Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

Greece by means Of lottery, and tickets
are now sold on the streets at 70 cents
each, which give you a chance to make a
fortune, and at the same time aid in
digging up the past. At first only 100, OK
tickets were allowed to be issued, and
this number was subsequently increased
to quarter of million. OF late years
some of the funds of the lottery have
been applied to the navy. and the number
of tickets Is now more than doubled, being
100000. The lottery has 255 prizes. The
first is $1,000. the second 5000, the third
500. the fourth $3.50, and the fifth 500.
After this there are thirty prizes Of SO
each and 200 Of $40 each.
The average net yield of the lottery until
recently was about $4,000. and altogether
it has produced several hundred thousand
dollars. This sum has been spent in ex-
cavating the old cities of interior Greece.
in establishing museums. and in historical
and archaeological research. The lottery
is a popular institution, and every one
patroniZes II.
Some Of the most interesting excava-
tons of today are those being made by
our American students at Corinth. The
site of that old city was given to our
Athens Archaeological School, which is
supported by some OF the leading colleges
of the United States, and the students
have been at work there for number of
years.
i took the train and rode out to Corinth
a few days ago. The town lies about
Isthmus of Corinth. not far from the
western mouth of the Corinth canal. 1t
may be reached by boat through the
canal. starting from the Praeus. or by
railway. Old Corinth was situated about
five miles from the present town, and
it once probably covered the site of the
latter. 1t was. you know, the great COM
mercial city of Greece, and was at the
years before Christ. 1t was great trad
ing center in the days Of our Savior, and
was then noted for it's manufactures of
iron and dye stuffs. as well as for its
wealth and luxury. The city was
rival of Rome as to trade. 1t contained
about 100000 people, and was twelve
miles in circumference.
Corinth once rebelled against Rome. and
the Romans besieged and destroyed il.
They sold its inhabitants into slavery,
and for 100 years 1T lay desolate. This
was 146 years before Christ was born.
Caesar refunded the town. and it was
again great during the days of st. Paul,
who lived there for a while and estab-
lished q church. The city was then noted
for its luxury. frivolities and immoral!-
ties, and st. Paul takes account of this
in his Epistles to the Corinthians.
Among the excavations of the Amer
leans are those Of the waterworks and
fountain Of old Corinth, which were
fed by the spring of Pirene. at which
you remember the famed winged horse
Pegasus came to drink when 1t was
caught by Bellerophon. 1t is said that
the spring gushed forth as Pegasus
struck the earth with his hoof. The
fountain itself dates back from three
to six centuries before Christ. The
water flows out of lions heads into
a square pit OF marble. Our school
has found the remains OF the old
aqueduct through which the water was
carried. and it has taken out masses or
marble beautifully carved. This fountain
was near the market place Of the old city.
much Of which has been exhumed. and
some Of the shops of which can now be
plainly seen. Each shop had two rooms
about eight by ten feet in size These
extended out toward the chief market
street. and the roofs Of the shops formed
a terrace. upon which the old Corinthians
strolled back and forth.
Among other discoveries Is q theater