Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Foot? ABSOLUTELY PURE PESSIMISTIC LABOUCHERE. B Thinks the Principle of Perversity Governs All Departments of Ufa. It baa been obHorved from time izn memorial thut a cur Ions perversity of onnime so wo nave toon aocuHtomed to consider it generally provides one sort or weuther to mutch a preoisoly op. poidte sort of clothiiiR. Thus a walking iiioK win gonerauy attruct rain aud an umbrella will produce sunshine. maeca tno principle of perversity governs every oepurtmeut of life. Should sunshine he necessary it will be wet Documents of no importance are never mislaid. We invariably meet the peoplo whom we are anxious to avoid and miss thono we especially wish to meet A woman generally loses her heart to the wrong man ; a man gener ally marries the wrong woman. Every tne will be able to add to these exam ples almost indefluitoly from personal experience. There are no accidents whatever in life. Modern science has established that evory incident is governed by an in variable law. Careful observation and the study of statistics prove beyond the possibility of donlit that clothes do very materially influence weather, a discov ery which should be invaluable not only to the farmer, but to every member of the community. Recent science, moreover, has erro neously adopted the theory of the surviv al of the fittest The primal law which governs every circumstance of life is the survival of the uufittrst For in stance, if a man is to inherit a fortune from a relative, the latter will survive to extremo old age. In literature aud in art the man of talont fails, the charlatan attains fame. In finance and in com merce the swindler makes a fortune and becomes fashionable, the honest man is driven into bankruptcy. An enemy is sure to flourish. The pattern Sunday school boy is cut off in bis youth ; the truant grows to manhood, marries hap pily and dies respected aud regretted by alL The worthy yontb never marries the woman he loves ; the marries his utterly worthless rival. London Truth. IMPRESSIVE GLITTER. TWO LirfcLONQ LOVERS. The Metallic Splendor of tho Diplomat!) Corp on New Year' Morning. Washington's most picturesque fea ture, the diplomatic corps, never gets in to action until the reception at the White House on New Year's day, al though the individual members will be seen out in society for a month or more before the recognized social season. At the New Year's reception, however, tho diplomats come out strong, and the pro cession of the members of the foreign legations and embassies from the White Honso to the home or hotel of the secre tary of state, where the diplomat io breakfast is served, is one of the gala sights of the year. Many of the popula tion of Washington stay up all night in ordor to get a place on the White House fence where they may seethe procession pass as soon as it has been received and properly attended to by the president. After this reception the entire organi sation lines up and pats out on foot for the home of the secretary of state. As they pass from the White House grounds in their glittering raiment they are the showiest things in Washington and worth coming miles to see. The lowli est attache in the crowd will give cards and spades to the most showily dressed drum major in the country and will win rat with ease. They have gold lace and bullion strung all over them, while the aigrets, plumes, epanlots, cords, tassels and ribbons of any one legation would stock a millinery store. Such is the ef fect of this aggregation of beauty and valor on the great American crowd gathered without the gates that every man in it otters at some time while the procession is passing, with contemptu ous emphasis, the remark which occurs oftenest in the narrative of the adven tures of Chimmie Fadden. Indianapo lis Journal. A Benteoce Overhearil In tlfa Street An swers the Old Conundrum. Tired by a long day's work and feel ing a bit "blue" uvur some mutters which had gone counter to my hopes, I was walking down Broadway one night last week, on ray way home. It was alter iu o clock and tho down town streets were almost deserted. As I turned through Sixteenth street I noticed an old lady and an older gen tleman walking slowly, arm in arm, evidontly husbaud and wife. He was apparently about 70, she perhaps five years younger. They seemed very fond of each other. There was just the least little inclina tion of the bead of each toward the oth er, and they were strolling along so slowly as to suggest the thought that their pace was regulated not so much by the infirmities of age as by the desire aud pleasure of being alone together. They were talking earnestly. It had rained earlier in the evening and the sidewalks were still wet, so that I had put on my mbliers bpfore leaving the ofilce. Consequently my ap proach was noiseless. Just as I overtook and posted the old people the man turn ed to his wife aud said, as if in answer to some remark she had made, "But, my dear, I like to think God sunt you to me." From a lover to his sweetheart or from a young husband to a young wife the words might huvo sounded senti mental, uud would certainly have seem ed commouplace, but from a husband of three score aud ten to a wife of C5 they bad a weight and dignity which made them sweet to bear and wholesome to recall. Here was the whole story of two lives told in a sentence. Hetewas the answer to the old question about marriage. For them it was surely a divine success. Here at least was proof that the writers of fairy tales and of old time novels spoke truly when they said that "they were married and lived happy ever aft er." New York Horald. A LITTLE WARCLOUI). KINQ PREMBI DODGED WHEN HE SAW IT COMING. At rint the Monarch of Ashanti Roomed Lord Ballsbnrv'a Ultimatum, bat Weak' ned When fie daw the