Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 September 1873 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER,

JASPER.

C. DOAKE, PubUsLcr. - L DIANA.

MS i:ic 1 1. IM It Hill A vns. Incident' an J Accidents. A bas-bnll game it Frankfort, K y., lately broke up in a fight, in which one :un!" face was tilled with " squirrelshot." A Cleveland woman fell down !inl the other day, and alter her husband ha t

Nt'ti to an expense of f l.d she came out of the trance and went to work. A Georgia ne-gro found an old gun barrel a few day ago and was using it a a tire poker, wlien a musket hall JiiihmhI out and perforated ttiu knee joint of his wife. A little boy was caught in the gearInjf ft a patent churn at Clinton. Wi.sconkiu, the other day, and though his scream was first-rate he tailed to make rood batter. At Springfield. O., John Grillln. failing to niHrry llridgct Sullivan, according to pioiui-, she shot at him twice. The second snot brought him, and he cannot live. A K ntucky boy was lately killed in

a curious manner, lie was eating an apple, when lightning struc k the house anil stupefied the family, and the mouthful of apple passed into the toy's throat and choki d him to death. Moses Taylor, an old citizen of Sencer. Indiana, was recently fatally gored by an ox while leading the animal from a lot into the road, it rushed upon him, injuring him so badly as to cause death in twenty minutes after. A yot.ng man named Moses IVlton, living near llillsboro, )., was on his way to la marrietl. when he was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Two years ajo hi brother was thrown from his horse ui. 1 killed w hile going to marry the same lady. A woman wIiom! scalp was torn off in a New Haven factory recently, is recovering, and the attempt to form a new scalp by raking skin, a little at a time, from different .arts of her body is likely to succeed, and she will yet be able to wear a wig. A ad accident recently occurred to a little four-year old son of ThoroHS Lancaster, of A rgylf. Wis. The child went into the graiu.'aud w hen the reaper came along was u-t near enough to le caught by tin sickle, hut uneen by his brother who wa driving. One leg was cut entirely off and the other whs cut entirely through the Uuie, and only hung by a piece .f skin on the back, and was amputated. A I "i.itul tragedy was recently enacted near Newton, ill. James Hancock, a well-to-do olJ farmer, after cutting the throat if hi- aired v. iff frooi ear to ear, procured a rope, an I, going to the upper lloor of the house, loojxtl it around hi rieck and thrcv himseif out if the window. When discovi red both had be n dead some time. The couple were old residents rf tfi county. In gooI circumstance's, and afoHt sixty yers e f rtge. Mr. II. had IV-en subject to occx-.cr.ol rits

or l:i-an:tT. A funeral procession at Wheviing, W. Va., v as rec-ntly ascending a steep grade, when it wns met by two boys, w ho were at the moment quarreling over the possesion of some fishing-rods. Th action f the ho scared the horses t f the icarse. ami the horse of the first carriage

al-o U-gan to piling violently, throwing the whole line iato confusion, during which two carriage were jiecipitated down a steep embank merit, utterly ihmol-i-liing one au 1 se riously injuring the occupantt f both. Mr. Frederick Knowlton was killed in Wercrter, Mass., recently, by txing cruh-d beneath an e levator platform in his place of business. The Um'tte says that an examination of the rope attached to the elevator has shown tiiat, while on the out.ide it was strong enough to all appearances, within it was simply a wad of hemp, which could lie crumbled with the linger. This eonilition was brought a!out, v.or by wearing against the pulleys, tut the haling of the Inner fibers again-; each other. Mr-. .1. Elliott, of Geary City, Kanas the other h;y, took an axe and broke

' IH n a trunk. irni wim-h lie took a navy n wlver. pl.i'vil the muzzle against her forehead and discharged the weapon. The charge mad, a ghastly hoi in her hen I. split tlie skull to the top. and killed her instantly. The woman had dressed hirelf carefully for the occasion, and went at the frightful eleed ceoliy and u'e-li!xrar-ly. No reason is given for the act, but the sun-ide is said to have bee-n weak min'td uud given to tits of despondency.

