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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

n NEW railroad Is being con-
~ structcd by the British
a h through the territory Of Nj
geria, in West Africa.
1t will penetrate the region known
as "Juju-land," so called because the
inha bitants were long enthralled By
horrible idol known as Long Juju,"
white flesh Is the finest kind OF
riflce-
1t Will be built by cannibal ma
tfyes who have shown themselves the
most intelligent and industrious
workmen. 1t will open up the last
region Of Africa where white men
have not yet settled.
The new line into Nigeria will be
$50 miles in length and will take
four or five years to build. 1t will
cost about $16,0o0,oo0. 1t is being
built by the Colonial government,
OF which the head Is Sir Frederick
Lugard. The country which is to be
opened up is rich in pain oil and
coal, which the British expect to
yield n handsome revenue on the
money invested in the road.
Fifty thousand natives have been
hired for the work Of building the
road. They will work under the di-
rection of British engineers and
foremen. Doubtless some Americans
will be associated with the enter
prise.
These natives of Nigeria are noted
f0r their obstinate ha icp
Although the practise has been sup
pressed wherever possible by the
British officials. the Nigcrians in the
depths of this wild country frequent-
~ find an opportunity to indulge in
their peculiar taste. They attack an
isolated village, destroy the houses
and feast upon the inhabitants.
Sometimes they take their victims
to lonely part Of the forest, keen
them In corral and fatten them up
Tor q great banquet Several times
the white men have accidentally
stumbled upon the hiding place OF
these destined victims OF the canni-
balls.
Many explorers and scientists have
asserted that the cannibal tribes of
Africa We're more Industrious, cour-
agcous and intelligent than their in
nocent ncighbors. The brutal and
INSCRIPTIONS exploiters of the Congo
Ffce State, under King Leopold. took
advantage of this fact by employing
cannibais to lead and drive the other
natives. The white men, it has been
asserted, deliberately encouraged can
niDallSm and offered portions Of hu.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

man flesh as a reward for bringing
In large quantities OF rubber
The white engineers and workmen
Will have to guard themselves care
tully. for the cannibals believe that
white flesh Is the greatest kind of
meat. by eating II they imagine that
they will acquire the cleyerness and
other qualities of the deceased per-
son. Very few natives are daring
enough now to attack white men, but
there Is no knowing what they might
do In moment of excitement Half
a dozen white men in q Jungle 500
miles from help may be In a deli
cate situation.
Danger from lions and other wf1d
animals will be very great During
the building OF the Uganda railway
hundreds OF laborers were carried of
by lions, and In recent months the
beasts have walked into railroad cars
and snatched off defenseless travel
lers.
In Nigeria lions are even moro nu-
merous than In Uganda. Their num-
Ders depend largely on the amount Of
rood they can find. Glands, ante
iopes and other game Of various sizes
are so abundant in Nigeria that the
lions find inexhaustible food. Some
times MS many as fifty or sixty lions
Turk in patch Of jungle a few acres
in extent, near a drinking place
where the food animals gather.
The new railroad will run along
the river banks and will cross tina
favoritc hunting places OF the lions.
Iherc VIII be n tremendous disturb
ancc among the animals.
Twenty miles from the new har.
Dor of Port Harcourt Is the gloomy
forest where the hidcous idol Long
Ju1u" formerly held sway.
In the heart of the forest there
was great pool Of black water. AT
one end Of the pool was temple and
upon the banks stood the houses of
the So-called priests. In the temple
Stood the idol known ms Long JUN
When man was accused Of any ac-
ton by another he was taken to tha
temple and compelled to plunge into
the pool.
If he was innocent he was able to
swim away. If he was guilty he
sank, no matter how good a swim
mer he was. It is said that the
priests kept an aquatic monster in
the water that seized the victims by
the legs and dragged them down and
devoured them.
This devilish cult supported an I'm
mense number of priests. Every man
could be subjected to the ordeal On
the most trifling accusation. Tbons.
ands OF victims were sacrificed every
year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
Mr.. Nils Florman, Who, After
Being Tilted by Both the Stallo
tleiresses, Found Another
Heiress Who Married Him.

