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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 83, 10 April 1871, Page 2

FIGURE WORK. Figures serve singular purposes. German newspapers are making much of a prophecy and its confirmation in conuec- <4 tion with the present war. " A prophecy of a similar nature was fulfilled in the fall of Louis Philippe, and this one seems likely to be confirmed in the downfall of Napoleon, The following is the figure work. Louis Philippe was born in ... 1773 His Queen was born in 1782 They were married in 1809 Ascended the French throne in . . 1830 Add these historical dates as follows: — 1830 1830 1830 1 1 1 7 7 8 7 8 0 3 2 9 1848 1818 1848 The result is the memorable year of 1848 in which Louis Philippe abdicated the French throne. Now apply the same calculation to Napoleon 111. Napoleon was horn in 1808 The Empress Eugenic born in . . 1826 They were married in 1853 Ascended the throne in 1853 Add these figures in the same way ; — 1853 1853 1853 1 I 1 8 8 8 0 2 5 8 6 3 1870 1870 IS7O And where is Louis Napoleon this year of our Lord 1870? To say the least, this is a remarkable instance of prophetic figure work, for it is said to have beeu promulgated some years before Louis Philippe abdicated, and to have been in a similar manner applied to Louis Napoleon.

TriE entire cost for 1869 to the Australian colonies cf tho Suez mail was £94,438 10s. Mr. and Mns. G-ii.oiJGB Darbell are now playinsr witli great success at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney. The taking of the United States' census, now nearly completed, has brought to light some curious specimens of given names. A man in Illinois has five children, who have beeu christened Imprimis, Fiuis, Appendix. Addendum, and Erratum. In Smythe County, Virginia, a Mr. Elmadoras Sprinkle has called his two sons Myrtle Elmore and Onyx Curwin, and bis six daughters Memphis Tappan, Empress Vandala, Tatnia Zain Okeno, Moletre, Og Wilt, and Wintosse Emmah. The great number of persons surnamed Sprinkle in that county is given as the excuse for these extraordinary names.