The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-02
Condolences in Figures.

That eosnc.denoes should dog the steps Of
| the great Is perhaps not very remarkable.
considering how bright light beats upon
them: but in some Instances the coincidence
Is not a little remarkable i, has been
pointed out ere this. that the letter VI dog
ged the Napoleon family throughout their
career. and one has only 10 look back a;
the events that have happened IN that fam
lily to see how true the assertion IS The
Great Nspoleon's first battle was Monte
potte. his last Mont St Jean. Marengo was
his first great victory. Moscow was the be-
ginning of the end Twen-y-six Of his gen.
erals had names beginning with NJ, and
his marshals included MasSena, Mortie-.
Marmou,. Macdonald. Nura1. and Moucey.
Maitland took him prisoner. and Nontho-
lon and Marchand accompanied him TO
exile.
career fairly br.sties with Ms. Moresth de
Montel.mar was his tutor: he married the
Countess of Montijo; Malakoff. Montebei-
10. Magenta. Marignan. Milan and Mantua
mark several Of the military episodes Of his
reign. when MacMahon was chief amongst
his marshais; and finally the Moselle. Metz.
and Moltke loom largely in his debacle. II
has also been pointed out that II we add
the figures that form the date OF Napo-
leon II. marriage 10 that year. the resuk
Is $50 (the year Of Sedan), l. G. i-i-S-,-5--S-I !
1s53-ls70; again, tf We add the figures OF
the year OF his birth 10 the same year. the
result Is the same, !. e. l-l-S-.-a-i -i-S-l-lSS-
1870; moreover. as the Empress was born
in 1876. the same result can be obtained In
yet another manner, j. G., lis -i-6-l-issS-
1870.
Victoria's favorite figure is said 10
be the figure g. she and the Prince Consort
were both born in the year 1919, she was
nineteen when she ascended the throne. and
the ninth sovereign in succession after The
revolution of less. The Prince OF Wales
was born on the 9th OF November. and the
Princess at the time of her marriage was
nineteen. The same figure appears 10
haunt Kaiser Wilhelm. who was born il
1852 entered the army in 1853. and complet-
ed his university career IN 1879. He Is also
me ninth King of Prussia. and the date
of his birth and marriage, January q and
February q, both make nine If tho figures
and are added together.
The square root II is 3. which is said
TO be the figure that cfings most closely
to Bismarck Richard Wagner Chrteen
letters was born In 1913 o. l. SID.
and died on February IS. lss3 having COM
on April 13, 1915. was first performed on
March 13, 1861 Wagner left Bayreuth on
September 13. 1861, which may be written
13-9-'6l and l. I-3-l-9-I3. With regard 20 tho
figure I3. Il is somewhat strange that on
the United States quarter-doiiar, there are
depicted 13 stars, 13 letters In the scroll
which the eagle holds IN its claws. l3
feathers comprising the eagles wang. and
the same number forming its tail; there are
also Is parallel lines and Is horizontal
stripes. 13 arrow-heads, and Is letters IN
the words 'qusrter-dollar" wonder that
the Silverites enjoyed defeat at the last
election.
1t is not generally known that these Ara
bic figures which we use are not Arabic
figures at all but are Indian and are called /
Indian by the Arabs. As the maker of the !
violin discovered the most perfect instru-
ment, so the Arabic, or Indian notation. |
ancient as II is. is perfect and can not
be improved upon. When IT was first
adopted by civilized Europe. II worked
and notable change in business |
As an Indication OF how welcome the new 4
figures were II Is well 20 bear In mind that I.
II is no easy matter 20 multiply VIII by /
XII. add " and divide by V. While II Is
easy to multiply by T. add i
and divide by g. The Romans found II so
by speedily discardirg Their system and ac-
cepting gladly that which the Arabs had
brought out Of the east.