, 1874-03-09
Profits Of tho 0pcrat0rs---Location Of
Their Offices,
They Claim that Chicago is Their Best
Field Of Operations.
suporshtions Of the Buyerz-..How They
Take Their Luck.


Although mankind lnyH clnim to higher quati-
tics tllan my other animal, yet there aro pro-
penalties which ho displays which certainly OK
htbit iesB tllan horao sense, aud mark him na tho
! only croaturo that will not bo goyorucd by in
stinct, reaHon, or experience. For instance,
there is no other living animal that would en-
duro tho whisky that is drank in this city daily
It would DO 4 win endcayor to forco 1t upon
brutos, but tue uumber Of mon who como un
| smiling to tho task arc not to 10 estimated, 4
| jury Of cows would condemn l,oifor to con-
iir1ned Insanity it 1t wns caught chewing
tobacco, and, In fact, n dumb hruto will not
asu'tlfy iss convictions by indulging IN my habit
that 1t las once discovered to ho MI injury Or
discomfort. Tho boassel triumph Of mind oycr
matter heroin finds q robuko no plain snd
practical TINT It iB wonderful thnt it Ia not
| acted upon. Probably tho most characteristic
| trait In which humanity ehowB its freedom Of nil
the trammcls Of so1lso, is soen In the zeal with
! which mon follow game Of o}.anco Of nny kind,
| when tho most ordinary reasoning will demons
8trate to thom in 4 moment that tho chancos mo
boundlcasly against them. This paper has had
occasion, from time to time. to point out tho
rious methods by which frail 1nan Is rsl1oved Of
his caBl without an equiyulont, and las felt IT,
solf called upon to urge the authorities to do
J that flourish here, knowing this to be tho rule,
that humanity is not personally responsible for
| ts foibles. newspaper must be the guardian
| the people. If there is anything that sur-
passes tho dullncsa or mulislueHs Of ordinary
| mon, in Standing up to 10 continually t!ooccd,
when they can avoid it as we'll rs hot, 1t is
THE AMAZING IGNORANCE
shown by the police authorities regarding tho
various practices that sh.rpers ,,so all about
them. A Chicago policeman of flrat-rate quail
Acations will st on n dry-g,ods box in front of
petty gambling establishments whole afternoon,
md never know but what alero in going to be a
Slnday-school festival inBllo purhaps he in
thiuking over tho problems If Lucid or traciug
tho courses Of tho starB, o., still more likely,
demonstrating tho quostionof simple mathe-
matics stated under something like thu follow
Ing formula: At $685. per NINTH. how much ii
1uo mo Tor 0 days. u hours, nni II minutes; at
aty rato, le is not attending ',ohia business.
| THE LOTTERY BUSINESS.
To exhibit practical illustration OF this The
TRIBUNE. having recently Informed the police or
aomo thirty or forty burgiuries which had &C.
| Cured within short time, ano Of which thoy
wore densoly fgno'ant, now proceeds to nay tllat
tlloro aro moro lottery tickets soll in Chicago
daily, and the dsalca amount h much larEer
sum thau in st. Louis or Louisville where tlio
sale IL authorized by law. Moreover, Murray,
Miller & Co.. Of st. Louis, agents for tho state
out OF Chicago daily than ley do ont
Of both the aboye-nalned pIaces, md that tho
drawings are 1nado twice day aud tolegraphed
IN tull III ciphor.
TIE HEADQUARTERS.
Anu Iuftllcr. tllero arc less thin forty lot.
tory Offices In this city III full blast to-day a,l
still further, n mai, named J. H. Howard, Mann
gor, with elegant rooms ut No. 8, 116 Monroe
street, ID tho chief Buporintondent Of tho wholo
business in this city, and moreover. oi1ices for
tho sale Of tickets may bo found at loom D. En-
change Building, Oh tho corner Of Clark ana
Washington, Aad at Room II in tue Kentucky
Block, and III the rear Of almost any small tobuc-
co store Oh Clark street, and, to continue, agents
are olt IN the street from morning to hight
bringing in tho customers, inducing tho hnrd-
working laborors md mechanics by glittering and
spacious arguments to como in and try their luck
nnd spend their hard-earnc1 savings, and this IL
rockloss by tho loss they can i'll ntrord aud hay-
ing once started, go to rnin by the run.
