The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

sprang at him and buried his teeth in the back of the buits. neck For a few sec ends the two animals seemed to be a mass of. atruggiing ferocity. but neither uttered a sound. The lion held his grip. while the blood poured in streams down the white shoulders of the bull. The iat- ter. however. began to work gradually around until he got his horns under the body of his enemy. and with q desperate effort attempted to throw him. The bow els of the lion were scattered over the gravel; he relaxed his grip and gave a fearful howl, while the bull gored him again and again until he fell like lump upon the ground. The bull. dripping with blood, took few steps backward and awaited a second attack. but 1t dld not come. The lion endsavored to rise. but could only dras his launches. The horns of tine bull had torn him open. had pierced his lungs, ana 1t was evident that his spine had been injured, for his hind legs seemed paraiyzed.
 Raising his massive head he uttered q long, wild wall of despair. which aroused the bull to action, and. lowering his horns. he leaped from the blood-stained spot where he had been standing and plunged his horns again into the body of the king of beasts, The bull stood for a moment over the body of his antagonist, N8<@AAAA~4Nt then began to back slowly away II was syidant that be was exhausted, but he was stiil upon his feet while the lion had rolled helplessly over and his tawny mane lay on the gravel.
 The audience, craxed with excitement, claimed q victory for the bull, and he de- served it. and the mayor of Seville. who had presided over the 6loooy spectacle. gave orders that the gates should be sS.Ne victor. his hide still dripping crimson, the handsome animal found his way through the gates and was watered and fed. A bullet from a revolver put an end to the sufferings of the lion. and llis carcass was dragged out of the arena.
 Cock fighting is another of the national sports of Spain to be seen st its best in Seville. and everybody considers it an in- nocent amusement. but more harm comes to the people from the lottery than from any other cause. It is a government af- fair. and at least $aO.0o0.00o year is de- rived by the treasury from this sourse. It has always been an important source of revenue. It was introduced into Spain two or three hundred years ego, and you might as well talk about suppressing lovemaking as suppressing a lottery, ale though it Is largely responsible for the poverty of the people. Everybody buys tickets. The queen herself who has never seen a bull fight and loses no occasion to denounce the national sport, is regular patron of the lottery. and the king buys ticket for every drawing. have been told by people who are intimate with the royal family that they are accustomed to play a game of cards called tresalllo--the king, his mother and sisters and the la- dies and gentlemen in waiting. The win ner deposits his gains in toy bank to be invested in lottery tickets for the mutual benefit of those who participate in the game. One of the kings sisters drew Q, prize of several thousand pesetas two or three years ago, which was devoted to the poor. but am told that, although several members of the royal family in- vest In lottery tickets every month. this was the first and only time that any of; them were successful.
 There is a drawing every ten days. and during the year twelve prizes are of- fered amounting to s30o0.O00 each. twelve amounting to $4600.O00 each and twelve amounting to $4.50O.000 each, with an extra drawing at Christmas, In which the prizes amount to S1O,00000G. The whole affair is managed by the government. which col lects tax coming and going. Every lot- tery ticket sold brings in a commission Of l5 per cent ana 10 per cent. or every prize is deducted for the treasury. Thus the government gets 30 per cent. and the patrons 70 per cent. of the proceeds. There are dozen or more ohices for the sale of tickets in every city, and at least one in every village. where the announce ments of the drawings are received by telegraph and posted pn bulletin board The business is honestly managed. but many counterfeit tickets arc in eircuia- fion The lowest price ls pesta 60 eents). which buys the smallest fraction