Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-22

will como In 1909 Then tho.e will b,
no more until 1901 After iv0G maiden
must wait eight years before tgnddl1u.
ary law will give them tho right TO POI
the question 10 willing bachelors Ouls
century years that nrc evenly iivithli
by 900 are 20 be classcd us leap years. &C
cording 20 the corrected calendar u.
dained by good Pope Gregory In 1857,
aud since adopted by every civiliss,l
country except i,is.ia which b. sull a.
lar behind In its calendar ~ IL ia il
everything else.
From the most ancient times mankind
ditidcd the year into seasons Tho Re.
mans had originally scar " ton
months instead II twelve. Cons,uucns.
ly September. October. November. D..
ccmbor-mcauing, respectively. seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth months c!ooi
tho year just a. they do now. except
that December. the last month. instead
Of being the twelfth. was the tcuth. 10
IT, name indicates When th, year was
divided into twelve months tho oil
names were retained, although the
months were showed forward.
In the time Of Julius Caesar thcro was
great confusion Of the calendar The
year WIS gradually slipping around III
the winter months were coming into
summer. Julius CAESAR righicd tho con.
fusion TO grcat extent by the Julian
calendar. which ordered that JBi dizzy.
should constitute u year, while every
fourth year should have 300 days aud
b. lonp year But 1t does not take the
earth exactly $685., days TO move around
IN her orbit to tho spot whence SHE
started on Jan. l. II requires eleven
minutes ten seconds lrs, than fourth
Of our day ~ tweniy.four hours. Con-
sequontly, IN counting fun quarter dGy
each year. the calendar was taking eleven
minutes ton seconds Of what belonged
TO the next year. In - littlo less thar
i've years aud q half thus a good huri
would b. sliced of tho new year TAX
ing this hour from the day next after, {
would IN time throw the old day away
behind in It's dates and mako the slrinl
months come In midsummer
Tho Julian calendar was adopted Il
u. G. It ruled the days aud ccnmriei
til tho time Of Pope Gregory in 1882
by that time dates had gono ton fun
days behind, II made Christmas come
the middle Of December aud knocked
Easter and other church festivals aA
out Of keller On account Of thee,
church celebrations there was nn ahs1
luto necessity for correcting the caleu
dnr. We owe the correction. therefore
To religious aud not civil requirements
Pope Gregory summoned his wise mcr
nnd mathematician. aud after lurH
study these decided TINT tho wrong al
ready done could be rccthcd by adding
ton days 10 the dato " the mouth. Thr,
Oct. . became oct 10 and Faster aud
Christmas would once more como az a.,
right time OF the year.
But there was the over recurrin,
eleven minutes and ten seconds toe
much which had been rcckoned anuu.
ally In the year Of the Julian calendar.
How could tho days DO kept from AGAR
slipping back? After more deep study
aud calculation the popo's wise men dc.
cidcd that to skip ono leap year each IA
three centuries would bring the records
about right. The pope therefore ordained
that no century year shall be- a lenp year
unless IL Is evenly diyidblo by 900. TIE
noNt century leap year will come IN eO0n
by that time probably 1t will not make
much difference to US personally whether
1t Is leap year or not.
At the time tho Gregorinn calCndsi
was instituted there was u bittor icui
between Catholics and Protcstsnts, aud
the Protestant countries would not
adopt IT, Switzerland aud tho Luther
ans Of Germany held cut tn 1900. Then
they had to add eleven days instead a
ton to their calcn-.r Last Of all, Ems
land. In 1859. came into the Grcgoriau
reckoning, but she had TO add twelve
days 70 her count General Washing.
ton, born in l13a, WIS therefore boru un.
der tho old style calendar, which wonll
mako tho date Of his birth Feb. 10 Ia.
stead OF the 29d.
Tho difference between tho civil year
and the natural year has now boon re-.
ducod very small. There is still a Sigh;
difference, but by the Gregorian recl.
oning it will take 5000 years for thi,
difference TO amount 10 rs much a. o
day, which will be In the year Gjse. II
we happen to be here at that time 10
some Of our numerous travels, we ca
easily tN things straight In the calendar
thanks to Pope Gregory,