| Show WHEN DOES lf Further LI lit ht the Twentieth Cen Century tury To the Editor Provo City t Clah tah Dec 19 1 9 The QUestion ot of the time wh n the Oth century begins teems seems to be cause lag Ins discussion amon among both learned nn and unlearned and both sides I bring forth arguments In support or of their positIons position which when rend read and ond heard IJ by n a great orent many people tend to confuse rather than to settle soUle their minds inasmuch however ns as the question Is still sUII disputed the tho following mn may not be ml l First ot of all let it be observed that It itie Iii ie really II a or of how the dates datu during the tho first year of the Christian om em were or ought to be designated that being settled Ute the fixing ot of all sub subsequent sequent dates anti the beginnIng or of will naturally follow follo In your our Issue or of the you OU have a from two ot of the pro professors i n the leadinG State educational I which you ou d designate I lIall as un reasoning because say that t the twentieth century beine n the first ot of January I 1900 O I leo ace no escape from theIr conclusion provided their premises are correct It If the first year ot of the Christian era should be written A D or A D 0 then the nIneteen centuries will be complete on the of the present month But Dut the conclusion Jon leads to tc dull I om am nt at a 0 loss lOBs how to designate nate the first year without using the term first which la b the ordinal nurn num bet ber corresponding to the cardinal num number b ber r I 1 what Is the tho ordinal number for tor forthe the tho cardinal 07 01 has It ever eer been heard or thought ot of otWe We began statehood January I 1 then was not the year car 1396 6 the first year ot of statehood 1811 the second and so 60 on JC If not bieh year ear ot of statehood was IS GT Suppose for tor on any reason the time should that statehood should hould be for tor Anna Anno Do Da DaminI mint minI will the learned gentlemen main that 1196 U G was simply Imply the year car statehood ur or will they admit that It was the year 1 ot of statehood or the first rear I om am nt at a loss to see how the they can escape the latter position The same sam Illustration could be made In relation to tM the first year ot of n a per persons sons life or the tho first year at school schoolA A man may commence to acc 2000 when ho he gets Gols one cent It fl is II his fits first cent marked Io Ie not simply c and so with his first dollar marked I 1 and not 10 0 lie requires complete written before the tho second hun hundred hundred dred tan ban commence and so It requires require to 10 be ba actually In hand be before toro fore the twentieth hundred dollars com commences commences I belle believe that tho article ot of the two to professors Js Is ot of itself sufficient to overthrow their position they lIa say that their communication was written Dee Dec 16 10 1891 1599 which thc they allege means months and 16 days wh why say aar that It means 1699 years r I 11 and Its 16 d same d dato to 1 nr t I that thaI time lime And at It IC that t half tt years complete It means menns 12 and iu 16 days das m believe neither ot of th the complete I claim The obvious and is ot of n la Is the tho month ot of the tho fI h eay of the year Is finished at It then the the ht 12 and the rho 16 rn h cry d plated neither ot of the tho latt Ht rl n 11 maintained hence tit arguin 0 o 0 c can be a year must fall with the h ln t the Ihl hence the twentieth others eN and January I 1 1901 cen betta 0 A L lio VIEWS na naThe The Tho following Is Au An from the ChiCAgo interesting N ar authoritative nb absorbing qUestion when t to 0 the th aU all tur turf begins has Just been the na tr C n the dg ten en by hG astronomer and author An J tine tIe hi his lea styled since this Is n a 11 l be h he In fa peculiarly fitted subject t to t 01 on tt h Nth h authority Chronology C speak are closely closely allied 1 me alii bad being an astronomer M I an Ilae ode 1 le sadly oleo specialty Specially el cel grapple with well u ln p I te t ot of which tn th the nl depends on 1 ot of chronology chronology right un under er From Irom his statement Which ground thoroUghly tile the tOIl covers sages are oro taken G al alIt s sIf It If we 0 look back nt at the find documents In the past t We e w ll and 1599 15 99 In which this years 1 s sub CI ct t cussed and a century was I hl hence r ln n OUr descendants will wll hi be 19 dir same old subject At A u t I were unusually century ag the tb extended oven even to the theatre I an play nl with th the title rI i J a aIn In hat De Dear r Century Are We Living Thu very ery question we e Of today T II asking are agars gall l I Sarce Sarcey the critic says the he Year nr dawn ot of the tho will Pill b be t twentieth century i mistaken The Thu dawn or of th the I century will not COme to In though we con constantly hear that a the position position ot of 1900 will ex commemorate tb phi