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Show I UMBRELLAS OF HUGE SIZE. Are Marks of Dignity In Ashantl and on the Cold Coast. An Inferior chief in I .ago has. It Is feared, committed the Indiscretion of ulng a largo and elaliorato umbrella. J wllh the result that hla superior rhlof is offended at what he regarda a breaeh of Court etiquette. Hitherto no one but a principal chief had been allowed to carry an umbrella, umbrel-la, and when some time aro a subordinate sub-ordinate mado S'i appearance with one of rather showy de-lun he was promptly prompt-ly fined by the local Council. The principal umbrellas for Ashantl and tho Gold Const chieftains are of enormous alio, some of them whon open measuring ten feet serosa. A stato umbrella dispatched from Ijindon a few weeks ago had for Its apex a silver oaglo standing on two silver cannon, nine Inches In height Another had aa a aymbollral ornament orna-ment an elghtoen carat gold hen anr-rounded anr-rounded by olghtccn-earat gold chick-ona. chick-ona. representing tho chief and hla tribe. The coverings of the umbrellas are of red, white, yellow, and blue silk, with deep fringes. The largeat urn-brellaa urn-brellaa aro carried over the heads of chiefs by bearers, while other bearers steady the umbrella by cords attached lo the uppermost part. A comparatively compara-tively small umbrella, surmounted by chased silver knobs Instead of an elaliorato elali-orato design, Is for the Inferior chiefs. |