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    • IMPORTANT NOTICE.
    • i UNDER THE SCAFFOLD: ; or, I THE HANGMAN'S PUPILS ! THE LAST THOUGHTS OF AN INNOCENT MAN.
    • THE FABLE OF THE WISE MEN OF SHAMMIM. j
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      2$2 The Tomahawk. [October 26, 1867.

      2 $ 2 THE TOMAHAWK . [ October 26 , 1867 .

      Important Notice.

      IMPORTANT NOTICE .

      Tomahawk In Consequence , A7id Of Its Th...

      TOMAHAWK In consequence , a 7 id of its the rapidl Immense y increasing Success Circulation achieved { alread by the y reaching ENLARGE 50 , 000 it from copies Twelve 'weekl Pages y ) , it ( its has presen been t size resolved ) to SIX to - \ front TEEN those Pages disappointments . It-will thus which be possible a very to secure limited advertisers space has ! f hitherto the Machinery sometimes necessary tmavoidabl for y Printing occasioned this . So yotirnal soon therefore sufficientl as y rapidlyto meet the enormous demandshall be fixed and in

      I , , I operation With the , the still Enlargement Larger Circtclation will 'be made . anticipated fro 7 n this tise important ments -w alteration ill be increased in size , to the £ 2 Scale $ per of Page Charges , and for is . Adver 6 d . per - Line .

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      London, October 2.6, 1867.

      LONDON , OCTOBER 2 . 6 , 1867 .

      I The Secretary Of State For War Has Ask...

      I The Secretary of State for War has asked the assistance of Sir j Henry Storks in the organization of the Abyssinian Expedition . This : is a shameless admission of the incapacity of the wooden-headed i authorities in Pall Mall . Let us hope that the administration of King : Stork may prove more successful than that of King Log .

      J That '' Vulgar And Silly Nobody, Who W...

      j THAT '' vulgar and silly nobody , who wishes to be considered a i somebody , who gives us dirt-pies for the Flaneur ' s trifle , the ' Censor ' ( of attack the Morning us this Star week " ( vide which Punch includes ) , has indulged other in matters another a coarse misupon , , among , I quotationand half-a-dozen base and cowardly imputations . However

      , , to quote the " Censor" for the second time : — "Satire is one thing , untruth and blackguardism another . If a costermonger did not swear , he might be chaffed out of countenance by a school-boy ; but his I power lies in his oaths . When he opens his mouth , a gentleman shuts 1 his . " Exactly ; so we shut ours , and shan't answer the " Censor . "

      I Mr. Disraeli Has Been Undergoing A Sev...

      I Mr . Disraeli has been undergoing a severe course of training for his appioaching visit to Edinburgh . Oatcake , haggis , and porridge have formed his chief diet , and with the aid of whisky have securely repaired I ; on the his ravages constitution which . constant He will practice , of course of the , appear Highland in a Fling kilt has at the inflicted great 1 banqu ( et , and will him recite self on passage the bagp s from i ) B in urns the and course sing of a the Gaelic evening song

      T \ M accompany > he VVV onl * 4 | . WM y Scotch » I * ilfc XA accomp « 4 M »} V 1 X V ^ lishment * - * . \ . * . ± . \* SH which pes I ^* / he has I . I . IVJ as y et 4 . k . hJW failed VI . VJ >&\« to conquer T V **** 'g « . 1 pensate is the square for any reel deficiency j but the on wild this impetuosity point . His of double his jig shuffle will amp is expected ly com-I to provosts bring , down to say the nothing Mayor of and the corporation castle . In , fact we , the A pardon thens , of B the aillie North and i will own that they never saw a real Scotchman before Mr . D'Israeli .

      I Under The Scaffold: ; Or, I The Hangman's Pupils ! The Last Thoughts Of An Innocent Man.

      i UNDER THE SCAFFOLD : ; or , I THE HANGMAN'S PUPILS ! THE LAST THOUGHTS OF AN INNOCENT MAN .

