PLACES. May. Begins, A. M. Ends, P. M. May. Begins, A. M. Ends, P. M. н. M. H. M. H. M. H. Boston. 1 3 6 8.48 11 2 47 New York. 3 13 840 Wash' ton. 3 21 3 5 M. 96 856 847 Charleston 342 8.21 11 3 30 8 22 JANUARY 1. NEW YEAR'S DAY: In all States (including District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska), except Arkansas and Massachusetts. (In Maine a bank holiday only legally.) JANUARY 8. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS: In Louisiana. JANUARY 19. LEE'S BIRTHDAY: In Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. FEBRUARY. MARDI-GRAS: In the parish of Orleans, Louisiana. FEBRUARY 12. GEORGIA DAY: In Georgia. FEBRUARY 12. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY: In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. FEBRUARY 22. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY: In all the States, District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska. MARDI-GRAS DAY, SHROVE FEBRUARY TUESDAY: In Alabama and Florida (in counties having a carnival). MARCH. First Wednesday prior to Spring election at which Circuit Judges are elected and in counties and cities where offices are filled at Spring election in Michigan. MARCH (Third Tuesday). PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: (every Presidential year) in North Dakota. MARCH 2. ANNIVERSARY OF TEXAN INDEPENDENCE: In Texas. MARCH 4. INAUGURATION DAY: In District of Columbia in years when a President of the U. S. is inaugurated. MARCH 22. EMANCIPATION DAY: In Porto Rico. APRIL (First Monday in 1916 and every four years thereafter). PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: In Michigan. APRIL 2, 1915. GOOD FRIDAY: In Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Porto Rico, Tennessee. APRIL 12. HALIFAX INDEPENDENCE RESOLUTIONS: In North Carolina. APRIL 13. THOMAS JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY: In Alabama. PATRIOTS' DAY: in Maine and APRIL 19. Massachusetts. APRIL 21. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO: In Texas. APRIL 26. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY: In Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. MAY 10. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY In North Carolina and South Carolina. MAY (Second Friday). CONFEDERATE DAY: In Tennessee. MAY 20. ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: In North Carolina, MAY 30. DECORATION DAY: In all the States (and District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska), except Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. JUNE 3. JEFFERSON DAVIS'S BIRTHDAY: In Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas. Arkansas and South Carolina. In Louisiana, known as Confederate Memorial Day." In Virginia, in public schools. JUNE 11, KAMEHAMEHA DAY: In Ter. Hawaii, JUNE 15. PIONEER DAY: In Idaho. JUNE (Last Wednesday). PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: In North Dakota. JULY 4, INDEPENDENCE DAY: In all the States, and District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska. JULY 10. ADMISSION DAY: In Wyoming. JULY 24. PIONEERS' DAY: In Utah. JULY 25. LANDING OF AMERICAN TROOPS: Porto Rico. JULY (Fourth Saturday). PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: In Texas. SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. LABOR DAY: In all the States (and District of Columbia and Alaska). In Louisiana, observed in Orleans Parish. SEPTEMBER, PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: In Nevada and Wisconsin, First Tuesday. SEPTEMBER (Third Saturday). REGATTA DAY: In Territory of Hawaii, SEPTEMBER 9. ADMISSION DAY: In California. SEPTEMBER 12. "OLD DEFENDERS' DAY": In Baltimore, Md. OCTOBER 12. COLUMBUS DAY: In Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia. OCTOBER 18. ALASKA DAY. In Alaska. OCTOBER 31. ADMISSION DAY: In Nevada. NOVEMBER1. ALL SAINTS' DAY: In Louisiana. NOVEMBER (first Friday), PIONEER DAY: Montana, observed in public schools. In NOVEMBER 2. GENERAL ELECTION DAY: In Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, MinneDelaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, sota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hamp shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North 5.30 P. M. only), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, (from 12 M. to Rhode Island, (biennially in even years) South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, VirWyoming, in the years when elections are held ginia, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and therein. In 1915 in States holding such elections the date is November 2. NOVEMBER 25, 1915. THANKSGIVING DAY (usually the last Thursday in November): Is observed in all the States, and in the District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska, though in some States it is not a statutory holiday. DECEMBER 25. CHRISTMAS DAY: In all the States and District of Columbia, Porto Rico and Alaska, Sundays and Fast Days are legal holidays in all the States which designate them as such. There are no statutory holidays in Mississippi, but by common consent the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas are observed. In New Mexico, Washington's Birthday, Decoration Day, Labor Day, Flag Day (June 14) and Arbor Day are holidays when so designated by the Governor. In South Carolina, Thursday of Fair Week is a legal holiday. ARBOR DAY is a legal holiday in many States, although in some it is observed as designated by the Governor. Every Saturday after 12 o'clock noon is a legal holiday in California in public offices, Illinois (in cities of 200,000 or more inhabitants), Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Peunsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, the District of Columbia (for banking purposes), and in New Orleans, La., and Charleston, S. C.; in Louisiana in all cities exceeding 10,000 inhabitants; in Missouri in cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants; in Tennessee, for State and county officers, and in Colorado during June, July and August; in Indiana, first Saturday in June to last Saturday in October, inclusive, for all public offices in counties having a county-seat of 100,000 population or more; in New Hampshire in State offices. There is no national holiday, not even the Fourth of July. Congress has at various times appointed special holidays. In the second session of the Fifty-third Congress it passed an act making Labor Day a public holiday in the District of Columbia, and it has recognized the existence of certain days as holidays for commercial purposes, but, with the exception named, there is no general statute on the subject. The proclamation AUGUST 1. COLORADO DAY: In Colorado. of the President designating a day of ThanksgivAUGUST 16, BENNINGTON BATTLE DAY: In ing only makes it a legal holiday in the District Vermont. AUGUST. