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    • WAITS AND MEASURES IN ABYSSINIA.
    • THE ALABA MA CLAIMS j or, WHICH IS IT TO BE?
    • KING BEALES THE MARTYR.
    • FROM GAY TO GRAVE/
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      February I, 1868.3 The Tomahawk. 45

      February i , 1868 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 45

      Waits And Measures In Abyssinia.

      WAITS AND MEASURES IN ABYSSINIA .

      Mule Measure. 50 Mules Make 1 Muleteer T...

      Mule Measure . 50 mules make 1 muleteer to look after them . 2 muleteers to look after them , make 1 good thing of it . 100 good things of it make 1 penny on to the income-tax . 1 penny on to the income-tax makes 10 000 000 Englishmen

      ,, swear . British Waits . 2 visits to the Horse Guards make 1 six months' delay . 2 six months' delays make 1 bit of Bombay management . 12 JM ^ BJvT bits V ^^ F ^ b VP ^^ of ^^* ^ V ¦ Bombay ^^ b ^^ ^ h ^ p ^ k ^ K ^^ . ^^ p vj ^^ F management ^ K ^ K ^™ ^¦ ' ^ V ^^ ^» ^ " ^^^^ P ^ h ^ B . * ^™ *™ ^* ^ B ^ ^ m " ™ V ^ make ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ V """ ^^ ^^^ ^ 1 ^ b ¦ Annesley •¦ ^^ " ^* ^ V ^* ^» ^^^ ^ . ^ ^ V VBF Bay " ^ . " ^^ ^^ T ^ I V .

      100 Annesley Bays make 1 Abyssinian Expedition . The bare idea of two Abyssinian Expeditions makes one Mad . Sho-ho , or Native Money Table . 2 bushels of corn make 1 penny clay pipe . 2 3 penny British clay Sovereigns pipes make make 1 British 1 postage Soverei stamp gn . .

      VJ ^ Bfe ^^ ^ b ^ k IB ^^ ^ rf ^ " ^ Bn " ^ " ^ ^^~ » " ^^ ^^ «¦* ^^ BBk ^ ^ ^ . v ^ m ^^^ m ^^^ ^ ^~ ^ b ^ ^ b M ^^ ^ " ^ ^^^^^^ ^*^ ^^ ¦ ^ V ^™ ^ ^ ¦ BT 3 postage stamps make 1 Gorrawoo province . 1 2 Gorrawoo provinces make 1 epaulet . 2 epaulets make 1 Emperor of Abyssinia . 5 Emperors of Abyssinia make 1 bottle of rum .

      The Alaba Ma Claims J Or, Which Is It To Be?

      THE ALABA MA CLAIMS j or , WHICH IS IT TO BE ?

      Lord Hobart.—Wall You Old Cuss ! Tarnati...

      Lord Hobart . —Wall you old cuss ! Tarnation and slickshaving Sir : Jonathan , but I guess air a mi you ghty ' re in big for chap a greasing , that would . Look just you as here soon , fixings swaller , as down look the at British him . That Lion , beast Constitootion ' ave riled , tail me , ; and oh other yas ! and if that beast don't stump up , pumpkins if I don't gollop him ^ K ^ b ^ b ^ b ^ fe ^ B down B Bt V like W v * ^ n ^ Q ^ p so K ^ P ^ much B ^ dV OK ^ B * V ^^ F ^^ ^^ 'iled ^ Vl * ¦ ^^ P ^^ WP ^ molasses Vk O ^^ ^^^ ^¦^ V ^ B *^ V ^^^ ^^^ vr ! ^ ^^^^^^ * * ^^*^ v ^^^

      man Historicus that differs . — with I know me all is about a fool . it , I for like I am being Historicu international s . The on paper . One lays down the law for the world , and it ' s so great safe , for thing i one to has be Historicus nothing to ^ do and with express the consequences opinions roundl . y It . ' s a one The simpl Times y of a / popular —This is catch not - a penny question character of rig . ht What or justice on earth , but does the country want ? PersonallyI am terribl ¦ h afraid of an

      American ^ bBf ^^^ ^^^ *^^ V ^^ ^* ^^^ ^^^ war ^^^ ^* ** v ^ ; but * w ^^^ - being ^^ v « ^^ w h ^^ at ^^ r ^^ best *^^ ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ onl r ^^ ^ v ^ ^ , s y ^^ a poor ^* ^^ ai v ^^^ ^ commercial ^ > . ^ v ^^ v ^^ y ^ . ^^ v ^ i . ^^ Vi'Vj . ^ b ^^^ specu ^^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ lation , obliged to live by my wits , I must find out which way the wind is setting , and then set my bellows to help .

      King Beales The Martyr.

      KING BEALES THE MARTYR .

      At A Special Meeting Of The Council Of T...

      At a special meeting of the council of the Reform League held chair a a few resolution days ago was , at passed which to Mr the . Beales effect , that M . A the ., was President in the be requested , to limit the deliberations of the society to the been proper a little programme lax in . conducting Mr . Beales the in discussions reply , admitted of the that League he has — and V » * ^^ added » T # ^» «¦¦ ^ " ^ ^^ that ^ - * ~— **^ ^ if " ^ ¦* - the ^ ^ - ™ - ^ B ^ meetings ^ ^ ¦» " ^ B- ^ B' W ¦» — ^^ BBp ^ B * had ^ B * ^ V VI VI ¦ been " ^ BP 1 ^ B * ^ ^ composed ^ BF ^*^ ¦*»•!¦•»¦ »*^ ^ BT ^* W ^ p' ^ B ^ of ^ B ^ * B » gentle *« , ^ B ^ 4 « b ** ^ IV

      men have , allowed like himself many he things parentheticall that had y occurred observed , but he he should pleaded not as his excuse that as the meetings were composed , entirely of working freedom of men their , he discussion thought . it wiser not to interfere with the When Mr . Beales finds a distinction between the working man and " a gentleman" like himself , and proclaims himself

      that afraid afraid he to to does control control not the the think creatures creatures it time of of to his his retire own own from creation creation ( or , , rather we we wonder wonder back publicl out of y is admits the more himself appropriate unequal . term ) , a position for which he Perhaps Mr . Beales wishes he could . There have been kings anything in the short history of their of Christendom headsto be , allowed who were to abdicate willing to if their give subjects ¦ would if onllet them , and after all have had to advance

