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 clearly set out. I give the portion of the paragraph:—'September 20th, 1895. Edinburgh Jews and the New Year celebrations. The Jews are at present celebrating their New Year, 5656.' But not only m Scotland. Over all the world the same chronological celebration was being observed with religious zeal. In fact, so careful are the Jews on this and other fasts, that they—though numerically small—practically stop all business in the exchanges and the bourses on their fast days. It is a thing for wonder how a few millions of Jews can control the commerce and the monetary interests of the Gentile world. The cardinal points of the Jewish way of counting time are as follows:—Era, anno mundi: years, lunar: correction, 384 days triennially, or've-adar, comes in seven times every nineteen years. The civil year begins in our September-October; the sacred year in March-April. Thus:—

A.M. 5651 began on 15th Sept., 1890, A.D.

5652 3rd Oct., 1891,  intercalculated month, ve-adar in previous spring.

A.M. 5653 began on 22nd Sept., 1892, A.D.

5654 11th Sept, 1893,

5655 1st Oct., 1894,  intercalculation as above.

The Jewish day, like their month, touches two days of the A.D. calendercalendar [sic], so with this peculiarity, and the intercalculations, the two calenderscalendars [sic] are practically synchronous. In longer periods the New Years recur on the same days—1835, 1881, and 1927 for instance, the 24th September