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 Oh. 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° 21' 45.24". To find its azimuth for any latitude, take from 18.8761941 the logarithmic cosine of the latitude, and the remainder is the logarithmic sine of the azimuth.

The year 5634 begins September 22, 1873, and ends September 11, 1874, and has 50 Sabbaths, and 355 days. The year 5635 begins September 12, 1874, and ends September 29, 1875, and contains 55 Sabbaths, and 383 days.

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NOTE.-In the table above it is to be understood that the word "near" and the character junction) 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 & 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 go deg. from the Sun, east or west, it is known by .

PLANETARY CHARACTERS.- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, Moon,
The above table enables us to find the planets throughout the year.

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 leapyear, 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 119 little planets, called Asteroids, have been discovered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some of them are so sinall 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.

H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. Н. М. Я. M.

Water.

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5 40 12 9 5

5 21 12 11 7

0 12 12 41

Washington; Maryland, Va., Ky., Mo., and California.

Sun Sun Moon Rises Sets. Sets.

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H. M.

H. M.

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2 147 304 42

7 38

5 15 11 33 7 304 38 6 40 10 24 7 244 44 6 33 7 17 194 19 6 26
5 11 morn 7 304 39 rises. 11 15 7 24 4 45 rises. 7 56 7 194 50 rises.
30 7 304 40 5 29 ev. 37 244 46 5 35 8 48 7 194 51 5 42
1 247 30 4 41 6 33 0 49 7 24 4 47 6 38 9 347 194 52 6 44
1 32 7 244 48 7 42 10 17 7 194 53
2 147 24 4 49 8 43 10 56 7
244 50 9 44 11 36 7 19 4 55 9 46
24 4 51 10 42 ev.17 7 194 5610 42
24 4 52 11 39 0 57 7 194 57 11 39
244 53 morn
5 42 7 234 54 0 40
6 31 7 234 55
7 29 7 234 56
8 27 7 224 57
9 25 7 224 58
7 224 59

7 18 11 18

6 39

7 215 0 7 11 sets. morn 7.215 1 sets. 0 10 7 205

3

6 43

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5

3 36

Perigée, 201

7 56 1 17 195 9 14 1 48 7 18 5 9 16 11 16 7 145 9 9 17 110 30 2 34 7 185 610 30 morn 7 135 10 10 30 311 42 3 21 7 175 811 41 0 6 7 125 12 11 39 4 morn 4 8 7 165 9 morn 0 55 7 125 13 morn 5 0 55 3 7 15 5 10 0 52 1 49 7 115 14 0 49 7 34 7 2056 2 8 6 47 155 11 2 4 2 50 7 105 15 1 59 3 32 8 29 7 195 7 3 19 7 6 7 14 5 12 3 28 9 26 7 185 9 4 28 8 12 7 135 13 3 24 10 22 7 175 10 5 31 9 14 7 125 15 3 22 11 167 165 11 6 28 10 10 7 125 16 3 17 morn 7 155 13 7 911 17 115 17 Moon Apogee, 8th;"

20th; Highest, 29th; Lowest, 16th.

64 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 exclu sively to the manufacture and sale of Gentlemen's, Youths' 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.

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77 145 14
135 15

5 26 11 43 7
6 28 ev.24 7

105 18

5 30

8 277

65 22
55 23 6 35

5 35

3 5

1 39 7 3 12 21 7 2 57 3 17 2 53 3 407 2 49 4 19 7

115 16

7 30 1 17

75 20

7 32 9 48 7

45 24 7 35

65 22
55 23 9 30 10 56 7
45 24 10 29 11 32 7
35 25 11 29 ev.11 7
25 26 morn 0 536
15 28 0 31
05 29 1 35
6 53 6 595 30 2 42
596 585 31 3 51
6 6 57 5 32 4 54
6 565 33 5 49
2 18 11 19 6 57 5 33
36 545 34 6 33
2 14 ev. 176 555 34 sets. 11 53 6 535 36 sets.

4 55

5 507

7

35 25 8 32 25 26 9 30 15 27 10 28 05 28 11 26 595 29 morn 1 42 6 585 31 0 28 2 36 6 57 5 32 1 30 3 38 6 565 33 2 36 4 436 555 34 3 44 5 516 545 35 4-47 6 53 6 535 36 5 42 7 476 525 38 6 28 8 36 6 505 39 sets.

8 10 10 10 6 485 41 8 11 9 25 10 50 6 475 42 9 24 2 9 6 48 5 41 10 39 11 37 6 465 43 10 37 2 53 6 46 5 43 11 54 morn 6 445 45 11 49 3 436 455 44 morn 0 29 6 435 46 morn 4 396 435 45 1 6 1 26 6 415 47 1 1 5 426 425 47 2 15 2 29 6 405 48 2 8 6 51 6 405 48 3 22 3 37 6 385 49 3 15 7 57 6 385 49 4 19 4 42 6 37 5 50 4 12 9 0 6 375 50 5 4 5 45 6 355 51 4 58 9 536 355 51 5 43 6 39 6 345 52 5 38

Moon Apogee, 5th; Perigee, 17th; Highest, 25th; Lowest, 12th.

FOR a funeral notice the following is not bad:
The death-angel smote Alexander McGlue,
And gave him protracted repose;
He wore a checked shirt and a number nine shoe
And he had a pink wart on his nose.

No doubt he is happier dwelling in space
Over there on the evergreen shore :

His friends are informed that his funeral
takes place

Precisely at quarter past four!

THE witty George W. Barton, of Philadelphia, was an eminent lawyer who had served a term upon the bench. Trying a case one day before a judge who was chiefly remarkable for obtuseness, he incidentally and audaciously remarked that he had often seen a great ass in judicial robes. "You speak from experience, I suppose," was the angry retort. "Not at all," replied Barton; "I am speaking directly from observation."

A GENTLEMAN may be defined as a man of unim. peachable honor and gallantry,dignified carriage, spotless reputation, a high mind and liberal views.