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CUSTARD PIE.

Two tablespoonfuls Of condensed milk
dissolved in one pint of water; three eggs
well beaten, onc-half cup sugar, nutmeg
to taste. This makes a large pie, and does
not whey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

Rear Admiral Kautz Ia almost as
great a smoker as was General Grant
and is rarely seen without pipe in his
mouth.
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THE MEXICAN BALLOT SYSTEM.

from that OF her sister, but it is quite sim
pie. Nearly all men are satisfied with tho
existing state of affairs. Consequently
very few vote in the upper classes. Poems.
as they are called, though the peon sys-
TEN is said to be extinct. on large hacen-
das are well represented, and are also
satisfied As II would be burdensome FOR
them to attend to such matters in person.
the hacdendado is said TO remark at State
election time: II have 5000 men on my
hacienda. | give that many votes for
Senor Don F'ulano de Tai as Governor"
1t Is easy to see the peon vote is a valua-
BILE one. 1t cannot be demoralized, as with
the same class in our own country, and it
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WITH THE GRAND ARMY OF THE DEAD

vainglory. Standing among those grass
grown graves and looking at that desc
lated nome, one Observation-Disclosures
perhaps than ever before--what war
means and, what victory costs--early
deaths, ruined homes and crushed
hearts, One has only to stand within
the shade of Arlington to learn that
war means all this and more, and when,
with sympathy born of a common sor-
row. we remembered that there were
soldiers of the gray as we'll as of the
blue whose graves that day would be
Hover strewn and tear moistened we
felt that no sermons could plead more
cloquently for peace and charity than
did those lowly mounds.
These men have left us a priceless
heritage; let us see that we are worthy
of it. General John B. Gordon puts it
we'll: Let us remember that those who
wore the blue and those who wore the
gray are brothers now in the truest
sense and that both will stand together
in defense of the union and see to it
that law and liberty shall live and that
this republic of ours shall move on
ward and upward forever in it's benign
mission to humanity. Forward.
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An Old-Time Chum.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
No one could have expressed more
pleasure than did William Allen White
over the promotion of his old-time
chum, Fred Funston. to be brigadier
general. He states that General Fun
ston has only received his due, pointing
out that General Macarthur said his
services during the campaign, and es-
pecially in the crossing of the Rio
Grande, were deserving of recognition.
why, it makes my blood Jingle in
my veins" said Mr.. White this evening
when I think of the courageous acts
of Fred. Yet it is nothing more than
predicted he would do when he first
went to Cuba. Still. it makes one feel
proud not only of his old friend, but
also of the country and the age we live
in.
Just think of it, Why, even Dumas
in his descriptions of the daring deeds
GERS does not surpaSS the deeds of
GERS des not Surpass the deeds of
Funston and the six Kansas volunteers
who clambered over the wrecked bridge
under heavy musketry fire, then climbed
down, swan to shore and in spite of
hundreds of enemies behind intrench-
ments, held their own until the rest Of
the Kansas regiment came to their res
cue
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Education in Iowa

From the New York Evening Post.
A vacancy in the presidency of the
Iowa State university has just been filled,
ana the manner of doing it deserves ma
tional attention. There was a general dis
cussion of the subject by the press. and
prolonged consideration by the governing
BODY of the institution. feeling pre-
vailed widely that it would be a great
advantage If the new president could be
an Iowa man, familiar, as only a resident
can be- with the development of the state F..
but this natural sentiment did not pre-
vent general recognition of the fact that
the best man should be sought, wherever
ne might now be located. The salary of
the office has been $1,000 year and, as hte
university Is in a town of only a few
thousand population, where the expense
OF living is comparatively small, that must
De considered good pay, as the compensa-
ton of college presidents goes. Indeed,
there are none outside of three or four
large cities who receive more Yet lead
ing newspapers urged that the salary
should be raised if that were necessary to
ger man OF the first rank, and the re-
gents took this view, Offering $1,000 to at
tract Professor II. p. Hutchins dean of
the law department of Michigan univer-
sity. There could not be more gratifying
evidence OF the hold of public instruction
and OF the recognition of the educator in
the heart OF the country than this incl
deht IN state where ,.le university is di-
fectiY under the control of the common
wealth, and so of the people
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WORSHIP OF THE HEROIC.
Memorial Day Continuation of a Custom
Born in Antiquity.


