FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 



Epiphany, J^"- ^ 



Septuagesima Sunday, • 



Quinquagesim:— Shrove Sunday, teb. 25 



Ash Wednesday, 



First Sunday in Lent, ^ 



St. Patrick, Mar. 17 



Palm Sunday, ^P^'^ ^ 



Good Friday, • ^^^'''^ ^3 



Easter Sunday, ^^P^'^^ ^5 



Low Sunday, ^^''^ 



Rotation Sunday, May 20 



Ascension Day— Holy Thursday, May 24 



Pentecost— Whit Sunday, J^^^ 3 



Trinity Sunday, J^^^ 



Corpus Christi, June 14 



St. John Baptist, J^^^^ 24 



Mich^lmas Day, Sept. 29 



St. Andrew, Nov. 30 



First Sunday in Advent, I^^c. 2 



Christmas Day, 25 



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Dominical Letter 



Epact 



Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number 



Solar Cycle 



Roman Indiction 



Julian Period 



S. 



Vernal Equinox, 

 Summer Solstice, 

 Autumnal Eqviinox, 

 Winter Solstice , . 



Vernal Equinox, . 

 Summer Solstice, 

 Autumnal Equinox, 

 Winter Solstice, , 



Eastern Standard. 



Mar. 20, 9h. A. 



June 21, 5h. A. 



Sept. 23, yh. M. 



Dec. 22, 2h. M. 



Mountain Standard. 



Mar. 20, yh. a. 



June 21, sh. a. 



Sept. 23, sh. M. 



Dec. 22, oh. M. 



Central Standard. 



Mar. 20, 8h. a. 



June 21, 4h. A. 



Sept. 23, 6h. M. 



Dec. 22, ih. M. 



Pacific Standard. 



Mar. 20, 6h. a. 



June 21, 2h. A. 



Sept. 23, 4h. u, 



Dec. 21, iih. A. 



ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR. 



In the year 1900 there will be three Eclipses,— two of the Sun anA 

 one of the Moon. 



L ^ A Total Eclipse of vhe Sun, May 28. Visible to North 

 America and northwestern corner of South America, Europe, northern 

 Africa and the North Atlantic Ocean ; the path of totality running 

 through Mexico, New Orleans, Mobile, Raleigh, Norfolk, and across to 

 Algiers, being of an average width of fifty miles. Occurring as follows : 



Boston 

 New York . 

 Charleston 

 Richmond . 

 Raleigh 

 Norfolk . . 

 Cincinnati 

 Chicago 

 St. Louis . 

 St. Paul . . 

 Nashville . 

 New Orleans 

 Galveston . 

 Atlanta . . 

 Mobile . . 

 Montgomery 

 Milledgevilie 

 JJenver . . 

 Santa Fe 

 Salt Lake City 



San Francisco 



Portland, Ore. 



Eastern 



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Central. 



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 4; . 

 it 



Mountain. 

 ii 



Pacific. 



Begins. 



Total. 



7h. 58m. M. 

 7h. 48m. M. 

 7h. 33m. M. 

 7h. 40m. M. 

 7h. S7m. M. 

 7h. 41m. M. 

 7h. 40m. M. 

 7h. 46m. M. 

 6h. 8Rm. M. 

 6h. 51m. M. 

 6h. Sfjm. M. 

 f)h.2t')m.M. 

 6h. 24m. 

 iih. 33m. M. 

 (>h. 2Sm. M. 

 6h. 30ni. M. 

 6h. 82m.M. 

 oh. 41m. M. 

 5h. o<)m. M. 

 oh. 4')m. M. 

 Just before 

 sunrise. 

 r)h. 3m.]VT. 



Ends. 



8h. 49m. M. 

 8h.o3m.M. 



7h. 32m. M. 



7h. 33m. M. 

 7h. 37m. M. 

 7h. 40m. M. 



lOh. 32m. M. 

 lOh. 2om 

 lOh. 3m. M. 

 lOh. 14m. M. 

 lOh. lOm.M. 

 lOh. 15m. M. 



9h. 4m. M. 



9h. 3m. M. 



8h. 5,1m. M. 



8h. 59m. M. 



8h. 57m. M, 



8h. 44m. M. 



8h. 38m. M. 



8h. 57m. M. 



8h.48m,M. 



8h. 53m. M. 



8h. 58m. M. 



7h. 41m. M. 



7I1. 37m. M. 



7h. 38m. M. 



Oh. 32m. M. 

 61l 35m. m. 



II. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, June 12. Visible to 

 North and South America, Spain and Africa. Occurring as follows : 





Eastern. 



Central. 



Moantain. 



Pacific. 



Moon enters Penumhra . . . 

 Moon enters Sliadow .... 



Middle of Eclipse 



Moon leaves Shadow .... 

 Moon leaves Penumbra . . . 



D. H. M. 



12 8 15 A 

 12 10 21 A 

 12 10 28 A 



12 10 32 A 



13 0 41 M 



D. H. M. 



12 7 15 A 

 12 9 21 A 

 12 9 28 A 

 12 9 32 a 

 12 11 41 A 



D. H. M. 



12 6 15 A 



12 8 24 a 

 12 8 28 A 

 12 8 32 A 

 12 10 41 A 



D. H. M. 



12 5 15 a 

 12 7 24 A 

 12 7 28 A 

 12 7 32 A 

 12 9 41 A 



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j]mb toward the east. 



Magnitude of eclipse = 0.001 (Moon's diameter = i.o). 



III. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 22. Invisible 

 to North America. Visible to southern half of Africa and to Australia. 



MORNING AND EVENING STARS. 



Mercury will be Evening Star about March 8, July 4 and October 

 29; and Mornmg Star about April 22, August 19 and December 7. 



Venus will be Evening Star till Julv 8 ; and then Morning Star 

 the rest of the year. 



Jupiter will be Morning Star till May 27; then Evening Star till 

 December 14; and then Morning Star again the rest of the year. 



