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Dram the House With Vines.
Who has not looked at a stark new
house and wondered ,if it could ever
be made into a home? There is
something so deadly uncompromising
about the newness of a new house in
its glittering untritnmedhess. Tame
will dull the shimmer of new paint
but eternities will not make any house
a home unless people are willing to
•lend a hand.
Vines are the real answers to many
such problems, not a hit or miss
gathering of the elan of vines, but
a thoughtful planting, in which the
coke' of the flowers, the luxuriance
of the plant's growth, as well as the
time of flowering are all taken into
account. . before applying finishing materials.
Close clinging vines like the vie..For floors that are in a very bad
ginia creeper should not be trained condition, the only resort is to paint
directly upon a wooden house which them. First fill cracks with special
will have tobe' repainted .every once crack and crevice filler and apply one
in so often. Rather let it be trained or two coats of floor paint. A coat
over a strip of chicken wire, which of good floor varnish over the paint
can be fastened to the side of the will add to the appearance and dur-
house' and, when painting or repairs
aro needed, be let down. Wisteria Bear in mind that quality goods are
should be treated the same way, also essential to best results. Not only
the trumpet vine. I that, but they will give you the last -
Roses are visions of beauty when' Ing satisfaction that means true
festooning windows and climbing economy.
over porches. The only trouble with
them is that so few -so-called
clhnb-
ing roses actually climb. The Dor-
coat of ground coat and finish with
two coats of varnish stain of the
desired color.
For floors which have net previous-
ly been finished, a paste wood filler
should first be applied, Then finish
with two coats of good floor, varnish
or floor wax.
To refinish old floors, first clean
them thoroughly. Then sandpaper
smooth. Finish with two coats of
floor paint or floor wax. If a colored
effect is desired, apply one coat of
varnish stain eff the desired shade
and finish with one coat of floor var-
nish. If creeks between the boards
are in evidence, these should be filled
with special creek and crevice-efiller
Preserving Eggs.
During the spring months many
othy Perkins fulfills every promise.
The crimson rambler is far better housekeepers serve eggs because they
used as .a shrub, tor it lacks many
are cheap, until their families are
of
tired of an egg cooked in any form,
the qualities of its pink sister. The
young canes should be allowed to Later, when the eggs soar to fifty
reach a length of seven or eight feetcents a dozen, few are found on the
and then the tops nipped off. This table of the average family.
encourages side growth. I When the hens are laying freely
The Trumpet honeysucklis an and eggs are abundant and cheap the
e ex-
eellent vine for a porch. It does not thrifty housewife makes provisions
elimb to great heights but it bears for the future by preserving- some for
the
gorgeous scarlet and orange flowers -winter months.
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throughout the entire season. Then, Fresh clean eggs properly preserv-
ed can be use e satisfactorily for all
too, the foliage is seldom attaeked by
insectand thes consideration is a purposes in cooking and for the table.
s
comfort, at least, whether we think When eggs preserved in waterglass
of the plant or its owner. • ase to be boelee, a small hole should
One of the best kinds of clematis be made in She shell with spin at the
large end before placing them en the
Is the clematis flammula, a native
water. This is done to anew the air
variety whioh grows rapidly and is
well adapted for use whenever
in the egg to escape, when heated,
a
dense shade is desired. and it prevents ctacking.
Fresh eggs properly preserved may
°thee plants with White flowers are
be kept from eight to twelve months
the wild cucumber and balsam apple,
in excellent condition and used with
sometimes nick -named wild clematis.
il
Old fashioned bittersweet is goodlovely! results, Eggs laid.during Apr
but difficult to tame. An old friend! May and early June have been fou
to keep better than those laid late
of mine said she had lived in -a good
many different houses in her lifetime
and made it a rule never to omit
planting a bittersweet vine in some
nook or cranny. She not only planted
them but they grew for her; they
are not always so responsive to care.
A.11 of the wild vines, balsam apple,
grape, bittersweet, Virginia creeper,
and endless others grow beautifully
in their native woodsey haunts, They
seed` themselves, get precarious root
holds ancl lea4. a carefree scrambly
existence.
Even Virginia creeper will not al-
wrysiimirish in spite. of the general
impeestion'to -that"effect:
—The. hap vine is almost unbeliev-
ably rugged. It may be cut down to
eelieeeearth only to grow like Jack's
-falribeie • beaastalk. When planted
near a hieuse in a spot too sheltered
from "the weather" It sometimes
succumbs to a blight which turns the
leaves yellow. That will be very apt
to disappear, at least temporarily, if
the plant le cut back nearly to the
ground.
