The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-27
FIN BIZ Steele FIGURES.
Interesting Facts About Dates VIII

Interesting Facts About Dates Which
Fall on the same Day of the Week.
The year 1900 will not be q leap year
simply because, being a hundredth year.
although it is Invisible by four. it is not
divisible by 400 without a remainder.
This Is not the real reason, but a result OF
it: the real reason being the establish
ment Of the Gregorian rule made In 1889,
the Nineteenth Century will not cid till
midnight of Monday, December 81, 1900.
although the old qnarrel will probably
again be renewed as TO what constitutes
q century when it winds up, and thou
sauds will insist upon a premature burial
of the old century at midnight OF Decsm-
Der 81, 1899. BUT as a century meaus 100
years, and as the First Century could not
end till a full 100 years had passed, nor
the Second till 200 years had passed, etc.,
it is not logically clear why the Nine
teepth Century should be curuailed and
broken of before we have had the fuli
1900 years. With wheat and such COM
mod1ties there is sometimes more or less
dealing in shorts. but not with time. In
Massachusetts. especially. short sales
are prohibited; we are entitled to, and
shall need, the full measure. aud we turn
no sharper corner when we start on a new
century than when we wake up In the
morning. The 1ss of April ana the
Is lss q lean July years IN any ny se IS: a1 81
January, fall on the same day Of the
week. The LIST Of September and the 1s5
of Der in any year fall on the same
week day. The LIST OF January and the
1st Of October in any year fall on the
same week day. except It be a leap year.
The 1st of February, of March. aud of
November or any year fall ON the same
day of the week, unless it be u leap year,
when January !, April l and July l fall
on the same week day. The LIST of May,
LIST OF June and 1st of August In any year
never fall Oh the same week day, nor
does any n of the three ever fall on the
same week day on which any other
month In the Same year ba9ins, except in
leap year, when the 1st OF February aud
the LIST Of August fall on che same week
day.
TO flud out on what day of the week
any date of this century fell: Divide the
year by 4 and lei the remainder go. Add
the quotient and the year together. then
add 8 more. Divide the result by z, and
IL the remainder is o. March / OF that
year WAS Sunday; il /, Monday; ii 2,
Tuesday, aud so on. The day can easily
be found by the old coupiet. Dover
Dwells,n etc.
For the last century do the same thing,
but add 4 Instead Of s.. For the next CEN
tury add . instead. 1t is needless to go
beyond the next century because its sur
yivors will probably have ZONE shorter
method, and find outsby simply touching
q knob or letting @ knob touch them.
Christmas of any yearaiways falls on the
same day of the week as the 81 of Jaau-
airy of that year, unless it be a leap year.
whenit liz the same week day as the 3D.
day OF January Of that year. Easter Is
always the first Sunday after the full
moon that happens on or next after
March 81. It is not easy 70 see how it
can occur cartier than March 20 or later
than April 90 in u year. New Year
{January y will happen on Sunday but
once more during this c~entury-that will
be in 1889. IL will only occur fourteen
times AZ feliows;-t905, 1911. 1922. 1925,
1888, 1889, 1850. 1856. 1861, 1857, 1878. 1854.
1888 aud 1896. The Intervals are regular.
6-5-6-I1, 6-5-6-11. exceptthe interval which
includes the one hundredth year that Is
not. a century, when there is "A break-as
1893. 1899. 1905. l9i1- when three intervals
of six years come together; after that
plain sailing till 2001, when the old in-
lervais will occur In regular order.-Bos-
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