Show STRANGE SIGNS ON SHIPS have little meaning to the lat ed ad but are plainly understood by sailors strange signs frequently hang from hips which puzzle even dwellers in seaport e a port towns cowna to goes S the of A basket along ailing I 1 from rem tile the rusin main mast head la is a sailors sailor s sign to notify daify that the cargo has baa been loaded or di dis charged as the case may be and that the ship 1 Is ready to start on her next trip tills this she cannot do until the usual hoard board of trade formalities he havo been observed and the ship a papers which while a ship is in port part are a deposited pos led A ith the board of trade have ZI been b a returned to the captain A generally mysterious emblem b 1 e Is a bosom besom lashed to a 1 mainmast I 0 or bridge tailing railing this is 19 to signify that the tha ves tea sol sel is for far sale auto occasionally a dark blue I 1 no stripe may be see seen r running im fore a and d aft it on a VS ves sol sel be as a matter it er of tact fact this is ia a sign ot of recent bereavement blue is ie the sailors sailor a mourning and the stripe of this color take the place piece ot of the tha black margin or band used by the landsman landsmen lands land men as aa IS a cation of 1 death |