Show STRANGE SIGNS ON SHIPS have little meaning to the ed out but are plainly understood by sailors strange signs frequently hang from ships which puzzle oven enn dwellers in seaport towns to guess tile tho meaning of A basket slung from froia tho the mainmast head is a sailors sign elen to jo notify that tho the cargo has been loaded or discharged as aa tho the case may bo be and that the ship la Is ready to start on tier her next trip this she elio cannot do until tho the usual board of trado trade formalities havo been observed and tho the ships papers which while n ship to la in port are arc deposited with we iia board of trado trade have bavo been returned to t tho h 0 c captain a pt a in A generally mysterious emblem is a besom lashed to a mahi mainmast mast or bridge railing this Is to signify that the vessel to Is for palo bale occasionally a dark blue stripe may bo be seen running foro fore and ami att art on en a ves vea sol as a mutter matter of fam ilits chis Is a sign ot at recent bereavement III bauo Is HIO sailors mourning and tho the stripe of this color takes the place of the black margin or band used by the lan landsden landsmen lands damen men as a notification of at death |