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The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21

"Oh, | wish were grown up" ex-
claimed Bessie, coming in from school
and dropping down before her mother
in detected mood.
You are doing a little toward that
every day." said her mother. But
whyT'
well, school is so hard. Now what
do you suppose we have to do?"
"WhatY'
Notice something. Some bug or flow
er, and come to school and tell all
about it,"
That is not hard" said mother,
smiling why not take some cookies
down by the brook, and perhaps there
you will see something interesting.
Watch the toads and frogs"
Billy Jackson is going to choose
frogs, but l might choose grasshop-
pers"
Cheered by the cookies, Bessie stroll
ed away, and after playing about the
brook a while. she thought she would
return to the piazza Her mother was
entertaining a caller; she kept close to
the side of the house. She heard her
mother saying that she wanted her to
see Bessie, she had grown so tall. Not
wishing to be found, and prove this
statement, Bessie crawled farther I'M
der the vine, and found that she could
get entirely under the piazza, where
there was coy place-almOst like
playhouse. She sat here some time,
listening to the voices overhead.
1t was Il nice place to play 'enchant-
ed .palace"-her fayOrite make-believe.
The next thing she knew she was
feeling chilly, and it was dark. She
tried to think whether she were in
bed, when a queer little spark flashed
beside her. 1t shone brightly enough
to tell her that she was still under
the piazza, but she was not wide
enough awake to realize that it was
night She wondered If mothers call
er were gone. Again the little flame
passed her face, and she began to grow
timid. Now it was on her hand, and
now upon her dress. Just as she was
about to call for her mother a light
flashed In her eyes, and she saw her
father coming with a lantern. Several
men were with him, and her mother
came behind, bringing her jacket. "She
must have gone to the hill and lost her
way" she heard some one say.
Papa, here am " she cried. for she
knew in fash they were hunting for
her. Some one parted the vines, and
she came crawling out. Mother rushed
up and took her In her arms.
I'VE thought you had gone to grand
mas" she said, "and father was just
going after you," and then there was
general questioning and surprise from
every one.
Mother took Bessie In and gave her
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21
GREAT TOWER OF BUTTE.

REINFORCED Concrete SmOkestack a
Marvel of Modern Engineering.
Out at Butte, Mont, where the great
stamping mills and accommodating
works have turned the mountain city
into a titanic inferno of tall chimneys
belching black and sulphurous fumes
stands one tremendous tower, the TOT
of which Is $50 feet above the ground
= When its erection was planned thu
first Idea was to build 1t Of brick. That
would have required a thickness Of II
or 10 feet Of masonry at its base. But
a construction engineer from Chicago
was called Into consultation. He pro
posed that the huge chimney be bull
of concrete and, with some misgivings
the plan was adopted.
He prepared a foundation six feet
deep, 12x12, of concrete, with number
Of steel reinforcing rods. Beginning
az the ground level, he carried two thin
concrete shells upward for 100 feet.
The outer one is only nine inches In
thickness, while, separated by four
inches of space from this, Is an Inner
smell five inches thick. At height OF
100 feet these two unite into a single
finch shell of concrete which extends
skyward until the vast height of 35C
feet is reached.
This chimney, many feet higher thar
our modern city skyscrapers, Is there
fore composed Of but IA Inches Of con.
crete at the base and half that amount
for the upper $50 feet. 1t is not OF
plain concrete, but Is REINFORCED both
horizontally and vertically with a num-
Der Of small steel rods, which were held
in place until the concrete had been
deposited around them, making re-
enforced concrete body superior in ev-
cry way to both steel and brick mason
~. There are in the United States
scores of these wonderful chlmneys-
Mechanical World
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21
Crime in Great Britain.

The principal conclusions as to the
increase and decrease of crimes and Of
lenses to be drawn from the statistics
for 1904 are shortly stated thus;
1. Grimes against the person have di.
mlnished.
2. Crimes OF the classes chiefly com
mitted by the habitual criminals have
ceased to increase at the same rapid
rate as in previous years.
3. Minor offenses Of dishonesty have
increased.
/. Serious frauds and breaches of
trust have increased.
3. Drunkenness is stationary.
&. Offenses of the vagrancy class
are growing rapidly.-London Daily
Graphic
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21

some bread and milk, but wnen she was
eating it she suddenly stopped. Moth.
er, where Is the little candle" she said,
1.-THE one under the piazza?"
No one could understand her for
some time. Then papa went out. and
after a while returned with a little
FREELY held in his hand; and without
crushing it at all, he showed Bessie
how it glowed like little lamp, and
told her all about the habits of the
lightning-bug. She listened until she
felt she could tell her teacher all about
it. II didn't know there were any bugs
that carry lamps round with them ~
she exclaimed.
Every bug and every flower is made
in wonderful way" said her father.
II am sorry l lost myself" she said,
sleepily, as she went up to bed, "but
1t was nice to find something to notice
for the nature class. "-Inez L. Strong,
In Youths Companion.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21
A Frozen Bubble.

