The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-04
Farm ana Household.
r,o by the Forelock, ana
zee ! ri'Sa.
"a Tour Around the
iNay4." will remember
thc phlcgma'ic hero
y troiA east 10 W"si

kluVu@ %, lf:3,
.A.,i ..-Y.. jhnu- ul,
,.. minute, IN. = t.... 10. Va~. IA re-
,hly. nearly twcut -four r"'"- ahead OF
,imr. This HI scrvlul discovered when
hc went for a liccus, to marry Phiicas to
,bc charming willow he had rescued from
the fiery tate to which wives in India are
condemned ON thcGrltb OF their husbands,
so that philras won his wager OF twenty
thousand pounds after he had given it up
lost for almost an cpirc day. How the
,av was gained is explained i'll an amus-
ing way in Il magazine article which tells
what a sailor means when he says he will
nav his debts II presented "where two
Sundays come together" This, Oh the
face presum bly, terra hc0g7dd, is indeed,
no terra frna at all, as il is situated in the
middle of the Pacific ocean, exactly halt
way around the world from Jacks start
ing point, or one hundred and eighty de-
erces from his governing meridian. Ii
Jack is going around the world eastward
". IN place of waiting as Phileas Fogg did,
till he reached home again, to find that
when it is Sunday, for instance, with him,
il is Saturday OH shore. on reaching the
nroper point in the Pacific, should it hap
pen to be Sunday, he makes no change in
his bulletin, but allows it to register Sun
dav the next day. This always creates
confusion and commotion among the pas
sengcrs which ia only equalled, when
going the other way, day is skipped,
and on reaching the debatablc water,
Wednesday follows Monday, or Friday
Wednesday, etc, as the case may be.
This apparent gain or loss OF day is
made manifest to even not very mathemat-
zeal mind 10y little reflection on the diff
ference in time between known localities.
Estimating the difference between Denver
and London as almost eight hours, a cock
rcy traveller when he reached here via
the most direct route would find his
watch some one. third of day ahead of
the hotel he put up at. Did he continue
10 follow the path OF empire westward,
when he reached the sailors liqnidating
locality, he would be lively hours behind
time. and his midnight, London, time,
would find the sun shining over his head
ut high noon. And If the midnight III
question meant the dividing line between,
say, Saturday and Sunday, the noon
would be that Of Saturday. Accordingly
he must make up his mind TO dispense
with Sabbath services, tor once and call
the next day Mouday. as the remaining
twelve hours will be disposed of on reach
j g London again. Til consideration
makes probable the conjecture that to
knock a man into the middle OF next week
must have been originally IA sailor threat.
For as abode. when ii Is Saturday with
him, if he i, It land lubbcr and loses his
reckoning, il Is Monday with Jack, and
Monday l. the middle of the week. accord
ing to the mistress who aroused her llzv
maid with: Jane get up. To-day's
Monday io-morrow's Tuesday; next
DAYS. Wednesday,. Here is halflhe week
o. anA not hit of work done yet.
.nJ tie very hungry wretch who apoio-
tr h : appetite OF amorning b. say
I "a. had nothing to eat since ycster-
..N and tomorrow would be the third
,.nv." is not cXagcratlng when he so re-
marks III the Pacific ocean, when sailing
from san Francisco to lokohama, or there
abouts a. for the figures OF the matter.
a degree OF distance |, cstina ed at four
minutes of time and there being three
hundred and sixty degrees, that number
auadrupled makes the twrmty-iour hours
in a single day. One hundred and eighty
degrees is therefore equivalent to half
day gained or lost, as it is half way ronnd
the world, and Jack takes time by the
forelock, or rice rerSa, accordingly, on
reaching the place, "whcn two Sundays
come together