getting away from it, The wireless
mao told the truth. His Laura was
positively going to marry the Prince.
If she had not been able to reach
me by wireless perhaps she would
nave repented: oh, these detestable
modern Inventions" was poor Jeff's
plant.
And so said Miss Stallo's Paris
friends and her happily married sis.
ter Helene.
Why be so hasty, Laura? Remem-
per you have already changed your
MIND four times. Better walt and
see 'Jen' once more before breaking
things off. And even if you don't
change your mind again. 1t would be
kinder to explain things and let him
Gown easy. Don't use that horrid
wireless. II sputters So" urged her
sister. the Princess Murat.
But what are inventions for II not
10 be used?" asked Miss Stallo, land
anyway. why prolong the agony. I
always break off an engagement as
would cut off leg. were surgeon:
quick. clean stroke is always kinder
10 the er--victlm.''
And so she wirelessed the Impera-
tor. completely. spelling Jem's an
petite for the last three days OF his
voyage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

less, even her uftra-modern friends in
Paris thought that she carried her
modernity TO an extreme Was there
ever anything 50 cruel?
The announcement that she would
marry young Mr.. Crane on June %
had already been published in tho
papers In Paris and in this country
The happy lover sailed on the I'm
perator early IN May to join his
charming fiancee. who was in Paris
completing her trousseau and bidding
farewell to her many friends there
The plans for the wedding were all
made. 1t was TO. be celebrated in
Cincinnati; there were to be eight
bridesmaids and two flower girls.
John Patterson, OF Dayton. one of
the foremost men OF this country,
and an adoring uncle OF the groom,
had already bought them a splendid
house In Dayton and father Crane
had settled q large fortune on his son.
Everything was ready for the re-
turn OF the bride. Jeff" being a de.
voted lover, cabled his inamorata
that he was leaving on the Imperator
to bring her home.
The first three days out Mr.. Crane
who is as good sailor as he is a
lover, spent happy hours walking the
decks or sitting in his steamer chair.
ever dreaming OF his meeting with
his love and OF the marriage only six
short weeks away.
He refused all invitations TO tango
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

song II may have been telepathy or
just Indigestion; but something sud.
denly made him think"of other men
TO whom his fiancee had been en-.
gagged or who had been openly de-
voted to her. He counted them.
Il am the fifth" he muttered.
We'll, there's luck in odd numbers,
and, anyway. the wedding days
been made public and the cakes
made. Wish that old band 'ud stop
its Internal racket"
"Sssh crack crack $685." sputtered
the wireless
"A message for you, Mr. Crane"
said a deck steward In his starboard
ear. ITS just come In"
Business OF looking puzzled and
carelessly tearing open the blue
envelope
"Am going to marry Prince Rospis-
liosi. See letter mailed TO London to-
day. LAURA"
No, Crane did not swoon. He
swore; swore 1t could not be true,
swore at the wireless, swore at the
band.
Hope 1t Is not bad news" muir
INJURED the deck steward.
Er. that depends on how you look
at it, muttered Crane. 1T sounds
bad to me-" and off lie stalked to his
stateroom.
The remainder of that VOYAGE was
a horrid nightmare 10 devoted Mr..
Crane. lie rallied at fate and at the
Prince. He hoped, subconsciously,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

