The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-03-10
cvRros OF THE CALENDAR.
Some Interesting and odd Facts About
the Year And Century.

Some Interesting and odd Facts About
tho Year and Century.
The year 1900 will not be . leap
year simply because being hun
dredth year, although ii is divisiblo
| by four, it is not Invisible by 400
without a remainder. This, says the
Boston Home journal, is not the real
reason, but the result of it; the real
reason being the establishment of
the Gregorian rule, made in 1852.
| The nineteenth century will not end
until midnight of Monday, December
81. 1900. although the old quarrel
sill probably again be renewed as to
what constitutes century and when
it winds up, and thousanps will in
sist on premature burial of the old
century ut midnight of December,
81. 1899. But as century means
| 100 years, and as the first century
could not end until full 100 years
had passed, nor the second till 200
years had passed. etc. it is not log
ically clear why the nineteenth CEN
tury should be curtailcd and broken
off before we have the full 1900
years.
April and July in any year, and
IN leap year January /, fall on tho
came day of the week
September ! and December / in
any year fall on the same week day.
January / and October l in any
year fall on the same week day, eX-
,ept it be leap year.
February l, March l and Novem
Der / of any year fall on the same
day of the week, unless it be leap
year, when January l, April l and
July fall on the same week day.
May /. June ! and August | in any
year never fall on the same week
day, nor does any one of the three
over fall on the same week day on
Shich any other month In the same
.ear begins. except in leap year,
when February l and August fall
on the same week day.
To find out on what day OF the
week any day of this century fell di-
vide the year BY four and let the re-
mainder go. Add the quotient
and the year together, then add 3
more Divide the result by I. and il
the remainder is 0 March l of that
year was Sunday; il l Monday, If .
Tuesday, and so on.
For the last century do the same
thing, but add 4 instead OF 3. For
'he next century add . instead.
1t is needless to go beyond the
next century, because the survivors
Will probably have some shorter
method by simply touching n mob or
letting a mob touch them
Christmas OF any year falls on tho
same day of the week a Jan. 2 of
that year. unless it be leap year.
when it is the same week day as Jan.
3 of that year.
Easter is always tho first Sunday
after the full moon that happens on
or next after March u. 1t is not
easy to see how ii can occur earlier
than March 22 or later than April 26
in any year.
New Years (Jan. y will happen
century: that will be in 1899. In
the next century it will occur four
teen times only. as follows: 1900.
1911, 1922, 1928, 1888. 1889. 1859.
1886, 1861, 1867, 1878, 1891, 1889 and
1925. The intervals are regular
6-5-6-11, 6-j-6-1l-cxcept the inter-
val which includes the hundredth
year that is not n century, when
there is a break-as 1898, 1899, 1908.
lgil-when three intervals of six
years come together; after that plain
sailing till POOL. when the old inter-
walls will occur in regular order.