Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed the tattoo mark was in the beginning a mark or of slavery tl avery it was a custom 0 of tile the early Alo moorish orish abil pirates to place a di distinctive ti tive mark on the face and arm ot of their capthens cap thes much as mohammedan r woman are tattooed at tile the present time when sailor prisoners escaped they returned home to ex arbit bit proudly their marks of captivity jealous mariners marinero ma who stayed at home hastened to get up tip in business that emili eminent ent gentleman tile the tattoo arttist passengers aboard the stricken steamer tahiti were taken oft off the ilay day after she sank the billa ship was disabled near the international date line after the passengers were removed she drifted across the line I 1 arnd sank a day earlier when the body of 0 john paul joins was removed from paris to the naval academy an autopsy was bield in order to be positive that the body designated was really his bis this was probably the first time such an examination has been made so long after death years it was a triumph in anthropology and is ot of deep interest to the th e medical profession the excellent state of preservation of the body due to alcohol used in embalming enabled scientists to verify the diseases of the heart and lungs of which the man was known to have died the united states navy Is the first navy to ever install electrical equipment on board a man o war and to propel a ship by electricity the first ship of the navy to be so operated was the old collier jupiter which later was coave converted arted in the pre present pent airplane carrier and experimental ship langley the new mexico now at philadelphia undergoing modernization was the first electrically propelled battleship in I 1 Al america slie she it is L fell lipiec me lne 1 l t and carrus 12 inch guns in her main battery the ten lits see completed and commissioned juno 3 1920 was tile the second vei eb 1 ii i I to be commissioned of the electric fleet the present navy fl flat at hat mor worn luce file tile the early days ot of the frigates frigate 3 is to lie bo replaced with a hat ot of new design the new design resembles officers caps without the also 1 w bialler across the top anc dors rot cottan contain a grommet the ribbon the name ot of the ship wilt will tile the same |