Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — New French Pistol Saber. [ARTICLE]

New French Pistol Saber.

A pistol saber is a new form of weapon now engaging the attention of the French war department It; has a firearm in the hilt, and when the sword meets with a resisting surface it recedes and the pistol is discharged. The sword weighs ope-tblrd mqre than the usual cavalry weapon, luld SVben the pistol Is ,nqt loaded the saber can M < »|l —h.ii 11i/x) . Brery4aU}thrwc|map4)pt bp YpWntgit