Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — Another Puzzle. [ARTICLE]

Another Puzzle.

"Is it possibly for a person to say something that will be a lie if it is true?” - ' : “Yes. If a liar should say 1 never told the truth In my lite,* it would be a He if Lt was true.** “How so?” £ ' ' “Because that statement would be one Instance of his telling the truth, and thus It would be false on the face of it And if he should say the exact opposite, that would of course be a lie, too. But leave that supposition out of the question, for it may confuse you. Just remember this—that if a fellow says he never told the truth, he must be lying.” “But if he’s lying, .then he’s telling the truth, because statement would merely be another lie. So his record wouldn’t be broken ter alk” “Yes, that’s true, too. You see, that proves that It’s impossible—:” “Shut up! Don’t tell me any mere about it—rm going to worry all day as it is!” —Exchange.