bells. They are light, and give more . cope; to architectural design In the steeple. They are more easily rung, and are not liable to crack. In California, a company has been formed with a capital of $.",00,000. for raising tobacco and iiiatiufucturiins it bv

a newly-discovered process, which wifl give the article all the delicate-nc and snioothne-s of genuine Havana. Under the new process of culture it U claimed that an average of from l.oOO to 2,000 pounds jx-r acre can be raise d. Among the recent and ingenious devices lor utilizing the fleet ric f park, is that which substitutes it for the ordinary

flint or percussion cap on fire arms. Ry the aid of a small galvanic battery, within the handle of thj pistol or gun, or by the convenient arrangement of a Ix-yden Jar and rubber, the cum nt Is generated, and conducted by a wire to the cartridge The contact of the w ire with the cartridge may be? effected by a simple press-pin or lever. The grinders at the Kast Iouglas

(Mass.) ax works are said to be all ana-

ior a longer period, out very rew can cn-dur-the work longer than "fifteen years. They either die of what is known in the region as "grinders' consumption," or are killed by a bursting stone. Their wages average from four to eight dollars a day, Ite'ing higher than mosr other manual labor, on ai-count of the risk to life. One of the results of the recent great advance in the price of coal in Kurope, says the Philadelphia Ledger, is visible in the fact that various manufacturers in France. Germany and Russia are casting about for new sources of supply. They think it feasible to Import Pennsylvania coal, and an analysis of the different kinds

nnneel in tins rotate is being made, witn a view of ascertaining whether they are suitable for use In the foreign factories needing them. Already Pennsylvania has he-en able to undersell Knglish coal hi the W-st and Kast India markets, and it looks vi ry much as if we might, to a certain extent, te able to compete with European coal i:i iortions of Kurope itself.

under contract for a new book to bo published in ovemler, and is Just starting for an eight weeks' trip through Colorado. Foreign Hems.

I'he largest farm in Kngland, comprising If, 000 acres, is owned and run by a Yankee. Owing to the bad sanitary condition

or the miners' homes in Kngland. the average length of life among them is !- tween twenty-one and twenty-two years. ltayard Taylor says the galleries at the Vienna Kxponition show more clearly than anything else how enormously mod

em French art Is in advance of that of all other nations. A widow in Dublin, fifty years of age. recently brot'ght a suit for breach e.f promise against her godson, aged thirty. I'he jury gave her one-half cent damages and twelve cents costs. A block of stone from Easter Island, Polynesia, weighing three thousand kilogrammes, has been depoited in the Jardin cleg Plantes, at Paris. It represents

savage?'' "Fiji man give ten dollars." "Too cheap; worth more; but I'll tell you what I'll do. I've got a iiic old mother-'ndaw at home I'll sell you for tivedoiUrs. She's rather tuzu mating, but good for a Mjuare meal."

Something- About the Ahiatcrs.

The Latent Fashions. HINTS OK I'ALL STVLKS. Some early hints of the styles

to

dian French, as few Americans will accept ","T8 i unu't, an ans. it represe-nts the employment at any price, on account "h,1,""!? n tU iru',,',y .T1' I'1 of the great risk to life. Most of the whicdi the nose alone Is a yard in lengUi. grinders live from two to ten years; sonic . The Kussian censon at St. Petersburg

.b-king upon serious puiects is always ill-onieii, . and is of en ill-fated. A careless jest may ir n moment bring one ! to fai witlMl.ath. It did in Haitimore the other day. A young man named Nicholas Kich went into the cigar store of a fii'-i.d of his, carrying two double-barreled gun, and said to Krumm, the cigar man : -Give roe a cigar, and if you don't me me a good one, I'll shoot you." I his wa s:ud in a purely Jesting tone, and then Kich commence!! handling the. guns in sport. One of them went off and the whole charge took effect in Krumm's head. The astr nishment was great, and i' became terror when it appeared that hrumtn was b.eeding to death. Ilere-peeU-d over and over again to his young wile and otlnrs that it was an accident, I.ich and he were the best of friends. fcvcrytxMly knew it was an aeident. Kich Rave him-2! up, and was released. The docrors came and st!iunchd tlie Idootl, it Is txccedinglv doubtful whether ft rum m can re cover. The gun was loaded with fire bird shot, but the charge was a wavy one.

