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THE SNARLS OF TIME
POPE GREGORY'S CORRECTION OP
THE JULIAN CALENDAR.
At One Time October Wa the Year'
ShoMi'xt Month It Contained On!
Twenty-one Days In 1BH2 Cnmrao
tlnn tli i hnnite Mnile In England.
Dlil you i-ver hear of the famous
short uioulli of October, will cli hnil
Billy twpiilj-ffius tliijs'i Some three cen
turies iit; i In southern Kurope men
t rli-J to nimvt mi error that hud been
growing eimtlmmlly for more tliiin a
thonsiiinl yeiirs, ami the result was
that they tv.leil the day alter Oet. 4,
IjN'J, Uet. iiiHlead of (tel. "i.
Me net on:' hlean nnd principles re
(r:inlln; the c ilendar from two sources,
ltmmm iiml Jewish. Kvery one knows
that, the names of the months are
Latin, and in the histories we read how
the variniM Woman rulers changed the
ilistriliulloo of days within the mouth,
cte.. to snl' their pride or political
schemes, irv.n-'i as modern politicians
linsten or postpone n convention, nnd
brought thin'.?'! Into great confusion
until Julius Caesar decreed that the
coining year should consist of DOo days
and every fourth year of 3(1(1. The ex
trn day was to he Inserted between the
21th mid I'.'ith of February. In their
wny of numbering the days of the
month, which seems to us so awkward,
the 24th was sexto calendas, or the
sixth day before the cnlends of
March.. When the extra day was In
serted It was called the second sixth,
or. In Latin, bisscxto calendas, whence
our bissextile.
From .lewl'h sources we get other
features. The great Jewish festival of
the passover y.-ms celebrated on the
very day of (he first full moon after
the spring equinox. The early Chris
tians, or many of them, took the same
day. but tb! lr '. to charges of heresy,
to d;scu"s!o:;. criticism and even con
tempt; s; It wv.i decreed probuhly by
(!on:itnntlm the (ireat In 3l!5 A. 1., In
connection wi !i the council of Nlcaea,
thitt tho Chr'-.tlnn festival Easter
Rhould bo observed on the Sunday fol
lowing the pansover, nnd tho other
movable fonts of the church were
made dependent on this. So the ele
ment, of a tKetl day of tne week was
brought Into the calculation.
In this year :J2B the vernal equinox
fell on March 21, and. If Caesar's work
In establishing the Julian calendar bad
only been correct, this event would have
happened on this date forever. But na
ture seems to abhor simple ratios as she
was said to nbhor a vacuum. Unfortu-
Iuately for simplicity the year Is not ex-
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uciiy ,mi uayn u Honrs, uui nuuui xx
minutes 14 seconds less. So the Inser
tion of the extra day In four years was
overdoing the correction, as wus known
even In the dark nges, but after the re
vival of learning and the establishment
of observatories It was commented on
In the council of Trout and was very
much discnaso'l by mathematicians.
And by the mld:'.lo of tho sixteenth cen
tury tho hundre.ls of small errors had
accumulated to ten days, so the vernal
equlno:: fell nrt on the 21st, but on
the 11th, of March.
This wait the condition of things
when, in 1.172. Pope Gregiry XIII. was
elected. lie realized the glory that It
would be to his reign if thiB confusing
matter was nettled, and so set n com
pany of mathematicians to work out
the problem, not only of rectifying the
old errors, but of providing rules to
prevent errors in the future. The hard
est part of the work was to fix the
movable church feasts without doing
violence to the traditions. That a good
deal could be said about the work Is
evidenced by tho book of 800 pages
written by Clavlus, one of the compa
ny. The result was that in 1R81 a na-
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pal bull was Issued declaring, among
other things, that In 1582 the day fol
lowing Oct. 4 should be called Oct. IS
and Hint centuries should not be leap
years unless divisible by 4(H).
Itulers and states that were then
Catholic responded to the pope's re
quest for acceptance of the reform. In
France the ten days were dropped aft
er Dec. 0, 1.TK2: In Catholic tJcrmnny
the change was made In lTiSl, but the
rrotestant states delayed until Feb.
It) (March 1), KliH). In Switzerland and
1'olnnd there was such resistance made
that the troops ware necessary to sup
press It.
