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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
THE BASE BAIL CONVENTIONS.


Effect OF thc New kules on the Satiooal
0a"e-iiard Work for the Matters.
The League and American Associations have
held their March meetings and now nothing remains TO
be done before the opening hut to put the grounds
In order uId engage IN practice 1t is 10 DO regretted
that the associations have neglected TO md the rules
governing the pitching and batting hnt tho work OF
attack and defence might be made equal Under tho
new rules OF the League thong. the pitche; list ~ I'M
ceived greater latitude In delivery by his being permit
ted To the overland throw. This will not increase
his speed uc but 1t Will enable him to throw the ball
IN with greater accuracy In direction and also enable
batsuAi however left 10 do ~ best e can against
the increased facilities given tho pitcher. while he has
but three fair balls TO strike at before he is put out
result will be more chance hitting and smaller
batting will be made and the he made
Of contest between two competing batteries than be
tiJeen the two mines as whole
In tho American Association tho pitcher 10 limited Ia
the underhahd throw below the shoulder. and ne !, al
lowed to ch seven unfair bal!s the basInEn being
permitted but three fair ,'ay to strike at
before Those who advocated chsnge in the batting
ruiss TO give the hstslnAn greater freedom la
hitting argue that by allowing the batsman six fair
balls To strike 81 instead OF three and calling every
other fair ball only strike instead ~ every tar hall q
pitching without dilcuity and the pitchers would hsse
10 resort more to strategy tor success rather than 30
speed and. In consequence lively hitting
would bs added to tho fielding aitrnctons Of the
A. Il 10 now, however, the probability h that We shall
IN IL. ssms between he two ls pitchers u lie com,
Mr. John B. Day, President Of the New York Clnb has
snsaSsi James frcs 70 manage the taa at1t ssAsoA
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A Is hollow steel shell. b Is q steel end
piece. which screws into the shell leaving the


piece. which screws into the shell leaving the
chamber. A. to be charged with air. The end
piece b Is hollow. except at the upper end. and
diagram: A steel pin. c, fits exactly into tho
being flush with the bottom Of, the bullet whom
it is ready Tor, use. 1t Is hold in place. when
the bullet Is charged. by delicate wire pene-
~ bullet Win AZ the END rIecets screwed n
ali engine invented by Mr.. Chamberlain. Tho
ri, in Is then sent in and tho wiro is fastened.
gun OF the right bore. The fill Of the gun ham;
mer breaks tho wire holding the pin Z and
driyosthc pin past the air hoios T.. the air charge
against the gun hreech. aud the bulle Is hurled
from tho gun. The report Of the air discharge
is correspondingly. louder than that Of pow
cart mnadc or q thS ns1
charged bullet Mr. Chamberlain says may be
made 70 tit the 7,nalest rifle or the largest caa-
non. Tho velocity with which it is thrown de.
air with which it is loaded. Mr.. ,Chnmber!ain
has fred u rifle bullet loaded with u hundred
pounds Of air pressure. / alf IL mile accurately.
pressure. He proposes to mako cannon balls
that may DO fired thirteen or fourteen miles.
the long range possibilities Of the projectile
being limited only by the cohesive power OF
stool
He AYERS that his charged projectIes nro
ready Tor use after any lapse OF time and that
there is no danger Of the bursting OF the piece.
in tho metal instead OF shlverns it, For rifle
or muskot shooting leadeu bullet Is used.
Mr. chamberlain has also invented an air.
charged dynamite rocket. Dynamite is placed
which is fired cut on piece OF gaspipe that
may DO set w in the ground or Inclined against
fence. IL may BE- be thrown. he nvers, :wo
or three miles. and will explode at the end Of
its flight,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
THE WALLED LAKES OF IOWA
A Letter frsm = DIstingaisheL Asnber d
the Iowa Legislature.