Scientific and Industrial. -The free Industrial drawing classes. wliKh, by law. must be supported in "very Massachusetts town of 10,1 KK) or Wore inhabitants, are pronounces! very ui-s-ful bv the examiuers, who have )U-t rexrt, An Knglih exchange predicts that ' ''1 bars will shortly be substituted in i'at country and the United States for

School and Church. The city of Toronto, Canada, w ith a population of tixiv thousand, shows siityfour Sunday-schools, comprising one thou-uHd and twenty-five teachers, and eleven thousand two hundred scholars. Ilev. Mr. Wilson, the Iowa clergyman who not long ago wus arrested for

breaking Into his church, has been acquitted. If was shown that the trustees

bad locked the doors to prevent services, that his congregation were outdde waiting to hear him preach, and that being determined to preach, he did preach. In reply to the several addresses made to him on the subject of leligious liberty in Per.-ia. the Snah declares that " toleration is already universal in Persia ; n one, whether Christian, Jew, or Parsee, being subjected to ierccution or ill treatment on account of hi religion." He especially promises the Jews anil Parsees tliat no injustice or undue security shall be shown to their co-religionists. There appears to In a disagreement between the Miah and his petitioner on aquestion of fact. The Kev. Luke Wiseman, the President of the Wesleyan Conference of Kngland. in a recent a'ddns made the following estimate of the adherents of the different religious faiths among the Knglishspeaking peoples of the world: I'Pitrfltant Kiis-opln.i 12,Si,( l"ri sl trimis 11,Smi,h HaptisU 1iJ,.'hi.iii I onrri-irHliuiiahnts J

Milnili-t l..iaai.iii

K 'Mun e nlfmlics . . lii,m,ii This would make a Protestant population of rr,'XX),(sK) to 10,000,(XJU of l.oman Catholics. Many years ago a wealthy gentleman left by will to Harvard College one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the interest or proceed to be applhd;to the use of graduates in foreign travel," the same to become available on the death of Ids widow. The widow, having i.i?appointd the college by living over ninety years, has just die I. and tlie legacy- nowbWomes available. The fund willfe sufh'e;ent to keep three men abroad. The gift ef the Hon. ;eorge Itancroft for the same purpose will support one, so that Harvard

can now give to four of her graduates the benefit e.f foreign travel and study. One or two years w ill be allowed to each, according to circumstance's.

Personal and Literary. The Daubury man's book has reached its twenty-second thousand. George Law, the New York millionaire, is six fert four, and weighs :tli pounds. We read that Joaquin Miller, when living w ith the Modoc, was called "Nowofadam." and thet this means the " Moon-Gazer."

"We Girls," "The Other Cirls," " Our Poor Girls." " Only a Girl." "The Ke'cueel Girl." " Three Success fnl (J Iris," and "The Girls He Married," arc all titles of popular books. Mr. r.Unehard Jerrold Is engage, with special sanction of the Empress Kugenie, on "The Life and Times of Napoleon III." The first part is expected about Christmas. More copies of newspapers are printed in a year In the United States than In all the rest of the world together; Kngland and France come next, and the two together have half as many as the Yankee nation.

i rei. n me, me aeronaut, is an angular, firmly knit, fiiif looking elderly gentleman, of agreeable address, and of such specific gravity as to carry him, if he droppe-d from a sufficient altitude, to deep sea soundings, without the use of weight. Women are distinguishing themselves as biographers. Mis Taylor reerntly published Uuckle's Li; Miss Orote has just published an admirable sketch of the Life of the Historian ef Greece: ami tire

best account we have of Montalvmtiert Is from the en of Mrs. Oliphaut, the author of Irving's Lit. The New York Trihune corrects the report that Anna Dickinson Is to go on the stage, and says that cannot well lie, since she Is already bound by over 100 hcture engagements for next winter; has firomise'd alter that a tour through a new ecture field that has long Invited her; is

