Show COLUMBUS DAY next friday october will be a pala gala day throughout the ho length ind and breadth of this land 01 on that day it will have been four hundred years since the discovery of america by christopher columbus four centuries will have alap dadd cil bince the ho now world wis was up fur for civilization inasmuch as history chronicles chronicle that most important event as having ing i occurred on oil tile day of october 1102 1492 there has been some borne inquiry as to why the should now be celebrated as the anniversary for many centuries the calendar instituted institute by julius cesar known as the alie julian calendar ans commonly accepted this calendar assumed that there were lays days in a year bus at this made tile the year year 11 minutes and 11 1 1 seconds too low ion 1 it could riot not without correction very long answer the purpose for which it was devised devi aed consequently it in it was found necessary to reform the calendar and the gregorian calendar was adopted in order to correct the errors that tile the old calendar had made ten tell days were dropped out and oct 5 of became oct 15 As the error was found to bo be exactly three days in years the gregorian calendar omitted the leap year from every year excepting thoe thoc wh which cli were divisible by thus the years 1509 1500 1700 and 1800 were not leap years As above stated staled this reformation took place in 1582 and 10 days davs were omitted from the calendar but a as columbus discovered america previous to the year 1500 which reckoned by bv the gregorian calendar would riot not be a leap year there would be but nine days davs to omit on oct 21 1892 the sun will occupy the same rela relative tivo position to tho the earth as on oil the memorable oct 12 1492 |