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Show Ugliest Man the Most Married. Lupungu, chief of the Basongi, ana of the wealthiest chiefs in the Congo, is a much-married man, for he Is the proud possessor of 300 wives, for each of whom he pays a yearly tribute of two francs to the state. This, however, how-ever, Is not his sole claim to distinction, distinc-tion, for he has also been dubbed by the officials of the province "the ugliest ug-liest man on earth." "With some reason," rea-son," says Vice-Consul Casteus, who describes him as a villainous-looking native possessing but one eye, and a countenance horribly scarred by smallpox. small-pox. As a young child, Lupungu was deserted de-serted by his father, and afterwards adopted by a sub-chief. In later years, he persuaded the gullible natives that his one eye gave him certain occult powers; he then made friends with a band of Arab traders, and with their assistance made wiar upon his father whom he conquered and succeeded as chief of tb.e Basongi. |