The change was long delayed In rrot
estant Knglaiid. which would not will
ingly accept an alleged reform due to
a pope that had encouraged Jho nr
mnda. Hut the need of the uniformity
among neighboring states was too
great, nnd .In 17."il Lord Cliesterlleld In
troduced Into parliament a bill for the
reform of the calendar. Some details
of the law may be quoted from a niaga
Klne of September, 1752: "Sept. 14
This day the Cregoiian style took placo
In all Furope, Asia, Africa and Amer
ica. This day, had not this act passed,
Would have been tho 3d of September,
but It was now reckoned the 14th, elev
en nominal days being omitted. Every
fourth year will be a bissextile, or lenp
year, until 1S(I(, which will be a com
mon year of 3U5 days, but 1804 will be
a leap year. Faster nnd the movable
fensts thereon depending are to be
reckoned according to the new tables
prefixed to the act oil parliament. All
the fixed feast days nro to be
kept on the same nominal day as here
tofore. Payment of rent notes,
the attainment of majority or expira
tion of apprenticeships shall
not be accelerated hereby. If
servants' wages are usually paid at
tho quarter days, eleven days' wages
inny be deducted out of the present
quarter nnd the reckoning for the
future go regularly on." Such were
some of the minute provisions of the
act. It will be readily believed that
Ignorant people could not understand
this, and we are told of mobs marching
through the hind crying, "Give ns back
our nlnvpn (lavs'"
Aravnlc.
Arsenic has bein known from very
early tbnes ns a deadly poison. It Is
believed to have been the means em
ployed by Nero to remove bis eueniles.
en. I iliere Is little doubt that It was
also known to and employe I by Mos
sallim and Agrlpphm. During the mid
dle ages It was extensively used as a
secret poison, being sold by alchemists
and poisoner) of Italy under the name
of "widow's powders" or "succession
powders." Its properties were definite
ly ascertained and made public by
Ilrandt In 1733. The plant from which
nsafetida Is produced Is a native of
I'ersln. Afghanistan nnd northern
India. In all these countries the In
habitants use It ns a seasoning for
their meat and vegetables, much ns red
pepper is employed by the natives of
Me:;ico nnd South American states.
The odor Is not deemed by them In the
least offensive.
Atmlnat revolver.
It Is a peculiar fact Unit very few
mini, even accomplished shots, know
how a revolver ought to be handled.
Nearly uli nro taught to handle a re
volver ns If It were a rifle that Is, by
bringing the object alined at and the
fore and hind sight into a Hue. This Is
all well enough for shooting gallery
practice, but should never lie followed
In the field. When training troops to
use the revolver they are taught, in
aiming, never to look at the weapon
at all, bnt to keep their eyes on the
object to be struck. In quick firing,
and specially In shootlug from horse
back, much better results are obtain
able In this way.
A 1'iiMcr.
A Missouri judge tells how he quiet
ed a barber who had a lotion for Bale.
The barber had Just shaved him and
before letting him up wanted to Bell
him the lotion to use on his fnce when
ho shaved himself. "Is this what you
use on your customers?" asked the
Judge. "No," replied the barber; "it Is
ao expensive I cannot afford It." "If
you can't afford when you get 10 cents
for shaving a man." replied the Judge,
"how do you expect me to afford it
when I shave myself for nothing?"
T'o barber was unniiliised and gave
up the sale.
Not lllmnrlf.
Mistress (to bead gardener, who has
been III) I'm glad to see you out
again, Bates. Bates Thankee, mum.
But I ain't anytliluk like right yet
Why, when the wind blow these 'ere
pots over, hlnstead of a-cnlllu' the bun
der gnrdner to pick 'em up. blessed if
I didn't start a-doln' of It myself!
Punch.
For the Land' Sake.
The farmer was fertilizing bis soli.
A lady from the city Btopped to gaze
It him.
"What on earth Is that?" she asked.
"A new fertilizer, ma'am."
"For the land sake!" she cried.
"Yes, ma'am." said the farmer.
WOOD STREET.
HINDOOS AT TABLE.
The H Inner Thrlr Cnte the More
Irkmmie llccoine (he Rules,
"111 India," writes Sidney how, "reli
gion, with what seems a malign Inge
nuity, has occupied Itself In heaping
complications round the two essential
functions of eating and marrying. The
Hindoo cannot take his food without
elaborate precautions against pollution,
and the higher his caste Is the more
burdensome these rules are. There are
tome Inferior castes In the south who
nro not supposed to approach even
wllhlii speaking distance of the elect.
A regular table has been drawn up of
what may be called (he degrees of pol
lution, so that, while some of these low
persons can pollute a man of n higher
caste only by actually touching him,
it Is held that blacksmiths, masons,
carpenters and leather workers can
pollute at a distance of twenty-four
feet, toddy drawers nt thirty-six feet
and cultivators at forty-eight feet,
while the pariahs,' who eat beef, have
a pollution range of no less than tweu-ty-ono
yards and twelve Inches.
"The more sacred a Hindoo is the
more he Is worried by his code of table
etiquette. The very high caste ISrnh
nian ought to strip off all his clothes
and, If possible, sit on the floor when
he consumes his food. lie should not
eat nnyllilng which has been touched
by an Inferior or a non-Hindoo or
drink water out of any vessel similarly
dellled. As the scale descends the re
strictions relax until nt last we get
down to the man of no standing what
ever, tho sweeper, who Is so wanting
lu rellnemeiit that he can openly stroke
u puppy dog, nnd llnally we reach the
outcast who can eat any kind of meat
whenever lie can get It and will even
drink out of a cup which has touched
other Hps.
