The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-17


nunioer mas won the prize, and when 1t is over
e5ar " thelr old ticket and start out to purchase
jules, leaning over the table in the cafe. SAYS to
Ar,st!1e What luck?' His friend replies ex-
PFesslYely With shrug of the shout ers.
- Alarie, meeting her friend Lucille at Spanish
hott, Kisses her TapturouSly and says: "C0ngrat-
ultl''ons I'm cherl Your bon tortnne still att, nds
street Will soon see some new costumes.
, Inc tickets are spoken of as q stnpie article of
toou ~ouid be in other localities. They almost
pass lor legal tender. TIE negroes with their
msun loFe On chance, are large regular buyers,
mostly OF the twentieth tickets. The porter rs he
o4,pSneS your clothes nsiuua.es that he is saving
utl Ais Ups 10 purchase his regular monthly ticket:
Vac pootDack shining your boot-wear hints that he
tiily lacks quarter to make up She sum necessary
yo5r ch II asks ifyou have bought your chance vet
ana AT last wearied of the continual repetition and
amazed az the power ofthe lottery scheme, you in
veSi dollar i'll 1t Just to discover where the power
OF we fascination les-ard you find out.
-, we lolIoWed the old confederate leader into the
t ;i; down the middle aisle and up temporary
ilie4Ane 10 the s.: G. where the work of the draw
ng was 10 take place.. There waiting him sat
9eneIal Beauregard and the assistant commits
s-onefS, the recording clerk, and the four little
boys who, blindioded, take the prizes and the
uckets from the wheels TO the right of tie stage
stood wheel over four feet in diameter. 1t
was more IKE bass-drum than wheel, the cir
Gle being formed of continuous strip of wood
atout eighteen inches WIDE the sides are of glass;
u Is Aed up Tree from the floor by stout frame OF
IRON anu wood and kept i'll position by an iron
axle, on each end of which was stout crank. Two
negroes dragged upon the stage pair of large
boxes out of which they took eight large bags
each with capacity of over bushel Each bag
was Drought to General Early, who carefully exam
ea lt, especially the SEAL and then cut the strings
winch bound the neck. Each bag had papers
around the neck similar to those around the neoks
OF the small bags brought in by General Early The
autographs on these slips of paper were closely scru
unlzed. AS he finished the inspection of each bag
II was lifted by the negroes and emptied into the
large Vince! through a door in the wooden rim.
nils operation was closely watched by the Old men.
Nhen they were all emptied the wheel was Just
half tull OF tickets These tickets are slips of stout
paper, four inches long by two inches wide each
one containing number from / to 100000 The
hgures are printed in large fulliace characters,
which, when the ticket is held up, can be plainly
tlckeC Is tightly rolled and thrust into tiny hollow
cylinder OF gutta percha about the thickness of a
cad pencil and about an inch and half long. The
last to be put in was those which had been drawn
out against the prizes at the last drawing and
winch had been preserved separately since that
ume The little door was then shut and the dar-
kles were told to roll" The wheel was vigorously
turned both ways several times, the little black
cylinders being thoroughly mixed in the operation
IAe other little bag was then given to General Beau
regard, who paid his sole attention to the prize
wheel. This is about two feet in diameter ana has
dumped into the smaller wheel and the door closed
These tickets merely contained the money figures
for the various prizes and were inclosed in smlor
INDIA rubber cylinders There are S36 of these
prizes divided as to amount in this way:
capital prize Of $500 900 is."........ $500 900
capital prize of S100I00 S.............. 100 900
capital prize of $4,000 is............... $4,000
grand prize of $685. 90 is...... ......... 25uO0
large prizes of $4,000 are ................ 10000
large prizes of 50 900 are................ $50 0
70 prizes OF 26,000
100 prizes ofS500are. ..................... $4,000
200 prizes or $500 are........ ............ 10000
oo1 prizes OF S-0U are ................,- 100000
But besides these there are 1888 other prizes, or
rather chances to win money without having your
number drawn out Of the big wheel This is adj
usted according to the numbers which draw the
$50000 the $780, 900 and the $500 600 These approx
innate. or terminal prizes as they are called, are dis
tributed as follows:
100 prizes of $500, approximating to 100000
100 prizes of $500, approximating to 100000
100 prizes of $500, approximating to $4,000
500 Criminals 500 decided BY $500 COO Prize 99S SoS
999 terminals $780, decided by 100000 prize $500
That is, if your tickets number is within fifty
numbers more or less than the $500 Co., $10l0OO or
$50 prizes you will receive $780, $780, or 900 as
the case may be, just as consolation so to speak.