A Letter 1fona = DIstlnguloheu MEMBER o.
the Iowa Legislature.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I find
the following item In your issue OF Feb. 20:
., wrxss Sws
about walled lake In that county.
II ono were asked whether this statement
were true or not. he might answer Yes" and
NO" 1t Is true that lake exists In Wright
county very widely known as Walled Lake."
But the wall Is simply an embankment along
some portions OF the margin OF the Lake, form
cd by natural means. but which lovers Of the
man workmanship. Hence for twenty, mine
years" past the public have been periodically
this ma marysl lou prehistoric wall. tho WORK Of
some extinct race In ages long gone byi The
sSsy ss s ons o 81
copies the fabulous narration
To point moral or adorn tale
The fact y that most Of oIr Iowa lakes are In
hnustlyely treated BY Pro, Charles <. White il
s ss as ss sons
The ss fast to upon
centre q the lake IN AZ directions toward It's
stances arc frozen into the ice are pushed up
upon tho shores as far a. the expansive force 70
6Xertou. ana there 1911 AS tn0 Ice melLS IN
the spring. BY this means embankments have
width and from hve to twenty or thirty feet
across. The leo. during long ages. has brought
those materials together in this manner. hay.
and piled them up with other materials.
That 10 what that eminent sayRnt. Prof,
correct. have myself seen tho Ice piled UP
on the shores OF Walled Lake. In Wright
and containing earthly materials OF which the
walls. are made. Occasionally these walls wore
found along the old margin Of some dried-up
open shallow lake In some timo past. Two Of
our vailed lakes have In some way become
lisf that these dirt emban kments arc regularly
laid-up walls. the work OF human hands But
any one Interested In this subject can satisfy
his curiosity by rsiorrng TO the work. OF DR..
White which can bs found In any .well-rssu.
we wssSs S' CITY. t iowa. March ) ~A'A''A'
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READY FOR VAR.
The Outnt OF - Dlminutivs italian who Fell
snss the Hands oe che Peiice.

The Outat Of - Dlmiuutivs italian who Fell
safe the Hands or she Poiice.
"'The bloody Sixth Is the bloody Sixth
no longer" said Capt John McCullagh OF the
Elizabeth street police yesterday. But there
is a possibility that the old reputation OF the
Sixth ward may be revived. There is now and
very dangerous element growing up here. l
mean the Italians OF tho class who frequent
stale beer saloons. They. are the most blood
thirsty class OF men that. venture to say, ever
got o foothOld in New York city. They carry all
kinds Of concealed weapons: from tiny stiletto.
with an odge that will cut deep into the bono.
At the slightest provocation they shoot and cut.
We arrested for intoxication, a night or
two ago. q stocky little Italian who looked like
q railroad NAVY and when he was searched in
2 green cord around his waist, From that cord
hung a 42-calibro revolver and butcher knife
In leathern sheath. He was a fair sample. as
to armamsnt: OF his y class. ;. They are usually
however. the courts have been dealing so
severely With Italians VINO are convicted OF
assault with = deadly weapon that there is q
c0nsiderah'V improvement among theM."
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a California DueAk Trap.
lr0w the Sierra Ydllcv Leader.

day Quln Fletcher thought he would 20 out and see Il
he could Kill few Of the ducks that Immediately after
II tf,rent parts Of the valley Mounting Ms snow
As he was Slipping along Ave six feet OF snow,
his the lookout for game he heard the distant
quac OF duck nearly beeAt his feet SURPRISED he ran
his snowshoe pole into the snow and n,nde opening
what appeared to he Immediately big NAL.
lard ncw out which quickly Knocked endwlse with
his pole. Another big duck then came out. which ne
popped out, whic, met the same fate; then smother.
Bcimg curious To Know what sor; OF u place no lind
struck Fletcher made larger opening and found that
he wph js; above large spring hO. about twelve feet
In diameter The ducks during the storm had taken
waT side rhe yart Wind s rifaS snow from he
bank tn, Too forming At first shelf and NJ last
complain roof ahd the birds securely Imprisoned
fMr Fletcher hal not discovered their retreat they
would probably have starved to death before tile sun
released them from their curious confinement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
The Estates OF tho RWsslaa Eaperer.
From the London Timer,

