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"A long, keen dagger will be supplied to every American
infantryman going to France. This weapon will be fitted into
one of the fighting men's leggings when he goes into action,
so he will have something to fall back on should his bayonet
fail."--_Canadian Paper_.

If he's going to fall back on it, we hope the sharp end won't be at
the top.

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[Illustration: _The Sub_. "I SAY, SERGEANT-MAJOR, DO YOU REALISE THAT
THAT CHAP WITH THE BARROW IS A MEMBER OF AN ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY?"
_The Sergeant-Major_. "WELL, SIR, 'E MAY BE WHAT YOU SAY. PERSONALLY
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND 'IM QUIET AND WELL-BE'AVED."]

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THE CLYDE-BUILT CLIPPER.

[Many of the fast-sailing clippers which were making fine passages
in the Australian wool trade in the 'seventies and onwards were
laid up or turned into hulks before the War. Recently, however,
several have been re-fitted for sea and are once more doing good
service.]

A ship there was, and she went to sea