Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — Wherein They Differ. [ARTICLE]

Wherein They Differ.

Broadly speaking, the essential difference between merchant-ships and warships is that the former are designed to carry their loads, or principal portions thereof, low down In the hold, whereas warships have to carry their heavy burdens of armor and armament high up on their sides.