Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-29
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

For use In mining the beds Of rivers FOL
gold an improved dredge has an endless chair
of steel buckets arranged to bring up por-
lions OF the river bed. after 1T has been
loosened by a hydraulic ram mounted on
the dredge.
To fasten a key in a lock 80 1t cannot bt
turned from the outside a new escutcheor
plate has a hinged member on one side
which swings to the center Of the plate. 9
slot in the end engaging the fiat portion Of
the key to lock 1T.
An improved scale bar for use OF type
! writer's has a roushened surface extending
| parallel with the graduations, adapted II
receive temporary pencil marks to serve al
a guide to the operator in setting the car.
riage for certain kinds Of work.
A simple footrest for the use Of shoe sales
men Is formed OF a footplate with a hinged
rod attached to the heel, the toe having q
hook which engages the seat OF an ordinary
chair to hold it in place when the rod Is
fastened to the chair leg below.
Tt change pool tables into billiard tables
q New York man has patented an auxiliary
cushion, which is placed on the table inside
the pool cushion, closing the pockets and
forming a continuous bank, the attachment
being held in place by clamps.
In q newly designed vest one buttonhole
edge is shorter than the other, the lonSeO
edge being arranged for a double breasted
front. BY turning the vest the other side
out the shorter edge is brought uppermosi
and forms a single breasted vest.
For use in holding the work while sewing
a Kansas woman has invented a new device
which has a pair of spring jaws to grip tht
work, with a screw clamp at the rear, to bt
attached to the edge Of q table or sewing
machine to keep the holder in place.
Beefsteaks and other meats are quickly
made tender by a Missourian's invention
having two toothed rollers set in a frame t.
be revolved by a crank attached to one OF
them, the meat being passed back and forth
between the rolls until 1t Is tender.
Mustaches are made to curl in the proper
direction by the use OF a new celluloio
device, consisting Of a comb to be inserted
in the hairs close to the lip, with flexible
ends around which the ends Of the mouetacht
are twisted and fastened to guide them.
Bread and cakes can be evenly baked by
the use Of a new oven, having shelves
arranged on a rotary shaft to be %revolved
by a clock mechanism and bring the bread
in proximity to the top and bottom of the
oven in turn, thus equalizing the heat on ali
sides.
Pictures can be easily adjusted on the wall
by a new hanger, formed of a fiat strip oil
metal, with curved ends, to be attached to
the back OF the frame, with teeth in tn.
under side Of the strip, which engage a
sliding ring suspended from the wall. each
tooth changing the angle of the picture.
Details Of the reported invention by two
Englishmen and a Frenchman Of a success
full method Of printing in different colors
simultaneously are published in the coumnc
OF the Archiv fuer Buchdrucker Kunst. The
process is one Of peculiar interest, deviating
entirely, as Vt does. from all the ordinary
methods yet brought for for printing
in colors. 1t lis styled the mosaic
chromatic heat process, and neither woodel.
blocks nor photographic stones nor rollers
play any part in the simple operations. The
colors which are required for the different
parts OF the picture are applied. IN any
desired number, on a plate about three
fourths of an inch thick, and form a
coherent, cheesy mass, and when this
arrangement Of the colors is finished, the
plate presents the we'll known aspect OF q
mosaic picture. The plate is placed cn the
bod Of the machine-an ordinary photographic
press, but adapted to this process-and the
impressions are produced by the use Of a
cylinder heated by gas flames in the interior.
1t is said that this invention raves % per
cent Of time and cost over the ordinary
method,