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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 11th April 1868, Edition 1 of 1, Page 152, FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS. {cojtt...

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    • FOLLYGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
    • WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK. *
    • "SAVE US FROM OUR FRIENDS/"
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      In The Name Of All That Is Christian, Wh...

      explanation was unsatisfactory to the last degree , and it is on this account we call earnest attention to the whole matter . Perhaps a sample of his " defence" will suffice to convey our meaning . The country is told that " quinine , and other drugs , " which " are most useful in meeting attacks " of the epidemic in question , did not arrive till too late—that is after the first onset of the plague in all its fury . We ask what business had the authorities to despatch a large body of men to a recognised fever breeding climate without the necessary specifics ? What have excuse its have parallel they in for private such life conduct in acts as of this the , which most would scandalous only and culpable cruelty . Are British authorities such fools—or are they so utterly unequal to the posts into which they have been responsibilities comfortabl is y to sli them pped — , that so much the ordinary Egyptian A hierog . B . C lyp . of hic their ! into To oblivion come to aft the er point a mere , this question matter will and not answer be allowed in the to House drop . originall The loss y may calculated prove , but let us the hope princi it ple will at , to stake be less is of than an was importance that can scarcel , y be estimated . Those who serve the country must be protected from the effects of shameless blundering soldiersunder such a code as this of , laws especiall that turns y those them who into serve slaves it , to as do do to suffer , or to dieat the bidding of their immediate superiors , . , It is therefore , of the , highest importance that every individual connected with the destruction at Port St . Louis should be summarily dragged into the light of public scrutiny and be acquitted , or disgraced without any further delay .

      152 Thfe Tomahawk. [April Ii, 1868.

      152 THfe TOMAHAWK . [ April ii , 1868 .

      Follygraphic Intelligence.

      FOLLYGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE .

      [Reuter's Follygrams.] Ist Of April. In ...

      [ Reuter's Follygrams . ] ist of April . in The id following succession dispatches . We have arrived lost this no mornin time ( onl g y at a our week office ) in rap making them public : — " The Prime Minister has hastened to Dublin to take the Fenian oath . Ireland perfectly happy and tranquil .- " " Her Majesty has consented to be present at the investiture of the order of St . Patrick . " " No accident whatever occurred to-day on the London , Chathamand Dover Railway . " " Last night , an original three act drama was brought out at one " A of ll the the metropolitan London statues theatres are about . " to be replaced by works of art . " " The prolific lady who writes under the name of' Claribel , ' has " The given Dai up ly writing Telegraph songs lias for resi the gn million ed its . " position as leader of the comic periodicals of the day . " " A spark of wit has been discovered wandering in the pages of the Owl . " " The Times has favoured the world with a dramatic criticism , which " The is what Ball at it the pretends Tuileries to be is . " put off , owing to the indisposition of ' Our Special Correspondent . ' The asparagus and strawberries have been taken out of ice . " " No new magazine has appeared to-day . " " " The Ladies Saturday have taken Review to wearing has apolo their gised own to hair the . " Girl of the Period for its libel . " " A dinner took place in London , at which neither saddle of mutton nor boiled fowls were noticed in the menu " " The Poet Laureate has publicly confessed that his last poems , published in certain periodicals , were written for him by Mr . Martin Tupper . " This last was too much for us . Tupper never wrote anything as bad as that , whatever his faults may be—and they are proverbially numerous .

      Making Light Of It.—The Recent Decision ...

      Making Light of it . —The recent decision in the Court of Arches has satisfied nobody . The High Church party grumble a opponents t a judgment insist so that entirel , as far y adverse as they are to themselves concerned , , the while s-candle their remains .

      Woman's Word-Book. *

      WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK . *

      For The Use Of Our Young Friends. {Cojtt...

      FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS . { cojttimced ) . Economy . —Spending five shillings to save sixpence . Eden . —A garden where bonnets were unknown and scandal uninvented . Woman soon gave notice to quit . Employment . —Something that must be found for the poor . Engaged . —Occupied for a time in making a fool of a man . Enoicgh . —Obsolete . Ensi uniform gn . —At . first blush , a boy ; but on closer inspection , a Envelope . —A companion of the Bath ( post ) which hides a multitude of faults . Envy . —The echo of the first serpent's his . Equal . —In woman ' s algebra , a term always signifying more or less . Eve . —The only woman who never threatened to go and live with her mother . Extravagance— . Measuring your husband ' s purse by the length of your richer neighbour's . Eye . —A telegraph office whose superintendent has a " pupil always ready to take your message or flash back a reply . Face . —A sketch given us by Nature to be filled up in colours . False . —A stern reality now-a-days—e . g ., chignons . Family . —Laurels , or olive branches , as the case may be . Fan . —An article without which no lady ' s dress is complete or decent . Fascination . —The art of nailing an admirer to his seat . Part of the Old Serpent ' s legacy . Fashion . —The modern Juggernaut , always asking for new victims . Father . —The only author who does not expect his works to pay . Favour . —A ticket-of-leave to see your friend transported for life . Feather . —The only thing she wants to be the lightest of creatures . Female . —As much an insult to a woman as " black man " is to a nigger . Fickleness . —A quality which never changes its false quantity . Fiction . —Tales of constancy . Fig-Leaf . —Crinoline before the fall . Eve ' s first dress with a trimming . Figure . —Generally a representation of something supposed to exist . Flattery . —A refreshment she can never have too much ofwith or without butter . , Flirtation— . Trotting out the favourites for the Maiden Stakes . Fortune . —Mammon ' s Madonna . Frown . —A promise to pay at sight . Future . —Past thinking about for the present .

      "Save Us From Our Friends/"

      "SAVE US FROM OUR FRIENDS /"

      Ne A Ar Cruel Birmingh Instance Am. The ...

      ne A ar cruel Birmingh instance am . The of wife Rev -bruisin . C . g H comes . Craufurd from . Old chose Swinford in the , course of an angry sermon , to gibbet his helpmate in the , pulpit , and expose her to the derision of his congregation and the world at large . Meaning to defend her , the reverend blunderer bred contrived , and to spoke let mankind bad grammar know — that though she her was language low-born , under at the - worst of times could hardly be so bad as her husband ' s . How shall we ever convince our French friends that we do not habitually sell our partners in Smithfield , when our own journals proclaim that an English clergyman has exposed his wife in Billingsgate .

      Answer To Double Acrostic *N Our Last.—C...

      Answer to Double Acrostic * n our Last . —Church Reform . No correct answers this time . At last we have puzzled even Ruby . A Word with the Maniacs . —A beautiful Acrostic in our next . 3 SJ o room this week .

      * „ * Editor Correspondents On Any Consi...

      * „ * Editor Correspondents on any consideration are Informed whatever that . Contributions Contributors should cannot make possibly copies ba of returned their 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), April 11, 1868, page 152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11041868/page/10/