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AT RICHMOND.
The Confederate Veterans Will Hold
 Their Next Reunion There.

New Orleans, April 26.-With the exception of the time consumed in the presentation to General Cabell of gold medal by the veterans of Ar kansas, the second day of the Confed- crate reunion was in the opening hours devoted to business. The re- ports of the committees on creden tials and Battle Abbey and the his torical committee being received and approved.
 The report of the committee on ere dentials which was adopted gave the total number of camps represented as seven hundred and fifty.fve, with an aggregate of two thousand, three hun dred and thirteen votes.
 Richmond, Va, was unanimously SC. lected as the meeting place next year.
 In addition to the usual business sessions held during the day by the Confederate Veterans and the "@'''- ated organizations, there were num- erOus reunions of regiments, brigades and army corps, together with recep- tions and other features of entertain ment for the women visitors. A mo- table social function this evening is the reception to be rendered Mrs. Braxton Bragg by the ladies of the Confederate Memorial association in the Palm Garden of the St. Charles hotel The younger set among the visitors are on the tiptoe of expec- tancy in anticipation of the grand re- union ball tonight.
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Pension. For Slave.
Confederate Veterans Ask. Southern States to Remember the Servants


 New Orleans, April 26.-The form. al business of the sixteenth annual re- union of the United Confederate Vet erans came to a close this afternoon. One day of the reunion proper is left, and that will be devoted to the parade of the veterans, which is scheduled to start at Il o'clock to- morrow morning.
 Richmond, Va. was selected as the place for holding the next reunion, the choice being made by acclama- tion. The only competitor of Rich mond was Birmingham, Ala. but the sentiment in favor of Richmond was
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NEW GAPS
Will Be Received by Fire Boys in Few
 Days.

Fire Chief Schultz received box of fine cigars Thursday from some un- known friend, which he says he is enjoying very much. The member of the department who received the present ill the absence of the chief failed to ask who had presented them, and Chief Schultz says that his en- noyment of the present would be very much increased if he knew the identi- ty' of the thoughtful donor.
 The fire boys have ordered their summer uniform hats, which will be lecei"ed in a short time, when they will doff the caps they are now wear ing, which were not constructed for summer wear.
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WAR ON POOL ROOMS.
Hot Springs Officer Brings Suit to Enjoin Turf-Betting Establishment

Hot Springs, April 24.-Prosecuting Attorney Scoggins this afternoon fled an injunction suit against the Illinois pool room in chancery court. The prosecuting attorney asks for a per petual injunction.
 The suit is styled the State of Ar kansas .vs. Matt Hornibrook, Fred Bronson, Eugene Lamral, Frank Lewis, "Mac" Mclaughlin, Jim Bay. less, MT. Grimer and MT. Chamber. lain.
 Hornibrook is alleged in the peti- ton to be the proprietor anl the oth. ess employees.
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CLEANING UP
koEA7 ANNUAL SPRING EVENT BEGINS IN. THE CITY OF
 PINE BLUFF.
Waoons Have Removed Trash, and Streets Are Being swept-citizens
 Cooperating with Authorities.

The annual spring cleaning of the city is now in progress, under the di- roction of the authorities Recently wagons were used in removing all trash from the streets, and now the work of putting lime in all the alleys of the city is in progress. The city has received one car of lime, and as this is not thought to be sufficient amount another car will be ordered.
 with the authorities in this work of cleaning up the city, Pine Bluff should soon be in a good sanitary condition.
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Hurt al Camden

William A. Burdeck, locomotive engineer who is well known here, was badly injured at Camden "Wednesday morning while on the ocal Cotton Belt freight train. He was standing cn the gangway Of his engine and while leaning out his head struck the scales near the track and he was knocked unconscious for while. He was taken to his home at Camden ard was getting along all right when last heard from.
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 Only One Bid

