nder the chin we heard the
voice of the other uplifted in a new slogan: 'Give over, will you, old
turnip-head! You've got the goods, and, by Sam Hill, we mean to have
'em!' And with one hand he held the prisoner down while with the other
he tore the Iron Cross from his tunic.

"After the Bosch officer's fall our men made short work of the rest,
but the runners didn't wait for victory. There was a muttered counting
of the spoils: 'Six helmets for D Company. Two Bosch rifles. One
bandolier. And the Iron Cross. That's the lot. We'd better git.' And
they got."

* * * * *

"The two British Colossuses, _The Tribune_ says, opened fire
with their 300 five-millimetres guns."--_The Post (Dundee.)_

This is the first we have heard of the new naval pea-shooter.

* * * * *

"The war aims to which Germany and Austria must give assent must
be expressed in unequivocal language and based on the principles
of jujsjtjicjejjjjji."--_Evening Echo (Cork)._

We are not quite sure whether our spirited contemporary refers to
justice or ju-jitsu; but, either way, it means to give the Huns a
knock-out.

* * * * *

"For British and Oversea soldiers and sailors who visit Paris a
club is to be opened at the Hotel Moderne, Place de la Republique.

"The British Ambassador, Sir Douglas Haig, Sir John Jellicoe, and
Sir William Robertson have become patrons of the club, which will
provide them with comfortable quarters and meals at reasonable
prices, supply guides, and generally fulfil a useful purpose."

_Evening Standard_.

But surely the British Ambassador has already fairly comfortable
quarters in the Rue Faubourg St. Honore.

* * * * *

SMALL CRAFT.

When Drake sailed out from Devon to break King PHILIP'S pride,
He had great ships at his bidding and little ones beside;
_Revenge_ was there, and _Lion_, and others known to fame,
And likewise he had small craft, which hadn't any name.

Small craft--small craft, to harry and to flout 'em!
Small craft--small craft, you cannot do without 'em!
Their deeds are unrecorded, their names are never seen,
But we know that there were small craft, because there must have been.

When NELSON was blockading for three long years and more,
With many a bluff first-rater and oaken seventy-four,
To share the f