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.,' ,. "' .. JIIW VS TH E UP•tO•DatL G od Paper. Clear Print. Substantia SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Bindings. Low Prices. ALMANAC ELF-P~NOUNCI 0 1N U.RGlWIS Tvl>:it; -FOR- • S. TEACHERS' lN :MINION TvPa; IN EMRRAU> ~; BIBLES 1898 OVR 300 S'.tYL Edited by LANSING BURROWS, D.D. ' I In Pica Typ ; Limp and Divinity Circuit Bind I THE , ing A handy volume for daily devotional DEVOTIONAL reading in the home. Just the Bible for ) BIBLE old people. FA.1'\IL', Our P1CA, CROWN, RovAt. and GR:BAT PRI HR editions are still the acknowledged PULPIT AND tandard . The largest variety in the WM . CAREY. LODGE world. Family and Pulpit Bibles supplied BIBLES in six language . THE FO!<EIG N BOARD:-China, Italy' Brazil, Mexico, Africa, Japan. 1 TH E HOME BOARD:-Colored People, State Missions, General Work, frontier Work, Cuba. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD, AND GENERAL DENOMINATIONAL lNFORMHION. I In Pica and Emerald type . The original SELF· If.pronouncing editions. Many HARMONIZING IN TOPICS WITH MISSION CARD OF WOMAN 'S MISSIONARY UNION . PRONOU Cl 0 tyles, both in Limp and Divinity circuit bindings. PRICE , 10 CENTS SINGLE COPY ; $1.00 PER DOZEN . F'O AL Y OOKS LL R G E ALL PUBLI SHED BY THE SLJ'ND.A V SC:E--'[00L BO.ARD NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. A. OLM & CO., PHIL DELPHI , P . ECLIP ES. 1898 s ilt eclipses. thr!'e ~a~:1~l~~~!'u~t~e~ ls~~:~s according to the followin(I' THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1898. There will be, ,_,1 f tbe moon, J a u. ,, v1s1 The Jewish year -659 begins Sept. 17. ta.lie~ partial echpse o \ Eas teru. \ l~e:tt.ral. \ 7;:::: \ ,\;;;;~ The Mohammedan year 1316 begins May 22. The 123rd year of American Independence begins July 4. M -eve, 5 e"Ve, S 35 eve. 5 23 eve. 'l'he Sunday commonly called Easter occurs on April 10. l6 Beiriuning of :£c1ipse .. · · :·.: ·.:·. :: ·. ·. ·.: 7 35 ::•;; ~ ~1 ~:~::.··_J_~6~2~3~e~v~e::_._2_._:.----:--- 1'liddle of ~chpse ·· · ··::.......... 23 · . evisiblein nearly End of Eclipse. a As a partial echps th of t1'e cqua- THE EASO~S ( Washington Time). •sible ,n A111enc... f . uear aud nor 2, A total eclip:'eof the r~~;.:a~ ~~\':t~\ eclipse in central A nca Winter begins, 1 97, Dec. 21, h., 4m., morn. f E rope As ia and 1:-- d estern China, . h United States, Spring begin , 1898, March ~O, Sh., 50m., morn. ~!~ oauduin n~rthern 1~1'~ba:101:'on July 3, _iuv~s:~:: ;: :h: United States. tic Ocean. Summer begins, 1 9 , June 21, 4h., 5 lm., morn. 3. A partial fc\lR~~ of the sun July 1n' in~~s ·v isible o nly i_n ~bit~!:r~ut rising eclips d i11 the Autumn begins, 1 9 , Sept. 22, 7h., 19m., eve. 4. An annua ec 1 clipse of tbe sun, e~: ·bte in the Unite a , 5 A small parua e l n1oon Dec. 2'7,, ,s , . Winter begin , 189 , Dec. 21, 2h., 6m., eve. th --c======:=======f'=~~=--- Stiuts i~:~e~tf~~o~~itn~ lo e follo\ wi:a:~:::.· \~ral. \ l\lonntain. \ Pacific. Standards ot time, a commonly prevailing in the United States, are deter 11. M . mined by the 75th, 90th and 105th meridians. Eastern time is that of the 75th a. M , 1 • e"e. meridian, which passes very nearly through Ogdensburg, N. Y ., but for con --------------- 11, M. H3 ~S•eve. 2 4 eve. 2 58eve. - . 