Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1904 — Her Makeshift Rivets. [ARTICLE]

Her Makeshift Rivets.

Tbe following sequel to a naval launch in England .was not communicated to the press: Some years ago a ship which Was to be christened by an illustrious personage got behind in construction. The personage was sure to be ready in time and could not be put off, but not so the ship. As a last resort some portions of the superstructure were partly made fast with leaden rivets in place of steel ones, the launch took place, and the situation was saved. When the vessel came to be completed for sea no one remembered about the rivets, and after a. coat or two of paint they looked for all the world like the real article and behaved like it until the ship got into a heavy sea. and the process known to Mr. Kipling as “finding herself” began. It was then discovered that a “defect in machinery” or other euphonisin necessitated a hurried return to a dockyard, where matters were hastily put light. —London Truth.