The rest of the male costumes were mainly khaki. One man entered dining-room with Buffalo Bill hat decorated with maple-leaf and A.M.S. (Athabasca Mounted Scalpers), which he deposited on chair next to him. The only nut present endeavoured to remove this object. The A.M.S. man touched his hip-pocket significantly, and said: "The drinks are on you." At the table next to him was a group of South American magnates in tweed suits decorated with large buttons reading: "_No me habla de la guerra!_" If the man from Athabasca should start conversation with them about the war, it seemed probable that gun-fighting would ensue. I therefore enfiladed the position and took cover. However, the sergeant-waiter tactfully shifted a palm into screening position between the two tables, and thus averted the spreading of the War to Latin America. Similar state of affairs existed in stalls of certain theatre within outpost distance of P----y C----s. Ladies were openly knitting socks and intimate woollen garments between the Acts. Management seemed powerless to restore the conventions of peace-time. At the C----n Tavern the bar-tender had pasted notice on mirror behind him: "This Saloon closes at ten sharp. Gents are kindly requested not to start nothing here." The announcement seemed to have been effective, for very few bullet-marks were to be noted. By midnight, L----r S----e and R----t S----t were comparatively clear of dagos. This was due to efforts of street-cleaning corps (3rd County of L----n Light Hose). * * * * * [Illustration: _Recruiting Officer (to brawny pitman who has just passed his medical examination)_. "WHAT REGIMENT DO YOU WISH TO JOIN?" _Pitman_. "I DON'T CARE." _Officer_. "SURE YOU HAVE NO PREFERENCE?" _Pitman_. "WELL, PUT ME IN ONE O' THEM THAT SPIKES THE BEGGARS."] * * * * * THE NEW ANAESTHETIC. REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. MEDICAL SCIENCE SUPERSEDED. A correspondent in whose accuracy we place the highest trust informs us of very remarkable results which have been achieved by the adoption of a new means of alleviating pain and suffering invented by a lady in London. This lady being suddenly taken with lumbago was in great agony until she remembered our soldiers at the front, and thought how much worse was a wound, and instantly, our correspondent is informed, some of her own distress left her. The case has been investigated by several eminent inquirers and they are satisfied with her story.