New and Valuable Tide Table for 110 Places. To find the time of high-water at any of the places Lamed in the following table, add the time indicated in the first column of figures to the time of" Moon South," or "Moon on Meridian," found in the calendar pages. If the result is more than 12 hours from noon, the time will be the next day in the morning; and if more than 12 hours from midnight, the time will be in the afternoon of the same day. The tide thus found is the first after the Moon's culmination. The second tide occurs 12 hours and 26 minutes later than the first: When the shadow cast by the Sun reaches the noon-mark, set the clock at the time given in calendar pages of this Almanac, in the column of "Sun at Noon-mark," and it will be exactly right. If a meridian line is used instead of a noon-mark, the passing the lines by the Sun's center is the moment for setting the clock. Any skillful survey or can make a noon-mark or meridian lines of small brass or copper wires. In doing so, he must allow for the variation of the magnetic needle from a true or astronomical north and south line. 20, IO 23 eve., 93 46 eve., 45 mo. Trop. year .365 4475 59 54 Easter Sunday Mar. 31 66 ..Feb. 4 Low Sunday.. April 7 66 II Rogation Sunday May 5 Ascension Day Corpus Christi ..Dec. I A Table of Sixty-one Bright Stars. To ascertain when any Star found in the following Table will be on the upper meridian, add the numbers opposite in the left-hand column of figures to the time of "Sidereal Noon" found in the calendar pages. For the RISING of a star, subtract the number opposite in the right-hand column of figures from its meridian passage. For the setting of a star, add the same number to its meridian passage. Those marked (....) revolve in a circle of perpetual apparition, and do not rise nor set north of the latitude of New York (40° 42′ 40'), for which latitude the semi-diurnal arcs are calculated. The civil day begins at midnight, and consequently 24 hours after midnight, or 12 hours from noon, is morning of the succeeding day; and more than 24 hours from noon, is evening of the next day. From 12h. to 24h. from midnight, or from Ch. to 12h. from noon, will be in the afternoon of the same day. This table is arranged in the order of culmination. Surveyors and Civil Engineers may obtain the declination of the magnetic needle by observations on the Pole Star when upon the meridian, or when at the greatest elongation east or west. POLARIS and other stars pass the lower meridian 11h. 58m. after their upper transit. To the time of upper transit of Polaris, add 5h. 54m, and it gives the time of greatest western elongation. If the 5h. 54m. be subtracted from the time of upper transit, it will give the time of greatest eastern elongation. Observations made at the time of greatest elongation are less liable to error than those made at the time of transit. The mean distance of Polaris from the pole this year is 1° 22′ 23.37". To find its azimuth for any latitude, take from 18.3795564 the logarithmic cosine of the latitude, and the remainder is the logarithmic sine of the azimuth. NOTE.-The tides may be expected highest when the Moon is in perigee, and lowest at apogee, The duration of moonlight will be greatest when the Moon is highest, and least when it is lowest. When the full Moon falls about the time of the "highest," the entire night will be lighted by the Moon. NOTE. In the table above it is to be understood that the word "near" and the character (conjunction) are synonymous, and mean that the two bodies are nearest each other at the time expressed, and that they are then on a line running from the North Pole through both bodies, and have the same right ascension. GR. ELON. means greatest elongation or greatest apparent angular distance from the SUN. STATIONARY means that the planet is then without apparent motion east or west with respect to the Stars, and is about to move in a direction contrary to that it last had. The character 8 indicates that the planet is opposite the Sun, or 180 deg., or a half circle east of it, and rises when the Sun sets, and sets when he rises. When a planet is a quarter of a circle or 90 deg. from the Sun, east or west, it is known by n. PLANETARY CHARACTERS.- Mercury, Venus, Mars, 24 Jupiter, Saturn, H Uranus, To Ascertain the Length of the Day and Night, at any time of the year, add 12 hours to the time of the Sun's setting, and from the sum subtract the time of rising, for the length of the day. Subtract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the remainder add the time of rising next morning, for the length of the night. These rules are equally true for apparent time. Leap-Year.-Every year the number of which is divisible by 4 without a remainder is a leap-year, except the last year of the century, which is a leap-year only when divisible by 400 without a remainder. Thus the year 1900 will not be a leap-year. The Asteroids. About 114 little planets, called Asteroids, have been discovered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some of them are so small that to call them worlds might seem inappropriate. But any body having an orbit, though not larger than a cannon-ball, is entitled to rank as a world. Many such may exist which will never be discovered because of their littleness. Very little asteroidal bodies are revolving around the earth, as the moon does. The aerolites, or falling stones, are really such asteroids whose orbits cross the earth's orbit, or else wind spirally inward to the earth as a center. Boston; N. England, N. York N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; Mary- Indiana, and Illinois. SUN SUN MOON HIGH SUN SUN MOON HIGH and California. SUN SUN MOON Evening Morning RISKS. SETS. RISES. WATER RISES. SETS. RISKS. WATER RISES. SETS. RISES. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 7 30 4 40 morn 6 29 7 30 4 41 0 24 7 30 4 42 1 34 6 45 7 24 4 48 7 30 4 38 10 15 3 22 7 24 4 44 10 16 v. 7 7 19 4 49 10 18 "THE CLOTHING TRADE OF NEW YORK CITY,” Among the many business houses of this city, there is none more worthy the notice or patronage of an appreciating public than the well-known firm of TRAPHAGEN, HUNTER & CO., Nos. 398, 400 & 402 Bowery, junction of Third and Fourth avenues, and nearly opposite the Seventh Regiment Armory. Their immense establishment., consisting of three five-story buildings, devoted exclusively to the manufacture and sale of Gentlemen's, Youth's, and Children's Clothing, is one of the largest in the city. The business of the above firm is conducted on the One Price Cash System, and the goods offered by them are unsurpassed in point of style, quality, &c. All their goods are marked in plain figures, the prices of which are far below Broadway rates. Full. 24 6 12 m. 6 0 m. 5 48 m. 25 5 SIDEREAL MOON SOUTH. Boston; N. England, N. York 7 19 9 59 17 19 9 33 312 14 29 4 41 12 14 7 4 7 18 9 8 4 20 12 13 20 N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; Mary- SUN SUN MOON HIGH SUN SUN MOON HIGH Evening Morning ISES. SATS. RISES, WATER and California. SUN SUN MOON RISES. SETS. RISES. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. 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