British Prepara tion! For War. If what we hear from Ashanti is trno, the bloodthirsty monarch of that depraved people deserves a thorough thrashing, aud a few days ago it seemed to be a settled thing that he would got it Now, however, the bloodthirsty monarch reconsiders the defiance he had sent to the British government aud con cludes tocousidor the ultimatum recent' ly sent to bis capital by Lord Salisbnry. Asbanti has been slightly known to the civilized world for 200 years, but few white men are acquainted with the country or its people. In 1873 Sir Gar net Wolsoley made a dash into tho re gion and attacked King Kofli Kalkalli, then the monarch, who fled from his capital, Kumassi, at the approach of the Brithii forces, whose triumph was signalized by burning the town. Aftor that the king sued for peace, which was accorded on condition that he should submit to a pecuniary penalty for his repeated invasions of the Fauti country, which lay within the British protecto rate and because of which the expedition KOREAN CURIOSITIES. All Banning the Gantlope. The following extracts give further information concerning this punish ment : "In running the gantlope, the regi ment was formed six deep, and the ranks opened and faced inward. Each man be ing furnished with a switch, the offend er, naked to the waist, was led through the ranks, preceded by a sergeant, the point of whoso reversed biilbert was pre sented to his breast to prevent his run ning too fast As he thus passed through the ranks every soldier gave him a stroke. "Grose's "Military Antiqui ties," Volume 2, Page 108. But the oldest notice I have seen is given in "Monro: His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mackeyes Regiment), levied in August, 1626, eta London: Printed by William Jones in Red-Crosse-Streete, 1637:" "Other slight punishments we en Joyne for slight faults, put in execution by their camarades ; as the loupegartbe (running the gantlet; Swedish gantu lopp, to ran through hedge made by soldiers), when a souldier is stripped naked above the waste, and is made to runne a furlong betwixt 200 soul diers, ranged alike opposite to others, leaving a space in the midst for the souldier to runne through, where his camarades whip bim with small rods rdained and cut for the purpose by the avilliger (provost marshal), and all to keepe good order and discipline. " Kotea and Queries. the Toole Made by Hand and Native Iron Used. Frank G. Carpenter, writing about the peculiarities of Korea, says among other things: "One of our ponies had to be shod, and another time wo put shoes on the bull which carried the baggage. The pony was first thrown to the ground, and his four legs were tied togethor so that he couldn't possibly kick. "Then the blacksmith pounded hoop iron shoes on his feet with a rude iron hammer. It was the same with the bull, though oie uiun hud to sit on his bead while Le was being shod. The iron seemed to be very good, and it comes from the mines iu the uortheru part of the country. The tools of the country are made of it, and the farming tools are very ingenious, the three und four pronged hoes being quite as good as anything we have in America. They were making tools iu this blacksmith's shop, aud all the tools and plows are made by hand. "The blacksmith had a rude hollows, which was worked by a boy who stood on a seeMiw aud by moving up and down pumped the fire into a blaze. In other places I saw bellows which boys worked by pulling a stick in and out like that of u squirtguu, and everything is rude in the extreme. "Sometimes horses are shod by being strapped up to poles, so that only two of their feet can test cn the ground, and the baud which goes around the belly h ilds the horse up while he is shod." Roxbury Gazette. A Lake of Boiling Lava. iliiuua Loa, the gigantic Hawaiian volcano, has two craters or openings, one of which, Eilauea, is the largest active volcanic crater in the world. The mountain is 14.10Q feet high, and Ki lauea is situated on the eastern side, about 4,000 feet above the level of the sea. This marvelous crater is really a vast lake of boiling lava which rises and falls continually by the action of sub terranean fires. In tossing to and fro like a troubled sea of molten metal the lava is dashed against the cliffs and hardens there iu the form of long, glassy filaments, gigantic knobs, miniature trees, and in imitation of grass, leaves, etc. Another form of glassy filament to be found along the shores of this fiery lake is in the shape of queer bunches and tufts of lava made up of an aggre gation of vitreous threads which the na tives call "Pele's hair," Pele being the goddess to whom the mountain is dedi cated. These glassy threads appear to be caused by the passage of steam through the molten lava. In so doing small particles iu the shape of bubble like balloons are thrown into the air, leaving a tail behind like a comet When the scene of these miniature steam eruptions is near a rock or the shore all solid and cool surfaces are found cover ed with bunches of "Pele's hair." This "bair" was formerly ued in mystic native ceremonies, and of late years has been gathered in large quantities by curiosity seekers. St Louis Repub lic. Explained. "Pa, what is a trip hammer ?" "It's the hammer, my son, that your ma leaves oa the carpet when sbe hangs ip a picture." Detroit Free Press. COLONEL SIR FRANCIS SCOTT AND OFFICER! was entered upon. Besides, he had to promise to cease from the wholesale de struction of human life. A plain story of the frightful killing of the men of Ashanti by the orders of the king of the country reads like the most exaggerated product of an insane imagination. Not far from the town is what is known as the "forest of death. " It is a "perfect catacomb of skulls and bones. " Whoever displeases tho king is