But one bid was filed with the board of public affairs of the city for furnishing the vitrified brick to be used in paving West Barraque street. this bid being submitted by the com- missioners of the improvement dis. trict. The bid was received Thurs day. but up 10 g o'clock Friday after noon DO meeting of the board had been held for the purpose of opening the bid
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HEARING POSTPONED
HAesAS CORPUS CASE lN THE SMALLPOX MUDDEE COMES
 UP SATURDAY MORNING.
The Absence of Dr.. Hankison. Who Pronounced It Smallpox. Causes 1
 Delay Before Judge Elliott

The hearing of the habeas corpus case before Chancellor John Nj E1l- h0tt. growing out of t!}e smallpox sit uation, Was continued Friday morning until 9 o'clock Saturday morning on account of the absence from the city of Dr. Hanllison, who is one of [ physicians who went to see the al legged smallpox patient al the home of Mrs. Custer on West Fifth avenue, under orders of the board of health. and who pronounced the case small BOX
 failed to state that Mayor White, Chief Stewart and Sanitary Officer Currie were officers of the city, and the answer to the complaint sets up the fact that the parties to the suit are such officers and were acting in their official capacity and in compli ere" with the law in the promises.
 City Attorney Coleman isi conduct ing the case for the city while the petitioners are represented by Austin and Danaher and Young and Rowell.
 Upon request of Mayor White Chan CcllOr Elliott issued an order for Dr. O. w. Clark to see the patient, and bn went to the Custer residence for the purpose of making diagnosis Friday afternoon.
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No Contract Let

A meeting of the school board was held Thursday afternoon at o'clock for the purpose of examining the plans and specifications for the new high school building, but none of the propositions were accepted by the beard. The body adjourned, subject to the call of the president, and it is probable that plans and specifications will be accepted at an early date and the contract let for the construction of the building.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Marie A. Baldwin to B. B. Sanders, east half of the northeast quarter of section B, and east half of the southeast quarter of section 28, all in township four south. range eleven west; consideration. $340. a.1
 John Wilson and wife to Keo Shin gle company. east half Of northeast quarter of section seven, west half of northwest quarter of northwest quarter of section eight; three south, nine west; consideration. $l.
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Good Prospects

Hon. H. K. Toney has returned from q business visit to the country. and reports that the crop prospects are most Catering. He states that the stand of cotton Is uniform, and that the plant looks healthy. He also states that he condition of the land is splendid and that the rain q Wednesday night could not have been received at better time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-27

so strong advocates of Birmingham did not allow the matter to come to a vote, and withdrew in favor of Rich nlond. The fact that the monument to Jefferson Davis is to be unveiled ill Richmond next year was a potent influence with many of the old sol diers, and they were exceedingly anx- ious to hold their next meeting in that city.
 The present officers of the associa- ton were reelected by exclamation, there being no nominations made against any of them.
 Pensions for Faithful Slaves.
 The reunion, from business view point, was very uneventful. The chief new measures of importance to be adopted were one which will recom- mend to the different states that pen sions be paid to slaves now living, vho followed their masters to the War. and one which declares in favor ot the setting apart of one day in the year by each camp of the organ ization for memorial services in be- half of the Confederate dead.
 The day closed with q great ball in honor of the visiting veterans. which was held tonight in the Auditorium.
 Today's Parade.
 The parade tomorrow is expected to be the feature of the reunion The column is to start at II o'clock from the corner of Canal and St. Charles streets, pass along St. Charles street to Lee Circle. three-fourths of a mile distant, around the circle and back Oh Camp street to Canal, where it will be reviewed by Gen. Lee, making a total march of one and a half miles. A number of brilliant features have been arranged for the parade, of which the massing of over a thou sand children at Lee Circle in such a manner as to form a Confederate flag will be the most striking. It is believed that, including the veterans and all other organizations in line, there will be about 10.eo0 men in the column.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-27

Jim Caldwell, colored, was arrested by Deputy Constable Robert Johnson thursday night, on the charge of bur. siary, it being alleged that few nights before he broke into the res taurant of John Hicks on Missouri street, and stole a number of arti. cles therefrom.
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LAWN SOCIAL.

