Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-23
oURIosITIEs OF THE CALENDER
Do You Know When the end of the
Century Will Gomez

Century Will Gomez
The year 1900 viii not be leap
wear simply because, being hun
dredth year, although it is divlsible by
4, it is not divisible by 400 without a
remainder. This is not the real rea-
son, but result Oft; the real reason
being the establishment of the GregOr-
ian rule, made in 1882.
The nineteenth century will not end
till midnight of Monday, December 81
1900, although the old quarrel will
probably again be renewed as Owhat
constitutes century and when it
winds up, and thousands will insist
on a Premature burial of the old cen
tury at midnight of December 81,
1899.
But, as century means 100 years,
and as the first century could not end
till full hundred years had passed,
nor the second till 200 years had pass
ed, etc, it is not logically clear why
the nineteenth century should be cur
tailed and broken of before we haye
had the full 1900 years.
The 1st of April and the lst of July
in any year and in leap year the 1st of
January, fall on the same day of the
same week.
The 1 of September and the l Of
December in any year ia on the same
week day.
The first of January and the first of
October in any year fall on the
same week day, except it be a leap
year.
The l of February, of March and Of
November of any year fall on the same
day of the week unless it be leap
year, when January 1, April 1 aud Ju-
" / fall on the same week day.
The 1st of May the 1st of June and
1st of Augustin any year never fall
on the same week day, nor does any
one of the three ever fall on the same
week day on which any other month
in the same year begins, except in leap
year,when the 1st of February and the
1 of August fall on the same week and
day.
To find out on what day Of the week
any date of this century fell: Divide
the year by four and let the remain
der go. Add the quotient and the
year together, then add three more.
Divide the result by z, and if the re-
mainder is 0, march, OF that year was
Sunday, if Monday, if2 Tuesday, and
so on.
For the last century do the
same thing but add instead Of
three. For the next century add 2 in
stead
1t is needless to go beyond the next
century, because its survivors will
probably have some shorter method,
and find out by simply touching a
knob or letting knob touch them
Christmas of any year always falls
on the same day of the week as the 2
of January on that year, unless it be
leap year, when 1t is the same week
day as the third Of January Of that
year.
Easter is always the first Sunday
after the full moon that happens on or
next after March 81. 1t is net easy
to see how it can occur earlier than
March %, or later than April rs in any
year.
New Year (Jan. u VIII happen on
Sunday but once more during this
century; that will be 1899. In the
next century it will occur IA times on
ly, as follows; 1905, 1911, 1922, 1928,
1888, 1889, 1850, 1856, 1861, 1861 1878,
1884, 1889, and 1895. The intervals
are regular-6-5-6-11, 6-5-6-11--except
the interval which includes the hum
dredth year that is not century,
when there is not break--as 1898,
1899, 1905 19l1-when three intervals
OF years come together; after that
plain sailing till POOL, when the old
| ;ufarvaIo will ocnnr In re0ulor order