Did you ever hear of a frozen soap
bubble? A boy out in Colorado was
blowing bubbles last winter, when it
occurred to him to try the effect Of the
cold outside air on one. His father,
who tells the story, says the thermome-
ter registered about IA degrees below
zero at the time, and when the bubble
was released In the usual way 1t fell
to the snow perfectly frozen as a hol-
low sphere of Ice.
1t was subsequently found that when
the temperature rose to zero the bub-
bles would not freeze, but whether this
was due to the change Of temperature
or the presence of more moisture in
the air could not be determined. The
father Of the boy is anxious to know
whether 1t be possible to freeze a bub-
BILE in a more easterly latitude, where
the air is not so dry as it Is in Colo
RADIO.
How They Named the Baby.
They talked of Medora, Aurora and Flora,
VI MaDel ana Marcia anu MlluFeQ dUu
May;
Debated the question of Helen, Honora,
Clarissa, Camilla, and Phyllis and Fay
They thought of AIarcella, Estela and
Bella,
Considered Cevilla, Jeanette and Pau
line;
Alicia, Adela, Annetta, Arabelle,
And Ethel and Eunice, Hortense and
Irene.
One liked Theodore; another Lenora
Some argued for Edith and some for
Elaine,
For Madeleine, Adeline, Lilly and Lora
And then, after all, they decided on
Jane.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21
Hanpines. Caused Insanity.

Judge Won der Meden, of Hamburg.
who recently disappeared while on his
honeymoon at Hanover, and was found
wandering in the streets of Zurich, has
now been declared insane. Among pa
pers found on him was letter from his
wife. On the envelope he had written,
II did not know a man could be so hap
py. I am so very happy that think 1
shall go mad"
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21

The Benighted City Lad.
Wuns hennry beamus sed he red sum
ware
Nv boys hoo neavur get reel swete fresh
aire
too breethe ann wenn thay sea crick
tits down
in big park sumware ann awl the town
wood sea UNI if thay swum in it ann
cawl
ann ofisur hoo wood arrest UNI awl
ann hennry sed thay neavur cline tree
ann skin thare legs ann very seldum sea
a reel live COW ann piggs is of1e rair
becaws thare is no plaice to kepe UNI
thare.
ann HENRY sed If wennt bairfoot thare
thay have no feeds Nv cloaver fresh ann
fare
too kool ure feet wenn thay are hott ann
kepe
ure teze frum getten sore. ann if u
slepe
owt underneath a tree thade think that u
had otto find sum bettur thing too doc,
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21

ann HENRY sed thares boys hoo neavur
kott
a fish ur saw wun until it Is bolt
in the mete marrkut ann its offie sadd
to think how littul nollidge sutch boys
hadd.
ann HENRY sed if he is ritch heed bring
sutch boys owt frum the sitty every
spring
ann let UNI play with uss ann fiji thare
sole
with swete fresh aire. ann If the swim
men hoal
amt big enuff weed talk the crck instedd
ann him ann me ann billy grimes ann
redd
wood show um how to live ann wenn thay
back hoam thade tell thare muthers awl
thay no
witch thay heve lurnd frum uss ann It
wood seem
uz If thade bin awl throo sum happie
dreem.
Ledger.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21

81 don't think, daughter, that Mr..
Sportley is a proper man for you to as
ISOLATE with"
"Yes, but mamma, he owns a motor
car."-Boston Transcript
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-21
Puget Sound Electric Railway
Intermban

Leave Tacoma 100, 40, $40, 9:15
(Ltd., no stops) 1O:1O. IL: 10 m, 1910,
l 10, 2:1O, $40, 4:15 Ltd, no stops,
3 10, 6:1O, 7:lO. 8: 10, $40, II :15 p m.
Leave 80, s 100, 900 LTD,
no stops, 10 100, IL 100 m, IL m, l 100.
200, 8 100, 4 100 LTD, no stops). 500,
900, 7; 100, 8 100, 900, 10 100, :15 p m.
PUYALLUP DIVISION
Leave Puyallup-5 80, 100, 8 90, 900,
IL 100 III, 100, 200, 800, 400, 500,
6:15, 7:15, 8 :15, 9:l5 p m.
Leave 9th and Commerce Sts.-5 40,
700, s 100, 10 100. y 100 m, LOO, 200,
800, A 100, 100. 6:15, 7:l5, 8:l5, 1l:l5
p m.
$3.50 m omitted Sundays)
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
STENSLAND owns Up
Tells OF How He Commenced His
Career Of Wrong Doing.
IMPLICATES CASHIER
President Of the Defunct Milwaukee
Avenue State bank Says That
Herring IL Guilty Of Con.
siderable Misconduct.

