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EDILtued * iv Myvehicle in Mrecord bcgnm I 12Di. n 182400,000.^ -ged SO by the * . and taond, h *■ioltaThisesiiJk-iringsGivesSB.guistic call ft it OOP-. “hay hand. t theyiltry is aee fop an and “sourFrench,, itand,” “kick-poach a polite-a blow to the seems rgy, of y word” or■s’* and wn inhave no is haveT.THE NEW ART. 4SELF-DEFENCE FOR WOMEN.There la no chivalry £raong footpad®. It not infrequently happens that a woman finds herself suddenly in * position where she must fight ox surrender. The woman who knows how to use the* weapons that fashion has supplied her with need fear no hold-up —the umbrella is a match for any weapon the tramp can bring into play.The physical culturista are now (caching women this simple art of self-defence. It is easily learned, is no tax on the strength, and thqugh a.girl may never need It, if ever she should she will need it very badly and very suddenly. A girl should, in short, learn to brandish . an umbrella and fence with It as if it wore s foil. She should also be instructs in the fine art of stunning a pickpocket with a swift and well-aimed blow with a hand-bag..A lady who has acquired this art »*f self-defence, tells us she handles her umbrella exactly as if it were a weapon, sometimes as a gun and bayonet, and then again as a sword. She took a short course of training more for the exercise and the amusement of the thing than hecause she• xpected to have to use her umbrella :n self-defence. But since she has learned its uses, the umbrella gives her such a feeling of security that she m never without one, and she has completely Tost her fear of pickpockets and thieves.She was ftps! taught to deceive her adversary by * leint. just'as a fencer wouki, except that with the umbrella Mm knocks the man's hat down ovtr hie face as far as possible. This is Mrs to aurprisa ths thug, and always disconcerts him, for he is for the moment blinded by the hat coming suddenly over his eyes. Ha loses hie presence of mind and gives the woman time to swing the umbrella back again and to laflict upon hima puig*rnent which he will long remember. While he is recovering from the first blow the young woman can choose between several different thrusts, each one effective if Its way.There are two knockout blows, each of wfciMi ia effective. One is •Jelivered; in the aolar plexus (just over the abdomen), the other in (he throat. Just below the Adam’s app^e. It recfulres a little dexterity and practice to deliver the second blow with the accuracy that is necessary.• dig in the throat when sharply given with the ferrule of an umbrella will make the strongest thug unconscious. tor awhile at least, sad allow the girl to ®®oaj*.To get pleney of strength Into ~ths thrust, tha.uxsfcrella must be .taken, to both hands and literally ramined-at the neck or right at the pit of the stomach. The former blow paralyses the nerves of a man's head ; the latter makes him double up like a jack-knife, and gasp for breath, and 1f delivered with sufficient force will knock him unconscious.Fashion has also given to woman two or more weapons .from which even the strongest man will flinch. We allude to her hatpin. It is a use* ful means of self-protection Many women use hatpins as children usa pins, with the head and long end j slipped up their sleeve, and just tbs• point in their fingers. When they .carry much money and have to go {through * crowd they hold a hatpin ithis way in their hands, ready togive a quick Jab to any hand that may reach to snatch their treasure.When th® craze for jiu-jitsu first began, men and women believed that they could learn the magilt;T art of self-defenoe. as taught by the Japan* «©. in a couple of lessons. Hundreds of women went in for it. but found after a time that the stud.v of attack and defence, as understood by the Japanese, is a very long one, an* has to be gone info systematically, carefully, and with circumspection. Pow willing to put In two orthree years trafning merely fn ordci to get in physical condition to be able to throw a footpad easily and gracefully. And though jiu-jitsu ii one of the finest means of developing the physique, it has few women devotees. 4The .Tapaneso woman when she 19 Instructed in the art of self-defence gives up a couple of .tears to the study, but foT the women who do not mre to spend time learning jiu-jitsu r-'ally the most stientific method of self-dofenee is the use .of the umbrella. Unfortunately, however, in purring footpads it Is not so n cr»s-*ary *0 know the rules of umbrella fencing as to keep your nerves ratoi your eye steady, and your head cool’ for without these essentials the very finest theories will he found wanting. —Popular Science Siftinys.? :—! aliaroo marked time.idoeys, id kept rations joed a I used x! luck Two 1 made free ot ighteen igh. I culneyi Pilla atms hiaore has d com-y Pillsurinary 1 to the res (hatin the Then taking ■ ckuciiu lonunts :!e 'six ceipt of v PjtfTh** h-^t. of Bacon's aphorisms nr-' I* ' to take rank Itosidi* the most lil'ieet of Ea Rochefoncr.nld’e and ' *t beautiful of T.a P l yere’s •nv of them can on* re*-all '•v y Revenge is a kind ol• hety,v ;thiMandfortune : We take cunning for asinister or crooked wisdom ; Men fear death as children fear to go in dark ; There is no excellent. * ice ; He that hath wift lt;h ildren hath given hostages tothebeauty that hath not some strnnga nesa in the proportion.—Spectw •or.Til Km AT ArTKCTlONB AMD OOAMMISB — All Ifflffrrin* from irritation of the throat and boarsenoaa will bo avreeabty surprised at the almost immediate relief • (forded by the use of ** Brown’s Bronchial Troche*. “ These famous losen***” ere now sold Py most respectable chemist* In thf* country Pts.pie troubled with a '• hacking coo|fh,,,a •• slight COM. *'r bronchial affections cannot try them too soon, a* similar troubles. If allow.il to profrrcss, result In sertoss Plumonary nu 1 Asth. niAtii' affection* See tha tbo signature of John I Brows i 8*S Is on every wtapper— Pnynrert by Jmiih 1. Brown 8un. R'atoD, 0.9.4 European •lepot. :»i Knrrm^dou Koslt;l. bon Ion. Etiglsn *IdtiMTd Compound. of tO yearaprov n *• ikaty foe Coughs, Col Is, Uroucluild elc..J ii.'* I v ul puhlishel by the ‘'rnyri*‘»r»r W tl.l. V -’AWE® I’HII.T.IPv, PVSf Vr« \h'*.iH-.o tlio forkt's J’' j.T i
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