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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

tory. There Miss Fuller performs the
experiments from which she evolves
the marvels of her dance. Those who
think La Loie"' anything like the
ephemeTal creature of her professional
life, are much mistaken. She is a
slngularly serious minded, studious
woman. Few of her friends are theat-
rlcal folk She has a sort of salon and
the men and women who compose it
are the leading scientific and artistic
lights of Paris. The stage element is
notable for its absence.
Miss Fuller has another deep af-
lection besides that for her home. She
is devoted to her invalid mother Only
Intimate friends Of the family have any
real understanding Of the bond exist
ing between this mother and daughter.
The sacrifices Of both time and money
the dancer has made for Mrs. Fuller's
sake are Infinite. Once when, after a
long and tedious Journey she had
reached the Russian frontier en- route
to fulfill an engagement in st. Peters,
burg, Miss Fuller received a telegram
saying her mother was Ill and wants
to see you" AS result the contract
was broken, thousands of pounds for
feited and Miss Fuller returned to
Paris
The Princess of Wales, whose inter-
~ LIZ S1iO 1NCCOtCWOlA Sullu Is tft0EHS"
uonal,- and who. returns to London
early in October, Particularly to get
ready for the Needleworlz guild sale,
Will contribute work of her own handi-
craft. Her royal ehighness was be-
queathed this charity by her mother,
the charitable Duchess of Teck. The
princess makes no secret of the fact
that she looks on the Needlework
guild as her pet philanthropy and she
reads the reports of the guilds work in
America and other countries as care
FULLY as II the concern were a business
company on which her livelihood de-
pended.
The Duchess of Leeds, who now has
among her guests at Horribly castle the
wife of the first secretary in the Amer
lean embassy, Mrs. Henry White, and
her daughter, Miss MurieI White. is
distinctly a literary duchess She and
her daughter both write and have de-
cided leanings toward practical Jour-
nalism. Her grace has written two
books, "a Lover of the Beautiful and
"Capriccios," while as a contributor to
the English reviews she is we'll known.
The Duchess efeLeeds is a philanthro-
pist in her own way, which is helping
lmpecunlous literary women. It is said
that she will became practically inter-
ested in an organization shortly to be
formed which has for its purpose the
securing of good living quarters for
women who write. The Whites, Mrs.
White and her daughter, particularly
go one step higher in the scale of Eng
ltsh society every time they make a
visit. The Duchess of Leeds, while
wonderfully democratic in her actions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
A Knockout lab in the Neck
With the Point efIIef Umbrella
From Photo Taken for This Article,
illustrative Of the New System OF
Self-Defense rSI4adies.

to show that he actually believed in his
theory in making. one venom an anti
dote for the other, 7Falmadge immedi-
ately provoked a copperhead, to strike
him near the wound made by the rat
tier. 1t was noticed, however, that he
lost no. time in taking advantage Of the
treatment generally believed to be the
only salvation fof9any one bitten by a
rattlesnake. or a. eopperhead-the lib
eral dosing of the victim with whisky.
Nevertheless, e the supposed snake
proof nountaineerz was dead in less
than two hours, 90 ot@s @". -
"The fatal result could not be charg-
ed, however, to- the failure. of his the
Org of the dual venom test, for it was
discovered later that ther eOpperhead
that bit him to provide the antidote
for the rattlers bite had no fangs, and
consequently none of its venom had
mingled with that Of the RATHER. -.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
PLANNING SUICIDE,
HE SAVES HIS CAT
Grief for Lifelong Friend Led Will
liam Purdy to Take His Own Life.


NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Grieving over
the death of a lifelong friend and suf-
fering from insomnia, William H. Pur-
dy, sixty years old, who lived with his
sister, committed suicide yesterday
morning by inhaling gas Evidently
Purdy's last act before he took his life
cagelfke box and set 1t out on the fire
escape, where the gas could not harm
the animal.
The aged man was employed as fore
man by big ice cream company His
lifelong friend, William Walling, was
employed as foreman by the same COM
pany WaIling had made his home
with Purdy for more than twenty-fv
years. They had lived with Purdy's
sister, Mrs Elizabeth Nase, for seven
years past.
Mr.. Purdy's daughter also lived
there, but a few weeks ago she was
married and went to Wilmington, Pa,
to live. Mr.. Purdy's friendship for
Walling was greater than ever after
his daughters departure. Then Wall
aiming him, said he would have to I'M
dergo an operation.
The operation was performed about
a week ago and he rallied somewhat,
but suddenly collapsed and died. Purdy
was iueonsolable over his friends
death He told one of the neighbors
that he could not sleep and that he
thought he would do away with him
self. He took medicine for insomnia,
but it did him no good apparently, and
he grew more Respondent each day.
He tried to attend to his duties, but
found that his strength was fast falling
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
ONE WOMAN AND ONE PARASOL
THE EQUALS OF TWO TOUGHS
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Reoluto Provided The Iae %

practiced by opponents of French box
ing are introduced as well as certain
methods peculiar to German swords
men and professors of the rapier. Nu-
merous tricks are borrowed from the
marvellous japanese system, known as
"Ju, Jit Su," or weakness against
strength, against which Fftzsimmons
would be as helpless as babe, and any
delicate lady who becomes proficient in
the art can rest assured that she is
match for at least one or two roughs
so long as she retains her presence of
mind and her umbrella
The accompanying photographs,
made for this article, and for which
Nine Vfgny consented to pose, give a
better idea of the system than any de-
scriptfon~ could.
Nine. Vigny and her husband have
had quite a number of distinguished
pupils, including, the present king of
Servia, Peter Karageorgevitch. He
says King Peter is splendid, all
round athlete and adds that should
another revolution deprive him of the
blood-stained crown he wears, King
Peter could readily earn his living as
a boxer or teacher of fencing. "tHe is
so clever with a walking stick said
M. Vigny, that I would back him
against any twelve men, armed with
sticks, swords, or daggers-anything in
fact but firearms" If the late king
had but known the system there would
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session which the knowledge of fencing
has given her, has proved to be an ex-
cellent antidote to stage fright and
nervousness from which she used to
suffer whenever she 1ectured.
An English society lady who is fam
Gus as a fencer is Miss Teupie Low
ther, who could probably hold her
own against any champion of the small
sword or rapier on the continent of
Europe.
Miss Baden-PowelI, the sister of the
famous general, impressed by her
brothers adage that "a smile and a
stout stick will carry one through any
difficulty" has become proficient in
self-defense with parasol and walk
ing cane. Lady Florence Dixie, who
was attacked by "Invfncibles" soon
1872, has since learned fencing.
But fencing must not be COMPOUNDED
with the method of seIf-defense with
an umbrella or walking stick. This
system does not take long to acquire.
After three months tuition an average
young girl would be equal to almost
any emergency. No matter how well
a rough might box, he would have no
chance to get in a blow, and he would
be powerless to protect himself from
terrible punishment in the shape of
thrusts or prods, and while stagger-
ing from the effects of these he would
receive blows on the head and face
that would speedily dispose Of, him.
Furthermore, the pupils are taught
how to trip an adversary up and
throw him with the handle of the UNI
brella, and how to throw him should
he close, after the manner of the
Japanese. A combined knowledge of
the laws of dynamics and anatomy
can always defeat mere strength, and
in a street fight, where the Queens
berry rules of the ring are not observed
the skilled pugilist would be at the
mercy of the child who understands
these arts. and possesses the nerve to
put them to practical account.
In proof of this is a little affair that
M. Vigny had on hand when he was
master of arms to the Second regiment
of artillery, a post he occupied for
three years in the French army. He
was attacked by eleven roughs armed
with knives and belts in the slums of
Marseilles. He was only provided
with walking stick, and yet emerg-
ed from the fray as triumphant as
Cyrano de BeFgerac after his fight on
the bridge. The memory of this ex-
plot is preserved in the regimental
records, so there is no doubt as to it's
authenticity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
Germany's New Electric Car
Which Makes 1875 Miles an Hour