One may form some idea Of the extent Of the
erty INN cdstely attached to the when hes.
dsstatins, or over l7oO0 square miles being ebsns
Yhinst ssates in Eastern siberia are stimasd a about
the gold aud silver mines Of ssrnasi: Pauov snijcv.
great iron Works Of dsvriiov in the saasrov District
The rUcspts from these estates Ia rdeu.
lousy pfu ratio to their extent In the year 1852 they
amounted 20 0J0OO rOubles, Q little than
EAS uU: while for laeS the estimated 81
less than half this about 4OOOOO roablss me
rents Ac gave surpas expense Of administration
Of about million and half Of roubles On the other
hand the working cf the mHes showed dehoit Of over
million; hence the result tsst indicated
partial OF this very unsatisfactory STATE
Of things Il. to be found In the situation Of the mines
while the snstiae works were naturally located !. de
100 kilometres distant from the mines The Of
transport Of materials became considerable IN
this way. BY degrees all the wood available In the
neighborhood Of the smelling works became used up,
and was necessary to fetch wood from distances 81
even over 100 Kilometres. Formerly the minss were
reay penal settlements worked by convicts who were
partly helped by immixrants whose sons were exempted
mines But since the abolition Of serfdom this syss
hos been quite altered and there II great 6Aal Of
free labor on the ordinary conditions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
IMISIf.lPS WYILE CO.ISrING.

When Lily Holmes aged H. Of Bath fell from her esI
willie coastng, sho was dead she had Heart dtsen.c.
The slcd III at followed the upon which Miss Sophy
TnorUe of Hyde ParA was coasln2 ran her down sgu
Killed her,
When the sleigh upon which sat Maggie Eide! AMI An
ME Nnn Soy of SpGrr0wbush, n. met wagon upward
hound Miss Eidel sent forward Ike a cannon shot
straight between the horses legs and escaped without
scratch. Her companion was Killed
singular accident happened vt Richmond Tua on
reaching very steep hill Thornton osgDod His wife
suddenly aware that the horse was in ts sleigh
with them Tho seig9 shot down TIE dccltvny ntatsrr
legs he tried hold back and he rlissd his heels
kick, the sleigh shot forward and sclQped linn up,
The shafts snapped on and the sleigh knoSaed hr trout
feet from under him In instant They reached the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
A Russian Sect OF Child MWrderers.
From the ST JdmpfS Gas<fts

The NOpoe Vre,Hya warns Russian mothers OF
religious sect which has given several proofs Of
its existence III Rostov on the Don. ofcer engaged
middle aged nurse for his three year old She
very attentive aud seemed fond Of the child hut after
two months she suddenly left the situation and the
town The child hogan 10 all the next day lost It's
memory. and suffered from continual drowsiness A
week later II died without having been really III. The
corpse was placed in the corin, when young Jswees
Into house. threw herself the dead child,
aud. crying bitterly. said; This same woman poisoned
my child sh, ny nurse before, aud now she has
murdered poor boyi" The spoke the truth,
4 has beer founi TIM. " Rostoy there IL society Of
c0tics They are ins2nt-d to do 80 by n fanattoal
woman who says, at every wonan's duty spare
make them share ~ the bliss Of heaven before tic earth
has cont animated their sous"
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From IA. Panama sfor and H,rc,a.

A shark was captured at Taboga on Friday
last by Sehpr Valerie lopez which measured 10 metres
~ ren,netres IN length II was taken with Farrm,
and when draggc! IN sh0r. caused the greatest
citensnt among the villagers An hniDGi eleyea yards
In sag would not he pleasant fellow 10 Tickle glitter
ON lanl or shore particularly when. a. IN this cas-. s
an informant states although IL hsS u" teeth Its D,,
n lsrxs eaonsh TO hold h"r,s" The nnin, lr p,,a's
aad ustAineA o good po,urs OF II. ~th ". iars hat
opened aud fu!lgrown DO, sta,d,n2 upri.hl ia ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
ECCENTRIC SUICIDES.

