There ls no sense In carrying valuables
In the right hand, because the first
move of every accomplished holdup
man is to grab lils victim by the right
arm. This movement ls made to pre?
vent the victim from reaching for a
revolver.
The man who tries to draw a re?
volver while a holdup man ls la front
of bim takes his life In lils hands. If
a citizen carries a revolver at all be
should carry lt in his right band while
in a dangerous street. His money and
his watch should always be In lils left.
Then after he bas thrown them away
and tbe lobber has departed discom?
fited the victim can take lils time about
finding bis property.
This simple plan discounts all the re?
volvers, sword canes, slungshots and
brass knuckles ever Invented and bas
the added beauty that lt can be em?
ployed by a woman as well as by a
man. To throw the purse or the watch
away takes but a fraction of a second,
nnd that Isn't long.?Chicago Tribune.
Stilt Walker* of France.
In the south of France stilts are a
necessity to the people, who are mostly
Shepherds. They mus* walk on stilts In
oilier to oversee their vast Hocks of
?heep as well as to pass through the
bogs.
These shepherds- men, women and
Children?walk continuously on stilts
from six to eight ftVt high. These
stilts an* merely fastened to tbe feat
{Sometimes the Ktilts have uprights
reaching as far as the knees and bound
firmly to tbe legs.
