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    • NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
    • PERSONAL PADjDING. , ¦
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      Stock A Japanese Exchange. Loan Accustom...

      Japanese zation means are fast read becoming we civilized can see , and no moreover reason wh , that the civili loan - should not be a good y money investment , ; but we must insist y that the transaction must be viewed in a purely commercial , not in a officials sentimental may , li in ght Japan . A lien be good on the security intestines enoug of h , Government but here in England we are vulgar enough to require something more tangible to rely upon . However , the loan appears to have been already taken up , and as it is quoted at a premium , we suppose the Japanese Government commands our confidence . May our confidence never be misplaced .

      May 71870.] The Tomaha Wk. 177 ,

      May 71870 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 177 ,

      Notices To Correspondents.

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .

      (Notfrom The "London Journal") The Maid ...

      ( Notfrom the "London Journal" ) The Maid of Athens , daughter of a retired rag and bottle pretty merchant , would , thirty like -three to correspond , red hair with , six a foot rising hig young h , and barrister considered . JOHN Stubbs . —Yes—Tidfiiah ' s Sea Salt . For further particulars see our advertisement columns . Lively Jack . —The initials H . R . H . mean Historical Royai H'individual "—they are generally prefixed to the name of the Prince of Wales . "When prefixed to the name of Prince Christian they mean " H ' useless , Rather H ' unpopular . " Any schoolboy will answer your second question , " What is the distance of the sun from Margate ? " good Mary temper of the and sp Vale lendid , aged figure forty wishes -two , to with correspond a warm with heart a , curate of similar , tastes . Her father , isa" General" in the Post Office . Bristol Ned . — How many times must we repeat that the best way to cure a cut finger is to dip it in oil of vitriol ? Widow A Mother a brunett of Six e , fair forty , florid -five , and and fond very of domesticated music , An Indian and Lively , Lucy , unmarried , , plump , , thirty-two , and loveable , , would all like to exchange cartes with Infant Tommy . Simple Bob . —You ask us " can you recover six months ' salary from your employer ? " We doubt it , as according to your own confession you appear to have robbed his till , forged his name , kissed his wife , and run away with his daughter . Nevertheless solicitor . , the point is a nice one—you had better consult a Lord Adolphus . —It ts etiquette to bring soap with you when you go out to dinner . Think for a moment—what possible good would the finger glass be to you after dinner if you had not provided yourself with the materials with which to wncli \ rrmr fart * ?

      Romeo the Beautiful . —The man is a notorious quack . would Have your be sure legs to and hurt rig you ht arm in the cut operation off by some . other person , he f An with Anxious a little rhubarb Spider . tart —One and ounce allowed of Harvey to simmer Sauce for mixed a few minutes up before quafning , will , be found an excellent substitute for meat at dinner . Try it on your grandmother first if you are at all nervous . An Enquiring Shrimp . —Yes" Skittles " is rather an improper than a proper name . You , will find the game an expensive one . The Violet . The poor little violet is sitting ione , And dreaming oh sweetly of me ; She And talks hurriedl to her dog swallows , and gives her tea him . a bone , y Oh why is the violet so often alone ? So truly and freely a bore ? Oh why is her light so quickly at home A spitfire , a gridiron—no more ! She dwells in the morn , she dwells at noon , She As closes softly her and petals gently and she sings glides a o small ' er the toon lea , And sighingly catches the summer ' s last flea , ! Meta ( a widow with a fortune of ^ 150 ) would like A . H to . C receive . L . the carte de visite of a gentleman aged seventy . He must "be auburn tall , have curl a s , good and pearl comp y lexion teeth . , a He small must silk be y moustache able to play , long on the flute , dance the cotillion , and sing tenor songs .

      Personal Padjding. , ¦

      PERSONAL PADjDING . , ¦

      Earnest And Indignant As Are The Protest...

      Earnest and indignant as are the protests which are continually being made against the modern tendency of the British press to ape a Transatlantic vulgarity , and afford publicity to evil matters is no of way mere on private the decrease and personal . On the interest contrary , it , seems it appears that the to be vance growing of lacard a good literature deal , and . gathering Whether new it be force that with this the state ad of - things results p from the influence of the extremely colloquial it tone springs assumed naturall by certain y from a " reckless Special Correspondents craving for scandal , " or whether on the part of a cloyed newspaper public , there is little need to discuss . The fact is acknowledged by all respectably minded men , literary or otherwise . Perhaps a mild specimen of this school of intelligence may be worth quoting , and one is at hand in one of the last week ' s number of the Echo . The paragraph referred mysterious to opens , in manner the most : — approved personal style , in the following "When ' a lion ' of the scientific and literary world is invited to a party he will act churlishly if he confine his remarks to observations on the weather , and requests for the mustard . In whether the same pro way fessional people or with not good , to do voices their , best if asked to delig to ht sing the , ough com t - , pany . But , of course , all this is on the assumption that the invitation is in . the first instance the result of friendship , and not given with the mere desire of providing talk or amusement . " At the first blush , this certainly reads like the opening of a school essay on the very involved subject of the "Friendship of Evening Parties . " Some light , however , is soon thrown on proceeds to the subject — , though , to outsiders , not much , for the " note " "If the story of Mr . Sotheni and the 17 th Lancers be true , as it is told , he acted excusably though severely . " Now , unless the readers of the EcJio are personally acquainted with the 17 th Lancers and Mr . Sothern , which , in all probability , not meaning one in less a . thousand There has of not them as far is , these as we know two lines appeared are most any correspondence , or law report , , on the difference here , so unaimably , yet vaguely , hinted at , and it is simply unfair to Mr . Sothern and the 17 th Lancers , to force it into the shape of a matter of public interest in this , it is to be presumed , unauthorized fashion . But , there is more yet . The note sroes

      on" It is clear from the story that he was invited to bring the stage to the dining table , for the sake of his professional ability merely , and not as an equal and a companion . " That is a disagreeable thing to print , but still the 17 th have their turn immediately , videlicet : — " No treatment could be more utterly snobbish than such an attempt to secure professional services without paying for them — to treat a man at the same as an equal and as an inferior , one whose presence at dinner was tolerated for the sake of the amusement lie would give when ' trotted out ' at desert . " Having got comfortably thus far with the affair , the note then concludes by what reads in the light of " one for both . " dignified " Still , under to have the refused circumstances the invitation , it would in the have first p been lace , or more to have left the table when insulted . By retaliating in the manner related , Mr . Sothern went far to lower himself to the level of his entertainers , " with Now the , of mass the circumstances of the public here know referred nothing to , , we and , in common knowing nothing of them , deem their appearance , , in the shape of a litlle dish of uninviting scandal , as a journalistic impertinence . Really it is too bad that this sort of thing should be considered available matter for newspaper padding , mid all we at can what say an is , intense that if it p pass itch of muster social as vul entertaining garity the age , it has only arrived proves . obliged Both the to 1 the 7 th Ech Lancers o / and Mr . Sothern must feel immensely

      To Those Whom It May Concern.—What Is Th...

      To THOSE whom IT may concern . —What is the difference between a florin and a fourpenny-piece ? Why , one-and-eightpence , to be sure !

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 7, 1870, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07051870/page/5/