ECLIPSES FOR 1880. There will be six Eclipses this year, four of the SUN and two of the MOON. I. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Jan. 11, visible in the western part of the United States, and the Northern Pacific Ocean. II. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, June 22, partly visible in the Western part of the United States; visible in the Pacific Ocean. III. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, July 7, invisible in the United States; visible in South America and the Southern Atlantic Ocean. IV. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Dec. 1, invisible in the United States; visible in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. V. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, Dec. 16, invisible in the United States; visible in the Pacific Ocean and Eastern Asia. VI. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Dec. 31, partly visible in the United Boston, Mass., 9h. 13m. A. M. New Haven, Conn., 9h. 2m. A. M. Bangor, Me., 9h. 30m. A. M. Dominical Letters, D, C Epact, 18 Solar Cycle, 13 Venus will be Morning Star till July 13, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Mars will be Evening Star till Oct. 25, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Evening Star till March 15, Morning Star till Oct. 6, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Evening Star till April 7, Morning Star till Oct. 18, then Evening Star the rest of the year. MERCURY. The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1880, will be about March 10, July 5, and The Sun. DOThe Moon. Mercury. Q Venus. Neptune. NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS. d Conjunction, or in the same degree. 8 Opposition, or 180 degrees. Juno. Pallas. Ceres. Sextile, 60 degrees. Quartile, 90 degrees. Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node. A Trine, 120 degrees. COLLEGES, PROFESSIONAL, AND NORMAL SCHOOLS IN NEW ENG. (Corrected Sept. 1879.) Colleges. BATES, LEWISTON, ME.-3 tms. Beg. 2d Tue. Jan., 2d Tue. Apr., 3d Tue. Aug. -Com., Th. aft. last Wed. June. (1878.) BOWDOIN, BRUNSWICK, ME. - Com., 2d Thurs. July. Vac., 11 w. from Com.; 2 w. at Christmas; 1 w. in spring. COLBY UNIVER., WATERVILLE, ME.Com., 4th Wed. Jul; vac. 5 w. fm Com., 10 w. fm last Wed. Nov. 1, w. fm last W. Áp. MAINE WESLEYAN SEM. AND FEMALE COLL., KENT'S HILL, ME. - Three terms 13 w. each. Beg. 3d Mon. Aug.; 1st Mon. Dec.; 2d Mon. March. DARTMOUTH, AT HANOVER, N. H.Com, last Th. June; vac. 9 weeks after. N. H. CONF. SEMINARY AND FEMALE COLLEGE, TILTON, N. H.-Terms beg. Mar. 17, Aug. 25, and Dec. 1. MIDDLEBURY, MIDDLEBURY, VT.Tms. beg. Sept. 11, '79,Jan. 8, Apr. 8, '80. NORWICH UNIVERSITY, NORTHFIELD, VT. 3 terms. Begin Sep. 4, '79; Jan. 1, April 8, 1880. Com. July 1. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, AND STATE AGRICULT. COLLEGE, AT BURLINGTON. -Com., last Wed. June. Vac. from Com. 10 w.; from Wed. before Christmas 2 w., and 2 w. from close of spring term. VERMONT METH. SEMINARY AND FEMALE COLLEGE, MONTPELIER, VT.3 tms, beg. Mar. 11, Aug. 26, and Dec. 2. AMHERST, AMHERST, MASS.-3 tms. Begin Jan. 8, Apr. 15, and Sept. 9. BOSTON COLLEGE, BOSTON, MASS.Two tms. Beg. 1st Mon. Sep. and Feb. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MASS. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS.