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By Berlin H. Wright, De Land, Fla.

TIDE TABLES. (From U. S. Coast Survey.)

Example: To

To find the time of high water for any place given in the table below, apply the correction opposite the place to the times of high water for its respective port given for every day on the twelve calendar pages of this Almanac. Add the correction to time of high water when it is plus, and subtract it when it is minus. find time of high water at Rockland, Me., on January 8, 1908Time of high water at Boston, January 8......... Correction for Rockland, Me. (see below)........

Time of high water at Rockland, Me., January 8.......

2 40 a. m. - 0 26

2 14 a. m.

Add 6 h. to this for the succeeding low water or subtract same for preceding low water, and apply 12 h. in the same way for the other high water of the same date.

Corrections to times of high water

at Boston for:

Eastport, Me.

Correction.

Corrections to Cor-
times of high water
rec-
at New York for: tion.
-0 35 Block Island, R. I..-1 2
-0 49] Stonington, Conn..

West Quoddy H'd, Me|
Machiasport, .Me... -0 40 New London, Conn..
Indian Harbor, Me..-0 55 Norwich, Conn....
Mt. Desert Nar., Me. -0 28 Middletown, Conn...
Bass H., Mt.D.I., Me-0 45 Hartford, Conn...
S.W. H. Mt. D. I.,Me]-0 44 Duck Island, Conn..
Rockland, Me..
-0 26 New Haven, Conn...
Oceanville, D. I., Me-0 36 Stamford, Conn..

Bangor, Me....

Boothbay, Me..

Bath, Me....

Gardiner, Me...

Augusta, Me....
Portland, Me.....

+1 12 City I., L. I. S., N.Y. 0 43 College P.,E.R., N.Y. +0 31 Flushing, E. R., N. Y. +256 Pot Cove, Ast., N. Y. +3 37 B'kwell's I. L., N. Y. 0 34 E. 41st st., N. Y. C. Portsmouth, N. H..-0 15 E. 27th st., N. Y. C. -0 20 Brooklyn, N.Y., N.Y. -0 15 B'klyn Bridge, N. Y. 0 36 E. 110th st., N. Y. C. -0 11 High Bridge, N.Y.C.

Isles of ShoalL., N. H
Newburyport, Mass..
Gloucester, Mass...
Salem, Mass..
Nahant, Mass.

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+0 49 Sea Breeze, N. J..
+1 6 New Castle, Del..
+1 47 Wilmington, Del..
+5 1 Gray's F., S. R., Pa.
+658 Phila., Wash ave.
+2 23 Trenton, N. J..
+35 Rehoboth, Del.
+3 4Ocean City, Md.
+3 7 Cape Chas. L., Va..
+3 21 Old Point Com., Va.
+3 40 Newport News, Va..
+3 2 Petersburg, Va...
+1 50 Richmond, Va....
+1 37 Yorktown, Va..
+1 23 Pt. L., P. R., Md..
+0 40 Alexandria, P. R., Va
+0 20 Wash, N. Y., D. C..
+2 6 Crisfield, C. B., Md..
+2 21 Cambridge, C.B., Md.
+0 56 Oxford, Md.
+3 7 Annapolis, Md.
+3 6 Balt., Fells Pt., Md.
+3 6 Elkton, Md...
+3 5 Pt. Dep., S. R., Md.
+2 11 Virginia Beach, Va..
+2 19 Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
Cape Lookout, N. C.
+2 39 Beaufort, N. C.....
Carolina Beach, N.C.
Wilmington, N. C... +1 47
B'nerman's B., N.C. 4 1
White Hall, N. C... 3 58
Georgetown, S. C...+1 16
Bluff Pt. W.R., S.C. + 0 21
Port Royal, S. C.... + 0 36
Beaufort, S. C..
Savannah, Ga..
Warsaw Sound, Ga..
St. Andrew S., Ga..

0 18 Kingsbridge, N.Y.C.
Boston Light, Mass. -0 18 Willets Point, N. Y.
Plymouth, Mass..... -0 09 Glen C., L.I.S., N. Y.
Wellfleet, C.C., Mass.-0 11 Oyster B.,L.I.S.,N.Y.
Provincetown, Mass.-0 1Nthpt. H., L.I.S., N.Y
Siasconset, Nant'k I +0 1|Trum. B., L.I.S.,N.Y
Nantucket H., Mass. +0 55 Sag Har.,L.I.S., N. Y.
Edgartown, Mass.... +0 44 Montauk Pt. L., N.Y.0 1
No Mans L'd I., Mass 4 6 Bellport, N. Y..
Viney'd Hav'n, Mass +0 11 Fire Isl'd Inlet, N.Y. +0 56
Falmouth, Mass.... -18 Rockaway Inlet, N. Y.-0 35
Tarpaulin Cove, Mass-3 41 Coney Island, N. Y..-0 42
Cuttyhunk L., Mass.-4 1 Tottenville, S.I., N. Y.-0 21
Woods Hole, Mass..-2 55 Fort Tom., S.I., N.Y
Bird Island L., Mass-3 43 Ossining, H.R., N.Y.
New Bedford, Mass.-3 40 Albany H., R., N.Y.
Newport, R. I..
Bristol, R. I...
Pawtuxet, R. I..
Providence, R. I..

