. Christian herald and signs of our times. W illiam M. Taylor. The Evangelistic Meetings held on Monday afternoons in Cooper Union, New York, have beencrowded each week. On Monday, Jan. 26, it wasproposed that a daily meeting should be held, andthe funds to meet the necessary expenses were atonce subscribed. This week, therefore, there is ameeting everv dav, at three oclock, in the large hallof the Institute, preceded bv a short out-door ser-vice in Astor Place, at the base of the Cox statue. An Interesting Young Peoples Convention is to be held in Los Angeles, Cil., Feb. 27 to March1. It will
. Christian herald and signs of our times. W illiam M. Taylor. The Evangelistic Meetings held on Monday afternoons in Cooper Union, New York, have beencrowded each week. On Monday, Jan. 26, it wasproposed that a daily meeting should be held, andthe funds to meet the necessary expenses were atonce subscribed. This week, therefore, there is ameeting everv dav, at three oclock, in the large hallof the Institute, preceded bv a short out-door ser-vice in Astor Place, at the base of the Cox statue. An Interesting Young Peoples Convention is to be held in Los Angeles, Cil., Feb. 27 to March1. It will be composed of the Christian EndeavorSocieties, Epwortn Leagues and Baptist Unions ofSouthern California which have combined theirforces to make the Convention mutually eminent speakers from the East have prom-ised to attend and take part in the a combination is a verv* hopeful sign, and wehope the Convention will prove a complete success. I 10 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. FEB. 5, i&. Ashantis Fallen Kingdom Once Notorious for its Heathen Sacrifices,now Subjugated by Hritish Invasion —King Irempebs Court. SHANTI, one of the na-tive kingdoms ofWest Africa, lyingcontiguous to theAbanta and Fanticountries, which bor-der on the Gold Coast,has once more beenthe scene of armed in-vasion by a European power. The Ashan-tis were originally a great and powerfulpeople, whose territory reached to the sea-board. In 1826 they were driven inland,and afterward, King Koffee Kalcalli in-vaded several parts of the British Protec-torate, made an attack upon Fantiland, inWhich Cape Coast Castle is situated, andheld several Europeans prisoners. Thiswas the occasion of a second Ashanti war,in 1875-4, which was conducted by SirGarnet Wolseley. The warriors of Koffeewere defeated, Coomassie, the Ashanticapital, was burned, and the captiv es werereleased. The well-known traveler, M. Stanley, then a war correspondent,accompanied the British expedi
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