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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1900
Page
25
A fragment from Clinton Scollard appears in Harper's Bazaar. The speaker pleads for a personal shrine in the beloveds heart, a private corner spared from others, to guard against drift as separated paths lie ahead. The verse expresses longing and devotion despite distance.
Lionel Phillips asserts vast mineral wealth in the Transvaal with coal, iron, and other minerals, noting that population growth will follow industry. He explains the immense capital needed for deep-level mines, railways, and development, and that British trade stands to gain from expanding markets as these resources unlock.
From Scribner's a vivid portrayal of Boer sharpshooters in action. A marksman disengages from the main line, hides within range, builds a schanze, and patiently waits to pick off English soldiers with precise, unseen shots.
Poultney Bigelow argues that German misjudgment stems from supposed motives and that a genuine civic spirit unites Britons and colonials in defense of empire. He contends honest public-spirited nationals seek good on both sides, noting UK naval policing, colonial liberty, and British honesty as the basis for imperial unity. The piece contrasts British administration with German aims in Far East commerce.
A vivid sketch recounts a shearer of thirty years past as a brutal, untrustworthy figure who roams the country with ragged gear and a tin billy. His pride lies in the yearly tally and payout, then a descent into drunkenness at a grog shanty ending in a sleep of stupor.
From The Gentleman's Magazine, John Kemble reformed stage precedence by rank of characters rather than actors. Hamlet places the King and Queen above the Dane and Ophelia, a rule widely adopted in well regulated theatres. A Knighted Irving appeared as Henry Irving in bills, a tasteful propriety noted amid political notes on Lord Castlereagh.
A tale from a provincial town shows Mossop the great tragedian meekly avoiding rank while a manager mocks him with a grandly billed monkey act. The anecdote highlights vanity among performers and embellishes the clash of status in stage life.
From The Spectator an analysis notes that dispute between Russia and Japan over Korea Manchuria and influence in the North Pacific seems likely to spark war. Japan’s near ready forces and fleet contrast with Russia waiting on Transsiberian completion.
The National Geographic Review portrays Arequipa as a religious, exclusive city famed for pure air and a storied intellectual life. Monks shape influence. old Spanish lineages claim purity. Poverty touches aristocrats. progress is shunned. Harvard chose Arequipa for its observatories due to arid climate and clear skies.
A poetic snippet from The Critic notes JOHN VANCE CHENEY in Notes and Queries and recalls sowens as a Scottish sustenance used during rationing in Mefeking. It explains sowens as oats husks soaked to sour, mixed with water, then boiled into flummery eaten with milk or butter.
From Harper's Weekly an exhausted British soldier lies far from aid along a road, with fever and pain. He recalls promises of wagons that never came as water and scant hope sustain him through a brutal night and a hot noonday.
The passage recalls a lone figure who faced separation with quiet duty, replying, “Yes, Sir! I'm glad of that, Sir!” in a disciplined, uncomplaining tone.
The article traces Boer land division from pioneer days to present times, creating a class of poor whites. It condemns them as degenerate, inferior in intellect and morals, compares them to the Kafir in savagery, and notes intermarriage as a cause of idiocy and deformity amid remote habitations and ignorance.
Translated from Sally Prudhomme the poem contrasts spring blooms with battlefield death. It laments how flowers endure beauty despite human loss, naming the flowers and the French dead, addressing them as flowers of France and recalling a world altered by war.
The author argues that print commands trust beyond spoken word, as newspapers shape belief and behavior. He notes that “It was in the papers” becomes accepted truth across classes, shapes advertising, quizzes the reader’s authority, and hypnotizes the less educated, underscoring the enduring power of the newspaper press.
Henry Warren recalls an old lady with substantial funds, £13,000 to £15,000, who earned no interest. The bank manager always greets her with solicitous concern for her health, a wary expression forming if she speaks of a cold, since even a minor illness could threaten a customer worth about £800 annually to the firm.
Capt Zalinski describes a method for driving tunnels and shafts using a center key charge with instantaneous fuse and multiple surrounding delays. Electrical ignition requires thorough wiring, ample current, and small, closely placed charges to minimize debris and building damage while expediting rock removal.
The Westminster Review describes the Alaskan excur sion featuring the Muir Glacier, the largest in the known world, named for Prof. Muir of California. It measures about thirty five miles long and one and three quarter miles wide in its front, rising 100 to 250 feet above the sea and extending beneath it at least three times further. The glacier has receded steadily, evidence cited for milder Alaska climate due to the Japanese current shift, as travelers note unique logging of passengers’ names before landing. Alpine stocks were found in a hollow after landing on the sandy shore.
The account recalls a voyage toward Muir with views of its bold glaciar fronts and shifting ice colors. Icebergs drift onto the beach as passengers photograph arctic scenery while chunks fall with thunderous sounds. A prior voyage nearly endangered the vessel by a gigantic icefall that raised a sixty foot wave, prompting cautious captaincy thereafter.
Names of war correspondents who died in the Sudan campaign are commemorated by a brass tablet in Westminster Abbey. The inscription lists Edmond Donovan, Frank Vizetelly, Frank Power, John Alexander Cameron, Algernon Herbert, William Henry Gordon, and Frank J. L. Roberts among others who fell during 1883 to 1885 in campaigns at Korti Abu Kru Suakim and related sites.
Major General Baden-Powell recounts a close battle during the Matabele campaign. He describes saving two men from a fight with a Kafir, then narrowly dodging a rifle shot from above as a gun barrel fired at him near a tree. He kept a knobb-kerrie and the shooter's photo as mementos.
Good Words describes a Luxembourg procession starting at a Sauer bridge to an old hilltop parochial church with relics of Saint Willibrord. Arcaded by violet wrapped Archbishop, banners, and hymn singing, crowds cheer from windows as a lively polka sets a dancing pace behind bands and choirs.
In Ladysmith on January 6 1900 a verse from Henry Newbolt in The Spectator recalls Drake amid storm and sea dogs in a twilight battle. The piece frames English valor as Drake fights off doom off Nombre with galleons wrecking and winds rising.
Stephen Crane in Lippincott's highlights Napoleon's fury at his brother over Vittoria. Ministers were told the battle was a brisk clash with equal losses, while the English sought to pass off captured French guns. A trove of Madrid archives and Napoleon's secret papers were captured, boosting historic insight. Napier notes Joseph’s crown fallen and Wellington's ascent as a dominant conqueror.
The writer recalls English Southern sympathy before and after Sherman's march revealing the hollowness of Confederate power. He questions whether Anglo sentiment shifted due to admiration for a strong adversary and suggests enduring beliefs in divine favor and faltering personal judgment as explanations for misjudging wars.
International outlets hail the Times display as a landmark in American newspaper making. Latin and European papers call it an extraordinary feat and a model of journalistic enterprise. U.S. officials and diverse newspapers commend the showcasing of linotype, page assembly, stereotyping, and large press operations.
A brief note praising The New York Times as among the ablest and fairest papers in the United States. It commends its intelligent editing and careful conduct after contrasting with sensational rivals.
A reader from Brooklyn writes to The New York Times in June 1900 praising the newspaper as spotlessly clean newsy and edifying while questioning profitability at one cent and wishing the paper continued success from rector W A Wasson of St George's Episcopal Church.
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