Chicago. Sept Paul Stensland
according TO a cable dispatch 10 the
Tribune. made a confession 10 Assist
ant States Attorney Olsen which
clears up much OF the mystery sur
rounding events leading up 10 the
crash which involved the ruin OF the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank. He
took much OF the blame upon himself.
but declared. II is alleged. Cashier
Herring got most OF the money. Stems.
land exonerated Theodore. his son. and
the bank directors He declared he
never spent more than $1,000 a year
himself. and all the money he stole he
put into real estate or investments In
the hope OF making good"
He said he made up his mind 20 flee
On the third day preceding the Sunday
In which he left Chicago. All Wed.
nesday night he wrestled with the
problem whether 10 blow his brains
out or run away. In the hours OF dark.
oess he decided 10 XIII himself, but
postponed the act until dawn, and with
the sunlight came the primal instinct
70 hold on 20 life and flight won over
death. His preparation was hurried
He surrendered his life insurance pol
Icy for 5000 and received 5000 as
commission on the sale OF the prop.
srty Of the cooperative store to the
Northwestern Life Insurance com.
pany. which held a mortgage lien on
the premises. He drew $500 as sal.
airy from the Mount Olive Cemetery
association. This was all the money
be had taken with him.
why. with $i.o00.000 cash in the
bank. did you not take usore7"
Il could have taken a quarter OF
million dollars without any trouble"
said he. "but did not want TO. never
took one cent In cash from the bank
end put - IN my own pocket never
took a dollar belonging 10 other peo
pie"
Stensland made no attempt 20 deny
bis guilt and only tried 10 minimize IL
His confession began with a state
nent that he was surprised 20 learn
the total loss involved in the bank
failure would reach s200O.00O. He
said: II cannot understand how the
shortage can be $4,000 600. To my
certain knowledge my liability 20 the
bank does not exceed 100000
My Indebtedness began '5ng
while ago. In 1896. II was a small az
fair. a small amount, and God knows
I never intended 10 steal. was In \
tight hole and needed the money. !
put my own note. genuine. not forgery.
In the box Then il was suggested .
me that the bank examiner would
stand for II and he did"
who suggested IT,"
Herring. II was the beginning. He
pointed out. in a roundabout way al
first. that Il was easy 10 obtain the
money that way. Then when my own
notes became too numerous be sug-
gested forgeries."
How many forgeries did you do
yourself?"
Not enc. Herring. think. did all"
Cashier Herring was filled with bit
terness when he read the statement
cabled from Tangier In which Stems ]
land accused him OF being the author |
OF the ruin OF the bank. lie denied !
this with much energy and reiterated
bis statements OF Mondey. In which he |
declared Stensland led him into trou.
BILE instead OF he leading Stensland.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
wARsHIP WANTED.
Government Asked to Furnish . Yes.
sci 20 Go After Fugitive.

80 " w F'Ns~f FahfaNNs
Chicago. Sept. Assistant States
Attorney Barbour has made a demand
on the United States government for
q warship In which 10 bring Paul o.
stensland. the fugitive banker now
under arrest al Tangier. back 20 this
country. The request was sent by Mr.
Barbour 10 Governor Deneen. follow.
Ing a series OF communications be
tween the state executive and Acting
Secretary OF State Adee az washing
ton. Mr.. Barbour urged the seeming
peril Of bringing Stens.and across
foreign countries where the prisoner
might suddenly baik at the prospect
OF returning 10 the United States
Moreover. Mr. Barbour fears that
stensland may kill himself. and points
out with vigor 20 the advlsabillty %
having him brought back 10 this coun
try as a Federal prisoner on board a
warship.
Attorney General Stead and Assist.
ant States lttorney Barnett was busy
preparing a petition 10 President
Roosevelt asking him TO see the gov.
ernment OF Morocco was asked 90 turn
the prisoner over 10 the United tSates
authorities without trouble
Governor Deneen. at Springfield. re-
ceIved the following telegram from
Acting Secretary OF State Adee:
There Is no extraditlon treaty with
Morocco. DO you wish US 10 request
the sultan o render up Stensland as
friendly act on evidence shown Of
his gullt?"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
Noted Divine Passes Away.

