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Show MEANING OF SCARLET THREAD Woven Into British Naval Rope as H Positive Method of Identification H of Royal Property. H ISvur glnru thu day of Nulson, a po- M culiur custom has boon ohsurved in the British navy. A ncnrlot throad Is M woven into ovary one ol tho thou- VMH sands of topoH used in the British na M val service This lncludu nil ropes M from tho smnllost heaving lino to tho ijl largHHt hawser. Several romantic sug- ' M goHtloun hnvu been advanced an to 'M why tho throad Is woven Into tho vMH ropes, hut the roal reason Is n slmplo H and prucilcnl ono. H It simply iiiuaus a sure way of dun XVAf tlfylug royal property, and If any ropo VMVJ with the iod thread Is found In unnu- H thuri.ad hands tho prosuinptlon is H that It was Improperly takoti. It la jH forbidden (hat any ropo manufactured ,H for privatu uso coiitnlu tho rod thread, ) In Just the namo way that in thu Uril- ill ted States the manufacture of piipyr . -H for private use containing bits of silk ) is forbidden. This paper In the Unl- SH Ltui .States Is UHud fur uutruiuy pur- H .) only. M M |