Wireless to Jilt q Fiance.
ing that she had found out that she
did not love him.
"And never, never will I marry O
man do not love-" she ayerred only
last month after breaking Off with
Crane.
"If was standing at the altar and
discovered that did not love tho
man at my side I should turn and
walk out Of the church"
well, breaking an engagement by
wireless, after the date is settled and
your trousseau bought is almost rs
bad MS leaving him Mt the church."
reproachfully answered her good
friend the Countess de Lubersac.
Florman, De Sincay, Duggold, Crane
Were there others? Indeed, yes
There was Henri Harnicllel who
basked In the light OF her blue eyes
for two months. only 20 be cast into
outer darkness with the bightng
knowledge that he. too, wearied Miss
Stallo because he talked only of her
self and stocks md bonds! "And !
am not interested in myself nor In
Wall Street." came sweetly over the
telephone the day she decided that
Harnickel was impossible as n nus.
band.
Tie is now engaged to Miss Force
Mrs. John Jacob Astor's sister, and
Is extravagantly happy.
will the Prince francesca Ros-
pigltoSi be able To hold this tickle
young heiress' hcart?" asks Paris,
New York and Cincinnati.
Time alone will tell He is partly
American, and the pnrt haughtily
Italian. The Rospigliosis are an i'm
portant family, one Of distinction and
wealth. Three other princes OF the
house have married American girls.
and tho wives have been tremen-
dously unhappy
1t is on the knees OF the gods"
the future princess is reported to
nave said when her sister, the PrIn-
cess Murat, asked her If she expected
to be happy. Paris also asks this
question, and several others as we'll.
Having been nearly married" five
times, what has this tickle maid done
with the five trousscauy? Has she
acquired new one each time she
decided to marry, or does she have
stock trousseau which Is ready to
wear whenever she decides to turn
"nearly married" into WED at last ?"
Paris would dearly love to know
the fate of the wonderful lingerie
which the Princess-to- be ordered six
months ago. when she was positive
that she would marry Jeff" az won't
want q whole lot" she confided ia
the Countess de Luhersac. You sec
| have Il whole lot Letter. that is
you see, already have some things
Now, Paris takes this to mean that
when Miss Shllo marries the Prince
she will have In her trunks nigeria
and negligees that were ordered
well, That We're meant to grace tbo
figure Of Mesdames FIorman. Har.
nickel. De Sincay. Duggold and
Crane!
Laura is too thrifty to discard ber
two last trousseaux, anyway" saws
Paris.
Mr.. Jefferson Patterson Crane NJ
last reports. has given orders that hn
Will never again receive, open or reno,
wireless telegram.
e. u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
II TIss LAURA sTALLo, daugh-

TX T1SS LAURA STALLO. daugh-
iN ter OF Edmund X. Stallo,
granddaughter OF the late
Alexander Mcdonald, of Standard
OH and Cincinnati, and also a s10,-
100000 heiress, is an extremely mod
ern young woman. She likes to be
the first to use any new invention, to
adopt any new fashion. There is no
telling what unusual thing she will
do next But when she broke her en-
sagement to Jefferson Patterson
Crane, son of Joseph Crane, multi
millionaire of Dayton, Ohio. by wire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
The Princess Murst and Her
Prince. The Princess Is
Miss Laura's Sister.

that his uncle would not take the
Dayton house away from him and
that his father would still leave that
goodly fortune In his name. In every
way possible he tried to heal his
broken heart and to see the bright
side OF the horrid episode.
When he received Miss Stallo's let
ter on his arrival in London, he read
ii many times. But there was no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

them. The mother died, and three
months later the father married the di-
vorced wife of Dan Hanna. The grand
father tool, the two girls, who were
in their early teens, to his great
mansion in Cincinnati, and finally
adopted them.
When Mr.. Mcdonald died all his
fortune was left to his beloved grand
daughter. The millions had shrunk
from twenty-five to one and half,
but the shrinknge did not affect their
social successes. They came to New
York and Immediately were besieged
with offers of matrimony. The first
man to attach himself to their train
was Henry Duggold. blithesome
young Westerner, whose father had
struck 1t rich in oil in Texas.
His attentions speedily centred
themselves on Laura. That they were
engaged was firmly believed by their
friends. and even Sister Helene nd
mitted that sit" looked serious.
This engagement, or mutual agree
ment," was broken by the heiress
while she was motoring through Cal
fornlnv just two months after sister
Helene admitted its seriousness. With
this affair as 4 starter, the elder Miss
Stallo speedily developed much dex-
terity In handling her victims" In
succession, during the following three
years, she disposed OF Nils Florman,
Henri lldrnickel, Henri de Sincay
and half score of other moths who
futtered about her. Florman and De
Sincay have since married, and Har-
nickel is engaged to Katherine Force.
1T Is perfectly wonderful how
Laura can switch from one man to
another and get away with It," said
tho Princess Murat when she was in
New York last Fall. 1t was during
this visit that Laura's engagement to
young Crane was announced. So sure
was the heiress that this time she
was caught "for good" that she had
her picture taken with her fiance.
lIr. by the way, she regrets this very
much Just now.
What is it that makes Miss Stal,o
go difficult to manage matrimonialIy?
is she hard to suit? Did she find
that, on long acquaintance, these men
aid not measure up to her prccon-
ceiVed standards? Has She an Ideal
mani " IL IL illal man, once ac-
CURED, speedily become. wearisomc
10 her! Who can tell?
Let us glimpse rapidly through the
histories OF her various love affairs.
Henri de Sincay, a young Frenchman
or wealth and position, bored her hor-
riDly after three months devotion.
The only reason she ever give for
breaking with him was that she did
not like the color of his hair and the
way he frequently told the Same Joke
two and three times over. He speed
lily fell in love with Marie Logan. a
granddaughter Of the late General
John Logan, and is as happy as. cnn
be, and so Is Marie.
Nils Florman had engaged himself
TO Helene Stailo. only to find that he
really loved Laura. Helene cast him
on, and later, when her wounded
vanity was soothed. Laura permitted
herself to become engaged to him. At
the end OF six months the engage.
ment was broken, Laura merely say
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