A Lawn Social" will be given by the Woman's Home Mission society at Carr Memorial parsonage, 1117 Fast Second avenue, Friday evening, April 27. Refreshments will be serv- ed from 4. till 10 o'clock. All are cordially invited.
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New Church Ready

The first services will be held in the new Ohio Street Baptist church Sunday. The handsome building which is just finished, is situated at the corner of Sixth and Ohio streets, and is one of the incest church edi- flces in the city.
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Tried To Shoot Her

John Parker, colored. was arrested by Officer Lockhart Thursday night. upon complaint of Eliza Hughes, col cred, who charged that Parker at tempted to shoot her. The case was called in the police court Thursday r.orning, but continued until the af- ternOon session
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-27
 Commences column next "eek Arrested For Burglary

l. P. Shelby says that paving on West Barraque street will begin the early part of next week and the work will be commenced at Baraque and Chestnut streets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-27
When Advertising Pays,

When a merchant gives his custom. CT perfect satisfaction and better value than he expected. That Is tho principle we do business on. Try u0 on your spring suit. Elsenkramer. the tailor. Second avenue. corner Pine, above Citizens bank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-27

George Counts, a prominent Lin- wood planter. was a visitor to Pine Bluff Thursday morning.
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PROPOSED STATE LEAGUE

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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15

size cable encloses in it's leaden
sheath 1920 separate wires and
comes in 600-foot lengths, so that al
together it is made up Of 140 miles of
copper threads; the average length
of sections OF cables used for under
ground work in the big cities is 500
feet, which means 120 miles of wire.
In addition to the copper in the tele.
phone lines, there are millions of miles
of wire in the intricate apparatus of
central offices and the connections on
subscribers" premises. One of the
10,000-line switchboards used in the
big telephone centers includes 1000
miles of wire-enough to reach from
say, st. Louis to Liverpool if it were
pieced together in single line.
The switchboards in the ten largest
cities in the country have about 65 900
miles of wire in them, not counting
the tiny copper threads-no coarser,
insulation and all, than the finest
thread of cotton which tie American
housewife uses for sewing-which are
wound about the magnets and relays
of which there is set for every sub
scriber's line that comes into the
board. In a single relay is half
pound of copper, spun out to length
OF three-tenths of a mile. There is
from half mile to a mile of wire in
each of the relays connected with the
cords by which the operators at cen
tral join two circuits together: and
every operator who answers calls has
IL OF these cords while the trunk oper-
ators, who connect one central Office
with another but do not answer sub
scrioers' calls directly, have % cords.
Altogether there are 100000 miles of
fine wire in the relays of the switch
boards of the ten largest telephone
cities.
All the copper used in equipping a
central Office is not in the form of
wire. however. Either pure or al
loyed the metal enters into the pro-
tective devices which guard the ap-
paratus against damage from light.
ming, and the like-the fuse mountings
and arrestor springs. as they are
called. The plugs at the ends of
the operators connecting cords. and
the springs inside the Jacks" or
switch-sockets in which each circuit
from outside terminates in the switch
board; the weights which pun the
cords back into place when they are
not III use; the drops" or targets"
that on ore type of board signal the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15

in marine condensers, while many YES
sells have their hulls sheathed with
copper.
The land-lubber architect as well as
his brother of the sea utilizes copper
more than most of us realize. The
sky-scraper has roofing and cornices
made from the metal; churches and
public buildings are adorned with
bronze gates and doors and bronze
grill-work; and from copper and its
compositions are wrought all manner
of other "Reminiscences, urns.
tablets, busts and statues. The COM
fort of even the humblest American
home owes almost as much to cop
per as the beauty of our most mag
nificent buildings. Knobs and locks
for doors and furniture; rods for
portieres curtains and stair carpets;
pipes and faucets often plated with
nickel but nevertheless copper under
meath; furniture, lamps, chandeliers.
and a hundred smaller but equally
necessary things are made from cop
per, brass and bronze.
In manufacturing processes, for
utensils as well as machinery, copper
has taken the place of other metals in
many ways. Sugar factories and re-
fineries depend upon it for their pans,
pulp and paper mills for their watts,
distllleries for their worms and stills,
breweries for their kettles. Patterns
are stamped on calicos and print
cloths with copper rolls: the type
writer in your business office, the
signs outside the office window all en-
ploy this same raw material. The
works and cases of the cheap Ameri-
can clocks that keep time for pretty
nearly every nation of the earth,
civilized and uncivilized, are brass:
so are the gear-wheels and pinions of
watches and other instruments of
precision; and scientific and optical
instruments, such as microscopes tele-
scopes, surveyors transits and
draughtsmen's protractors are fash
toned from 1t.
Every government in the world
uses great quantities of this valuable.
If not precious metal. It Is out OF
date now for casting cannon. but more
brass is used for other implements of
war than ever before. Copper ana US
alloys have been employed for coin.
age from time inimemorial. and now
it is said that China is threatened with
a debasement of its currency because
Of the unrestricted coinage of copper.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15
Mucha the Poster Man,

