FIVE SUNDAYS IN FEBRUARY.
Chicago, Ill.
In 1880 February had five Sundays. When will this occur again? This question was asked in one of the Chicago dailies recently, and received several different answers, none of which were right, or I am in error.
Inquirer.
Answer.—Usually this event occurs every twenty-eight years, or at the close of each solar cycle of twenty-eight years; but owing to the fact that the year 1900 will not be a leap year (for reasons explained in Our Curiosity Shop not many weeks ago), it will be forty years before February contains five Sundays, or not until the year 1920.
FORMING STATES OUT OF OTHER STATES.
Fairfield, Ill.
Can a State be formed out of part of another State? If not, how was West Virginia organized within the original limits of Virginia?
Byron.