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

hence the twentleth e Others ana
A. L. BOOTH
rhAMMARIoN's VIEWS
The following interes,,,.
Is from the Chicago pcca, argument
an authoritative nnsvvs,
..psorning question when tbe he all.
, ,ury Desins has Just been rlvns sw cen.
NniniIc flommariOn, tho dis,s.n ny N.
astronomer and author A. ,i,suishei
i've answer his Statement ~ "u,hotit.
htyieu' since this In a subtar, wen h
ne u peculiarly fitted to sn. on which
Nv y Chronology and nsi,oNll h
as,re e"iy .lled. ana being an "Sny
sarlly also specially well a, neees.
sfapple with any problem ,be n si, &c
OF winch dcpcnda on n ,irh, 'pluuon
standing OF chronology 's"' under.
FROM his statement, ,yhtch
srounu thoroughly. the followins We
snges are taken. Pas.
II we look back at the has, go. go.
iini documents In the years ,. we WI
anu is'' IN which this subject ~, w
an. .I.., "iu u century hence, IN te'a
our descendants will be- disr,,..,n is,s,
same old subject. A ceniu,. ing ths
uiscussions were unusually ,i,eiso we
extended even TO the thenfro ~, and
play appeared with tho tliic M IVY
IN what Century Are We Iivin,.i. g9i'
nery question we OF today afe I'M 10y,
1Farncisque sarccy. the dis,,r,,,...,
critic snya the year 1900 Min i,'thulsn is
unMn OF inc twentieth century It,"N
n,.,,, nhc dawn OF the twonii.,t
century VIII not come In isoo "s Wv.
though we constantly henr ~. even
position OF 1900 Will Communicative sA'
birth OF the new century On Nv NV 'ha
tfnry, IL viii commemorate IN gYh.
century. The year 1900 ,siii "p oi
evening before the new con,m,,. Ne W.
the dawn viii not begin un,ii' she
midnight, u"ul httei
This seemingly difficult problem, Z.
really very easy OF solution. a 49,
,, 40 OF Twelve units. The nufnb.,
IL " a part of the dozen. ono bnrS.,
consists OF one hundred units saa ', nv
number 100 Is n part Thereof Ma, Wy y,
- clear that there never wae ~.
IN Christian chronology. Tho 6r., -,
was No, ], the tenth year was ~ ~
ana the hundrcdth year OF IN a.,
century was the year 100. ''''
what has led many pnf ins as,t,,
mas probably been the chnnge In m,
ntst TWO hgures OF the year ~ We sss
In the case OF i799-lsOO or isg1.iso,
. becomes iO or when 60 , lusle when
II any one gives mo an, h,,,.t''i,gs ~
| have a dollar. hui The hn r,i'1i 'ehu
II Just as necessary 10 INV a., I XXI w
the ninetleth. My hundred and a.,
cent " the beginning Of my second All
lar. The hundrcdih IL. in fact, a uocet.
sary portion OF the dollar.
belongs To the century which 4" tsai
Exactly, therefore. nj mIdnight .ssnns
~, 1900 viii the hour rInas ~ m ~, -
tenth century run out ana A. ~. ~,
moment the twentieth centt,,v sin -.
on it's career" -'-''
=,
~. flammhrlon then touches on an.
other most interesting question.
I'VE know now when. but 10 We
KNOW where, the new century viii be-
blh ne asks. VIII II begin exactly
AZ midnight In Paris, London. NeS
iotk or Jerusalemf Exactly NJ mid.
night IN every eountr, Is the ansSer
yes. put when u II midnight In Paris
u Is l n. IN. IN Vienna. VIII the Aus.
TRANS then begin the century before
the frenchY Certainly they VIII And
ms brings up the timely question
Whnt country VIII be the nrat 70 fges,
the new century,
Wn.n the clocks IN New YORK inll-
cafe that Y y midnight of Dee. n.lg0a
u " nltcncy o'clock In the morning o.
jar. !, 1901, IN Paris; o clock NJ Tie
snez canal, o'clock In Tananlflyo and
" clock tnoon) OF Jan j. 1901. on The
Island OF 81. Paul, In the Indian ocean
~. instead OF going east We 20 Win
lightning speed westward from New
York we shall ind II II O'Clock In the
evening In Chicago. o'clock In san
Francisco. o'clock In Honolulu, 5ip
o'clock IN the Philippines and noon o.
Dec. III, 1900. ON the Island OF 81 Paul
This island, as any one can see by LOOK
ing at n map. II exactly opposite New
YORK, or. In other words, its distance
from tho south pole Is precisely the
same as that OF New YORK from 'he
when IL IL midnight With rs X ~