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    • ZES PO&E-OARRES. member of the By paris Jules, rowing club.
    • THE LA W ANL> THE POLICE.
    • VER Y LIGHT LITERATURE.
    • " TOMAHA W&" OUT OB TO WJST.
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      when they really should have it . Mr . Vining deserves well of the public , arid if he is forced into producing " a new and as orig remunerative inal drama by to Mr the . treasury Bbucicault as , " " we Acis onl and y hope Galatea it may " should prove have been .

      August 28, 1869.] The Tomaha Wk, 99

      August 28 , 1869 . ] THE TOMAHA WK , 99

      Zes Po&E-Oarres. Member Of The By Paris Jules, Rowing Club.

      ZES PO & E-OARRES . member of the By paris Jules , rowing club .

      Dred My , Franc Books . Is But Rriade Li...

      dred My , franc books . is But rriade listen . If : if your Le cerise Oxfor the -blue Mohicainnes win , I lose seven les gentle hun - - men of the Harvard College Outrigge , Club do first , catch the win post , I lose thirty-five pound ( sterling ) to a welch ^ re Duke . You see , the bets I make are the bets international . Th . eperfide Albion and the sawvage d'Amerique engage in the contest he of is row la heroes justice , / but He le look JFrancai onbut s , he wish is no courageous win post , to he one is brave barge , or to the other . He is impartial , . He is a pair of scales . He bets both . He gives the back to both . He is ? nagnifiq 2 ie . He must lose le stake . Jkfais—he will see fair . Voyons . On the vingt sept he will he there , on one grand Edinborg steam-ship . Jules course ! in Offs front / , avec It is son a race paque behind bot du le JVord paquebot / He of clears Jules ! There He has will on be his the shi swells pboard , the un waves regiment . ' But de stewards you know ! Then not Jules cou . - rage , Harvar ! courage , Oxfor ! Jules sees fair . All right . Yes .

      The La W Anl≫ The Police.

      THE LA W ANL > THE POLICE .

      It Is Announced That The Cornrnissioners...

      It is announced that the Cornrnissioners of Police have transferred Inspector Wade and the three sergeants engaged in the affray between the police and the clerks of the Charing various Cross Branch Metropolitan of the Divisions National of Bank the , from force . the We C division wonder to if this is meant for a promotion or a punishment ? Whichever it may be , it will not certainly have the effect of giving satisfaction we to the trust public , will , who not let have the not matter yet 'drop forgotten until the law case and , order and have who , been vindicated in a more satisfactory manner . All we can be say punished is , that if , the this princi is the ple way must in which be carried perjury still is further in future . For to instance , pickpockets living in St . Giles ' s must on their conviction dwelling be sentenced at the last to -named reside p at lace Hammersmith might be transferred , while murderers to Bermondsey or Tyburnia . However sound in theory this may be , we doubt if practically it would be found to answer ; but we shall now have an opportunity of judging for we shall certainly watch the career of Inspector Wade and his three subordinates with the closest attention and interest *

      Ver Y Light Literature.

      VER Y LIGHT LITERATURE .

      Reduction Up To The To One Prese Penny N...

      reduction Up to the to one prese penny nt date , faithfull the Pall y promised Mali Gazette its rea , der whi s c t h h at on the its and alteration not to in the its matter arrangements contained should in its onl pages y extend has certainl to its y price kept , its word . The paper has been as uniformly e , xcellent since the reduction of its least attractive it ever was fea , tures and the have " O been ccasional fully up Notes to their , " not mark one of smartness and interest . Last , Tuesday , however , the Pall brilliant Mall , in paragraphs its principal that column we , cannot published do better two such than exceptional quote them ly word for word . This is the first : — " A story is told in a Paris paper of a new method for regentleman v covering icinity of at the an s deb Odd adjoining ts o * n r ound window other a girl day was with a apostrop crowd a wooden gathered hizing leg , with whom in loud the a w cries asherwoman and gesticulations , who had . gone It t turned o the gentleman but that the to ask girl for was pay a - ment of her bill , and finding that the money was not forthl coming ying in she a corner had , seized and had her walked customer off , ' s declaring wooden leg tha t whi she would h was not return it till she was paid . " And this is the second : —