have reeently placed on the Prohibitory

index Slukspeare's King Lear, and almost all his historical dramas, with the exception of Richard III., also lASiing's Nathan the Wise, Schiller's Fiesco, and Tell, and Goethe's Kgmont. A fish was caught the other day, at a fidiing station in Shetland, which on being opened, was found to contain a human left hand, perfectly entire. Iee-omposi-tion had not yet set in, and it is therefore thought that the hand cannot have been long swallowed by the fish, and. from it rather small size and the absence of all trace s of hard work, it is supposed to tie that of a lady. No conjecture even a to bow it come info ikosscsiinn of f h fih

couM be made.andthe Incident altogether si-em specially designed for the sensational and sentimental journali-ts. A large number ef the leading artificial flower-maker of Paris have combined to send to the Vienna Exhibition a sjeeimenof tlieir united skill, which will prove incontcstibly that the capital of France still reigns supre me in the matter e.f artificial-flower manufacture. This patriotic contribution consists of a complete greenhouse, fllle with flowers of every description, icrfectly imitated. In it are hyacinths, the illusion of which are the fibers thrown out by the roots; bouquets, in which one sees the flower freshly blown, and the bud which hs been in existence but two fcotirs: wild-flowers, the soft, gray down of which se-ems ready to float away. The whole work is said to be a marv el cf patience and artistic and manual

skill. Odds aud Ends.

Sniggins says the most thrilling tale he ever listened to was that of a rattlesnake. Mr. Cobb has marifd Miss Webb. He knew that they were to be one as soon as he spied her. Cleveland grants more marriage li-cence-s on Monday than on anv other day the result of Sunday night's sparking. A man in Morristown, New Jersey, di mauds damages from a young ledy who brained his savage dog with her club-handlid parasol. A fastidious young lady in Chicago broke an engagement because her lover stained her sash and the back breadth of her elress suit with tobacco juice. The

discarded lover now taunts her for her pride. While an eld hen and thickens were scratching vigorously on a pier at Richmond. Va., recently, a rat stealthily ap-

proacned ironi tne w nari. ana seizing one of the brood by the leg. attempted to drag it to its retreat. In an instant the old hen pounced upon the back of the invader, trampling him ferociously, wl.ile another hen joind her, and with two successive strokes of the bi-ak, expeditiously plied, succeeded in cutting the rat's throat as

cleanly as if it had been done with a knife. There is a young man here who has been engaged for thire weeks in a diligent flort to kiss a girl, and has not yet succeeded, 'i hey sit near my window.on the sevond balcony, till midnight. Any fellow w ho couldn't get as far as kissing a

girl after three weeks' leive-m&klng is a I milk-sop. Kvery night it is the same i story. As I lie down in my lonely couch, i

wooing trie siumte'nng god. l am kept i

awiikb bv this young man's persistent tiegging for a kiss. lAng llmnrk LtttT. A Rochester youth in the deal of nifrht was see n to throw a human body of ghastly paleness and devoid of elranerv

into the river. The spectator, horritied. bcrc the dreadful se-cre-t with him for a

whole day, until Impe lled by a se-nse of

duty he unburdened his mind and 1m-parte-d it to the iolice. The river was dragged and a body was soon brought to the surface. It was found to lie a plaster

copy oi tne Greek slave which some bungler had so misformed that out of very shame he had hidden his lamentable failure In the bosom of the Genesie. choosing midnight in the hope to escape notice. Orosvenor, of Dunkirk, used to attend to mat Uts there for the Lake Shore Railroad Company, and frequently among the cases refem-d to him were those ol cows U ing killed at the crossings, and in these he always reported the blame to be on the cows, and the company not liable. In the coursegof timeG rosvenor's cow got on the track and was killed, and as usual the case was referred to him. Promptly came the opinion from the faithful attorney: "Company not liable. Cow no business on the track." Accompanying the document, however, was a bill against the company, "Tocounse I fees InGrosTenor cow casi, f 10." Credit was given on the bill for hide aud tallow, and Grosvenor soon bad a check for the balance of his fees. Fredonia Cenor.

