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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



JANUARY 19. LEE'S BIRTHDAY : In Flor- 

 ida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 and Virginia. 



FEBRUARY 12. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY : In 

 Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, 

 New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and 

 Washington (State). 



FEBRUARY 14, 1899. SPRING ELECTION 

 DAY : In Pennsylvania (from 12 o'clock noon). 



FEBRUARY 14, 1899. MARDI-GRAS : In 

 Alabama and the parish of Orleans, Louisiana. 



FEBRUARY 22. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY : 

 In all the States (including the District of Co- 

 lumbia) except Mississippi. 



MARCH 2. ANNIVERSARY OP TEXAN INDE- 

 PENDENCE : In Texas. 



MARCH 31, 1899. GOOD FRIDAY: In Ala- 

 bama, Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

 Tennessee. 



APRIL 5, 1899. STATE ELECTION DAY : 

 In Rhode Island. 



APRIL 6. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY: 

 In Louisiana. 



APRIL ip. PATRIOTS' DAY: In Massachu- 

 setts. 



APRIL 21. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE 

 OF SAN JACINTO : In Texas. 



APRIL 26. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL D,\ v : 

 In Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. 



MAY 10. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY: 

 In North Carolina and South Carolina. 



MAY 20. ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING 

 OF THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF IN- 

 DEPENDENCE : In North Carolina. 



MAY 30. DECORATION DAY: -In Arizona, 

 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

 District of Columbia, Illinois, Fndiana, Iowa, 

 Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mas- 

 sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

 Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio. 

 Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- 

 land, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Ver- 

 mont, Wisconsin, Washington, and Wyoming. 



JUNE 3. JEFFERSON DAVIS'S BIRTHDAY: 

 In Florida and Georgia. 



JULY 4. INDEPENDENCE DAY: In all the 

 States and the District of Columbia. 



JULY 24. PIONEERS' DAY : In Utah. 



AUGUST 16. BENNINGTOX BATTLE DAY: 

 In Vermont. 



SEPTEMBER 4, 1899. LABOR DAY : In Ala- 

 bama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Del- 

 aware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, 

 Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, 

 Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne- 

 sota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New 

 Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, 

 Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 

 Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, 



Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and 

 Wyoming. 



SEPTEMBER 9. ADMISSION DAY: In Cali- 

 fornia. 



NOVEMBER 1. ALL SAINTS' DAY: In 

 Louisiana. 



NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION DAY: 

 In Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indi- 

 ana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

 Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Ne- 

 vada, New Hampshire, New' Jersey, New York, 

 North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- 

 land, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennes- 

 see, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wis- 

 consin, and Wyoming, in the years when elec- 

 tions are held in these States. In 1900 the 

 date is November 6. 



NOVEMBER 25. LABOR DAY: In Louis- 

 iana. 



NOVEMBER 1900. THANKSGIVING DA vis 

 either the fourth or last Thursday in Novem- 

 ber in 1900, as the President may determine. 

 It is observed in all the States, and in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, though in some States it is 

 not a statutory holiday. 



DECEMBER 25. CHRISTMAS DAY: In all 

 the States, and in the District of Columbia. 



Sundays and Fast Days are legal holidays in 

 all the States which designate them as such. 



There are no statutory holidays in Missis- 

 sippi and Nevada, but by common consent the 

 Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christ mas 

 are observed as holidays in Mississippi. In 

 Kansas, Decoration Day, Labor Day, and 

 Washington's Birthday are the only legal hol- 

 idays by legislative enactment ; other legal hol- 

 idays are so only by common consent. In New 

 Mexico, Decoration Day, Labor Day, and Ar- 

 bor Day are holidays when so designated l>\ 

 the Governor. 



ARBOR DAY is a legal holiday in Ari/ona, 

 Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota. Wiseon- 

 sin, and Wyoming, the day being set by the 

 Governor; in Texas, February 22: in Ne- 

 braska, April 22 ; Montana, third Tuesday in 

 April; Utah, April 15; Rhode Island, first 

 Friday in May; Idaho, on Friday after May 

 1 ; Florida, February 7 : Georgia, first Friday 

 in December. 



Every Saturday after 12 o'clock noon is a 

 legal holiday in New York. New Jersey. Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the District 

 of Columbia, the city of New Orleans, and in 

 Newcastle County, Del., except in St. (ieorge's 

 Hundred ; in Louisiana and Missouri in cities 

 of 100,000 or more inhabitants; in Ohio in 

 cities of 50,000 or more inhabitants : and June 

 1 to August 31 in Denver, Col. In Connecti- 

 cut and Maine, banks close at 12 noon on Sat- 

 urdays. 