Running in parallel lines throughout
the history of civilization we find love
Of the beautiful and worship of the
heroic Joined together, the ever remind
ing evidence of the presence of those
higher and better qualities of our I'M
perfect natures which lift humanity to
plane above the commonplace of Il
merely material existence.
This companionship Of the artistic
with the heroic has taught up that the
office of the beautiful and noble in art
is to give living and enduring express
sion to the hercism of the ages.
To-day in our humble and imperfect
way we assist to continue the beautiful
custom born of antiquity. The solemn
and impressive magnitude of the work
before us will attest for many genera
tons to come the love and respect a
people bear for our brave comrades
who, nearly 35 years ago. laid down
their lives upon this never fading field
of honor; not only a field of honor for
those who fell face to the foe, but for
those who fought shoulder to shoulder
with them. Many have since fallen by
the way, but those here to-day who
tread again this sacred soil testify their
love and loyalty for the dead of their
regiment, who here gave their lives fer
a cause they had sworn to promote an1
Northumberland Hawkins
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Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
San Juan, May 20.-Among other in
novations of the island of Porto Rico
for which American energy is RESPONSE
BILE are outdoor sports of various kinds.
Even the top of Moro, that sacred
Well-guarded pile whose mysterious
precincts We're never before entered by
other than officers and soldiers of the
crown, has been invaded and tennis
Every week the great plain just below
and southeast of the castle is the scene
OF activity such as the stately dons of
the past and the apathetic Porto Rican
of the present never dreamed Of Here
army and navy meet on the baseball
diamond, each side represented by well
drilled teams.
NO more ideal spot could be selected
for the game. Girdled by sea walls, be-
hlnd which the breakers sing, and swept
Its entire length by cooling breezes, the
rolling surface flattens toward the CEN
ter In an even plateau, forming a nat
ural amphltheater Tents are pitched
to shelter the daintily gowned specta-
tors who flock to the ground and cheer
each side impartially, though the game
is played with much earnestness
game as little private diversion, but
SO much skill has developed that the in
terest has extended to officers and the
American public generally. The work
or the picked teams has reached a pro-
fessional standard and regular match
games are being played for the cham
plonship. Last week the pennant was
captured by the sailor boys, though
their competitors work was in every
way worthy of their nettle.
The Nashville had arrived in the har-
Dor and to make creditahle showing
of their prowess before the officers and
crew of the little gunboat, which bears
the honor of having fired the first gun
of the late war, both teams prepared
for their best work. They played ex-
cellently. The base running on both
sides was not uD to the standard, but
the fielding was excellent and batting
good. The excitement was intense when
the score was tied at three runs, and
remained a tie until the seventh in
ming. At this point the army catcher
received an injury to his knee and, hav-
ing no substitute, continued to play in
a partially disabled plight.
In the next inning the sailors clinch-
ed the victory by making five runs. The
hopes of the army had been dampened
in the sixth inning when occurred that
rare thing in baSeball-a tripIp NAV
Second and third bases were occupjed
when low line fly to left field was hit
1t seemed safe, but it was captured and
both runners were put out by very fast
work on the part of the sailors
The scene among the spectators at
| this stage was wildly funny. The crews
| of the Panther and Nashville who lined
| the sea wall broke into enthusiastic
cheers, dancing and gyrating fantastic
ally while the broad collars and bell
| shaped trousers of their snowy uniforms
| auttered in unison with their move
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my face. A great administrator should
thoroughly hold under control his per-
sonality."
Admiral Dewey is honest; he does
show his feelings. When he is pleased
he shows it: when he is displeased his
men know it right off There is no
lax discipline in the Pacific station;
but every officer and every man among
them honors and admires him for the
order that very often takes away their
outing or upsets their plans. The
American people have made George
Dewey full admiral. Even at this
hour to confer the title is tardy and
only partial recognition of the magniti-
cent service he has rendered his coun-
try, for the glory that his undaunted
spirit and bravery and skilled warfare
have added to the Stars and Stripes,
raising their dropping folds into a
sphere of equality with the crosses Of
st. Michael, st. George and st Andrew.
once the undisputed kings of the
waves, now claimants for co-partner-
ship with Old Glory.-Edwin Wildman.
in Leslie's Weekly.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY AND POLITICS,