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TIME CALCULATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF SIGNS AND ABBREVIA

TIONS.

All the calculations except the Moon's Phases, Tides and seasons are in mean local time. (See table for its conversion into Standard Time.) The Sun's rising and setting is for the upper limb and corrected for refraction. The signs used are follows: 6 conjunction or near approach, at which time a line from the North

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Star through one will also pass through the other; 8, opposition or 180° from the Sun. at which time the Superior Planets are the brightest;, quadrature or 90° from the Sun;, Sun; , Earth; 0, Mercury; 9, Venus; d, Mars; 2, Jupiter; h, Saturn; 8, Uranus; Moon lowest; Moon highest; Moon generally; . Ascending Node; U, Descending Node.

Per.-Perhelion, or nearest to Sun; opposed to Planets.
Aph.-Aphelion, or furthest from Sun; applied to Planets.
Per.-Perigee, or nearest to Earth; applied to the Moon.
So.-Southing, or Meridian Passage.

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STANDARD TIME TABLE.

To obtain standard time, add or subtract the figures given to local time.

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Division.

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City.

5 Little Rock, Ark..

Louisville, Ky...

Lynchburg, Va..

Memphis, Tenn.

Central

Milwaukee, Wis.

Central

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Mobile, Ala..

Central

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Montgomery,

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Nashville, Tenn..

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TIME STANDARDS.

The following is the table of times, based upon the meridian used by the United States and Canada:

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It is obvious that to express the time of rising and setting of the Sun and Moon in standard time would limit the usefulness of such data to the single point or place for which it was computed, while in the mean time it is practically correct for places as widely separated as the width of the continent, as already explained, and persons for which it was computed, while in the mean time it is practically correct for places making use of the table on page 4.

EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR PAGES.
Time.

All the calculations in The Tribune Almanac are based upon mean or clock time unless otherwise stated. The Sun's rising and setting are for the upper limb, corrected for parallax and refraction. In the case of the Moon no correction is needed, as in the Sun, for "parallax and refraction"; with her they are of an opposite nature and just balance each other. The figures given, therefore, are for the Moon's centre on a true horizon, such as the ocean or a large plain affords.

The calculations in each of the geographical divisions of each calendar page will apply with sufficient accuracy to all places in the contiguous North American zones indicated by the headings of the divisions. This statement is based on the fact that in the same latitude, or in the same line running due east and west, the Sun and Moon rise and set at almost the same moment of local or mean time, the difference in extremes being so slight as to be of no importance for ordinary purposes, except in the case of the Moon's rising, southing and setting, when 6m. for Pacific Coast points and 3m. for Mississippi River Valley region, including Chicago, etc., must be added, or 2m. for each hour of longitude.

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The heavy dotted lines show the arbitrary divisions of time in the United States. The plus and minus marks on either side of the meridian lines show whether it is necessary to add to or subtract from the standard time of points east or west of these lines to arrive at actual, or mean local, time. See table on page 4.

STANDARD TIME.

For the convenience of the railroads and business in general a standard of time was established by mutual agreement in 1883, and it is by this method of calculation that trains are now run and local time is regulated. In accordance with this system the United States, extending from 65° to 125° west longitude, is divided into four time sections, as shown on the map. Inside of each of these sections standard time is uniform, and the time of each section differs from that next to it by exactly one hour. If the standard time correction for any place not enumerated in the table be desired proceed as follows: Locate the place, as any one can approximately on this map, and then subdivide the hour space in which the place is until the distance in time (60m. = one space) from that meridian within whose bounds the place is located is apparent. Then add or subtract the result to mean time as the sign at the top of the map indicates. Example: What will be the standard time of sun rise July 1 at Penn Yan, N. Y.? The map does not give the lines of latitude and longitude, but most people can locate their own place in its respective State on the map with sufficient correctness. By this means I locate Penn Yan at about one-eighth of the distance between the 75th and 90th meridians and within the Eastern time zone. This will give 8m. to be added, or 4:34.

CHINESE CALENDAR.

The year 1908 corresponds nearly to the 4605th of the Chinese era, or the 45th year of the 76th cycle of 60 years, and contains 355 days.

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JEWISH OR HEBREW CALENDAR. Years 5668-9.
The year 5668 is the 6th of the 299th cycle of 19 years.
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Festival.

Rosh-Chodesh....

Begins. .Saturday, January 4, 1908 Rosh-Chodesh....Sunday-Monday, February 2-3, 1908 Rosh-Chodesh..Tuesday-Wednesday, March 3-4, 1908

Fast of Esther...

..Monday, March 16, 1908.

Purim........Tuesday-Wednesday, March 17-18, 1908

Rosh-Chodesh..

.Thursday, April 2, 1908 Thursday, April 16, 1908 .Friday-Saturday, May 1-2, 1908

First Day of Passover.
Rosh-Chodesh.