worn in the fall are gathcre-d from the let

ters written home from Furope by buyers for the large wholesale houses. Thee rejiort that double-breasted garment have by no means seen the height of their popularity, but will continue in favor for

the fall and winter. The English walking jacket, similar to the garment of that name worn last year, but more closely fitted, will dispute favor with mantillas as fall wrsps. A pretty garment, showing a compromise between the two wraps, is already illutrau-d in F'reueh magazines of fa-hion. The front has long square mantilla ends, thehnck is a snugly

ntted jacket and the sleeves are coatshape. This composite garment Is stylish and new, and will be made of black cashmere or camel's hair, to be worn with

various dresses. 1 he double-breasted front will also be retained in polonaises and redingottSj of which fresh varieties are promised. The sleeveless basque and the joe key basquo are still In vogue abroad, and will be found among importations of next season. The puffed skirt is another Parisian suggestion for fall dresses. This Is merely an amply long basque and a single skirt; but the skirt is so t laborate that an overskirt would be superfluous. A long walking skirt f cambric is made, and plainly covered with silk from the kne down. On this is sewed the si'.k skirt, held In lengthwise puffs from the waist down, gradually w idening toward the i bottom, and forming below a hollow box-

plaitmg that gives the ettect ot a rlounce i around the ssdrt. The puffs are se para-1 ted by ruches, and a "low conceals the ,

end of each ruche. The basque is eleeply pointed in front and be hind, and is quite short on the hips. It is trimmed by a rullle of hollow plaits, graduated narrower on the sides, and quite dee p in back and front. This skirt is new, but is the outgrowth ef the fashion now prevalent of long puffs in the three front breadths. Ovcrskist on many imj-orted dresses are open In front and lapped from side to sidejust below the te!t. There is a deep point on each side, and the hack is caught up by a sash almost to the Ik It. Alpacas, "which are uiiJrrcsT'.mated here, have again come into great favor in Europe tor country, sea-tide and traveling dresses. Clear gray shades are most Used, and are trimmed with black Velvet or else gros grain of the shade c fthe material. Sleeveless basques of silk or velvet are worn with alpaca suits. POW S, Kt'FKS, ETC. A welcome importation at midsummer.

when spring lingerie has lost its fre-h- I tie.?, consists of novelties in bows, i.eck- j ties, ruffs and kindred articles. Ruffs d

not requi re a neck-tie passed around tuneck, but merely a bow to chse them at

the throat. Prettiest among such bows

Prince Osio AaaJI. an uncle of th

rese nt King of the Ashantces. now keDt

honorable caoUTitT in Me-ira I

late ly furnished a correspondent e;f the Ixinlon Time with some particulars about his nephew: The King. KoflVe CaleaJH. is described as Mng a man of considerable abilit v. but

oe ne nas not been educated. He is of mid-

j die height, alight figure, wears his lieard

longer tnan Is usual in his country, and U a man of remarkably temperate habits, and takes an active part in the government of the country, and I proverbial for his hospitality and liberality. Like nil the

royal race of Ashantee he is remarkable for the lightness of his color, and his features are ratLer of a Moorish than of a negro type. All his family, although without the least admixture of white blood, are remarkable in the ir country for the lightness of their complexion, being little darker than a swarthy Italian or Spaniard.

He is now In his t)drty-eixth year, and Is the eighth monarch whw ha ruled over the Ashaiitees since the de ath of the great Sai Tootoo, the founder ct the Ashantee power and the greatest of their kings and warriors. The laws of Ashantee allow to the king an unlimited number of wives. His favorit is the Princess Sappon. daughter ot a brother of the late queen ) iaceduah, who is not only very beautiful, but is a woman of great ability, and enjoys great Influence with her husband. She has borne him but one child, a son, w ho died while still an infant about two years ago, to his father's great grk f. If an Ashante-e look ujwn the unveiled face of one of the king's wives it is certain ile-ath. ' All the king's wives are kept Jealously secluded in the women's quarter of the palace, to w ide h are attache-.! large and

