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February 26, 1870] THE TOM AH A WK. 83
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TELEGRA PH TRUTHS.
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We have reason for believing that Mr. Sc...
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^ _ A POLITICAL MALINGERER.
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Lord Russell seems at last to have accep...
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JULES CANARD ON FRENCH AFFAIRS.
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Letter II.—Canard in a Mess.— The " Gami...
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February 26, 1870] The Tom Ah A Wk. 83
February 26 , 1870 ] THE TOM AH A WK . 83
Telegra Ph Truths.
TELEGRA PH TRUTHS .
We Have Reason For Believing That Mr. Sc...
We have reason for believing that Mr . Scudamore will shortly issue the following key to the mishaps of the Telegraphic Department ever quite over \ iYiown which wh he y the presides ex-Controller —oh ! so abl of y the ! No Post one Office has not grap Savings h thrown wires ' Bank ; any and s new was certainl li appointed ght y his upon doings to the the subject of command the last . Never fortni of the g has ht hav tele the e - than princi in ple this of excee " how ding not ly to wise do appointment it" been more . Surel fully y recognized the public grap may h now Office proudl they y boast have at that length in Mr got . Scudamore the wrong at man the in Tele the - wrong place ? But to our key : — Telegraph Department , General Post Office , St . Martin ' s le Grand . " Slow , but not sure . " EXPLANATION OF MISHAP . KEV TO EXPLANATION . Margate Atmosp caused heric a changes rupture at of the A wire boy p at layed one the of the fool inter with - communication between Lon- mediate offices and broke it . don and Paris . Application to the proper authorities for a new wire will be made in due course . An electric current passed The official in charge of causing down Fleet an street interruption to the Bank in the , key the of Bomb the case ay needles in his left Sunday the business between London and trousers . It was deemed un-Bombay . get necessary itas to the send public him home could to surely , wait a couple of days or so .
A thunderstorm caused a Tlie official in charge of the between rupture in London the communication and New leave New York to bury cable his had aunt a week , from 's York . whom , he had expectations . interrupted The in t ense communications col d o f M on d a y Office Mr . Minute Brown i on 473 leave tt ) . { vide with Vienna until the 14 th , March next . An earthquake in South The charwoman of the America caused a rupture in establishment upset a pail of the communication between soap and water into the gal-London and the whole of vanic battery , and it has never Scotland . been quite itself since the accident . Orderswillbe given ( most of likel next y ) t o see t o i t in t he course year produced The expected an interruption tidal in wave the ten B wires y some have mistak been e , supplied although communication between High some one forgot to send a , Tooting and Middle Clapham . proper battery to these stations . After the publication of this key , which is hourly expected , will it be too much to say that the only true couleur de rose p about a per upon Telegraph which a re Department p r inted t he telegrams the Post ? Office is the pink ^
^ _ A Political Malingerer.
^ A POLITICAL MALINGERER .
Lord Russell Seems At Last To Have Accep...
Lord Russell seems at last to have accepted his position as a nonentity , for the Court yournal has it : — " Earl Russell does not intend to return to town until after Easter . " Time was when no ses s ion could be considered f a irl y inauguelevation rated without to the the Upper presence House of " , his Lord a b John s ence " from and hi even s sea since t would his the have least been interest remarkable in his . In doings 1870 , , however and it is , no left one to seems a fashionable to take newspaper to discover that he is out of the way . Has Earl
Lord Russell Seems At Last To Have Accep...
Russell really retired into private , or is it that his Lordship has arrived at an age when even politics become a secondary consideration to personal convenience ?
Jules Canard On French Affairs.
JULES CANARD ON FRENCH AFFAIRS .
Letter Ii.—Canard In A Mess.— The " Gami...
Letter II . —Canard in a Mess . — The " Gamin de Paris "How to get into Prison . —An Intervieza ivith Rochefort . — Timidity and Bravery . —A Stern Order . The Prison of St . Pelagie , near Paris , February 18 , 1870 . MON CHER Redacteur , —You will see by the address at the head of this letter that I am languishing in a prison ! It is too true The . fac And t is yet , last my sweet home Editor au 5 me , it Rue is bearable du Pauvre —very Diable bearable 245 . Quartier Latin , my was a little , too well ventilated . It was all very , well in the summer , , when it didn ' t rain—but in winter ! Ah ! I am afflicted now at the thought of it . My removal to St . Pelagie was very easily managed . I think I have told you that I am one of the Redacteicrs of that promising paper , " jLe Gamin de Paris" which sells at a sou and circulates among- the masses . Encouraged by the success of my treason friend , Henri in my de organ Rochefort . Taking , I determined up a goose upon pen I writing wrote the a little following paragraphs in a style which you will recognize as founded upon that of the Editor of the now defunct Lanterne . You will observe that between each paragraph I have put * * * . This is the fashion in France ; when we can't secure points in the writing , we find them supplied in the printing : — To-Day and To-Morrow . The Emperor Napoleon the Third is an ass ! The Empress is another ! « * So is the Prince Imperial . ' The great Napoleon ( not the ** dirty little fellow chez les was a bad case of cad . All the Imperial Family of France are liars , thieves , black-Tuileries ) guards , murderers , and forgers . * Of course , the Empress is included ** . ¦ ;«¦ On the contrary , she is the worst * of the lot . Jules Canard . They didn ' t like this " at the Tuileries , and so carted me off to a disinal prison , where I am cruelly ill-treated . I send you a little article that was printed last week in the " Gaming
Canard at St . Pelagie . Yes , my friends , I am here—a poor prisoner . Little birds cry for their liberty ! Tigers demand their freedom ! ! Canard asks for release ! ! ! * Will he get it ? * Poor Canard , so young , so brave , so good . He languishes for light , for food . He is covered with chains , and has nothing . Will no one help him ? * The very smallest contributions most thankfully received . Jules Canard . I am happy to say that this pathetic appeal produced lots of money , and that now I am living like what your compatriots call " a fighting cock . " converse Rochefort together and . I get He on was admirabl much started y . We the feed other together day b , y and the appearance of a black beetle . When I explained to him that if quite he armed safe from himself attack with , he a regaine carving d - his knife composure and fork . , he The would colour be idea soon is returned too absurd to ! his cheeks . Rochefort a coward !—bah , the But I must conclude , as I have just been ordered to go to bed by the Governor . Receive the distinguished consideration of your imprisoned correspondent , Jules Canarp .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 26, 1870, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_26021870/page/11/
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