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    182 THE TOMAHAWK. [May 2, i868.

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    1 - GLADSTONE'S POPISH PLOT.

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    omitted The following by our Conservativ...

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    Going a Little Too Far.—We can stand a g...

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    ANSWERS TO " THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK"

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    THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE. Why is the Iri...

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    ANSWER TO LAST ACROSTIC.

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    friends Notice otherwise .—To our known ...

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    * # * Editor Correspondents on any consi...

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    - Knowing When What A Lord He Mayor May ...

    honourabl distinctive attribute earned . , Lord Mayors on the Continent have always It appears y that Sir Thomas Gabriel and Sir Sidney Watertour low , two throug excellent h Turkey citizens and , E no gypt doubt , and , have have been , moreover on a starring , taken upon the East them of to London represent in themselves particular as and the of special Great delegates Britain to in general London . mi This ht find might wors be e all representatives very well if it and went Jhe no country further itself , for

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    been According According begging " to to free the the passages Levant Levant from Herald Herald Constantinop , , our our representatives representatives le to Alexandria have have , have sneaked off the steamers without giving the usual gratuities to the stewards ( whom we cannot doubt must have been * useful or sixty ) , have servants presented who had a few been shillings told off for to division attend on among them , fifty and have that thereby can offer given to grave scandal true Turk . There than to is do no him greater out of insult his backsheesh you and it is your an insult he never forgives or forgets .

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    position and , moreover that does , to not pay belong what to they them think is ridiculous fit ; but , to and assume having a credit assumed on the themselves position , is whether not onl justl y ridiculous y or unjustl , but y , to a bring good deal disworse . objectionable Aldermen , as ; but a class they , have are always not yet irrepressible earned the , and character usuall of y being illiberal . There is no reason to believe that Sir Robert I Carden himself is a stingy man . 1 _ _ . . . . . __ _

    182 The Tomahawk. [May 2, I868.

    182 THE TOMAHAWK . [ May 2 , i 868 .

    1 - Gladstone's Popish Plot.

    1 - GLADSTONE'S POPISH PLOT .

    Omitted The Following By Our Conservativ...

    omitted The following by our Conservative veracious symptoms friends among have been the evidences curiously adduced of Mr . Gladstone ' s bias towards Ultramontanism : — i 1 . As especial a child delight , during in Gunpowder the display Plot of Roman festivities candles , he . took 2 . Professing openly avowed a fondness a preference for poetical for Pope literature . , he has often

    3 . A has frequent been visitor heard to at the encore Monday Wiibye Pope Cooper -ular ' Concerts s Papistical , he declaration , " I ' m a Romer . " 4 . His Masses notorious " bears sympathy an insidious with construction " the elevation . Of of course the its real construction is that Mr . Gladstone sympathises with the elevation of the Mass .

    5 . He as loves Papa to : be a term addressed which , especially , as everybody by his knows own children , is , by , Italians , applied pre-eminently to Pius IX . 6 . His ideal of facial beauty is a Roman nose . 7 . As a natural deduction of the foregoing he has a tendency to Roman-eyes .

    Going A Little Too Far.—We Can Stand A G...

    Going a Little Too Far . —We can stand a good deal lishes from the a portrait comic papers of its , editor but when , mounted one of on them a Lowther goes and Arcade pubtoy Prince -horse of , in Wales an old we suit think of property the time armour has , come and calls when it the the Liberty of the Press , should be kept within proper bounds .

    Answers To " The Question Of The Week"

    ANSWERS TO " THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK "

    The Successful Candidate. Why Is The Iri...

    THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE . Why is the Irish Church Establishment like a gridiron ?—[ The three pi of 'izes Abyssinia promised , who last can week have have them been on app won lication by the of Emperor our Publisher Theodore at the , pres ToMAHAWK s the answers . Offic for e , T the avistock present . treet ] . For political reasons we sup-OTHER ANSWERS .

    Idioticus hold water Felix for an . — instant Because . Because it is supported one gets b JDizz y a y hot to think —no , of it . ' t A the Scotch " Lard Minister . " . —Because it won ' t work without the help of Miles Pedestris Line ^ e . — Because you do a rash act in doing away been with the sent first for re , but -consideration a rasher on to the a committee second . of P bishops . S . —The , ironmongers subject has , and cooks .

