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I 14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MARCH 31. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES. \ , ONE WEEK WITH "DEMUR , " JEEow General Low Wnllaco "Wrote Hie Famous Book. r , THE STORY TOLD BY A FRIEND. How the Imaginary ChUil Bcn-Hur Grew up Tlie Construction of the Book I.lternry Methods of Its Author Ills Homo Mfc. WrMtnfor In April. 1878 , the writer was In the golden ago "whon the yonrs are till sum mers. " Hcrlmppy lot UwnslovisitMrs. Low Wallace in Crawforclsvillc. Incl.thc liomo whore the imaginary child Ben- Hur was growing up. The famous "chnriot rneo wns on"at that very tlmo , nnd ono might fancy it would have de stroyed the family peace as thoroughly ns the car of Juggernaut crashing through the house , hut not so , for General - oral Wallace adds to his greatness the supreme grace of being amiable nl home. * It is a pleasure to remember that dur ing Iho week spout soncar Bon-llur anil the "wife of his youth" the sky was nol darkened by ono impatient word. Th < crack of that chariot whin is heart : around the world in bovcn different lan guages , but it never foil upon these ol his own household. The book was dedi cated , to his lady-love , a royal offering1 , worn with every womanly grace bollt- ting it. General Wallace s manner was st courtly that the llrst half day the visitoi trembled and wished him awaythat she might enjoy tlio charming wife urtop- pressed by his imperial presence. But -tho gulf was bridged by his own music , The next morning the house fairlj quaked as ho paced his study , to the tune of "good old Ortonvlllo. " or some other bulwark of the Methodist hymn book , roared so lustily that it raighl have waked a mummy. At the break fast table ho said , with awful statcli- ness , "Did you hear sounds of melody from my room this morning ? " uYes , ' : said the bashful maiden , { who still had the earache ) "but 1 should call thai bollow-dy. " The singer blared an in- stunt , not being used to such very plain English , then burst into a hiugli as merry as the Ghceryblo brothers. The ice was broken , and behold the waters beneath wore warm the veriest foun tain ot life and good'cheer. The Bon-llur study had but few re quirements for this easily satisfied man , EO ho had chosen a little noolc as fai from the houb6hold sounds as possible , and as barren of "modern conveniences' ' as a monk's cell. The children of his fancy needed no scats they peopled the air and ho occupied the only chair in the room. All the rest of the furniture Blood on the four legs ol a table pout nnd paper heaped confusedly on a bifj blotter , the Now Testament , Goikio's ' * Llfoof Christ , " "Ivauhoe , " ' and a fev rolorbnco books. The door was always ' shut for \vork , but opened readily f'oi play , and the visitor usually knocked as she passed and always heard the cordial " ( Joino in , " responsive to her interrup tions. Then ho would tilt back in hii chair and pocket his hands , like all othdr men , and laugh and talk like pre cious few other men. Often ho woulc" read aloud what ho had just , written and ask if it , would do in a way thu/ would have flattered the very elect , am which gave rise to the visitor's doubtfu boast that she had helped write "Ben' Hur" that is , she hindered ; but it was all the same. , so the tuithor had mudi her think. This was courtesy , pure ana simple and an example to less busy men. lit wrote lirst on a slate to rub out easily then on soft paper with u , pencil. His patience in going over and over th < Biunp ground till ho had brought it uj o his standard would have commanded the respect of an ant. The llnal copi of the book was on largo , unruled paper in violet ink , BO exquisitely done thu the professional reader of the Frnuklii Square house pronounced it the ihios manuscript over offered him. _ I remember a little dispute botwcoi f' Boh-IIur and his wife over a word. TIi said that wlien ho began the book hi was two days searching for an adjeetivi ' with just the right color in it to dcsoribi J > a. certain thing , and at last ho found i in opalescent. Mrs. Wallace deelarei for opaline us beintr simpler , but , wife like , she yielded to the strongorauthor * ity , and , no doubt , flourished opalino ii . her next publication. i Wo ilnd this jewel of a word in tin * march of the wise mon "By and by the > moon came up , and as the three till T white figures sped with noiseless treat | , through the opalescent light , they ap f peared like spectres flying from hatefu 1 shadows. " J , General Wallace's absont-mindctines I- is a proverb in his family , which bring f down many a gibe on his head , and bo J" fore the laughter at his putting sugar ii " his soft-boiled egg ( two heaping spoon f uls ) had died down , ho might bo soon k , just as deliberately , salting his colTco y , This quality might bo ono of heredity if certain wild legends pointing towuri ; ' ' bis maternal grandfather are true. I Ho is peculiarly a man of roservot f' force. Ho lives in the background o B himself , and the casual observer fails ti If co the big heart buttoned up within I- the laughter carried in his sleeve , ant II , the inexhaustible industry in his pock t els. Read the record of what ho ha , ' accomplished in the Holds of battle , dl i plomacy , art , and literature , and yoi [ BOO how great his energy is , thougl every trace of it is suppressed , some ; v how , as ho gees about his daily dutic I with loss bluster and hurry skurry thai P the ordinary man takes to got his on < talent burled in the ground. So ho nl i- ways had time for household matters | and could and did minister to thorn a r ? well as ho could , and did minister pi enc c { potentiate. Ilia said ono day , "Low i- the little ban t nm lion has hatched ho ' ! family. " "Has shoV" said ho "hov many ? " with ns much interes | ns if they wore American eagles - . And when she asked him to "go am - take her off" ho wont , and could be sooi ; stooping down before the nest , handlitif fi the tiny hair-spring chickens tenderly t enough to suit oven the fussy bit of t \ mother. If these chicks know who I1 k' was that sot them up housokeoping.tho ; * would have all grown up peacocks' Fancy Thomas Carlyle asked to stooj t BO low ! II would have annihilated "al V these pretty chickens and their dam a 1 - ono foil swoop , " and then grumbled foi fU a week because the hen had picket JF him.General General Wallace is fond of wrltinj * out under the forest trees that surroum his houbo , and the bantams used to bet tie on his shoulder and knco , and ca out of his hand as ho sat there ulom with his own creations. Through all that visit fun carried tin ; day and part of the night , too , for eacl evening brought n party in some friend' house , and Bon-llur was ruthlossl ; drugged from his charlotaud carried ot , to every ono of them. Ho wont not "a a fcchool boy toward his books , " more \ over nay , ho Hocked with the magpie and jay birds as if ho had boon of thol Xuntlior , and many a time ( Mr. Becoho to the contrary , notwithstanding ) tin cuglo was heard to cucklo. To bo i ho would often forget the sport , and wo would BCO ho was sailing the ether of eighteen hundred years ngono , but somebody would brine him down with a jocular lasso , and