St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-02-21
How Chinese Lotteries are Carried on,

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There is hardly Il town on the coast
in which Chinese lotteries do not exist
either as a local affair or as one of the
agencies OF large lotteries of the kind in
San Francisco. The tickets are square
slips of paper, on which are printed
eighty letters, these letters being the last
In the Chinese first reader, or "Gin
Chez Cho,' as it is called These tick
cts are for sale at all the Chinese stores,
and can be purchased for any price from
ten cents to s., the amount of the prize
drawn depending upon the price paid
for the ticket. When the ticket is
bought the purchaser chooses ten letters
on it, by marking them out with a pen,
and upon these ten his chances depend.
The drawing is conducted as follows:
Eighty square slips of paper, each bear
ing one Of the letters upon the tickets,
are pasted by one corner upon large
! board used for the purpose. After being
thus pasted and found to be correct they
are next put into a large pan and thor
oughly mixed. From this pan they are
transferred to four porcelain bowls,
twenty in each bowl Four slips of
paper, marked respectively /, 2. 8, and
|, are next placed in the bowl and ON
drawn out, which indicates the bowl 0
tickets to heoused in the drawing. After
determining this the twenty tickets in
the bowl indicated are taken out one by
one and repasted upon the large board,
q caller announcing each letter as it is
drawn, and the clerks recording it.
Out of the twenty letters drawn, if the
holder OF chance is so fortunate as to
have marked off ten upon his ticket, he
secures large prize, ranging from
,O00 to $4,000, and even $4,000,
according to the money invested in the
ticket. The drawings are made twice a
day, and the dealers of the game, if at
all fortunate, make a large amount of
money from it. The chances are very
great in favor of the game, but seldom |
over three or four spots being won upon
a ticket, and over seven is a raritv.
Under four spots scored the tickets lose,
and over this to as high as eight the
prices are nominal, varying from %
cents to $50. This species Of gambling
is very popular among the Chinese, and
there is hardly one but hold tickets for
each drawing.-Eurehe (Nec.) Leader.
IF the accounts from central and
southern Russia are to be believed, the
corn beetle, which may be ranked as
first cousin to the Colorado potato
beetle, has been committing fearful raw
ages there, displaying healthiness of
appetite which bodies i'll for the future
agricultural prosperity of that. region.
The pest has been spreading ever since
1866, and the damage wrought last year
n the districts of Puitown, Ekaterinos-
ay, Saratoff, Kherson, and the PROV
nces Of the Don was equal to Is, 700, 900
'oubles. Neglect and idleness have al
owed the destroyer to multiply so fast
hat it will be very difficult now to check
lim. Wherever the ground has been
lug up, enormous quantities of chrysa-
ldes have been found, which in spring,
will turn into beetles.
Waters: One pound of sifted flour, !
Wo tablespoonful of butter, a little salt,
nough milk to make stiff dough. Rub {
ne butter into the sailed flour, wet with {
he milk, roll thin, cut into small round J
axes, and roll those again into cakes as {
arge as tea-plate and as thin as Stout t
,riting-paper. Lift carefully to a Toured I
an and bake quickly. They keepwell. t
+. j. CoBLE writes to the Indiana G
farmer that he has sold in eight months. S
rom two cows, 537 pounds of butter,
esides the amount used in his family. v
his is good yield, but the amount of I
honey received, $3.50, does not show i
business. 2z7ss'7 G
The capital employed in British rail G
Dads is little less than $500, 900, 900 s
is administered by PA distinct com r
anies, some of which pay no dividend, k
lille others are hopelessly insolvent. AS S
rule, the smaller the company the less O
rofitable the undertaking. e
ONCE roasted, the proud turkey COB Il
er is satisfied with any sort Of dress q
g.---N. O. Picayuaae. T
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens is said to be ',
lie oldest living American authoress. u