-3 tms, 1st beg. Sept. 16, '80; 2d beg. Jan. 6, '81; 3d beg. Mar. 26, 81. COLLEGE OF MUSIC, -2 tms, 20 w. each; 1st begins Sept. 10, '80; 2d beg. Feb. 6, '81. SCHOOL OF ALL SCIENCES. Post-grad. dep't. Tms same as in Coll. of Lib. Arts. COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, WORCESTER, MASs. — Year begins 1st Wed. Sept., ends last Thurs. June. HARVARD, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-Acad. yr. beg Th. after last Wed. Sep., ends at Com., last Wed. June; rec. 23 Dec. to Jan. 2, inc., and fr. Wed. bef. Fast to Tu. af., inc. MASS. COLL. OF PHARMACY, BOSTON, MASS.-Year begins Oct. 13, 1879. SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MS. (For Women.)-Acad. year beg. 2d Th. Sept., ends 3d Wed. June. 3 terms. TUFTS COLL., COLLEGE HILL, MASS. -A single tm of 39 w. Begins Sept. 18, 1879; Com. June 17, 1880. Vac. 13 w. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY, MASS. (For Women.) Examination for admission Sept. 4, 1879. YALE, NEW HAVEN, CONN.-Com. Th. aft. last Wed. June. Vac., 11 w. fm Com. 1st tm. 14 w., vac. 3 w. ; 2d term till Com. with recess at Easter. SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS, (YALE COLL.) — Beg. Oct. 1, and ends May 31. Theological Schools. THEO. SEM., BANGOR, ME. (Or. Cong.) -Anniversary 1st Wed. June; vac. 15 w. from anniv. Exam. for entrance Sept. 16. THEOL. DEPARTMENT, BATES COLL., LEWISTON, ME. - Year same as College. VT. EPIS. INSTITUTE, BURLINGTON, VT. - Acad. yr. 42 w. fm. 1st Wed. in Sept. THEO. SEM. (Ortho. Cong.), ANDOVER, MASS. No returns received. BOSTON UNIVER. SCHOOL OF THEOL. (Method.). -Year beg. Sept. 16, 1880. NEW CHURCH THEO. SCH., WALTHAM, MASS. (Swedenborg.).—Yr. beg. Oct. 7. EPISCOPAL THEO. SCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-Year beg. 4th Wed. in Sept.; ends 3d Wed. in June. NEWTON THEO. INST., NEWTON CENTRE, MASS. (Bapt.)- Ann., 2d Wed. Jun. Vac. fm ann. to 2d Tu. Se., and 1 w. in Feb. DIVINITY SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIV. -Year is same as that of Harvard Coll. TUFTS COLLEGE DIV. SCHOOL, COLLEGE HILL, MASS. (Univ.) School year same as that of the College. BERKELEY DIV. SCH. (Epis.), MIDDLETOWN, CT.-Beg. Sept. 23; ends abt Je. 1. DIV. SCH. of YALE COLL., NEW HAVEN, CONN. (Ortho. Cong.)-Year beg. 2d Thurs. Sept.; closes 3d Thurs. May. THEO. INST. OF CONN., HARTFORD. (Ortho. Cong.)-Acad. yr fm 2d Th. Sept. to 2d Th. May. Medical Schools. MED. SCH. OF ME., BOWDOIN COLL., BRUNSWICK, ME.-Beg. Feb 12, lasts 16 w. PORTLAND SCH. FOR MED. INS., PORTLAND, ME.-2 tms,beg.Oct. 8,'79, June, '80. MED. DEP. DART. COLL., HANOVER, N. H.-Lecture tm. beg. 1st Wed. Aug.;| cont. 14 w. Recitation tm. beg. 1st Wed. Dec.; cont. 30 w. UNIV. OF VT. MED. DEP., BURLINGTON, VT.- Beg. 1st Th. Mar., con. 16 w. MED SCH. OF HARV. UNIV., BOSTON.The year beg. Th. af. last Wed. in Sept.; ends last Wed. in June. BOSTON UNIV. SCH. OF MED. (Homoeopath,)--Open to both sexes. Beg.Oct. 7, '80. MED. INST. OF YALE COLLEGE, NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Winter trm. beg. Oct. 2, 1879, closes Feb. 11, 1880; spring tm beg. Feb. 26, and closes June 26, 1880. DENTAL SCII., HARV. COLL., BOSTON. -Begins and ends with college year. BOSTON DENTAL COLLEGE, BOSTON. -2 tms.: beg. Nov. 3, 79 and Mar. 19, '0. Preliminary term Oct. 1, one mon. N. E. FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE. United with Boston Univ. Sch. of Med. Law Schools. WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.Com., 1st Wed. July. Vac., 9w.af. Com.; 3 w. fm Tu. bef. Chr., 2 w. fm 2d Tu. Apr. BROWN, PROVIDENCE, R. I.-Acad yr. beg. 3d Wed. Sept. Com. 3d Wed. June. TRINITY, HARTFORD, CONN. - 2 tms; LAW SCH. OF HARVARD UNIV., CAM 1st beg. mid. Sept.; 2d beg. early in Jan. BRIDGE, MASS.-Year same as College. Com. Thur. bef. July 4. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. WESLEYAN UNIV., MIDDLETOWN, CT.