The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-02-09

81 lee TO 81 90 inclusive 200 In alD will DO en-.
priEe. those tickets numbered from I'll 10 81
inclusive will be entitled TO ESQ., and 80 on
Tickets drawing the capital prizes are no,
entitled TO terminal prizes. ticket drawing
. three number terminal prize will not b
entitled to . two numbe terminal prize.
And herein IL point that 10 overlooked by
many, wa: That they fail to grasp the enor
nous amount Of money that 10 distributed IN
these mammoth drawings. IL will be seer
that over $1,000 O00, or to be explicit, o. Ils -
was distributed to-day by the Louisiana state
Lottery Company. q much larger sun thar
ever before. But this. be It remembered, was
the arst extraordinary drawing In which the
grand capital prize was doubled, placing 10 n
500, 900. In place of, as formerly. At $500 O00
And perhaps u may not be in the very far
future W hen this great institution will place
the grand capital prize 1T 000, 600. suffice it
at the semt-annual drawings during the com
ing year, II will remain as now-s0OO COO. With
such prospect IN view, how futile To talk u
men and tell them lottery 10 q delusion and q
snare. Ninety nine out of possible hu ndred
are ever found To hug such delusion, when II
may possibly be embraced AZ so Insignificant
While waiting for the appointed hour to be
gin the drawing General Early lin presence OF
General Beauregardl explained To me how the
tickets were counted by himself and his Asso
cate conn ssoner with the aid of only zach
assistants az selected by them selves, from to
10000 and placed IN the gutta perehA tubes
described, the time consumed in doing so be
ing usually from Ave to SIX days; how, al so
the prize numbers are so counted and simi
larly encased. then placed In canvas bags
tied with string. and this string wrapped
with strong MANILA paper. on the IN side oil
which the autographs OF General Early and
sealed with wax, upon which the seal "B. and
f." Is placed. When thus scaled up they are
placed in n strong box in one of the com pany' i
vaults, and are not touched by living SOU
until they are brought out At the instance OF
the commissioners on the day OF the drawing
To be conveyed TO the Academy of Music.
To describe the manner OF drawing may
seem like n work of supererogation to some OF
your reaiers, as IL has been 80 often described
before, but certainly there are some OF your
patrons, and without doubt certain little
lady in Council Bluffs, your across the. river
cousin, who will be interested, for Mrs. sallie
&. Whlttlesey, No. Is North seventh street
Council Bluffs, was the fortunate holder of the
ticket emitting her to n share IN the second
capital prize of SOD 900. Her letter dated No.
vember ID. lSsS, WAS written on the letter.
head of the Globe Publishing company, Coun
Gil eluns. and enclosed ~ for ave tickets
(fortieths). a truly paying investment, for
her. 5000 for 81. The Omaha Bee certainly
congratulates her on her good fortune.
Well, to the drawings. On ascending the
stage found placed on the right and left. two
wheels. the one on the left much larger than
the one on the right. IL is drum sha ped In Its
formation, about ak feet In diameter and
perhaps two to two and one half feet throu Oh
with glass heads. and the surroundings. wood
IL rests on q frame work so that Ii can
readily DC reVOlEed Oy means or an iron crank
attached to the axle at each end. door on
opening Is arranged In the side of the Giro a Lar
wood work, perhaps about q foot square. large
poured IN from the bags before mentiopeS t
The smaller wheel Is similarly constructed
the circular work being brass instead OF wood
containing the 100, 600 tickets being placed
upon the middle of the stage near the foot
lights were carefully scrutinized by Generals
Early and Beauregard before being emptie
m w heel then (.RnaFnl arlv haa N hs
work by breaking the seal. removing the ma
nilla wrapper and cutting the string. The
noticed IL was in three folds, and az he land II
aside saw why he examined IL so closely. On
the inner fold was the au tograp phi of the two
commissioners Each bag Was thus scrutinized
before being emptied into the big wheel. and
then the empty bag itself examined as
minutely to see, as learned, that no possible
tampering had taken place. or that a pin hole
even was apparent, where, by any possibility
single ticket might have disappeared. When
all ten bags had undergone the same careful
examinatlon. and had been deposited In the
big wheel. the bag containing the sts prize
tickets were also placed In the small wheel
and then each was rapidly revolved for some
minutes, back and forth, so as To thoroughly
mix them up.
These prelIminaries were eagerly watched
by the fifteen or sixteen hundred people In
the academy, each one wishing and praying
that the goddess of fortune would favor them
by throwing their number under the hand OF
the blindfolded bow, who would pick out the
tube, bringing them wealth and happiness.
Among the audience l noticed many well and
fashIonably dressed ladies. each with slip of
paper in front of them, an Niously awaiting
the hour when General Early would open that
little door in the side of the wheel, behind
which their heart of hearts was centered for
the time being. Gazing upon this spectacle OF
ladies and gentlemen IN front, many of them
being well known members of the xchan ges,
merchants and prosperous business men,
thought that here, at least, they seemed TO
feel no more out of place than such an audi
ence would enjoying the play ut Boyd's opera
hou sc IN Omaha.
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