Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-08
TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
4 PAIR OF THEM WEIGH 4 TRAVEL
 ER FjCKED UP t4 PARIS.

Tint Bees E. Eeadlg Work tn silent and Fesa.o2lns Hummer
 Two eff tae aest begatifaI and at tho s5na time nta2derous objects ] have ever eoe. i5 al ny travels I picked up in rari aarirs ry tsip there last sum mer, s.i4 ! t5s Atkinson of Savannah to a friend
 "I bought both of them from an old i.5,. E 5tsr9 Eatia. md he
 s.E sIa #, 3i.@. .g as his ka5,. lwiasu asss53s .ts we8. a'la aa also tod .l ts .ad pugoa9sed 5iaal af a1 tid spaniard who had spcDf taee5 6f his life in tho South AHeEts.a countries
 z. ;su ae.fa ho HUst AaFo had them made tn u aSpzeiai 5faef, for, as 1 haye atraa3y stated. during all ny travels l have ueHer fael anything that would in any way apereaeh them for viliainous. muTGcrou5 pufEosee.
 s..a fifat as you see, looks innocent eneagh, and hon l ask you what you think iti3 yoa will reply''-
 4 silver matchbox, answered the reporter 9s ho giDgerly handled the beau- tifully chased silver object.
 Touch that spring.
 At an easy touch the lid of the box flew opon on q powerfully hinged spring and disclosed the interior, and in com partmeHt ahout one-half of the capacity of tho box were Q dozen wax matches
 Nov you'll find tiny button on tho side noGt you and near yoaF thumb. Just press taat lightly
 As the suggestion was followed 3 lib- tle, sharp pointed, creamy white, curved object popped into view from that DOT tion of tho box not occupied by the matches
 What iH that?"
 That. said mr Atkinson, Sis net moro nor less than the fore fang of the Orotalus horridus, the great American rattlesnale, and one of the most venom ous of sarpea6s known to iohthyol0gists. You will notice that the fang ie sharp aa a needle at it's point; shat ] is sfs for distance up tho middle ard shat it is hollow. Yen will also observe thaI a fine, anlber eolorod. iollylike substance is contained within tho hollow of tho fang That ia nothing Ies5 horrible Fhan the venom of the crotalidse and the ranlgest poison, the most deadly of agents known to man. A couple of aerapea on =a man ,s hand or face mean Q certain and 2 horrible dgath-naasea and vomiting, r6tching5 eoRYutsions, aomiparalysis. complete paralrsis. state of coma, death in a most horrible form and the swelling 10 horrible proportions of the corpse as it rapidly turns black from the virulonoe of the venom. You may tako the fearful agent, bake 1t boz tween bricks, freeze it botHoen blocks l of ice, and t will still retain it's terrible 1 power, aa 1naY ineeHlate rat with the yenoa., and bo will die in a few momonts p dog in five and 2 man in from teg lr.alsQa to an hour, according to tho a1ac4u6 received and the oondi- tion of hisayetom at tho time. The blood of the flrst rat een be inoeuIatod into a second, and tle blood of the secoad into a third, and so on down through 100- 1 yes, 200 se ieets-T; tleut recourse te 1 the orieiHt' ycNom, and the last subject will die ag qefeEly and conyalsively as tho first fer igs virulenoe is absolutely fatal
 'sYoH eaH reaGily see what terrible weapon it would ae in the hands of an unserupuloa8 villain 4 scratch or two, and the deed would be done while thg victim would simply imagine that he had been soraped by a pin Yet in 9 1 eloso fight with somo of the despieable 1 footpads and murderous thugs who arc infesting your fair city l do not think would have any saruplea about using t on one Of them myself.
 Tt would be difficult even for first l class physician to discover at the first sight just how tho man met his death.
 Its companion piece. of ao7iliah in ganuity, is a needle gan. Peculiar look. ing thing, is it notg asked Mr. Atkin- son ns he passed richly engraved and silver mounted object that looked like q cross betwoon a miniature double bar reIed shotgun and revolver to his friend, who handled it with extreme caution.
 That little gun ia abaut five inches oyer al, and yet it contains within t!ose chambers in tse hoXike part be- tween these fine wateh spring steel har- rels and hc pistol grip, enough of fond isA mischief to lay oet 3 dozen stlong men.
 The charge is & strong but powerful 1 cartridge ma6a ce h.Ehs explosive chemical which, bY tho peculiar con stnotiou of tho chaiabars, faalSa7 so lit fle ncise that 1t could not 5o heard by a poIson ten feet away. 9he instrument of destruction is bunch of fine enmbrio needles that hs1 tad their needs slight- 1 ly flattonod ta olfer re iaaaHsa and catch the propelhng force, aud their points have lam il the very same sort of yen. on of which l spoia until they are thor- oughly cogroaod NitA t.
 As they leave the san they scatter and penetrate to ta9 nrest Vifsl spots, where their tersisie vell. is quicSiy done Nefhias shau of 2 post moetem