ho never failed to fall with his smile on top. Ho carries but two signs of his years about him ( ho was born In Brookvillo , Ind. , April 10 , 1827) ) . His hair has roacned that uncompromising spicy mixture called pepper and saltand then the spectacles ho is a sad victim to them they and ho play nt a perpetual gnmo of hldc-and-fccckl Ol course ho never remembers where ho put them , nor what their favorite hiding- places arc , and after overhauling everything within reach ho ousts them from ambush on top of his head or in his other hand. They worry him quite out of his wits nnd I have soon him while in the mazes of his admirable lecture on Turkey before n crowded houpo begiifthnt pitiful search with his hands , feeling and reaching for them all over the lecture field , lie is so used to depending on his wife to sup ply all his little personal needs that , in the spectacle case , which is the only ono she cannot fill ho finds himbcH en tirely nt sen. She is his secretary , almanac and memorandum , and a wife in the highest scnte of that high word. Ono of her favorite sayings is , "To work for those I love is my chief joy. ' ' She nnd four sisters were brought up by n Quaker mother to the wholesome old belief that "it is wicked to bo idle , " and and her well ordered homo shows the precept in hourly practice. In all their tastes Bon Hur and she are as ono , and though fame has written his name in every language that has a literature ho can never outgrow Mrs. Wallace. The golden calf of the faitiily was an orange-colored ponv , inherited from the forefathers , and held in joint possession by Mrs. Wallace and her sister , Mrs. Senator Lane. A drive behind this ancient was regarded a sacred privilege. She had but one dangerous habit , that of walking in her sleep. Ono cyo had "gone out" and failed to como back , like the raven that went out the win dow of the ark ( no doubt pony's grand mother remembered the incident ) but the one that remained was so penetrat ing that no man could make a latch or bolt that could bafllo it. It was virtue , not tlio combination lock , that kept that intelligent creature from robbing the bank. The dainty basket xyngon that followed her showed her olT in ridicul- contrast , but she never rebelled at it she was too sleepy to care. When we were ready to take up the dead march , Ben-Hur would marshal us as fur as the gate to open it ( pony never would do it in harness ) , and tlien he would charge us , us wo dragged past him behind our measuring worm , with mocking voice and twinkling eyes , "not to go too fast , " "not to hurry back , " and , "above all things , beware of a run away , " "should ho send a relief if wo were not in by dark'etc. , in a way that would have cost him Ins life at the heels of any other horse than this somnambulist. Finally she opened death's door easily , as bho did all others , and went in , but when she turned to come out ah , pony , no lock or knob on the inside of that door ! and so her place knew her no more. Among the other family portraits is one of pony , done in peucjl by the hand of Ben-Hur. In appearance General Wallace is but tliebo ante-mortem inquc&ts should draw the line at this point. If the sub ject is not handsome , it is ombarahsing , if not dangerous to say so , and if ho is , it would turn the head of the noblest Roman of them all. His father. Gover nor Wallace , was called the handsomest man in Indiana. His mother died in her childhood , but her name lives in Ebthcr , the daughter of Simonides. Wo will never have a true biography of him. Whoever might undertake it should bo a Garfield in arms , an Irv ing in scholarship , ! ! Dullorin in diplom acy , a Walter Scott in romance , ami as no ono but himself has such versatility of talents , the biography ought to bo an autobiography , as Longfellow's epigram lias it. The book ' Ben-Hur" in its briel life of seven years has had an excep tional sale , being now in the two hun dred and twenty-live thousandth. This is the surface index of its future. II must needs alwuvs remain a popular book. It should bo rend one year foi its sacred history , the next for its thril ling narratives , the next for its delinea tion of characters and their eloquence of speech , the next for revealing filial and maternal love , then for its picture ; of tragedy , descriptions of sky , sea ant lundthen for its philosophies , and ovorj year for its marvellous setting forth o : the dual character of our Lord the Christ. This is the great heart of the bookand it will beat in every Christiar land.and declare its author a man of un matched genius , who , under an inspira tion beyond our comprehension , hai pictured the only divine Hero that evoi dwelt among men. EMITAMKIGS RIPI.TSY. MISS FKI-iIAMVS I OVHS TJII3 SIOUX About the Woman Who it to Slurry Ono ol' Her Indian 1'iipilH Pierre , Dak. , Special to the Nov York World : The sensation of the houi at the Ohoyonno njjonoy is the approaching preaching nuptials of Shaska , . a Siou > Indian , to Miss Belle C. Follows , ar Anglo-Saxon maiden who teaches ur Indian school in Swift Bird's camp , 01 the Sioux reservation. Mibs Followi came to the agency from Washington D , G. Her father. Homer Fellows occupies a responsible position there ir the pension ofllco , and her bister is also employed in ono of the departmunts Mibs Follows is a liidy of line education although somawhat uncertain in hoi ideas. She is tall and well formedwitli a pleasing face , and is over thirty years of ago. The object of her strange Jnfatuatioi : in Jan Indian , with a not enviable rep utation at the agency , and there ii nothing of an Othello about him tc make a Dcbdomona of Miss Follows Shaska goes by the English name o Sam Campbell , is about twenty-five years olil and is not handsome. It wai at Miss Follows' school that he learned to conjugate the English verb to love The ceremony will taUo place at the Swift Bird's camp and the agency min ister will olllciato. The wedding wil be largely attended and has caused i stir in tlio upper circles of the agency's society. An Original Koto of Hniiil. Harper's Magazine : Whore Nobraskr elbows Kansas and Colorado a snuvri town has sprung up , whoso inhabitant ! have the usual frontier fondness for get ting at the root of things , and dispensing ing with the absurd formalities of Jaw A prominent resident of that town win Joshua Mendenhal. Among his othoi talents he counted that of well-digging , Having bunk a shaft for one Williair 1'ugh and duly presented his bill William informed him that ho could not pay cash , but would settle by note o hand , with security on a "broncho.1 Joshua agreed to tnis proposition , and that ho might bo certain that no legal tricks gr verbiage should obscure the main facts of the transaction , ho drew up n note upon the "tavern" letter head , which , when signed by Pugh read as follows ; BINIKLMAN : , , 18S , Value rccd Mr 11111 Pugh lu-omlEt .to pay -3 dols ; it hu dou'l pay it the Uor o ia ouuc. Mn. 13ILL PUOII. INVESTMENTS ON CHANCE , How Are Authorized Lottorlos Drawn ? THE LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY. Closely WntcliltiR Its Drawing. Correspondence of tbo Hiutforil Times. Nmv Oiit.EANfl , liDec. . 14,1FS7. 