ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR. 
SHORT METHOD 
For Calculating Interest. 
Multiply the principal by as many 
are days, and 
For 
4 
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5 
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hundreds as there 
Divide by 90 
72 
60 
52 
45 
40 
36 
30 
EXAMPLE — Interest on $50 for 30 days at 4%. 
50 X .30= 15.00, which divided by 90— i6| cents — the 
required result. 
FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 
Epiphany. Jan. 6 
Septuagesima Sunday.Jan. 29 
Qiiinquagesima — Shrove Sunday.Feb. 12 
Ash Wednesday.Feb. 15 
First Sunday in Lent. Feb. 19 
St. Patrick.Mar. 17 
Palm Sunday.Mar. 26 
Good Friday.Mar. 31 
Easter Sunday.April 2 
Low Sunday.April 9 
Rogation Sunday .May 7 
Ascension Day—Holy Thursday.May ii 
Pentecost — Whit Sunday .May 21 
Trinity Sunday.May 28 
Corpus Christi .June i 
St John Baptist.June 24 
Michaelmas Day.Sept. 29 
St. Andrew .Nov. 30 
First Sunday in Advent.Dec. 3 
Christmas Day .Dec. 25 
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THE SEASONS. 
Eastern Standard. Central Standard. 
Vernal Equinox, Mar. 20, 4h. m. Mar. 20, 3h. M. 
Summer Solstice, June 21, oh. m. June 20, iih. A. 
Autumnal Eguinox, Sept. 22, 2h. a. Sept. 22, ih. a. 
Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, qh. M. Dec. 21, 8h. m. 
Mountain Standard. Pacific Standard. 
Vernal Equinox, Mar. 20, ah. m. Mar. 20, ih. m. 
Summer Solstice, June 20, loh. a. June 20, qh. a. 
Aiitumnal Eqmnox, Sept. 22, oh. a. Sept. 22, iih. m. 
Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 7h. m. Dec. 21, 6h. m. 
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In the year 1893 there will be two Eclipses,—both of 
the Sun. 
I. A Total Eclipsb of the Sun, April 16. In¬ 
visible to North America. Visible to South America, the 
larger part of Africa, southern Europe, and intermediate 
Atlantic Ocean. 
II. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, October 9, 
Visible to the western halves of North and South America, 
(including the West Indies^) the extreme north-eastern tip 
of Asia, and eastern Pacific Ocean. Invisible east of a 
line drawn through Bismarck, (Dak.), Omaha, Memphis, 
and Sapelo Island, (Ga.) The path of the annulus being 
in the Pacific Ocean. Occurring, as a partial Eclipse, as 
followr: — 
Standard. 
Begins. 
Ends. 
Digits. 
Eclipsed. 
Lawrence, Kan. 
Central 
fl. M. 
2 2 a. 
H. M. 
2 41 A. 
Small, 
Galveston, Tex. 
1 56 A. 
s m A. 
2 
San Antonio, Tex. 
(( 
1 38 A. 
3 33 A. 
,3 
Austin, Tex. 
4& 
1 40 A. 
3 31 A. 
3 
New Orleans, La. 
it 
2 27 A. 
3 31 A. 
1 
Mobile, Ala.. 
4( 
2 35 A. 
3 25 A. 
1 
Pensacola, Fla. 
44 
2 37 A. 
3 25 A. 
1 
Bismarck, Dak. 
Mountain 
0 55 A. 
1 18 A. 
Slight. 
Denver, Col. 
44 
0 13 A. 
1 56 A. 
2 
Salt Lake City, Utah ,. 
44 
11 47 M. 
1 ol A. 
8 
Santa Fe, N. Mex. 
44 
0 7 A. 
2 9 a. 
3 
2 
Gallatin, Mont,. 
(4 
11 55 :sr. 
] .35 A. 
San Francisco, Cal. ... 
Pacific 
10 10 M. 
0 .W A. 
0 
Portland, Ore.. . 
44 
]0 2'} M. 
0 37 A. 
4 
Victoria, V. C. I. 
44 
10 20 M. 
0 28 A. 
3 
Los Angeles, Cal . 
44 
10 31 M. 
18 a. 
5 
San Diego, Cal . 
<4 
10 3.3 M. 
1 13 A. 
6 
Monterey, Cal . 
44 
10 22 M. 
0 o9 A. 
6 
Virginia City, Nev . 
44 
10 28 M. ' 
0 54 A. 
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MORNING AND EVENING STARS. 
Mercury will be Evening Star about March 14, July 
II, and November 5; and Morning Star about April 28, 
August 25, and December 14. 
Venus will be Morning Star till Mays; and Evening 
Star the rest of the year. 
^ Jupiter will be Evening Star till April 27; then Mom^ 
ing Star till November 18; and Evening Star again the 
rest of the year. 
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CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. 
Dominical Letter.A. 
Epact.12 
^ y or Golden Number.13 
Solar Cycle.26 
Roman Indiction . 6 
Julian Period.6606 
