The great lottery of the Paris Exhibition will be drawn in March, and some fortunate plunger may win prizes of £6000, £4000, £2000, and other large sums. Twelve million tickets have been issued, and about as many forgeries have been palmed off on a credulous public. In England, although dealing in them is illegal, the sale of tickets has been vigorous, and in many cases they have sold for 40 or 50 shillings, the issue price being one franc. The numerous prizes will all be arranged to form a glittering show, and holders of the tickets may go to Paris and gloat over the fortunes that may fall to them. It will be a stupendous gamble, and we shall hear strange stories of the lucky winners, and the vicissitudes of the tickets bearing the winniDg numbers, which are sure to have changed hands more than once in the indis criminate traffic that has been going on since their issue. £0000 h a prize worth risking a franc for.