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      "The Belgian papers speak of a curious wager made the other day by a young riian of Antwerp . He engaged to swim on his back in the Scheldt for a quarter of an hour with his when spectacles the s un ca Scarcel me ou t , however arid acting , had on he the swam spectacles a few as yard on a s riiagnifying glass , gave him , such pain that he was obliged to swim to shore before coinpleting his task . It is said ( though that might have been expected ) that the unfortunate swimmer has not only lost his bet , but his eyesight as well . " Mal If l we now were not before quoting us " we Occasional should reall Notes be inclined " from the to think Pall that stich , wonderful open productions , of wit and y genius could only have emanated from that source even more worthy of great productions—the funny column of our much respected contemporary , the Family Herald . What a pity it is that such brilliant writing should be thrown away on a city so dull , dirty and deserted as London just now is !

      " Tomaha W&" Out Ob To Wjst.

      " TOMAHA W & " OUT OB TO WJST .

      No* Ft—Bcmlogne* In The Sad Sea Cabin, A...

      No * ft—Bcmlogne * IN the sad sea cabin , among the gloomy eaters of ' am and the devourers steamer of " weal Rhine , wandered , " by the the cheap North pitiful -American excursion Indian , with I B its y paltry dinner eleven voyaged shillings the red " there skin ! and Drinking back , " of and fire its water substantial , and turning , as white as a pale face , stood the great Tomahawk , regarding with bloodshot eyes and much-troubled digestion the waves off the North Foreland . Sad and sick at heart sat he on the paddle-box as he passed the mud-shored Margate ; sadder and sicker at heart lay he on the deck as he passed he the in rollicking the cabin Ramsgate as he , passed saddest the and delicious sickest at Deal heart ! It sprawled was a p steward itiful si was ght sorry and , a and painful the si storm ght . -def Even ying the captain basin heaved -holding a - heavy sunshine sigh after . Alas the ! b alas attle ! dinner ! alas ! after !! But a after the harbour rain comes ! So things must , end ; so ended the , steamboat voyage ' s passage . The port landed was new reached in heart , the new Douan in life e and oe ' rreached new in speech , and . Tomahawk That much for a , preface . And , now I drop the third person and When the Indian I arrived , and Boulogne adopt the was first very person , very and cheerful the Eng . lishman Perhaps . they knew that I was , coming , or it might possibly have been on account of the Emperor ' s F 6 te ( I merely add the last utterly absurd supposition to stop the mouths of my enemies if they wish to call me " conceited " ) . The gayness of Boulogne showed itself chiefly in flags . Go where you would and there you found acres of bunting . I noticed several very gallant attempts at representing & c" ) , and the regretted British exceedingly flag { that " th flag at the which efforts for a were thousand , as a ,

      rule exception , of the . orde Over r of a certain failure . hotel There floated was , a however drapeau , one which startl would ing have resembled been a awfull black y currant like the jam "flag tart which ! I , felt & c quite , " had national it not equall when y I saw this diaphonous dainty . Another ingredient of this dish ha it of would p gaiety s as my be was as sp ac well e entertainment is limited give Boulogn , my at patience the e in Establishment the less shape , and of my . a rather wit But least per (?) - , humorous catalogue . Commengons . The Establishment . —Always pronounced " Lesstabblismong " . glasses ra Lots ces , of bi reflecting gge peop st le idiots working ( when . Nice I and look band flirting into play . them ing Big pretty ) a rooms very tunes , pretty bi , nice gger p face ter ier - - , nice the French ices , and have nice a g vague in at the idea b that ar . the You Eng can lish get live p lenty on g of in g . in S — o they do and —at listen least to ) / the do music ! You with sit down a smile in on the gran li d concert and a - room , your ps wink rivals hate ( a " you vicked and vink all " is ) great in your joy eye and . harjp Ladies iness , admire Get bored you , of this , and you , can spring from your chair ( I say you can , I merriment don ' t say you or will beta ) ke do self a can to t - he can with ound s wild where shout of delirious throw , yourgr , you may a boy ball , and at some are above dolls , forty or join years in a whirli of age g , ig you . If m you ay go are to a very a Bal good des enfants travestie * I went to one , They " travestied" me as

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 28, 1869, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_28081869/page/13/