Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07
HAPPGEt!.~S ABROAD.

Hans Delbrucls, editor of the Preus-
sische Jahrbuecher, has been appointed
to the chair of history in Berlin uni
versity, held by the late Heinrich Won
Treitschke.
ine'smanuscripts of his poems>
have been handed over to the Paris
National library by NJ. Emile Olivier,
as the literary executor Of Mile. Valen-
tine de Lamartine.
Italy has music trust, a well-known
firm of music publishers controlling
copyrights and theaters so that no
opera can be given without it's consent
and no singer engaged save at it's dicta-
ton.
When the duke of Connaught's term
as commander at Aldershot expires he
will be made quartermaster general.
His next step toward the commander
in chief will probably be the adjutant
generalship.
Three thousand Lascars. specially i'm
ported, are to be turned loose on Lon
don by the Peninsular and Oriental
and other steamship lines plying with
the east as their contribution to the
picturesqueness of the queens celebra-
ton.
Important frescoes of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries have been dis
covered under the plaster on the walls
OF the Church of San Domenico at
Riete in Umbria. Among them is a
coronation of st. Peter Martyr by
Pinturicchio.
Guesen, the primate of Poland's see,
celebrating the ninth centenary of
its patron, Saint Adalbert, who was
put to death by the heather Prussians
he was trying to convert in 907. His
body lies in solid silver shrine in
Guesen cathedral.
In Italy only half of the criminals es-
cape detection, according to Signor
Ferrinni, who has written q book on
Clever and Fortunate Criminals" He
asserts that while 5000 crimes whose
authors were not detected were COM
nitted in France in 1898, the yearly
number of such crimes is now so 900.
KECEN1 n.vEnIiONS.
A newly designed bust form for dress
makers use is made of q series of nom
collapsiblc rigid vertical stays, with ad-
Unstable cross bands attached by means
of clamps, so they can be expanded un-
til the proper shape and size is OBJ
tanned.
A new medical inhaler for diseases
of the head and throat passages is COM
posed of waterproof fabric, to be
stretched over the mouth and nose,
with an atomizer at one side to produce
vapor from the medicine for the patient
to breathe.
Baby cribs are being placed on the
market which can be folded up in small
space when not in use, the frame be-
ing formed of hinged members which
lock fast when opened to support
canvas crib which is attached to q piv-
oted framework.
To prevent dust from getting on the
chains and gear wheels Of bicycle the
chain is surrounded by q pair of tele-
scopic tubes, with drums at the ends to
cover the gears, the shafts projecting
through small holes in the side of the
drums.
To raise bread dough after it has been
kneaded new raising pan is fitted
with a reservir underneath which is
filled with warm water to heat the
dough to the right mperaturewithout
the necessity of placing it OH the stove,
where 1t might dry out or burn.
In n newly designed poultry feeder
n double conc is placed in frame with
the upper cone much larger than the
smaller one to hold large quantity of
grain and the lower one opening down
ward into round tray with n flange
around its edge to prevent waste Of the
feed. ..
In new block signal system for rail-
roads the signals are operated auto
matically by the passing train, which
closes the block as it enters and opens
it as 1t enters the next block, which is