1 have witnessed one ot the drawings of the J x il slanti Stntc Lottpry. Hoccxirrocl yeatetday , in the Academy ot Music in thli city. Fut thcr. 1 have been through the company's oinco , which occupies ft good shnro ot ita own hnndsomo prniille building on St. Charles street. At your leanest 1 have given the subject ot lottery draw ing a thorough investigation. I sent to the Times what I myself ki\ou \ > to be an Accurate no count ot everything having to do with the transaction ot the buslnosj ot the company and the dravMtigi. Wcro I over couvinco.l ot abso lute fairness In any scheme , I am in this case ; for 1 labored diligently to ? co and know all the details , llclow are my observations , which will quite likely interest the reader as they did me There is not a city , nor a town , nor scarcely n hnmlct in the United States that dnos not contain pations of the Louisiana State tottery. The lot tery Is shattered by the state ot Louisiana , and Is tits legitimate as any other institution in that state. Now , this has much to do towaul beget- tlnj coulklcnce In the lottery , end it is still fiiuher allied tliorcln by the fact ot Ocncral HciuireKiiul nud Uonornl Early glvinu their strict attention to the dr.wlngs. Tatrcrmcn llinu thsy are not to bo found. Some years aRe the Now 1'ork World sent ft reporter to attend one of those drawings , with liixtiuctloiis to vrltu up the whole business utrlctly according to the facts. The Chicago Times later did the same thing. So did the Chronicle of finn Knihcisco. liven "I'ctrolcum V. Nnsby , " of the Toledo tllnrto. quit the Cross lloniln long enough to wrlto up this lottsry. All of them failed to give nn noonrala idea of the mode of drawing. 1 will supply that omission. One fact MO have all been obliged to ac knowledge that all the ticket holders STAND TUB CAME CltANCK of winning In th < > si > strictly impartial drawings. The drawing itself is of gieat interest to every ticket-holder , whether ho bo present or a thou sand miles distant. The iminnpr ot dotcimln- ing who shall receive the prizes is alone wet thy of detailed explanation , and 1 have made it one of the princlp.il patts of my attlcle. Thodtaw- Ing of HOC. I.I was what is known as an extra- ordlnm y one , the price ot the tickets , and the amount of the prizes , being twicn these in the regular drawings. About 10 o'clock that fore noon I went Into the Aradcmy ot Music , whlrh is Kltnateil on St. Chat les street , not far from the otllce of the Lottery company. 1 accompanied General Kni-ly thither , nnd upon entering the academy ho Invited mo to a scat on the stage , where ! might observe the modus operand ! of the tliavt Ing in every detail , and as closely as L might deslit' . The drawing was to begin at 11 o'clock , Preparations for it began about three-quarters of an hour be fore that hour , General Karly and Gcnei'al Ileauregard both being picsent Under their direction assistants placed at < me side of the stugo and close ny the footlights , the wheel for tliu tickets. This Is a large concern and re.M'inbles n bass-drum in its shape , its woodwork being similar , but the heads are ot g1aHinstead of sheepskin. It is live or six fcut in diameter nml MHUO two tvft thick. TIIK VVIIKKI , SI-ANUS VI' on Its side , and through its center runt nn axle which rests at each end inn socket of n frame built upon a largo wooden base. The wheel easily rolls clear of every obstruction. At each end of the axlnls attached a Inrge itonciauk , by Bice n" of which two assistants "roll , " that Is , turn the wheel lapldly for about two minutes , thus mixing up the tickets thoroughly. In the woodwork on the side is n door n foot or so siiuaro. It Is closed when the tickets are "roll ed , " and then opened for the boys to draw the numbers. No person lays a linger to this door save General Early. This large wheel having WPPIJ placed properly in position the tickets \\ero prepaied to tje emptied Into it The tickets were in rnnvas bags , and there were 1UO.OCIO of them. Ten bags , each containing about iO,0VJ. ( were used. . The bags were taken out of two great boxes which had bei-n brought onto the stage , the lid of each being unscrewed. The ten were placed together in the center of the stage at the front , awaiting pcisonal services by General Karly and ( ; nei.il ileaniegard. Ity this time tlieto wpre fully tiOO spectators in the house , and they looked on at tlio preparation1) with evident satisfaction. First , General Karly took up a bng. Inoko the wax seal , cut the htrhig which held the neck of the bag tightly , and before emptying the tickets into the wheel , Rprultlnl'/ed a folded strip of manila paper , which ho had unwound finm the neck of the bng also. This piece of paper ho then handed to General Iteaurogard , and the contents of the bag wore thereupon emptied Intothe great wheel. The tnnntln strips were laid together on a table closn l > v. The storv nf the llrst bag is the story of all the othcrrf. While this work WAS progressing I noticed that on the Inner side of each paper were the autographs of both General Karly and General Ileauicgard , and on looking closely at an unopened b.tg I crKAtirY SAW TIII ; WAX SKAI. to bear the letters "It. .t K. " and also to perfect ly S- ( , l the string and folded strip of raper. when the bag has been emptied Into the wheel , it is searched for holes through which even a solitary ticket might be lost. Tor years not the slightest tampering or accident has occurred to the bags , and this too. with twelve drawings every year. And yet this result could not be but natural when one considers the safeguards thrown around the big canvas pockets ; for , on being sealed after the drawing they are taken Into the company's large vaults and there kept together until removed for the next drawing. I give , perhaps , unusual space to this matter of tickets , but 1 judge that nothing in the entire machinery of the lottery can be of greater Inter est to the reader than the method of preparing and handling the tickets ; and the great care ex ercised for every one of the 100.000 numbers is surely of great con equento to those who imj out their money for them , The whole number of tickets nro actually counted once a year by assistants who are under the special supervision of Generals Kiuly and Heauteg.ml. lly their sys tern above referred td , and the return at each drawing of the numbeis drawn the previous month , these gentlemen are sure of the entlio number being In the big wheel , whenever a draw Ing occurs. Hut to return to the drawing of Dee 13. As the tickets were being loaded In by the hall bushel I looked at them through one of the glass sides. The ticket Is about four inches long by two in width. The number is printed in heavy , black , condensed liguros. TIII : TICKET is itoirin : tightly nnd inserted within an India rubber tube an Inch and a half long , thus showing it quarter of an Inch of the roll of paper nt each ond. Thetubo IH of the dlanii'terof n lead penrll , The natural spring in the foiled ticket prevents it from ever coining out of the tube have when pulled out by Goneryl Karly. To "roll" them from noon until midnight would not disarrange the tickets in the tubes , oven to a hair's breadth , lly the tlmo the 100.000 tickets -ncro all in nnd General Ilarly had closed the small door of the wheel , it lacked about half an