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    • THE BLESSING OE CONNECTIONS.
    • WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK.
    • AN APPEAL.
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      20 The Tomaha Wk. [July 18, I86 8.

      20 THE TOMAHA WK . [ July 18 , i 86 .

      The Blessing Oe Connections.

      THE BLESSING OE CONNECTIONS .

      What A Delightful, Heaven-Sent Blessing ...

      What a delightful , heaven-sent blessing it is for a man to under have co the ? inections impression / You th think at you it doesn Lieutenant ' t much Cri signif ggs y . with You two are Brownsmith G . ' s , of the , of Royal the Flot Inexp and losibles Jetsam , , for Office instance , having , or each you , , of J ohn you arrive a talent at for the invention top of the , greasy or a read pole y without turn for aid mathematics . If you are , can so just young you and lend guileless -your ears , let for Tomahawk a minute . take up his parable , and the There princi was pal once part , an sent army out , in at which an expense mules and of donkeys six millions played of money ignorance to , encouraged attack a semi by - the barbarian imbecility tyrant of , a whose consul obstinat or two e

      persisted ¦ strong n ( ? . TS 1 StPn hold in in of keep TrPPninO his ing mountain " some <; rvm <^ veiy ¦\ rp king » i \ r dom common r r \ mrr . rin _ - p lace lcir' «^ forei firvt-oicr gners -neki-e in in a , How this army was supplied with all the inventions available the all the engines of invasion practicable we , will and not all the wait animals to detail obtainable suffice it for to , say purpose that , with great pluck , and indomitable energy ; , this army , leased incredibl under the very the y common command short time -place of before a forei great the gners and strong who good hold were general in which about , arrived were to be in lying re an

      -J-UCVOV'Vt . ^ onl After knowled a charge of on the the British pare of the barbarian had been cavalry obtained , whose from some y penny theatri ge cal scraps in army the possession of one of the very took common not a littl -place e of prisoners the nature , whereb of an y Astleyan the general rall combat y , prepara par- - tions of barbarian his were rock made y tyrant palace for , who . an wat assault ched upon the proceedings the stronghold from of the the semi walls

      is Now are so , be preci it p known itous and that so the inaccessible heights on that which few this , if any stronghold , citadels the in the town world was can to be compare stormed with , and it the for gates natural taken defences by force . And of the battery general . And was all cool night and previous cautious the , the soldiers officers were were on listening the alert to , assault his directions . The , moment and the arrived engineers : the were storming planning party the went mean forth s of , and and 1 up to tl stand went the the brave first fire souls who fall were the to be the mi first ht be victims ,

      they U . J . U . went (_ OICU , with 1 U L 11 p icks 11131 and . lllC levers , j or Ul , XdlX and , , as d . 3 all LXXC the case L . aaC eng XXlXgi ines g . l of L UC a storm . . Up SJ \ J . mortars There mi and ght guns be thousands charged to waiting the muzzl behind e with unknown those gates missiles with ; but tation used what for ; all blowing did that that was up signify to the be portcullis ? done There lay would j and in the be now no gunpowder th delay ey had —n arrived o to hesi be - officer up the ' s steep command entrance . Of -way course , all , they you had see to the do discharge was to wait of the the jJUKUW 23 of owder the wounded , j the I . J . XW rush 1 1131 X of Ul sparks OJL > tlJ . lS . 3 , , the IX 1 C I cloud ^ IWUU . of *_» A smoke SllXUIVC , ; and CH 1 U . the UlC cries U 1 C 3

      mand had forgotten natives the . Not only a essential bit of it ! : the He Eng had ineer had in all com the - A nig British ht to think storming of it , and party there have was orders no gunpowder to blow up forthcoming the principal ! ! gate may officer of hang in a stupendous command the fortune has fortress forgotten of the , on day the the , success and powder the of ! British ! which ! exp Engineer losion Now , O guileless Lieutenant Criggs , with two G . ' s , do you does see the not blessing connect of connections losions with ? Not relations yet— . your O honest brain ears wider . What we have exp related as a parable happened pen your at the

      taking taking and still - of of Magdala Ma more ^ dala luckil . . Luckil Luckilv y for y the for for Engineer England England , , luckil luckilv office y in for for command our our army armv ,. behind that gate were some dozen or two of ill-armed Abys- , party sinians climbed surrounding , more their or less half , over -crazed the sovereign gate which ; so oug the ht storming , like the was Engineer not and officer never in comman will be now d , to , still have like been the blown Engineer up , and officer which in command . of In Menken a hand and -to-hand a little combat , which fire to onl be y wanted lete the presence Theodore was killed or shot himself green , the dozen ill-armed comp Abys- , sinians were vanquishedand Magdala was ours