Manila, Philippine Islands.-Yes-
terday / was out al San Pedro Macati,
ten miles southeast of Manila, through
a beautiful country, rich with great
rice fields and once thickly populated
by Filipinos, whose nipa huts ARE now
wiped Off the face of the earth, and
whose burned earthen water pots and
scanty domestic utensils alone remain
to tell the tale of home and industry
Nothing else in the vast country
around Manila, save now and then a
half-staryed dog, or a chicken that has
yet evaded the eye of the vigilant SOL
der, is alive to remind the passerby
of the people who SO misguidedly have
attempted to resist the beneficent in
tentions of a nineteenth century civil
liZation.
When, after an hours dusty ride, my
pony halted before General Kings
headquarters in the old stronghold so
recently occupied by the insurgent gem
eral, Pho Pillar, and I entered the mil
dewed and moss stone build
ing, l found myself but a bullets
course from the insurgent lines. The
sharpshooters were rafting away in
the thick underbrush along the gully
between San Pedro and the old Ca
thedral of Guadeloupe which lowered
up on the hill top like some musty
sentinel of antiquity. Suddenly a
white yacht steamed around the bend
in the Pasig, which twists and turns
up through the valley and washes the
foundations of the San Pedro head
quarters and the sloping ground be-
fore Guadeloupe. From its deck stepped
the hero of Manila, the immortal
Dewey, who had come up the river to
view the battletields and smell once
more the smoke of powder. His I'M
maculate white duck uniform was a
marked contrast to the begrimed and
crinkled khaki suits OF the FIRST Cali
fornians, who filled 1.-The little head
quarters house. ! was up on the YER
anda or roof of the wing of the building
when the admiral came above &c
watch the operations of our sharp
shooters in the little Valley-for just be-
You'd the great church. which now was
mass of blaze and smoke and crumb-
ling ruins, were thousands of inSurg-
entS, blazing away with tireless energy
toward our lines. The ping" of the
Mausers that rang IN our ears did not
in the least disturb him, and he scanned
the field and the river, tremendously
interested in the engagement.
whether the insurgents were aware
of his presence or not l do not know
but while he stood there the rattle of
musketry commenced with full Vigor
and the echoes of the Sixth artillery
on the hill at our right, combined to
produce a din that. though pleasing to
the ears of trained soldier, was not
likely to produce a musical effect that
awakened soulful harmonies in the soul
of a tenderfooot like myself. Several
Mausers sent the brick and plaster fly
ling near lis and we all went inside
Before the admiral left, however. 1 was
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The Rank and File.

While we must honor the memory of
such generals as Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan, believing them to be as great
soldiers as ever sat in saddle, let us
teach our children to gather flowers for
the graves of the soldiers who obeyed
their commands and who carried to
their deaths the wounds indicative of
their loyalty and bravery. The war is
over. The victory is ours. The union
stands We are still citizens of the
greatest and grandest country upon
the face of the globe. The glory of the
victory belongs to the men who fought
in the ranks, and through this victory
we have secured some national bless
ings, for which we ought to be pro-
foundly thankful as a nation.-Selected.
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rs that SO? How do you know" the
admiral questioned me-

