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A New Firearm

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 29, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 50.

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A New Firearm.

A new pistol has been invented, using cartridges containing a little gunpowder, burned cayenne pepper, and lycopodium, a substance extracted from moss. The fumes cause the persons fired at to lose consciousness for a time, but do not materially injure them.