\ deserter from the German srmy George y. CrVuins
living at BoDivr Mo shot himself bee Ause u. thought
Bismarck after hiul.
The IS old daughter VI d. Mnsterson If Buns
ILL., allowed Paris green she accused by
Ans.ghbOr Of stealing 1ewslry.
An old GeImsn named ti,'hiinr Of Louisville ~.
teWpted suicide be.a,isr he ,,Ievsd his H. ath
essAry to put Al end " the h.rn, u. The O''lo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
LOADING BULLETS WITH AIR.

A Connecticut Man who Thinks he has Put
An End to tho Use of GnbpoWder.
NORWICH, Feb. 2s.-Aftor fourteen years
OF experimenting. Mr.. T. Chamberlain OF this
city has produced what ne caii3 perfected
air gun" The term s misnomer. as tho
invention does not relate to guns but to pro-
jectiles. Mr.. Chamberlain does not load gun
With mir. but he loads the bullet and he thinks
his invention would do away with the use OF
gunpowder. The various parts OF Mr.. Cham
berain's bullet are Illustrated In this diagram:
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How = Father Learned to A appreciate Als Sea.
Prom Me Wall street Daily Neps.

Il didn't use to believe nothin' in eddeca.
ssk horse MY C1y Ran he g. hold e book , and
could talk " stratas and Formations and belts sud
dips and iadrasins and day no said To me- sex he's
Dad. hnr'n y coal mine our land
Sc How dye know p sell
"'I've prospected and found Indications That whole
hill 10 chuck full of COAL
And that hull 'taier patch IL fun Of weeds I.
You aee sold short geology and went long on sasrs
and mtssed II.
"One day q stranger with Q sQuint In his eye
along and offered me $sOO fur my land and away she
went"
"And-f
"wsai. they've taken half miliyun dollars wuth OF
coal out o. that hill and hAin reached tie middle yet
Danl vas right aud was fule."
And now :"
"wHal, I'm a.doin mule team fur Twin aud all the
indie aahun Dan kin ind ar to the eject ortsr be
sent to . lunatlc asylum"
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The Gerepony Of cremating the remains Of
~ .eoas M =; s:ss xs.s.e ne.ea.. sss az.
y after his remsins laid new sandal wood
SsAsssAd, which With marircids jssssmins
and The dressed In white silk dAoe
and at intervals some Of the disciples Of the BrahS
leader rceewseer On T. and placed sarlands %
chapoi adjoining LAZY Cottage. which was being
erected Tor the late Babu keehub Chunder private
devotiona, and u ~ r. n. pbotoGrepher came and
photographed the remains which were then lying OBJ.
ject Of tonchin< regard to hundreds OF the nrahmo
this The male mo,rners and visitors were requested "a
leave the chapel 10 allow Of the Vt nambeR
OF the female relatives and followers OF the deceased
who then entered and vent to their feeiugo OF grief
The bi-r, with the then carried In process
s,un nonE the roads from the chapel 10 Nintah 0heu
followed by thousands and thousands OF natives Of oil
cAstes and crecds aud by nwerous watkernl OF
enl,ng European gentlemen IN Calcutta. Al Nimtonah
utaut ths body W. with srahno rite. placed on ths
wood. After cremation the ashes collected aud
placed In which will be deposited In the deceased
ministers private chapel The procession WAS headed
BY disciple who bore in his hands banner, bearing
A. the procession reached the old Brahmo hanAr In
ColOOtOllah. the body was put down and hymn chant.
ed Glory be 20 the man who has got pure heart"
snd the same cereony was repeated when the process
ing repeaed At Intervals I'LL the burning ghaM was
reached No better proof could be found OF the respect
sud esteem in which the late RrAhno leader was held
than in the thousands who followed the remains 10
who vis,te Lily Cotsge in GircIar rosd issS
of the remains Of the great Braho leader among whom
his .iniaw, the Maharata 81 knch Beliar. snd
other most prominent natives In Calcutta.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09

