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12th Month. 



DEGEMBEB, 1905. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



First Quarter 3d 



Full Moon lid 



Oh 

 5h 



MOON'S PHASES. 



37ra 

 26m 



After. 

 After. 



Last Quarter 19d 



New Moon 25d 



6h 

 lOh 



8ra 

 3m 



Mom. 

 After, 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun 

 rises 

 h.m. 



Sun 

 sets 

 h.m. 



Moon 

 rises 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Friday 

 Saturday 



6 38 

 6 39 



10 16 

 11 13 



Habeas Corpus Act restored in U. S., 1865. 

 Monroe Doctrine first declared, 1823. 



49. First Sunday in Advent. 



Day's Length, lOh. 20m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 40 



5 



morn 



6 41 



5 



9 



6 42 



5 1 



1 2 



6 42 



5 1 



1 34 



6 43 



5 1 



2 45 



6 44 



5 1 



3 37 



6 44 



5 1 



4 29 



Crompton, inventor of spinning-mule, born 1753. 

 Successsul use of oil to calm the waves, 1882. 

 Kossuth arrived in New York, 1851. 

 Capstone of Washington Monument placed, 1884. 

 First state, Delaware, ratified Constitution, 1787. 

 Eli Whitney, inventor of cotton gin, born 1765. 

 John Milton, English poet, born 1608. 



50. Second Sunday in Advent. 



Day's Length. lOh. 16m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



1 



5 22 



1 



rises 



1 



5 57 



2 



6 47 



2 



7 41 



2 



8 38 



3 



9 38 



Treaty of Peace signed at Paris, 1898. 



Brewster, inventor of the kaleidoscope, born 1781. 



Marconi's first wireless transatlantic signal, 1901. 



Bishop PhiUips Brooks born, 1835. 



Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, born 1546. 



First 10 amendments to Constitution in force, 1791. 



"Boston Tea Party" occurred, 1773. 



■51. Third Sunday in Advent. 



Day's Length, lOh. 1 3m. 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



22 

 23 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 50 



5 



3 



10 38 



6 50 



5 



3 



11 38 



6 51 



5 



4 



morn 



6 51 



5 



4 



40 



6 52 



5 



5 



1 43 



6 52 



5 



5 



2 47 



6 52 



5 



6 



3 54 



Sir Humphrey, inventor safety lamp, born 1778. 



Thirteenth Amendment adopted, 1865. 



Parry, the famous navigator, b- rn 1790. 



Last numbar of the "Spectator" appeared, 1714. 



Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, 1620. 



First photographic exhibition in London, 1852. 



Washington resigned his commission, 1783. 



52. Fourth Sunday in Advent. 



Day's Length, lOh. 13m. 



24 I Sunday 



25 I Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 53 

 6 54 i 5 

 6 54 

 6 54 

 6 55 

 6 55 

 6 55 



5 



6 



5 1 



5 



7 



6 8 



5 



7 



sets 



5 



8 



6 59 



5 



9 



8 



5 



10 



8 59 



5 



10 



9 57 



Treaty of Peace bet. England and U. S., 1814. 



Christmas Day. 



Baron de Montyon, French philanthrop't, born 1733. 



Keppler, great astronomer, born 1571. 



Westminster Abbey dedicated, 1065. 



Gladstone, English statesman, born 1809. 



Gadsden Purchase approved, 1853. 



53. Sunday after Christmas. 



Day's Length, lOh. 15m. 



31 I Sunday 



I 6 56 I 5 11 I 10.53 I Cartier, the explorer, bOrn 1494. 



Jewish Calendar, Dec. 26 — Tebet, (year 5666.) Feast of Maccabees (Chanukah) Kisley 25, 

 December 23. Feast of Maccabees (Chanukah) lasts 8 days. 



Steckler's Death to Chicken Lice and Mites, Never Fails. 