In front of a house, Dorothy Perk-
inrose.s would make a lovely mass
or color on a fence but they weed
have to be carefully pruned and sup-
pertecl so as not to drag the. wire
clown,
Arbors and pergolas all seem to
demand roses or grape vines, but an-
mealswill fill in many other niches
moat usefully, For instance, the good
old standbys, nasturtiams, scarlet -
'menet beans, which by the way are a
delicious "eating" bean, morning
glories and their pale sisters, the
moorrflowers, all are ornamental and
grow so rapidly that they cover an
arbor or a porch while their friends,
the perennials, have Climbed high
enough only to mainline the surface
they are expected to cover. It must,
however, be put to the credit of the
nerenniale that their woth, if slow,
is also sure and A groat satisfaction.
Renewing Shabby Furniture and
Floben.
A good 'Nal of new furniture
an the se.ason. If satisfactory results
are to be obtained, the eggs should
be fresh and clean and, if possible,
infertile.
Eggs that float when placed in the
solution are not fresh and therefore
cannot -be preserved. When an egg
is only slightly soiled, a cloth damp-
ened with vinegar can beaused to re-
move such stains. Under no circum-
stances should badly soiled eggs be
used for preserving; id put into the
jar while dirty they will spoil, and
washing removes a protective coating
which prevents spoiling.
A gbod method for the preserva-
tion of egg% is the use of sodium
silicate or waterglass. If the piece
of sodium silicate is about thirty
cents a -quart, eggs may be preserved
at a cost of approximately two cents
a dozen. It is not desirable to use
the waterglass solution a second
time. Use ono quart of sodium sili-
cate to nine quarts of water that has
been boiled and cooled. Peace the
mixture in a five -gallon crock or jar,
This will be sufficient to preserve
fifteen dozen eggs, and will serve as
a guide for the quantity needed to
preserve larger amounts of eggs.
SEVEN STAGES OF MARRIAGE:
What You Know After 60 Years of
, Wedded Bliss,
"There are seven stages of married
life, just as there are seven ages of
man," is the united verdict or an oc-
togenarian couple who have just cele-
brated their diamond weeding,
First, there is the period of senti-
mentalism, which conies to all healthy
minded boys and girls; it is the first
stirring of new desires for a new and
splendid life,
"Second, there comes the romantic
period, which is a more advanced
stage. than the purely sentimental,
'With the third comes dieillusime
It is not necessarily tragic, The man
reallieathat leis Wife is just a woman,
and this 'disillusion' often brings more
bought monks, because bee old pieces soltd happinesti to the hxlaband than
have become shabby. Oftentimes a he could ever have hoped tor from the
little of the right kind of finishing ethereal VINIOU he onco had,
materiel would restore the old 'fur,.
tame et a very email eXpendituee.
Shabby floors can also be Made spie
and ;man with paint e or wood finish -
ate
To renovate old furniture, drab
clean the eurfaeo theroughlY, reMOV"
ing all grease and dire Ilse soap
and water. Ir filo varnished Surface
is merely seratelied ar reatved, sand-
peper iigbtl,y and apply ono or twb
rata Of furniture or interior varnish,
If, however, it is deilived to Change
the coley df the furniture to hdarker
eluele, imply One coat of Vatillah
and when tiny finish With *fie emit of
varniela t is deleted to thine
froze a deli% to light toltre, apply Oita
"The fourth 1 the period de path
elide., Each has got to adapt himself
and herself to the new view of each
other,
"Fifthly, there is the period of re.
formation, The tallow ideaci 01 Youth
fade away and the real fnan and the
real woman einerge.
qThe.sixth period is a polled of eon,
tentraeat; eh has become vital to
the other.
"Lastly, there la the period Or ao-
mance, We have been married 40
years, and we can orlon see mote ro-
mance in lookfitg back Hint In lOoking
forward: The beat rises to the Mime
wo eau dwell 00 meter happy re:
eolleetions."
CHAPTER VIII.--(Crint1/41*
And wasn't Burke always tolling
her she did not manage right? And
didn't be give hey particular fits one
day and an awful lecture on waete-
fulness, juot because he happened to
find a half loaf of mouldy bread in
the jar?, just as if he didn't spend
oomethin—encl a good big ' some-
thing, tool—on all thole aims he
=eked! Yet he flew into fits over
a bit of mouldy bread of hers.