or trot. He wanted to stay by his
lonesome" the better to think of his
future bliss.
When the orchestra the morning OF
the third day out insisted on playing
Il Wonder Who's kissing Her Now"
Jeff stamped the deck Indignantly.
The words of the song did not fit In
with his thoughts at ALL
Every once in while he would
stop at the wireless room; he was in
terested in the apparatus that made
travelling on the water SO compare
lively safe. In fact, he seriously
thought OF wirelessing his distant
bride-to-be, but something made him
hesitate.
1t may have been the words of the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
Building q Railroad Nth
Ca11r2ibQzs in "Juiu-Zand''

a NEW railroad Is being con
~ structed by the British
through the territory of Nj
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23

Tha Nhiucao lave practieed n form
OF vaccination against smallpox since
ancient times,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
TRICK LURES SOLDIERS ON.
5oer Subterfuee Helps the British in
Clash With the Germans


Wounded men in the hospitals of
Boulogne relate these incidents of fight
ing between the British and Germans.
One of the men told of n trick which
the British learned in the Boer war:
1.-THE enemy before sending their in
fantry against our positions opened
hot artillery fire. Our artillery replied
ut first warmly, and then gun after
gun of the British batteries went 81
lent
What's up now? I asked a COM
rade. There were Il few minutes more
of artillery firing from the Germans,
and then their infantry came on in
solid formation. We received them
with rifle fire. Still they came on. and
still we mowed'them down. They were
getting closer, and we could plainly
see the dense masses moving. Then
suddenly the whole of our artillery
opened fire
You see. the cannon had not been
Silenced at all, and it was n trick to
draw the Germans on. They went
down in whole fields. for our guns got
them in open ground, and. of course.
they soon had enough. 1t was impossi-
bic for those behind to come on past
the dead"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23

ifornia have been visiting at Carl
Barnard :.
Mrs. W w. Follett went to Brat
tleboro Monday to attend the fair.
Miss Beth Follett was guest in
North Adams Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Gertrude Kingsley returned
sunday from a visit 10 Readsboro and
other towns.
Dan May, who was so seriously hurt
last week and Is in the North Adams
hospital. is recovering slowly.
Harrison Kingsley. Lee Titus and
Earle Streeter went to White River
Junction last week on their motor ey-
eles to attend the state fair.
Ernest Harris is taking f. Z. Che
Ucy ; place as conductor On the
. Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington railroad
while Mr.. Cheney Is on vacation.
Herbert Medbury is taking Mrs. Har-
ris 5 place as baggage master.
&. ". Boyd was taacn to the Moran
Adams hospital Sunday suffering from
IN injured foot which he hurt last
week at Mountain Mills ny falling off
a staging. An X-rav was taken and
it was discovered that a bone in the
arch of the foot was broken.
Miss Ada May Faulkner. who went
on q trip through The state and to va
ri0us Massachusetts, towns, has return
cd to her nome. Her plans for a trip
to Canada were abandoned when with
in eight miles, upon learning that nc
stranger could entcr there without
Identification papers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
STRATTON.