board several engineers and German
officers, all of whose lives by the way,
were insured by the railway company
for an amount equal TO ten times their
annual incomes. The electric car at
tanned its greatest speed at Dahlwitz,
when it was travelling at the rate of
2Ol kilometers, or over 125 miles an
hour. 70 watch the passing Of this
flying mass gave one a curious sensa-
ton. 1t went by in a perfect cloud Of
dust and cinders, and with a crash that
was deafening. The velocity was so
great that one got only a vague idea
OF the outlines of the juggernaut, and
1t was several hundred yards almost
before those watching quite realized
that it had passed
The car, with it's trucks, motors and
gearing, weighs ninety-two tons, and
was driven by what is equivalent to
5000 horse power. The fourteen mile
track upon which it ran is straight
away, and composed Of ninety-six-
pound rails resting upon rock-imbed-
ded sleepers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

Special Foreign Service.
BERLIN, Oct. 24.-By succeeding in
driving an electric railway car at the
rate of Us miles an.hour for a distance
of fourteen miles, German engineers
have achieved an ambition which for
the last three years they have been
seeking to realize by constant expert
menting and the expenditure of an
immense amount of money. OF course,
no one maintains that the frightful
speed made by the Siemens- Halske car
on the Berlin-Zossen experimental
track has any practical value, except
that it demonstrates beyond doubt the
possibilities of electric traction 1t is
expected confidently, however, that
the success of the recent trial will lead
to the speedy construction of the long
planned Berlin Hamburg line on which
it is thought that an average. speed of
ninety-four miles an hour will be safe
ly maintained. -s-. ..-
On the Siemens- Halske's cars trial
trip it was driven by it's constructor,
DR.. Reichel, and there were also on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

him. He went to his room as usual. A
strong odor Of gas pervaded the house
early yesterday and Mrs. Nase finally
traced 1t to her brothers room. En-
tering she found him lying in bed and
In his mouth one end of a rubber tube
which was attached to the gas jet The
room was filed with gas. Mrs. Nase
summoned the neighbors, who called a
policeman. DR.. E. b. Cary was called
in, but found that Purdy had been
dead for several hours.
On the fire escape outside his VIM
dow they found the cat, carefully boxed
up. The box was addressed to Purdys
daughter, Mrs. Jessie b. Snow. Purdy
had sent message to an express com
pany asking them to call for the box.
The dead mans relatives knew of no
reason why he should have committed
suicide except that it was through
grief over the death of the man who
had been his companion all through
life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

orately embroidered in fine Persian
braid. The sleeves enter the garment
in the side plaits, about three inches
above the waist line. The effect is
much more interesting than it sounds.
This fashion, it is prophesied, will find
special favor with the English on ac.
count of their style of figure It is
admirably adapted to long, angular
women and to small ones with fiat
chests.
Speaking Of the color quest in one
shade which is about to vie with the
resurreeted terra Gotta is our old
friend, maroon. 1t and other infre-
quent shades of red are heralded loud
ly as the first definite decision with re-
gard to winter wear for women.
Mrs. Evans and Miss Anita Evans.
wife and daughter of the United States
consul general In London, H Clay
Evans, are out of London for the pres
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-FoF some unex-
planned reason there has been a great
increase of late in what London folk
call "hooliganiSm." The riotouS street
demonstrations on ''Mafaking night"
and in celebration of the close of the
Boer war, taught the stream Of tOughs
who poured out from Whiteehapel
into the West End that the renowned
London bobby would not be every
where at once, and that with ratio
of twenty hooligans to one bobby quite
bit of law-breaking might be done in
more safety than had been supposed.
Since then a number of solitary
wayfarers have been attacked and
robbed, and two or three have been
murdered-al of which was most dis
concerning to the independent English
women, who has taken to going on
bicycle rides into the country by her
self, and to walking about the city
streets in the daytime without the
chaperons who was considered so nee
essary a few years ago. Lady Jeune
had her purse wrenched from her re-
Gently by hooligan in the fashiona-
BILE Kensiugton district of London, and
Lady Mary Sackville was robbed of her
bag and chatelaine not long ago by
rough who assaulted her and escaped.
Many other attacks of the sort have
been made on less famous folk.
In consequence of this state Of af
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

