Here is a funny article that was published in Pearson’s Magazine in January 1901. The topic of the article is defending yourself with a walking stick or umbrella if someone tries to mug you. It outlines ten different ways you can defend yourself with a walking stick and what to do with your walking stick. I've listed the first five ways (and the article is really long) below and you'll have to click over to the article to read the other five ways plus the paragraphs and paragraphs for each different defence method.

• The Guard by Distance -- How to Avoid any Risk of being Hit on the Fingers, Arm, or Body by Retiring out of the Hitting Range of your Adversary, but at the same time Keeping Him within the Hitting Range of your Own Stick.
• Another Way to Avoid being Hit by Retiring out of Range of your Adversary's Stick.
• Double-handed Stick-play -- Showing the Best Way to Handle with Two Hands a Stick which is too Heavy to Manipulate Quickly with One Hand, when Attacked by a Man Armed with a Light Stick.
• How to Defend Yourself, without Running any Risk of being Hurt, if you are carrying only a Small Switch in your Hand, and are Threatened by a Man with a very Strong Stick.
• Another Way to Defend Yourself when your Adversary is Armed with a Stout Stick, and you are Carrying only an Umbrella or an Unreliable Cane.

The article is amusing because it really embodies the English Gentlemen way of thinking back at the beginning of the 20th century.

Check out the whole Defend Yourself With A Walking Stick article.