Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1912 — Eternal Problem Answered. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Eternal Problem Answered.

“If a ship,” began the comedian with the rose-tinted heard, “Is 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, and its masts are 100 feet high and the bo’sun la bowlegged, what does the capstan weigh?” “It weighs the anchor,” hoarsely shouted the audience, as It grabbed the benches to prevent itself rising en masse and doing violence to the thesplans.