hourof 11 o'clock , the hour for the drawing to begin. There \\oro nearly 1,000 peihons then In the house , the par quet being well tilled. In the front low of the dress ciiclo I noticed throe well-dressed ladles sitting together. The day before , 1 saw the sam trio in the lottery comp.iny'b olhce , where the handsomest of thorn counted out $1W and boughtthnt amount of tw eutleth tickets. The wheel containing the prizes , situated op posite the big one , was next prepared by Gencr. ills Karly ami llc.iuregard , Jointvas ! lntheotier ) c > e. They tilled the tubes with rolled paper bearing the amounts of the prizes , the papers nnd the tubes being similar in size to tliosoln the tlckot wheel. Tills process Is performed bo fora thu day of the drawing , and they nlbo arc emptied info the small wheel from a sealed ran vas bag. The prize wheel is a miniature model of thu big one , glass and all ; but the tubes con- taing prizes bear about the proportion to those holding the tickets as four quarts do to tivo or MX bushels. The door of the little wheel bciiifj secured , it was stated to bo 11 o'clock , and then vvero fullyl.WO l.WO PKllSONS IN THE 1IOUBE. General Karly took a scat on the left front ol the stage , close bj the ticket wheel. General Jteaurt'gard seated himself alongside the wheel of prized at the right front of the Magn , Foui small boys from a New Orleans orphan asylum llllod nbofnnt the rear ot the stage , nnd a' everything was announced to bo ready two ol these lads came forward and were blindfolded Quo blood between General Karly and his wheel the other between General Iluamegurd and the K10 prizes. The two vheels having been thoronphlj "rolled , " the doors are opened. One boy reaches in , takes u hingle tnbo and hands it to General Karly ; the other picks nut a prize frum hlsw heel and gives it to General Ileauregard. Thu mini' ' li-jrof the ticket is ead by General Early , ami the amount won is announced by General Jjritu- tugard. An assistant standing close by ( jeneral Karly takes the ticket fiom htm and ho , too , stairs Its number ; another gentleman nearGen- eiul llennregaid takes the prize fiom him anil r.'ju'iUB the amount won , Each ot these ii8-.lot ants then hands his piece of paper to a jonnn man hitting between them at tlie renter front ol the stage , facing the rear. Hofore him in a large box ot compartments , one for each denomina tion of prize * to be wo-i. Ho takes from the twc assistants the ticket and the pi izo corresponding to it , tolls botli together closely , and places tin' rol ) in its proper compartment , lly this method the particular prize won by any ticket can be ascertained later to an absolute certainty ; n ml in cast * there might be an error in the recording of nmnbeiBond prUes , donu by an experienced clerk in thu ivtirof the wheels , this folding to' irether of the two pieces pf paper is sure to show it. For , the next uay the list as made out by the cleric It VEninr.n BY ciENKiut , EAIU.Y from this comp.utnu'iu box So , every nutnbei \\innlngaprlzogoescmthe list ad bent oul tc pations. When t vventy tubes had been drawn from each wheel , the order to "roll" was given by the checker at the table. Doth wheels were then violently turned forwaid and backward , most thoroughly mixing up the tuheslneuch. Agait : thu doors are opened , and thu game procets It repeated for the nwtt twenty prizes aud uuia bcr . Then comts Another "roll. " When the next to the Intt number ot the third twenty Is tailed , the checker culls outs "Itoll , nnd changer boys. " , 'While the whoelHnreupIng rolled for the third time , two other boyn Mep forward In place of the first two , and two other gentlemen rollovo the two assistants to Generals Karly nnd tleau- rcpftrd. So It goes , "rolling" the Mheels every tw enty numbers , nnd changing the boys nnd as sistants every sixty numbers , until thcKJfl actual prizes in the wheel nro disposed of. In other woids , of th 838 tickets drawn , each wius n pilzo , Ono thlnp was noticeable nt this drawing Xot n person at all connected with tholotteiy com pany \vas j > re ont. cither on the stage or in the house The drawings nro under the sole charge nnd supervision ot Gener.ils llniuircgnrfl and Karly , the authorized commissioners. At no time , nor under any circumstances , nor in any sense , does the company have the slightest con nection with the drawing or any of the details of its preparation. Their business Is that ot pelllng tickets to their patrons , nnd they cou'Quo themselves btrlctly to that. They 1)0 NOt CAKE A which numbers nre successful , Ot the W9 prizes In tbo wheel , MX ) were for JSOJ each , 2U(1 ( were for tOO each , nnd 100 were for JGOO each In nil , N ) ) . Iho remaining on prizes were one ot tJOU.OOO , ono of HOU.OvO , one of tXMXX ) , onoot S , , COO , two of $10,000 each , llvo of I5.UX ) each , and > of Jl.ODO OHCU Nnturnllv I7X ) , M < > i , and500 pilzcs were often announced , In fact , they came sosteadlly ns to be somewhat monotonous , inasmuch ns everybody in the liottiovas in nn excited frame of mind await ing the announcement of the three hltjliprprlzos , wuluhhnd nn oxaspeiatlng way of lenialnlug untouched. Tor instance , the first IIUVO np- peat eil in the ( Irst bundled , the next in the second - end hundred. Just before 300 had been dtnwn , tlinJW.OOO prize was won by No. 07,012. Tills mudu the crowd of spectators wnkefttl. Soon ufterano numbers had been read , General Knrly lead , "Sm"und ) General Henuregnrd replied ! "One hundred thousand 1" It seemed ns it every person in the audience sighed deeply , for the sound that reached the utago wnssttongly suggestive ot bitterness of soul. Surely tltcie weio no holdets of 8.ISO pres ent. Nothing ot particular Interest occurred thereafter , until ( KM tickets had been drawn , when'Jl.iJOl 'took the JjO.OOO prlzo. Evidently that was not held In New Orleans. The capital prUo ot KOO.OOO WAS EXPECTED nt every number from thence onward. Yet there came "Hull" nnd "ItoU" and change boys , " tlmo nffortlme' , with nothing but small snot S20U. f.TPO. and * .VX-varled ) now nnd then bv u stray Jl.OOO and Jj.OO'J. Finally 70J prises had been drawn. Na capital. Then It was TfiO , nnd no capital. Soon the drawn prizes numbered bOOl Only thiity-six more prizes in the wheel 1 Great Scott , whore was It ? General Karly arose and walked over to the llttlo wheel. Ho looked through the glass and saw the pint or so of prizes. Then ho resumed his seat. Colonel Dan A. Wilson , who sat by me , also wont over and looked at the handful ot valuable tubes. Then ho sat down with n smllo nnd wo compared nnmliera on our tickets. The spectators were dreadfully uneasy , and ninny were in intense excitement. At last Ki"i numbers hadbeen drawn , and the big WOO.tXiO prlzo was missing. Nearly everybody in tlio building was then at fovcr heat , with only eleven nioro ptlws to bo drawn 1 To my mind , this was Indeed lot tery In all its purity- the very P'j'-oncoof chniirel And It was all the more nggtavntlni ; because of the manner of General Heanregard's announce ment ot'tho IPKW prizes. No matter what the amount might bo , the gener.vl pronounced it in blow and measuted tones , and e.ich time ho said "Three h-u-n-d-r-e-d" everybody in the house expected to hear "tlioimnu" follow. Tlio 