he game of roulette
is played on a rectangular table with a revolving wheel in the center.
A ball is placed on the wheel which sends it into compartments; these
compartments (of which there are two series, one on each side of the
table) are numbered consecutively up to thirty-six and are arranged in
three parallel lines or columns. The players or punters stake their
money in various ways: on a single number or numero, which means
that if the ball rests on that number the player receives thirty-five
times the amount risked; on a colonne or row of numbers, in that case if
the ball remains on any number of the column the player receives three
times the amount risked; on a couleur (the numbers are half red,
half black), in this case he receives, if he is successful, the amount
he has risked; on the douzaine, that is, on the first, second or
third series of twelve numbers, in case he wins the player then receives
three times the amount he has risked; other combinations may also be
used and there are two compartments, and 00, which enable the bank to
maintain a constant advantage.

L'ENFANT PERDU

176.--11. sous le nom de Louis XIV. Louis XIV was also
known as le _Roi-Soleil_.

15. Conseil general de l'Eure. The old French provinces were
abolished during the Revolution, and the territory was redivided into
_departements_, of which there are at present 86 (if the territory
around Belfort be not counted); each department is governed by a
_prefet_, or prefect. These departments are subdivided into 362
arrondissements, with a sous-prefet at the head of each; these into
2899 _cantons_, governed by a council; and these in turn into 36,170
_communes_, governed by mayors. The chief magistrate of the modern
Republic (declared in 1870) is the President, elected for seven years by
the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. These latter legislative bodies
are composed respectively of 300 members elected for nine years (one
third every three years), and of 597 members elected for four years.
The President appoints a cabinet of ten ministers to aid him in his
executive duties. When a cabinet receives only a minority of votes of
confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, it resigns in a body and a new
cabinet is formed. The executive power is represented throughout France
by the prefets, sous-prefets and mayors. Each commune, canton and
arrondissement possesses a council which cannot treat of political
questions. There is also a conseil gene