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places of warfare everywhere, but one would have to look through many oattJe records to parallel the experience of 6110 of our bluejackets, if indeed it could be paralleled at all. He wis sighting a gun and had his eye to'the eyepiece of the telescope when a shell knocked the gun - clean overboard and the man with it, yet the only injury h d received was a black eye caused by the eyerpiece striking him. A midshipman wasv blown i.p into the air when his ship sank and fell into the sea, barely escaping death from striking floating wreckage. Twice was he drawn far down into the depths by the suction of sinking ships, and each time fought his way to the surface again. At last, when almost finished, he was picked up by a passing destroyer, and for five long hours lay exhausted upon ncr decks while she was fighting the enemy, and all the .tuno shells were hurtling over him. Though but a boy in years, this middy can claim to be a veteran in war experience, for he was present at the Falkl'ands battle and subsequently sawhard fighting ..at the Dardanelles. ■$ £. -£ Our sailors were as _light-hearfced as they were courageous right through the engagement. Aboard one ship the •younger members of the crew, when German shrapnel was bursting on the decks, ran laughingly after the bullets and picked them up for souvenirs, in another ship the men as they worked their guns kept jocularly remarking as they -tired each round, "There's another, gift from the women of England" —this being a reference to the employment of women in munition factories, a branch "of feminine activity that has deeply impressed "Jack." * ' * * • W, And the nouchalent manner in wh:ca the sailors regarded their wounds was something wonderful. Occasionally fcli's had its pathetic aspect, as m the car;-? of a man wlio went to the dessing sta, tion with ail the lingers blown off oha hand. "That's rough luck for you," remarked the surgAon. "It ain't so bad," answered the man "] ain't got it half so bad as my biother." "Wher^ is he, then? Bring him here," sairl the surgeon. "I can't," quietlty replied th« man, "He's drowned in "the Invincible. 1 just seen him go down." J. J. Sufferers from Rheumatism dread the cold winter weather. Too often it aggravates the disease, and bring? additional torture. But you can face the wet season without fear, if yon take Rheumo. Rheunio is a remedy of proven efficacy—proved by thousands of New Zealanders who used to suffer untold agony from Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout and kindred ailments. The advice of these men and women to you is "take Rheumo" start taking it NOW. Rheumo gives quick relief and by expelling the excess uric acid from the blood, joints and tissues of the body, it seldom fai's to bring a complete cure. Chemists and storekeepers sell Rheumo at 2/G and 4/6 bottle. Get it right away. Corns are very painful. If you suffer from them you should get Pro. gandra—a sure cure. If you know a friend who suffers from corns, mention Progandra—l/_ at Chemists and stores. j Barraclough's Magic Nervine Cures - Toothache. „. _. , j .