83HU number diawnasW.WJ. \ . As Genca ! Uuautfgard read the pri/.c , ho begun ns usual \\ith "Three h-u-n d r-e-d , " and like a Hash that word "thousand" went out at that body of spectators like a BltOTFHOM A CANNON. Tlio strain on their nervous systems ceased surprisingly quick , and they soon dispersed. The drawing began promptly at 11 o'cJock.and was completed at l:4ri. : Tne ticket * were apnin placed In the bags , sealed and tied as described above , boxed and fastened , nnd taken to the company's vaults nt once. Of course I had'ftde'-lro to learn wheiejtho lightning hnd sU'uck that is wheie the two tickets w liming together $400,000 , had been sold. Hy reason of the marvellously perfect system of transacting Its business the company was able In less than nihour alter the drawing to locate the buyers of these tickets as well as those of others , With reference to K ) , 45 ! ) which capttn pd the W 10,000 prl/o , I 'was shown the let ter of a mail In Chustertown , Kent county , > Id. , dated bOinewhoro about Dec. I , enclosing fOU for ( matter ticket * , and among the ten sent tohlm was ono qu.uturorc.'l.-l.'ffl , entitling him to $75- 000. 1 saw his signature , too , lult it is n rule of the company not to make public n winner's nnmo oxrtptljy Ins consent. No. B.IM ) which took the $ IOOUi)0 ) piizo was Sold in fj actions In ten ditler- ent citle > New York , New Oilcans , lloslou , St. Louis , Kansas City , llenecla , Oil. , Lancaster , 1'cnn. , Memphis , vlcksburg , and Itlloxi , Miss. And the booKs showed the name of every pur chaser of fractious of that ticket. A system of record books which Is indeed . . Tlio same rapid tracing of winners of other prizes brought to light their names nnd resi dences. The plan of the lottery Is simple nnd easily ex plained. This drawing win nn extraordinary one , with 100.W ) tickets nt 120 ench nnd prlzei nmonntlngtoHOM , ( I. AnordlnnrydrawinKla whore the price of tickets Is 110 , nnd the amount ot prizes Is JKW.OOO. There nro twelve drawings nyenr , onre n month. Heretofore tno prnnd draw ings have occurred semi-nnnunlly ; but in 1N there will be four of them-ouo every third month. The tickets me sold in fractions to suit the patron , but It is nb olntcly impossible to pcnd out nny particular number , on account ot the great amount ot labor necessary to nnd it , nnd nlso because the company put Ihesc frac tional tickets Into thoroughly assorted pack- nges of twenty nnd iipwnids , which nre never sent broken to large customers. Ilculdes the K6 ! prizes drawn on Tuesday , there were 2noO prizes dependent on the first , second , nnd third capltnl prize * , vim Knch one of fifty numbers on either slrteorfKI,4oO. which drew the WOO.OOO prize , makes lt prizes of $ jOOench ; thellfty numbers on ench side ot J.1RO , of Jim.OOO , mnke 100 prizes of IXW each ; Iho fifty numbers on each Bide of 1noitho third cnpltnl prize , mnVolW prlzesot RJOcnch. These nro called "approximation" pr ze . llcsldcs the p , there nroK.OUO "terminal" prl7es ; that 1 , the 1 , o tickets whofo number endswlth69nfterM,4rinthe ( first capital ) , draw f 100 each , nnd another 1,000 draw JlOO each by having the terminal 0 , after 8.1H ) the second capital. IN THE COMINCl TEAn * the flrM capltnl pi Ize In the regular drnwlnRS will bo JIM.OUO , and in the extraordinary ones it will bo MOO.OO ) . On Monday , the day before the drawing , 1 called at the lottery company's ollko and made known to M. A. Dauphin , the president , my do. slro to see the workings of the concern. It was readily gianted , and 1 wni taken into every de partment forthwith. To say that I improved my opportunity "Is true , nnd I came out person ally convinced of the faithful handling by the company of every dollar sent to them by their pations. indeed , this nulst necessarily result from the use of the system inogtlo. . Thcie nre some sovcnty-ilvo clerk * employed during the two weeks preceding the diawiug , though at other times only forty nro required. This is because the rush comes on tlio last half of the month , J'roin one end of the otllces to the other , the clerks nro paired , and "each is n check on his associate as to errors. The number of let ters received dally during the week or ten days before n drawing Is very larEe.avernglng between 1(1.000 ( nnd UOOOf Without system nnd rigid dls- clpllno the entire concern would be in chaos in ten hour * . One set of clciks do nothing but open letters , assort those containing money Into pigeon holes nccordlng to the amounts enclosed. Another sot verify the money by the letter. Another set rend the letters nnd lay aside orders that cannot bo tilled , as calls for special num bers nnd requests ouUIdo of regular methods. Still another bet 1111 orders for tickets , the name nnd Ammrps OP r.vinPATHON : is recorded by another set nlphnbetlcnlly , nn- other directs tlio envelopes to the customers , nn- other setveiify the directed letters with the list ns recorded , nnd the eider which comes in nt one end of thogicat concern accompanied by the proper amount of inouev , goes out at the mail ing department faithfully executed , Tliowotk- Ing by these clerks in pairs is dend sure of de tecting any oversight or error befoie It has had tlmo to travel and entangle the records. The clerks begin work nt 8 n. in. nnd at 11 halt of them emit at the sound of a gonp. They nt once go to a hotel and substantial lunch prepaied by the company , in the rear loom of the building. At the expiration of twenty minutes they go back to their desks and the other halt go to lunch. At the end of the forty min utes all the work of the onicolsovenedupamong the clerks , and the rush continues until 4 p. in , or later , as may be. These clerks nre experts in their line , and though receiving good ualarlcs are always well paid for all overtime by the company , How careless many people are in sending money ! In ono of the company's vaults I saw two latge nnd long boxes opened. They con tained thousands of dollars , sent by personsw ho did not give an intelligent address. Some send only their names ; others send merely their tow n and state ; anil yet ( -onie send neither. Then , hearing nothing from their letter , they accin-o the company of unfair treatment , ilia the con cern bus n set of books simply derated to this class of letters , and for years the letter , envelope nnd money remain pinned together in the long box , of no value to anybody. The money might rot there before the company would touch a penny of It It is held s.iercd to the "Old Hoss" account , as they term the record Kept of it. Now , 1 do not Intend to discuss the morals of lotteries , or thoMOHALS MOHALS OP I'KOl'LB who buy tic wets in lotteries. It is not necessary to do to. My object has been merely to see how everything in connection with the Louisiana State Lottery was conducted as matter of fact , and not of moral ethics Nor have I considered It necessary to interview the leading men of New Orleans extensively as to the hone.sty nnd fairness of the lottery company. That has been done f > o often by newspaper men who have comn lien- bent on the same investigation as I , that people all over the country are well aw are that the company has thu unbounded respect and confidence of Now Orleans people , from the highest to the lowest. You can't llnd a man in New Orleans who would not wager rterj dollar he has on the integrity aim straight forwardness of c ery person connected wltlithe lottery. Heller proof than Now Orleans people pive on this point cannot exist , Kverybody here buys tickets in the drawings. Hanks , banker * , merchants , clerks , clubs , societies , men nnd wo men in every walk ot life- they nil buy tickets. Were there any Vlnks In the drnw Ings or prepn- rations do you think the people here would eomo lip every month mid pay over their inoneyj Wouldn't they bo sum of first Dueling out nnv funny work ? Assuredly. Just ns long as there's n chance for n pel son to w In 1 18,000 , tlii,0 WlouiO , KMW or oven MJKM by investing a single dollar In the Louisiana Stuto Lottery , there will be. pa trons of the company throughout the country who will not despair of sometime "Kcttlnu tlicrc.