The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-11
MILES MOONLIGHT EXCURSION.
Philosopher DOoIoy Makes q Few Char
astsrl'tIs Observations on the Subject to

Philosopher DOoIoy Makes q Few Char
aetsFIItIe observations on the Subject to
HsnnsISy.
'Dear. oh. dear" said Mr. Dooley to
the Chicago Journal. "1'd give Eve dol
laTg-anf I'd XIII man f'r three-if 1
was out " the Sixth wa-ard tonight an
down with Gln'ral Miles gran picnic an
moonlight excursion in Porther Rtcky.
IT'S no comfort in beln' a coW'rd whln
ye think " THIN br-rave la-ads facin'
death be sufifcation in bokayS am dyin'
" waltziH with tn pritty girls w Por-
ther Ricly.
II dlnnaw whether Gdn'raa Miles plckt
out TIL Job or whether twas picISt out
f'r him. Bub anyhow, whin he got to
Santiago de Cuba an looked ar-round
him, he says to his frFnd Gin'rai Shutter:
'Gin'ral' says he, we have done well so
far he says i lave we here he says.
fr to complete tn victhry We have so
nob1y begun, he says. FIR you he says,
tn wallOp in tn eye from tn newspaper
rayporther, tn r-round robbing an tn
snnsthrolSe,' he says, fr me tn hard
ship Of th' battlefield, tn late dinner, an
tn tlheayter party an tn sick'nin polky.
Gayther,' he BaHs, tn fruits Nv ye'er
bravery he says. 'RaytuFn,' he says,
to ye-er natdve land an raycieVe amy
Eratichood tn acretary ~ war can spare
firm his own family he says. 'F'r me,
he says, there Is no way but f'r TO turn
me back upon this festive scene, he
says 'Oriherly,' he says, put a bottle
on tn ice an see that me gold pants that
I wear with tn pale-blue vest with tn
d4mon' buttius Is irne6 out he says.
AM with haggard face he walks
aboord tn excursion an wint away.
I'D hato to till We " tn thriles ~ tn
expedition, Hfnndssy. Whin tn picnic
got as far as Punch, on tn southern
cOaSt " Porther Ricky, Ginraf Miles
.gaze5 out an says he: This looks Hike a
good place to hang tn hammiclSs. an
have iunich' says he. Forward an
plant the crokay ar-rches ~ our beloved
country he says. An in they whit
like intrepid warryors that the ar-re.
on tn beach they was met by q diligp-
ton firm tn town Nv Punch conSlstlR w
tn mayor, tn common council, tn polls
an fire depGrtmits, tn Gr-rand Army
Nv the RaypublIc, an prominent citizens
in carredgeS. Gin'rat Miles, maxim a
hasty toilet advanced onflinchingly TO
meet thin. 'GEutIemtn,' Says he, what
kin do f'r yer he says. We come,
says tn chairman Nv tn comfy 'cr TO
thry,' he says. We have HID out he
says. as long aswe cud,' he says. But, :
he says, 'they'se limit to human endu-
rance, he says. We can Withstand ye
no longer he says. We Sirrinder, he
sayS. Take US prisoners an rayCieve
US into ye're gloryous an welb-ted Ray
public he says. 'Br-raHe men, says
GinPral Miles, I congratulate ye,' he
says, 'on IN herotsm w ye,re definse,
he s2ys. 'Ye stuck maufully to yere
colors, whatever they are he says I
only Wondher that we waited f'r me TO
come before suTTlnderin' he says I
U,i1conms We into IN union he says i
don't konw how tn uniopn feel about
Il, but that's no blzuesS " mtne.' he
says. 'Ye viii git ye're w1lr-rkin' cards
firm tn walldni dtligate,' he saya, an
ven be ENTITLED he says, Ito ay ye're
share ~ tn taxes an to 1--we awhile an
die whin We git r-ready. he says, Jus
m same as II ye're bor-rIt at home, he
says. Put ye're bolSays in tn ham,
mick ne says, an rayturn TO Punch,
he says, AM freeze somethin f'r me- he
SAYS 'f'r me thrawt Is parehed with IN,
labors " tn day he says. Tn rist " Tn,
ayenin' was spirit In dancin, music an
boat r.ridIn', am an int'ybIe time was
"Th mkt day tn army moved on
Punch, an Gin'raG Miles marched into
IN Isl fated city preceded by fow'r gurls
sthrewin' r-roses an gerayniuHHs before
him. In tn aftheTnoOr they was lawn
tInnds party am at night tn giD'ral at
tirded a ba1ket Mt tn Gran Palace ho-
tel At moonlight he was seranaded be
IN RaymAmber tn MaAne Banjo an
Mandolin club. TIL entire popSiace at
unded, with pork chops In their button
holes TO show their pathreetism. tn
mex day, afther brealCfasttR with Ma
Ior Casey, he set out on his weary
march over tn trough, fiower-strewn
paths Fr San loon. He has bin In gr-
reat purl firm w.therif hre w bokhys'
AM he has met an overpowered some w
tn most savidge orators In Porther
Ricky. but whIn l las heerd Nv him he
had pitched his unts an ice cream free
GERS near tn lBniuny's wan, an was era.
fuzzy silenclR thin with proclamations.
They'll kin him with kindness II he
don't look out" said Mr.. Hennissey.
~ diunaw about that" said Mr.. Doc.
ley. "but l know this, that there's tn
maxim ~ gr-rcat statesmen In Former
Ricky. A proud people that can swt'ch
ag o(yIck as THIN la-ads have nawthln'
10 learn In tn way ~ what Hogan calls
III signs iv government, even firm tn
suprayme court"