"Luckily for the modern Hindoo
those burdensome prohibitions, and In
junctions are subject to certain con
venient legal llclbns. Swieln:eats, it
appears, are not foo l and may bo tak
en by nn.vbi.'y anywhere. Not long
ago the l!:ali:ntm pi:n,!ll.4 at Ileliares
decided that soda water Is not water
within the meaning of the act, so to
speak, nnd that Ice does not count."
Chicago News.
POINTS OF ETIQUETTE.
Finger bowls are not put on the table
until nfter the dessert is removed.
It Is Mho worst possible form for a
man to take a woman's arm. by day or
night.
When leaving a car n man should
precede the woman, so as to nssist ber
If necessary.
In addressing a newly married couple
at a wedding rcccpHon It Is usual to
congratulate the groom and to wish
the hriile great happiness.
It Is not looked upon as good form
to announce a meal by the ringing of
a bell. That custom does very well for
a railroad station, but Is now seldom
used In private houses.
When taking a lady in to dinner or at
any Indoor entertainment a man offers
his left arm. but In the street he must
always take the outside, no matter
which arm lie has to offer.
The expenses Incident to a wedding
are, with few exceptions, borne by the
family of tho bride. The groom's ex
penses, with the exception of flowers
and souvenirs for the bridesmaids and
ushers, begin with the fee to the clergy
ma a.
Serrnnte In Germans-
A girl engaged in America is by no
means a girl Bocurod, as regards either
domestic service or matrimony. In
Germany, on the other band, the mis
tress of a prospective .cook nnd the
(lance of a prospective bride may feel
reasonably secure when once an under
standing has been reached. "Well, I
will engage you, Uedwig," says the
bausfruu at the close of the interview,
and as a pledge of good faith three
marks (75 cents) are given and receiv
ed. By acceptance of this sum, Hed
wlg binds herself to appear at the time
and place agreed upon, and if she falls
in fulfillment of the contract, after al
lowing twenty-four hours to elapse
without having returned the money,
she renders herself liable to criminal
prosecution. Needless to say. breach
of coin racr under such conditions Is
rare. Harper's Bazar.
Pnntnire Stam; .Tonsrae,
"A number of ailments, some of them
extremely dangerous, are comprised
under the general head of postage
stamp tongue," said a physician.
"Postage stamp tongue, in a word, is
any disorder contracted from the lick
ing of postage stamps. Three or four
persons a week visit me with postage
stamp tongues. They have a throat
trouble or a skin disease or a pulmo
nary complaint brought on by the reck
less habit of stamp licking." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
A Fatal Fault.
"I have here some Jokes." "You
what?" asked, the editor. "I said I
have here some Jokes." "Oh, you have
there some Jokes. What kind of jokes
are they?" "New, brand new. Never
been used before." "Can't use 'em,"
laid the editor. "It takes our readers
too long to get used to the new ones.
Good day." Milwaukee Sentinel.
Comparative Hnpplnc m.
If one only wished to be happy this
could be easily accomplished, but we
wish to be happier than otlier people,
and this Is always dlt'dcult, for wo be
lieve others to bo happier than they
ore. Montesquieu.
In France there Is an Idea that If a
fisherman counts tho fish lie has caught
hu will catch no more during that day.
The idle rumor Is always busier than
niLV ottier kind. Houston Tost.
BETTING SYSTEMS.
Thrlr Opponent Sn He Can't FIsTht
Human Kuture.
No backer Is deterred by tho knowl
edge that the odds offered aro mathe
matically unfair. Ills faith In the cor
rectness of bis Judgment Is a setoff
against the restriction of his winnings.
Argument never prevented a man
from risking a sovereign on a "good
thing." Some twenty years ago I
wrote lu n journal now defunct an
elaborate refutation of the notion that
money can ho iniidu by systematic
gambling. I gave an analysis of every
known "system" and proved to tho
sat isf act ion of every mathematically
trained Intellect that systems were ab
surd. The paper rather a serious or
gan was In consequence bought large
ly by betting people, and hundreds
tested the systems I had exposed. A
compositor in the offce of the paper
actually made some !f.'l."0 or $UM by
following one of the systems and gave
up his "case" for the course. Ho wns
hack long beore the season finished.
The only cure for gambling is a per
sistent run of 111 luck, resulting lu en
tire loss of capital. Kvon then the
doctrine of chances suggests that "tho
turn must come." That Is whnt lures
the man with the gambling Instinct.
