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SHORT METHOD
FOR CALCULATING INTEREST.
Multiply the principal by as many hundreds as there
are days, and
For 4 per cent..................... Divide by 90
" 5 " " ...................... " " 72
" 6 " " ...................... " " 60
" 7 " " ...................... " " 52
" 8 " " ...................... " " 45
" 9 " " ...................... " " 40
" 10 " " ..................... " " 36
" 12 " " ..................... " " 30
EXAMPLE—INTEREST on $50 for 30 days at 4%.
50 x .30 = 15.00, which divided by 90 = 16⅔ cents—the
required result.
FESTIVALS AND FASTS.
Epiphany ................... Jan. 6
Septuagesima Sunday ........ Jan. 29
Quinquagesima—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 11
Pentecost—Whit Sunday ...... May 21
Trinity Sunday ............ May 28
Corpus Christi ............. June 1
St. John Baptist ........... June 24
Michelmas Day ............. Sept. 29
St. Andrew ............... Nov. 30
First Sunday in Advent ...... Dec. 3
Christmas Day ............. Dec. 25
THE SEASONS.
Eastern Standard.
Vernal Equinox, Mar. 20, 4h. M.
Summer Solstice, June 21, oh. M.
Autumnal Equinox, Sept. 22, 2h. A.
Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 9h. M.
Central Standard.
Mar. 20, 3h. M.
June 20, 11h. A.
Sept. 22, 1h. A.
Dec. 21, 8h. M.
Mountain Standard.
Mar. 20, 2h. M.
June 20, 10h. A.
Sept. 22, oh. A.
Dec. 21, 7h. M.
Pacific Standard.
Mar. 20, 1h. M.
June 20, 9h. A.
Sept. 22, 11h. M.
Dec. 21, 6h. M.
ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR.
In the year 1893 there will be two Eclipses,—both of
the Sun.
I. A TOTAL ECLIPSE 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
follows:—
Standard.
Central
Mountain
Pacific
Begins.
H. M.
2 2 A.
1 56 A.
1 38 A.
1 40 A.
2 27 A.
2 35 A.
2 37 A.
0 55 A.
0 13 A.
11 47 M.
0 7 A.
11 55 M.
10 19 M.
10 25 M.
10 31 M.
10 33 M.
10 22 M.
10 29 M.
Ends.
H. M.
2 41 A.
3 36 A.
3 33 A.
3 31 A.
3 31 A.
3 25 A.
3 25 A.
1 18 A.
1 56 A.
1 51 A.
2 9 A.
1 35 A.
0 55 A.
0 37 A.
1 8 A.
1 13 A.
0 59 A.
0 54 A.
Digits.
Eclipsed.
Small.
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
Slight.
2
3
3
3
2
4
3
5
6
6
5
MORNING AND EVENING STARS.
MERCURY will be Evening Star about March 14, July
11, and November 5; and Morning Star about April 28,
August 25, and December 14.
VENUS will be Morning Star till May 2; and Evening
Star the rest of the year.
JUPITER will be Evening Star till April 27; then Morn-
ing Star till November 18; and Evening Star again the
rest of the year.
CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.
Dominical Letter ............... A.
Epect .......................... 12
Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number .. 13
Solar Cycle .................... 26
Roman Indiction ............... 6
Julian Period ................... 6606