, 1869-05-23
TWO Sundays In Ono Weekt

u xzikr IN The Sydney Nal sa5A: e The IA,
4l*I . II NeiA4sL.u *as ILursd4y, A4'1 TIE
Thuzsda5s in oue week Nov, &c Rave heard
people talk of what kacf would do when there
thing nas Impossible; but il Is not nearly 70 IN
have two sunda5s n one Eetk a We we1e 70 hive
scooont Of lAdJ who went home with him and
waz TeE5 rcl.gtQrA On their Journey II became
asa = & eose Of s8e f le sasas;s he lid Ii
she could not believe hin, sad when
oazslJ enEage., upon piece q emlsro.desJ. lie
rymzrked how mach nc vas surprised that ~ ,47
seos;d e 20 snplo.el upon tas Sal'ns.h hos ss!l1
~ rEuzl, the. had divine service. She could not
nc 1sAde To comprehend how there coald be tTo
SrL,layr tn ono week and ~ the Captain persisted
IN Keeping his Sabbath, SO she persisted In keeping
| her cT1; but as Ehc was good woua1, and lid
NJ, wish TO bur. any ones feelings, tne refrained
| from all set u,xr employ ment On the Captains
Sastath. They ArrtEed ln the Downs en- Thurely,
I aceor,ttne tn the Captains reckoning. and when
hin was nhat das !: xas.. Thursday. ma an. he
| rerlled sr.l she doubted, and ncxtiay. VIXEN she
| landed At GF4yescnd. she asked the same q;'es.
ton Of the t'oasns1n- who Tcp:ied Friday, aad
when .he reached the shore ahe aaxe.1 halt dozen
Eso1e before She would reluctantly nlnis thai site
had been wrong and the Captain right Il ts
hard,r necessary TO explain that this great change
Of tta1 ar!ses from the ca1th rcyoiyt1g upon II
a1ts once IL twe1ty-foal hoars: GFeenwGh !!
/ epppQHtQ 10 pE 1nE ALL lIuU
! Greenwich round tho earth 10 exactly the oppo'
sne centre Is $50 degrees witch are called degrees
Of east longitude: from that spo: back 70 Green
N.ch, ty the other Adc Of the ca1ta u isa de21ses
which arr called degrees OF vest longitude Tn
Fun, Of course, Ii stationary, and the earl
rrvo.ves ircm ~es, to east NOE !
the earth stArs from Greenwich
| daylight un 4 Sunday, and takes twenty
fonr tours to rcsolEe, the spot which left Green
| rich 1t tarl!sht on , sunday cannot rrturn oe
, | fore DAYLIGHT on Monday. 10 that II The day VA
, | not dropped out Of the calendar Ii uArellsn
! a1oea, Or added to IL yoa would return and "a
J | y0uraelf lp 4 different day % tho one Jou Ner
| keeping. Alter Icarlnz Greenwich to proceed t
| AUSTRALIA. the nrst degree In straight Line l.
I east longitude, and to proceed to AmtHc1 N
. nrst degree IN straight lrncts west longitude
! roe ever! degree Of longitude east The sun rise
i four minutes earlier, and for eyefy degree
longitude west four minutes later. Hence, v
= | gam four minutes for each degree We zall eas
. | and lore four minutes fur every degree We "a
: 1 vert, Consequently, when We reach WesnoTtn
!: from GreenHkh, We hare gained - tines TIM fos ..
!. \ minutes, which Ia twelve hourA Is this y D'
: | h&lf wat round. II Is quite apparent that II y
Ehoulh ctgcumnxSigate the gtote We wou!u "A
| tNensy-folr hours, or one day. lhefcloft> uafu
!. | gained day In getting round the world, We ~
| to put It into the calendar At such place % sn1
c | prevent confusion The 1o0 degrees, aS II cn
= through the Iaci1c Ocean. IN about the MIDI
has l,een chosen "a the moes CONVENIENT iof q
J. purpose, taking Greenwich ~ the meridian ~
a tthtr Ine would DO Just rs well from 1uoto
a starting Point. but this has been selected a. !
~ | bef,: and universal Practice has 90" maae u
y | law lirdlnR upon all mariners who cIoss tne
parallels to change the day - they cross The ls
,e ! degree In going to California therefore,
\, | r1l, ~ hnt tus In coming bach we lost day.