Miss Ethel Eddy and her niece, Miss
Doris, were at home from Brattleboro
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs, y. J. Pike and granddaughter,
Miss Wilma Pike, Henry Lackey and
daughter, Edith, attended the fair at
Brattleboro Tuesday.
Miss Hattic Allen, who spent sew
eral weeks in town. went Saturday to
Brattleboro where she Will spend one
day at the Valley fair, then go to her
home in Worcester.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Allen received
news Sunday of the death Of their old
lest daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell of
Hoosick Falls, \. Y. She had been i'll
with tubercular trouble some months
She spent several weeks here with her
parents this summer. Mr.. Allen start
cd Sunday for HoosicE Falls TO attend
the funeral, but Mrs Allen was not
able to accompany him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
APPALLING DESTRUCTION.
Graphic Portrayal of Ruin Wrought at
Liege and Wise.

a Reuters dispatch from Ostend says
small party just returned from visit
to Liege describes the destruction
wrought by the war as appalling.
"All along the road to WISE" said one
Of the party, there was nothing to
be seen but walls blackened by smoke,
the remains of factories burned by fire,
mounds of earth freshly dug-the Sc
pucher of the first Germans to fall
And then comes Wise What a pain
full sight for those who knew the proud
city. so typical of Walloon gayety, and
now nothing but mass of ruins. while
many Of the inhabitants lie all over the
place, their chests riddled with bullets.
AT last we entered Liege. The in
habitants stood at the thresholds of
their homes, silent and anxious. but
afraid to speak. The streets in the
middle of. the town wore a deplorab BILE
aspect. Many houses had been aban-
doned. Their doors and windows were
shattered and their contents had been
removed. Nobody but soldiers was to
be seen"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
WEST TOWNSHEND.
Grange Fair October 6.

The regular meeting of the West
Townsheud Grange was held Friday
evening with Mr.. 0. +. Burnap in the
master 5 chair in the absence Of J. \.
Neinot. The question for discussion
was Do We Support Oar State Organ
izations as Much as We Should The
debate for Oct.-2 is to be Resolved,
That Whatever is Accomplished for
Farmers Must Be the Work Of the Ru-
raj People Themselves ami Not a
Crowd Of UpHftcrs ard Experts from
the City.
Plans were made for a fair 10 be
held al the hall oct. t.. Everybody is
invited to come and to help make it a
success. BRING your fancy work. fruit
amt vegetables. The children ) ex-
hibit Will be for competition.
\ boiled dinner Will bc served to all
who wish and in the evening an en-
tertainmeHt consisting of fartcs. mon
ologues, songs and recitations viii be
given. \ small admission fee viii be
charged in the evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
GERMAN WAR AUTOS MARVELS.
Carry Scythes to Now Down Fences
ard Hedges.

Stories were printed recently about
the Germans having armored motor
cars armed with machine guns, which
tore through the lines of the French
and Belgians and moved down all be-
fore them.
Another story of the use of new war
inventions is told by Arno Bosch, a
correspondent of Worlds Work, who
arrived in London from Brussels. He
says the Germans are using auto
trucks which are marvels. Equipped
with scythes. they NOW right through
wire fences and hedges if the roads
and fields do not suit the drivers.
These trucks are said to be heavily
armored, and they are able to resist
anything except artillery fire. They
enable the German forces to make for
ty miles a day. Their number seems
to be unlimited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23

Harold c Gale visited over Sunday
in South Londonderry.
Mrs. Lois Harris spent few days
the past week at her home.
Mrs. Lizzie Hule:t has returned from
visit in Hudson and Worcester,
Mass.
Charles Carr and Abner G. Bristol
enjoyed an automobile trip to Som
crset dam Saturday.
Miss Marcia Howe came from Wind
ham to her home here for few days,
going ON To Brattlehoro Monday.
Mrs. Tucker of Brattleboro recently
visited her sister. Mrs. Dexter Boy
den. who is not as well as usual.
Miss Dorothy Taft went Monday at
teruocn to ErattIehoro where she has
a position as teacher at the Austinc
institute.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23

One in every eight women in Great
Britain is a widow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
WILMINGTON:

Mrs. II. T.. Mann is visiting iii Brat
tleboro.
II. W. Hearty Of Boston is a guest
at Childs Tavern.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Werner OF Cal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-23
Poetic Shot al the Enemu.

A British shell sent screaming after
German warship in the North sea
carried verse written on it. 1t was
Inscribed after an exchange Of courte-
sizes between the British and German
fleets shortly before the war. 1t goes:
You gave US 'bacca, and you gave US
beer;
You made us happy while we were here
And In return Wei send YOU this
And hope to God Ii doesn't miss.