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Show 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= 163 cents the required result. FESTIVALS AND FASTS. Epiphany Jan. 6 Septuagesima Sunday Feb. 2 Quinquagesima Shrove Sunday Feb. 16 Ash Wednesday Feb 19 First Sunday in Lent Feb. 23 St. Patrick Mar. 17 Palm Sunday Mar. 29 Good Friday April 3 Easter Sunday April 5 Low Sunday April 12 (Rogation Sunday May 10 Ascension DayHoly Thursday May 14 Pentecost Whit Sunday May 24 Trinity Sunday May 31 Corpus Christi June 4 St John Baptist June 24 Michaelmas Day Sept. 29 First Sunday in Advent Nov. 29 St. Andrew Nov. 30 Christmas Day Dec. 25 THE SEASONS. Eastern Standard. Central Standard. Vernal Equinox Mar. 19, 9h. A. Mar. 19, 8h. A. Summer Solstice June 20, 5h. A. June 20, 4H. A. Autumnal Equinox..Sept. 22, 8h. M. Sept. 22, 7K M.. Winter Solstice. .. .Dec. 21, 2h M. Dec. 21, 1h. M. Mountain Standard. Pacific. Standard. Vernal Equinox.... Mar. 19, 7h. A Mar. 19, 6h. A. Summer Solstice June 20, 3I1. A. June 20, 2h. A. Autumnal Equinox. .Sept. 22, 6h. M. Sept. 22, 5h. M Winter Solstice Dec. 21, oh. M. Dec. 20, 11h. A. ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR. IN the year 1896 there will be four Eclipses,two of the SUN and two of the MOON. I. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, February 13. Invisible to North America. Visible to the south-eastern coast of South America, southern Africa, and the South Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. The line of Annulus passing through the Antarctic Ocean. II. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, February 28. Invisible to North America. Visible entire to Europe, Asia and Africa; and in part to Australia, the eastern extremity of South America, and the Atlantic Ocean. III. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, August 9. Invisible to North America, exclusive of Alaska. Visible to the Arctic regions, eastern Europe, the northern half of Asia, including China and Japan, and the western portion of the North Pacific Ocean. The line of totality running through Nova Zembla, and Yesso, Japan. IV. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, August 22-23. Visible entire to North and South America; and in part to the western extremities of Europe and Africa, to eastern Australia, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Occurring as follows: First contact of shadow, 79 degrees from south point of the Moon's limb towards the east. Magnitude of Eclipse = 0.735, (Moon's diameter = 1.) MORNING AND EVENING STARS. MERCURY will be Evening Star about January 23, May 16, and September 13; and Morning Star about March 5, July 3, and October 24. VENUS will be Morning Star till July 9; and then Evening Star the rest of the year. JUPITER will be Morning Star till January 24; then Evening Star till August 11; and then Morning Star again the rest of the year. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. Dominical Letters E. D. Epact 15 Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number 16 Solar Cycle 1 Roman Indiction 9 Julian Period 6609 |