Somo one must win. Why not I?" Is
his unanswerable objection to all argu
ments. It Is curious, too, how the very
arguments employed to prove tho fu
tility of betting have a knack of fall
ing when put to the test of one or two
experimental trials. I once, by way of
an object lesson, laid the mathematical
odds against heads turning up five
times consecutively. They ran nine
times. It Is true that I should bnvo
won scores of limes If my . opponent
continued tossing, but lie was satisfied
that my mathematical Illustration had
failed and argued If It failed once
why not twice? I hnvo decided not to
publish the very elaborate manuscript
I prepared on "The Folly of Systems"
so long as human nature remains as It
Is. Douglas Itlackburu In London Re
view. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
What llnppena When Trro or More
leerN Wunt to Hpenlc at Once.
There Is no rule against a down
peers, or the entire peerage for that
matter, rldng and addressing the lord
chancellor at the same time. The lord
chancellor has no power to select the
peer who shall speak. A lerd chancel
lor's leg may be pulled, we Imagine,
bnt his eye can never be caught. For
all he can do two peers wishing to ad
dress tho house and refusing to give
wny one to the other could stay on
their feet until one of them dropped
from exhaustion.
This Is no exaggeration. Within liv
ing memory two peers engaged In an
adventure which at first threatened to
develop Into a tiring down contest aft
er the manner of Goldsmith's dancers.
It happened In 1884 on a warm July
day and was very entertaining while
It lasted.
The two were Earl Granville and
Lord Cairns. Iloth rose simultane
ously to speak. The two peers stood
facing each other at the table, and
each tried to speak, while their parti
sans kept shouting "Granville!" and
"Cnlrns!" in an aristocratic manner. It
must have sounded a little like a cup
tie. Lord Selborne sat on the woolsack
helpless. The scone might have lasted
until either Earl Granville or Lord
Cairns bad fallen fainting had not
Lord Beaucliiinip earned immortal
fame by creating a precedent In the
house of lords. He moved, in a tone of
anger, that Lord Cairns be heard, nnd
Lord Cork, in a similar tone, moved
that Lord Granville be heard.
A vote was taken, nnd Lord Gran
ville won by a majority of one in a
house of fifty-three excited peers. So
if the lord chancellor nt any time finds
himself confronted by two noble but
obstinate orators there Is a precedent
to fall back upon which may be found
useful. Loudon News.
One Mokel For Two Fare.
"Women are pretty magnanimous
wllh each other," concluded the man
who had thought they were not. "The
otlier day a girl got oi the car. She
had a $5 bill. No change. She turned
to the woman who sat next to her and
said: 'Can you let me have change for
this? I am in a hurry. I don't want
to bo put off.'
" 'I haven't the change,' replied the
woman, 'but here Is a nickel.'
"Ths girl demurred. 'Take it,' In
sisted the woman. 'It Is only Just. I
have been riding for about a mile and
a half and th conductor hasn't col
lected my fare yet It Is against my
principles to force It upon him.' "New
York Press.
A Bad ReeoTery.
Scene: Registry office. Bridegroom
(to registrar) The firBt time I was
married was In a cbnrch, the second
time In a chapel, but I like this way
best It's so plain and simple, and I
should come hero If ever I got married
again (Catches sight of his bride
and sees be has said the wrong thing.)
That is, my dear, If ever I have the
or misfortune to get married again,
of course! London Punch.
The Dull.
IClch. Aunt Why do you brlnff me
this dust, Tommy? Tommy Because
I want yeu to h'.tc it. Hic-h Aunt Why
do you vrant :no to Mto it? Tommy
Because I heard papa say that when
you bite the dust we shall got 20,000.
London Tit-Bits.
RenHMurlnfl:.
The Lndor All rlsht, I'll lend you
$5, but don't forget that you owe It to
me. The Borrower My dear follow, I
shall never forget It ns Ion as I live.
Brooklm Life.
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The Peoples Bargain
We have decided on account of the
strike and as our store is full of summer
goods, to make room for the future and
will make a sale to last only ten days, be
ginning Tuesday, May 29,
We have in stock just what you need for
summer wear. Articles are as follows.:
Window Blinds, were 25c, now 19c.
Lace Curtains from 39c to $2.75 er pair.
Big assortment of Embroidery from 2c up
to 40c per yard.
Fine Laces from lc to 25c per yard.
Calicoes, fast colors, GMsc, Gc and 5c, now
at 4Mc per yard.
All kinds of white goods, as ladies' white
skirts, night gowns and shirt waists,
misses' and childrens' white dresses
on all these white goods you get 25c
off nn every dollar purchase.
Summer gauze vests for ladies and children
from 5c up to 25c a piece.
MEN'S WEAR-Clothing. Shoes, Hats,
Caps, Shirts and Underwear will be
reduced from 25 to 35 per cent on the
dollar.
Remember ! Don't miss this opportunity
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