The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-07-24
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ari. iutcro. i.E aud pdd fact- .bout
the year anl Century.

ari. iutcro. i.g asid udd rac., .bort
the year anl Century.
ihe year 1909 will not be a leap
year simply because being hun.
Grodth year, although IL is divisibls
by four, IL Ia not Invisible BY 400
without remainder. This. says the
Boston IIoins Journal. is not the real
realOn. bnt The result OF It; she real
reason being tho establishment o.
the Gregor.sD rule, made In 1882
The nineteenth century will not end
until midnight of Monday. December
81. 1900. although the old quarrel
will probably again be renewed as to
what constitutes "A century and when
|, winds up. and thoussnps wiil in
sist on a premature burial OF the old
century at midnight OF December,
81. 1893 But as "a century meu1s
iOD wears. and ss the FIRST century
could not end until full 100 year,
had passed. nor the second till 200
years hai passed. etc. IL is not log
lcaliy clear why the nineteeD n cen
tury sh h1u.d be curtaile ] anl brolg6u
oil before We have the fIl $3.50
years.
April s-d July in any ar. and
In leap year January ]. fall on tho
same day Of the week
September ! and Deceu Dor In
any year fail on the same ee.,k day
January and October l in any
year fall on the Same week day, ex.
cept it be- a leap year.
February ], March l and Noven.
ber of any yoar fall on the same
lay OF the week, unless IL bc leap
year, when January /. April and
July .a3 on the same week day.
May !, JGpo and August in any
year never TALL on the same weeP
day, nor docs any one OF the three
aver fall on the same week day on
which any other month in the same
year begins. except in leap year.
when February / 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 no
maindcr 90. Add the quotiep.
and the year together, then add
more Divide the result by 7, and II
the remainder Is 0 March OF that
year was Sunday; il | Monday, 4 2
Tuesday, and so on.
For the last century do me same
thing, but add instead of 3. For
the next century add 2 ingtead
lt is needless TO go beyond the
next ccntu" because tho survivors
will = obahy have some shor ter
method by simply touching q mob CT
lettin II pob touch them.
Christmas OF any year falls on the
same day OF the week a Jan. Of
that yea-. unless 1t be leap year,
~hen it is the same week day as Jan
OF that year
Faster is always the first Sunday
after the full moon that happens on
or next after March II. 1t is not
easy to see how IL can occur earlier
than March 22 or later than April 20
in any year.
New Years (Jan. y will happen
on Sunday but once more during this
century; that will bo in 1899. In
the next century IL will occur four
teen times only, rs follows; 1898.
1911, 1922, 1929. 1888. 1889, 1875
1906, 1851, 1861, 1873. 1884, 1889 and
1895. The intervals are regular
6-5-6-ll, G-5-6-ll--eScept the inter
val which includes the hundredth
ear that Is not a century. when
shcro is n broak--as 1898, 1879. 1909.
'9ll-when three intervals Of tix
years come together; after that plaio
sailing til POOL, when the old intor-
,als will occur in regular order.