The winning ticket looms up In the City OF
Churches It's. ticket that snitcs al the elem.nts-
Full Breeds Half StAwarts kegu,ara IrregulArr, Jee.
sonans Young Republicans Old fo9ies, Ac. Here iti
For President,
SkfR Low Of Brooklyn.
Ygr vice-Presldenf,
JERsnfAn HALsv Of the twelfth ward
rLArrORn,
rejection TO Free Trade.
Erin 60 Yankee.
DVodle Braxh.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09

does kin itseif-thc scorpion. l. had often
read that, that little beast will stab himself to
surrounded with circle OF Are, doubted the
story, but it is true. Once; III Havana. ! saw a
two and three inches long making Pretty auieE
way across tho tiled floor OF u large parlor. . A
soorpion! was the cry OF some relatives who
prsoned under the glass dome Of a goblet 1t
was curious then u witness the little creature 8
rage. He was evidently In fury. dushing him :
sometimes curling up his tail til! tho end touched
his head. forming vertical ring: But he did
not stab NOR strike Hna II las, lay
carried OF 70 be k lied by t tho ' L.
on Il subsequent occasion, when u scorpion
WAS caught IN Il sim lar manner their brother,
toeoIy'ncs them Of the truth 81 the creatures
" WOOL rs L 3 ns The sG ns
Tho scorpion dashed about tho fiery prison
and fury, and in search OF an opening, Till at
last. despairinc OF escape he went to the CEN
tire Of tho circle coi'ed his tail oyer TO his head.
yiciously with his sting. and he, speedily sank
down. dead. As they described It to me. his fat
little body was gashed in many places with his
believe that the. animal knew that il was put
ting an end to Its own life. or that II had any
idea OF ceasing 70 be. or 81 what death is. l.
was more probably from an instructive I'M
strike at the only object In reach OF his natural
In h9 IL w hi saw 9n1
| the trans parent crystal. which no probably dill
not SEQ. seeing only the external object.
. bsas ' sassd saeses
recently related in tbs Sun, in which a boy
| having a revolver in his pocket blew out hi'
brains for no other reason than the, sudden
rage OF a hot temper. y. l.. Us.
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S SsssfsS ought s psd SWthn rc
hours. otherwise the members name Is posted
these usassf have produced +; steck Of Of
club SH s to whom tho III member; appss When they
his fortune. and when NJ e comte returns the
Gases no rate OF interest 10 specified and no
ssUeats sa With hs m of n
sort. and in many cases bankers Of repute are
suspected OF carrying on usury on the sly by
sonsse srsy e' as de Ths Rs
Si in Paris club and il n. ii. ripe AZ hs
influential e!ecIor. And why. not . Deputy
Then besides the CARGO" de jrt. there are ali sorts
From sG Ss e Sd 9sSgssi
that lives in Garret down to the elegant bo1-
Ky, nshs WaG Ih %e eSsstrss hsens "a ga
the varS,6s and takes rs abslnth every even
There arc even female money lenders.
ths Oldest is the 'cres Dc l'Union, founded II
amt the Cersle Agricole. founded about the
Same time. The Union Is the most sristocratie
oniy club Where 81 a. game I'M. Of Cards Is rarity
Out Of the 500 members Of this club 900 have
varying from Sya, sS c aswn ante 10
Z francs without wine which. together with
the wages OF tho cook, implies for tho club u
loss of some 50. 900 II year, The entrance fec
at the Union Is 500 and the annual subscrip:
tion $40. AT the Jockey Club the number OF
members Is about 100. OF whom about $50 arc
men Of title; tho entrance fee Is $2lO; annual
subscription. 800; dinner. francs without
wine rent OF rooms. 500, 1876; lighting. ~ 1880
service. $4,000. Cercle Agricos, entrance.
500 subscription. 500 Cercle do la ltuc ROyae.
entr,,nce. $40; subscription. S76: rent. S1S, 900.
Corcic lie Union ArtisLnna entrance. $50 sub
scription. $50; rent. $4,000; These figures
may be taken ~ typical: Tho entrance fees
aud subscriptions OF the Paris clubs are mod
eiate; the dinner varies from 2 to francs
tho expenses arc very heavy; th9 9,, roat often
more than $40 900 year rent'; how, then &c
profits Of gambling by the raghOhe. do not say
that this Is tho case with every club In Pnris,
but out 81 the Oh clubs now existing you could
not name more than half dozen where the
cagnod6 Is not the nerve and sinew Of the whole
institution. They are simply gambling houses
whore you are induced by n certain amount Of
material comfort and an exc.s dinner 10 try
AZ thu other facilities Tor running Yourself thai
tho place offers.
In the old days people went into the gambling
Rouse as they went INTO cafe rn pdssdnf; pro-
IcssionAl gamblers outside u csrtain sphere
were raro. The transformation duo to the In
etltution OF clubs has madO gambling regular
career. especially for tho rsnnants ~ the I'M
perln nob'csseand ~ the OrlrAnist t0UVe0sis
tAny one who has MT lived nt Paris and Dcen
menss number OF MON who live b. play. re-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-16
Is cisvssand . Hoess- TAief,
 TRkrhmond Haton,

