The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-04
THE YEAR OF GRACE 1898.
1t Will Be a Notable One
Anniversaries and Move
able FeaStS.

The year begun on Sunday will in sew
eral ways be a prominant n in history.
First, it will witness the actual opening
of what promises to be the greatest ex-
hipition Of art aud industry ever held
anywhere. This will occur In Chicago on
May /, though the dedication already
took place last October, marking tue
actual foul hundredth anniversary OF the
discovery. The year. also, is the CEN
tenary of Pannec terrible in France, the
year of the French Revolution. when
Atheism and Communism temporarily
attained the ascendancy on that unhappy
country and gave to the world an ex nipple
and a warning which should never be
forgotten or unheeded. The third French
Republic now seems to be passing through
trials similar to those that ueset the
first, and 1898 will show whether IL will
rise above them or sink beneath their
weight, as did the first republic a ecu
fury ago. There seems at present TO be
in sight no strong man like the great
Napoleon, but no one can tell what the
womb of the future will bring forth.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-three in
the ordinary chronology is the year 264o
since the foundation of Rome "a. u CD
5652 from the creation of the world in the
J6WlSu CurouotoEy, toot III tAO nAeA-
andrian (Septuagint). 7400 according to
the Constantinopolitan chronology, 6605
in the Julian Period and 1896 according
10 Archbishop Usher. In the Moham-
medan era, Ammo Hexira, 1t is 1911, begin
ming in July, and beginning with July 4
the 117th of American Independence.
FESTIVALS AMI HOLIDAYS.
The fixed festivals aud holidays fall on
the days of the week as follows:-New
Years Day on Sunday, Epiphany, jan
uary 6. on Friday; the Conversion of st.
Paul, January 25. OF Wednesday: the
Publication OF st. Mary the Virgin. Feb
ruary 2, commonly called Candlemas
Day and popularity named Ground Hog
Day, on Thursday; st. Valentines Day.
February Il, on Tuesday; Washington's
Birthday, February %, on Wednesday;
St. Matthias Day, February "a, on Fri
day; ST. David's Day (the patron saint of
Wales. March 1, on Wednesday; ST. Pat
rick's Day (the patron saint of Ireland).
March II, ON Friday; the Aununciation
OF the B. V. M, commonly called Lady
Day, March Is. on Saturday; All Fools
Day, April l. on Saturday; st. Georges
%, ON Sunday; st. Marks Day,
April rs. on Tuesday; SIS. Philip
and James Day., May l.. on
Monday; Decoration Day. May 80. on
Tuesday: St. Barnahas's Day. June II. on
sunday; Sts John Baptist's Day (midsum-
mer), June "a, or Saturday; ST. Peters
Day, June 20. on Thursday; Independence
Day. July 4. on Tuesday; St. James the
Apostles Day, July 25. oil Tuesday; the
TRANSPORTATION, August 8. on Sunday;
St. Bartholomew's Day, August "a, on
Thursday; St. Matthew's Day, September
81, on Thursday; st. Michael and All
Angels, commonly called Michael
mas, September 20. on Friday; St.
Luke's Day, October IS, on Wednes-
day; SIS. Simon and Jude's Day, October
%. on Saturday; All Saints Day. Noveni-
Der l, on Wednesday; st. Andrews Day
(the patron saint of Scotland), November
80, GU Thurs day; St. Thomas's Day. De-
cember 81, on Thursday; Christmas Day.
December 25. on Monday; st. Stephens
Day. December 26, on Tuesday; st. John
the Evangelist's Day, December 81. on
Wednesday, and the Festival of the Holy
Innocents, December IS, on Thursday.
FIFTY-THREE SUNDAYS.
The year begins and ends on Sunday,
being one of the scarce years which con-
tain fifty-three Sundays.
The movable feasts depend on Easter.
which comes early in 1893, April 2; Palm
sunday, is the next preceding. March 26.
and Ash Wednesday on February
Is. The festival OF Mardt Gras. or Shrove
Tuesday. comedies with Sc. Valentines
Ddys ASL6u6iOA LAY Lol1o VI 4uoJ IL.
Whitsun Day on May 81 and Trinity on
May %. The first Sunday in Advent is
on December 8. There will be twenty-six
Sundays after Trinity and three after
Epiphany. Septuagesima Sunday, which
marks the close of the Christmastide fes-
tival, comes on January %.
The Jewish holidays are Purim, on
March 2: Posach. on April 1; Shebuoth.
on May 81; Yom Kippur, on September
90; Succotii, beginning on Jewish year
5652, on September IS. and Hanucah, on
December 4.
The astronomical phenomena of the
year will lot be very important or notice
able There will be only TWO eclipses.
both of the sum-. and neither one visible
in this part of the country. The first one
occ urs on April 16, aud IL total, but visi-
BILE only In South America, Afro and
the Southern hemisphere generally.
The other is an annular eclipse of the
sun on October 9, and visible only west
of Bismarck. Dak., and.then only slight
ly, the complete eclipse being visible
ouly in the Pacific Ocean.
INAUGURATION OF CLEVELAND.
The 4th of March will witness the in
auguration of a Democratic President of
the United States for the second time In
the present generation, and the English
Parliament will bring forward a Home
Rule bill for Ireland, Whether 1t will
share the fate of the Home Rule
bill in the Parliament of 1886 remains to
be seen.
An important event In 1898 will be the
transfer OF the Inman line of ocean
steamships to the American flag. The
City of New York will sail from
Liverpool for the last time in
February aud come direct to New
York. On February 25th at 1870 P.
M. she will sail from New YORK with
the American flag flying from her stern,
and proceed direct TO Southampton,
which will henceforward be the English
terminus of the voyage. Tn City of
Paris will sail from New York on March
II with the American flag waving from
her peak. Both vessels will have formal
ceremonies in raising the colors before 9
they sail. The majority of the stock in
this company has long been owned in