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Show MAGNESIA AS A WEAPON. More Convenient and aa Effective a Revolver. livery man who la out late ahould carry a bottle, of ningnt'ela wuter with lilin," auld I'ollco Captain Itiirdlne tho other day. "There la no law alnHt It, and It I far more effective than a plutol. It lun't n concealed weapon, and I Itiel aa deadly, whun It la not ua -d aa a uiedlclu. "Not long ko a young fellow whoaa buHluea kuepa hltu out laid nt nlitht waa carrying homo with him uno of theae bottle. It wa lu tho pocket of bl ralncout. lleud down, he waa breaallug the aloriu, bound for hut borne port, when n woman runhed out of thedarkueaa toward hi port aldo. "Bhe begged for hla protection. Her aruia were extended, and alio waa coming com-ing at hliu llko a foolbull player ready to tackle. The young man waa w!o. He aldc-Kteppi'd. nud thought of tho botllu Just in time to uh It ua a burly Individual loomed to turboard. a blackjack In hla Imnd. There w Junt tlmo lo hurl tho bottlo Into tho fellow' fuce. It ploded with a report that Bounded llko a bomb. Tho mnn, terribly cut and crying from tho puln of tho aiid In hla wound, fled. Tho wotuun wont with Mui, "loiter a man In terrlblo pain atag-gored atag-gored Into Hie atutlou hoaaa, aaylug a dynamller had hit hltu. It waa 'Hill the Unite.' We very much wanted him." Nuw ork Tlmwi. |