Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-01-05

trloutlon OF garden seeds Can ,oo ~
inhumanity TO man and b., Isa'
women 60 further? Who know. ple''
the next piratical step will be- ~. ~
Sailing Of a board of bovine m nv T.
/ lOsis "Oeicl'
The Grand Duke Cyri! Of Pm.
with an appropriate staff. Is now "a
TO speak, in our midst. lie lsndaa p
San Francisco Wednesday lsst 'u a
will stay here week or ten dsv, all
ing up the government ana ~ ~
note OF men and things StranS ,a'
say. Cyril doesn't want n mayr Y
American heiress or to test tn ~ y
cy of the national game of poker - \, n
various brands of champaign. Ia
on a special mission for the Car j.
relative, and is delegated 10 NV.
gate commercial interests and t.s
conditions generally. He comes a..
China and Manila, where he bas Ivy ~.
watching the interests of his qova..
ment IN these matters.
A distinguished resident Of tbjs e;,.
now a citizen. is Queen Lii Of Haw,s
She has modest suite of rooms 4
hotel and lives decently and oBis,s
with two or three relatives and friend.
Once in while, when the weatber
duh, she takes her fountain men \
hand 10 tell the president aud pnb'
what she thinks ought 10 be done \
her care, but ordinarily she Is moi
type Of "A female suh'ragist. II win h
remembered, possibly. that at one Him.
she was considered the great and gooi
friend of one Cleveland. very M
scure resident OF Princeton. N. j. nov
mostly forgotten There Is no ane.
ton as to her being great-25a po6Bj.
or so-and she is certainly NM
enough looking TO be good. Lil r.
quiescat in pace.
Il really looks as ii the Nienm
canal would be built sometime Co6.
of the preliminary report OF The cr
commission, containing estimate,
construction and other iHteresin
matter, have been prepared and M
nished 10 senators and members. m
the whole question will soon b. beias
Congress for final disposition. Then
are three routes natural, aud the e
IRENE cost of the most feasible one
estimated by the commission 10 b
Sl24, 100000 senator Morgan. hos
ever. who has given the matter "a
closest attention, believes that sle6
600, 600 is an outside figure The Blgh
and explicit statement Of the siaiemetl
Of the commission meets with eehsn
and there is an excelea
prospect that this drama of yean viii
at last materialize.
Very little is heard here Of the gref
religious uprising in various sections
of the country against allowing Goa.
gressman-elect Roberts OF Utah to tak
his seat in the next House Il will b
remembered that Mr. Roberts Is en-
with three wives. aoc0rdl.
TO Mormon pTecept and practice Sine
the Edmunds law, however, the puc
tiue has not existed. and Mr. Roberts
alleged disability was incurred preTi
Gus to the passage OF the bill. NJ
Roberts SAYS that no good Christin
who hopes ultimately 10 epose o
Abraham's bosom can possibly O6ief !
10 his three wives. That illastrious
patriarch set the example Of the rank
est polygamy and freest marital con
luct, to say nothing of Solomon, DAVID
md other sainted men gone before
Mr.. Edmunds himself says that Their
S no law TO keep Mr.. Roberts ont o
Congress, and he will almost eertainR
axe his seat.
Every hour brings news Of the no'-
,us cussedness of the Cubans and ne
has decided that lhg
must be handled summarily and WIN
,ut gloves. A cabinet official said yes
erday that they were freedto AR
'rops instead OF hades. and thsi iir
act would be vigorously imPressedN
hem at once. As ! write me -
lours OF spanish reign are endh,
With the sunset and the adminislralo.
5 ready to begin the era ofrciorm VIII
IN iron hand. II is not thought ha'
hat there is the slightest hope Of "
IAN self-goyernment for years, u e'a'
nd Cuba is already regarded as la'
nanent American possession. IN lS'l
ticial adyices received 90 TO piVW
hat botn theFilpiinos and Ca0AI
re demonstrating to the best Of llou
bility the absolute necessity lol
trong and permanent American o'H
roll
Let me say inst a word to any y
ending visitor to Washington. Amo-
he objects of interest by no meSs
eglect the Congressional library I|
is two city blocks sqnais
link OF that-and nearly faces y
ipitol on the east side. Any desell
on of the building is simply lmpoS
lie, inside or out. II has world-NA~
,putation as being the finest buiialas
yer constructed, of which hls'op
ives any account. The INSIDE
ream of marble and gold, the eeilus
vast picture gallery and wholly w
ructed Of stones in mosaic. me-
ale of magnificence Of this maIvS
Irpasses anything ever dreaneu
a Caesar, and in the evening, ~ -
1t radiance of thousands Of eieVus
ghts, is too bewildering for speech
m.
A final word as to the Weaus
here have been two or three nai;
snow here of perhaps two lnciis 49,
hsrf n iii ,,,.t lact any time. ktiN