      {See Cartoon.) The At Face Peac Of E A !...

      { See Cartoon . ) the face peac of e a yelling Hard to mob die — thus but at peace hamefu . l , At unmourned peace , innocent -for , death of , th e l crim ess of e of the which blood I ' m laid accus to e my d , and door for ; a which martyr I , ' m a Christian about to , suffer full of ; hope guilt , - and moments yet dreading on the with scaffold an , awful the je loathing ering and the th time e laug about hter t o come the cru , the el cr ¦**•¦ owd * ' » ' ^ f *« . The -- »»*• chap w «*« 4 , jUS lain £ » xi £ stands » 7 I . C 4 , 4 « Ut 7 beside ILSWOi ^ t ^ , me XLIKi J ful U 4 * l of KJM . p ^ JlV iety ^ LJf and C 4 JAU . ch \* JLiill arity IL ^ f , telling iCiiliJ ^

      me osalvation , —but I can scare ely listen to his words . Oaths and wa curses lls , s s w eem elling to dash and around falling m like e— the rot heard mountains yet— of but a without stormy sea the prison !—not br heard eak u yet , but w ears aiting ! T noisil he B y and e is angril held y 1 fore Read me y J oh I cannot so read read y to it . A thousand pmy hideous faces—phantoms here , but , real and living a pages dozen I yard so willing s from ly hence would , read float ! befor I could e my die eyes the , shameful and hide death the — hol in y -

      {See Cartoon.) The At Face Peac Of E A !...

      nocent the mob as . I These am , are it has not thoug lost its hts terrors for a d — ying but man oh I ; its and hard yet , to do what meet I will , these reflections force themselves upon me . I cannot pray while think , those think demons , think of are their so near howls me , !— their Indeed imprecations I cannot , pray and , I their can blas only - p show hemy me ! Hell Why when are they my thoug allowed hts to should torture be me of Heaven in my death ? Surel scene y — it to is j j cruel , it is barbarous , to disturb the last minutes of a poor sinner with I faced the hoarse oaths 1 of drunken that ruffians the — murderer with the faint said screams to be of and white still - [

      should women I not need Say peace I were for repentance ? Innocent I ' m or guilty , , , J cruelty But the is the hangman same . must teach his lesson , and his pupils must be expiated taught : the on crowd the scaffold must learn . Will that the the crowd assassin profit ' s crime by is the onl lesson y to be ? of Perhaps its victim not . , when The once murderer that ' s victim knife has is not been easil singled y guided out from for bloodshed the heart j ' —when once Surel the Death murderer is sufficient has become unishment blind with for rage crime and mad —death for '

      of carnage the bod . y , not y , death of the souL p But what is this any ? Both X I so think soon so- to Oh mee ! yes t my ; as gaze I stand . The here sea , I can of p upturned icture the faces dreadful , the si roar ght the of oaths beetle , - the browed cries bull , the the shouts bull , and -necked the whistling hwho . Yes has , come there to is laugh and scoff at my last y , agony ; to deride roug me , as I stand trembling 1 beam beneath 1 the There rope , again ; to , is hoot the at drunk me en as I woman fall dang , who ling will under laugh the hideous at me when merriment . a I ' m seized as VbJ the by white the hangman is pressed , who over will cry forehead ivi out to me down in !

