Show The Numeral as Originally Written An Ibwa genius has devised a theory re c carding tho manner in which the numerate now used were originally written This ther ory ho submitted first to the readers of Chi cego News as carrying conclusive evidence yithalt ILJD55 8q 1 12345G78if I TUE NUMERALS AS FIRST WRITTEV Ho says These numerals were undoubtedly first written as a combination of straight lines each line representing a unitwith the anglo exception however that the lino extending ex-tending below the conventional base had a V3ln of 5 as Instanced in 7 and in 9 It will KjaKii that the value of each character could fie determined by actual count and the only chsago which has been made is the rounding of the corners to facilitate writing and which give to the characters an arbitrary instead of tho actual value they once possessed |