The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-26
THOSE WHO wiz rRlzEs.
How sudden Wealth Is Received by
the Lucky Poor.

The announcement to The prize winner
of his good fortune apparently affects diff
ferent people in different ways, but to
those classes to whom 10000 francs Ote0O
means immunity from all necessity to
work there is a wonderful unanimity in
the way they Immediately put away any
temptation to further toll
A small Partisan pork butcher who had
the good fortune to sain the big prize
some little time ago in a state lottery is a
case in point. On receiving the news he
divested himself of his apron laid down
his knife MI Immediately wrote out a no
tice to the effect that he was ready and
willing to give his wares 10 his neighbors
until the stock was exhausted. Needless
TO say, he did a roaring trade until his
career of pork butchering was speedily
brought TO a close by an appreciative pub
lie.
A Journeyman mason who was the lucky
winner last April of group nodded in
sold gold worth 100000 francs or. deduct
ing 10 per cent. to The suppuer of the prize
as compensation for not selling the object
$1,000 francs (f360O in cash. dropped the
work he was engaged upon and returned
ing it up again. He evidently thought as
he was 20 years OF age that he he'd better
waste no time in taking much-desired
rest.
The man was especially lucky, because
a dozen of the biggest prizes had already
been decided when the drawers discovered
that the zero was missing in one Of the re
volving urns, which admission, to the bit
ter disappointment of those present who
possessed the lucky numbers drawn, ne
cessitated fresh draw with the afore-
mentioned result As the old man only
invested tenpence, he had every reason to
be satisfied with the return.
On some occasions big lottery prizes
bring anything but happiness to their win
ners. Some time ago a laborer who won
10000 in this manner took the money in
the shape of 1900 twenty-francs pieces
to his modest apartment and used his for
tuna as a plaything, carrying out in bull
lion the strage architectural designs sug-
gested by weak brain. AS he never left
his wealth and had no one to attend to
him, it was not long before his reason
entirely departed, and he was borne off to
the lunatc asylum
In violent contradistincti 10 those win
ners who die of JOY, or more probably from
the shock to their nervous system, was
certain phlegmaic publican OF Clichy, a
suburb OF Paris, who. on being informed
that he was richer by f20,0JJ, merely al
lowed a half-stifled "Ahr to escape his
lips, and then calmly continued to carry
out the orders Of his patrons as he was
wont to do.
1t is very strange how the fates have
befriended the poor Il, some of the big
draws that have taken place recently
AT Brussels the biggest prizes of f4000
each in three of the exhibition lotteries
have fallen into the hands Of a mason, a
glass blower, and in~those of two broth
ers (miners) and a sister Ca Nurse, who
held equal shares in the winning ticket,
while an $500 prize was won by a blind to.
bacco merchant who had seven children
to support.
The big prize of the Panama lottery,
amounting to 10000 was won by a poor
widow named Bolsscere, who with her
four children, hawked vegetables In the
streets of MarseLles for her livelihood,
a. quite recently half a million francs
We're won by some people in humble cir
eumstances IN rather remarkable man
ner.
A husband and wife named Roth. hav-
ing bought two exhibition bonds in Paris.
decided in the kindness of their hearts TO
present the brother of the latter with one
of them. 1T VII bring us luck" said
they. The brother, much touched with the
gift said: IF 1 win 1 shall share the
prize with you" The representation of
the worthy Roths GaIh6 true the winning
number was that held by The brother, who
received 10000 for his share the other
moiety going to the donors of the bond.
To the fundamentally inclined we COM
mend the problem: What is the proper
ton of those disappointed to those who
win tAhOG0 IN lotteries, when the profit to
the promoters and the expenses of the
lottery are taken into consideration?