| Show WEARING A PISTOL A bad been taught the young men of kentucky which their own interests wilano doubt cause them to remember A yo society man in union county on bia way to a dancing party placed his pistol muzzle upwards in his pantaloons pocket ile dropped his pen knafo in the same pocket which striking one of the cartridges exploded it the alx e abdomen ranged Lockjaw ensued the sufferer su frerer went into convulsion 8 and twenty hours he died in the most intense agony ilow any man above all others a could commit the folly of wearing his pistol in any such fashion in this day of enlightenment and progress is beyond the u ellern understanding it Is true that in the effete east and the languishing south the only noble way of carrying the shooter 1 l ou belt stud scabbard has lapsed out of date in bothe super charged religious localities the pistol itself as an every day orn ameril a passing into disuse some deorle affect to consid or it barbarous to whip out a six shooter if a man steps on YOU toe or jostles you in a bowd the kentuckians Kentuck ians of course do not go to any such extreme as ant the event iq question shows that while the vacti f in considered the weapon indispensable he was at a lose to know where to carry it at conveniently we confess our 1071 boY style tho well filled r belt clinging closely to the body on the left aa hanging down on the right aide with the weight of gun and scabbard dangling bract tally over the hip the wearer inspires respect for people know bo Is heeled be is not guilty of carrying a concealed deapo n kritich in place s is an offe against the I 1 a w and he is generally able to have things about as le wishes them 10 11 the and 11 or unmentioned reasons are not ati erad good and sufficient clent tylel is baggest sag gest ed according the pistol doe orates the leg of tho right boot and possesses the of being con lenient of access whether the wearer be standing kitling or on horseback in both the foregoing faa blons th 0 wearer himself is in no special danger should ilia gun accidentally go the simply buries itself in tile ground 0 there Is still which may be called the dudes or business mans way this requires that the kishol ba worn in the hip pocket tile casual observer thinks abe rear protuberance is merely a bottle or a pocket lunch and the owner a ruffian or a bully as in the other cases properly handia thi danger of accident in this instance Is slight the muzzle be pointed down and ilia wont that can follow should an explosion occur is that the bullet plows a furrow down of the right leg and finds a lodgment in the heel the young kentucky society man evidently started off to the danco in a hurry with ordinary attention to any 01 known laws of fashion on the subject ills accident need not have occurred d we quote the incident as a warning and may add by way of final suggestion that it Is a good idea to carry the pistol only when unloaded arid better still to carry it not at all NO ONE expects that congress wil adjourn on sept the date fixed resolution but there Is a hope so strong into certainty that bet I 1 will see the balls deserted or F 9 ancas TRAIN mal es a big foes about his willingness to go t 0 jacksonville and restore tire public Mild encee holding him why dont he go As points oat that dobir son crusoe was a true democrat no one ever heard hind complain of foreign with the lieme I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 1 1 i ft 1 I 1 e 7 i raw 7 7 |
