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    • UNDER THE MOON.
    • A HINT.
    • MILITARY REFORM.
    • A LOWER DEEP.
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      74 The Tomahawk. [February 22, 1868.

      74 THE TOMAHAWK . [ February 22 , 1868 .

      Under The Moon.

      UNDER THE MOON .

      (The Inheritance.) 29. It May Have Been ...

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      Death has just carried off a millionaire Who leaves his nephew , me , to be his heir . 3 o-A And celebrated spoke with firm who moisture knew of decea the dear sed , departed , Cam " Sincerel e to apprise trusting ifjh me of I my was worth not down increased -hearted , :

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      Determined For everyone to be possessed clear upon some this news head surprising ; Though About my I had heritage not yet , a true learnt account the real , amount . 32 . A Fri light end broke after in friend upon upon my chambers my old door drear knocking : — M So glad to dear find uncle me in ' s — death were had ¦» quite been in fear too shocking !

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      Of aunts and uncles I have now a score-A Relations letter from rise old around Candytuft me by say the s more dozen : — " Will " An I aunt run of down mine and was try step their -niece forest to his air ? cousin" I must want change . The glass is now set fair . " 37-¦ ^ 'V m ^^ # V ^ m a ^ h ^ k ¦ ^ ^ b & ^ ^ h ^ __

      Set Invites fair , indeed me down ! If to Candytu HollPark ft's fifth for earl leasure . ( An oyster looks bewitching y trimmed with p pearl , My So father countesses once had may lent call the me noble now a lord treasure ) , Some sums for which he only had his word . 3 8 .

      Set fair , indeed ! His lovel w y daughter , Grace , Hopes Adding her a old postscri playfellow pt to will her father kindly ' s trace letter , Some likeness in her now to one known better Had In days dragged gone b me y— from before my that friends horrid with Law ruthless claw

      39-The Lady Grace seems quite to have forgot She cut me in the Park one day last season . Nay " For , more coming ; she among through us her may eyeglas be your s said reason , " Pray V what Much as a butcher might deny some Wight Too poor to buy , the privilege of sight . ( To be continued . )

      A Hint.

      A HINT .

      It Appears That The Other Day—Court " Al...

      It appears that the other day—Court " All , being the common in use , Baro law ns and Bramwel equity l courts and Chan , as well nell , as who the had Admiralty to sit in banco , could find no place for that purpose except the Queen ' s Rewhich membrancer the le ' arned room jud , a ges very , the small mast chamber ers , counsel with , solicitors only one , window and others , in , were huddled together in unseemly confusion . "

      had But to . this be left is not open all , for for the the purposes place being of ventilation very " close , and , " the seeing door not that a the word door of what gave jud on ges to a , counsel much frequented , or witnesses passage said , could outside be , heard . Here is a chance for the " Divorce Court !"

      Military Reform.

      MILITARY REFORM .

      Larger While And Waiting More Important ...

      larger While and waiting more important with its usual measures exemp of lary Military patience Reform for , the the public would be glad to see some minor matters of organisation at once put on a better footing . Foremost among these stands the system for recruiting the army . The report of the Royal Commission on Army Recruiting

      two years ago has been attended with a good many improvement ments of in an the officer recruiting whose service whole , and duties , among are others confined , the appoint to the - direction and control of the recruiting for the army . The cess Inspector and efficiency -General — of as Recruiting shown by perform the fact s , that and with the army marked is now sucregarde fully supp d as lied sufficiently with men looked —the duties after by which an Assistant , until lat Adjutant ely , were

      a General twelvemonth , already 's experience overburdened of the with working other work of the . But new less appoint than - ment has shown the advisability , not to say the necessity , of transferring altogether from the Horse Guards to the Secretary of State ' s office the department of the Inspector-General of Recruiting .

      The duty of obtaining out of the civil population the materials liberty for the and army civil , is one rights affecting of the , subject in so many , that it delicate is manifest points , that the such duty appertains of right to a civil minister rather than to the military authorities . A civil board—the Commissioners of Chelsea b Hospital—con the duty of returning h the worn-out

      soldier ~^^ r ^^ ^^^ r ^ m ^^ ^^ p ^^^ v back « vh w - ^ v ^^ r w to *^ ^* ^ ^ the ^^*< v ranks ^^ r arry ^ r ^^ B M g ^^ of r ^ m ^ v civil ^ p ^ mm * ^^ v ^^^ life v w ^ w ; ^^ and ^ m ^ - ^^ ^ p ^ r ^ in ^ m a ^^ B ^ like m ^ " ^ " bik ^ manner ^ w ^ v ^ bp * w - ^ ^^ ^ —^ the ^ v —^ ^—' duty of collecting the civilians who are willing to become soldiers should rest with a civil officer . So soon as the men are raised and enrolled in the ranks of the army , they should be handed ffVBIV ^ BIBI V ^ B ^ BV ^ W over ^^ V ^ V to ^ V ^¦ BP the ^ VBBW ^ 0 * Adjut | V «¦* ^^ W V ^ ^ ^ ant B ^ B » BB ^ T -General " ^ B ^^ ^ V ¦ ^^ ^ ^ BT ^ B I ^ W as ^ V W representing ^ B ^^ T V 1 ^ ^"" " ^^ ^ V ^^^ ^~ ^ ^ ^ " B ^^ B the ^^ — Com ^^ ^^

      -mander-in-Chief . But , up to the point when they are actually and in the enrolling military civilians service for of army the country duty should , the raising be vested , collecting in the , civil minister . And the sooner arrangements are made for transferring to the War Office the department of the Inspector-General of Recruiting , the better it will be .

      A Lower Deep.

      A LOWER DEEP .

      There Is Always A Difficulty In Getting ...

      There is always a difficulty in getting a thoroughly appropriate events name need for have a piece been . at The no author loss . Wh of " Daddy look for Gray a new , " at name all to at all add ? , " a Humbug comparative " was or on superlative the bills— affix and y . wh " y Mo alter re Humbug it—except , ); We or " advise Rankest the Humbug very promising " would author have been of " most Daddy appropriate Gray to . adopt , as a title for his next production—if any one will produce it— " Leave Well Alone . "

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 22, 1868, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_22021868/page/2/