sent there to be decapitated. Whenever a rich man or a man of prominence dies, numbers of his relatives are beheaded in like manner, nnd somotimes 40 or CO persons are killed there in a single day. Those who saw this awful place in 1873 say there is not language in existence fitly to describe its horrors. ' There are at all times many bodies iu a state of partial decomposition, and from the place there arose, 23 years ago, such dreadful stenches as to make some of the hardy white soldiers obliged to endure them ill for weeks. The Ashanti country extends from east to west more than 500 miles, but just how large it is is unknown. Its pop ulation is variously estimated at from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000. Theconntry is fertile. It is extremely rich in gold. In fact, some of the mines are said to be among the richest in all Africa, and there are whispers that the coming ex pedition has been projected chiefly for the purpose of enabling Englishmen to control these mines, Most of them are now worked for the benefit of the king. For an African kingdom, ruled by an absolute despot, Ashanti has a tolera bly well organized state of society. The country is divided into districts, each being ruled by a prince who is absolute and receives his rank in a hereditary manner. He may cut off as many heads as he likes, and, in fact, is absolute master of the inhabitants of his district, toot in turn is himself completely at the mercy of the king and liable at any lime to lose bis own head. In time of peace these chiefs collect the royal rev enue ; in time of war each commands a section of the royal army, which is much better organized than those of the fcnrronnding tribes. The present ruler, King Kwaku Dua, sometimes called Prembi, who is only 23 years old, has abrogated most of the provisions contained in the treaty drawn up between his predecessor and the Brit ish in 1873 and beyond a doubt has re vived the old custom of wholesale slaughter. This was supposed to be true as long ago as 1888, when it was first proposed that a British resident should live in Kumapsi. To this proposition the young king dissented with great em phasis, and somewhat recently the gov ernor of the Gold Coast sent to the sav age ruler an ultimatum on behalf of the British by the bands of two officers, Captains Cramer aud Irvine, escorted by a force of honssus, or native west Af ricans. The king treated the ultimatum with contempt, and Colonel Sir Francis Scott, inspector general of the Gold Coast con stabulary, begun immediate prepara tions for an armed expedition to Kumas si to enforce the terms of the demand. Seeing these warlike preparations, the savage king curbed bis royal temper and concluded to comply with the very rea sonable requests of his great and good friend Salisbury. So the Ashanti war cloud has blown over, and the Scott ex pedition that started to fight will remain to feai-t, wbile King Prembi will pay the cost The Coal Man. "The train was late," tho travolor aid, "aud when it got to the plac where we were to got supper everybody was tremendously hungry, and every' body, or almost everybody, made a wild rush for the restaurant A cool man was one of a few who did not hurry, and who, when they got into the restaurunt, fouud that every scat was takeu. Hera was a situation to test a man's nerve. Only 20 minutes for the meal, and with the train lute, thut time sure nut to be prolonged, and it was the lust meal of the day. There would be no more eating stops until morning. Some men would have fretted and fumed aud made them selves unhappy over this, and tint is just what one or two of the others with out seats did, but the cool man remain ed perfectly calm, and uudisturbed. In fact, he seemed rather to enjoy looking on at the sceuo of activity. But calm as be was, lie was none the loss alert With unerring acnteness, though in a casual sort of manner, he stationod biniself near the quickest eater, aud wlieu that gentleman bad pitchforked himself full, which he di J in about ten minutes, the oool muu took bis seat, tho first one va cated. There was still ten minutes, and bow he profited by it could be told by the added touch of serenity obsorvable upon his countenance whuu he lighted his cigar in the smoking room of the sleeper. "Now York Sun. A Divided Jury. A man was on trial iu Lake county recently on a chargo of grand larceny. He was accused of stealing a hog. An old rancher, whose interest in the oase was due to the fact thut he owned a big drove of hogs, listened attentively to the impaneling of the jury and then loft the courtroom with an undisguised dis gust "What's the matter, Sam?" inquired an attorney. "That jury's goin to disugree," he declared emphatically. "What makes you think so?" "Think? I don't think nothin about it J know it." "Well, then, how do you know it?" "Why, they'vo got six hog men that raise hogs aud four men that I knows has stole hegs on that jury, and nobody ever know'd a hog raiser an a bog thief as would agree on a bog case. San Francisco Post. It Wan a Good Old Parasol. A draper's ussi: tunt was showing a lady some parasols. The assistaut hud a good command of languuge uud kuow how to expatiate on the good qualities and show tho best points of goods. As he picked up a parasol from the lot on the counter nud opened it he struck au attitude of admiration, and holding it up to the best light that oould be had said : "Now, there, isn't it lovely? Look at that silk. Particularly observe the qual ity, the finish, the general effect Feel it Pass your hand over it No nonsense about thut parasol, is there?" he said as he banded it over to the lady. "Ain't it a beauty?" "Yes," said tho lady. "That's ray old one. I just laid it down here. " Liverpool Mercury. 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