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


which: oy the way, IL printed In similar large
black hgures, ara then handed 10 a young man
sitting In front 81 the commissioners. who folds
the Two together and places them In . box
arranged In compartments. according 70 the
grade or value. Thus there IL q compartment
.or $50, 500; 500. 81 600. s2.oOo. $500. 500 O.
s[o,0o, 5000. and so on up To single c0mpart-
ments for the three capital prizes OF 900 600
500 0o0 and s6OO,000 While this Is being done
clerk seated just behind General Early keeps
record 81 the number ~ drawn and the CORES.
Ponding prize, In = printed book adapted just
Tor that purpose. The tickets thus f0lded-the
number aid the corresponding priEe-are veri.
he'd next day by Generals Early and Beaure-
gard, with the record kept by the entry clerk
50 that no possible mistake may he made In
awarding OF withholding the prize 10 the holder
OF the lucky ticket.
Thus the drawing proceeds number from
the Dig wheel, prize from the small wheel,
untl twenty are drawn out, when an assistant
who keeps tally sings out
And both wheels are rolled back and forth
Tor some time. the doors OF each In the mean
time being closed BY the two commissioners,
the blindfoided boys who take out tue tubes.
After sixty tubes have been taken from each
wheel the taily-keePer sings out:
Roll and change boys.
And immediately the doors are again closed.
the wheels several times reyolyed, thus thor
oughly mixing the tubes. and two other little
lellows come forward a. a relief party, are
blindfolded. and the drawing goes on. For some
hiteen minutes the prizes announced ranged
from $40 to $780, with an occasional Ss00. Ii
was really stralninR on the nerves of the anx.
io.is ones. Then General Early called out 80
eO. which Was answered by General Beaure
gard with "&2,UOO
Then II varied for a time with the $40 Drizes
Al seemingly AT the very door of the prize
wheel The command Roll came twn or three
times after every twenty tubes. and Roll aud
change boys" for the third time before General
Early called out ..3s,GT7," the corresponding
prize being $500.
During all this time the audience sat immoya.
bic. but eagernesS, usefulness. hope. Was de.
picted on every cOuntenance while the prize
wheel declined to deliver up any Of the little
tubes that donated more than g. 900 with an
ever varying $3o0-$<0-Sl0o over one hun
dred and nifty numbers had been drawn from
the wheel when General Early called out
"Sa, 40"
Which was answered by General Beauregard
with
"s2sOoO"
A little buzz Of excitement was perceptible
through the audience. but all Was quiet In an
the monotonous calling Of numbers and small
prizes Is was after Roll and change boys >
that General Early called out
When General BeauregArd Immediately arose
from his seat, and taking a step towards the
foothehts, said I'm slow. distinct, but very i'm
presstve tone: six hundred thousand dol
lars. Then excitement was apparent among
the great audience. This WAS the lOnged for
moment. and each one eagerly scanned the
slip OF paper held In hand f5rsooth. while each
one knew that they did or did not hold that
magic number, they knew that within a certain
limit they might be lucky enough To get an
approximation prize Of 81, 900, for any number
within nifty ON either side OF 50. 70l would so
entitle them.
Although the other two grand prizes of 500. :
10 and 100000 were Yet to be drawn, II Was
e'sily discernlble that the great and over
shadOwing interest WAS alay cd somewhat. But
no change was noticeable In either Generals
Early or Beauregard: they sat calm and
unmoved amid the suppressed din that for
while permeated the Academy Of Music and
kept on the even tenor OF their way-the one
calling out the numbers and the other announc-
Ticket d.. ia drew the second CAPITAL prize Of
s2OO,OU and IN consequence there II one happy
little woman In Council Buns tonight, who. IL
mistake not, was former resident OF your city
of Omaha The third capital prize of $1,000
Was drawn by ticket 4S,0e5 aud the $1,000 fell
To ticket ss6.
After these prizes had been drawn from the
wheel nearly all interest was lost. many Of the
audience leaving. Yet the commissioners aud
their assistants went on IN the same methodical
manner as before. and so continued To the end
until the last prize tube of the SO was taken from
the wheel and ANNOUNCED. Then came the work
OF replacing The tickets left I'm the big wheel
back into the bags again. and this operation
was closely watched and superintended by the
commissioners. General Early and General
Beauregard
Euch bag was securely tied by General Early
himself. the string wound around with MANILA
paper bearing the autographs OF the two COM
missioners and then sealed with their seal, lust
a. they were when brought from the companys
vault
Alter verifying the record of prizes as kept
by the entry clerk with the folded ticket and
prize ballot above referred To, the tickets in the
bags are all counted again 10 make assurance
douby sure, that not a single one is missing
Perhaps ere this reaches you the winners of
all the capital prizes, and all above SIS Co., will
be published in the papers OF their several
localities. for good news (0f this kind travels
fast. and each oEe Is eager 10 tell his neighb0r,
but IL Is a general rule of the company not TO
publish the names OF winning patrons without
their permission.
To Dr. NJ. A. Dauphin. the honored president
of the Louisiana State Lottery Company your
d fRs h.