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Show Wlllioutu WrlliJijT . .Vfrkrf.il I A Hcottlih clergyman who dhd marly thirty yeara ago, Mr. I.elsh-mail, I.elsh-mail, of Kiuross, used to Ull that lie had ouco ti-en seven yeais without a birthday. I he statement i uzsle.1 most ho heard It. Theyciull eo that, If hu had been born on l'oh. "0, ho would have no birthday except In a leap year. Jlut Kap year comes once In four Yoars.nud this accounts for a gap ot three years only; their lint thought would therefore nsttira ly t that tho old man, who In fact was fond of a harmless list, wss somehow Jcsllug abriillheseleu. There was, however, no Joke or trick lilhlaaiiertlon. At Ihe preselit tlmo there can l few, If there aroany,who have this tale to tell of tlumielles, for one who crtn tell It mutd have been bom on Feb. 119 at leail !,lliiit)-slx years ago. Hut aalmlUr lino of inlsi lug dates la now soon to riturn; aud ludeeil there ore no doubt some reidera of thlapagu who will Iikvu only one blrthdate to calibrate for marly tttilve years to come. Tho solution of the pitxtlo Is lo tin found lu the fait, which dots not appear ap-pear to bo very widely known, Hint the yeor 180 1 was not it leap tear and loan will net br. The ribrunry of the preient ji r had Iweuly-niuo uajs.Uul In all the sunn years Intervening le- ItwecnltiOdaudfoJI, as well ui lu tbe three between IEUJ aud 1890, that month Mill have ouly t enly light. |