birth ot of the tho new MW century On the It Wi I a the i e nd of a century The year 1900 will h hi evening before the tho new the dawn will century and not begin midnight un until III att afie er t This difficult probe problem is really vel very ens easy ot of solution A c of units The nu I Is n pa part rt ot of the dozen one On hUI hm n i consists cauls Is of ono one hundred units and aDd 1111 hi number Js Is n a part thereof Noe No Is clear that 1 I there thero never was art a g to In chronology The firer y f was No I 1 tenth year wu wa it l and the hundredth year or of th the finI fi century was the year loo What has led many per fie as ray hns I has probably been the change in the first two figures ot of the year as aJ w 1 see e In the case ot of or A similar change however Is made wl hon n 0 I becomes 10 or when 90 10 1 It If an any one gives hes me one hun hundred r d rte I have n a dollar but the tho t I Is just liS as necessary to my first dolt III ae the My hundred and first cent Is the beginning ot of m my 8 second Ond dil di lar IlIr The hundredth Is In fact tarl a nece sary portion ot of the dollar lorn in Wee Ilke manner the VUI veat belongs to the tho century which Is 15 dy 1 g Exactly therefore at midnight of C b 31 3 1900 will the hour glass glaH of oC the nine lIin century run out and at the zt XI moment the twentieth century will start starton on Its career caner ri then touches touch on as an another other most interesting Wo We know now when but do ye know know where the new century will ta b gin 1 h lie asks Will It begin eXal Y at midnight In Parts Paris London fier 1 York or Jerusalem Exactly Exa at m d night In every country Is the 1 Yes but when it I Is midnight ht la Pasts Palts It Is 1 a In In Vienna Will the As Aar then th the me methe the CertaInty Certainly the they tIll Ail this brIngs up the timely question What country will be the first to great r d the new century WhEn the clocks In New York t 11 it cab t e that It is b ot of DI Da It Is already y Ii 6 In the momma o of 1 Jan I 1 1901 In Paris Pari 7 o 0 clock at t te Suez canal canul S In und and 12 o 0 clock noon ot of Jan 1 Ji J t on the Island ot of St Paul In tha Indian ocean It Instead ot of going Et enst It we go with lightning speed westward tram from New Nel NewYork York we shall find It ft It 11 In th the evening In ChiCAgo 9 In San 6 In Honolulu J 3 1 In the and noon Dec 31 1900 on the Island IslaM ot of St PaUL This island as an any one can see ee by io k kIng Ins Ing at a 0 map Is exactly opposite New NewYork NewYork York or In n other words its lis from the tho south pole Js Is preciselY the same samo os as that ot of New York from t 3 north polo pole I Whon It Is midnight lIh Ith us s it t I es noon there but the question Is Is this the noon ot of the next day or ut of the l p coding one To sailors this Is a matr mat r ot of seine somo importance ns as the captaIns have hava to whether they gain or lose n a days wages when they arrive at this point Those who will have tho honor of oC a ar cording the tho first greeting to the neW nets century for tor the tho reason that It will actu actually ally b begin gln there before beCore It b begins else elIP elsewhere where are the in 11 Iam t n a athe the tho Japanese o In Tokyo nod on I the Island ot of Yeso the Inhabitants ot of th tM Philippines ot of Ne New a Guina Ides 1 the Solomon islands and of oC The N Nw the tho French In New nia and the Inhabitants ot of New Nel and of at the little Island ot of Chatham In 10 thin the Pacific ocean Let everyone every one remember however distinctly that the thery century will begin In every ry country at t of De Dee 31 11 1900 1100 The will to 10 enjoy It before I Europeans and ru t before Americans No one one n neen even een the richest man In Nw New York ran an obtain tho privilege ot of beIng the he t iy 18 unless s h he I is first firt willing whiling to to greet travel to the d island I of of t Chatham and join the ha handful of habitants In singing n a p of 0 welcome e orne to the new c cycle clo TO SA SAVE YE I LEAKING SHIPS I Ia ship On tiro tho occasion of a to wor work tb a leak lenk her Pumps are nrc set et th the water out ns as fast tast as It conies contU by bya In Instead ot of this It Is sug a writer In the tho Amer American J CAn ua used to ions air a Ir In that air pumps be to 10 the tho leaky leak compartment nt the be thUS hue water back through theis th the force Coree II iS is I uc re F where It entered There I Is water aM mak d means 0 of eX a expelling as the filled compartments matter ot of 10 b d I that thatto to render It n a cart tor art engineering skill hItS not put the t hatches close the plan simply to and d drel or of the flooded compartment ln nor northe the nt r out by forcing air j would It male make the slightest he bol hoy large Jargo the hole might would ou belie J e exposed t tand tom as the wa water ter Principle exile and kept out on the same ame amethe pl the d hg cl |
