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Show REMOVED STAIN FROM NAVES Titles Bestowed In Derision Made Honorabie Through Deeds of 1 Distinction. When In the count of Barlal- mont characterized the league of Flemish nobles arrayed against nls Spanish sovereign as "a band of beg Kars" the Ipasue, until then without a name, enthusiastically adopted the one the haughty servant of Spain had given them and called themselves the "League Hes Gneux." They made the name a badge of honor for ail time. In a similar spirit the French and American soldiers In Rhode Island during the war of the Revolution christened themselves the "sansculottes" "sanscu-lottes" at a feast they gave where potatoes po-tatoes and similar viands constituted (he menu, with the distilled juice of the corn, and any man considered himself him-self disgraced If he appeared with a whole pair of breeches. This name, originating In this country, was transferred to France, where It was applied as a term of reproach by the aristocrats to the revolutionists of 1789 That the revolutionists did not , so regard It Is Indicated by the fact that In the new calendar they adopt ed, beginning with September 22. 1792. t'pey applied the term "sansculottes" "sans-culottes" to the five (or six) supplementary supple-mentary days placed at the end of the last month to complete the year, each of the 12 months having 30 days. These examples from history show how names given in dishonor can be redeemed In honor, a reflection in which those who think they are misnamed mis-named may find consolation. Army and Navy journal. |