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Show The King' I inbrella. Chicago HnraM. The king of Africa docs not intond to lose another umbrella. He has suffered like tho rest of us from that common annoyance, but is now confident that ho has got nn umbrella that will never bo lost or stolen. It was made express-for express-for him by a firm of manufactures at (ilasgow, and no such umbrella was ever seen before. It is 21 feet in diameter; diame-ter; the handle is a thick stick of mahogany ma-hogany as many feet long. The cauo-py cauo-py is a gaudy thing of cardinal and w hite, profusely trimmed with tassels, and surmounted with a golden cone. I'nlike the owner of the usual umbrella, the king never carries it himself. It is carried by able-bodied attendants of tried fidelity. There is not the remotest remot-est probability that it will be either lost or stolen and the King rightly feels that he has got an umbrella which is not exposed to the vicissitudes that attend at-tend the ordinary article. |