UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES. 



Cigar Lights, made in part of wood, wax, glass, 

 paper, or other materials, in packages contain- 

 ing twenty -five lights or less, each package... 

 Every additional twenty-five lights or part thereof, 

 1 cent more. 



Playing Cards, for and upon every pack, not ex- 

 ceeding fifty-two cards in number, irrespective 

 of price or value 



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§3r The indiscriminate use of all kinds of stamps (except 

 postage or proprietary) is permitted, care being taken to affix a 

 stamp or stamps of the proper amount. 



Documents made in any foreign country, to be used in the 

 United States, shall pay the same duty as when made here. 



Powers of Attorney, or other papers relating to applications 

 for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, require no stamp j 

 neither do indorsement of negotiable instrument, nor any war- 

 rant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond 

 or note shall be stamped ; and whenever any bond or note shall 

 be secured by mortgage, but one stamp duty is required, pro- 

 vided the stamp duty placed thereon is the highest rate required 

 for said instrument, or either of them. 



The person using or affixing the stamp or stamps, shall write 

 thereupon the initials of his name and the date upon which the 

 same shall be attached or used, under a penalty of $50 ; or they 

 may be otherwise eauccled as the Commissioner may prescribe. 



Violations of Stamp Duties will Kfc puuished as the law directs. 



THE LENGTH OF DAYS. 



At San Francisco the longest day has 14£ hours ; at 

 Boston, 15 j; at Berlin and London, 1S&; at Stockholm 

 and Upsal, 16|; at Hamburg, Dantzie, and Stettiu, 17, 

 and the shortest 7. At St. Petersburg and Tobolsk the 

 longest day has 19, and the shortest 5 hours. At Bornea, 

 in Finland, the longest day has 21£, and the shortest 2£ 

 hours. At Wandcrbus, in Norway, the day lasts from the 

 21st of May to the 22d of duly, without interruption; and 

 at Spitsbergen, the longest day is 3.V months. 



THE SEASONS. 



Vernal Equinox March 2^th, lh. 49m. a.m. 



Summer Solstice Juno 20th, lOh. 24m. p.m. 



Autumnal Equinox Sept. 22d, Oh. 45m. p.m. 



Winter Solstice Dec. 21st, 6h. 45m. a.m. 



ECLIPSES IN THE YEAB 1872. 



In the year 1372, there will be four Eclipses, two of tho 

 Sun, and two of the Moon. 



I,— A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, May 22d, the last 

 phase only of which will be visible to tho eastern coast 

 of North America, as follows : 

 Moon leaves Penumbra, New York, 8h. 31m. p.m. 

 " " " Boston, 8h. <Uaa. p.m. 



At Chicago, the Eclipse will be invisible. 

 II.— An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, June 6th, invisible 



to North America. Visible to Asia. 

 III.— A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, November 14th 

 and 15th, visible as follows : 



PHASES. [NEW YORK. 



boston. 



CHICAGO. 



Day. h m 



Day. h »i 



Day. h vi 



Moon enters Penumbra' 14 10 6 A. 



14 10 18 a. 



14 9 11 A. 



Moon enters Shadow. . . ; 15 6 m. 



15 018 m. 



14 11 11 A. 



Middle of Eclipse j 15 23 m. 



15 35 m. 



14 11 2!) a. 



Moon leaves Shadow. . . ; 15 41 M. 



15 53 m. 



14 11 47 a. 



Moon leaves Penumbra 15 241m, 



15 2 53 m. 



15 1 47 M. 



IV.— A Total Eclipse of the Sun, November 30th, invis- 

 ible to North America. Visible to southern part of 

 South America ami South Tacific Ocean. 



MORNING AND EVENING STARS. 



Venos will be Morning Star until July 16th, and Evening 

 Star the rest of the year. 



Jupitek will be Morning Star until January 15th, then 

 Evening Star until August 2d, and Morning Star the rest 

 of the year. 



FASTS AND FEASTS OF THE CHURCH. 



Epiphany, Jan. 0. 



Septuagesima Sund, u 28. 

 Shrove Sunday. . . . Feb, 11. 

 Ash Wednesday.... " 14. 

 First Sund. in Lent. " 18. 

 Valm Sunday.. ..Mar .24. 



flood Friday , ■' 29. 



Easter Sunday,.... " 81. 



.April 7. 

 .May 5. 



Low Sunday ... . 

 ltogation Sunday 



Ascension Day " 



WhitSunday.. ..... lt 



Trinity Sunday " 



Corpus Christi " 



Advent Sunday Bee 



Christinas Day '' 



CHBONOIOGICAIj cycles. 



Dominical Letters G.F. 



Epact 20. 



Lunar Cycle. , . . , 11 ■ 



| Solar Cycle 5. 



Roman Indiction. , . ■ ■ 15. 

 Julian Period Q585. 