Alphonso Mucha, the first of French
decorative illustrators, has come to
New York to remain permanently.
He will teach art as we'll as make it.
His is unique personality. His art
is no less bizarre, original, Joyous.
than himself. He draws as Caruso
sings-without effort and with a SPLEEN
did abandon. That is why his great
decorative posters are unlike anything
else OF their kind in the realm of art.
They are poems of form and sym-
pnonies OF color. They are seemingly
intricate in their decorative patterns.
or the walls of the oriental mosques.
But analyze them and you find them
the very essence of geometric simpli-
city. NJ. Mucha has gone to the ORR
ent for his decorative inspiration but
for his figure work he has studied only
nature. These two influences. with
that part of himself which every erea-
tive genius must needs mix with the
product OF his hand, have made Mucha
a distinctive feature of the twentieth
century record of aesthetics. He
stands out from the crowd as Monet
does among painters, as Verge does
among draughtsmen.-Met
Magazine
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15
Might Have Helped Some.

Reverend Sam Jones, the noted
Georgia revivalist preacher, was. at all
times. to say the least, forceful in his
language. Above all things he objects
to a pretense of representatives.. his
religion being something on the shirt
sleeves order. On one occasion he
had taken for his text: VANITY.
and, to point his moral said:-
Nov, if there is a woman in the
congregation this morning. who didn
look into the mirror before coming to
the meeting. want to see her: | want
her to stand up"
A single woman arose. and stood
with meekly downcast eyes. To DIS.
scribe her in kindly way, one wen, :,
say "homely." The Reverend JAns
rested his earnest eyes upon her.
We'll. God bless you. sister" he
said. TT certainly is a pity that Won
didn't
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15
This Century the Age Of Copper
Almost Billion Pounds Produced in the United States Last
Year, Yet We Imported More Than Ever

Washington, Feb. 12.-Experts es-
innate that the production of copper
in this country last year was ap
proximately 100000 pounds, or
133, 100000 pounds more than in 1904;
and it is predicted that this year will
show an even larger increase. Yet at
such pace is the consumption of the
metal growing that the output of ore
does not meet our national needs and
We are importing larger and larger
quantities from across the Atlantic.
First and foremost this is an electri-
cal age and the Utilization of electricity
is largely dependent upon copper.
Transmission of electrical energy for
use in lighting streets and dwellings,
operating power plants and railways.
and making possible communication by
telegraph and telephone, is a prime
factor in twentieth-century living
Power transmission, for lighting and
manufacturing purposes, though its
future possibilities are enormous, is
largely undeveloped; so, 10 some ex-
tent is the electric railway; so, most
of all, perhaps, is the telephone,
though aleady the Bell system alone
has nearly two and a half million
telephones in use. All OF these utili.
ties use vast amounts or copper not
only in the form of wire but in the
powerful and mysterious machinery by
which they are operated.
Undoubtedly the telephone system
is the largest single user of copper in
this country today, and that means the
largest user in the world. OF the heavy
copper wire on pole lines, the lighter
equipment of local service and the
tiny filaments in the cables which con-
stitute half the wire mileage of the
Bell system there are upwards of
100000 miles. One OF the great
reels of cable you see the construction
gangs forcing through the subway
manholes every day contains wire
enough, if it were all in one continu-
Gus piece, to set up very respect
able system by itself The largest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15

