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Show Shooting the Mines. v .' ' ' . " - ' ' ': ' ' 4 The U. S. Mine Sweeping Iet:rvh-i' ment has just returned from its work . ' In the North Seas. The ever present :! dunger of floating mines was counter-acted counter-acted by the sharp eyesight of tin t men -who were behind tiie guns. Theii job was to pick off the mines as thej appeared and explode them by direct j ! bits. The l'ves of the other men'! abo-ird and the safety of the ship de- ' pended on their ki'enness. A large prop.iriu.n uf the 55, Oft , mines laid in the- North Seas by thf i t. S. Navy was destroyed in this way. t This is ji.st one of the jobs that ; comes in the caiver of a V. S. sailor; I one of the experiences that gives him ' t a grip on himself "and makes him a -regular fellow. 1 |