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      " Whichever Party May Be In Power Next Y...

      because required they to associate are too bad with to be men turned who out are of kept it . in Then the , instead service ' of the whole parish weeping over the lad who disgraced himsix self sons by entering would send the Queen three ' of s army them , to the the thrifty plough farmer and , father three to of the army , ; and in a few years the return of those sons , well panionshi educated , p well in their discip reg lined iments , and , would accustomed bring more to decent recruits com to - the recruiting sergeant in the neighbouring town than all the inveigling , drinking , and bounty-giving of the present system can Any procure way , . let the plan have a trial . No change can be for the worse . Nothing can well be a greater failure than the tried present its twenty if system it courts fails , with it -martial can its be per 3 abandoned , 650 annum soldiers per at always man moment . Let in prison the . But plan , and let be it be tried ; , and , never could it be tried at any a better moment than the present .

      October 24, 1868.] The Tomaha Wk. 175

      October 24 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 175

      Chops {To Follow).

      CHOPS { TO FOLLOW ) .

      It Seems A Silly Song About The Honeymoo...

      It seems a silly song about the Honeymoon which begins cal " U than p in a Balloon at , " first but the siht fact . is , it is much more philosophi-What appears elasticity ! what g aspirations on first starting on the wedding trip I what throwing out of the sand of advice 1 and how small the foolish creatures on the humdrum surface below ! how But how luck soon if you arrive want without to come an down accident again ! to the earth , and y you * * When Cupid makes use of an old beau he can only hit the mark by tipping his arrows with gold . The flirt promises , but the jilt compromises . * We heard a poetically-minded gourmand saying his lobster supper was waited on by dreams . These must have been the waiters to the Nightmare and Corporation . * Enamelled Iron is advertised as resisting all weathers . It is to be hoped it will prove a better speculation than the Enamelled Brass which guaranteed its beauty for ever .

      Wooden Heads And Wooden Ships.

      WOODEN HEADS AND WOODEN SHIPS .

      Major Palliser Is Doing Good Service To ...

      Major Palliser is doing good service to the nation in calling attention to the scandalous system of waste which has been , and is probably still , going on in the Admiralty . He has written a letter to the Army and Navy Gazette in which he quotes portions of the evidence of the Comptroller of the Navy , taken last Session before the Parliamentary Select Committee on Admiralty Accounts . It is there evident that the Admiralty sold twenty-seven ships , and in each case paid a greater sum of money for the old copper returned than the amount paid for the whilst entire shi ^ 4 ps 221 . was The p Medway aid on repurchasing , for example her , was materials sold for . ^ 2 , 180 , pairs What of would old , tro Mrs users . Bull to Moses say if John for a were sovereign to sell , and half give -a-dozen two knickerbockers guineas for enough for his cloth eldest out boy of the ? same Mrs . Bull to make might a pair storm of , and would certainly have a right to do so , if she knew it . But t probabl he governing y Bull , power like the , and Admir would alty , go would on wasting keep it his concealed material from s as before . vice labour This of our to wooden add administrative - 150 headed per economy cent departments , to , which Admiralty . But economises why expenses should dock , is it yard the be has allowed a head to go for on statistics ? Why and does the a man theories like J of ohn political Stuart Mill economy , who , go when pottering he might about be after breaking Woman a lance ' s rig which hts and would Odgers hold ' wrongs him up , as a champ one of ion whose heads science whose was brains worth have hav imag ing ined in the this House mean s of reducing a nation ' s debt would discharge any wretched purser or underling who might be found guilty of such a disre-

      Major Palliser Is Doing Good Service To ...

      gard for common sense as would lead him into spending ten pounds where five ought to be sufficient . lay examp Let the le us , fi and nge hope , r without , on then the , that fear wounds others of back which may -stair are follow disapprobation nourishing Major Palliser parasites , boldl ' y s of and healing reducing . the pocket of England , without any appearance

      A C Cep Ted! A Vision. By An Embryo Dram...

      A C CEP TED ! A VISION . By an Embryo Dramatic Author .

      Rehearsal At Last — My So I Great Was To...

      rehearsal At last — my so I great was told dram , for a was of course accepted I never , and was went actuall near y the in last theatre man —for we , want as Trumpets at rehearsals , the manager is the , author said : , " he My is dear always sir , the in the giving way instructions , and he always , or spoils suggestions everything , or , advice if he is about allowed his to own , by piece—which he knows nothing about / ' I submitted at once to experience his better , he jud must gment know , for . , after all , Trumpets has had so much me M a y great piece deal was of a gre trouble at work , and , at I least had I tried thought all I so could ; it had to make cost the dialogue brilliant and yet natural . I had studied all my characters from nature , and I wanted to show that a piece of strong interest could be produced which should depend more on the intricacies of human action and the play of human passion than on scenic displays and abrupt sensations . I had and called forcible it Life . mid Death , a title which I thought at once simple I had spent nearly a month of feverish anxiety in a lonely luxury country of village newspapers to which , lest I I had should retired be , excited denying by myself the announce even the - ment of my own piece , trying to concentrate myself on a philosophical work which I was writing—but all in vain . I could was think always of nothing ringing but in the my piece ears , . and the applause of a full house would At last be produced a letter came on the from following the manager Saturday , telling , and that me the I mi p g iece ht , if I chose , attend the last rehearsal on that day . I must say I thought it a mistake to tire out the performers by making them rehearse on the same day , but of course Trumpets knew best . I got to the theatre in plenty of time . I could not resist stopping to look at the large posters outside the door . There was my name in green letters on a red ground—but the piece ! What was the meaning of this ? They had changed the name ! ON SATURDAY NEXT will & c , be & c produced , the Thrilling , with Romantic Marvellous Drama Effects of , Splendid Appointments ,

      GORY WOUNDS ! or , THE CUT-THROATS OF CASTILLE ! ! ! I was indeed , for the moment , a dumbfounded Spaniard . What on earth my drama had got to do with Castille I could not imagine . However , after all , Trumpets is a man of great experience , and of course he knows best what will draw . I got on to the stage , after nearly breaking my neck several times , and there was a scene of fearful confusion 1 Immense pieces of machinery were lying scattered about ; a motley crowd of persons , who appeared to represent every branch of the mechanical arts ( except acting ) , were grouped about ; large telegraph posts were driven into the stage , and a big , clumsy " diligence" was waiting at one of the wings . The smell was awful—oil , sulphur , resin , tar , gunpowder , all contributed their choicest perfumes ; while the odour of several animals , more celebrated for their strength than their beauty , reminded me of the inside of a menagerie . I was seeking refuge from the turmoil through a door , which led me I knew not whither , when I was seized you ' re by going the , arm that , and ' s the a rough Dromedary voice ' cried s dressing — " Take -room care . " where I sat down on a large deal box , quite bewildered . " I would not sit there if I was you , sir , " said a curious-looking individual , who looked like a rat-catcher . "The badger is a very useful animal , g but loomily sometimes to the-foot he - d li o ghts bite . . " Nob I o got dy paid up hastil the sli y ghtest and retreated attention

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 24, 1868, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24101868/page/3/