Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-16
Rulos for the Game of Wicket.

SEC. 1.-BOe9sa8, dc. The wicket
 bounds shall be eight feet in width and
 tho wlckets seventy feet apart. The wick
 cts shall be six feet in length and shall
 stand four and one-h half inches above the
 ground; the ball not being moro than five inches i'll diameter. The centre line shall
 be midway between tho wickets, and tho tlck-marks six feet i'll front of either wick ct.
 SEC. 2.-BOarl5ng, dc. Before deliver- ing tho ball tho bowler must first step one or both foot oyer his wicket, tho ball must centre-line and must be within the bounds,
 Any violation of these rules will be ad-
 judged ''no bowl" Underhand throw
 ing will not be allowed. No tally
 Will be allowed on balls stricken which arc not correctly bowled.
 SEC. 3.-P"ttaaag Out. In putting out striker the bowler must stand astride of his wicket and must strike off the wicket from the inside with the bail, which is to be firmly held in one or both hands, whom tho wicket IS thus struck off the batsman IS to be adjudged out unless he has plac- cd his bat upon or within tho tick-mark before the wicket is so struck off.
 SEC. 4.-BGttjng. Tho batsman shall not go outside the bounds to strike ball and no tally can be allowed on 0 ball so struck. If he knocks off his own wicket either with his bat or person he shall be out He must in ticking place his bat upon or within the tick-mark. If he ar- rlves at his Jick-mark and fails to put down his bat to tho ground he may be put out by the bowler. If batsman's wicket is knocked off by ball struck by tho opposite batsman he shall be out, un- less the batsmen shall have crossed each other, i'll which case tho ono who, struck the ball shall be out, the wicket becoming his after crossing.
 SEC. 5.--I0lkyiag. No tally can be made on ball adjudged ''no bowl;" and the batsman can be in no way put out by such ball. To mako q tally the bats men must have crossed each other, and they must place their bats upon or within the tick-marks before makinga second tal- ly. If the ball is struck and the striker caught outa tally shall be allowed if the batsman have crossed each other before the ball IS 50 caught.
 SEC. 6.-ShaDaS. Three shams shall be adiudged out; and 8 ball properly bowled striking any part of tho body before touching or being touched by the bat shall constitute sham.
 SEC. 7.-FEellers. Fielders shall not % inside the bounds until after tho ball is struck, and then only for the purpose of catching or fielding the ball. In catch ing, the ball must be taken on the fly and held firmly in tho hands, and not against the body; if the ball bounds in the hands 1t will not be considered caught and the striker will not be out. A ball is consid- cred III the bowler's hands when it has been thrown to him and has reached or passed the wicket bounds, whether the bowler has actually secured the ball or not, and no tally can bo made after tho ball IS thus in; if the batsmen have cross cd, however. before the ball is in they may complete the run aftersit Is so in, and are liable to be put out by the bowler in so doing.
 SEQ. 8.-The umpire is to De the sole judge of the game but in case of inability to observe correctly he may ask informa- tion of players or bystanders and make use of the same at hls discretion
 Some curious facts with regard to the often shown in handling DOW der, fireworks, and other such explosive were brought to light in the l evidence of Major Maiendie, the Govern l mons Committee on Explosive Substances | a few days ago.. It was we'll enough known that in factory at Birmingham open stoves were used in tho sheds, and the girls employed were in the habit of shaking grains of powder from their aprons into the stove, until one day the place was blown up, and they were all killed; but one is rather startled to hear that red-hot poker is not so very un- commonly used to bore hole certain distance into barrels of gunpowder. In this case also an inquest was held on what could be found ofsthe operator. In Scot land, where caution is supposed to be a characteristic of the people, Major Ma iendie one day went with tho owner of a powder factory down into his cellar. The owner showed the open barrels of powder by the light of s naked candle, and as7 si1red the horrifed inspector that he was accustomed to ladle out the powder to his yorkmen by the same light. Another case was related of n man who was in the habit of holding dynamite on shovel over the fire. It seems that trains carry ing twenty tons of gunpowder sometimes pass through london, and that van loads are often taken along the street and are loaded and unloaded while bystanders are
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