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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
6
A lyrical meditation asks what a baby dreams see and know as he lies blinking and small. The speaker wonders what innocence perceives beyond yesterday and the future, hoping the child recalls forgotten truths and distant lands. The verse voices awe at the newborn’s mystery and a prayer for guidance.
In a tale framed as a detective fragment Mazie Angell recalls a flirtatious incident over a valuable Phoenix Club badge. The badge vanished from Mr Cloud after a playful theft during a dinner, with tensions rising as family and romantic stakes collide in a curious personal mystery.
A young woman narrates how a jeweled pin dislodged from Mr Cloud’s lapel sparked doubt and mortification. After a careful search aided by a napkin cue, the diamond was found in a wagon load of linen. Miss Angell retrieves the pin and forgives the fiancé in a neighborhood New Orleans Times-Democrat report.
Authorities differ on how fast human hair grows and its variation among people. The commonly accepted rate is six and a half inches per year. Men’s hair rarely exceeds 12 to 14 inches when fully grown while women’s can reach 70 or more inches in rare cases, though averages lie around 25 to 38 inches.
At Modder River on December 13 a burial procession honors General Wauchope and 50 Highlanders who fell in battle. The body was exhumed, transported to Matjesfontein, and laid to rest four miles from the town with a gun-carriage escort, band, and pipers.
Brig. Gen. Hector Macdonald known as Fighting Mac succeeds Gen. Wauchope as commander of the Highland Brigade. An English writer notes his fearless soldierly traits and recalls his Maubija Hill stand where he faced Boer attackers, earning respect for bravery and restraint.
In the Soudan, Colonel Macdonald molded riflemen from mud and earned fierce loyalty from black Soudanese and brown “Gippy” troops. His strict discipline and decisive rebuttal to mutiny secured quiet during marches and won unwavering obedience in battles from Gemarzah to Omdurman.
The death's head moth, Acherontia atropos, is feared as a bad omen in many places. Its skull-like markings and candle-following habits stir panic, with historic tales from Poland in 1824 of pestilence and famine fears. Even today in England such omens persist among vulnerable observers.
Reports reveal the constant perils faced by nitro-glycerin shooters in Indiana and Ohio oil fields. Explosions kill workers and destroy wagons as loads of 80 to 240 quarts are transported to wells. Notable incidents include the Bluffton blast near a wrecked wagon and the Montpellier magazine disaster. Willam Snedeker has shot 4000 wells using 400,000 quarts, with specialized wagons and torpedo charges lowering into deep wells. The narrative ends with a transition to Hitt, a diplomatic figure allied with Blaine and Reed, highlighting his revered position and memorabilia in Washington.
The Philadelphia Record notes John KR Kendrick Jr on definitions of a Southern gentleman and cites an Atlanta anecdote about lineage pride and poverty. The quip defines a Southern gentleman as one who has never let anyone shave him or block his boots. A school teacher bakes a cake, and everyone wants a taste.
Congressman Robert Roberts Hitt of Illinois, longtime chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, is highlighted as a central figure in U.S. and international affairs. His early work with Lincoln, reporting on Lincoln Douglas debates, and his later roles in Paris and as Assistant Secretary of State are summarized.
A Colenso correspondent for the Manchester Guardian describes Gen. Redvers Buller and his staff riding to the Tugela guns amid a volley of fire. Aides and officers take great risks as ten guns are left behind, with Buller slightly wounded and staff casualties reported.
Mrs Lillie Devereux Blake recounted at Washington's Capitol story about the Goddess of Liberty during a Jefferson Davis life discussion. She notes Davis helped select the top statue and argues Liberty should wear a helmet with eagle feathers rather than a Phrygian cap.
A lord chancellor cross examined a witty Devonshire witness who joked about being called a dumpling. The wit challenged the label and quipped that lawyers would have gobbled a doomed dumpling whole, highlighting sharp banter in a bucolic courtroom anecdote.
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