Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

ol -. io-les5 Is the sixteenth lheaning
tWeifth month OF the lS9q,hu uly Of the
year Is finished then the - ysar Il the
Completed and the 10 days 'onths aN
pleteai neither Of the Later are CON.
mhihtained> hence the arr,,,,, sno can b
year must fall with The " n,.N ior III,
hence the twentieth co. liners and
January l. 1901. Jury BEGIN,
FLAhMARIoN's VIEWS
,s ire iv no interesting ar,.nu..
from the Chicago Record argument
An authoritative ansvvs,
apsorplng question when ths ms all
Jury begins has Just been ,t,. new cen.
camille flammarion, the djs,,ssn Dy NJ
astronomer and author Al eo,nsulshel
i've answer his Statement y, uu.horlta.
styieui since this is subiect wei bs
ne u peculiarly fitted Ia sno ~ which
authority. Chronology ana os. with
are closely allied, and being o,tVhomy
astronomer NJ. Flammarlon Z" aaep,
sarlly also specially well o,ai,s neees'
grapple with any problem tbS S, sl N
Oh winch depends on a right 'viuuon
standing Of chronology e"' under.
FROM his statement, which o,...
ground thoroughly, the follov vy,sers The
sages are taken: lowing pas.
III we look back at the nae,
md documents In the vears ,- we VIII
and 1888 In which this snhtao. NV, 1879
o uSSS Ja en1 d century hence, IN ioo s'
s oan ues ~, VIII be discussing ~
SAINT s, oid subject. A century ny ", w
DISCUSSIONS were unusually liyelSS' us
eHlehued even to the theatre. In ieS Sal
pay appeared with the title ,Dsa. Wy ~
IN what Century Are We LlvInsS, T r9llr
very question we Of today are os -ni
Farncisque sarcey, the dstlngr.A.,
| critic, SAYS the year 1900 Mil Stu a ls
dawn of the twentieth century ING
mistaken. The dawn of the t,ror ie y
century will not come IN ,Soo Sn'leu
though we constantly hear tho, n WI
position OF 1900 will Commence" *
blrth OF the new century On tbe 'ns
trary, II will commemorate Tho J'u,
a century. The year 1900 viii Nu
evening before the new cant",,. w VI!
me dawn will not begin until aug sa,
midnight. N"'n ai'ei
This seemingly difficult prob,am l.,
really very easy OF solution A as
consists OF twelve units. The nnroS sn
IL Is part Of the dozen. one bnrssi,
consists OF one hundred units asa -, nv
number 100 Is a part thereof Ma. ";
Is clear that there never was a 80.
In Christian chronology. The 6rsi va..
was No, !, the tenth year was ~ ~
and the hundredth year Of tha a.,
century was the year 100. '"''
What has led many per ms ,s,,o,
has probably been the change In ~
first two figures OF the year ss w. s
IN the case OF lls9-lsOO or ls9g-iSOO 4
similar change, however. is made when
. becomes 10 or when 80 becomes l00
II any one gives me one hundred cert,
| have a dollar, but the hundredh cen,
is just as necessary TO my first dollar as
the ninetleth. My hundred and first
cent Is the beginning Of my second adj.
lar. The hundredth is, In fact. a neces.
sary portion Of the dollar.
In Ike manner the hundred,h yea,
belongs to the century which Is lying.
Exactly therefore. al midnight Of Dec
81, 1900 will the hour glass Of the nine.
teenth century run out and al the next
moment the twentieth century win star,
on its career"
NJ. Flammarlon then touches on an.
other most interesting question.
we know now when, but DO We
know where, the new century viii be.
gimp he asks. "Will II begin exactly
at midnight In Paris London. New
York or Jerusalem? Exactly at mid.
night In every country is the answer.
Yes. but when It is midnight In Paris
1t Is a, m. In Vienna. VIII the Aus.
TRANS then BEGIN the ceaturv before
the French? Certainly they will And
this brings up the timely question.
What country will be the first 70 greet
the new century?
"Wben the clocks In New York lndl.
cate that * Is midnight Of Dec II 1000,
IL Is already 8 o'clock In the morning 0.
jar. /, 1901. In Paris; Z clock AZ tie
Snez canal. o'clock In Tansnlryo and
" clock moon Of Jan. l. l5al on the
Island Of 81. Paul, In the Indian ocean
1T, instead Of going east, we 90 with
lightning speed westward from New
York We shall find II II O'Clock In the
evening In Chicago. 3 O'Clock In San
Francisco, o'clock In Honolulu, $3.50
o'clock In the Philippines and noon o.
Dec. 81, 1900, on the Island OF ST. Paul
This island as any one can see by look
ing at a map, Is exactly opposite New
York, or, in other words its distance
from the south pole Is precisely the
same as that OF New York from the
north pole.
when II is midnight with Us i y
noon there, but the question Is, Is this
L. - a - H. Mt
ceding oneY To sailors this Is a matter
of some importance, as Their captains
have TO decide whether they gain or
lose days wages when they arrive az
this point.
Those who will have the honor Of &C.
cordlng the first greeting 10 the new
century for the reason that II Will acth'
ally begin there before II begins else
where are the Russians in Kamshatta
the Japanese In Tokyo and on tne
island OF Yeso. the inhabitants OF ue
Philippines, OF New Guinea islanl,
the Solomon islands and OF the New
Hebrldes, the French in New Caledonla
and the inhabitants Of New IealaIu
and OF the little island Of Chatham ID
the Pacific ocean.
LET every one, however, remember
distinctly that the twentieth centuty.
will begin In every country at mldhgN
Of Dec. 81, 1900. The Asiatics VIII oegih
10 enjoy IL before Europeans. and furp,
peans before Americans. No one no.
even the richest man in New YcfS' can
obtain the privilege Of being. the veg
first TO greet it--that y, unless hs
willing TO travel 10 the distant islaha "
Chatham and Join the handful o. 80
labltants in singing paan OF WeleO'"'
20 the new cycle"