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Mere Man and Woman's Fancy Work

- A ND yet" said n Of the group
n of men who had been dis
cussing the new feminism,
sin some things I believe all women
retain certain traits of children. You
all know how a child, building a house
of blocks, for example. will call upon
you to watch every step of the
progress of his work, and then when
the structure has been completed ex-
pect you to admire as though 1t had
that instant burst upon your sight.
There is my wife, who is fond #
embroidering. work which she really
does In a superior ann Pur-
chasing a new pattern from the store,
she invariably shows it to me. eX-
plains the beauties of it. tells just
how the work Is to be done and what
it will look like when filled in and m
broidered. am expected to admire it,
EVERY pattern, of course, is COM
posed of n reduplication Of certain
designs, sprigs, flowers, series of holes,
or what not and q scalloped border.
Each design. as 1t Is completed, my
wife will exhibit with pleasure. II not
pride, and l must admire and exclaim
at it's possibilities and the excellence
OF her handiwork.
after 1t has been in her hands
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night after night. sometimes for weeks
and sometimes for months, depending
upon the size of the pattern and the
time my wife has Il devote to the
pleasure of embroidering. 1t is finished.
Then i must examine the stitching
and the general effect of the whole
thing as though | had not done so in
effect a dozen times or more.
You may say that this would be all
right and is to be expected from a
young bride, but it has been going
on in my home for twenty-five years,
and | verify believe nat IL | did not
admire and eXclaim and make COM
PARSONS between n piece If my
wife's work and another she would
either give up embroidery or lose more
than hlff her pleasure in it. And l
have noticed the same condition in
the home life Of other long married
couples of my acquaintance.
There are other things in which
women show their retention Of child
hood characteristics, but this will
serve as an illustration. None of us, l
fancy, would nike them all to disap-
pear. For my part. | nope this arid
others will continue to he present until
old eyes car no longer see to make
the fine stitches and aged hands fall
idly beside the work that gives my
wife so much pleasure"
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Where Are the Birds of Belgium?

N/HERE are the birds Of Belgium?
w Every n who has known the
Belgium OF the past will ask
A'''5n!t this question in thinking of
S'u' Of the admirable Flemish res
'd''Hnts he has visited. For the Bel
FlaHs We're a nation of bird eaters, and
IN This little country as in Italy every
variety of bird was pressed into SER
VIC.
y" n who has been through the
forests Of the Ardennes will fail to re-
ca. now strangely silent they were.
no." 'acking in bird songs. for the
Wholesale slaughter OF the birds went
On ur'il one wondered where the little
SOM birds appearing oil their pieces
OF ir.d bread came from. Now with
N" noise Of battle over all the
ianI, the constant cannonading has
iri'a'oned away even the boldest OF
IN native birds.
GIives were the a~ristocrats OF Bel
gan zane birds. and one of the most
ociettahlo dishes known to the Belgian
cuisine was grives a la Namuroise.
thousands Of grives were served daily
IN autumn in restaurants. and as no
Began dinner Is considered complete
without a bird OF some sort. just where
80 many came from always remained
a mystery. A grive II q thrush, but
~oIackbirds and starlings. 30 nearly OF
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says Mr.. Barnes, but in my opinion
he was a Zanzibari who had deserted
from Stanley's caravan, as to u
surprise he spoke a few words Of
English and could call some Of Stan
ley's companions by name. Especially
did he remember DIR. Parke, whom he
described In fluent Swahili as a Mu-
sungo Musuri sana,' a very good white
man indeed"
plorers at Avakubi, for here they met
fellow countrymen. Both leaders Of
the expedition exchanged greetings
with DR.. Christy, representing the
Congo Museum at Brussels, and James
Chaplin Of the American Museum OF
Natural History. New York. For more
than five years young Chaplin had been
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Mr.. Barnes with a lion he has
just shot.
collecting in the heart Of Africa with
his chief, Herbert Lang. who Is now
In the dark continent.
Continuing on their Journey the en-
plorers sighted a village. their arrival
being announced by the booming of
wooden drums. An energetic drummer
humping a followed log with great
drumsticks weighted with large balls
Of native rubber was the operator.
His pounding stopped. and hen down
stream another drum began pounding.
Pom. pom. pom-pom. pom, POM. went
the far away drum. and then there
came a pause. Getting a message In
return, the operator hit the hollow
log a couple Of strokes as IL to say
Message received-O. X"
This evidently was the African wire
less system, which has also been de-
scribed by James Chaplin of the Lang
Chaplin expedition. "Everywhere."
says Mr.. Barnes, the news of our
approach was heralded by the drums"
In strolling through a large native
village Mr.. Barnes and his companion
met an interesting character. He was
old Lupo. whom Stanley mentions and
who was his guide Upon the river.
"He was a tall man; his face deeply
pitted with smallpox, he had. never
theless. remarkable dignity. But he
was slowly going blind, and on his
very day was turning over the chief
tainship Of the village to a ung
man. The sub-chiefs and head men
were all assembled, and we took photo
graphs Of part Of the ceremony"
Earlier in the journey the explorers
visited Neumann's historic camp.
where he had once built q big grass
house and laid out n garden while
he traficked with the natives for
ivory. Neumann was banished by the
Government and came TO a tragic
end"
Mr.. Barnes's New York studio is an
interesting museum of African
trophies. including heads of big game
and elephant tusks Of huge dimen-
sions. The heads OF big game were
'hunter OF renown. who has prepared
n number Of specimens shot in the
field by Col. Roosevelt. The elephant
tusks are the prize trophies of the
Barnes studio.
Mr.. Barnes's book is published by
ID. Appleton 4 Co., New York. 1t is
illustrated by Cherry Kearton.
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THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA WITH JAMES BARNES

