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    • OUR BOOKMARKER.
    • STICKING IJST THE MUD.
    • THE COMIC DRILL BOOK.
    • TO THE MANIACS ONLY !
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      Our Bookmarker.

      OUR BOOKMARKER .

      London Lyrics, By Frederick London Locke...

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      Sticking Ijst The Mud.

      STICKING IJST THE MUD .

      Now That The Summer Is Getting On, And L...

      Now that the summer is getting on , and London is panting ior of activity its annual of the holiday English , we railway are once companies more reminded in not of making the want use of Germany the tourist , Ital arrangements y , and Spain , and issued circular bthe tickets French to companies Switzerland . It , acquainted is accessibility impossible , by of to means the be a most couple of monster distant of hours maps and in y out Pari on -of the s without -the hoardings -way being places , of made the at on cheap the return Continental fares , Bradshaw yet in London for the the stern public and can stereotyped only fall fares back shewn of the ordinary some activity services in bringing . True , the Messrs continental . Cook and circular Gaze ticket have offices system are to England quite unnecessary , but of cours . A e , circular in Paris ticket , tour from promoters Paris ' way throug in h Paris Switzerland as readil and y as back an , ordinary is issued return at the ticket Strasburg is issued Rail at - from Victori visiting a for Brig Switzerlan hton , yet d and hundreds Italy out of peop of sheer le are fright kept at back the out formidable of Bradshaw total which and added the fares from result plac in . e to If p we lace could as picked onl make the English people believe up , that Lucerne was cheaper than y Thames Margate , how and Rhine much travelling better it would much be less for expensive themselves than . But the stubbornness , is a national characteristicand we feel that we are preaching in vain . ,

      The Comic Drill Book.

      THE COMIC DRILL BOOK .

      $Art $&—<£Tmtetttitt£ &Mtxtil ^Tintiplt*...

      $ art $ &—< £ tmtetttitt £ & mtxtil ^ tintiplt * . 1 . Instruction to the Recruit . — " The instructors to whom this duty of co i n s i e n trusted ing instruction must be in clear order , firm to , command and concise attention in thei to r mode their di rised rections version . " " So is sai quite th the rig " ht authorised . version , " and the " autho-How to be Clear . order By , all say mean something s be clear like . the For following instance , : — if you have to give an one as Instructor a will deserter understand will { looking thus a bit be fierce what unable you )— . " to mean B ' right . ' oulderu So much words mps the ! " better to No the , ; j enemy . carry your i How to be Firm . i Again , by all means he firm . For instance , if you are deal ing you . with Say a you small want drummer him to boy form , don himself ' t you into allow a square him . to bully Drummer Instructor Boy { sternl ( after y ) . — a pause For ' } a . — re What I , sir ? Drummer Instructor Boy ( more ( trembling sternly ) . ) — — . Please For '—quar , sir , ' r I ' can J ! ' ! ! him Instructor to the black ( firmly hole ! ) . —I arrest you . Corporal , away with terl ( y The . - A Drummer lapse of twenty Boy is -four marched hoiirs off , whe to 7 i the the cell Drummer , iveefting Boy bitis again brought before you . ) Instru Drummer ctor Boy ( as ( before white ) . with —For hunger ' quare ! ) . —I can't , sir , indeed I can INSTRUCTOR 't I ( He weeps ( firml bitterl y ) . — y . ) Serjeant , let him be shot ! execution ( The Drummer . A file of Boy Soldiers is blindfolded load their and rifles led to with the ball place cart of - ridge mournfully ) . Instructor ( firmly ) . —Ready ! Pre—( Form Drummer s himself Boy into ( hystericall a feeble square y ) . —Oh . ) , don't sir ! I will , I will ! triump Instructor hed ! ( i ? npressizrel y ) . —The " authorised version " has ( Slow and soleimi music from the Band . ) be This found at effectual first sight in may the long appear run . a little harsh , but will always How to be Concise . at Once the head more , of by all mean iment s be concise and the . For instance is before , you are comport yourself your as follows reg : — , enemy you , Instructor ( addressing his Troops ) . —Soldiers , Englishmen every , man Friends to , do —The his duty hour 1 . has ( Enthusiasm arrived when among " Britain the Troops expects . ) victors Mind , we of have Agincourt to keep ( " Hear up the , hear presti " from ge of a Drummer ourancesto ) , r Water s , —the - peat Left loo ( , cheers if Wing I die from . , ) avenge If the I Right die my ( death the W $ Serjeant ng 1 ) , and - A Major lma ! ( ch weeps eers f ) r , om I t re he - Lieutenant ( saluting ) . —Sir , the Enemy . ( Instructor The Troops { concisely obey promptl ) . —BOLT y . ! Hurried music frojn the Band . ) rence Thus to will the difficulty directions ' and of the danger " authorised be avoided version by a . " strict adhe-

      To The Maniacs Only !

      TO THE MANIACS ONLY !

      Shipp Question Ing Code .—What And The I...

      Shipp Question ing Code . —What and the is the Irish difference Land Bill between ? the New Merchant Bill upon A . nswer its hearing . —The , but Merchan JSnn dep Shi ends pping for Code success depends upon for its success Land leave Concerning itwithout the comment merit of the in the above hands atrocious of our conundrum readers . We we cannot understan , d it . ,

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 25, 1870, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_25061870/page/5/