Show ornaments of leather pouches the belgian postal authorities have discovered that the natives of tho the congo free state are making a strange use of to tie post postoffice office property for some time past the leather pouches in nelch the congo malls were carried have been missing from the brussels they have now low been traced to the congo state it has bas been found that the matve pos tat tal officials have distributed them as an presents among their female friend fil tho the black women employ the pouches for personal adornment having c cut t out the ends they pull the bags over their heads and fasten them around their t alses by meana of the straps they are wearing them with evident pride |