ing space Of time nearly thirty miles
Of cleaning ice and snow. 1t was
thus that Stanley had seen them
twenty-six years before; the far
famed and mysterious Mountains Of
the Moon, the Lune Monies Of Herod-
otus."
Taking pictures Of elephants in a
forest glade is not always fun. There
are obstacles and some dangers. Early
one morning the explorers built q
platform Of reeds among the lower
branches Of a tree and from this
herd Of elephants.
Many ants were also in this tree,
and they were of a belligerent variety,
and as Mr.. Barnes says, left a sting
ing reminder of their presence" Sud-
denly one Of the natives in the forest
began a pantomime.
1T was the best imitation Of an
elephant I have ever seen." says Mr..
Barnes. He swayed from side to
side with both arms held straight In
front Of. him and we saw that he
meant to convey the idea that there
was a large bull elephant near by.
Climbing further up the tree, I could
see a splendid bull elephant standing
half In and half out Of the forest about
200 yards away and out of range Of
the camera He had magnificent tusks
that would probably go over a hun
dred pounds apiece.
1T was a rare chance for the ivory
hunter. for the wind vas blowing
from his direction. We could not get
that COMPOUNDED native to go away.
II INDUCED in some pantomime on
my own part, but he could not under
stand. Still reckoning, he disappeared
In the direction Of the big bull. The
idea seized me that perhaps he was
going to attack the animal with a
spear alone. At all events he stood
a good chance of driving the herd
back into the wood. for there were
others with the bull. a fac hat we
were nov certain Of from the crashing
n tearing Of branches that IA dis
tinctly audible. A little later a herd
Of eight young bulls and Ave or six
cows emerged from the forest. Sud
denly they stopped out Of camera
range. stood there in line and then
like ray ghosts shuffled noiselessly
back and disappeared"
Facial disfig urement Is common
among certain tribes in Africa. The
first people the explorers met on the
Irumu trail were the Bahema. former
cannibals and evidently in their primi-
tive state.
The Bahema females In their en-
deavor to improve upon nature in
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The explorer and a waterbuck
that fell to his rifle.

