Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-13
THE CLOCKS AT GUAM.

Guam lies in the Pacitic Gees an in
longitude IA degrees 80 min. 80 sec.
east. In time it is 9 hours, 80 min
ufes and 81 seconds east of Green
wlch. This means that the sun rises
over that island a hours. 80 minutes
and SO seconds before that lumiuary
shines over the island Of Manhattan.
The common day. often called the
civil iaI last from midnight tn mid
Neutrality-suspicious. hours. In order
that the civil day may have the ga ne
number or date The world AFRO IN !, the
Leading nations have agreed to use
date OF the days as thcy begin of the
180Sh meridian.
INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE.
Thus with every place it, dates are
counted from midnight to midnight,
and each day ,kes the same date rs
that given to the latest day on the
18Oth meridian, We may think that
"t the new day as travelling westward
with the midnight. The date is given
to each place rs the midnight rea ches
it. When Midnight occurs Oh thu.
ls0tl meridian new GATE begins it :
travel around the earth.
When vessels cross the lSnth meri
dian they either drop day or add
one to the calendar. As the new
date be- ms on that line. "A vessal sail
me eastwasd over the line goes on
OF the area having the new date and
must tn. r, fore go back day. Sail.
ing west ward the vessel enters the
area having new date and must
the rrfo' e adj day to the calendar.
Thus. " ben sai,ing across the line,
Mon lay is dropped for Sunday; but
sailing westward over the line atur.
day at once gives place to SUNDAY.
The meridian of 1870 degrees, where
all new days begin is known as the
international date line.
MANILA TIME,
as matter Of facr instrumentation
al date iue is an arbit -ary. line and
dos not conform strIc ly with the
18th meridian. Man, islands in the
Pacific notably tho 20 IN close to rch
with Australia use Greenwi h
time, though geographically they lie
III the west lnngituIs. But orr far
off Pacific pose - cnI are not OF these
Gu an, then Is we'll ahead Of New
York-morr than fourteen and Il ha {
that when it is no N 1T he
city Of New York it is . o'clock 80
minutes and 81 seconds in the morn-
my of the next day at Guam. While
New Workers. would be hororing he
Father OF the original United States
the inhabitants of Guam woul I've
sleeping off the effects of
their utilization, it beng 2 O'Clock
III the morning of February % with
them.
Manila present d similar phase OF
gu sstion Of day and date. Our new
est, and may be our richest possession
is sltuat ed I'D longitude 100 deg. So
min and 3sec. east. In other words
it lies hours minutes and : sec
ODDS east of Greenwich and since
New York il 5 hours from Green wicb
Manila is J 3 hours ID minutes and 7
seconds distant from tbs Herald
GAINING A DAY.
But Il must lie borIe in mind That
Manila is east OF New York anc that
the rerore. the sun RI 1913 over that
troubled land where Dewey and Otis
have put up suhh brave fight t3
rours before it Lights up New York.
Hence, when it is high noon in New
York it is after o'cl' ck IN the morn
ing OF the next day at Manila. 1t will
be midnight with them when 1t is
mi1da. with US.
Going east or west around the
world thore is 10 reality no real loss
or gain Of day; otherwise, as CAP.