      , . would Now , have what been do you suppose fate , if my dear had Lieutenant commanded Criggs that , storming party and there your had been you no gunpowder-ready for use ? You Martial know , or if per you fectly like well it better you , would TRIED have by been COURT Tried -, MA by RT Court IAL - ,

      What A Delightful, Heaven-Sent Blessing ...

      in the offence biggest b of slow letters death , and on b the y this Gold time Coast mi of ght Africa be exp . iating your y matter Now— has ah been ! noiv allowed you see to the blow blessing over , the of Eng connections ineer officer . The in despair command before is lavishl long y of praised seeing him in general raised orders to the , and peerage we do eve not n before in the social Sir Robert creed Nap to have ier . connections How good and ! blessed a thing it is

      Woman's Word-Book.

      WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK .

      • ^^^Mibm^Mb For The Use Of Our Young Fr...

      • ^^^ MiBM ^ MB FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS . ( Concluded . } Waist . —A moveable feast offered by Fashion to sight . War . —Pluto ' s recruiting-sergeant . Wedding Water . — - Th party e lover . —The ' s reg crowd ister . at an execution j . j .. Whim Vr ibtstti , * . — . A T 1 . fly l * -y that LJ . la . 1 , buzzes L / U . Z"t- \ -O in M . XJL the kiJ-w empty v ^ iuijJt ^ chamber \^ xxca , j . »_ s ^ , x \ of j ± the tuv ^ brain uictiiii .

      Widow . —An old soldier on half-pay—ready to join at a moment ' s notice . Wife Will . . — — In A crown her favour of glory is as to good her husband as the deed —or . a crown of thorns . Wit Wine . — . — The The truffle juice of to conversation pay . . Woman . —The first who added woe to man . Wrinkles . —Time ' s telegrams . Youth— . The only age which feels too young . Zoo .. —A place of worship for monkies .

      An Appeal.

      AN APPEAL .

      Although We English People Set Ourselves...

      Although we English people set ourselves up amongst all country nations of more the than earth in for Eng the land most do charitable ostentation of and races caprice , in no When attach a themselves subscription so persistentl is set on foot y to for good any deeds great and object noble of public gifts . donations interest , there of from are £ 1 always to ] £ 1 , 000 peop to le fill enoug a h coup forthcoming le of columns with of good gWU the Tunes . objects UUj ^^ bO with seem > J ^^ their 11 J . to LVS names h swallow ) VV O . 11 U . But up " IT somehow every ^ / morsel J . llWl or iJVi other of V * the bll the ^ public j ^ S great l ^ kSJLJ . V '

      s sympath elves . y , leaving the little good objects to take care of them-These reflections are suggested by the many instances in which hard in , during the newspapers the past month for a , London few pounds clergymen wherewith have begged to give their school-children the treat of a day ' s holiday in the green fields . As it is impossible that anybody can have anything to response that urge against these . In appeals the most " one cases should holiday £ 10 have or a ^ been year 30 is met system all th with at , " has it so is been surprising meagre asked a

      demands for for . , and and one one would would would have surel surelv touched y have have the th thou ou hearts g ght ht that that of a such suc few h moderate moderate of those note charitable or ten well guinea -to-do chequ peop e le where who the are deman ever read d is y more with the formal £$ and the object less kindly . , But it appears , from the letters of thanks and acknowledgment which have followed the several petitions out exception , that , to the one subscri or two ptions odd half have -crowns been limited and a , few almost shillings with- ' had worth WUllU to of b postage JJU for ^ lUgV stamp UbUlllUd s ; J and UX 1 U . in * " all U 1 J . cases W »> JS « »? the I > X 1 V > clergymen VlVlg ^ lllVU h * XU ave . Vl >

      eg something more . that Is it that are o th n e ly sp prepared irit of real to as charity sociate ourselves dead amo with ngst funds us , and and the subscription as lists od which charitable stam souls p us or in is the it that advertising in our in dole eets nce of What we do press e n ver ot the car go e fact to trouble be it r is selve not s creditable with matters that the insignifi romoters cant ? of a good cause should may have , to beg so hard for so little p .

      Place Polic S Of E C - O Notice Oks' Res...

      place Polic s of e - o Notice oks' resort . —Any without policeman muzzles caught shall be in removed areas or to other the nearest ., station , and there disposed of according to . the Act , * .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 18, 1868, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18071868/page/2/