htu fctpi Ksj'dtriis. Tb.Lt 'uur lr is jealously guarded by the king's eunuch guard, w ho numbe'r over loO. The king's wives are the only women who are so se-ciude-d. The women, as a general rule, can go about freely. The capital of Ashantee i Comassie, although not tb most populous in the King's realms. It is a well built town, with wide streets. The King's palace, which is built of quarries! stone, is a large and capacious edifice. It Is two stories high, some of the noms iu it are of great size, and all very lofty. Attached to "the King's palace is the grvat courtyard, w here he holds his councils of tlie noble. 'nl4 King sp on a low throne, and the chief tit round those of tlie highest rank being nearest to the King. A space in front e.f the King is always kept clear lor the sieake rs, and whoever is addressiBg tlie assembly takes hi itand there. The Fling and the chief when at war wear loose Turki-h trouer of different colored stuff. They are thus to he known from the rank and tile, who wear only a tunic and no trousers. The King of Ashaatee never goes bare'f.xtel, always wearing sanies richly Jeweled, and w lien traveling is carried in a hammock br bearers. All the ham-

are those made ot colored China crape in i mock bean-rs are supplie d by one tribe.

At Barnum's show, one day, a young husband, the happy father ef a chubby, rosy-chee ked baliy, was wande ring about the conce rn, and after a while nearesl the headquarters of the "Wild Fiji Cannibals." Holding the aforesvid offspring in his arms, he stopped to view these feeiers on hum in thsh. Mr. Fiji accosted the papa thusly : Fattee baby, white man ; food eat ; tender. F'iii man like him. low muchee price? Fiji man pay Melikee man dollars." The horrified father tlrew back as;hat. but hastily rponded in this wise : " What'll you give, noble

irregular loops, folds and fringe d ends.

arranged w ith En-nth taste, an I inclosing a dainty jabot rurn of snowy creep lUse. A smaller bow made to match is worn in the coiffure. As the summer wax and wanes Into autumn, these assessories of the toile-t take on a de-eper hue, and appear in

uark violet or ponM-au re-i. or eise are made ef the palest tint of blue combined with sapphire. Nile green with dark cy1res, or two shad- s of the i-e-aeock comlination of blue and green. Very long, narrow Jabots of lace are still wtrn, and the he-ight -f style Is to continue them ejown the entire front of the basque, or even the polonai-e, with

wnicn ttiey are worn. New ruffs, or collarettes, are very high behind, coming low tt the throat, and covering so much of the corsage front that any waist trimming is supe rfluous. They are made rf China crape folds of two extreme shades the palt and dark-

ke-st ot any color an embroidered crape

band, and a ruff plaiting of crepe li-e. Stylish ruff-cheniieite-s are Rouvadour squares with a high eloutle ruff of muslin e-dge-1 with Valenciennes, made very full, and flaring out from a band of ne-e-dle-workcd insertion. Another novelty is linen and lawn

Landke rchicf. with colored hems, made j of the India silk that washe-s like linen. I They are chosen with reference to the

dress worn, and are shown in NaKlcon j blue, violet, poppy and many pah rj i shade's. Some have nlain hem. some brie r '