      — —• •»* J ww v w vv »* V « v *** J y AW * V ** v <** J . , . ***••* CrbftbWX UrlA AAlli r W AXt-V-wfc b \ J CL Vt V CL L 1 V- > V *> not on ¦ _»~ their I be said reserve to stand price * in for J "' danger their «^ 4 of liberty * Jfl 41 losing . . what The a _** vl he Majestic v bb 1 never A ) b ) possessed M k »~ - _ . A . can- , but if his subjects would only decide on trimming his earswhich to must the be community of immoderat in general e growth . , it would be a permanent , service

      From Gay To Grave/

      FROM GAY TO GRAVE /

      Official We Beg Account To Refer Of The ...

      official We beg account to refer of the all improvements those " whom that it . have may been concern effected " to the in Paris in the course of the past year . The list is imposing and tectural lengthy enough and otherwise , and shows that on on paper this side an amount of the Channel of work , would archido credit to half a century , . We do not know who are the ¦ bewildered London ^^ b » ^ b ^ w bbi ^ fe * " ^ ^ v ^ ^ b > ^ CEdiles ^^ ^ Mfc devotees ^ v * *^^ V ~ ~ . ^ 0 * ^ b We ^ v . ^ of ^^^ vh have metropolitan ^ k ^ ^ ^^ v ^* , ^^ r m in i ~ ^^^ ^ * h common ^ ^ bi ^»^ b- improvement ^ ^ j « r **> ¦ H ^ ^^ -w- with v ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ the ^» ^ , ^ a ^^ rest vague « ^^ j ^ fc ^ t of ^ Hir . idea ^ I ¦ the p ^ . ^ ^ »

      company that the Board , and possibl of Works y Mr , Mr . Tite . Cole , M , . some P ., represent underground the architec railway - whether tural future they of act London at all , . are How questions they act we never together have , or , solved perhaps to , body our satisfaction who is responsible . However for , the there expanding must be beauty , we suppose of the , metro some- - polis appeal , and . Will it he is to have this the ill goodness -fated gentleman to give the we widest are about publicity to to during the the following course list of the of "improvements 1867 ? The " oppressed effected in Parisians London

      have been enlightened ; and year it is only an act of common justice to independent Londoners to supply them with as much information as is accorded to their less free and enlightened neighbours : — yan . 1 . —Arrival of a fresh hod of bricks at the Albert Memorial .

      Jan yan . . 7 3 . . — — Re Re - - arrang propping ing up a few of the paving Statue stones in Leicester in Long square Acre . . March 9 . —Scrubbing Removing the stones faces from of London the hat statues of George generall III y . . saucepan from his stirrup , and erasing ribald epigrams in chalk from the basement of George IV .

      April 1 . —Putting another prop to the Statue in Leicester railings square , , filing and down official leg removal of same of , rep dead lanking cats . broken April 9 . —Removal Statue in of Leicester paper hat and and false addition nose from of several the new props to horse ' s square tail . , June 5—Laying foundation-stone of new gas works in Eaton

      . refreshment place ; destruction -room of of the a South small Kensington portion of Mu the - seum . June 27 . —Passing of New West-end Metropolitan Railway through Bill , and St sanction . George for 's proposed Hospital , line twice up round Piccadill Bel y - ,

      Arch grave srrave and square sauare grand . , across across central Hvde Hyde terminus Park Park , , over over on the the the first Marble Marbln -floor of the , Langham Hotel . Aug . 1 . —Addition of another inch to Thames Embankment . Sept . 9 . —Re-oiling of weather-cock on St . Clement ' s Danes . Sept . 15 . —Pulling down ( by mistake ) of 372 houses occupied

      by the poor , before they arc wanted . Oct . 24 . —Continuation of war on the subject of the New Law Courts . Oct . 29 . —Rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament , St . Paul's , the Messrs Thames . Barry Tunnel and Pugin , and . St . Martin ' s Baths , by

      Nov . 1 . —Planting of a lamp-post in Upper Cambcrwell . Nov . 2 . —Removal of a paving flag from Long Acre . Nov . 3 . —Fixing another prop to the wig of the Statue in Leicester square . Nov . 5 . —General hats letting and arm loose chairs of " . London Jubilee Statues of National " in paper Art

      until nightfall . -A ^ r / . 29 . —Arrival of scaffolding poles at South Kensington . Dec . 1 . —Preparations for a great national undertaking . Dec . 3 . —Last rope fastened previous to commencement of work .

      Dec . 5 . —Arrival of engineers with apparatus . Dec . 7 . —Arrival of blasting powder and 400-pounders . Dec . 29 . — General rities . arrival of civil , uncivil , and military autho-Dec . 30 . —Arrival of Mr . Cole and Staff on horseback . Official pronunciation of doom . Dec . 31 . —Destruction ok the Brompton Boilersand immediate collapse of 1867 ! ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 1, 1868, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01021868/page/3/