To be sure, when she cried, be
celled himself a brute, and raid he
didn't mean ea, and it wao only be-
cause he hated so to have .her pinch -
Mg and saving all the time that it
made him mad—raving mad. Just
as if she was to blame that they did
Met have any money!
But she was to blame, of course,
,in a way. If it had not been for her,
he would be living at home with all
the money he wanted. Sometimes it
came to her with sickening force that
maybe Burketewas thinking that, too,
Was he? Could it be that he was
sorry he had 'Married her? Very
well --her chin came up proudly. He
need not stay if he did not want to.
He could go._ But—the chin was not
so high, now—he was all there was.
She had nobody but Burke now.
Could it be—
'She believed -she would ask Dr.
Gleason some time. She liked the
doctor. He1 had been there several
times now, and she felt real ac-
quainted With„him. Perhaps he would
know. But, after all, She was not
going to worry. She did not believe
that really Burke wished he had not
married her. It was only that he
was tired and fretted with his work.
It would be better by and by, when
he had got ahead a little. And of
course he would get ahead. They
would not always have to live like
this!
It was in March that Burke came
home to dinner one evening with a
radiant face, yet with an air of
worried excitement.
"It's dad. He's sent for me," he
explained in answer to his wifeis
questions.
"S'ent for you!"
"Yes. He isn't very well, Brett
says. He wants to see me."
"Humph! After all this time. I
wouldn't go a step if I was you."
"Helen! Not go to my father?"
n her husband's eyes; but sheheld
Helen quaked a little under thc fire
i
her ground.
"I don't care. He's treated you
like dirt. You know he has."
"I know he's sick and has sent for
me. And I know I'm going to him.
That's enough for me to know—at
present," retorted the man, getting
to„his feet, and leaving his dinner al-
most untested.
4laif an hour later he appeared be-
her, freshly shailed, and in the
rateant good humor that seems to
follow a bath and fresh garments as
a natural consequence. "Come, chick-
en, give us a kiss," he cried gayly;
"and don't sit up for me; I may be
late."
"My, but ain't we fixed upl" pout-
ed.Helen jealciusly. "I should think
you was going to see your best girl."
"I am," laughed Burke boyishly.
"Dad was my best girl—till I got
you. Good-bye! I'm off."
"Good-bye." Helen's lips still
pouted, and her eyes burned somber-
ly as she sat back in her chair.
Outside the house Burke drew a
long breath, and yet a longer one. Ie
seemed as if he could amt inhale
deeply enough' the crisp, bracing air.
Then, with an eager stride that would
cover the distance in little more than
half the usual time, he set of? toward
Elm Hill. There was only joyous
anticipation in his face now. The
worry was all gone. After all, had
not Brett said that this illness of
dad's was nothing serious?
For a week Burke had known that
something was wrong- -that his fath-
er was not at the Works. In -vain
had he haunted office doors and cor-
ridors for a glimpse of a face that
never appeared. Then had come the
news that John Denby was ill. A
paralyzing fear clutched the son's
heart.
Was this to be the end, then? Was
clad to—die, and never to know, never
to read his boy's heart? Was this
the end of all hopes of some day
seeing the old look of love and pride
in his father'S`ieses? Then it -would,
indeed, be the end of everything, if
dad died; for what wks -the use of
struggling, of straining every nerve
to make good, if dad was not to be
there to—know?
It had been at this point that
Burke, in spite of hit hurt peide, and
of his very lively doubts as to the
cordiality of his reception, had almost
determined to go himself to the old
home and demand to see his father.
Then, just in time, had come Brett's
wonderful message that his father
wished to see hien, and that he was
not, after all, fatally or even seelous-
ly ill.
Dad was not going to die, theee
and dad wished 'Le see him—wished
to see him!
Burke drew in his breath now
again, and bounded up the great stone
steps of Denby Mansion, two at a
time, The next minute, for the first
*rib since his marriage tho summer
before, he stood in the wide, familiar
hallway.
