Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-01-25
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J 80 eRIosIrrEs ofTHE CALESDAR.
=, The year 1900 viii not be leap
year simply because, bciug a hun
6redth year, although il is divisible
hr 4. it is not divisible by 400 with
eGt a remainder. This is not the
zeal reason, bat a result Of it ; the
real reason being the establishment
Of the Gregorian rule, made in 1882.
The nineteenth century will not
end till midnight Of Monday, De-
cember 81, 1900, although the old
quarrel viii probably again be re-
neWed as to what constitutes a Gen.
fury, and when it winds up, and
thousands will insist on a prema-
ture burial o: 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 a Gull 100 years
had passed, nor the second till 200
years had passed, etc, it is not logi-
cally clear why the nineteenth Gen.
tury should be curtalIed and broken
of before we have had the full 1900
The LIST Of April and Tst of July
in any year, and in leap year the 1st
Of January, fall on the same dag of
the same week.
The LIST of September and 1st of
December in any year fall on the
same week day.
The lst of January and the 1st
Of October in any year fall on the
same week day, except it be leap
year.
The 1st of February, of March
and Of November of any year fall
on the same day Of the week. un-
less it be leap year, when January
l, April / and July l fall on the
same week day.
The 1st of May, lst of June and
lst of August in any year never
fall on the same week day, nor
docs any one of the three ever fall
on the same week day on which any
other month in the same year be-
gins, except in leap year, when the
lst of February and the 1st 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 he year by 4 and let the re-
mainder go. Add the quotient
and the year together, then add 3
more. Divide the result by Z, and
il the remainder is 0 March l Of
that year was Sunday, if Monday.
if 2 Tuesday, and so on.
For the last century do the same
thing, but add 4 instead of 3. For
the next century 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 a knob or letting knob
touch them.
Christmas of any year always
falls on the same day of the week
as the ? of January of that year,
unless it be leap year, when it is
the same week day as the of jan
uary of that year.
Easter is always the first Sunday
after the full moon that happens on
or next after March 81. 1t is not
easy 20 see how it can occur earlier
that March 90 or later than April
&c in any year.
New Year (January II will hab-
pen on Sunday but once more dur
ing this century ; that will be in
1899. In the next century it will
occur fourteen times only, as fol-
lows 1905, 1911, 1922, 1928. 1888,
1889, 1850. 1856, 1861, 1867, 1878,
1884, 1889 and 1895. The inter
walls are regular-6-5-6-11, 6-5-6-11
except the interval which includes
the hundredth year that is not
century, when there is break-as
1898. 1899, 1905, 19l1-when three
intervals of six years come together;
after that plain sailing till 2OO1,
when the old intervals will occur
in regular order.