River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-08
cURlcsITlEs OF THE CALENDAR.
Do You Know When the End of the Gen.
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fury VIII Conner
The year 1900 will not be leap year,
simply because. being a hundredth
year, although it is divisible by 4, it is
not divisible by 400 without a re-
mainder. This is not the real reason,
but 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, December 81,
1900, although the old quarrel will
proba bly, again be renewed as to what
constitutes a century, 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, etc,
it is not logically clear why the nine
teenth century should be curtailed and
broken off before we have had the full
1900 years.
The list of April and lst of July in
any year, and in leap year the LIST of
January, fall on the same day of the
week.
The LIST of September and the list of
December in any year fall on the same
day of the week.
The LIST of January and the list of oc-
ober in any year fall on the same week
day, except it be leap year.
The LIST of February. of March and of
November of any year fall on the same
day of the week, unless it be a leap
year, when January 1, April and July
l fall on the same week day. The LIST
of May, LIST of June and LIST 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 LIST of February and the LIST
of August fall on the same week day.
To find out on what day of the week
any date of this century fell: Divide
tie year by 4 and let the remainder go.
Add the quotient and the year to-
gether, then add three more. Divide
the result by and if the remainder is
0, March 1 of that year was Sunday; if
1, Monday; if ?, Tuesday, and so on.
For the last century, do the same
thing, but add 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 lxnib
or letting knob touch them.
Christmas of any year always falls
on the same day of the week as the Cd
of January of that wear, unless it be
heap year, when it is the same week
day as the Sd day of January 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 TO
see how it can occur earlier than
March % or later than April 20 in any
one year.
New Year January u will happen
on Sunday but once more during this
century; that will be in 1899. In the
next century it will occur fourteen
times only, as follows: 1905, 1911, 1929,
1928, 1888, 1889, 1850, 1856. 1861, 1867,
1878, 1891. 1889 and 1895. The intervals
are regular -6-5-6-11, 6-5-6-l Except
the interval which includes the hun
dredth year that is not century,
when there is a break-as 1898, 1899.
1905, 191I-when three intervals of siA
years come together; after that plain
sailing till POOL, when the old intervals
will occur in regular order.--Boston
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