OF course she has money, this Maikat
or Katie, or whatever the future Frau
Won Tollen may be called?"
Lora nodded. 1t is to be hoped
So"
Then you will soon be alone to-
gether, you and your mother, Lor.
chem"
Yes" she replied huskily.
Won't you read your letter, child?''
by and by, uncle. You see want
to finish packing, first"
Il say, Lorchen, you didn't take of
fence at the stupid thing | said yes
terday, that you all go1 married at
haphazard? | did not mean any
thing by it. | only thought Katie
don't be offended, child-was not very
well suited to be the wife of a poor
teacher-you understand? The girl
seems to me so wild, so-so-well, in
a word, | can better fancy her on
horseback than in the kitchen or the
nursery. If it had been you, Lora.
now, | could
She looked at him with an expires
sion like that of a wounded deer.
He stopped in dismay and took her
head iii both his hands.
II did not mean to offend you. really
my dear child. 1t is all right, sup
pose. Better a good husband than
for the madcap to go out as a COVER
ness. Oh, it will all come out right
in the end, eh?"
And he stroked her pale face.
She nodded pleasantly and con
tinued her packing; then she took
her mothers letter and went to her
room with it, and she stayed there a
long time. In the mean time the
general went to sleep He did not
wake up till Comma came to set the
table; then Lora also came back.
What did your mother writer" he
asked.
She flushed deeply.
Mamma sends her love-" she said
but the truth was he had not yet found
courage to read the letter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15
LABRADOR FUNERAL CUSTOMS

Labrador's dreary waste is peopled,
generally speaking, by few scattered
tribes of Montagnais Indians, while
its seaboard in the north is occupied
by about 5000 Eskimos. Each race
has its peculiar burial customs, inter-
esting if awesome When memDer
of a community dies the Eskimos car
~ the body to the top OF a hill near
their settlement and there lay 1t, In a
sitting posture. on the surface OF the
hard, finty ground. Heavy stones are
piled about it in the form OF cairn,
completely covering it so that the
wolves and bears may be unable to
disturb the body. The male is buried
with his weapons of the chase and the
female with her domestic implements.
After years, when the action OF sum-
mer suns and winter SHOWS has brok-
en- down the mound of stones, it is not
uncommon for other natives to help
themselves to the stone lamps, flint
and ivory arrow and lance heads AMI
other articles of value to them which
are found lying beside the bodies. But
in every case some substitute even if
less valuable is placed there instead
of what has been removed.
1t is the idea of the pagan Eskimos
that though the spirit of the dead per-
son has reached the other world and
no longer needs the articles, the
ghosts who attended on him in life
have TO be propitiated by keeping up
the number of articles originally plac-
ed in the grave, even if the material of
these is departed from. The Moravian
missionaries humor the natives whom
they have Christianized by practicing
this habit of substitution, and favor
able article to place in the graves of a
rusty razor. Many years ago some
admirer of the mission sent out an
enormous quantity of razors in the be-
lief that they were in general use But
the last thing one would contemplate
doing on this coast in winter would be
to use razor. AS no other use could
be found for the razors they have been
devoted 10 this peculiar purpose, and
81 IL 10 SOiLIuOll W see III every EShl-
mo grave that has been opened an APP
pliance which Lo old-time Eskimo
ever heard Of
These curious customs are trans
mitted from people to people. The
Montagnais Indians have a somewhat
similar practice. They bury their dead
in a box or coffin made out of bark,
and in this are placed a loaded gun,
horn of powder, a bag of shot,
pouch of tobacco. a flint and steel for
striking fire, an ak and a pair of snow
shoes. The burial place is likewise "a
hilltop, as it is impossible to dix un.'
derground in Labrador for eight
months of the year, and stones are al
so used TO cover the coffin. But they
are so arranged that some can be re-
moved after ten days when the relas.
lives return and take out these waltz
able articles. 1t is held that by that
time the dead one has reached the
happy hunting grounds and has no fur
Their use for them. But even they, too
substitute wooden sticks for the gun.
AK and snowshoes, and skins for other
articles.