EXPLANATION.-The light shading indicates the amount of moonlight each night.

, February 29, etc., are the first evenings when the new moon is visible; January 7, c., are the first evenings when the moon sets after midnight; January 15, February 13

Twilight Tavle.

(Specially computed for THE WORLD ALMANAC.)

eginning and end of twilight for the 1st, 11th and 21st days of every month , as seen on the parallels of Boston, New-York, Washington and Charleston, tion will serve equally well for all adjacent or intermediate points.

Easter Sunday.

La Texas.

MARCH 4

APRIL 6

1863-April 5.

APRIL 15

824-April 18.

1844-April 7.

1864-March 27.

1884-April 13.

825-April 3.

1845-March 23.

1865-April 16.

1885-April 5.

826-March 26.

1846-April 12.

1866-April 1.

1886-April 25.

827-April 15.

1847-April 4.

1867-April 21.

1828-April 6.

1848-April 23.

1868-April 12.

1829-April 19.

1849-April 8.

1869-March 28.

830-April 11.

1850-March 31.

1870-April 17.

1831-April 3.

1851-April 20.

1871-April 9.

1891-March 29.

832-April 22.

1852-April 11.

1872-March 31.

1892-April 17.

833-April 7.

1853-March 27.

834-March 30.

1854-April 16.

1873-April 13.
1874-April 5.

1893-April 2.

1894-March 25.

835-April 19.

1855 April 8.

1875-March 28.

1895-April 14.

1887-April 10.
1888-April 1.
1889-April 21.
1890-April 6.

836-April 3.

1856-March 23.

1876-April 16.

1896-April 5.

Tork, Nort

Tebraska, N

837-March 26,

1857-April 12,

1877-April 1.

1897-April 18.

838-April 15.

1858-April 4.

1878-April 21.

1898-April 10.

rania, R

839-March 31.

1859-April 24.

1879-April 13.

1899-April 2.

Legal Holidays in the Various States

JANUARY 1. NEW-YEAR'S DAY: In all the States
cept Delaware, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and
node-Island.

JANUARY 8. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF NEW-
ELEANS: In Louisiana.
JANUARY 19.

LEE'S BIRTHDAY: In Georgia and

rginia.
FEBRUARY 12. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY: In Illinois.
FEBRUARY 22. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY: In
1 the States except Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa,
ississippi and Vermont.

MARCH 1, 1892. MARDI-GRAS: In Alabama and
-ouisiana.

MARCH 2. ANNIVERSARY OF TEXAN INDEPENDENCE:
Texas.

MARCH 4. FIREMEN'S ANNIVERSARY: In New-Or-
ans, La.

APRIL 6, 1892. STATE ELECTION DAY: In Rhodesland.

APRIL 15, 1892. GOOD-FRIDAY: In Alabama, Loui-
iana, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

APRIL 21. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF SAN
ACINTO: In Texas.

APRIL 26. MEMORIAL DAY: In Alabama and Georgia.
MAY 10. MEMORIAL DAY: In North-Carolina.
MAY 20. ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE.
MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: In
North-Carolina.

MAY 30. DECORATION DAY: In Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New-Hampshire, New-Jersey, New-
York, North-Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn-
sylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont,
Wisconsin, Washington and Wyoming.

JUNE 3. JEFFERSON DAVIS'S BIRTHDAY: In Florida.
JULY 4. INDEPENDENCE DAY: In all the States.
JULY 24. PIONEERS' DAY: In Utah.

SEPTEMBER 5, 1892. LABOR DAY: In Colorado, Con

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sachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New-F
Jersey, New-York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Washington.
OCTOBER 31.
ADMISSION IN THE
Nevada.

NOVEMBER

GENERAL ELECTION zona, California, Florida, Idaho, I Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Neva shire, New-Jersey, New-York, North Oregon, South-Carolina, South-Dak Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and W States which hold elections in Nover tion day falls on the 8th instant.

NOVEMBER 24, 1892. THANKSGIVIN served in all the States, though in s statutory holiday.

DECEMBER 25. CHRISTMAS DAY: I and in South-Carolina the two suc addition.

Sundays and Fast Days (wheneve legal holidays in nearly all the States

ARBOR DAY is a legal holiday in Rhode Island and Wyoming, the day Governor-in Nebraska, April 22: Calif 9, and Colorado on the third Friday i

In New-Mexico there are no legal lished by statute, and in Delaware days.

Every Saturday after 12 o'clock noo: day in New-York and New-Jersey, a to September 15 in Pennsylvania.

There is no national holiday, not e of July. Congress has at various special holidays, and has recognized certain days as holidays, for commer such legislation as the Bankruptcy, no general statute on the subject. I of the President designating a day only makes it a holiday in those Stat

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Ritualistic Calendar.

OR THE ALTAR IN USE, IN THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

= Service (First Vespers) of Christmas Day to the Octave of Epiphany, inclusive (ex. yrs); on Maundy Thursday (for the celebration); from the First Service of Easter st (except on Feasts of Martyrs and Rogation Days), on Trinity Sunday, Conversion nnunciation, St. John Baptist, St. Michael, St. Luke, All Saints, Saints who are not = (Transfiguration and Dedication of Church).

ers of Pentecost to the following Saturday, First Vespers of Trinity Sunday (which
y Innocents (if on a Sunday), and Feasts of all Martyrs.

resima to Maundy Thursday (Easter Even); Advent Sunday to Christmas Eve;
in Whitsun Week), and Rogation Days; Holy Innocents (unless on Sunday).
and at funerals.

- be celebrated from Advent Sunday till 8 days after Epiphany; Septuagesima till 8 n till Trinity Sunday.

Jewish Calendar for 1892.

linary perfect year of 355 days. The year 5653 is an ordinary common year of 354

Mohammedan Calendar, 1892.

| Day

Meridian.

12

May 15

12

24

25

June 29

Aug.

12

6

12

15

30

12

Sept. 8

Oct

14

12

12 1