The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-25
From New Orleans, our Southern
Caultnl."

Tho Louisiana lottery boiug lcgaliaod,
tickets are openly displayed IN the shop
windows, and ARE sold on the sidewalks
by men, women and children. One
store Tor the sale of these ticgets bears
such u legend M this ON its sign This
IL lucky Numbor Eleven, More winning
tickets sold hero than anywhere else IN
town,
There was u drawing whilC was In
the city, and knowing that the lottery
company WAS not to ask for renewal Of
It's privileges, awaited myself OF the OPP
portuuity to witness its chief public
operation and the historic characters
who have been induced hy large salaries
10 figure Tor It, The drawing took place
II u theater called "the Academy of
Mueic," ut eleven o'clock In the morn.
ing. The yellow gas. Jets hattled teetly
with the daylight IN the lobby into
winch the people were pressing without
lot or qua icatioU. The theater wRs
twO-thirds full at last On the stage, sot
with u par,or tcene, was n knot OF men
between Two wheels. The wheel on the
right was Il band OF silver, with sides OF
glass ard with u door in tho metal rim,
4 hushel OF little black gutta-p -percha en-
velnpes the size OF dominoes had been
poured into this wheel, and n white boy,
hundloded with II handkerchief, stood
at the handle Il the crank by which the
wheel was turned. lie had one arm IN
the door OF the wheel, and with the hand
Of the other arm was offering tiny en-
velope to Gen. Beauregard-tEe last
surviving general who served ON either
side IN our late war. A fine, most gen
tlemauly-looking man he is, with the
features OF French court,er with snowy
hair. white mustache, u little goatte,
and the piukest skin baby ever knew.
lie was nu tlessly dressed. Across the
stage, beside u very much larger wheel,
OF parti c1lored boards, sat Major. Cen
eral Jubal 4. Early-a perfect type OF
the conventional figure OF Father Time
tall, portly, op.shouldered, partly bald
and with long, heavy, white beard.
lie was dressed all in the color OF the
uniform he distinguished 10y his yalor as
soldier.
BY each general stood blindiolded
boy, taking numbers out OF the wheels,
and handing them 10 the generHls.
From the big wheel 10 Major r'General
Early came the numbers Of the tickets
rom the little wheel to General Beau
regard came the numbers OF dollars thai
formed the prize each ticket had won.
BY each general stood crier. Early
read out, "Twenty-one thousand enc
hundred and tity-two;" and Beauregar,, 4,
having shelIed the guJta percha case { II
a billet, read ont, Two hundred dot
lars" Then the criers took the b llets
and cried the numhe 8. Twenty'on,
thousand one hundred and tilty-two -
from one Two hundred dollars from
the other, who, by the way, called out
two hundred dollars at least two huL-
dred times. But all the prizes were no,
Of that amount. chanced to hear the
capital prize read out.
Twenty-eight thousand four hundred
and thirJy-nlne," said Early. Three
nun red thousand dollars" said Beau
regard.
The effect was startling; indeed The
startled senses refused 20 grasp u.
meaning cf the words. The crlers re-
peated the figures. The people IN tn
theater craued forward, hundred pen
ellis shot over lads or bite OF paper II
mems and womeG's laps. Tuen mur
mur OF voices sounded all over the hOuse
lhe routine on ths stagc WAS hated, f.
.ne criers took the two bits Of papc
70 some clerks who sat at tables N III,
arther part o! the stage, 10 GLOW them
{ verify thu important figures. Then
he rout ne began tnew.-By Juhsn
Ralph in Harpers Magazine for Feb
uary.