A PROPHETIC JUGGLER.
A reader of the Paris Figaro has contributed a rather original prognostication in regard to the duration of the present war. This is based on a play with figures of the two years covering France’s last war with the Germans and adding them up ;
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Of the sum obtained, the first two figures, 3 and 7, make 10, while the last two, 4 1, make 5. The treaty of peace was signed at Frankfurt on the 10th day of the fifth mouth, that is, May xoth, xB7l. Apply the same
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Adding 3 and Sg : ■ ■r, and 2 and 9 also make Ir. Consequently the great war will come to an end on the nth day of the nth month —November nth of the present year.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1459, 14 October 1915, Page 3
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137A PROPHETIC JUGGLER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1459, 14 October 1915, Page 3
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