Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-01-24

THR WHEEL STANDS UP
on Its side, and through Its centre runs
An axle whioh rests at each end In n
socket OF frame built upon q large
wooden base. The wheel easily rolls
clear Of every obstruction. At each end
OF tho axla 10 attached n large iron
crank. by means OF which two assist.
ants "roll," that IL, turn the wheel
rapidly for about two minutes, thus
mixing up the tickets thoroughly. Iu
the woodwot on the side is q door q
foot or 80 square 1t Is closed when the
tickets are rolled" and then opened
for the boys to draw the numbers. No
person lays a finger to this door save
General Early. This large " heel having
oaen placed properly in position the
tickets were prepared to be emptied
into IT,
The tickets were In canvas bags. and
there were 100000 OF them Ten bags,
each containing about 10, 0CO, were used !,
These bags were taken out Of two great
xas which had bee a brought on TO the
stage. the Iii Of each being unscrewed
Tue t3n were placed together In the
osntre OF the stage at the front, await.
ing personal services by General Early
ald General Beauregard. BY this / a q
there we're fully 900 spectators in the
house, and they looked on at the prepA-
rasions with evident satisfaction. FIRST,
General Early took up bag, broke the
wax seal, cut tho string which held the
Eeck OF the bag lightly, and before
emptyiug the tickets into the wheel,
sorutnizsd folded strip OF mag lila
paper, which he had un wound from the
neck Of the bag also. This piece of pa
per he then handed to General Beaure.
gard, and the contents of the bag were
thertupon emptied into the great v heel,
The mnRile strips were laid toRt thsr ON
table close by. The story of the first
| bag 10 the story Of all the others. whils
tdis work was progressing l noticed
that on the inner side OF each paper
were the autographs of both General
Early and General BsaursRaId, and ON
boxing closely at M unopened bag
cdAARLY SAW TINE WAX sE4L
TO bear the letters "B- 81 e." and also TO
perfectly seal the string and folded strip
Of paper. When the bag has been emp
tied Into the wheel 1t Is searched for
holes through which even . solitary
ticket might be lost. For years not the
sli Shtest tsmpefing or accident has 90
CURED to the bags, and this, too, with
twelve drSwinRo every year. And yet
hts Result could not but be natural
WhoA OhD COutlubEb the bhIdHuAfua
thrown around the big canvas pockets;
for, on beirg sealed hfter the drawn
they are thsSen into theo)mpany's large
vaults and there kept together until re-
moved Tor the next dfa wing. ] give,
perhaps, rnueual space TO this N after
OF tickets, bat judge that nothing In
the entire machinery OF the lottery eau
be OF greater Interest to the reader than
the method OF preparing and handling
the ttc4etsi and the great oHre exerelted
for every one OF the LOG, zoe numbena 10
surely OF great oonsequeHc e to those
who pay out their money for them.
Toe whole number OF tickets are 40.
tually counted nce . year by assistants
who are under especial super vision of
Generals EIrly and BeGuTegard. BY
their system above referred to, and the
return, at each dIawing, of the NUN
bsrs drawn the previous month, these
gentlemen are sure OF the entire mum
Ter being in the big wheel whenever q
drawing occnrs.
But to return to the drawing of Dec.
IL As the tickets were being load. d
In by the half bushel / looked ut tn, 10
through one OF the glass aides. The
stoktt IL about four inohes long by two
in width. The pumber is printed in
heavy, black, condensed agurss.