The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28

GeinesviiieA Ala. Lynaen. WashinRten Ter, rlenryt and Vera CruA Mex. Nc 9f,taa and tAam drew eaeA Sia.eeA cold h New York. or, D. .. Chicago. Dallas. Tssss. and Dow City
 fSe sAree.sserv granite building oa st, and 1nss after the drawing. It ts nliea vita elerss from Sop to bottom. h hAs the usual and sesssiaiaS 10 sssssSin 'Ii vi.S Ss S tCSs.sOss Tssss are about one kasdrsS cissi. sS and sis isy saias i.sssrS ., anS prass sand mailing circuiare. The system by which the hooks are kept and all the eem pie < thoroaEhness and esseinesa would dslisSt ths heart of any accountant. The mali resesv sts. especially toward the end and the beginning of the month eften amounts to hfteen thou eand pieces day. RemittAncae by letter are in tho hands of one set of clerks who do nosA. ing but separate tho receipts and record their anounts. orters calling Tor special nun bcrs or requests, the granting of VI hidh wSGsss v:s. late the regulations of the company. fall inte the hAnds of another relay of clerka. Ssiii a third SC, record tho address of every patron and fourth dtrects the envelopes. The en- vclopes are compared back with the address, and the enclosure ts then sealed up &aa mailed. So perfect ts the system of cheeks one set of clerks without heine detected. The payment of prizes is made tn coin, check or draft, by another class of clerks, The mailing The printed list of prise drawings has been to every patron by nightfall on the day after the drawings. In order to prevent delay, and Alse to maintain regular hAhits among It's clerks. the company spreads series 0. lunches, beginning at eleven o'clock. to V hich the clerks go, twenty at time. tiil all have dined It takes good deal Of tho manager { time to keep sufAeient tickets ordered up, The tickets are tngenioasly printed wtth deIl' cate water marks that defy ceanterfeitlaK, One clerk does nothing bat devote hts atten ton to the '.oii hoss" department. This is tho all tho unsigned remittAnees are reeeived. Hundreds of letters unsigned. without any locality clue to the writer's Identity, arc re. ceived every year. and these letters, with the large chests in one of the vaaits, Before put. ting it away for good, however. every effort is made to trace tho writer. several thou nd . Of dollars have now accumulated in this way. and " Is rapidly increasing
 Toe Louisiana Lottery is merely another phase of the speculative In American human nature There is taste In speculation as in other things We In tho north use grain and roytsions, here in the south the lottery ia the basis. They know the chances and they perceive tho advantAgcs of their aystem. AS one creole said to me
 Why should not l buy lottery tickets1 { know the scheme Is safe. Our best men arc stockholders, two of our old generals are the commissioners. There arc ono hundred thou. sand tickets and three thousand prises. Thirty to one. That is not bad. Then, too. the work. ing goes on in plain sight. | once gave a broker tn your town si30 to do what he could for mo in wheat. Two days later hc came to the market. You lost" That is all tho conso. lation l had. Here we can see the tickets shui1ied and the prizes drawn, and we are will ing to take our chances tn . thing that we un. derstand and which we have confidence in. Truly. why notT'-Chicaoo ull,) Tmes, July Q.