Phases of the Moon. MOON. Venus Mars Jupiter, Saturn SUN AT NeON-MARK. MOON SOUTH. 1st Quar. Full... 211 18 ev. 11 9 6 9 ev. 3d Quar. 16 0 20 ev. New 24 2 34 ev. 6 ev. 10 54 ev. 5 57 ev. 5 45 ev. 0 8 ev. 11 56 m. 2 22 ev.l 2 10 ev. Boston; N. England, N. York 25 1 morn 2 611 54 2 48 8 14 12 10 55 2 11 11 50, 2 30 7 52 12 12 33 N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; MaryConn., N. Jersey, Penn., Ohio, land, Va.. Ky., Mo., and California. Indiana, and Illinois. SUN Mock NYORK RISES. SETS, 6LTS. SUN SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN Moos H. W. H. M. H. 5 17 M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. н. м. н. м. н. M. 7 7 304 38 11 13 3 28 7 25 4 43 11 13 5 52 7 30 4 39 morn 6 38 7 304 40 5 5 5 4 13 7 25 4 44 morn 0 13 1 13 2 16 3 23 3 19 5 21 7 155 13 morn MOON.-Perigee, 9th; apogee, 23d; on equator, 2d, 14th, 29th; highest, 9th; lowest, 22d. GIVING NAMES TO CHURCHES.-A newspaper furnishes the following item, which is entertaining and has a moral to it: "In the outskirts of an American city [Philadelphia] there is a very small Episcopal Church entitled 'The Church of St. James the Less,' but the irreverent urchins of the neighborhood call it 'The Little Jimmy.' In the neighborhood of the same city, there is a church which was largely built by the funds of an eminent American financier, who sold great quantities of Government bonds, and this church, by the irreverent, has been dubbed 'The Church of the Holy Five-Twenties."" We may add that a third church, near the center of the same city, is called on account of the striking proportions of its lofty spire, "The Church of the Holy Toothpick." A BOOKSELLER in Paris, being asked for a copy of the French Constitution, replied, "Sir, I keep no periodicals. A Table of Sixty-one Bright Stars. To ascertain when any Star or constellation 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 or set north of the latitude of New York (40° 42′ 40′′), for which latitude the semidiurnal 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. This table is arranged in the order of culmination. Surveyors and Civil Engineers may obtain the variation of the magnetic needle by observations on the Pole Star when upon the meridian, or when at its 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° 23′ 40". To find its azimuth for any latitude, take from 18.386236 the logarithmic cosine of the latitude, and the remainder is the logarithmic sine of the azimuth. Winter begins, 1867, December 22d. 1h. 31m. morning, and lasts...... .89d. Oh. 56m. 1868, March 66 1868, June 66 1868, December 21d. 7h. 20m. morning, Trop. year.....365d. 5h. 49m. New. 147 0 5 1st Quar. 211 18 ev. 11 6 ev. 10 54 ev. 7154 0 1 Full.. 9 6 9 ev. 5 57 ev. 5 45 ev. 13 2 1 morn 3 7: 3d Quar. 16 0 20 ev. 0 8 ev. 11 56 m. 19 2 6.11 54 2 48 24 2 34 ev. 2 22 ev. 2 10 ev. 25 2 11.11 50 2 30 H. M. D. H. M. H. M. 3 46 3 26 0 13 5 5 14 H. MOON SOUTH. Boston; 7 52 12 12 33 N. England, N. York N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; MaryState, Michigan, Wisconsin, Conn., N. Jersey, Penn., Ohio, land, Va.. Ky., 116., Iowa, and Oregon. SUN SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN MOON H. W. ༢ ས MOON RISES. SETS. SETS. BOSTON RISES. SETS. SETS. NYORK RISES, SETS. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. 5 7 7 304 38 11 13 5 52 7 304 39 morn 6 38 7 30 4 40 M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 4S 30 T 3 23 4 34 7 16 5 12 11 31 F 3 19 5 21 7 15 5 MOON.-Perigee, 9th; apogee, 23d; on equator, 2d, 14th, 29th; highest, 9th; lowest, 22d. Boston; N. England, N. York N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; Mary State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Conn., N.Jersey, Penn., Ohio, land, Va., Ky., Mo., SUN MOON SETS. Indiana, and Illinois. H. W. SUN SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN and California. SETS. NYORK RISES. SETS. MOON H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 3 15 6 10 7 14 5 14 3 11 7 3 7 13 5 15 3.77 59 7 12 5 16 3 26 W 1 36 2 33 6 41 5 47 COLERIDGE was descanting, in the presence of A WELL-KNOWN United States detective was Charles Lamb, upon the repulsive appearance of riding in a street car when a well-dressed pickthe oyster. "It isn't handsome, Coleridge," pocket entered. Judging from the detective's said Lamb, "but it has the advantage of you in careless manner and genteel appearance that he one thing." "What is that?" queried Cole- was a pigeon worth plucking, seated himself beridge, who, as everybody knows, was an ex-side the little man, and in a very dextrous manhaustless talker. "It knows when to shut its mouth," was the reply. A LITTLE boy asked his mother what blood relations meant. She explained that it meant near relations, etc. After thinking a moment, he said, "Then, mother, you must be the bloodiest relation I've got." ner commenced fingering his vest-pocket. The detective took hold of the soft hand of the thief, and shaking it cordially, said, "My dear friend, how do you do? I'm very sorry, but you will have to go to the other side of the car, as I haven't got a cent about me!" The pickpocket made his exit without waiting to ring the bell. Boston; N. England, N. York N. York City; Philadelphia, Washington; Mary- State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Oregon. SUN SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN MOON and California. SETS. BOSTON RISES. SETS. SETS. H. H. M. H. M. H. M. 123 1 21 5 51 6 36 5 51 0 51 6 33 5 54 morn MOON. Perigee, 6th; apogee, 18th; highest, 3d, 31st; on equator, 9th, 24th; lowest, 13th. NEWTON invited a friend to dinner and forgot A COBBLER in Essex thus announced his callIt. The friend arrived and found the philoso-ing: "Surgery performed here upon old boots or pher in a fit of abstraction. Dinner was brought up for one. The friend, without disturbing Newton, sat down and dispatched it. Newton recovered from his reverie, looked at the empty dishes, and said, "Well, really, if it wasn't for the proof before my eyes, I could have sworn that I had not yet dined." shoes, by adding of the feet, making good the legs, binding the broken, healing the wounded, mending the constitution, and supporting the body with new soles. Advice gratis." DR. HOLMES says that easy-crying widows take new husbands soonest; there is nothing like wet weather for transplanting. |