The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05

cnuar. IN which the custom of adding a
introduced. provided that the additional
day should he inserted not at the End OF
the month, but SIX days earlier, forming
Martias). Hence arose the word bisscxtiie,
| which Is stu retained us the name OF the
year In which tho additional day Is In
serted though now It 10 added ut the end
or the month: The name leap year refers
| 10 tho fact that for q year after the tn
scrtion OF the additional day. each date
comes two days later In the week than
| y came the previous year. instead OF on
the following day of the week, as In ordi-
| nary years The dates may he said 10
Leap eep over day. Tho leap year contains
two weeks. According to the Julian cal
sndar a'l years are leap years which are
The true length OF the year as deter
mined by astronomers, Is ss5 days. FIVE
hourc. forty eight minutes. forty-sIx sec.
onds; The error of adding a day every
| ac,ly 1855 days ak hours long. III there
| fore eleven minutes. fourteen seconds
each year. This accumuates TO nearly
modification OF the calendar introduced
| by Gregory. In the sixteenth century. and
| which has been accented by Christian ma
| lions IN Western Europe and America,
| corrects this error of the Julian calendar
| by requiring that the century years shall
not be leap year unless divisible, by 400
leap year, hut the years 1900 and 1900
were not The year 1900 Will not be n
| leap year.
CHRONOLOGICAL ERAs.
| The year 1896 comprises the latter part
OF the 10Th and the beginning OF the
lSist year of the independence OF the
United States OF America.
1t corresponds with.
The year 5000 of the Julian period.
Tho year 7t0i-7io5 OF the byzantine era,
the year 7io5 beginning September 1.
The year 5G5G-s6JJ of the Jewish era. the
year 665' beginning at sunset on septem-
Der I.
The year ?Gi9 since the foundation of
Rome, according to Narro.
The year 2GiS since the beginning Of the
signed TO Wednesday. February %. OF the
29G1th year of the Julian period; cor-
responding In the notation Of chronolo-
gisis, to the 18th and In the notation OF
the birth of Christ
The year 26i2 Of the olympiads, or the
fourth year OF the f6Sth Olympind, he
ginning In July. II we tix the era of the
olympiada ut I16te Il, G,
The year ZOOS of the Grccinn era. or the
era OF the Sclcucidnc.
Tho year Ri2 of the era of Dioclctian
The year 2S5G Of the Japanese era and
the 18th year of the period entitled Mcju.
The year l3i3-i3li of the Muhammcdnn
era. or the era of the iiogira. the year
1914 beginning June T.
Tho first day Of january, lS@, was tie
2.it3 b6cth day since tho beginning OF the
Julian period
ECLfpSES FOR TIM YEAR 1896.
In the year 1896 there will be four cclip-
scs-two central eclpses of the sun. one
nnnuiar, tho other total. and two partial
ccllpscs of the moon.
l. An annular eclipse of the sun. Feb
ruary ~. invisible In America. The central
line of the eclipse lies wholly IN the ocean
In high southern latitudcs. The eclipae
~ partial In the South Atlantic ocean,
South Pacific ocenn. lndinn ocean, IN me
southeastern part of soHth america ana
2 partial eclipse Of The moon, Fen
ruary 2S invisible In America, hut Nis,-
BILE generally in Europe Asia and Africa;
The magnitude Of the eclipse IL o.Nl
Cnoon's diameter u.
g. total eclipse OF the sun. August ..
Invisible IN Mm,r'S Nory pns s nSTS thS
Island OF Yczo and the Pacific ocean,
The duration of the total pha%c Nnries
from minute ana IN secolds 10 minutes
and IL seconds .,.
T. A partial eclipse of the moon. August
% and 90 visible In America. inc uin"a
Of the several ,pha scs are an toi,YWs' m"un
Moon enters shadow August y. l9'gl n nv
Middle Of the eclipse August y. lnS q. M
Noon leaves shadow August ~, %S" ~, ;"
Moon leaves pcnunbrn August u, Am q.
m The magnitude of the eclipse ~ o,i5o
(moon's diameter. u.
The largest number OF eclipscs nonsihle
In amy one year IL seven, hVc OF INC sun,
two Of the moon, The least nuhp'r W
two. both of the sun.
OCCUPATIONS.
- -, ~, ....,,,,i,, ,,i, o,o,,,,a n
The moon III ''N '''''.'"' ''"''
multitude of stara each evening ana oc-
casionaily bright stars and planets. Ia
,eoe ~, ,,a,, ,,ss,s oyc,. so,no OF tho
io'" 'i'' "'V''' r,,
stars Of the PleiadcS cach month' rue
occultations which are Visible In America
occur on April H. August 3. October -
and November %. OSCILLATIONS OF Antarcs
occur each month and Of Regulus cach
month until November: Of lhcsc the
occultntions OF Rcgulus January and
February g7 are visible In America. Mcr-
curry aud Venus arc occulted twice. Mars
once and Jupitcr three times. OF thrsc.
thc oocultatlon OF Mars April and OF
jupiter July II are visible In America
,,npNftN,c AND 1 VIcNISc STARS 1916
M''''N'N' N''' '-'''''N' - 49, '.
Venus VIII be thc morning star uh'l
luly q. and evening star after that date.
,ta,.s ,,,oB tho ,uo,.,ir,, .tn, until Decem-
mars "',' Wv H
Der 10 ana evening star aiter thht datc'
Jupiter viii he morning star until jan