-Beg. 1st Wed. Oct., ends last Wd. May. -Com., last Th. June. Va., 11 w. fm Jun. LAW SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 25; 2 w. fm Dec. 23; and 1 w. fm April 1. Yr. beg. Sept. 25, 79, ends June 24, '80. GORHAM NORMAL SCHOOL, GORHAM, ME.-2 terms, 20 weeks each. Begin in Jan, and Aug. Scientific and Agric. Schools. MAINE STATE COLL. OF AGRIC. AND THE MECHANIC ARTS, ORONO, ME. Tms. beg. Feb. 10, Aug. 10. Com. Ju. 30. CHANDLER SCIEN. DEPT., N. H. COLL. OF AGRIC. AND THE MECH. ARTS, AND THAYER SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEER-N. H.-2 tms; beg. Sep. 2, '79 and Feb. 3, ING, HANOVER, N. H. Terms about as Dart. Coll. UNIVER. OF VT., BURLINGTON, has also a scientific and agricultural course. MASS. AGRIC. COLL, AMHERST, MASS. -3 tms. Yr. beg. last Thurs. Aug. BOSTON UNIVER. COLL. OF AGRIC.Terms same as in Mass. Agric. Coll. LAWRENCE SCIEN. SCHOOL (HARV. UNIV.), CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-The year is the same as that of Harvard College. THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. (a school of agriculture and horticulture in Harv. University).-Year same as that of Harvard College. MASS. INS. OF TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON. Ac. yr. last Mo. Sep. to Sat. bf. 1st Mo. Je. WORCESTER FREE INSTIT., WORC., MASS.-Tms: fm 2d Tu. Sep. to last Fri. Jan., and fm 3d Tu. Fe. to last Fri. July. SHEFFIELD SCIEN. SCHOOL (YALE COL.) NEW HAVEN, CT.- Terms same as those of Yale College. Normal Schools. EASTERN NORMAL SCHOOL, CASTINE, ME.-Terms beg. Aug. 19, Dec. 2, 1879; and Mar. 2, 1880. WESTERN NORMAL SCH., FARMINGTON, ME.-Tms beg. Fe. 24 and Au. 24. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, PLYMOUTH, '80. Each term 20 weeks. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, CASTLETON, VT.-2 tms; beg. Feb. 5, and last Th. Au. STATE NORMAL SCH., JOHNSON, VT. -Tms beg. 1st Tu. Sept., and 3d Tu. Feb. STATE NORM. SCH., RANDOLPH, VT.Tms, beg. 4th Tu. Aug. and 2d Tu. Feb. NORMAL SCHOOLS OF MASSACHUSETTS.-The year is divided into 2 terms of 20 weeks each, including a recess of 1 week near the middle of the term. Vac. 8 w. in winter, 9 w. in summer. Exam. for admiss. at the beg. of each term, which is, at Salem, Feb. 3 and Aug. 25; at Westfield, Feb. 5 and Aug. 27; at Bridgewater, Feb.10 and Sept. 7; at Framingham, Feb. 4 and Sept. 2; at Worcester, Feb. 10 and Sept. 7. MASS. NORMAL ART SCH., 28 School Street, Boston.-Term beg. 1st week in Oct., ends at end of June. R. I. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, PROV., R. I.-2 terms, 21 w. each. Spring term closes June 25. Fall tm. beg. 1st Tu. Sep. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, NEW BRITAIN, CONN.-Spring and summer tm beg. Feb. 2, closes June 25; sch. year beg. Sep. MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND. (Cor. Sept. 1879.) The Yearly Meeting of Friends is held 7th mo., at Falmouth, and 1st fifth day at Newport, beginning with meeting of 10th mo., at Sandwich, Mass. Falmouth: ministers and elders, the 2d sixth day in 7th day before 1st sixth day in 2d and 9th the 6th mo., at 9 A.M. For business on 7th mos., at Windham; 6th mo. at Falday, at 9 A. M. Public meetings for wor- mouth, and 11th mo. at Durham. Smithship on 1st day at 10 A. M. and 4 P.M., both field: 2d fifth day, 2d month, at Worat Portsmouth and Newport. The Year-cester; 2d fifth day, 5th mo., at Northly Meeting is composed of the Quarterly Meetings of Rhode Island, Salem, Sandwich, Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalboro', Dover, and Fairfield, held as follows: Rhode