ways have declared that these beasts
nave their special 'valhaIlas," so to
speak, but previously this had been
dlsbeheved, no traveller having hit
upon such a place. Powell Cotton,
however, says: 81 now came upon
series of brackish streams at the foot
or the mountain range and found that
the whole country round was dotted
over with several hundred skeletons. of
elephants. On inquiry my guides told
me that this was known as the place
where the elephants come to die and
that the natives regularly congregated
here to cut the ivory from the dead
beasts. 1 had previously heard from
the Swahili traders stories of elephant
cemeteries, but hitherto had always
refused to credit them"
Perhaps the most remarkable of the
six new tribes which Mai. Powell Cot
ton discovered during his twenty
months Of travel were the so-calIed
'magicians," and the cave dweITers.
The magicians, who live about midway
between Lake Rudolph and Lake Al
bert, are locally regarded as the pos
essors of supernatural powers, and,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

people living in the higher attitudes are
able TO grow corn, while the warIike
natives in the plains below are
scorched by drought. and yet in such
awe are these so-called magicians held
that the starving people below, who
outnumber the hill villagers by per-
maps thousand to one. have never
been known to attack them. These
people had never before seen a white
man, and during the several days [
spent in their country they were quite
friendly and supplied us with food"
The African cave-dweIIeTs, according
to Maj. Powell-Cotton. live on Mount
Elgon, not far from Mumias. a native
village. up the northeast slopes OF
this mountain we marched" he SAYS.
and found many of the caves among
the mountains still inhabited. / spent
some time in investigating the: habits
of these cave-dwellerS, a considerable
number of whom still exist in these
prehistoric hewn caves. Under the
guidance of an old man I visited sew
eral of the caves and found them to
contain the houses in which these peo-
pie live. Both men and women are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
LIVELY SOCIETY
GOSSIP OF LONDON

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-Aecor1ing to
true story just told to me by close
friend Of the Duchess of Marlborough,
there appears to be an entertaining
element of superstition in her char
acter. Four years ago she was ne
gotiating for the purchase of Kylemore
castle, which became the property Of
the Duke of Manchester a few weeks
ago, thanks to Papa Zimmerman's mil
lions. The duchess was so satisfied
with it's beautiful situation and mag
nificent appointments that money
would not stop her from possessing it.
She was on the point of paying de-
post and the auctioneer'S fee when she
heard that the only daughter Of Mitch
ell Henry, who built the mansion, was
drowned in the lake within the i'm
mediate sight of the drawing room.
She sent special messenger to the
auctioneer asking him if the story
were true, and on being informed that
it was so. she invited him to send in
his account for any out Of pocket ex-
penses the negotiations had cost him,
at the same time advising him that
she would not have the mansion as a
gift.
The auctioneer was not pleased, and
he insisted that the duchess should
carry out the contract. The price
agreed upon at the time was $3.50, 000
which was $4,000 more than what the
Duke of Manchester has now paid for
II. The auctiOneer was entitled to Il
per cent on the sale, and he felt that
the duchess should pay him an amount
equivalent to that. The duchess re-
taliated by asking that if he desired to
give publicity to the ghost stories she
had heard about Kylemore castle, its
lakes and its beautiful water falls, she
was ready to go into court, and she
there and then submitted the names of
her solicitors who would accept serv-
ice on her behalf. The auctioneer-a
man named ]. H. North-collapsed
Loie Fuller, whose engagement at the
Palace Theater of Varieties, London,
is now on, is stopping at the Savoy
hotel, London. Miss Fuller's dresses,
off the stage, are as usual attracting
attention by virtue of their simplicity
and similarity They are all made in
the old-fashioned short WASTED fash
ion Miss Fuller has so long affected,
and are the work of the best Viepnese
tailors. In private life there is no more
quietly dressed woman than Loie Full
Ter. She loathes makeup" and will
not even use powder anywhere but IN
the theater.
Miss Fuller, much as she enjoys her
dancing and the success she has had
with it, loves better than 1t or any
thing else that interesting home of hers
In Paris. Few people are aware that
she is scientist of no small scholar
ship and that in her Partisan backyard
there stands well-equipped labora-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

