The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-11
.AR OF FIELD AND GANPIO YEARS IS A CENTURY
RENEE THERE ARE 1900 YEARS
IN 10 CENTURIES.
Therefore Until the Full Completion OF
1900 Years the Twentieth Century
Will Not Have Begun.

EDITOR STAR:-win you grant me.
space in your valuable columns to take.
issue with the Rev. S. +. Bishopy Sahes
Pope and the Emperor William uof-
withstanding). Mr.. Bishop argues THAI
when man is in his 41st year nc, is
only 40 wears old, !. g. he win not he IL
years old until the end of the IL years.
which is quite correct. Therefore when
an era is in its 19O0th year it is only
1899 years old and will not be 1900 years
old until the end of the year 1900 Con-
sequently it cannot be in its goth CEN
fury until it has become 10 centuries
old which Will not be until the year 1900
shall have ended and the 1901 be about
to commence
Again Mr.. Bishop argues that when
man reaches his year 100 he has FIN
ished his Tooth year, not begun It, This
for the sake of argument may he ad-
mitted but it does not alter the fact that
he has not finished his century Tor term
of 100 years..
A man born on the list of January
year l. will not complete his LIST CEN
fury until the 31st of December year
100; nor Will he enter upon his 2nd CEN
fury until that date has lapsed
The Christian Era will not he 1900
years old until the end of the year 1900.
and logically it cannot enter upon it's
@uAll CENTURY uIlll the lSUU years OF Its
existence are completed
Mr.. Bishop says that so soon as he
was 10 years old he began his 18th wear
True again, but he was not 10 years old
until the 10th anniversary of his birth
in other words, until he had cOmIletssSif
10 years of existence. He says that
when he pays a man 500, the man has
no right to demand another dollar Also
true; but when he has paid him Sg9 and
/ inn hot
complete the payment of 500. but he
has to keep on paying until he has paid.
the other SO cents to complete the fun
800.
In support of his theory Mr. Bishop
quotes the legal formula of dating doc
uments ION this twentieth (ordinaD
day Of December, in this year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety mine" and then asserts that this
clearly proves that last year was the.
year 1899 This axiom no one can con-,
trovert, but I submit that the year 1893
was not complete until it's end, nor did
the year 1900 commence until the year
1899 ended. Now if this is the case with
individual years it must be so with CEN
turtles or periods of 100 years, and the
End cycle cannot commence until the.
LIST is completed nor can the goth cycle
or century commence until the 18th cy-
Gle or century is completed, I. q. Untis
the last day of the year 1900 has passed
and the 1st day of 1901 commenced.
The Christian Era will not be 1900
years old until the end of the year 1900
When man is u months old he is one
year old. II is the end of his year I.
When a century is 80 years and IL
months old, it is the end of the LIST CEN
: fury and the beginning of the End;
2 when an era is 1899 years and II months
old it is the end of the 18th century and
the beginning of the GOTH But a man is
not one year old until the end of year
from the day of his nativity. A CEN
fury is not 100 years old until the end
of one hundred G00) years from its in
ception, and an era is not 1900 years old
until the end of 1900 years from it's
Inauguration. Therefore it seems to me
that the 18th century does not end until
the last day of the year 1900, nor does
the goth century commence until the
list day of the year 1901.
Respectfully yours.
FRANK b. AUERBACH.
Honolulu, January II, 1900.
Fine Job Printing. Star Office.