-/rtrt/ord ( Conn. ) Tlmtt. Jan. t. HOW A COZY HOME WAS MADE. A LcBsoii to Mnrrlcil Conplca on n Sninll In conic. How often wo discover in SQHIO out of the wny nook the cozy hnrfoorngo of ft man who hns Icnrnod to economize from his small cnrnlngs nml how to expend the peonies saved upon the bettering of liis homo surroundings. A pleasant in- btaneoj of the hitter character came under the notice of a Snn Francisco Call reporter lately. While hunting information on a certain point , it was necessary for him to interview a man who lives in the neighborhood of North Bench , and ho luckily found his vic tim at homo. The desired item was ob tained in short order , and then the newspaper could not refrain from com- .tncntlng upon the daintiness and com forts of the room in which they were fceatcd. The host , a man who evidently had artistlij tastes , accepted the compli ment in the spirit in which it was of fered , and courteously insisted upon showing his guests through "the house. " "Tho house " the , by way , was the tiniest of Hats , occupying the upper part of a two-story cottage that was perched upon the side of the hill. . "It is only a bandbox , I know. " lie aid , "but , you see , our income is so small that we'd bo swamped in bigger quarters. As it happens , these arc quite large enough for our abs-olute needs , and wife and I are rather proud of them , for all their smallncss. Here wo pay $1U a month , while for the same space in a more fashionable neighbor hood wo should have to pay from $20 to $25. Wo count the difference at $9 a month , and wo feel wo have a right to expend that amount in the purcha&o of extra furniture or in decorating the walls , instead of adding it to our bav- ings bank account.Vo have been mar ried a number of years , and although wo started with a meagre outllt wo have been enabled , by the exercise of judg ment in our purchases , to get a lot of traps that cost individually little , but that taken altogether make a rather pleasant showing and add materially to our comfort. You'll notice that the fur niture is not in sots , but consists of odds and ends that nave been picked up at different times ; but there is not a chair in the house that is un comfortable to sit in , and our beds are as comfortable as any in this city. A houbo is not worth living in whore these two tilings are not looked after , and as wife and I agreed on that point wo took especial pains in Eclcctintj these articles of furniture. Almost everything wo have , to bo sure , ib second-hand , and- most of it was seedy enough when bought ; but there's whore the fun came in. Plenty of &oap and water , a little yarnifah , a dab of paint , a touch of gilding , a bit of uphol stering , and the article looked as iresh as over , while wo had the satisfaction of feeling that it was , in a measure , the product of our own labor. I'm inclined to doubt whether any rich man gets much pleasure out of the gorgeous fit tings of his house as we do.from these scraps picked Up hero and there nnd 1 tinkered by our own hands. You sco , wo can give the history of where each thing was bought , of how wo consulted over the advisability of its purchase , and of the study and labor expended in getting it into decent , condition agnln. How it bothered us nt tho" time and how often wo have laughed since over the failure of our first experiments at re pairing nnd furbishing ! "Those etchings and engravings on the walls have each their story for us , aside from the story told by tlio pic tures , and as wo cannot UtTord to buy ' oil paintings or water-colors that are \vorthy of notice wo make , believe to find just as much pleasure in our bits ol black and white , and when ono makoa believe over eo hard it is apt to bccomo i a real belief , you know. Wlfo livca i these things , you sooan ! she hns taught , mo to like them , for it was precious lit- tie I knew about art before wo wore mar ried , or comfort , cither , for that matter. Wo are neither of us critics by any means , nor do wo profess to bo ; but wo want to have pretty thing. , around us , and are perfectly willing to pay for thorn. I do not mean in money , for that would bo nothing to do if ono had the money , but in slight sacrifices other ways. For instance , if our rooms wore bare wo could afford to keep a servant , but wife docs the cooking , nnd I mal < o the Urea and help ns much as possible with the housework. She is an awfully good cook , too , and I have learned enough from her to help soi'no in that line my self. It is better for ns to keep buf yfor * since our baby died wo llnd it plensaator to work than to bo idle and think. "You mustn't suppose , however , that all our time is given to the house , for sometimes in the evenings , and always on bright Saturday and Sunday after noons wo take long walks or little trips i s into the country. As I have told you so ' I much already it won't matter if you hear i i that our income has not averaged over L $80 a month since wo wore married , although - though I am now getting $100 a month , i and hope to got another raise some < day. " All this and a good deal more was said ff during the inspection of that little flat , I , ank many a confirmatory remark wag | t Lhrown in by the wife , who was found jj1 intsily engaged in the kitchen. A smiling - . ing , pleasent-looklng body she was , and evidently as proud as "a queen of the [ calm. " Proud of her husband , proud ol licr homo , and immensely pleased to sea Llmt both were appreciated by the visitor. The latter could not help np- predating husband , wife , and all , fee [ hero was a decided charm about the entire outfit. Everything was so im maculately neat , everything was so. dainty , that the veriest curmudgeon ip the world could not have withhold of expression of praise and admiration Within the rooms , wherever the oyca . , turned there was boincthing pretty audS ; jj homelike to look at , while from thai MJ windows spread a broad view of the bajft * and the distant hills. It was the hoimv , of a poor young couple , poor in the laclcj of money only , but it showed taste and refinement that ono would never havet expected in such a quarter , nnd spoktv volumes in favor of those who had\ builded them such a nest. for the Vnn Onlcn Corsets. Every lady wishing / ing good liPtilth nnd n beautiful figures buyj them. Quick sales. Oood pay. Send for\ terms ami circular. Vnn Ordcu Corset Co. . ; 12 Clinton Place , N. Y. The Paris AmbiRU Comiquo has discarded gas nnd utilized the electric light. It is the only theater in Franco where not a single JOB of gas is burned. The experiment was flrstt made of lighting the auditorium with olc& , trieity , mid this proved so successful that thq innovation has now been extended to tao stage. ! lf&im ! ! ! GA AS A PLACE OF RESBDENCE ARID PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. it 5 ; \ = In the mountains of Northwest Georgia In Haral- gj son County , ( our miles from the Alabama line on the i = 5 southern extension of the Appalachian range , in the gy heart nf the richest mineral bell of the south , at an s = altitude of 1,300 feet above the level of the sea , 6j 0 miles from Atlanta , 40 miles from Anniston ana = too miles frosi Birmingham. 