4 4 e'<e, 4 58 eve. ! :::: 3 42 e'<e. venience sake is generally termed ew York time. Central time is that of 42 the 90th meridian, which passes through New Orleans and a little west of ~~~~N,.!';t:t: :: :::::::::::: ::: ::: :·.·. i ~::~·. i ti~~-;. ~ ~:;::· 1~:::·. Chicago. Mountain time is that of the 105th meridian, and passes near the city l\lidd\eof ......... •::::::::·.·.-.::::... 7 ~:~~: 7 J4eve. Total ends .. · .. · .. · .. .. of Denver, Col. Pacific time is that of the meridian of San Francisco. Partial ends ..... .. .. .. In this almanac the r i ing and setting of the sun is calculated for local or PLA 'ETARY DATA. clock time, as obtains in the general field of the outhern Baptist Convention, De nsity, Ti111eof rotation Sa_tel- calculated for the latitude of Charles ton, and applying to Georl!ia, Alabama, Period of revo• the Earth be· on axis. lttes, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. There is a variation of about Distance f~om Diameter in tut.ion round ing ta.ken as the un Ill miles. the Sun, unlty, fifteen minutes between sun time on this latitude and that of Washington, Planet. millions of days 0 D. C., the sun rising about fifteen minutes later, Washington clock time. The mi\~S. DAYS, 2.21 0 phases of the moon, however, are calculated for central or New Orlean time, 87,969 225 days 3,030 224.701 o.86 n. l\t. s. as affording the best average, and it is so specified at the head of each month 36. 7,700 4.09 Mercury •· · · 67.2 23 56 in the tables. 1.00 31 22.67 2 Venus 365.25<> 0.72 54 7,91S 686.9 To change standard into local time, add four minutes to the standard time of 92.9 4,-:..JO 5 Earth . 141.5 YEARS, 0.24 9 55 each division by meridians for each degree east of such meridian, and subtract Mars ...... 11 6 10 14 24 88,000 0.13 4 four minutes for each degree west of such meridian. The variation is always 483.3 29,46 Unknown 1 Jupiter ...... 73,000 0.22 one minute of time for each quarter degree of longitude that any given place is 6.1 SU2 0.20 " Saturn•• ·· · · 31,900 164,78 distant from the nearest standard meridian. 1,7 2.1 34,800 Uranus . • • · · 2,792, Neptune .... - for United States, ]\\cx- THE PLANETS. Rates of Postage 'nion of Canada, ico end l)omew' foundland, Morning and Evening Star.-Venus will be Evening Star from Feb. 15 to save Dec. 1, and Morning Star until Feb. 15 and after Dec. 1. or fractiou thereof, 2 cts. Letters, each oun~ter than letter-earner offi· Planets Brigbtest.-Venus, Oct. 27; J upiter, March 25; Saturn, May 30; Uranus, May 22; Neptune, D ec. 15. Mercury may be visible, when brightest, ce~ r:J'c~e!~e::e~\ ~ra~ti~dd\~~~~~ ~~;- regular :Registered tette ri::, ,n on Feb. 4 and S ept. 24, rising before the sun; and on April 7 and Dec. 1, set stage thereoni 8 cts. ting after the sun. The first and last dates are unfavorable, and the others poPo stal car~s, ctd. te delivery letters, in add1- depend on good atmospheric conditions. S ial or t mn1e ,a 1 tio~~ r egular ~o~~~;; ?0 ~t!;ch two ounces or Pantphlets an ' fraction thereof. 1 ct. rs and periodicals, each EXTERIOR PLANETS. 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