on Jan. 1.
Saturn is in Cancer and has a
slight retrograde movement during
the month. It is easily identified by
its proximity to the Twin stars, be
ing directly below and in a straight
line with the bright stars Castor
and Pollux. It passes the meridian
1:17 a. m. on Jan 2.
Venus is still visible at daybreak,
but is getting closer to the sun and
will soon be lost in its rays, going
to superior conjunction.
Mars is too close to the sun to be
visible.
During the month the sun rises
from South Declination 23 deg. 05
min. on Jan. 1 to S.. Decl. 17 deg.
20 min. on Feb 1. On Jan. 1 the
sun rises 9:56 a. m. and sets 2:14
p. m., and on Feb. 1 it rises 8:43 a
m. and sets 3:48 p. m. It will thus
be seen that the day increases ra
pidly in length, the increase being
2 hours 47 min. ,
The moon’s phases are as follows:
Full Moon, Jan 7, 8:42 p. m.; Last
Quarter, Jan. 16, 12:42 a. m.; New
Moon, Jan. 22, 8:40 p. m.; First
Quarter, Jan. 29, 2:02 p. m. On Jan.
1 the moon is in conjuction, or pas
ses the meridian at the same time,
as Jupiter, the planet being south
7 deg., and on Jan. 8 it passes close
to Saturn, being only 58 min. south
of it.
In 1917 there will be 7 eclipses,
4 of the sun and 3 of the moon, the
greatest number that can occur in
any one year. Of these only 3 are
visible at Nome, a total eclipse of
the moon on Jan. 7, a partial eclipse
of the sun Jun. 18-19 and a total
eclipse fo the moon on Dec. 27.
The eclipse on Jan. 7 can be seen
to great advantage at Nome, since
it occurs in the early part of the
evening. The beginning and ending
are as follows, expressed in 165th
Meridian time, which is, or should
be, the time used in Nome.
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The Nonpareil
The Big Store With Little Prices
A Merry Xmas
and
Happy New Year
To Ail
FRESH
STRAWBERRIES, (RAPES,
CELERY, (RAPE FRUIT
CRANBERRIES
ETC. ETC.
Thorulf Lehmann
we cm
That the same care
should be taken in
measuring the right
quantities of water and
Coffee as it does in por
tioning the right propor
tions of flour and bak
ing Powder.
IT TAKES
One Third
LESS
of Our Coffee to make a
good cup of Coffee.
IT GOES FURTHER—
IT COSTS LESS.
WHY NOT USE.
POLETS FRESH ROASTED
COFFEES.
GERMANS DRIVE RACK
FRENCH COUNTERS VERDUN
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—All French at
tempts to regain their lost positions
in the Verdun sector have failed.
They made several attacks on Satur
day all of which were repulsed with
heavy loss. The French attach great
importance to the German gains
which are really located in the very
heart of the most strategic position
on that section of the Verdun front.
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—The British are
getting active along the Somme
front where they have relieved the
French of a considerable portion ot
the battle line.
Moon enters shadow, eclipse be
gins, 6:50 p. m., Jan. 7. Total
eclipse begins 8:00 p. m. Middle ot
eclipse 8:44 p. m., Total eclipse ends
9:29 p. m. Moon leaves shadow,
eclipse ends 10:38 p. m.
The magnitude of the eclipse if
1.369 (Moon’s diameter equal to
one). The first point of contact ot
the shadow, or where it first com
mences to darken, is nearly E. S. E.
on the moon’s disk, and the last con
tact due west. The time of totality
is seen to be 1 hour 29 minutes,
while a central eclipse, that is, when
the moon passes symmetrically
through the shadow, may be total
for 2 hours.
As is well known, a lunar eclipse
can only occur when the sun, the
earth and the moon are in a
straight line, with the earth in the
center. It can only occur at full
moon, and then only when the three
bodies are in the same plane. One
can understand this better by imag
ining the earth, the sun and the
moon to float in the sea. But the
moon’s path round the earth is in
dined to this plane about 5 degrese,
so that it is only once in a while it
is in the same plane at new or
full. In the former case we have a
sun eclipse, in the latter case a moon
eclipse. All opaque bodies upon
which light falls throw a shadow,
and it is the shadow of the earth,
upon which the sunlight falls, which
is seen reflected on the moon. In
most cases the moon is not totally
darkened owing to the refraction ot
light through the earth’s atmos
phere. JOHN A. WILSON.
HINTS ON COMFORT.
To look well you must feel well.
Clothes help you to look well, if
they are made to order and fit well,
repaired well, cleaned well and well
pressed.. Therefore you will feel
well.
M. PASCOFF.
Ladies and Gent’s Tailor does it all
well.
All work guaranteed
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FRUITS & YEGETADLES
12 DIFFERENT BRANDS TO SELECT FROM
You pay twenty five cents for one can. Then you may select
one can from the remaining eleven brands.
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