    Blackie think that . —Because is worth it y of was the barred three-pennyworth from the very of p first ostage . There stamps now . , I One Please Still to in pay the the Dark annuity . — to Because the Rescue it produces Society nothing —" dum but se broils bene . Mordecai gesserit . " . —Dis really { Disraeli ) is being done brown . Charcoal Irish •*¦*¦ IO 11 Church ^> J . JLM . — . VU Because Establishment J-4 vJLMIJi . lO a ll . LLI gridiron ^ , llt must IILUOL is have -LXCA made . V V been L / V _ VrflJ by \ created t ~ a blacksmi 1 *_> VA . b t- / V a - » th tinker LL 11 , and > 1 . the ^ ^** y ** *

    Ill their -used steak Cymrw ( stake ) . — upon Because it . the Whigs and Tories have both placed F . blackening 3 C . Because , Lowestoft your the good fingers . — 1 of . . Because it is 2 . at Because stake you ( can steak it receive ' t ) try . 4 s to . a Because good separate many it it is without chops rather . a fiery and peppery subject . 5 . Because when once divided " the fat do will be with in it the we fire shall . " have 6 . ( Answer no more by broils Gladstone . . ) Because if we John away Tames Jenkins Jones ( Plas Twydill )—1 Because if

    upset practicabl it " e all thing the between fat will be the in fry the ing y fire pan . " and 2 . . the Because . fire . it 3 is . the Because onl you y little stake" Russell and Gladstone is poking wants the embers to be " under first chop it , . as " he wants a " large Erica . —Because the bone of contention makes a broil . Sivrup . —Because it will soon be applied to the " steak . " Fiddl it estick . —Because it ishotey , and " the fat is in the fire " through

    . Oliver coalsand Twist each . — is Because likeJto each let all makes the a fat broil into , each the is fire hauled . Please over foi the -k over , the stakes . y Funnihoi . —Because it is often hauled over the coals . B Solving . S . K . — Samvel Because . — both They are both exposed afford to the " Bri means ght " of fire obtaining . a broil !

    Answer To Last Acrostic.

    ANSWER TO LAST ACROSTIC .

    Friends Notice Otherwise .—To Our Known ...

    friends Notice otherwise . —To our known merry as and the ri Joll ght Maniacs well-beloved we Acrostic have an apology , to make to you . Last week we y published ; an Acrostic sent to us by Mr . Rassam , who had been occupying his leisure verses hours at seemed King Theodore to us very ' s pretty Court , b so y harmless we published recreations them . gladl The y , but ^ a — ^ separat HV ^^ in ^ g ^ T ^ mW our ^* m ^^ -mr ^ p e ^ jmw hurry enclosure ^^ ^ v ^ ^^ ^ v ^ mfr we ^ mm * V W i ^ m forgot ^ m % * . V ( After ¦ ! 41 . » to ^ ^ ¦¦* B ^ look devoting ^ i ^ V V W ^** at ~ ^» *• ^ * the S ^ h one ^^ ¦* answer ^> ^ V ^ of ^ V ^ V , our ^ tmT which ^ * ^ V *** few ^ t ^ V - was spare **—* ^^* * — in ^ ^*^

    at evenings the answer to a . futile Imag endeavour ine our consternation to guess the Acrostic when we , we found looked it was in Abyssinian . Really , Mr . Rassam , it is very naughty talented of you ! correspondents We give the by translating answer . We it . Of will course not the insult reference our throughout is to the well-known legend of Quashi-ma-boo ' s ghost ( published in African Literature , vol . vii , page 208 ) : —• B Bashalakndseg' G

    A Awaftnwakah H K Kilobed 6 pl I S Sshisshasshub B H HhV L W This hen is Mr the . first Rassam and last returns Abyssinian , won ' t we Acrostic ask him that to will dinner be g , iven and . show him Ruby ' s Ghost ? Ah !

    * # * Editor Correspondents On Any Consi...

    * * Editor Correspondents on any consideration are Informed whatever that . Contributtons Contributors cannot should make possibly copies be of returne their d articles by the If they the Publisher attach any to value Insure to attention them . . Letters Envelopes , on purely containing business solely matters Answers , should to Acrostics be addressed should to be marked " Acrostic . "

• Citation
  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 2, 1868, page 182, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02051868/page/10/