Lag B'Omer.

Thirty-third day of Omer.

1 Rosh-Chodesh.

Tuesday, May 19, 1908

.Sunday, May 31, 1908

Friday, June 5, 1908

Rosh-Chodesh.....Monday-Tuesday, June 29-30, 1908

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Thursday, July 16, 1908 Wednesday, July 29, 1908 Thursday, August 6, 1908

Rosh-Chodesh..Thursday-Friday, August 27-28, 1908

First Day of New Year. Saturday, September 26, 1908
Fast of Gedaliah..

Yom-Kippoor.

Monday, September 28, 1908
..Monday, October 5, 1908

First Day of Tabernacle. . Saturday, October 10, 1908

Hoshannah-Rabbah.

Sh'mini-Atseres.

Simchas-Torah.

.Friday, October 16, 1908 Saturday, October 17, 1908, .Sunday, October 18, 1908 Rosh-Chodesh... Sunday-Monday, October 25-26, 1908 Rosh-Chodesh.. Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 24-25, 1908 First Day of Chanukah.. Saturday, December 19, 1908 Rosh-Chodesh.....Thursday-Friday, Dec. 24-25, 1908 ERAS OF TIME.

MAHOMETAN CALENDAR-A. M. 8017.

The year 1326 is the 6th of the 44th The Gregorian year 1908 corresponds cycle of 30 years and is a common year to the following eras: of 355 days.

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Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after: First Sunday in Lent-March 11, 13 and 14: Pentecost-June 10, 12 and 13; September 14-September 16, 18 and 19; December 13-December 16, 18 and 19. Jewish Lunar Cycle.. CHURCH DAYS, FIXED AND MOVABLE FEASTS.

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Dominical Letters.

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.Jan. 25 St. George.

April 23

.Feb. 2 St. Mark.

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THE SEASONS' AND SUN'S APPARENT PATH THROUGH THE ZODIAC.

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Eastern standard time.

Dec. 22, 644 p.m., 1907.
Jan. 21, 5 20 a.m., 1908.
Feb. 19, 7 44 p.m., 1908.
Mch. 20, 7 19 p.m., 1908.
Apr. 20, 7 3 a.m., 1908.
May
21, 6 8 a.m., 1908.
June 21, 3 11 p.m., 1908.
July
23, 2 6 a.m., 1908.
Aug. 23, 8 49 a.m., 1908.
Sept. 23, 5 50 a.m., 1908.
Oct. 23, 3 49 p.m., 1908.
Nov. 22, 11 26 a.m.; 1908.
Dec. 22, 025 a.m., 1908.

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7 15 21 longer north of the Equator than south of it. This is due to the slower motion of the earth (apparent motion of the sun) when the earth is near its aphelion or furthest point of its orbit from the sun during the summer months.

Mercury will be brightest:

THE PLANETS.

(1) As an evening star east of the (2) As a morning star west of the Sun February 8-12 and October 10-15, Sun March 18-24 and November 8-15, setting about 1h. 15m. after the Sun, be- rising about 1h. 15m. before the Sun, being furthest east of the Sun Februarying furthest west of the Sun March 2713-18° and October 4-25°. 28° and November 13-19°.

Mercury will appear and disappear on the horizon not very far from the sunrise or sunset points, and the observer will be quite likely to be right in locating him when the reddest body in the vicinity where Mercury ought to be is selected. The steady red light of this planet is not mistakable for that of another planet or the twinkling light of a star.

Venus will be brightest as an evening star May 29 and as a morning star August 11. At the beginning of the year she will be an evening star and so remain until July 5, after which she will be a morning star the remainder of the year. On July 5 Venus will be in conjunction with the Sun (inferior), that is, she will pass directly between the Earth and the Sun. Venus, in the course of her orbit/ about the Sun, presents all the phases of the Moon to us of the Earth.

These phases are easily seen by the aid of a small telescope or good field, glass as in the annexed figures.

A.-Fifteen days after superior conjunction, or May 5, 1909. B.-At greatest elongation west, September 14, 1908. C.-When brightest as a morning star, August 11, 1908. D.-Just after inferior conjunction, or July 15, 1908. E.-Fifteen days before superior conjunction, April 20, 1909. F. At greatest elongation east, April 26, 1908. G.-When brightest as an evening star, May 29, 1908. H.-Just before inferior conjunction, June 25, 1908.

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The greatest difference in the apparent size of diameter of Venus in A As seen in the Morn nd E as compared with D and H is because of the vastly greater distance she is from us at her superior conjunction. When seen as a crescent, as D or H, she will be nearer to us by nearly the diameter of the Earth's orbit than when appearing as A or E. When she appears like D or H she will be only about 25,000,000 miles from us, and when like A or E she will be 160,000,000 miles distant, or about six times as far. Her apparent diameter actually increases about sixfold under these changed conditions.

Venus' Path Among the Stars.-At the beginning of the year she will be in the first part of the constellation Capricornus, and by February 15 she will have

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