      that my ***> awv cheeks have *¦»» - * <*_ a . never * , ^*^ i close A . a * Jk * v been * A . to * . b O ^ my children vi ^ throat V WV m «> , . of cap VIAU And children A .. J t there ~^ X *« J « - »> that ^^—•• top have » ^ are ** . my the always y faces VrA ^ been VUiVl of , * XA men men > J W JH . 1 crime Faces ! daubed And with as I paint see , th faces em I pinched hear a hoarse hunger roar , faces of laug sharpened hter ! No by ! j wailing , no horror , no disgust , but a shout of cruel brutal merriment ! j of And the these law .. Still the hangman I hear ' the s pup voices ils ! This of the is the mob great ming moral ling with teachin the g for prayers me beyond of the the priest prison l , still walls it I see still the I k hear white the % and laug bloated hter vvii that lrrni faces is mirthless waiting VUiViJkJ | j

      and - shaken * . > - »^ - »»* the \< "rf hands «* j sing ^_ v ^^ v ^ ing > Vi with * ft »» that r r n the n ¦ * m has _ governor no % *» ±± tj % , song ovaaa ; ! and j . * S vum till am > . *^ I »^ read uwm hear ^ y m- . all The Vi this \ j procession & , ai and ^ la have . is , 1 formed , and the sounds become louder and louder . I am on the scaffold awful , loathsome , the crowd sig is ht before » * me ! Great * Heaven * ! # What a hideous ,

      The Fable Of The Wise Men Of Shammim. J

      THE FABLE OF THE WISE MEN OF SHAMMIM . j

      (Dedicated With All Respect To The Pan-A...

      ( Dedicated with all respect to the Pan-Anglican Synod . ) ! the Now The peop , they Land le were had of received free Shammim and prospered from was their a very ; for ancestors rich they and did a a very that very which hol happy y Image was land ri , , g and ht . j this keep Image ing thereof was kept depended in a large the happ Temp iness le , with of the much Land care of , Shammim for on the . safe very And much the peop ; and the of T Temp he Land le was worshi a very pped noble this Image temple , , and reverenced beautiful to it I seeand with much labourand with much sorrow had it been built

      and the blood of some of the , noblest men of many lands had cemented ; ; riches hol the y foundations I and mage honour therein thereof for , was so . doing committed And . the keep to divers of wise this T men emp , who , and received of the ( Temp And le it ; was and now behold some , som three e came hundred to the years wise afte men r the who building had charge of the thereo there are f , and large said cracks unto them the , walls " See the to reof this , and Temp the rats , for are w eating e fear away that the foundations thereof ; and the Image , behold it is much soiled and

      is defaced defaced not the so so face that that that the the it old old had features features of old . thereof thereof Therefore can can scarce scarce nowO b be e wise seen seen , men , and and take its its face face instant care lest our Temple fall into ruins , and our , holy Image , be de ye - stroyed Now , . " some of the wise men laughed when they heard these men ' s fears , but at length , since many of them saw that what they said was true ** A k * Wa , the im * w wise VV * t « # ^ rf men *** % «** of V ** v S in hammim lijivim ill J ft » met * 4 » v b together bv ^ W'tw * in *»* w sole ^^ *^ rf m »»*** n assembl wuwwAMMA y I to w ^ r kj see ^^^ rf

      what they came should from be done far and to near save , and T when emple they and t he Image e to the therein Temp . And and began therein were examine torn and it , behold dirty , and they patched found th with at the various carpets colours and curtains . And j t so her they what set shoxild to work be , done and talked to repai for r the many curtains days , and and took the carpets counsel , tog or e - ' there And should behold be , while new ones they m were ade , and di if sputin so o f what with one colour anot . her , the walls of the Tle began «| to shake i and the roof & thereof w ** - ^^* fell # in with a mi aaia | ghty ^ i 4 | i

      noise ^^ A b **^ , and ^ b emp ^^*** buried m ^^^& p ^^^ the ^*»* a . ^ wise ^^ ^ AA ** men r «^^^ , a ^ w under *^^ - ^ w *&^^ the ^^^^ ruin A s thereof ^*^^ a *^^*« . But vv av ** the v ** Image t alone hereon remained had standing , and the behold face of , the e I soils and was the the de face facem of e nts pure and brig gone ht as away when , first it was given unto mage the land of Shammim . ,

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 26, 1867, page 252, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_26101867/page/4/