Benton, the old butler, took his
hat and coat; and the way he took
them had in it all the flattering def-
erence of the well-trained servant,
and the rapturous joy of the head of.
a house welcoming a dear wanderer
home. •
Burke leokerl into the bearnihg old
anshihin d
vvell-rememberede room,
"Well, Burke, my boy, how are
YQT'll;e; were the 'same words that
had been spoken months before in the
President'office at the BenbY Iran
Works, and they were spoken by the
same voice. They were spoken to the
accompaniment of an outstretched
hand, too, in each ease, But, to
Burke, who had heard them on both
oceasions, they were as different CSdarkness and daylight. Ile could not
have defined it, even to himaelf;
but ho knew the minute, he
grasped the outstretched hand
and looked into his f atherei
eyes, that the hated, impenetrable,
insurmountable "wall" was gone.
Yet there was nothing said, nothing
done, except a conventional "Just a
little matter of businesa, Burke, that
I wanted to talk over with you," from
the elder man; anci an equally con-
ventional "Yes, sir," from his son.
Then the two sat down. But, for
Burke, the whole world• had burst
suddehly into song.
It was, indeed, a simple matter of
business. It was not even an im-
portant one. Ordinarily it would
have been Brett's place, or even one
of his ,assistantse to speak of it. But
the President of -.the Denby Iron
Works took it up point by point, and
dwelt lovingly on each detail. And
Burke, his heart one wild, paean of
rejoicing, sat with a grave counten-
ance, listening attentively.
And when there was 'left not one
small detail upon which to pin an-
other word, and 'when Burke was be-
ginning to dread the moment of dis-
missal, John Denby turned, as if casu-
ally,. to a small clay, tablet on the
desk near him. And Burke, following
his father into a flve-thousand-year-
old past to decipher a Babylonian
thumb -print, lost all fear of that
d -read dismissal.
Later came old Benton with the
ale and the little cakes that Burke
had always loved. With a pressure
of his thumb, then, John Denby
switched otT half the lights, and the
two, father and son, sat down before
the big fireplace, with the cakes and
ale between them on a low stand.
Behind the century -old andirons,
the fire leaped and crackled, throw-
ing' weird shadows over the beamedceullng,
ceiling, the book -lined walls, the cab-
inets of curios, bringing out here and
there a bit of gold tooling behind a
glass door or a glinting flash from
bronze or porcelain. With a body at
ease and a mind at rest, Burke lean-
ed back in his chair with a long -
drawn sigh, each tingling sense ec-
statically responeive to every charm
of light and shade and luxury.
Half ap hour 'later he rose to go.
John Denby, too, rose to his feet.
(To be continued.)
ACHIEVEMENT VERSUS AGE.
'Instances of Notable Accomplishment
by Physicians in Advanced Lite.
In a recent address before a medical
convention at Denver, Dr. G. Van Am-
ber Brown spoke of the hollowness of
so-called Osierimn, which says that a
man should be "shelved" at forty. Dr.
Brown cited the following evidence:—
Thomas Willis Sadelian professor of
philosophy at Oxford, moved to Lon-
don in 1666, at the age of forty-six,
Here, though no longer a young man,
he acquired the largest fashionable
practice of the day; and gave UM first
description of the eleventh cranial
spinal accessory, also of the hexagonal
network of arteries at the base of the
brain, now called by his name.
Thomas Sydenham, when in hislldtlss,
fifties, gave' the first description of the
articular and muscular pains of dy-
sentery, and gave n full account of
scarlatina, a disease hetherlo unidenti-
fied and contused with measles. At
the age of sixty-one years he gave to
the public his masterpiece, a treatise
on gout.
Edward Jenner, in 1708, the fiftieth
year of his life, published his work,
"An Inquiry Into the Causes and Ef-
fects of Varlolae, Vaccine,"
Sir Charles Bell, leading British
anatomist of his time, located in, Lon-
don in 1804. He lived there during
thirty-two years, never acquiring the
Practice he hoped for; but at the late
time of his life, sixty.two years, ac-
cepted the chair of surgery at Edin-
burgh. • At fifty-two he had acquired a
clear understanding Of the differenco
betweek sensory and motor nerves.
Three years later- he demonstrated
that the fifth cranial nerve (Bell's
herve) is sensory motor and so also
the seventh nerve of the face is nio-
tor, lesion of which causes facia)
paralysis (Bell's palsy).
Sir William 'Willis, or Cumberland,
England, wrote his charming and
widely read "Biographical neminis-
cences" in his eighty-seventh year,
FISHY PEARLS.