Louisville. Sept Rev. DR. Francis
r. Beattie. one Of the most widely
known ministers OK the Presbyterian
church and president Of the Presby.
terian Theological institute. died sud.
denly at his residence here Tuesday OF
heart failure He was a native %
Canada
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
speaks az Harrisburg.

Oyster Bay. Sept t.-President
Roosevelt makes an address at Harris
burg, Pa. Oct. g.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
TOWN SACKED.

ThIrty HebeIs IN Cuba InVade CAs
teIla IS Jagua.
Havana. Sept. 4.-Advices from
Cienfuegos say e band Of thirty rebels
sacked the small town Of Castella de
Jagua. situated on Cienfuegos bay.
Rural guards In the garrison at Cas-.
tella de Jagua and officials OF that
place meanwhile shut Themselves up
In the fort Of the castle
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05

With Cash resources aserepatins more than
S5OO,OOO.OO we are prepared to handle at the
lowest rates all business entrusted to us.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-05
First National Bank
OF BRYAN
CAPITAL
S1OO,OOO.OO
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS
$45,000.0O

We desire to assure our patrons of prompt atten-
ton and painstakng endeavor in the performance of
any and all services desired at our hands
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22

NoEbcrt wears short trousers and t shirt Waisl When it rains he dons The usual cop of the small boy He has a dos which follows him to col Ie4e eNeHE day. ile hasn't time just yet to iofd q fraternity He is loo busy with Heckel and Darwin and Kent and =Ribot and others who have scared into the realms of phfIosophic speculation 10 hothcr with the social amenities.
 Norbprt Wierner. ihis prodigy ot learnin4 w;t5 born at Columbia. Hoa on November -6, lN9i He won. b, . for nearly two weeks vel Hi mother Was q Missouri girl lis father is d Russian. Professor Leo Wiener. i1l= StrHctor i'll the Salvie coHfses= al Harvard university.
 Some of his genius for learning the boy undoubtedly got from his father Prof. Wiener himself was unusually advanced as a yo1mgster, and his for bears before him were equally preco
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
MOST REMARKABLE
 BOY IN UNIVERSE
Aged Eleven He Enters College and
 Refutps Professors

Boston. Nov 22.-ln this period of of prodigies and strenuous progress it is not easy for boy or man to lift his head very far above the average. Yet Boston has just turned the limelight on new figure little figure that of a mere child, 1 i years old, which it. is proudly labelling as the most remark aEle boy in the world His name is Norbert Wiener He has entered Tufts college fully prepared, though he will not De Y years old for {. while yet. He will be graduated three years be- fore the average boy thinks of enter in@ college In fact. he is already taking the work of advanced classes, and is even making it occasionally un- comfortable for some of lis profess sors. for he has delved more deeply than they into the subjects which thes teach.
 The kid has foored some of the philosophy 'profs, laughed one of lis classmates when he vas asked about Norbert.
 Of course, Wiener. 10, aged II, $ the class pet. Ii sophomore dared haze him he would have the entire freshman class down upon his head Rut 10 sophomore would do it, for es I loyal Tufts man he is just as proud of the youngster as are the professors. It isn't bad thing for Tufts, which is one of the best of the smaller col lesas n New England, to have it said ti..sa. "a youngest college student in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
WOMAN MEMBER OF
 SHREWD BANK FORGERS.
Trio in the Midst of Their Trial Plead
 Guilty To Second Degree.

New York Nov. 22.-Three members of d clever gang of forgers decided in the midst of their trial to plead guilty to forgery ill the second degree The prisoners were Thomas Mccarthy, his wife. Annie, and Thomas $. Shadd. a former employe of the Bank of New York. They will be sentenced on Fri day
 Charles H. Cntwyler. who was the head of the gang. and who engineered the ingenius system of forgeries. turn ed states evidence When the origin al arrests were made last summer. M. Untwylef fled to Chicago, but was cap tured there While being brought back he escaped from a train at Buf- falo He was caught soon after his escape.
 The forgery of the gang was we'll conceived. Shaad, as bank messen- ger often was entrusted with checks. These he took 10 UntWyler. who would trace the signatures on blank checks Several thousand dollars were obtain e by the gang in this way. and in ad- dition 1000 was secured by copying the photographs in newspapers of signatures on checks given by those who subscribed to the funds of the San Francisco sufferers.
 The methods of this gang of forg- CTS were discovered hH the police in the nick of time. for they had made arrangements, has been stated, for ad- ditional sums aggregating 100000
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
Looks Like Other Boys.

