, 1879-01-02

sccmed to have ont1srcd any fear OF change. nnt
It was tlcaaant to wander under It. arches ani
lohk at tho trees and study l'hiltp III. III Horse
back. md SUMMON back the phanfDm4 vim once
ell. and has become nero market. with shops,
where sou can buv cheap 1cW6iry AMI ruthcs,
and prominent nrc psacarus III cHlOgv OF American
machine. md earned meats. All tho color and
trwing machine has taken tho place of tho auto
do fe, and, rs an antiquity, Plaza Mayur llas no
more interest thnn tho Fulton Market or
Twccd's ancient Court. .ifousc opposite the City-
Hall.
RED nEPuaLrcAx DAYS IN STAIN.
There are fever beeears on the streets, and
cfllIncnt Of order and yittuo which Is fatal to
newspapers: ncsfly all the journals used :"
know nre Eonc,-thu rnpers which used to call
AtinJcus hfacatont l., bccause he wasa italian;
the extreme papeya w1,fri, used to tell sean.
1atous stories about the Pope and the
Jcsuils. amt print Eeucsotne pictures Of tho In
qntsition. There was q paper which tlsc4l to
rcad chilled Ut,camsados, or the Shirt tss. which
was the hlo0tl-rrd or0Rn, nnt1 whose editor be-
gan MS leaders by demanding for. tho Republic
b00. .oO heads. 1t WIS wotlirrfnl combination
Of brutality and crime, and one tanricd that u
WA edited by shu,e rOyalist and supported by
toyalst money to bring scandal on the Republic.
Tho whole school Of journalism, 80 1.nlqi1e and
tluent, has vnnis],c1, and what you l,ayc asc
few decorous papcre in bad type, With politics
of neutral tint. living from day TO day IN
dread OF summons irum CanoTaa stopping The
press and marching Tho editor to tic courts.
So journalism las wsftej, ami II rou want to
know what Spain thinks an1 says 5on must 20
to tue cafes.
TIE LOTTERY IN SPAIN.
had gone the other morning to pa7 my de-
vofions to the Virgin, not Que Lady Ut Atnclla
(t,lc Virgin from, Antocll), for anv Ut tho maui.
burn Ii. Madrid ehurrfiee. but uur Lady at
Isapllnet, a. you SEQ her un the walls OF rho
Madrid Gallery, In the picture rnllc,l In Per-
la." THIS gallery IS one Of tho vlorIea Of mod
ern ci,i1izatl0rt, mud whenever INV mini In the
years ot absence reverted to Spain, toan!l that
1t rested pn TIC Atu.eun in ttic l'tn,!o. I,arc
frjcnds on these walls whom could not tnlss
seeing without feeling that had trat,s0reescI
"Thc AenDas. ."'rtto Surrcnticr Of l3rrtla, ,".-n1l
the works OF thr 1nct,tnparablc Vclasqucz am
afrai! worshp there more than IN tbs ch,tsches,
for there really aro no chutches IN Madrid,
Do more than III New York or postan. had
made mr. detottons, and wns strotling homo
through tho Callu San ticront.no, sllen ali un-
usnn1 1ustle attracted inr attention. Ncwsboys
were Shouting extra neEapaperS, 1nu lpunger9
stopped to rtad, ,-to read with straued and
hreathiesh attentton. l thought the King lad
bocn shut. or the Mlntstry had resigned, Or tito
favorite bull.tlghser Ind died, Of TINT there was
81 purclnseti an extra and stopped to read,
and fountl It was opfy columns 0f figures, md
that these figures recifcd tic prizes It, the lot
tcry. Tho lottery Ind been drawn that morn
ing, and all Madrid, all 8paln was palpttating
over It.
now LOTTERIES ARE MANAGED.
II ! were asked 70 name the first crIl III Spain.
the first that should attract the rctormcrs eyes.
I would say the lottery. The Government man
management was perfectly honest. ayes" he
answered., ut Is the moat honest thing IN
Spain" As had ITO interest In the lottery l
took mr paper home and studied IL. 0!scoy-
cred that lotteries were frequently held II
spain. In this special driving thcre NeEe 1904
prizes, and tho value Of tho moucy distributed
was tt9U, 40. There was ouo principal prize Of
tlU.Oo, and threc otlicrs, respectively el0, Co.,
s4,0oo. and s2, oop; There were thrco Of q, 900
eac1l, two Of $50 each, md 1,847 Of 500 each
tbs paper did not say how many tickets were
sold, but there weTc numbers On my ptlze-ist
running as high as O., 600. Each ticket Is sdisided
Into ten parts, each part costing 10 tents, maxi
IT, IT, IL IT, therefore, as,ooo 'tRs tfeSeis ',sefs wefs
sold at 80 apierc, there would bo rove-
nuu to The Government from this lottery alonc,
served that tile first prize, No. 051. lsai been
drawn IN CaIz. and TINT Of the other great
prizes ono VIA drawn In Seville, two In Madrid.
ma one In Getatc, q l!ttle country town on tho
sav e Andalus!a. This, however, vas only a
mas. the first prize In this Is t5Q0 900, and tho
price Of each ticket is 500. Tho Government
gives tho great lottery OncG a year as Chrlst-
mas prnAcnt to Spain. ~ you cannot buy one-
.ttnth-nft 'ehaure in this, grand prfka for less
than 80, and ns $40 IA q good deal OF mUnGy in
spain, many Spaalard will hare a dtnno+lcss
md snppcrlcss Christmas in hta daring venture
Tor fortune. One hntes 10 think OF ths moral
effect Of q venture like this upon tho character
OF people. II It were now and then, for =
spectal purposo,-n hospital. church, or an
asylum, II might ho parloned "a vcnlal SIN,
Ike dram drinking OF failInE to vote on
election day. But this appeal to chance every
fortnight, mud ut tho end OF tho year 4 supreme
appeal, with fortunes in tho wheel, eannot but
dcadcn tho moral sense and the pride OF a
community. The lottery, however, Is feature
ln 4pa,u. Wherever you eo-to the cafe. the
church, or tue railway statlon-you are pursued
by cTiprfct, children, Nnmsp,-all vending their
lottery tickets. The night before tho drawing
the streets ring with their cries, as Broadway
during the War was wont ia ring with tho cries
Of newsboys shouting tfA'nEs OF batuc.
There Ia, however, nu awakened sentiment On
tho subject Of gambling In Spain. When WIS
here In tho time Ut Amadeus there wcrO gnnl.
bIiaR-shops over every cafe. md gambling WIS
IN established Industry wlllrh eyen revolutions
could not disturb. Tue caEDblinE. E.bousGs have
been closed. supposed the lottery would &c
also, except tAat tho Government feels OH ilInl
subject u Napoleon did about Ills revenue frol1,
brandy or England about her revenue froni
OPIUM. II IL d profitable vice. In the patt0nal
budxGt find that out Of an estimated reYynuc
OF o57, ,000i, b5,000,ooof arc expected fron'