kfShmond hA1on-i
 h addition to osher Aaxros broaRAs against Grover CIevelAnd, iseke revAmped ssory q his once having ssplsn . hesse. He certainh had . nxrTu9 esc1pe fkum sach . ehasEe. shortly alles he ssl<led in Casarangus ccunsy, Nsw Yet, tp pxa<- tice lau. rhe lActs axe sbopk thess: is sesms the next day aAer ke kad mlnained over night wilh . nxnow. lAe isx1ex missed ffom his sfah3e an c,4 hcrse, wAen he psompty rspairsd m lAe tcuo of Waterioo and csssed ar0aards sp ns insezsed in tAe Ots~vrsy, n uAich bcsh 0sseland and the Acrse vsFs accurzfsxy aescibed Ceve1asd ss beiag hsn&- soma sad the horse bllnd in oas sye.- Nos, alker ieaviag tAe fasUsFb house and haxiag ieag 1oos.louxny before him. young Cievsland fell h vigk hand of sypsiss. and being tired aad wosa ous and the kng ei the gypeles having ben skinned of his last cG1s - zane of cards with Chicago shaspef, ouf pre- sens candidate for the prss1oeacy. aises the usual higgling in such cases, bought horse of him, blind in one eye, fcr the seemingly iow price q sArQ1 dollars. Several dAys afkef this transacs5A, young OevelAnd, who had never owned a one eyed, three dollar horse heloss, vas con graduating himseii sn his good fortune as he was ambling alonga country road, the horse stumbling and pitching him overhead at intervals, when ae vas rudely accossed by . constable, who. seising the horse by the bridie, ex- claimed:
 "you are ,he man. and this is the horse v'
 sWreteh, what do you mean v asked the embryo president choking with in dignation, and feeling for his old pepper box
 !" mean that this horse is blind in ope eye"
 IL would be sickenlng to detail young Cievelands hardships afser his ares, and his examination before presiding magis. srase, but suffice il to say that he speedily put an end to the farce. he acting as hts own counsel, by asking witness
 In which eye is the farmers horse blind ?''
 -in the lei" he replied.
 "Why, your hc.cq," addressing him self to the " court" "my horse is blind in the right eye v or course that vas the end of the "trial," and that Is about the sise cf the charge tha, Grover Cleveland once stole horse.