The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-11
VOL. 9.
Ghe Bulletin.
Lottery Prizes in Paris.
The Passion for Gambling-saory OF
Hotel Cashier ana Russian
Countess

Correspondence OF the New York Times
PARIS. April l8.-when wrote the
other oay about the modern passion for
Gambling might have added something
about tue gambling that's constantly go
ing on here outside OF the clubs. There
are no greater gamblers in the worli than
those who stake their money every day
upou tbs Bourse, or upon the Petit Bourse
during the evening. And the passion j.
not a whit stronger among the people who
inye,t their small economies IN stocks Of
various soris. All try to get something to
which lottery Is attached. There are
semi-annu d drawings to the Paris loans,
and number OF prizes. In the first Place.
the lucky number gets 100000 francs or
10000 francs, according to the date Of the
loan; there Is a smaller prize OF 30 900
francs several OF 1000 francs, and q Sc
ries OF numbers are drawn TO be paid on at
the par value OF the bonds. The Turkish
loan has adrawing also, and a gu and prize
OF 600,uV0 francs. Last year this was
drawn by man in Trieste, who came on
here to negotiate 1t. As the Turks do not
pay interest on their bonds, he had doubts
about their paying the prizes drawn In
their lottery, but he finally got some bank
ers t. take it at $4,000 france, giving
S20.uO0 by way OF discount. The Russian
pAzes amounts 10 10000 rOubles. Ali OF
these loans are p 'puiar Save the Ottoman
at th. time, for all who invest hope to
draw priz- and in addition to their inter-
est they have the excitement attendant
upon investment in a lottery. curious
case mas just come before one OF our tTiOu-
mails, growing out Of one OF these drawings.
Three years ago a Russian lady came 0
Paris and touks rooms at the by ron hotel,
where che was very well rece we'd. She
was lady OF q certain age, pretending to
be a count, IS and the wife of general
Stationed in the Caucasus. She had money
aud lived in style. In very short time
he took fancy to toe lady cashier of the
hotel aud the two became exceedingly in
innate. The cashier WAS an unmarried
lady Of thirty odd, who was dreaming Of
ultimate marriage and was saving her
money to buy her ''trOusteau' when the
fortunate being who wa 10 be her husband
should chance along. she bad waited years
for him. but every year added something
to her wealth, and made her more and more
an object to he desired. She contd. q all
Thu 70 the Russian lady. who gave her en-
cOurageuent and hope, and the two spent
many an hour together, taking over the
matter. Naturally, the "grande dame"
was inforIne OF the economies laid aside
for the marriage settlement.
As time wore on the caselef saw tue
lady's bin paid with less regularity, and
dun hing letters became frequent Finally.
she began to borrow from her dear
friend" the cashier. One day she pretend.
to have received an order from her hus.
band to return at once TO Russia, but
lacked the 800 frances necessary tor the
voyage. She borrowed this sum from her
friend, giving her & 800 rouble bond To
cover this and other sums, promising TO
redeem. il 10 six months. This period GOV
cred the annual drawing. The time came,
and the bond did not draw trize. The
cashier then wrote for Der money and In
reply received an authorization TO sell the
bond. ON refie ton, she concluded &c
keep It herself A year rolled by, and q
the next drawing this Identical bond drew
the grand prize OF 100000 roubles. Th'
dreams OF the cashier were now more thai
| realized, SO fsr a. money went, for she hst
never gone so far as TO fancy herelf tht
po,.essor OF ga, 900. She went to the
Iroper place showed her title and receiv'
that sum in solid French money. But she
had :arcely depo-ite 1 in the bank Of
France in her own name r hen the Russian
| lady came on to claim her bond aud tn
| 100000 roubles. She pretended that TIT
| bond had simply been left as security 10
| a debt The case came before the court
| last week, and the Russian lady lost Thu
| case Her authoriZ stion to sell the bon'
was regarded as sufficient title, and !
made no difference whether the cashte
sold it t. herself or third party. The trI
| hunal decided that the bond and the priz
| il drew I'm the Russian lottery were III
legitimate property OF the ca, hier.