Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — The Era of the Pistol-Pocket. [ARTICLE]

The Era of the Pistol-Pocket.

“I have been selling firearms for fifteen years,” said Jacob EhrliDger, at the Lindell, “and I believe that more deadly weapons are now bought by civilians than ever before. The heaviest sales are of .22 and .32 caliber revolvers of a cheap make. Now, these weapons are well nigh worthless as means of offense or defense. The ordinary .22 caliber pistol will not put a bullet through a heavy overcoat at a distance of ten yards, and you might put all six shots into a man without disabling him. The •32 is not much better. When a man needs a pistol at all he needs one that can be relied on to knock an antagonist out the first fire, and should get a .44 or .45. When one of those puts a bullet into a man he generally quits right there. It doe§ not matter much where you hit him, the ball is so large and strikes with such terrific force that it renders him hors de combat. The knife is not so much used as formerly by Americans. If well made it is a terrible weapon for close fighting, but a man may make a killing after he has been cut half to pieces. The thing to stop an antagonist quickly and effectively is a . 45. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

A Public School Art League has been founded in Boston, with Mr. Henry Saudam as President and John Lyman Faxon as Secretary. The object of the league is to supply the public schools, so that from their earliest school days the future generation of citizens shall be sufrounded by objects of the fine arts. The idea seems to be a most excellent one, and worthy of imitation in the sohools of other citie3.