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    • WARNING UPON WARNING.
    • A GREAT SA VIAG IN SHA KING.
    • A UTHORS OjF MISCHIEF.
    • MILITAR Y SCHOOLBO YISM.
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      \ [From Our Special Correspondent.] On B...

      2 . 30 p . m . Have tried to enlist the missionary ; but as he was going to read a poem of his own , " On the Agricultural Prospects of the does South One other not Pacific see fellow , " wh in - y severity they should -two who cantos riot turn be s , as out merry a to prologue be , and an actor , have he says of them he - . vincial celebrity— passenger he says so , —is already dressed for " Hamlet pro , " but the getting up has upset him , and the steward has advised him to lie oh the deck amidships , and keep his eyes on the funnel . 3 P-m . The captain ' s orders are out ! I subjoin them . They appear to be taken down at his dictation : — To the Lads aboard the * Poojah . ' { Order 1 . ) Here ' s a glass of ruiri to you , my lads , and many of ' em . { Ord her er 2 . along ) As the with compass them beasts aren ' t to no the good fore now . , overboard with { Order 3 , . ) If you likes to throw in the missionary , for luck , { Order well 4 , . ) my I ' m lads your , you capt can ' ri . . { Order 5 . ) Let ' s have this here theatre business afore old Davy-Jones turns up . { { Order Order 6 7 . . ) ) Who Here ' s says another I ' m d g runk lass of ? rum to you , my lads . { Order Z . ) Put him in irons . { Order should 9 . ) . I'll So stand give b the y the old Poojah gal her , way my , lad lads s , , and like all a capt hands ' n for grog , and may the company be ( Signed ) G . R . So—m—tts B . ? Capfn ,

      January 29, 1870.3 The Tomahawk. 37

      January 29 , 1870 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 37

      Warning Upon Warning.

      WARNING UPON WARNING .

      Ground Wrecking Lately, Has On Met The W...

      ground Wrecking lately , has on met the with Irish a check coast . , which It seems has that been some gaining barrels of and paraffin were a oil t once were se washed ized and ashore secreted b Galway the fishermen a few days . When back , the division of the spoil was about to y take place , however , two ieces terrific and exp a losions dozen more occurred more , whereb or less y a injured man was . Althoug blown to h p it will , probably be held that the , poor fellows brought the calamity upon themselves by their illegal act of meddling with what did not recurrenc belong e of to such them accidents , we think as that this if the it is Leg onl islature y to prevent should the do Something towards putting paraffin , oil under proper control . While on land the regulations for storing the dangerous sublef stance t entirel are y lax to and his unsatisfactory own devices , on as to board the ship method the of capt stowing ain is cargo of this description . Hence it arrives that very often the barrels are left loose on deck , to be washed overboard and ashore at the caprice of the winds and waves , and to cause such accidents question Mr . Bright rel as has a that tes to which to the earn has Board a befallen reputation of Trade the Galway as , we an administrator presume fishermen , and . The , he as would do well to institute some practical reform in the matter in at P once all Mall and a n nd ot wait blown until every a cart Club -load to p ieces paraffin , or until has S exp t . Paul loded 's cellar Cathedral where , owing the oil has been unfortunate stored , vanishes proximity into to thin somebod air . y ' s

      A Great Sa Viag In Sha King.

      A GREAT SA VIAG IN SHA KING .

      Hair-Brushing By Machinery \S Undoubtedl...

      Hair-brushing by machinery \ s undoubtedly a great improvement danger . All upon ye who the value old system your h , irsute but it append is riot ages unattended be careful by before entrusting them to the . machine-brush that the operator be his experienced whiskers bru shed its use nearl . y The had other them day brushed , a gentleman away . having By the carelessness of the operator , , a portion became entangled in the torn brush out , and . As had it they was been their long unfortunate would undoubtedl owner suffered y have much been pain , and he certainly , had a narrow ( hair oh !) escape .