lHc ckplOIcT anu q WdtcIDuCk
that fell to his rifle.
OTIS Of adventures were ncoun
l. tered by James Barnes Of New
York. author and explorer, and
Cherry Kearton of London, photog-
rapher OF big game. in a 1000 mile
journey across Africa which started
from Mombasa in British East Africa
on the shore Of the Indian Ocean. and
ended a year later at the mouth Of the
Congo River on the Atlantic coast.
The purpose Of the expedition was
TO obtain motion pictures illus
trating native life in remote parts
Of the Dark Continent and show
ing wild animals in their natural
surroundings. As fruits Of the ex-
petition Mr.. Barnes has presented
5000 feet of moving picture films TO
the American Museum of Natural His
tory. The story of the expedition is
related by MI. Barnes in his book
Through Central Africa from East
t. West"
The expedition spent five weeks in
hunting with the camera a few days
journey from Nairobi.
'uT party ndu now DeeN JOlneO Dy
Fritz SCHNEIDER" writes Mr.. Barnes.
"who had gone back to his former
occupation. that of risking his life.
Poor Fritz, he did 1t once too often.
After having assisted in the death of
perhaps sixty lions he was fatally
mauled by one in January, 1914.
An old hunter Once observed to
ne: Yes. it's a good life, but keep
after lion and elephant long enough
and one Of them will get you sooner
or later In the bleak walled ceme-
terry at Nalrobi there are tel or twelve
graves Of men who didn't quit soon
enough, the lion land in every case,
so far as ! could ascertain. a wounded
on"i being responsible for the cpl
taphS.
Fritz was a card VI there ever was
one. If a mar who had never sh 1t
or hunted very much wished for sem
sations he had but to engage the
services of this adventurous Austrian.
he was a compound Of four favorite
characters in fiction, Natty Bumppo.
Alan lireck, Tartarin of Tarascon and
DArtagnan. AS a hunter he was reck-
less To the verge Of madness.
y can zee Fritz now, digging his
heels into the little Somali pony,
shouting like a Comanche Indian,
screaming himself hoarse, but keep
IhS loser to the lion than was neces-
S'ry 'Ncept for the purpose of tempt
ing tate. When the beast was shot
ana lying dead Frltz's emotion still
had the better Of him. He TOOK the
tlI mead on his lap. caressed and
talked TO il, and then iumninp IN his
ie'l without a word of warning fired
TWO shots into the carcass. Taking
"N' his skinning knife afterward he
searched for the animals heart, cut
on "A piece of it. and ate 1t raw. An
"a Nasal taught me that said he. 1t
! lucky to do, and keeps you brave"
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he has heard them a-plenty, shout
ing in the night. 1t Is curious that
as the settlers houses increase the
lion gives up roaring, and they say
that a man eater. though he may
haunt a district for a long time. is
always silent"
The members passed through the
woodland extending along the foot
hills M the Rewen9ori Mountains,
where n day they caught "a glimpse
OF the cleaning peaks away above
the high forest covered, blue gray
hills. There lay exposed for q feet
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plain, green as an English lawn, into
the broadcast, sweetest daylight. Well
could I imagine his sensations"
The explorers tarried at several
pygrny villages in the forest. although
ing pictures.
These pygmies.'' says Mr.. Barnes,
ARE altogether different from those to
be found north Of Ituri; they seem
to be stronger and better built"
These little men Of the forest stand
from 3 feet 8 inches to about 4 feet
2 inches in height when full grown.
Their communities are not large and
are said to consist of from fifty to
sixty people. They are wanderers
and constantly move from one part Of
the forest to another"
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ent stock. The Walese are warlike
and very truculent. The great ma
jority disdain any open allegiance to
the Belgian authority and for some
time past have paid no tribute to the
Government.
The Walese are still cannibals. We
had quite a little to do with them
afterward and we liked neither their
together they are about as bad a lot
Of savages as we encountered, and liv-
ing as they do in the forest q com
plete ~subjugation of these people
would be quite impossible with any
force, at least hat the Government
could now bring to meet them"
Among the pictures taken by the
travellers In going through Irumu
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dulge in novel effects Of lip orna-
mentation," says Mr.. Barnes. 1.-THE
upper lip is pierced for a number Of
small wooden plugs that. taken with
another skewerlike bit OF wood rum
ming through the nostrils, would de-
stroy the most charming smile and
pleasing expression In the world.
THE mex tribe that we encountered
was the Walese. a widely spread
people who are divided and subdlvided
into many tribes and villages that
have little intercommunication, al
though they come from the same par
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land is a full length one of a Walese
M'buti, or pygmy chief. He is a
stockily built native of this forest
tribe. 1.-THE men usually carry bows
and arrows and frequently a very
gracefully fashioned throwing spear
with a narrow bladed head"
Mr. Barnes describes his approach
to the vas forest and recalls that
"Twenty~seven years ago Stanley,
travelling eastward In his expedition
to thc relief Of Emin Pasha. had
pushed aside the last gloomy veil OF
the forest and emerged upon a rolling
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Stanley's Starvation Camp
where his rear guard died.

