The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-01-06
Calendars are queer Things.
From the Boston Homo Journal.

From the Boston Home journal
The year 1900 will not be leap year
simply because being Tooth year, al
though it is divisible by 4, it is not divis-
ible by 400 without remainder This is
not the real reason. but result of it, the
real reason being the establishment of the
Grcgorian rule made in 1882.
The 10Th century will not end till mid
night of Monday, December 81, 1900, al
though the old quarrel will probably again
be renewed as to what constitutes CEN
tury and when it winds up, and thousands
will insist on a premature burial of the old
century at midnight of December 81, 1899.
But as a century means 100 years, and
as the first century could not end till full
100 years had passed, nor the second till
200 years had passed, etc, it is not logi-
cally clear why the 18th century should be
curtailed and broken off before we have
had the full 1900 years.
The lst of April and 1st of July in any
year, and in leap year the LIST of January
fall on the same day of the week
The 1st of September and list of Decem-
Der in any year fall on the same week day.
The lst of january and the lst of Octo-
ber in any year fall on the same week day,
except it be leap year.
The lst 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 |, April and July l fall
on the same week day.
The 1st of May, of June and 1st of
August in 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 lst of Feb
ruary and the 1st of August fall on the
same week day.
To find out on what day of the week
any date of this century fell divide the year
by and let the remainder 60 Add the
quotient and the year together, then add
8 more Divide the result by Z, and if
the remainderis 0 March l of that year was
Sunday; if l, Monday; if ,, Tuesday, and
so on.
For the last century do the same thing,
but add 4 instead of 3, For the next cen
tury add : instead.
1t is needless to go beyond the next
century, because its survivors will probably
have some shorter method and find out by
simply touching knob or letting a knob
touch them.
Christmas of any year always falls on
the same day of the week as the second
of January of that year unless it be leap
year, when it is the same week day as the
third day of January of that year.
Easter is always the first Sunday after
the full moon that happens on or next af-
ter March 21. 1t is not easier to see how
it can occur earlier than March 22 or later
than April 26 in any year.
New Year January | will happen on
Sunday but once more during this century.
That will be in 1899. In the next cen
tury it will occur IA times only, as follows j:
1905, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1888, 1899, 1850,
1856, 1861, 1867, 1878, 1884, 1889 and
1895. The intervals are regular-6-5-6-
II, 6-5-6-11-except the interval which
includes the Tooth year that is not cen
tury, when there is a break-as 1898,
1899, 1905, 1911-when three intervals of
six years come together after that plain
sailing till 20O1, when the old intervals
will occur in regular order