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Show NUMBER ON PAPER MONEy. How to Tell Without' Seeing the Figures If It Is Odd or Even. "It nny nno comes up to you nnd wnnts to hot you thnt thoy can toll whothor tho numlior on any of Undo Snm's papor monoy Is odd or ovon by looking nt thnt part ot tho bill on which tho number does not appear, shun him ns you would tho plague," said a guest at tho Hotel McKay last night. "Why? What Is tho Joko7" asked another an-other guest. "Only this," replied tho first. "I was out this afternoon with n number ot mon with whom I hnvo buslnoss doallngs. Wo ate lunch and then ono mnn wanted to bet mo that ho could cnll tho ovon or odd on tho number of nny bill I had, tho loser to pay for tho lunch. I took a bill from my pockot, folded It bo thnt tho number did not show nnd after ho had looked at It ho said 'oven.' "It wns oven. Soon nftorwnrd I got stuck for tho cigars tho samo way. After ! had been dono' four or flvo times tftoy oxplalnod to mo that all of tho bills mnrkod 'A' nnd 'C woro odd, whllo those marked 'B' and 'D' woro oven. It cost about $G to find it out, but I guess It was a good Invostmont at that. It l:i tho Bitmo on all bills, Do careful whon nttomptlng to do tho work not to tako tho serloa lottor In front of tho numbor, but hunt for n small lottor on tho loft hand sldo of tto bill." Duluth Evonlng Horald. |