The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
EX-CAPT. GEN. WEYLER.

EX-CAPT. GEN. WEYLER.
The shades of night were hover
ing about the ancient capital of Gu
ba. Not a sound broke the grave
like stillness-save here and there a
gallant tr~oubadour twanging his
sweet guitar under his lady's win
dow, or a policeman buzzing some
creole servant girl while she split
the kindling for the breakfast fire.
There is no place on earth where the
shades of night do more lowering
around than in a southern cline. 1t
is there they took their first lessons
in lowering and we are told, that as
early as Pharoah's reign the shades
of night were strong enough to how
err aronnd for three days continuously
without manifesting a sensation of
lassitude.
But while this lowering was GO
ing on around the old Spanish town
a silent figure might have been OBJ
served packing a carpet sack with
socks and p~roclamations and rolling
up q trocha, with which he will have
no future use. This figure is Gen.
Weyler. He will leave just oom
enough in his grip for - bottle of
three star Hennessy and a package of
dope-sticks, even if he has to aban-
don one of his loudest and most ter
rifying proclamations.
He is preparing for a journey "a
cross the ocean. He will soon bid
farewell to the land of the Cuban
Blossom and other favorite brands,
to be content in future with a Colo
RADIO Madura Cellardora, Cabbage
ono de Stinkeroso, or mayhap a
Barker filler with a Sand Coulee
wrapper, Weyler's mind is filled
with thoughts, He is wondering
how his mind a possibly hold
more thoughts without some of them
stopping over. Great chunks of
grewsome gloom lie about him in
strange profusion. The news re-
porters also lie about him in the
same way. But just at present he
sees more gloom than reporters.
Six months ago his proclamation
read: "Yet thirty days and Cubs
will be mine" One month ago he
hurled forth another proclamation
saying, "The Cuban rebellion vii
be suppressed within four months
Awful proclamations these. Ordin-
arily they would have routed whole
brigades of rebels and caused the
lamented Maceo to turn over in hi.
grave. But his estimation of him.
self is greater than ever. His
matchless ability as a general is no
yet understood. He can give Or
man Pasha or Kaiser Wilhelm card.
and spades on the battle field ant
then win. Has he not proved hi
great bravery by butchering larg'
numbers of ONE and children
And now "when he thinks, gooC
easy man, full surely his greatnes
is a ripening" he is to be succeeded
by the bumptious Blanco, the epau
letted ape who so stulti6ed himsel
in the Philippines! Overcome b.
remorse the old tough-lunged cava
lier Kisses: so Temporal! o mores
Vamose re rancho! Get a wash tn
large enough to soak my head"
The advent of Blanco to Cuba
not the least encouraging sign c
the times. And any man acquain1
ed with the condition of the Cuba
rebels, compared with the status d
bello in Spain cannot but believ
that the next year will see Cuba FIRE
from the yoke of the rotten old MOI
archy.
Ex-Capt, Gen. Weyler is til
loudest mouthed, longest windec
most necessarily loquacious gre,
mar of the nineteenth centur,
Since his departure the world wi
breathe easier.