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: In Missouri. In Michigan (last Tuesday in August preceding every general November election). of Columbia and the Territories. TIME DIFFERENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON STANDARD (EASTERN†) TIME IN THE UNITED STATES AS COMPARED WITH THE CLOCKS IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES: 5.33 P.M. 6.56 P.M. 5.50 P.M. Liverpool. St.Pet'b'g(Petrograd) 7.01 P.M. 6.06 P.M. 2.19 A.M. At places marked the time noted is in the morning of the FOLLOWING day. EASTERN" time includes: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Charleston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, etc. "CENTRAL," which is one hour slower than Eastern time, includes: Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Omaha, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, New Orleans, Memphis, Savannah, Pensacola, Winnipeg, etc. MOUNTAIN," which is two hours slower than Eastern time, Includes: Denver, Leadville, Colorado Springs, Helena, Regina (N. W. 'F.), etc. "PACIFIC, which is three hours slower than Eastern time, includes: San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Victoria, Vancouver, Tacoma, Seattle, etc. OLD ENGLISH HOLIDAYS. THESE holidays, with their names, had their origin in medieval England when the State religion was that of the Church of Rome, and they are still observed generally or in some parts of Britain. JANUARY 6. TWELFTH DAY, or Twelfth-tide, sometimes SEPTEMBER 29. MICHAELMAS: Feast of St. Michael, the called Old Christmas Day, the same as Epiphany. The previous Archangel. Old Michaeimas is October 11. evening is Twelfth Night, with which many social rites have long been connected. FEBRUARY 2, CANDLEMAS: Festival of the Purification of the Virgin. Consecration of the lighted candles to be used in the church during the year. FEBRUARY 14. OLD CANDLEMAS: St. Valentine's Day. MARCH 25. LADY DAY: Annunciation of the Virgin. April 61s old Lady Day. JUNE 24. MIDSUMMER DAY: Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist, July 7 is old Midsummer Day. JULY 15. ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. There was an old superstition that if rain fell on this day it would continue forty days. AUGUST 1. LAMMAS DAY: Originally in England the festival of the wheat harvest. In the Church the festival of St. Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison. Old Lammas Day is August 13, NOVEMBER 1. ALL-HALLOWMAS: All-hallows, or All Saints' Day. The previous evening is All-hallow-e'en, observed by home gatherings and old-time festive rites, NOVEMBER 2. ALL SOULS' DAY Day of prayer for the souls of the dead. NOVEMBER 11. MARTINMAS: Feast of St. Martin. Old Martinmas is November 23. DECEMBER 28. CHILDERMAS: Holy Innocents' Day. Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, and Maundy presents. EARTHQUAKE AREAS OF THE EARTH. FROM Major de Montessus de Balore's catalogue of 130,000 shocks, indicating with some scientific accuracy how the symptoms of seismic activity are manifested over the earth's surface. The period of observation includes generally the last fifty years; but there is no reason to suppose that a longer time would materially affect the proportionate numbers. The most shaken countries of the world are Italy, Japan, Greece, South America (the Pacific coast), Java, Sicily, and Asia Minor. The lands most free from these convulsions are Africa, Australia, Russia, Siberia, Scandinavia, and Canada. As a rule, where earthquakes are most frequent they are most severe. But to this general statement there are exceptions-Indian shocks, though less numerous, being often very disastrous. Loss of life in many cases depends, however, on density of population rather than on the intensity of the earth movement. Numerically, also, France has registered more seismic tremors than Spain and Portugal, but France in historic times has experienced no earthquake disaster approaching the havoc wrought by the one calamity at Lisbon. THE MAGNETIC POLES. THE geographical poles of the earth are the extremities of the imaginary line passing through its centre of gravity and about which it revolves, and are therefore symmetrically located with regard to the equator. The magnetic poles, however, are not coincident with the geographical poles, nor are they diametrically opposite to each other. Prior to the recent attempt of Amundsen to determine the north magnetic pole, the only other was by Capt. James Ross in June, 1831, who found the dip, of the magnetic needle to be 89 59.5. in latitude 70° 5' 2 N. and longitude 96° 45' .8 W., which is in King William Land, Canada. The result of Amundsen's observations has not yet been published by the Norwegian authorities. The position of the south magnetic pole has been located in latitude 72° 23' S. and longitude 154 E.. by Prof. Edward David and Mr. Douglas Marson, members of Lieut. Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole, which left New Zealand on January 1, 1908. By reason of the annual variation of the magnetic needle, it is believed that the magnetic poles are not stationary, but have a slow motion around the geographical poles. The subject is shrouded in mystery and constitutes one of the many as yet unsolved problems in terrestrial physics. |