11 Population and industries. B The population of Tallapoosa in 1884 was j6 , one Eg year ago 600 , to-day from 1,50010 z.ooo people reside { here , and newcomers are arriving by every tram Uj At the present | rate of increase the population | | of _ Tallapoosa will probably be 8,000 before the first of j ; January,1889. * 2 There are over forty business houses , express , telegraph - egraph , post-oltice , three churches , thiec large ho- tcls , one newspaper , eight sawmills and wood- g working establishments , two large brick manufac- turmi ; establishments and several minor industries , MEWJMDUSTRiEsT ] Tallapoosa Furnace Co. , O , W7 Uullock , i'res. H _ Capital stock , $100,000. TheComnanyisundcrcon. § tract to have Furnace completed December i , )883. Tallapoosa Malleable Iron Works , N. M. l.lnd , u Pres. Authorized capital stock , $100,000. TheCom- 3 pany is under conn act to have Works in operation " " * November ist. 1888. _ , Tallapoosa Steam Driclc Manufactory , capacity , I 50.000 per day , expect to be In operation reb. 15.1888. 5 Tallapoosa Lumber Co. Capital , § 10,000 , Sash , 5 door and blind manufactory , hope to be in opcra- H tion at an early date. 3 In addition to above are a broom manufactory , H rope manufactory , wagon manufactory , already secured. It is expected that work will be begun on these manufactories immediately , and negotiations I are already in progress for the location here nf sev- H eral other new and important industries in the near. future. . Nearly $4,000,000 capital stock , and money In- oj vested in business , is represented in the list of Tal- ! S lapoosa's business houses and Industries. i | RAILROAD FACILITIES. | TheUcorgia Paciuc Railroad line J'ledraont Air Line System ) runs directly through the city , giving railroad frontage of three miles lor manufactories Three other1 railroads , the Chattanooga , Rome & Columbus , the Carrollton & Dccatur , and the At- ( antic & Pacific are either surveyed or now building with Tallapoosa as their objective point. | Perfect dim ate. Perfect He alt Ii. | The climate of Tallapoosa is a happy medium between - tween the subHroplcalclimate of Flondaand the cold North , Work can be done out-of-doors every day I in the year. . The averagesummer temperature Is 76 and winter 55 and the purest and best freestone water abounds , lly its location on an elevated plateau per- y feet natural drainage is secured. Several ivonderful P chalybeate springs are near the city , and many peo- g pie suffering from rheumatism , kidney complaints , P _ Indigestion , consumption and general debility have LI been greatly benefited or permanently cured by drinking of tliese waters. The climate and healthfulness - , fulness of T&llapoosa cannot be overdrawn. i [ Surrounded by Rioh Minerals. Tallapoosa i situated in TheTcTrt. of the richest S gold and Iron-bearing district of the South. The richest of iron ores , manganese , copper , * " ' y ver , gold , marble and other minerals abound. Iron ore assays from 45 to 69 per cent , metallic iron , and gold ore from $5 to § 300 per ton. ' 1 his company took first honorable mention on steel-making ores and marble from their property at the recent Pied mont Exposition in Atlanta , POST OF BWLDIHG flHD LIVING. The cost of building a house in Tallapoosa is about one-third the cost of building the same house in the North. The cost of living is much less than in New England and the West , and with the mild equable climate \ery little fuel is necessary , and that can be obtained at one-quarter of Northern prices , Sickness is a stranger to Tallapoosa , and vegetables can be raised eight months in the year. With the present advance in real estate a home that now costs the settler $400 can probably be sold for four times that amount one year hence. | Properly of this Company. The property of this company consists of , iso acres ot city lands or 10,750 building lots still unsold , ( average price $ see each , j.7o acres of mineral , agricultural and timber lands of great value , and over37ooacrcsof mineral land additional under op tions ; also Tallapoosa Hotel , houses , office , tools , negotiable notes , cash on hand and other assets , ap- gregatingovcr $100,000in addition. The estimated value by experts of this company's property i sever over $ Soooooo. I 3170,000 EXPENDED IN 00 DAYS Over $73,000 , lias been expended by this company in grading streets , build ing bridges , developing mines , advertising , etc. Their pay roll has been as high as $1,500 per week , and all is bustle and enterprise. Over 100 new dwelling-houses are now building in the city and many more are contracted for to be erected as soon as THE TALLflPOOSft HOTEL | Tint Hotel , owned by the Tallapoosa Land , Min ing and Manufacturing Company , u the finest on the line of the Georgia Pacific lUilroad between Anniston - ton and Atlanta. It contains 50 elegantly furnished rooms , has a table unsurpassed , ana is an excellent hotel In every particular , Kates , $ i , < x > per day , $9 oo per week , $33 oo per month. THE TALLAPOOSA JOURNAL. | U a large , enterprising paper , with a circulation of nearly 5,000 , and is tilled with items of interest to those interested in the welfire of Tallapoosa and her prospects Any one thinking of Investing or locating in Tallapoosa should bead yx. in stamps for six months' subscription , [ Sales § 100,000 in 90 Days. | The sales of building lots In Tallapoosa made by this Company have amounted to over $100,000 In the last three months , and are Increasing daily. Tri vate sales in the city will amount to nearly as much more. Lots that sold for $300 only a short-time ago are changing hands at from $600 to $2,000 now This rapid increase In real estate , population am enterprise is due solely to the magnificent minera and agricultural resources of this section , its de llghtful location and its unparalleled healtbfulncss. | Tallapsa's Basis is Go-Oiitiraliop. Those who lend their money or their Influence for the building up of Tallapoosa enjoy their equa share nf the benefits derived directly and person ally. Every stockholder in this Company who pur chases a lot from the Company adds the amount ol the purchase money at once to the dividend fund in which he is an equal sharer with the rest. Every good word spoken for Tallapoosa , every investment he shall induce his friends to make , all adds directly to the stability of his own investment and to the amount of his dividend. This is co-operation ; and this principle of making every investor and settler an interested party directly , financially interested in the success of the enterprise-is what has made the Tallapoosa of to-da so successful. WE'RE OFF FOR TALLAPOOSA. It Is the most desirable place for settlers and in vestors In the United States to-day. Cities are growing up in this mineral belt like magic , and for tunes are being made rap idly by theadvance of real estate and land compan ies' stocks. It is last be coming the manufacturing centre of the country , and with its wealth of mineral products , Its equable cli mate , rich soil and remark able heallhfulness , is the most d isirablc field for Im migration and profitable inxcstmcnt ever offered. PRICES OF I BUILDING LOTS. Lota SOxlfiO ] on brut itrerti ami av enue * , live in In- ulna ) ivnllr ft-ntu doitoi liml < lt > lot30 ( > t Corner IoU , $ -100 ; JLotm SO.lfiO , nicely loruledj ten uiluutei' tvnlk from tleiiot-In- Nldo fcnU fro MI S5O to 940O ; Corner IoIn , $75 to 1250. Ternii. one-third cash , which roust be remitted with order ; balance , one and two years , with interest at 8 per cent. Those desiring to purchase by mail can write ui what priced lou they'desire and the location wished , and we will make the selection subject to their ap proval at an r time they may desire to inspect it. $2,000,000 Capital Stock. The Tallapoosa I-and , Mining and Manufacturing Company is regularly incorporated , with a capital stock of ! aoonooo , consisting of 400,000 shares of $ 5.00 each. This stock is fully paid la the organiza tion of the Company , can never be Increased , ncvrr asses&cd.and is subject to no personal liability. It was first offered to Investors Aug. istat $ i.raper share , but has rapidly advanced until it Is now sell ing at Js oo per share , j CORflE . AND 8EE - i MH Nothing pleases us so well as to have people come to Tallapoosa and investigate with their own eyes. Will vou not come ? COME AMD INVESTIGATE. I $865,000 , in Manufacturing. | | This company undertake to secure for Tallapoos * within three years the following industries , either by the donation of land for plant and other valuable con siderations , or should it become necessary at the end of three > ears will cooperate with others by taking stock in such manufacturing enterprises by Investing a portion of their surplus or devoting the proceeds of the sale of a portion of their treasury stock to these or other enterprises of equal benefit to the city. i. A cotton mill , for wheeling , estimated to cost $150,000 i. A 6o-ton charcoal iron furnace , estimated to cost 100,000 3. A malleable iron works , estimated to cost 100,000 4. An enormous hotel , estimated tocost. , . . 150,000 5. A furniture factoryestimated tocost. . 35,000 6. A sash , door and blind factory , estimated tocost , 95,000 7. A rolling mill , estimated to cost , , . . . . . 100,000 8. A stove works , estimated to cost 75,000 g. Car works , estimated to cost 100,000 10. A wagon manufactory , estimated to i cost , 35,000 11. Public school building , estimated to j cost 15,000 I Total $865,000 I The Company offer tlie tnoit Hbtrat inI I diiretnentt to tmtntifaflttrert tc/io < < ( ( ' locate < i Tallapooici. Haw material and cheap j labor are abundant and the South is fast becoming i themanufacturingcenterof the United States. Correspondence - I respondence with manufacturer * solicited , I [ PRICE OF STOCK. SPECIfll.g | To carry rapidly forward grading of new streets and avenues , the erection of cottages In the city to rent and other public Improvements and expenses as the directors may specify , this Company have de cided tooller 25,000 clinrcn oftlie clock at 85.00 per liurepar vilue. Orders for this stock will be filled in rotation till the block it sold , when the price will probably be advanced , As It is the plan of this Company to Interest ai many people as possible in Tallapoo&a , the number of shares to be taken by any one person is not limited , Orders will be filled for t share , j shares , jo shares , too shares , or any amount which the investor may think It is for his Interest to purchase. It Is the preference of the Directors of the Company that this stock shall not be held In large blocks by capitalists , but dis tributed among those who win benefit the city by their financial interest in It. The Company to whom Dirmlngham , Ala.Is indebted forits marvel ous growth is now paying 300 per cent , yearly divi dend on its stock , and U is now worm $ < , x > rr share ( par value , f100) ) . i WE INVITE INVESTIGATION. To show our sincerity In the claims we make for Tallapoosa and its advantages as a place of resi dence and Investment , we make the following often We will clirrrflllly l > nf lin liav- c.lliiK.expcine * of uiijr pcnun vlilllnff rallupouiu who doe * not nud 111 * place and Hurroiindlnui and the prop * , rrty of tUU Uonipuuy im described 111 thlN uilvertlneiiioiil or In ourpro i > oc- ta or otlior printed matter. Let all who can do so come and personally investigate the propecuof Tallapoosa , and , if not found as repre sented , ttieir eipeosei will be cheerfully paid by his Company , Ui WHAT THE PRESS SAY OF TALLAPOOSA. l-i - From tftvTYtrk Timtt , Oct. 8,1887 , ] Atlanta , Ga. , CafHtl , Aug so , 1887 ! Tallapoosa the world possessors of mining property , rightly more inducements to the seiiler , mechanic and In. . [ , ls destined to be the " Denver" or " Dcadwood" of developed , worth millions. veitor than the young and progressive city of Tail * The Tallapoosa Company Includes both Northern the Eastern part of the Union. nirminRham , .Ala. , Aft , Oct. 16,1887 ! On arriv poosa , Ga , and Southern capitalists , its President being Col , Dirmlngham , Ala. , Iltr/itd , Oct. 16 , (887 ; One ing In Tallapoosa on every side the Agt reporter's New Haven , Conn. , Ktftitrr , Nov. 5,18871 Tlle G. W , Adair.of Atlanta , and one of the Directors ago Tallapoosa was hardly known to the out. ears were creeled with the sound , of the hammer , of of Is that thoie being the Hon. John II , Gordon , Governor of year side world : it is now attracting men and capitalists the saw and the planing and saw mills , and the significant characteristic Tallapoosa Georgia. All of the Officers and Directors are well from every section of the United States. general hum of a punhlng and busy place , people who have Investigated U are mo t thor and known progressive men , and city their on purpose the site is of to the establish old village a large of Macon , Ga. , TtltfraAug. . ai , 1887 : This Chattanooga , Tenn. , Tiiitct , Oct. j6,1887 ; There oughly cnluusiattic over Us prospect ! . TalUpoosa. Company is one of the richest mining companies in is probably no place in the South to-day offering An elaborate Prospectus , giving 1 detail full partlculara of our property , illustrations of many Residences , Public ISiilldingN , ' Factories , Ktc , , Plat ol'City , Price List of Lots , and other Information of interest to Investors and Settlers , will bo mailed FIU2I3 to'any address on application. i Make all Remittances for Stock or Lots by Hank Draft , Postal Note , Money Order or Our- ir rency , by Express or Registered Jjcttor. Address , r Gol. GEO. W. AD&IR , PRESIDENT , TALIAPOOS * LAND , MIH1N ® & HftH'F'Q GO , , TALLAPOOSA , QA.