tte Gnited States. if not in all tts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
OUR PORK Is NOW
 BiERt.D Bl FRANCE,
Elimination of Microscopic E<ani- nation of Pork From tm. rican Meat Inspection Regulations
 Cause of Action

Paris, Nov. The elimination of the microscopic examination ct pork from th5 neW American mat inspection regulations has resulted In a prr},n2;H2ry decision 3s t French customs authorities harrIUG NmvrIcan ham. bacon. canned pork. etc
 After long diplomatic ne4otia tons several wears ago Ffaur agreed to admit American pork o' a goVcrnmrnl certificate Chat il had been microscopirallH rNamiHea and found sound Vixen. therefore, tho new re@uations, instituted af}+r tine pachin4 disclosures. and undtg which the lilst shipment, are no@ on then. way to French ports. Were submitted to Inc authorities they ruled thag they did not comply with the old a2rgemoat aud gFom0f measures wefe instituted 10 serurs theil. reversal and. il possible axo2a= prolonged unpleasant diplama;je je negotiations
 Ambassador Mccormick, under inst ruFtIo from NaShIIet OH. made energetic reprraenlaJions r. the torei@n otiiro. pointin2 plu that. while he microscopic cNaminatIon had been eliminated, the new n'sl7 1 inspection Was more rigorous and 1 effective.
 Foreign Minister Pinehou- prom ised To give the matter. immedj@' attention, but it must naturally h decided first by the agricultural de | partment.
 Naturally slight delay will r cause great loss. as the pork inn portations To France are corlpa}'a= lively small, the trade never hayin reached great proportions
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
OVER THE STATE

clusters, averaging about fifteen to the bunch The fruit is small but of excellent flavor. The tree producing these remarkable apples is stealing.
 Fair Officers Elected.
 Berryville-The stockholders Of the North Arkansas Fair association met Saturday and elected the following di- rectors for the ensuing year: j. (. Denny, H. x. Putnam, E. J. Black, II . l.. Denton, C. E. Bobo, J w Freeman. Y. ]. Brumfeld, w. H Hodge and Tom Morris The president and sec retary were authorized to borrow $300 to pay the indebtedness incurred at the late fair. The directors organized by eleetin9 Tom Morris president IT. l.. Bunch secretary, and D. ]. West.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
The Southwestern Tel egraph and Tele
 phone Go.
CRtIED GIRL THROWS
 CHILD OYERHO ARD.
Ships Officers Prevent Violence Be-
 ing Done Dementcd SMede.

New York. Nov 22-On the arriy- al al New York of steamer Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland American Line from Amsterdam, it was reported to the police that while the vessel was in mid-ocean on Thursday Rosa NeiSle. q Swiss girl, in a fit of tempo- rary insanity 9fasped a baby from a crowd of children at play on the deck and threw il overheard. Only the prompt interference of the officers of the vessel prevented other hystand, CTS. ted by the mother of the child, from intlicting serious injury upon the crazed govcrness. The steamer Was stopped and search made for the child, but il was not found
 Miss NeiSle was locked up ill the ships hospital. The mother of the child Mrs. Gosalski, was prostrated over the loss of her baby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
CRAPSEY DECISION
 BY HIGHER COURT.


 Buffalo, N Y. Ne. 21.-The Rev Dr. Algernon s. Crapsey of St. An dreW's Episcopal cAlrch, Rochester is condemned to suspension from the church as a result of the decision of the ecclesiastical court of review of review sustains the decision of the lower court which was that Dr. Crap sey should be suspended for heretical teachings.
 The announcement of the decs- ion made was as follows: "The court of review has affirmed unanimously the decision of the lower court in the case of Rev. Alga"-o1 z. Crapsey, D. D
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
j. l.. C. X F.. NOT TO BE SOLD.
President Brown Denies That Ii is To
 Pass To Frisco Control.

\ report has been current to the et- fect tiiaI the ,Jonesboro. Lake City and Eastern. which line runs from Jones' boYg to Garfield, on tAe Mississippi river, was to pass to the control oi the Frisco, and that tIe deai 03s about to be consummated, It Was also ru- mored that the bonds of the Jones' boro, Lake City and Eastern were held by the Frisco and that that sys-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-22
0tton Sale.

Ashd0Wn-J0dge M X Locke s0ld lol bales of cotton raised on his Red river plantation. at auction at Ash down recently. Buyers from Clarks- vile, Tex; Paris, Tex; Boston, Mass. :; Shreveport, La. TeNarkana and Hope were bidders for the staple. :. (. Cobb of AshdoWn was the successful bidder and secured the lot for $7ooo.