Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-25
WHAT S THE CENTURY?
THE 10Th DOES NOT BEGIN uN.
TIL JANUARY 1, 1901.
a Former President of Yale Wins a
Demijohn of Wine for His De-
cision-An Uptown Club Ex-
cited Over the Matter.
New York Express.

New York Express.
AT an uptown club the other after
noon 1t was the following remark upon
this subject Of the new century which set
the ball a-rohing;
ITO thoughtful man the midnight OF
a new years eve must be a solemn mo.
ment," tthe speaker considered himself
conyersationnlistl. zone marks the
glimmer OF another mile-post on the high
road of time, and he realizes that his
feet rest upon the boundary that divides
past and future
Good effort, old man, interrupted his
yis-a-yis, irrcvcrentiy.
The cOnversation9ist eyed him severely
and continued: about that time he
mikes res0lyes-and has even been known
to keep them. But think OF crossing the
threshold Of 4 century! of making new
resolutions and turning over new leaves
for a hundred years That is m eN-
perience only given to a few, aud then
hut once In a lifetime. We are all Of
us coming to il, too, if we only live seven
years longer
You mean six, though, not seven
corrected his companion, with smile OF
conscious superiority
no: that's where you're away off;
mean seven. Now wait and just count
chem on your fnger-'94, % '00, 81
'9S. 90, 1900. You see, that's
"0h, hold on; 1900 isn't In it, you
know: that belongs To the next century"
The smile Of conscious superiority IN
turn sprcad upon the features Of the man
who had first spoken.
my dear boy. you had better 90 back
to your kindergarten and learn how TO
count
N-a+t.f,,.. t,,t a Ia ,,,1l inrt,,1lr c.1
low such a remark. and bottles Of the
usual size and quality were wagerel
amid much disputing on the part of in
terested bys,anders.
The dudes across the room, while they
watched the proceedings forgot for a
moment TO stare az the girls hurrying
along the avenue, but sat devouring their
cane-heads, their eyes bullying like in-
vertei soup plates. in IN attitude which
they mistook for that Of deep thought.
Then they rang for cigarettes and Irish
icchercs.
Since then the club has been in gen.
tie ferment. and the amount Of wagers
awaiting settlement Is something awful
10 contemplate
To relieve these peoples minds and to
put the doubts of others az rest the Mall
and Express gives the following expla-
nation aud on excellent authority:
1901 is THE FIRST YEAR.
The confusion all seems to arise from
the fact that the number OF the year
which goes to complete any century, as
the year 1900 or 1890. always contains
the first two tgures oil tle century Whlcn
is to follow One would not think Of
saying In ordinary counting that the num-
ber 100 belonged outside OF the first hun
dred, or that the second hundred began
before the number 2Ol, so in counting
Instance every day Of it until midnight
p ~, ~ lie necassar, Ia conn
u, M f,,ii ne,s,,rs ar XXI ve.rs Of
| lie'e .hs w .,,,,,. ,r,a ,,,a,.,oth
ln US, ni NY ,.;n NTH 10 foiiowin, nav
WHl no Nm ~ Ionn"rr / 1aOi
4 Wmcn VIII ne ''h"als !, .'Vt; lid.
1t Is probable however, that during
the last years OF every century OF rue
Christian era The same sneleft vd neI peS9
discussed WIN we bahe ulNtisl'F ".
| opinion. ms only goes 70 SLOW hn 9,
little humanity lsar5 iToe , aaS ,sner o
ton to generation. 1t but a e.. slight
nm idea, and the ground must be re-
| traced, as lessons Iepeatvu "a lNs e"i'
Of inaiteniiye ehlluren, l.. ~. t4;s,,,s-
In is1o there appeinirrd ~ aneonnt a..
cal MAga1alhe tne aoVN ~ an sufesranh
letter of President Dwight OF Yale col
logo. grandfather Of his namesake the
present lnenh ILL., ,sl mIp tho araument
occurred; o,,,,,,r-px, rvns
WHEN ,-do ~ ~ ,itc r''s gentle
'In the year ll.s Two li,vsais MEL, see,i q
men. Of New aqgk, srbi pct'n ssrreed on a
WAGER OF a pipe Of wine Regarding u;
They were to abide By the decision %
President Dwight Of ale sol s,oi W. ~ ~
Prof. Meigs. a s 49, ,writbont any int.
each of these reieFees sftsr The decision
nation Of the Naes,', ~ he Gentlemen