IS one of England's most powerful aris-
tocrats by birth. Her father was the
minister of the time of Charles II This
was the first duke and he was lord
high treasurer of England
Sleeves and bodice proper cut in one
piece! This is the latest development
of France-British dressmaking. The
most "swagger" tailor in London has
produced within the last week a mar
Vicious gown for the thin woman. In
1t there is no telling where her arms
begin; where her body stops. And yet
it is the most fascinating of novel Gre
atoms. The model gown in this
unique style is made of broadeIoth,
one of those new terra Gotta reds
which are to be so fashionable. Heavy
plaits hang from the shoulders elab-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
He Could Tell.

YES" said the small but observing
boy, Il can always tell how sis and her
beau are getting on"
"Oh, you cant" CALCULATED his sister
warmly and somewhat sarcasticaIly.
of course l can" he insisted. IT'S
easy
How do you telI?" asked his father
maliciously. as he glanced at the girl.
When the sofa pillows are piled up
in the middle after he's gone" explain
ed the boy, Il know that they've quar-
relied and been sitting at each end. but
when the sofa pillows are piled up at
the ends any body ought to be able to
tell that they've made UP and"
But at this point the beautiful girl
stamped on his foot so hard that he
stopped his dissertation 20 yell.-ChI-
cago Pest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

ent, touring the country districts of
Southern England, Last year they
spent August and September coaching
through the English lake region and
through, Scotland, 10 Their present trip
is also partly by cGeach. Miss Nell
Evans, who was. motoring in France
earlier in the, summer, is now keeping
house for her father, in. London.
The former Miss Iselin, of New
York, who married into the Beresford
family, has recently made one radical
change in the domestic arrangements
of her husbands ancestral palace near
Waterford, !, Ireland. Everything suit
ed Mrs. Beresford except the ancient
bedstead5< with~whioh the house was
stocked She stood them as long as
she could and then revo1ted. AS a re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

fairs it occurred to a young French
woman, the wife of the famous French
swOrdsmaH, Pierre Vigny, to undertake
the instruction of English women in
the art of self defense with a parasol
or walking-stick, according to a sys-
TEN devised by. her gallant husband,
who has devoted years to its perfec-
ton. 1t may best be described as a
mixture of the various different meth
DDS of self-defense practiced in Eng
land, France, Germany and Japan.
Many of the passes, thrusts and wards
used in fencing are comprised in it.
Some of the guards used by boxers
and the movements of the leg and foot
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

lied the effects of the venom of either
of those snakes by Instantly ningIing it
with that of the other If he was bit
ten by rattlesnake. he said. he at
once submitted to the strike of a cop
perhead, and vice versa, with the re-
suit that he suffered no i'll effects from
either.
This particular .raftlesnake which
he disposed of to Landlord Olcott TWEEN
lhe had captured in the old Indian lead
mine, about which rattIers were al
ways plentiful and ugly. AS Talmadge
was transferring it from the bag he
had it in to the cage at the Olcott
house-1Where an ever. lively display of
big rattlesnakes was the feature for
more than half a cehtury-the snake
sank its fangs into his thumb.
whether in a spirit of bravado or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
SCOTCH HIGH BALLS rfs,s. -.
OVERCOME a GIANT
Prove Too Much, for an Eight Footer

Prove Too Much for an Eight Footer
From Kentucky.
NEW YORK, Oct 24,iThe' tallest man
that ever set foot in the Gates avenue
court was brought in today on a charge
of intexication. The prisoner gave his
name as Hampton Hampson.
How tall are you?" asked Magistrate
Furlong, as he surveyed the liberty pole
of flesh.
I'm just short of eight feet. your hon.
orr he answered.
'Do'yeu come from the South?''
Yes. SIR, I'm a. native of the Blue
Grass state. "
Were you drunk?'
Il must a been or I wouldn't be held.
can drink my share of bourbon, but Some
balls yesterday and didn't know where
I was 90, ..olr,, .e, er-e,i ~, r.-
He was allowed to go.