.:.. v :.. . i t . l . : I

suiciiiiiil e'l. iiie iiem, owners nave suipeu

oun and scarlet hem, or else blue an

buff or blue ad white. There arc also hems e.f fine batiste doubled, to wear with batiste cotumes, or else to accompany collars e.f batiste worn with black taffeta. A variety of these Lave rows of narrow Valencienue laid oa tlie hem, and wider lace on the edge. Another fancy Is a fluted ruflle of spotteel linen, like that of the chemise tte put around white handkerchiefs. JIe FLLANEOCS. The Swiss muslin caps worn to breakfast by married ladies are now made In the shape worn by Normandy peasant women. They hsve stiff, high-ointed crowns, with ruffles falling around the face. A loosely waved tress of false hairlnow worn across thei head. jut above the forehead. This pretty fashion Is welcomed by ladies who have burned or worn off their front hair In friizing it, as this enable-s them to smooth away their own front hair out of sight, and let it grow long enough to l-e partes 1 in the middle and drawn bak in classic style. For protecting the feeing of skirts that dragon the ground an inner lacing is now Used of dark cloth or moroe-c bound with braiJ. It cost? twenty-five rents a yard. Two yards are sufficient for a skirt, a it Is onlr placed on the back breadths. Relts w 1th pockets attached, and traveling fcags made of alligators" skins, are the most novel Importations of the week, and are said to be the caprice cT the season abroad. This leather is a light ecru-color, with many irregular Indentations, an. I is mounted with gilt, oxidized silver or Rus

sia leather.

Scarfs of thin white India cotton and of 1

bamboo, with gay Roman bars for borders, are tied around blae k or white hats, i

worn in me country ty young iai;is. Those with black strijesi borders and fringe are also very stylish. llarper'$ Ratar.

from the interior. He is remarkable above ail his subjec ts by thecest!iness anJ

splendor of ln rob-. In tlie fi Id his sute dres eonsistji tf a light tunic of crimson velvet or damask, oi loos- trousers e.f some similar material, and he wears a cap of crimson velvet, or at times a cloth e.f the same color wound round his head as a turban, with a prof jsion of gold ornaments about his ereQ. When the King of Ashantee takes the field hi prese n'v i de noted by the sute umbrella, which is always carried ne-ar him or over him by one or other of the nobles of his household, the King's umbrella bearer being always a man of rery high rank. The King's umbrella Is of great size. It is constructed ef alternate triangle-s of red and black velvet, and Is splendidly ornamented with gold. To give an :Je-a of the value of these umbre llas, the umbrella of a chief, not of the

i tlr-t rank, often costs JOo.

1 he los e.f the King's umbrella in battle would he considered the greatest digrace and defeat an Ashantee army could niee-t with ; and In like manne r for a chief to loe hi umbrella in battle is considered a gnat di-honor f..r hiin. The chii ts all carry r.rcbrriias v.v; i- in spi-nd.r and costline-. acoord'r.g i . the rank i f their owner : but no Ashant -e chie f may have an umbrella as large as the King's, or with the same arrangement of e-olors, which are especially reserved for royalty. The King's revenues are derived principally from the gold mines, nearly all the

4 i most valuable mines being his own private o projierty ; an 1 all nuggets found, no mat- ' ... -V. . . V. 1 L : v . i.

i "uerv, iK'ieii; 10 umi, wniie Hie gOld dut 1-eIonTS to the tinder. The crown of Ashantee descend in the female line, the sons of the King's eldest siTer inheriting it in turn. The Ashantee arms consist of a long mu-ket, the iWre I of which is over five left long. The soldiers are rs!ed Ruccaneer, and they wear in th-ir girdh a large spear-shaped knife, which : close quarter is a very formidable weapon lndeed. They carry their powder in a sort cf leather case, and their bullets in a bag of native matting. A certain portion of the army, about one-fourth, are armed with short carbines or biun ierbusses.

which are los.b-d with several bullets at a

time ; they also carry pikes about six feet long. 'i he beards of the Ashantees make them eaily distinguishable from the other trifies. They all wear a short pointed be-ard, and as a general rule any Ashante who Is beardless is looked upoa as unfit for a seddier. They are also rrmarkab'e for a certain ffereene-ss of look andd gnity of demeaner. The King of A'hantec can bring into the field for offensive operations a force of nearly la.rxj rnsn. and probably if his dominions were Invaded could nearly double that number for defensive purposts. At Pittsburg, recently, as a la lr was passing by a saloon, she wa fafally wounded by th accidental discharge of a piol which fell from the pocket of a man who was having a friendly scn;le with another man Insi le the saloon. Three boys cemnned in the Illinois State Reform School at Ponti le, while eneleavoring to escape one night ivctntty, fell to the ground, a distance of forty fee t, and one of them was inttnNy k lied. The other two were badly injured.