The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-01-25

Days Celebrated In the United States and
Foreign ceuntries.

Foreign esustries.
Globe Democrat.
July "A, Pioneer day, is a holiday in
Utah.
Sunday is a legal holiday in all the
States.
May 10 is Memorial day In North
Carolina, and is holiday.
April 26, Memorial day, is observed
In the States of Alabama and Geor-
gia.
September 9, Admission day, is OBJ
served as a legal holiday in Cali
fornia.
March 4 is legal holiday in New
Orleans. 1t is called Fireman's day.
July 4, Independence day, is legal
holiday In all the States of the
Union.
November 25 is Labor day in LOuisi-
ana, and is a legal holiday in that
State.
In many parts of rural England
Morris dances are still popular at
Whitsuntide.
Jubilees in the Roman church were
instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. in
1900.
April q, the anniversary OF the
great battle of San Jacinto, is a Texas
holiday.
February 6, Mardi Gras, has been
made holiday in Louisiana, and also
in Alabama.
A midwinter festival was known
and observed in Europe long before
the Christian era.
In almost all countries the birth
day of the reigning sovereign is re-
garded as a popular holiday.
February II, the birthday Of Presi-
dent Lincoln, has been made legal
holiday in Illinois.
June 2, the birthday OF Jefferson
Davis, has been made legal holiday
in Florida.
Many towns in Europe have local
holidays commemorative of some i'm
pOrtant event In their history.
October 81, the day on which Ne
vada was admitted into the Union, Is
a legal holiday in that State.
Every Saturday afternoon is a legal
holiday in New York, New jersey,
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
"Thc Feast of the Supreme Being"
was holiday established by the
| French convention for June s, 1894.
| New Years day is a legal holiday
| in all the States but Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
! Fast days, whenever appointed by
the President of the United States,
are legal holidays in all the States.
The greatest celebration of the
Feast of Tabernacles was held Il. c.
1904, at the dedication Of Solom0n's
Temple.
Bank holidays in Scotland are New
Years day, Christmas day, Good Fri.
day and the first Mondays in May and
August.
The Jewish feasts, those of Taber-
nacles, Of Pentecost, of Trumpets and
Passover, were instituted by Moses,
B. 9. 1890.
The most important annual holiday
at Babylon was in honor of Bel or
Belus. 1t was celebrated with human
sacrifices.
'"Thc Feast of Fools" was name
given by the monks to the Christian
holiday which took the place of the
Saturnalia.
May 20, the anniversary of the
signing of the Mecklenburg Declara.
tion of Independence, is legal hoi.
day in North CarolinQ.
December 25, Chris Atmas day, is a
legal holiday in all the States, and in
South Carolina the wofollowing days
are also holidays.
The British and German Druids
had festival that nearly correspond
ed, in the time of its observance, tt
our Christmas season.
The burning of the yule log in Eng
land is a relic of the Scandinavian
worship Of the god Thor. his feast
was called Yule, or Yuletide.
The Emperor Napoleon made his
own birthday, August Is, a hQliadiiy holiday
IN Fralce-and faescousIy called it
le*Festiyal of St. Napoleon"
Thanksgiving day is observed in all
the States as a popular holiday