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Show IS UNLUCKY PAPER MONEY. ' i iLsH Racing Men Clip Corners Off Two- Dollar Notes Before Betting. jH I.nrgo numbers of clipped two-dot- if lnr bills havo reached tho treasury , department at Washington for ro- H dem'ptlon In tho last threo years. H Theso bills nro nil corncrlcssi That J H Is, nil four corners lmvo cither bcon 3 torn off or neatly cut off xvlth scissors J- or knife. Tho officials xvho Interest J IH themselves In tracing Biich thing ft ' (.u c'dy nsceitnlncd that a supcrsti- IH (lot. or racing peoplo lay back ot tho 'H rrm -sq two dollar blll.i. It was JH found i -. t somo years ago tho plkcrsr M In the r.'uni; gnmo dovclopcd an an- tlpnthy to tl - two-dollar notes, con- ! H sldcrlng them i- lucky. Their method H of exorcising .' o devil of Ill-luck : H clinging to to.- i oi.oltar bill was to H tear or cut c : tho corners bctoro ... H putting It into play Tb - Idea spread, i ! H Uninfected the 'u(u.,na-o s aud somo '' bookmakers vl.c r. . :-..-( largo ni'-n- H bers of two-doila.- 1 1 Is m tho courtu f H of a day's opcrut.ouB loll Into the ; habit of clipping x, :th scissors tl:' ' H cornern ot such rotes a-, they couldn't H unload upon their nBMi:lntcs. N'oxf J H It In, reported that distrust of tho' txvo- v H dollar note Is becoming general and j H that the comorlcss noles nro appear- ' J H Ing In many different places. H |