Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — Torpedo Boats. [ARTICLE]

Torpedo Boats.

About 1871, the first torpedo boal was built by the Thorneycrofts, of London; it was fifty feet long and had a speed of sixteen and a auartei knots an hour. Mrs. Zabbs—l met with one of the strangest experiences of my life to-day. Mr. Zabbs—You did! What was itl Mrs. Zabbs—Just this: I wfta getting od an open ear and the man on the end seat moved in and let me have it.—Roxbury Gazette. f A “versatile genius” is really a Jack-of-all-trades, and master of none.