How .Al Irolthtion Pearl May be -01s-
tlimulshed ,From Real Gem.
Pearls aro not always the product
of oysters. The imitation of these
gemS has been reduced to a fine art.
Their manufacture embraces two
processes—the making of a glass
sphere, and filling it with a substance
resembling the Metre of the pearl.
For some three hundred years
face and eyes—answalloW-
ed hard Wore e could utter ae eery was ased for the latter purpose,
. but in 1880 a subitetete was found
steady "How ere you Benton'?"
I ni very well, sir, thank you, sir.
And it's glad I am to see you,
'Muter Burke. This way, Jelease.
The master's In the library, extV
Uneonsoiouely Burke Denby lifted
his chin, A II:int:Most something
seemed to have dome beck to him,
He could not hirnielf have defined it;
Mid he certainly could not have told
Why, at that mornent, he should sud-
denly Wive thought of the supet-
aWous
face of his hated "boss" at
the Werke.
a )3 chin cl Bonbon's noiseless steps
ieeeete'o feet emelt into hixerious esi-
st Itis eyes swept fermi one
dear familiar eleject to another1» the
great, softly ligheed hall, mei leaped
allead to the open door of the libraty,
Thom eoinehow, he foiled himself fade
which was both harmless and 'Moro
successful. This is Made from the
scales 0f a little deli which abounds in
certain French revere. The flab are
rubbed lathe', roughly in pure Witter
In a large basin, The water is theit
drained earefally and the residue al-
loWad to settle. The deli are so mall
that 17,000 or 18,000 aro required to
fitraish one ponnd of tho essence of
Orfeat, as it is calla&
A genuine pearl may be Glisten-
guishee from an artificial ono by
various methods. IrIrst, the real gem
is mach heavier than tho imitation,
Again, the holes siriliolt through them
are, in the first case, Very Antall, and
with a sharp edge, while in the others
40 1000 with 1'114 Wher in WO dege, they are Wm, and have a !JIMA edge,
MONEY CIF REP SEA REGION
Salt Takes the Peace of Money ih
Parte of Abyesinla,
Salt Is everywhere deemed one of
the most indispensable of cennod-
Mee, and in parte of the World where
it is Keane it is commonly used 05
money, Thus in portionof Abys-
sinia bars of salt .and elite cartridges
are the only -small change i1 irculee
tion. The bars are ten inches long
and twO inches in length and breadth,
Five or eight "Milts" make one dollar,
depending on elm distance of the
mine of supply. Three partridges
have the value ef one salt.
Tbe only coin in general circulation
in Abyssinio is the Austrian Maria
Thermo dollar, of silver. It is else
the principal money in Arabia'and
the story ef its introduction in those
regions and all the neighborhood
the Red Sea is quite interesting.
More than a century ago trading
Arabs got hold of some of these dol-
lars and found the effigy of the Queen
(which they bore on one sidee the re-
verse side showing the Austrian doable
eagle) so attractive that they sought
to obtain more of them, for sale as
jewelry. Later on they became high-
ly popular as a medium of exchange
10 mercantile•transactions in Arabia;
and when at intervals the Turkish
Government prohibited their importa-
tion, a large and profitable business
wee done in smuggling there through
Aden ancl other seaports. -
They are all dated 1780, being even
now minted from replicas of the orig-
inal die, which is of rather crude
workmanship. Any change would not
be understood by the Arabs and Ab-
yssinians and would render them less
acceptable.
If at all worn, they are not accept-
ed at full value. As long as the
Queen's head and the brooch on her
shoulder are sufficiently distinct to
show the number of jewels they con-
tain—seven for the crown and ten
for the brooch—their worth is un-
impaired.
Bankers and merchants in the Red
Sea region import the Maria Theresa
dollars in bulk from Trieste, selling
them at a good profit or exchanging
them for native merchandise. They
are somewhat larger than the silver
dollar, but weigh less than an ounce
and are only a little over four-fifths
s i 1 y eerr.
H
e we have, then, a coin that is
not only money, but also an, article
of commerce, an item of jewelry
worn by Arabian and Abyssinian wo-
men, and even a standard of weight
—its use being common for the
weighing of must and other coremod-
Wee sold in small quantities.
SKUNK OIL USELESS
Physicians Say It Is Netood Except
For Making Soap.
