Daily Republican., 1884-04-12

aire In New York. All these classes are p'
irons Of the company: The mansgemsI
know no more who holds the tickets ths
the,e 10 OF II, when the ticket 10 prsaents
the holder receives check on the New d
leans National Bank for the amount II call
Tor, and she tFsasaoti0n 10 over 90 Ter ~ th
company 10 conoarned
Tie drawing that witnessed took place q
the Academy Of NJ usic March IL. The the
at.s commenced tilllng up q about ~ o'c'oc ,.s 2
merchant who has wine ct his dinner TO th
bO0tblack whose days are skirmishes Wit
hunger. They all lad IN interest 10 the pro
ceedlngs At about 1880 dozen men ap
/ pssred upon the stage, two evidently Il
chsrge. One Of these two, . rather under
s!ssd nan with sparkling black eye, leg
eighty curved not large but e1ceedinsl!
Of peculiarly quick lntellis ; ence, 6aiI, nous
tsche snt imperfsl silveiy white. Ths 10 Gen
Z. Bearegusrd, Of vi on the United State
horse In the Tennessee River, or. 1 not. u
some other plsce on one particular night. II,
didn't water bis horse In the Tennessee. tbs
time. owing 10 cir ums ances over which hs
had certainly ne c ntrol. But he tr ed.
The other Of the wo Is very tall man, with
. head as hal As an egy on the top, and lona
white beard hat sweeps his bosom. slightly
which there Is . face that ould mark its bear
er ~ . Baptist clergyman rath or han as
SAP culinary warrior 1t isa Kindly nce, Win
nothing espec ally chivalric orbl0od-th rsty In
who atteddsd str city to bus ness and worked
his land well This Is Gen. Jubal A. Early. Of
virginia no had the honor I, o. n.Syling diner.
which sheridan re- ped a plentiful crop Of hon.
Ors and EARLY did not, except as It 10 no dis
honor for any man to be beaten BY sheridan.
These .sI men were In the public gaze q years sss
commissioners who supervise the drawings OF
the LOuisi,na State Lottery, and they are
responsible for everything connected with
There are two wheels on the stage. Into
one, an immense affair. are emptied tubes OF
pasteboard, which contain slips OF paper, on
which are numbers running. from one TO one
smaller, contains tubes to the number OF !. 967,
There Is tremendous difference between the
Ss the 5es and 11 vhss, ,s
muscle OF two staiwart negroes 70 turn II,
while the other 3 child might whirl. One rep
resents the blanks In &c, the other the ICES.
thing In this imperfect world; 1t takes a
great many thousand men to build railroad,
but only one Vanderbilt to own 1t.
rhs sre On he sea Shs
boy blindfolded, at the great whee' takes out q
u6e and hands It to zen. EARLY, who opens 1t
and announces II Two thousand one hun
ed, At the othe- wheel takes out . tube and
hands 1t to Gen. Besuregard, who opening 1t
announces ''Fifty dollars" lhe number Of
the ticket and the prize II has drawn are boI b
recorded. and the operation is repeated till the
1857 tickets are taken from the smaller wheel.
Those present sit and watch carefully. There
10 no sensation while the smaller prizes are
will be Ave or I ia minutes during which the
prizes will be e25's and e50's, with an OCCASION
81 800. These excite no special attention.
But there comes one which does excite atten-
tion. Gen Early prOnOunces number, and
Gen. Beauregard, when the corresponding
number Is drawn, hesltates for moment and
slowly announces ''Six thousand dollars :"
aaiense 81 60 is very tay sum OF mon
ey for any one to have, especially when the
Inv stment that procured twas only i've dol
lars.
number Is drawn, and Gen. Beauregard Ia o.
rifle more slow, as II TO wbet tn. impatience
Of the throng, ." venty aye thousand thousand AL. f,
il. Six thousand dollars does very Welt as q
starter |, life. but the lucky winner o. Us, 900
can, II he be man Of moderate tastes, retire
on that.
they are all waiting 1or. Presentlya number
Is announced, and Ger. Beauregard, with
slowness, announces "S-e-v-e-n-
sation, fr that Is the capital PRIZE. The ' ONE
that everybo y who buys ticket hopes to
draw Only one gets 1t however. 1t Is Van
ierbilt and his lanOrers over again.
In this scheme there is one pr re of 975, 0aO,
Of q, ,U6, ten of sl.O6O twenty of $500, one
hundred Of s2OO, and so on down to one thou
sand of 5ea b, with approximation prizes
Who bagged the great prize? Who was he
or she? No one knows. One man may hold
The whole cket and will receive the whole
haA iyIh hnA lrtn nd
may he held by five persons, In which event
the comfortable sum will be divided into Ave
parts.
hey have drawn, are Published the next1day
after the drawing, and within week or two
the prizes are mostly claimed and paid. In
this case, the capital prize went 10 some one
in Illinois, who sent for 1t through the bank In
his village, and the sum was sent him In a
iraft.
What will he do with itp ills a comfortable
nav make him or mar him, according to his
bent. Invested In first mortgages at SIX per
,ent., he has u. sou per year to live upon all
MS life. lfhe becomes In nfatuated and goes to
Chicago to gamble In grain, or to New York,
n stocks, II will last him a few weeks, and he
will be no better of than before.
One journeyman machintst IN View fork last
year settled down upon t75. oON. paid him BY
received f25, 900. What they do with their
money Is history that will never be written,
D. cause no one knows.
The awIng requires about four hours OF
line, for It Is done with the utmost exactness
md system. Several records are made OF each
number drawn, with the prize accompanying,
md there are so many checks and counter
,hecks that q mistake Is i'm Ossible.
Then the announcement is made up and pub
shed in the Official papers OF the company,
md the prizes are paid as fast as the holders
present their tickets. Those near by come and
ret their money. Those at distance send
hair tickets through their own banks to the
New IN
ottery, Just as regularly as they pay their
.ent, and the sale OF tickets is cOn.idered an
,ntirely legitimate business. I saw men on
he morning Of the day, At within Ave minutes
'or afth ticket they 6avinE forgotten that
% them important duty. There Is one chance
n twenty eta prize and they figure that II
hev lose nineteen times, they, will win enough
he twentieth time TO- get their money back.
nd the ErIRRa ,Rat prize Who knows but they
The Louisiana State Lottery Is as much Of an
institution In Louisiana as the Legislature, and
s recognized as being just as legitimate. 1t
las now, and always ad, a. solid hold upon
he people OF this State. ID, X. Locke, In
Toledo D. Blade, March 49, 1884
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A Remnr kable MAN.
The Rev. W. P. Jones, Of Chicago, is
1ow visiting friends in this city, and is
stopping at present with his nephew
Sergeant Blackburn, No. 23O Parish
,treet. Mr.. Jones was born in this city
n 1901, and consequently is SO years of
age, but is still IN possession OF all his
aculties. He made the journey from
Chicago to this city unattended, and