      Tep Song .)~ I( Oh For , Will The 'O\ Pu...

      tep Song . )~ Oh for , Will the 'O \ Public we have { when not missed a certain you " ! comic " "paper shuts

      A Uthors Ojf Mischief.

      A UTHORS OjF MISCHIEF .

      During The Gales Of Last Week Great Fear...

      During the gales of last week great fears were felt and expressed in the newspapers for the safety of the armour-clad to shi the p Valiant library in consequence of the ship , of having a box , containing been thrown books up bel from ong the ing I depths of the sea on the beach near Crosshaven . It subsequently appeared that the Valiant had arrived safely in the river . Shannon , and was there moored ; but while the uncertainty as well to her therefore fate lasted if , the the Admiralty anxiety was would most take painful steps . to It prevent would the be recurrence , of , such alarms , especially as in the present instance the authorities at Whitehall are solely responsible for the fright which the supposed loss of the Valiant gave the friends of the twelve hundred souls on board of her . It has long been foreseen that if " My Lords " in their selections of ship ' s libraries would insist in forming them of only the heaviest , dullest , and most cumbrous works , something serious must happen ; and it can have been but in obedience to a law of nature that the ' books on board of the Valiant broke through all obstructing matter Let us hope and found that the their Service proper will level profit , at b the y the bottom occurrence of the and sea . that in future the libraries of our men-of-war may be composed , of a class of literature of a lighter and more buoyant description than that which is just now " Regulation . " Besides , the present system is really dangerous ; for , unless wroughtiron book-cases are supplied to the fleet , or the volumes are stored in the magazine , no vessel will be safe from an involuntary scuttling at the caprice of the laws of gravity .

      Militar Y Schoolbo Yism.

      MILITAR Y SCHOOLBO YISM .

      A List Of Officers Who Have Passed Their...

      A list of officers who have passed their final examination at the Staff College has been published " by authority ; " and the first idea that its perusal suggests is that it is quite time that the students should have completed their education . The list is arranged after the approved fashion of a public school report . The head boy's name appears first with the number of marks of merit he with has gained notes , attached and his schoolfellows to their names follow containing in the order such information , as is deemed necessary to account for their not getting prizes . Thus Lieutenant Baring , Royal Artillery , heads document the list , with , " 3 passed , 371 marks a very , "having good , examination " to quote from in the the official higher courses of mathematics and topography . " Lieutenant Jessop , satisfaction 2 nd Dragoons , having , whose passed name a appears " good lower "—remark down , the also omission has given of the " very" — " examination" in the same subjects . Captain cause Blankley he , was Royal " absent Marines on , sick is excused leave for for seven being weeks last but during two the beterm is literall ; " and y nowhere Lieuten , is ant stated E . F in . Chapman a foot-note , Royal to be " Artillery qualified , , who but not on the list , having lost his term through absence on active he serv h ice appens , "—not to a be bad a soldier excuse . for Last his of absen all ce Lieutenant , in our op Baring inion , as is commended for having passed a very , good examination in Foot Greek , i s p atted " extra on the subject back " for and having Captain done Spalding "fairl , y 104 " th in German . Of what good this system of marks and prizes can be to the officers Service should we cannot be spe see c . iall y trained is very ri for ght the and more proper special that and certain important age . But duties to treat , even a College if they composed have passed of men out of of thirty the learning or even n forty ames year of s the of best age as men so shou many ld schoolboys be noted a is t the absurd Hors . e That Guar the ds tion for the of best an annual places report is only of rig their ht and progress proper and ; but general the publica beha - - thing viour i of s subjecting the ridiculous them about to an it indi , would gnity be which monstrous , had it . no We t some have - heard a good deal of Army Reform lately , and the newspapers tell us that " grave alterations in the present system are in contemplation . " If this is really the case , we would suggest that the students of the Staff College should be treated as experienced been officers detailed who , for on special account and of par their ticular superior servic intelli e , not gence as naug , hav hty e boys who will be " told of" if they do not stand at the top of the class .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 29, 1870, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_29011870/page/3/