Island: 1st fifth day, 2d mo., at Providence; 1st fifth day, 5th mo., at East Greenwich; 1st fifth day, 8th mo., at Newport, and 1st fifth day, 11th mo., at Fall River. Salem: 3d fifth day, 1st mo., at Salem; 4th fifth day, 5th mo., at Amesbury; 3d fifth day, 8th mo., at Lynn; 3d fifth day, 10th mo., at Wearc. Sandwich: 1st fifth day, 4th and 12th mos., at New Bedford; 1st fifth day, bridge; 2d fifth day, 8th month, at Bolton; 2d fifth day, 11th mo., at Smithfield. Vassalboro': 2d seventh day in the 2d month, at Vassalboro'; on the last seventh day in the 5th month, at China; and on the 2d seventh day in 9th and 11th months, at East Vassalboro'. Dover: 7th day after 3d fifth day, 1st mo., at Rochester, 4th mo. Dover, 8th mo, at North Berwick, 10th mo. at Sandwich, N. H. Fairfield: 7th day before 2d sixth day, in 2d and 9th mos., at Manchester; 7th day before last sixth day, 5th mo., and 7th day before 2d sixth day, 11th mo., at Fairfield. MEETINGS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN MAINE. (Cor. 1879.) Androscoggin, at Auburn, 1st Tues. April and Oct. Aroostook, at Houlton, 3d Tues. Jan. and 1st Tues. June and July. Cumberland, at Portland, 1st Tues. Jan. and June. Franklin, at Farmington, last Tues. April and Dec. Hancock, a Ellsworth, 4th Tu. Jan. and 2d Tues. April and Oct. Kennebec, at Augusta, 3d Tues. Ap., Aug., and Dec. Knox, at Rockland, 1st Tue. Ap. and Dec., and 3d Tues. Aug. Lincoln, at Wiscasset, 2d Tues. May, 1st Mon. Sept., and last Mon. Dec. Oxford, at Paris, 2d Tues. May and 1st Tues. Sept. Penobscot, at Bangor, 1st Tues. Ap. and Aug., and 2d Tues. Dec. Piscataquis, at Dover, 1st Tues. Ap., Aug., and Dec. Sagadahoc, at Bath, 1st Tu. March, July, and Nov. Somerset, at Skowhegan, 1st Tues. March and Aug., and 2d Tues. Dec. Waldo, at Belfast, 3d Tues. April,| Aug., and Dec. Washington, at Machias, 1st Wed. aft. 1st Tues. Jan, and Oct.; at Calais, 1st Wed. aft. 4th Tu. April. York, at Alfred, 2d Tu. Ap. and Oct. 1880. 's Declination. JANUARY, First Month. Astronomical Calculations. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. 123426 m. Days. d. m. 9 26 18 44 Last Quarter, 5th day, 2h. 5m., morning, E. of 3 days before JE Ram 1 Th. Circumcision. High tides. 2 Fr. 6 HC. 1st. Victoria proclaimed empress in India, 1877. 3 Sa. 4th. Low tides. Snow. 4 D 20 Sund. aft. Christmas. 5 Mo. 2d. Caleb Cushing, of Mass scholar and 6 Tu. Epiphany. Signs of a thaw. 7W. Legislatures meet in Maine, MassachuWE 8 Th.69 C. Unsettled. Raise Fr. C runs low. in Perig. died, 1879. Ran 20 Tu. in 21 W. in Apogee.c Kam 22 Th. 23 Fr. Now we are to take a new start in life, and we ought to start square the first of the year, and then to see how long I can keep so. Make up a list of all your goods on New Year's day. It is the best job you can do. Take care now, and not cheat yourself. Don't mark too high. Get it at the market price. But there are the chores to look after. Have you an ice-house? It is handy to have plenty of ice in the house in the hot days of in Aph. Very low tides. summer. We can't do without runs high. 22attentice. It is worth its weight in dula, S. Africa; 200 troops overwhelmed the fruits of the tropics any hot 25 D Sept. Sun. Convers. of St. Paul. day. The stock needs good care Cold and blustering. and hay enough, and they can get on well. "Cattle well wintered are half summered," they say; and it is just so. Cows in milk will pay for a few shorts; and two or three quarts a day won't hurt any kind of stock. 24 Sa. 26 Mo. British Isan and cut to pieces by Zulus, 1879. now. 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