rs that so? How do you know" the
admiral questioned me.
| then read him an article referring
to an interview to that effect. Had
Senator Proctor reason to think you
would accept such a nomination."
said.
The senator is an old, staunch friend
of mine. l have known him all my life.
He has written me ON this subjects
Others have asked permission to use
my name. Don't you think it would be
presumptuous to accept a nomination
before it is offered-pprhaps it would
be equally previous to reject it?''
But the newspapers are associating
your name with the office, and every
one is anxious to know your senti-
ments," l persisted
The administration is in good hands
strong, tried and able hands. l do
not desire to see any change. When
go home l hope to spend the remainder
of my days in peace and rest. I am
getting to be an old man. I desire no
political preferment l am not migrate
ful-no, l am deeply grateful to the
American people. l am not insensible
to their kindness. l reverence their
loyalty and prize above all things their
admiration and communication, but ]
am not and will not become a public
mana politician
DO you think a man whose life has
been in the army or navy suited to The
presidency?'
THE army is profession, the navy
is profession; politics is another. ]
am too old 70 learn a new profession
Perhaps if there is such a sentiment
afoot 7 would better stay out here"
When do you expect to go home?'
zone paper says l am going home
and that I will on xrio lc
Suez canal and that it would be great
mistake
then read the paper which the ad-
miral picked out of his scrap basket
for me, as he had just thrown it aside
1t said that Dewey belonged to the
people; that every town from Sar
Francisco to New York wanted its
hand and hear his voice.
Now, think of that" said the ad.
miral, when I had finished. Il an
grateful, I am overwhelmed, but I an
an old man. l never could stand it
My physician never would listen tc
such proposition
But how can you avoid it? The
American public has no mercy for lis
heroes"
The admiral grew thoughtful. HI
was silent for few moments; then M
looked up, his fine, strong features
melted into one of his soft smiles thai
make him the personal friend as wei
as the greater hero to every one Wht
meets him. 4 cannot understand it
No, can not / think it was this way
The people were ripe for success a
arms. They were exasperated by tht
treatment of Cuba; they were provoked
at the open sneers of other nations a
our army and navy and they felt il
their might that they could meet any
power. The Spanish We're arrogan
ana h0astfuf; they were defiant ant
uncompromising. Our people burned t
crush them. Then one morning tht
hrst blow was struck and l happened
to be the man.
An, admiral, but the way you die
II. NO hesitation, no red tapen
could not help saying this.
Wei, perhaps. But the presiden
| mas admirably expressed the feeling
! OF the people at that time and the con
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HOW THEY PLAY BALL IN PORTO RICO

ments. The women under the tents
were on their feet, waving fans and
handkerchiefs, while officers joined in
dignified applause.
1t has been an incentive for ambition
ON the part of both teams and the train
ing goes on with the object of doing
unexcelled work in the future. This
would be an ideal spot for the early
spring training of professional teams
and would provide an object lesson for
the Porto Ricans, whose physical con-
dition would be intellectually benefited
by the adoption of American athletic
sports along with our national princi-
pies.
CLOTILDE PILARD THOMAS.
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promised reception aboard the Olym-
pia on the morrow, and to this inter-
view my further remarks will confine
themselves.
The flagship lies just off the Escolta,
Manila's Riverside drive" and prone
made, and early in the afternoon I
boarded the little steam custom launch
the Albany, and put out for the Olym-
pia. The magnificent cruiser, which is
terror to all the natives of Luzon,
lay as peacefully in the blaze of the de-
Ginning day as if she We're off Nam
tucket at midsummer. Her awnings
were up and her decks as clean as a
New England housewives china closet,
shone in the bright tropical sun. Lieu
tenant Brumby, the admirafs flag lieu
tenant, took my card below and soon
announced that the admiral would
see me, / went down toward his quar-
ters, and as the door opened the ad-
miral was patting a frolicking Chow
dog-the pride of China-which was
leaping upon his legs and jumping
around in great delight.
After talking of the previous days
experience, of the war, and of minor
matters, l asked him if he objected to
speak upon the subject that was in
teresting the millions of people towhom
his name was household word-upon
the subject of his possible candidacy
for the presidency in 1890.
of that sIbiect brt 20, sea .hns,
wa,t 70 know u,hath., ..ss
crat ar ren,,b,iosn Haro ,,a ue i,,et
reading his and thu a6r,ir.i 70 bon oua,
mo a German nawsnane, A''
10 you reao German ne asked.
WAS opliseo 10 CONFESS that L did
NO,
ell neither 40 = ne sald' so
lau TRANSLATED as 1t was sent
al Iheu,
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of it went overland to Nashville. Colonel
Stone was with this body. and says that
when the news of the surrender of Fort
Donelson reached Nashville there was a
universal panic. The news on Saturday
night was that Grant was whipped. and
next day everybody went to church in ac-
acknowledgement of the event. But before
the citizens had done with their public
Thanksgiving reports of the success of
Grant We're received, with the addition
that the union army was marching on
Nashville. 1t was 90 miles away, but the
people were in such a panic that they
seized the first means of transportation
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Only an Amateur.