There is an idea abroad that skunk
oil is good for rheumatism, neuralgia,
colds and other ailments. This super-
stition probably arose from the fact
that the Indians and early settlers
thought 'that the oil of any animal
giving off such a disagreeable odor as
the skunk must be good for some-
thing.
Skunk oil probably is in the same
class as rattlesnake oil which was
thought to be useful because the bite
of this snake is so poisonous. Indian
medicine men appear to have made
use of skunk as well as rattlesnake
oil along with their incantations. The
best trained physicians, however, at-
tribute no medicinal value whatso-
ever to these oils. No legitimate use
can be made of skunk oil unless for
ailing harness or shoes, or for mak-
ing, soap. Nevertheless there is a
small demand for it as medicine.
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AFTER THE eruppa,
Fremautione to, he Observed by Sef.
ferers From Epidemic.
The recent epidemic of influenza
differed in several repeats from the
one that visited us nearly thirty Years
ago, At that time, for example, many
of the persons attacked were left with
irreparable injury to the heart, and
others, whose hearts escaped,were
afflicted. with profound mental depree-
Won that led in many eases to sell
destruction, In this epldeinic We have
been mercifully spared in great meas-
ure those particular. after-effects ot
the.poieon, but in exchange for them
there has .been a'tenclency to pneu-
monia that has been the cause of
many deaths. '
The' two epidemics resemble each
other, however, closely, in respect to
the constitutional' depression that fol.
lows an attack.: The majority of in.
enema, patients who escape pneu-
monia, and who observe the precau-
tion to keep to the bed and to the
house during the period of convalesc-
ence, regain their normal health and
strength in a week or two weeks after
recovery; but not a few are left in a
weakened condition. depressed in
mind and body and ready to contract
any other infectious disease to which
they may be exposed. A person In
that state is not 111 enough to be con
fined to the house—yet lie is not well
enough to resume his daily work; and
if lie does undertake his usual duties,
he discharges them in a half-hearted
way despite all his efforts to "brace
Such a person should continue un-
der his physician's care, and do what
he is told until he is thoroughly well.
He needs tonics, good food, regular
exorcise in the open air,—a brisk walk
is the very best kind of exercise,—
fresh air in the bedroom, relaxation
outside business hours, freedom from
worry, and so on. He should avoid
crowded conveyances --an additional
argument in favor of walking. Pour
or Ilvemiles a day is none too much
for the average man or woman, and
if time permits ten miles daily, grad-
ually worked up to, will do many
anaemic and dyspeptic victims of. the
grippe a great deal of good. The
patient's clothing should be as light
as possible, yet sufficient to protect
him from feeling chilly. Finally, he
should get seven or eight hours ot
sleep every night. If he conscientious-
ly follows that regimen, and perhaps
at the beginning of his convalescence
uses a tonic that his physician pre-
scribes, theafter-effects of the in-
fluenza attack will soon wear off.
Deserting In style.
Ono moreing, a short time before
the armistice was signed, a company
of Italians were astonished by the sud-
den appearance of an Austrian private
who, with hands up, tumbled into
their trench.
When questioned, he insisted that
he was the body servant of an Aus-
trian officer, who, intending to desert,
had sent the man ahead with hie per-
sonal belongings.
Sure enough, a few minutes later
the master appeared!
plain set
Beanty stone, best
THE ORIGIN OF THE PENNANT,
Naval Flag Had its Beginning in the
Days of the Henrys.
A contributor to Chamber's Journal
is authority for the statement that the
naval pennant, or poultinti' came Into
use long before the days of Mtn:
Blake, who commanded the English
navy in the war with the Hutch in the
seventeenth century. It started in the
days of the Henrys, we are told, when
Seamen were mere nobodies. At that
time there were no such thinga as re-
gular men-of-war, and °raillery mer-
chant ships were hired or commander -
ed for use as fighting yeasele whoa -
ever the necessity areee, The re-
quisitioued ships were commanded by
military officers, gentlemen in armor,
who transferred the single trail pen -
none borne on their lances to the
masthead e at, their ships.
In larger vessels, or squadrons, the
commanders might he knights, or
knights barineret, who flew their swal-
lowtalled and square banners when
the risked themselves afloat. Going to
sea in those days was something of an
adventure, especially if a man fell
overboard in armor; but these em-
bleins of command have been handed
down to posterity in the commodores'
broad pendants and the admirals' rec-
tangular lags Mf the present day.
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