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    136 THE TOM AH A WK. \September 26, 1868...

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    WANTBn, A HORSEWHIP.

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    the Electioneering followers of Mr. Glad...

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    THE RIDDLE THAT HAS PUZZLED THE LUNATICS.

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    readers LAST , week we attempted , at th...

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    Perhaps It Is As Well That Lord Mayo Is ...

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    object clouds on purpose to gar disappoint curiosity the , and thousand hid himself or so behind European the know her fiery -nothings master who an excuse had made for adding the moon one ' s more impolite idle behaviour day to their to official existences . Beyond this , putting every other consideration aside , Sir itself John comes , Lawrence but due dangerous , or a ' s meteor Order as a in shower precedent Council is . was expected In future not , onl we , when y shall ridiculous an have eclipse all in the clerks of Somerset House clamouring for a holiday , and in possession and unreasonable of " a grievance . " if their request is refused as absurd

    136 The Tom Ah A Wk. \September 26, 1868...

    136 THE TOM AH A WK . \ September 26 , 1868 .

    Wantbn, A Horsewhip.

    WANTBn , A HORSEWHIP .

    The Electioneering Followers Of Mr. Glad...

    the Electioneering followers of Mr . Gladstone atrocities are have cropping achieved up the full memorable early , and notoriety servative candid of being ate the for the first boroug to disgrace h of Sandwich themselves , one . Mr The . H Con enry - on Worm the strength , happens of to this profess fact the have J ewish been relig furnished ion , and with the electors the fol- , lowing circular : — , " iWho crucified our Loi-d ?—The Jew

    . . " " 3 2 . . Who Who declared continues Him to deny to be Him a blasp ?—The hemer Jew ?— . The Jew . " " 4 5 . . Who Who will would destroy deceive our his common father Christianity and sell his ?— birthri The Jew ght . ?—The Jew . flesh " 6 ?— . Who The Jew will . ' worm' itself to the surface and have its pound of pents "We , ' and are deny Christians the Jew . . " Take our Lord ' saying , ' Be wise as

    sercandidates Mr . Knatchbull for the -Hugessen representation and of Mr Sandwich . Brassey are but it the is difficult Liberal with to believe the perpetrators that they can of this have abominable in any way insult identified , to Mr th . Worms emselves in Worms particular happens and to the to be whole not Jewish only a community highly respectable in general . but Mr a . sensible scurrility gentleman will do him , and and it his is cause not improbable more good that than such harm wanton ; but we it is have really quoted a disgrace should to Eng be lishmen permitted that to such be printed circular and s as pub that - wont lished to boast " the . Christian land of liberty , " of which we are all so

    The Riddle That Has Puzzled The Lunatics.

    THE RIDDLE THAT HAS PUZZLED THE LUNATICS .

    Readers Last , Week We Attempted , At Th...

    readers LAST , week we attempted , at the urgent to obtain request a solution of some to thousands a question of that our term has ( we of years understand —we allude ) given , of the course m ceaseless , to that annoyance great problem for a of long the generall nineteenth y felt century that the , " When conventional is a door answer not a door " When 1 " It it ' has s a- been jar , " have is not g in iven accord up ance steam with -eng the ines , sp boot irit of -jacks the , times and — the times electric that telegrap t ^ iV < gl C 4 . LSAA h . * This JL AAJ . O that being UWiUtj the bliV would case V * C 4 . hJl * , « find we VV \* begged '"'^ 'SS better ^^ our V / UX solution readers * VH > UWI < » J than to WV " the try t * * J

    one again to , " which trusting we have they so contemptuousl a y alluded . but Some They the of majority have the answers " tried have b again we een have remarkable , " but receive with for d questio have an utter been nable absence passable success of . , point attempts . It at has wit , become fun , and evident waggery to , that us from the rising these generatio sorrowful n u cranks nhapp " ily for lack which the our capability ancestors of performing were so justl the " famed quips , and and

    benefit from wh . ich our dear old England has derived such marvellous However , as we wish to be just as well as critical , we allow answers our readers we have to jud received ge for . themselves To aid the by public giving in , en their masse judicial , the labours , we have attempted a little classification . The question was When is a Door not a Door ?

    may And thu the s be answers arranged we : have — received to that difficult problem When it ' s a-Negress Class !—Orpheus i . — ( Ramsgate 'Passable ) . Old Brum . When it Class ' s va ( r ) nished 2 . —( . On —Mid the ge . Verge of Silliness ) . When When it it turns is a shut into -ter a . street —C . Weinberger —WMcD .

    * * AAWlk **» kVlAAXU AtAVV M * UVLVVWt . » ¥ . ATJVJL ^ . When it ' s aw-shut t-aw . —Hotspur ' s Popingjay . When it is to ( two ) . —Bill Class y-go- 3 Buster . —( Silly , Rose ) . , Isabella S ., and Midge . When it ' s o-pen ( a pen ) . —Jargon , and Forest Hill Owl . The When Cheapsid it ' s e a- Lunatic opening . . —Maniac Jack in a state of Champagne , and When it is on the swing . When it is swinging . —Annie ( Tooting ) .

    Forest When Hill it ' s bolted , and . —Mustard Peach Stone ( Lowestoft . ) , Samuel E . Thomas , Midge , Class 4 . —( Utterly " Stoopid . " ) Out When on Sufferance it is a book . ( studied with eye-on ) i . e . shielded with iron . —One W When hen it there ' s not ' s no there door . — . — Gustave Relampago Dore ' . s Ghost . When it is not a-dor-ed . —Taciturnity .

    NEXT WEEK'S PUZZLE . It is with the deepest regret that we have to announce the imag escape ined of that the he " Lively was safe Lunatic under lock of Camberwell and key on Green Friday . " ni We ght last open , . when In the unhapp ' morning ily we he left had him escaped with . his On bed the - dressing room window -table we found the following painful epistle : —

    Written boots in the on shower the mantel -bath -piece , ivith . my these play I defie Ha away lines , ha ye until are , I Tvrant I before ' m late free , until 1 — you free lat I as e shall in the the be air morning madl to dance y careering ! away By the , and to time 8 to 5 g Fleet lorious Street welcome , riding to the on moonlit a towel- veloci horse pede , and of shouting the Adriatic forth I my With Hark my hark tall and y-ho hollo ! tall ! y-ho ! With It is our , my opening tall , y-ho ! tall ! y-ho !

    the Yes home , thou of murderous lunatic literature wielder of is Penn situated the Puritan near Bride ! know ' s court that . What Hatchney would ? Mr . Punch do without his correspondent at Colney So Fare fare thee thee well well , for my a we n e traitrous ; hound ! A For nd the I am wind bound it is for blowing tea , and traitrous the sea ho und is cold , And I ' m my bound , for my tea . ,

    Adieu ! adieu 1 The Lively Yours till Lunatic death , of Camberwell Green . fitted It is out scarcel and y necessar despatched y to in say sea that rch an of expedition the fugitive was . at In once the meanwhile we once more must throw ourselves for the second ( and last ) time on the kindness of our readers , and beg them to accept ilUUCJJL a « , puzzle JJU lore ££ 1 C them instead iliotCdVJ to of a a . riddle nuuib rathe cl at \ . our uui write hands uatiu ^ what i .

    Vthe following imp hieroglyphic say : — ( or r ) we mean by V• # # # solution The . above When , with solved a little the problem thought is , most is exc p ee leasing dingly . easy of

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 26, 1868, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_26091868/page/12/