The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-18
JUGGLING WITH A DAY..
Pn.zles Due 90 Crooked Date
Line.


day with us 3D. IS midnight AZ every pace
on Numerically the opposite side of the
Globe. In other words. the difference be-
tween our time and that of place so
situated is exactly - hours. Bomoty
fs a place SD siluited-Very nearly Wl,h
relation 10 Boston. The clocks of Bonn
b.v and those of Boston Indicate l"c
same hour though I'm different halves OF
the day. Thus. when 10 Us \. w. III
Bombay t is b. 81. in Boston, a:
81 u Bombay. j.. NJ. u BOSTON, anu
SD ODD around the dial.
just now au eyes are turned upon
Uonekong and Manila. which are slln-
afed very nearly but not quite halfway
around tue globe tho distance bein5
reckouod westward. Tho difference I'D
time between Manila and Boston rs II
hours When Manila clock ndiedlr5
An the time with us is b. M.' ana
the Same difference holds OF every hout'
of course.
To change Manila time TO Boston une'
therefore. we must odd III hours. treating
the case as though the Manila clocks
wore tnat much Slow Thus. If We near
than ID certain event took place az Ma
nUa af I'D A. A.. we can figure ont at
once that 10 WAS then +. ~ with us
lf the event is said 10 have happened
AZ 4P. ~. then 90 must have nappehen
while we were asleep, 0r should nave
b.o, 4-fcep. at 3 o'clock I'm our morning.
Thus far the reckoning ls easy. bul
NOW comes very important question:
which. unless Be- is answered correctlF'
man, ruf ms Ga error 20 hours as 10 the
,i,,. ~ o,ourr.nce-ho about The day
or tre month and week. This matter rs
mo-, s., simple - it may seem at first
sight, for here again we must make
correction" and unless We are clear
bardad we shall make mistakes some
Times Tn fact &c makes d. difference
,,1f.b ty. must allow for. whether au
80 is 1.f.d An Manila time or u thar
or Uouekoug.
For example among the Cab."FrapnS
Grsf received bv MS relating t0 commo-
doro Dcwey's victory iu Manila Bay
49, cr. dated rIonskone. May o. au-
uounciur. though premafure.y as BE-
proved the b0mllrIment OF Manila SUPP
,osa5 g., bs t1cD taking place The day
,,..g tl,., Sunday MAY I. n Manila. but
fl, fgo,..i,,ry n was Monday. though the
-lt,,.I 1ire-.pca I'm time between the
.... -,.(l. g.. loss tb4n half an hour.
.. 90 +b., ,yif, usg
WIZ" ,r - ~ tbus question depends
49,, t.o f,lqti,r of the international
-,.. M. r,ot is we'll known that
o''- '.'.- ..t'.. g., +be pacific ocean
" '"l .,' ..t..,.,. d, bie reckon
one "i"l' ~ d.. cro.se. 8. from el,t
n-s oL 'I'',. ,...... t,. ,lro,.,sl. A. i'm tre
u, NV. 4,rco,ic, ~ J,v must he rencated
ma, ,,.. D.. IN. f.rtb meridian o.. Iu.t.-
LIZ s, ar y,e4t of the urine merid-
,-,," lf ,.,.on,.i.b I'M other words. D.
asa, ..l-t5i.r of IorpifiIs which les
,.'' ''.' -, ,t,. oI,b. f-,r, Greene
'-'. wa. - - ,,.,,,.1 fioararfI.,
"ien. ne "Iy' ~. ii+, ,yb., 20
on 'n' TWO ga, 3, &. Monday
l7 9unl"y ~" .tf, vvbsn r Is Monday
orr ,'o tl. 90 a. Tuea4sv ON the
on '''- al 81 "a, tbrough the week
- ts ~ oorrsa me same dir
S 49, a.. 80 dave of The month. The fst
49,. i,.s,,-.a on the east side. he
"a .t. o,,d ~ Nav On Inc west side. and
.-7 80 sofrofly IL is one and the
. VS. ,,,,
80, for This neculiar state OF
r-. ,tt, ts the line AZ which.
iii'l'7' y go ,.,,,.,.,,, ~ the commercial
ny .,.,,- +be d,v is considered 10 begin.