POLICY.
It il net only lottery tickets TINT arc sold but,
" q sl1nrn cont1lvntco. tho opportunity to gam
ble in these chaaccs il brought within tho rango
Of tho poorest man by lottery within n lottery,
which allows of betting on tho numbers drawn
twice daY, the stakes being nny amount over
small ai,d this is tho form Of gambling pTacticed
hero TINT rakca in the poor mar's cash to tue
extent OF thousands Of doilGrH each week.. That
tho public, may inow how this little game is
operated. tho following explanation is given.
Every morning and afternoon Beyouty-tivo num-
bcrs are placed in tho wheel Of eacl lottory ut
st. Louis, paducah, and Louisville, aud Of tlo6o
twelve numbers arc drawn out. These twolyo
numbers are immediately officially telcgraphed
by symbols to a!l tho different ngoncies, thus
giving two drawings pcr day. Now tic
customer who comes in and buys say 25-.
cont ticket inns the opton Of selecting tlse num-
bers within tho range Of the aoycnty-iiyo alnl
wlon tl'e drawing tnkos pIaco,. If he bo iucky
n 11i ncf
what is caliod "day," forwhioh he receives S5.
II ho s'saddloR' this bot, or doubles it's propor-
tiona, IN other words, he receives double tic
au'onnt-na,noly, SD; or trobo tho amount Ba-
cures gig" Of tho value Of sic, un1 four
times tho atako fctcl,os ..horao" worth $50.
md so OIL the proportion continuing tic same
the average chancenot going above tlie privilege
Of gott,ng twenty t!mos his ilyestmout for 40
Letting tlfee drawn numbers ottt Of eoyoty lyo:
or. in other words, the cAancos ne as 500 to ~
to wing prlzo.
THE pRnwrs,
But, as tho prize would amount to 95 thuH
giving him buck s stake and nineteen ti.,es its
amount, tho proportion IL As twenty to 225, or
about Ii 4-5 to one, that IL Tho investor stands
ono chance IN iiftoon and four-ifts Ut receiving
back tue amount Of his bot, tho projectors pay
ing expouseh and none trliilng profits out Of tho
balance Of tho fund prodncod. That III to say
tho policy-dealers give back to their customers.
for aach $l5.Y0 they pay In, 81 cash, which
certainly cannot 10 called lavish generosity.
This ~ aa opportunity, llowovnr. Which hna such
u apecious brlllanoy about 1t TINT hundreds will
buy into lliis game, where only ono would uuy
ticket or portion Of it, In d common lottery
displaying oil tho numbers to be sold mud tho
prizes to bo won upon tho face Ut tho schoH,e.
Besides this its choapuoss and quioltuoas com
Ioud 1t to tbs ioyo for experimental ysnsttra Of
tito fast young man and to tho HocoB5itios Tor
quick returns oil tho part Of tho hard up.
| ANOTHER s.r. Lou1B SCHEME.
Another cheap scheme, Which IL drawn In ht.
Louis every Thursday Of the year 1874, there bo-
itIg a lottery Of ono kind or another ior eacll
| day, IL MI follows: Thoro are 70, ,07u ticketu Ut
81 each, aud So 500 prizes amounting to So, ,057,
OF Which q, 040 are fur 81 eau, ono Of 1T, ,000,
Two OF 81 900 each, ind one Of e407, tho rest
varying from $40 downwards. To determine tl!o
fato OF przes and blanks 78 numbers, from to
rs inclusive. aro put into tic wheel aud is aro