, 1874-03-09

icsa afswn "nhera @'r g. M, ssc "a aa a! toas
Of tho drawn rnmbcrs on en-" each 81; ST. prIxes dns
payal'o forty days nfsor drawing, ,.aul}cot 10 d
Discount Of 15 por cent Tho opporti1u BY OF
| drawing n,prizo recording to til, plni, Ii oh
tcnreh by tho nlctha Of stn' 'omont and tho COM
rleation or tho Eyaloin. Wnetl,ur this IL M H.
tontionat blind or not 1t IL difficult to Aay. but as
t'loro acom 10 ba Bono advantages In making the
tlgureh LOOK stup9doua, atd carefully hiding tho
| pronroslon'to riat' u IL fatrt nsnuma that this
IL tho purpose Of tho mud llo. II Is porfooily
clcar, however, wlnt tho ltopriotorB or s,o ot-
tory malto out Of 1t. 1t will 10 soen tl,at thoy
| poeSot tho difference botweon 957,057 and
$4,000 (jIst onc-tl,ild OF tito amount Of tile
cont discount, :B,65s, and interest forty days,
about s,700. md tlloir profit IL shown to bo i1l
round n!lbora .277 Or about 100 per cont. It
Ii probably ilEarod Oh this lnsia
Amin catcllos ut tho itloa Of gottng $4,000 for
81, mud snya thnt aomebody must got tIo cli.of
irEzo, md argues That hA cl'ances Rre As good III
those Of any other individual. Yet that cnnco
IL ratl.or remote. Thero aro 76,07G tornnry
combinations which 1nny DO drawn, mud, Of
chance Of tho man is, therefore, rs to 7Gt07Gt
and his gail,H if ,o doon win, nro ns ,9OO to /.
llsc co'stant gain Of tho bark may, therefore,
be represented BY the friction II 71,076-76,o70.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Tho tickets for tiliB kind OF scheme arc sold
upon tho Streets and in tho poliov-nliops named,
Eh" l;I,, !, room & tl'e tino tho i|9sy %
OF the holders ot tickets, presents u scel,e
which is nav to Chicago, but III familiar to many
| WHO llAVe bHen present Mt sncll drawings IN
Havana or tho Southern cities. Tho Intense ex-
cltomont TINT ia shown in tho faces Of the COM.
psny Of indlvi.lun!s gathered there, many Of
whom hnyo sta'sot their lust cent, which repre-
tonts their honor their children'a b1ond. and thu
tears and ontroaseH Of thor wives, il q sight to
nlovo tho heart to pity nnd indignation, The
fow woll-dresaod and nonchnlant porsons prcBont
lltvo tho anarl Of tho gambler or sport plniuly
upon thoni, bnt for tho most part tue spooulatorH
aro OF tho Woodworking clnsscs, dra, with the
| oxcitomont Of ayarico. troubling Will, intonso
fayors thom agaln, or II it fails, to stand stupo
| lied for Il moment, and tl,on hurry out to drown
tho inaddonng thought OF their misfortune aud
shame in tile nearost rum-llulo. s1lcll inatitu-
sources of doBpar and consequent ruin. 1t IL
particularly 10 10 noted tint no ciasa Of
people patronizo these placos moro readily than
/ THE coLortEp POPULATION.
| 1t would DO e1sy to Hny TINT, as O. rnco, tlloy
aro crolulous a,d casilv tfa;torol, md this is no
| doubt tho ca1lBo. Tho snlo Uf Cheap tclats
among them is worry large, md tho concerns
have out Ereat many negro agents, whono
duty It Il to ,r them up t. tho nt of paf
ness men, for tho absolute proportion Of gain
and chance ia not ouongh to commend itself to
The Intelligent, but only to those whose nocoasi
tics arc presaiug, aud whose understanding III
superficial. III fnct. 1t IL ono OF the many ways
Of onticlnG money from tho unwary, working
| under cover Of darkness, and succeeding by
playing upon the untutorod passions Of tho ig-
norant.
Superstitions IRE worry prevalent among those
accustomed to buying lottcry-tickots. 4 dream
| Which can be construed i'll my way to refer to
certain nlmbora, iH considered to be d lucky
omen, md tho happy dreamer transfers oil tho
siittoring, promise Of tho OCCASION into day
dream which he hugs to his lieart. lie
Rtraigl,tway buys tue ticket rcforrcd to
If 1t il possible to be had, ofton carrying hin fa1l-
| oy to such an oxtent aB to pay MI eStortionate
( price to Bomo ono who ownB the ticket, tho
| owner himself being subject to tho superstition.
!l@y. Tho doslnir arising from failure to draw
tic prizo is III the inverse ratio Of tho hope OF
getting 1t, ind it il therefore not wonderful that
many are driven to- sncide or ruin BY their fan-
ciod misfortune It IL considered lucky to buy
mn interest in ticket in winch MI amntour or
groenhor, has cl,nnce. The old adago "a
fool for luck, sooms to l'avo firm place it, tho
gamblers creed. Tho atory is told tl,at little
two ago, md one Of the llabitucs OF the place
having induced her to select somo numbers ho
bet Oh them aud won considerable sl.1l. This
and similar stories become uagnliled by repeat-
UnhnppllY thoy do not know tho full valuo Of
their present opinions ns to combinations. An
accident in tho street which reveals any num-
bers Of brol;en articles or incidents is considered
spon.!irg tickot coincidont with tho numbers
Gun bo had. Even tho crowd tint assemblies will
DO counted and form The medium for The lucky
selection. But still moro singular phase Of
ttlIh superstltion il tho manner i'll which the
holdor Of tho cllanco, when he finds it to be
blanls, will argue himself into bo!ief in some
tritling lnterpositon, omission, Or nscouceptiou
which Ao had unfortunately 1nade. If he ca'a
explain it in this way it ro,ovoB in measure his
detection nt lis i'll luck md omhotdens him to
of tho p!nco to speculate over these follios, ahi
20 common iB their rollnnce upOn thom that
they are suro Of sympathy i'll their explanations
OF tho why's and wllorcfores. 1t ls distractlng
no serious inilictlon the minds Or honth OF
their customers lhat most ottcty-doalers mako
provision for thn disaster by giving small prizes
TO tue numbers approxialating the great prizes,
ion of the law under Which lotteries operate in
Ifavanu, and 1T ID III general practice iu all tho
States where the lottory-buainuss is authorized.
AN INSIDE VIEW,
But to return to tho policy shops Of this city.
as ilas already boon stated, tho Supcrintondout's
| otco is located at'ieoom t, ZIG Monroe stsoot.
| 4 tln bgn marked Howard, Room &" lungs at
the doorway, giving mysterious itinlatiou, by its
! bresity and luck OF oxplanatary notes, Of some
queer suggestion to the uuinitated. Upon OIL
toring tue Office tho casual visitor wil scarcely
| think that there III anything ont of tho way 4
tlno Brussels carpet ilowerH the floor A mag
nliicont sHfo, suggestive OF tho untold resources
oil the firm, Btas,ds open in one corner with the
bucks OF port1y ledgors aud Journals arrayod in
bnsincsB-|lke row ioolting ont. 4 neat iron
ralllug rnugcB around the aemi-circular counter,
relieved ut intervals by glass windows, through.
which clerks may be Hoell, busy Mt their work Of
lin }irpu }t,o