The explorers followed a new path
to Avakubi, the old Mawambi trail
having been abandoned. At Campi ma
Mambuti they met a strange char
actera s%ub-chief named Musa. He
claimed to be originally a Manyuema,"
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The party's bearers at YAM
buya, on the Arumimi River.

Mr.. Barnes bagged a lion himself.
TT is not every one" he says, "who
visits Africa who sees a live lion. ]
know a man who for eight years has
been a resident of an outlying district,
and has never yet seen one, although
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
SEA BLOCKADE
BRINGS PROTESTS
Denmark. Norway and Sweden as well
As Italy and United States
Object To II.
vIGoR IN THE GERMAN LINES
Russians Continue 20 Fall Back Be-
fore a Renewed Attack Of the
German Troops.
vIGoR IN THE GERMAN LINE

London, Feb. 17.-Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden as well as Italy and
the United States, are opposed to the
sea blockade. The three first named
nations have agreed to make represen
tations to the British and German
governments-to the former on the
dangers threatening Scandinavian
shipping through the use of neutral
flags by British ships and to Germany
on the dangers that will result from
the enforcement of her military zone
around the British Isles.
The notes of the three governments
will be identical.
The Wilhelmina, American vessel
loaded with food stuffs for Germany
was seized at Falmouth last night.
Fresh troops are strongly support
ing the German offensive along the
East Prussian frontier and in Poland
north of the lower Vistula. The Rus
slams have evacuated East Prussia
and in most places are falling back
on North Poland.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
MIsH-BoTTS WEDDING.
Will Be SOlemnized Thursday After
noon at the Brides Home.

The wedding of Miss Ligia Bolts to
Robert W. H. Mish, of Staunton, Va,
will be solemnized at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. j
Bolts, Thursday afternoon, at
o'clock, DR.. A. A. Wallace officiating.
Miss Pauline Van Ness will sing and
Alex Mounce, of Moberly will play the
wedding march. Little Misses Eliz-
abeth Bolts and Janice Emmons will
be ribbon bearers. The wedding will
be a quiet home affair and only the
family and close friends will be pres
ent, Among the out-of-town guests
will be DR.. and Mrs. S. H. Ragan, of
Kansas City; Mrs. W. c. Pruitt, Els
berry shannon Bolts, Kansas City;
Mrs. Sam Black, Fulton. Immediate
ly following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Mish will leave for an Eastern
honeymoon trip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

ONE of the largest and most ap-
preciative audiences ever gathered in
Mexico heard Miss Helen Keller and
Mrs. Macy at Hardin College Sunday
afternoon and every member of the
audience was highly pleased with the
entertainment. Miss Keller is one Of
the worlds most wonderful women,
and our people are all to be congrat-
ulated on having the chance to see
and hear her. Delegations were
present from a number of towns in
this part Of Missouri, and all were
well repaid for their trouble and ex'
pense.
The Ledger joins the people Of
Mexico in congratulating the loca
management Of Miss Keller in Civ
ing our people one of the most de
lightful and high class entertain
ments ever brought to the city. En-
tertainmens Of this class tend to in
terest, instruct, and elevate all thos,
who attrnd,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18

farmers; the very fences standing
awry and the gate posts looking as
though they had night out. Ahead
Of men who have vision
and foresight appear the hur-
ried days of spring and the
busy days Of midsummer. Taking ad-
vantage of the leisure of winter time,
they prepare for the oncoming sea-
sons. There are implements TO be re-
paired, tools to be put in order, man.
ure to be taken afield, wood to be cut
bitches to be put in order and many
other things designed to facilitate the
work Of spring and summer. On
some farms colts are to break, cows
to milk and ewes to feed, There is
ample employment to keep busy the
livelong day. But then there are
men who would be busy anywhere.
1t is good business to be profitably
busy with an eye ever to the oncom-
| ing future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
SOLDIERS CARRY ALL
MANNER OF CHARMS
British Eyewitness Tells Of Super.
stitions Of Men in the Trenches
At Front.
AMULETs ARE VERY POPULAR
Many of Them are Evidently Of An
cient Origin And Have Been
Known 10 History.

