Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1895 — Hard to Please. [ARTICLE]

Hard to Please.

Atlrrtrta Const.tution. “What did the editor get for hi? Christmas?” “A gold collar button.” “Well, isn't he satisfied?’ 1 “No. Now he wants a shirk A little steamer of 100 tons is at present, according to press dispatches, being constructed at Argynteuil, according to the invention of M. Bazin, which consists in rolij. ing the ship over the water instead* of forcing it through, as at present. To. this end a number of enormous copper cylinders are fixed to the vessel, the speed attained depending upon the speed of the metal cylinders. and it is computed that one knots an hour can easily made.