Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-09-06
NOTED IN OTHER couMTRlgs..

TIM German Empcfor'6 now rGIeS Tor
wearing uniforms In tho navy MI book
. OF forty pages.
ADsLL cast recently Tor tho Kharkow
Cathedral contains sixty-cight per cent.
OF purc silver. IL weighs GAO English
pounds and ies vibrations last several
minutes.
The arms o. italy hnvo boon altered
on tho National seal aud laSs Tho
two small flags orc loft out and tho col
ors Of rAnnonciad and several other
orders oro added.
A TrAvELSn IN Japan writc3 that tho
Japanese pay moro attention to personal
cleanliness than eny other people in tho
world. High and low batho all over nt
least once o day ind sometimes oftoner.
40 SOON cs tho horsu-car1 from Cairo
to the pyramids arc completed, and tho
work IL nearly done, On elevator will DO
made to tho tops of tho honorable piles
so that ascent may bo made quickly and
comfortably to tho modern travolcr.
THERE has just boon finished and
placed in tho cathedral OF Charkov,
Russia, n clock Of solid silvcr. weighing
SIX hundred pounds. 1t in ncrnnry. Of
tho Cars rscapo from death in tt Q rail-
road accident ut Eorl;i, and II so ar
rangcl that upon October 1? n each
year-tho anniversary Of that ovent-it
will ring peal Of bells.
Trr:; largest room in tho world, under
ono roof and unbrolscn by pillars, IL at
st. Petersburg; 1t ia elk hundred and
twenty foot long by ono hundred aad
fifty in breadth; by daylight it IL used
for military displays, and battalion
can completely vancouver in it; twcnty
thousand wax tapcrs arc required to
light l.; tho roof OF this building IL o
single arch Of iron.
TIER: IL an interesting scheme for
establishing footing hotel ut Hong
Kong. Tho vessel Is to havo three
decks, tho lowor being arranged for din
ing. billiard, smoking and card rooms.
Tho main deck will contain drawing
room, twcnty-ono bedrooms, each with
q full-sizod bath and dressing-room,
whilc tho upper, or spar dock, has been
arranged as promenade.
The owners of all cabs in Paris hnyo
boon notified to supply their vehiclcs
with counters before April next. Tho
counter Is to ind icate at cvcry moment
tho distance travo led, tho hour and tho
amount due. When tho cab 10 in mo-
ton tho faro will increase in proportion
to tho distance como ovcr, and when tho
vehicle il standing still it will riso a3 If
tho cab wore travelling oight :iiloneters
Oh hour.
a PHENOMENON isrcported from 10th
Aradac2. in Hungary. where on acrolito
of eighty pounds weight ia said to havo
fallen with such forco that it opened q
spring Of water il tho earth. AZ tho
noiTh5orhool was badly supplied with
water tho Inhabitants arc talking OF tho
occurrence III providonticl. Tho aero
Tito has boon purchased for 600 by an
AnGlo-1Auatralian, who has collection
of such things, and who happened to DO
tho Guest Of Count Harnoncourt, whose
scnt IL near 10th .Aradacs.
CH1:;A IL spending this yoar about 3d.
Ooo.0o) IN tho effort to regulate its way
ward rlvcr, tho i!onng i4o, walcn has re-
comfy caused such terrible loss OF lifo
and property. A part OF its watcr3 are
to DC permanently diverted into tho Tu-
hail. q river north OF tho uoan5 no and
almost most parallel with it. Dams uro
also to DO built to hold back part Of
tho waters 1T 1ood, and tho stono walls
Will DO rebuilt along tho banks to con.
flno tho stream. Tho ingenuity OF man
has not yet devised effective protection
against th1S most troublesome OF rivors,
! and when tho remedy Is found it will
probably cost colossal sunl OF money to
, applyit. Tho Governor oi Shantung rc-
ports that he moods in Ills province alono
ut least S5,0jo.Ooo to prevent tho reeur-
, romeo Of tho foods