The terminal prizes are awarded to holders of
all tickets the last two numbers of which correspond
with the last two numbers OF oil those two capital
prize tickets. Thus in all there are 3, 134 prizes
amounting to Sl,054,S00. General Beauregard gives
the prze-Wheel whir and the S36 little Black rolls
dance around merrily There is a vast difference
between the contents of the two wheels "a pigny
to giant, mole-hill 10 mountain. bellows Is d
cyclone, and yet with the difference in plain sight
there are not wanting people to purchase 100000
tickets month.
All This time the theeter has been gradually filling
up. Silently the people have filed in and found
seats for themselves wherever fancy or hearing
suited There is about the same atmosphere in the
house that there would be were they there, to wit
ness play instead of the drawing. Many
acquainted, and they chat with their
friends while the prelimainaries are being per-
ing the sacks has no interest tor them 1t is an old
story to them. They have seen it every month for
years 1t is not till the commissioners voices are
heard that theypay much attention to what is going
on upon the stage. The four small boys on the sofa
squirnling about in kittenish play, older lad
has seated himself upon the stage about where the
prompter S box would ordinarily be, with his back
to the audience Before HIM is small chest on the
upper side of whose opened lid are compartments for
the various prizes signal is given and a boy comes
forward to General Early and another to General
Beauregard The men tie handkerchiefs about the
boys heads so that they cannot see. The recording
clerk gets his book ready; the tallymau sits with
pencil poised above the sheet; Colonel Wilson, as
assistant, stands by Beauregard; ]. A. A. Rousseau
is at Earlys side. The generals open the little
doors.
''DrawH' says the tally-man. Each boy inserts his
right hand into his respective Wheel takes out roll
and hands it to the officer, who pulls the rolled
ticket from the cylinder and drops the latter in
box before him. General Early unrolls his ticket
first.
Twelve thousand and seventeen" says the old
Virginian in piping voice. as he hands the ticket
to Mr. Rousseau.
''Two hundred dollarsl" says Beauregard, giving
his ticket to Colonel Wilson
''Twelve thousand and seventeen" repeats Mr.
Rousseau turning his ticket so that the audience
STwo hundred dollars" says Colonel Wilson, also
holding his slip up that the figures may be seen.
vino sits in front, who rolls them up together and
drops them into the proper compartment of the box
The drawing thus proceeds, the number of each
ticket being recorded by the clerk. together with
the prize and the number of tickets drawn being
kept by the Lyman. The audience remains i'm
passive Some of the ladies are whispering softly to
each other. A man with q Jewish cast of face sits
in the front of the paTQuet next to the incline
leading to the Stage. He was the first man in the
building He looks straight at the stage without
moving muscle Of his face. He drew prize
twelve years ago. they tell me- and has never missed
g month since, attending every drawing as il it was
a ceremony in his synagogue There are quite q
number Of ladies present. all in the charming white
costumes common to New Orleans a faint odor of
patehouli is waited to the stage The fans are the
ony things stirring. When the drawing had gone
on some time Mr.. Rousseau repeats:
'"Twentyseven thousand TO- hundred and TWEEN
ty-fiveW
Ten thousand dollars" says General Beaure.
gard Something like sigh is heard from the Jew
in the front row. For every prize of 5000 over
a special slip is sent by messenger to the lottery
office that the holders Of the ticket may be looked
up Immediately. When nineteen drawings have
been made the scorer calls out:
"RoII on the next draw" and both wheels are
vigorously rolled about and the tickets thoroughly
sbuffied When fty-nine tickets are drawn the cry
is: Roll and change boys on the next draw"
Whereupon the tickets are again rolled and the
bows are relayed by their fellows in the The
assistant commissioners change also.
The drawing proceeds. The voices Of the COM
mi3siOners break the silence monotonousy. Here
and there q man III the audience yawns, but they
keen their seats brayey, q few of them making
notes of the larger prizes The ladies fan more Wig
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