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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
" [[Ditto for: for]] 5 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 72
" [[Ditto for: for]] 6 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 60
" [[Ditto for: for]] 7 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 52
" [[Ditto for: for]] 8 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 45
" [[Ditto for: for]] 9 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 40
" [[Ditto for: for]] 10 " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 36
" [[Ditto for: for]] 12  " " [[Ditto for: per cent]] ... " " [[Ditto for: Divide by]] 30
  
  EXAMPLE - INTEREST on $50 for 30 days at 4%. 50 x .30 = 15.00, which divided by 90 = 16-2/3 cents - the required result.

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FESTIVALS AND FASTS.

Epiphany.....Jan. 6
Septuagesima Sunday.....Feb. 6
Quinquagesima - Shrove Sunday.....Feb. 20
Ash Wednesday.....Feb. 23
First Sunday in Lent.....Feb. 27
St. Patrick.....Mar. 17
Palm Sunday.....April 3
Good Friday.....April 8
Easter Sunday.....April 10
Low Sunday.....April 17
Rogation Sunday.....May 15
Ascension Day - Holy Thursday.....May 19
Pentecost - Whit Sunday.....May 29
Trinity Sunday.....June 5
Corpus Christi.....June 9
St John Baptist.....June 24
Michaelmas Day.....Sept. 29
First Sunday in Advent.....Nov. 27
St. Andrew.....Nov. 30
Christmas Day.....Dec. 25

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CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.

Dominical Letter.....B
Epact.....6
Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number.....7
Solar Cycle.....20
Roman Indiction.....15
Julian Period.....6600
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  In the year 1887 there will be four Eclipses; two of the Sun, and two of the Moon.

  I.  A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, February 8. Visible entire to North America and Pacific Ocean, and more or less to South America, China and Australia. Occurring as follows: -
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Moon enters Penumbra|8 3 1 M.|8 2 1 M.|8 1 1 M.
Moon enters Shadow..|8 4 14M.|8 3 14 M.|.|8 2 14 M.
Middle of Eclipse...|8 5 22 M.|8 4 22 M.|8 3 22 M.
Moon leaves Shadow..|8 6 30 M.|8 5 30 M.|8 5 43 M.
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Magnitude of Eclipse = 0.436, (Moon's diameter = 1).

  II. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, February 22.  Invisible.  Visible in part to the western coast of South America and the eastern coast of Australia, and wholly to New Zealand and South Pacific Ocean.  Being annular along a line drawn from a point south of Tasmania, passing south of New Zealand, and terminating on the western edge of Bolivia.

  III.  A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, August 3.  Invisible.  Visible more or less to the world generally, except to North America.

  IV.  A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, August 19.  Invisible.  Visible to the most of Europe, Asia and the Arctic Ocean.  Being total along a line drawn through Berlin and Konigsberg, and running just north of Moscow and Yedo.

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MORNING AND EVENING STARS.

 MERCURY will be Evening Star about March 5, July 1, and October 27; and Morning Star about April 17, August 16 and December 6.

 VENUS will be Evening Star till September 21; and Morning Star the rest of the year.

 JUPITER will be Morning Star till April 21; then Evening Star till November 8; and Morning Star again the rest of the year.
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