The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-14
HERE AND THERE.


HERE AND THERE.
The crop OF war poetry has su,feredno
blight. such as Visits the peach pro-
duct annually, and since The eyepttul
night OF February is. when the Maine
was blown up In Havana harbor, the
war bard continues to grind out his ef.
fuslons. iamentlng the loss OF the
Maine. threatening vengeance on Spain,
eulogixing Dewey and Manila, and oc-
caslonally taking a brush at Cuba.
Much OF the verse Is good. All men,
fortunately for their fellows. are not
born poets, and as poets GRO born. not.
made, the old world continues to be not
such q bad place TO live In after oil. Com
siderable OF the war poetry submitted
has been rejected by the hard -heartcd,
editor, who often Is not blessed with
the faculty OF discovering latent talent,
and allows Il to blush unseen. Feeling.
kindly to his fellow c%onspirators, the
penmun OF tlils column With the gem
erous heart for which he Is SO well no.
ted. gives up a certain amount OF space
to extracts OF the manuscripts which,
in falling of q we'll heaped waste bas-
ket, rolled his way,
This Is from the pen OF a school boy.
and Is far above the average, Like oil
the ryhmers, the boy means well, and It
a be safely asserted that his produce
tlon Is up-to-date. Space forbids only
part OF It. as follows:
ADMIRAL DEWEY"
When Remember the Maine" flashed
Your 'r Sen y saw e Res silent a, d ghost.
You went to battle, with a Will
You did It.. and many did you Kill.
Heroic Dewey!
Where are, tho walls that proudly stood,
Who defed you With q musing mood.
o sDewey2
They Lave fallen by your hand,
Though once they did 10, proudly stand. y
You are q great and noble man.,
Admiral Dewey
At this stage OF the game It Is neces-
sary to remark that precious space will
permit OF extracts only from the next
contribution. the work of o Belmont
county songster. It speaks for itself:
CUBAN WAR SONG"
Again the Time has come when We
Must Fight for freedoms cause.
This time for little Cuba!a
This Is "A war for Peace.
The most OF us had rather.
That the Pen had won this cause.
But the failure or that weapon
Hath called US to the Sword.
Again the Time hath come when We
Must fight for freedoms cause.
This Time for Little Cuba.
This Is A war for Pence.
A colonel, who has published a book
of "pomes," sends in from the wilds OF
Harrison county another song, entitled
1.-THE Maine" and in justice to him his
effort is given full scope from start to
finish, in order that the gentle reader
may discover the ease and dexterity
with which the colonel puts side by
side, the MAINE" and Spain" and
wars" and stars"
THE MAINE"
Tho flag that never failed in wars.
The flag that went down with the Maine,
The flag Of more h fifty stars.
Demands Justice Of cruel Speln.
Chorus:
The starry blue that rules the sea,
Declares hat Cuba shall be free.
Our battle fields are full OF steel,
With temper that will never yield.
From north to south. DER hills and plain,
The Sons OF Freedom shout for a
Dha n y,frr1ra1 rtntp m Of frayv, fkn NfntoA e.
Reflects as blood on every star.
That stain shall be washed from the
The sons OF Cuba shall be free,
Though tears may flow from eyes of Spain
For Cuba's flag OF liberty.
The sentiment permeatlng the others
falls short in the warlikc ardo- and
patriotic fire running rampant through
the next gem, crude though Il be. The
writer meant business. II he did re-
quest that his name be not published as
its author. He Is the kind of poet that
would shoulder a musket TO the rythm
of q drum beat with more alacrity than
he could write q letter to his folks at
home, judging by his script. But here
goes:
ITS TO AvENGE THE MAINE"
Once moro we hear the .bugle's blast,
And the tramp OF marching men.
The country calls; we must respond,
II we ne'er return again.
We are going down to Cuba
To have n brush with Spain:
We're going to fight for Cuba.
But It's 10 avenge the Maine.
We will plant our flag DER Moro:
" IVA NIIF .lnn ~ nlNf pttncs ..#
Wen shoot old General Blanco
And Spanish chlvalry as they run.
Well do this all or perish:
We'll humble the boosted prideof Spain,
We're going to fight for Cuba,
But It's to avenge the Maine.
For q climax a neatly penned roll Is
taken out Of the bunch OF rejected