London, Feb. 16.-The British Of
fetal eyewitness, in his latest dis
patch, refers to the number Of
charms and amulets which have been
collected from prisoners. Many of
these are probably of very ancient
origin and have been handed down
through many generations of peasan-
try.
Not a few of the prisoners are in
possession of so-called prayers"
which are really written charms
against death, wounds, disease and
every imaginable evil. One such docu-
ment mentioned by the official eye
witness begins thus:
"A powerful prayer, whereby one is
protected and guarded against shot
and sword, against visible and invis-
ible foes, as well as against all man
ner of evil. May God preserve me
against all manner of arms and weap-
ons, shot and cannon, long and short
swords, knives or daggers, or car
bines, halberds, and anything that cuts
or points, against thrusts, rapiers,
long and short rifles, or guns, and
such like, which have been forged
since the birth of Christ; against all
kinds of metal, be it iron or steel,
brass or lead, ore Or wood" After
further circumlocution, the list goes
on to include all kinds of evil reports
from a blow from behind, from witcn-
craft and poisoning"
Curiously enough, the list of dam
gers omits the only mischance which
actually befel the owner-that of be-
ing made prisoner of war. The
document is of inordinate length, and
ends with some cabalistic letters and
numerals, and with an obscure refer
ence to blessing upon the Archan-
gel Gabriel"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
WILL OPEN FACTORY.
Sash And Door Plant To Be Opened
In This City Shortly.

L. Mack Gamble has returned from
st, Louis where he purchased mach
inery with which to equip sash and
door factory he intends opening in the
basement of the Odd Fellows build
ing, corner of Clark Ave-, and Prom
enade street.
The plant will be opened shortly
and Mr.. Gamble, if he receives the
proper encouragement, expects to hire
a small force of men. There is no
factory of this character between
Moberly and st. Louis on the Wab-
ash and he believes it can be made a
paying institution. With the proper
local support the plant should -four
ish
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
S. S. EFFICIENCY MEET.

Herman Bowman, of st. Louis, Sec
retary of the Missouri Sunday School
Association met with the head Off
GERS of the Audrain and Montgomery
county Sunday School Associations,
at Hardin College, Thursday after
noon. The meeting was for the pur-
pose of outlining the work of the or
ganizations for the coming year.
This is one of series of fifteen
meetings being held by Mr.. Bowman
all over the state. They are called
efficiency meetings. Those present
at Mexico were DIR. H. E. Tralle and
C. NJ. Fox, president and secretary
respectively of the Audrain county
association and F. j. Boehmer, of
Jonesburg, secretary of the Mont
gomery county organization.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
WHISKY CONVICTION STANDS

University Missourian, Columbia.)
The Kansas City Court of Appeals
Tuesday declined to set aside $50
fine which the Boone County Circuit
Court had assessed against DR.. o. M.
Long, Columbia physician, who, in
October, 1918, was convicted of writ
ing an Illegal prescription of whisky
for w. L. Short. Short lived here at
the time, but now resides near Wood
Iandville.
In April, 1913, the grand jury re-
turned indictments against Doctor
Long on thirty-six counts. He was
tried on eight counts and convicted on
one.
Short was an unwilling prosecuting
witness and, although subpoenaed,
failed to appear in twenty-eight cases
The sheriff finally brought him in and
he was fined $50 each time for con-
tempt of court. He served ninety
three days in Jail and is now out on
parole.
Shorts testimony showed that for
fifteen years he had drunk from one
to three pints of whisky day anc
could drink a gallon of whisky in
twenty-four hours.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
Missouri A Center Shot.

Missouri, midway between the pop
ulation and geographical centers of
the United States, is in the very CEN
ter of the agricultural universe, says
the State Board of Agriculture. The
center of improved acreage for the
United States is 9,2 miles northeast
Paris, Monroe County, while the CEN
ter of farm values for the United
States is Ia miles of Edna, Knox
County. The man who aims at Mis-
souri, makes center shot at the bulls
eve of business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
Moberly Girl Is Missing.

Moberly, Mo-, February 16.-Miss
Dorothy Cole, l6 year old school
girl, disappeared from Central Chris
tian Church here Sunday while at
tending Sunday school, and her
whereabouts are unknown. She told
her parents and number of class
mates she had headache and was
going home. Relatives of the young
lady remained for church service, but
when they reached home the young
lady was not in the house. The pol
ice were called, but were unsuccess-
full in finding any trace of her.