The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

rather take my chances here than
in New Orleans in case Of yellow
fever, other things being equal.
Every night at eleven o'clock the
streets are swept with all the care
exercised in Paris. The city has
sold to a certain man the privilege
OF taking care of any refuse that
collects during the Gay, and of
course it is for his interest to get
all he can for his money. Yet
this is not saying that you will not
lind plenty of filth in some buck
yards, open lots and byways Of tho
city.
The streets seem to be named
for fanciful AFFECTS, just as the
English think a cottage is incom-
plete until it has been christened.
Thus I recall names as follows:
"The Oriental" "The PEARL"
"lndustry,' white Deer" "Gol-
den Lion" "Thc Kiosque,'' "The
india" precious Thing "The
Casket Of Jewels" "Sunbeam,"
"Garland Of Flowers" My Des-
tiny," &c.
One ofthe first individuals that
the traveller meets upon landing
in Cuba.is the indefatiguble.
LOTTERY TICKET DEALER.
One Of the Inst individuals that
the departing tourist has to bid
goodbye is the same indefatiga-
BILE persouage. Men, women and
children wander about hoarsly
calling their tickets for sale all
day long. Lame men set by the
wayside peddling tickets. The
news-stands, store-windows and
bazars in every part of the city
are loaded down with the cheap
billets. Sheets of forty tickets
are issued by the Royal Havana
Lottery at the rate Of $40 (Span-
ish paper) or 81 per ticket.
Spanish paper is only worth
about forty per cent. as much as
our own denominations.) Then
the spectators take large quanti-
tics of tickets aud issue new tick
ets with these as the basic. They
construct combination tickets,
representing n small interest in
each of several or many numbers
in their possession. They also
issue fractional tickets as low in
value rs dee centaros, about tour
American cents, always taking
caro-, however, that they make n
little commission by increasing
the prices of fractions beyond the
actual cost to them. >
Thus ever ''Los negros" and
the poorest natives can invest their
few old pennies. .H'r.'
In order to catch the ultra ro-
ligions, many Of these tickets are
christencd after famous saints,
martyrs and early Christian faith
ers. Thus a negro will often walk
up to q counter and ask:
'HAvE YOU GOT SAINT cHYsosroM ?"
And upon dealars producing
the number thus specified, a bar
gain is effected. Anyone can 20
into this combination commission
business, and large proportion
of the total population seems to
be engaged in it,. I went to the
mammoth headquarters of this
lottery the other day, but found
that admission could only be OBJ
tanned once fortnight, on draw
ing days. The Government re-
ceives large revenue from this
concern, twenty-five per cent, 1
think. People who have had hard
work to snake both ends meet"
manage to scrape together some
thing to invest in this great game
of chance, and do so year after
year without ever drawing a
prize.
The Havana street car ia a very
commodious and decent affair.
1t is drawn by three horses, u lead
or and a span following. Tie
conductor has a cushioned seat at
the rear end projecting over the
dash aboard, or whatever you cnll
it. The cars oily run on few Of
the broadcast streets, 80 that there
is no necessity for the driver to
keep sounding a tishhorn to warn
people from tho track as in Japan
and Mexico. There are several
sUBUBAN STEAM TRAMwAYs.
The traveller may possibly be a
little shocked to read such an in
scription on a car as "Jesu del
Monte," unless he has just come
from the great French capital and
noticed the blasphemous titles
there. g
BURDENS are carried on the head
as IN India and the Levant, save in
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