From the Boston Transcript
Mrs. Driver-You're hungry. Ell? What
are you anyway? A professional tramp
l suppose.
Roads Walker-No, lady. I'm not pro-
iesSionaL only an ammytoor. lady.
never ask for money. Something to eat
and drink is all I have ever entered for
yet.
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Confederate Dead,

The $500 confederate dead known to be
in national cemeteries are for the most
part at Camp Butler, near Chicago; cy,
press Hills New York; Firms Point, New
Jersey; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Hampton,
Virginia; Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
and Woodlawn. New York. There were
many more confederate graves in national
cemeteries than there are now. For years
the removal from national to local Gene
teries has been going on under the aus
pices of confederate organizations.
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Patriotic Education,

From the Chicago Times-Herald
Logan builded far better than he knew.
1t is shown that the custom he intro
duced has given the nation a series of
days that are powerful. invaluable in their
work of patriotic education; has given us
schools which cannot fail to reach and
plant good seed in all hearts-schools that
are destined to become stronger and bet
ter as the years roll along-the school OF
Memorial day proper
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The Flag In the Schools.

The Grand Army would have failed In
it's efforts to carry the stars and stripes to
the public schools, where 1t is so safely
lodged, but for the enthusiastic help given
by the school children. They wanted to
see their flag in the school room. on the
building or floating from a pole on the
grounds, and they talked. pleaded, sang,
petitioned and prayed for 1t.
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and ran away. When Grants army reach
ed there several days afterward the place
was almost entirely deserted The city
was surrendered to General Buell. the
mayor coming from his retreat across the
river to make a dignified capitalization.
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thousands of patriotic sermons, not to
mention the exercises that have been in
troduced into most of the Sunday schools
exercises that carry to young hearts love
of country and a much better understand
ing of that country.
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Passing of the Veteran.

The veterans of the Grand Army are
dropping off every year like ripened fruit
Ere long all will have Joined their COM
rades. Then, sooner or later, the stated
observance of Memorial day will cease
for to their children's children it will have
lost its meaning. Vainly is "Esto perpe-
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flag and flower, and so prevalent has been
the custom that in towns where no VET
eran organization exists the citizens take
upon themselves the responsibility of thus
honoring the memory of those who in
time of need went forth to do or die.
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Tho Church and Patriotism.

From an Exchange.
Not the least of the good work that has
come from Memorial day is the patriotic
effort made in the churches of all denomi-
nations. The work mas carried the Amer
lean flag into thousands of houses of wor-
ship and led to the preaching of tens of
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A MOAN FROM THE euARpAousE

Twas in fit of childish pique
| struck my captain on the Clique.
He got so mad he scarce could spidue,
Then ordered me for MANY a wioue
To occupy this cell SO blique.
Oh, would that | had been more mfque!
John c. NJ. Valentine in St Nicholas
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When Fort Donelson Fell.

From the Boston Herald
General Buells troops occupied central
Kentucky until about the beginning of
February 1862 when he went to cooper
ate with General Grant at Fort Donelson.
One brigade of his army played an i'm
portant part in that battle while the bulk