Show scientific FIG WARFARE important part played by electricity in eastern hostilities I 1 lie adoption of joy y tile people Jap japan anost MK art arp adepts in ill the art itis it is interesting to note the important part played by electrical electric al appliances in the war avar betic between ell china anil and cipan the Ja japanese specially o art are quick to ill urn to account any toy advantage by scientific appliance and annl in curca corca they have materially strengthened their hands by taking possession of tile lines and ami st stations ut of the telegraph service their men fineu are trained in ili construction st tinn acx as well ell as in ill actual manipulation says the chicago tribune aud and can call lit be trusted to keep the lines iu iii working i order as long a as they retain control the mi ini people han ha c taken very kindly to alic ho telegraph since its introduction in ili 1470 1 their first installation of it a couple of short lines line about forty miles mile long altogether speedily grew grev into four thousand ol 01 miles aal now the wires wins devoted to the her service vice measure close on twenty six ix thousand miles including several submarine cables of various lengths one of the longest I 1 being e thu that conn connecting eting 61 the main inland with tsu shima the hir largest get island milway midway between bet veen japan anil corea a position which as may lie bo readily imagined is just now of the utmost 1 importance so well indeed in deel have tilee these clever copyists appropriated belini te linI and utilized the telegraphic developments of Nv western estern civilization that there is now hardly it a point on oil the cc coast as st more than it i few hours hour ili distant stant horn a telegraph olliee so that a fleet runner could convey the alio news of a lio ho tile descent to the adjacent out outpost poNt and 1111 it 11 defensive furce force lie bu called to the threatened region in less time than it would take the to determine upon their point of lit attack this thi was demonstrated very clearly in IW when tile the news of theLt the sullia brought by a boatman to to kumamoto in ili one iii night lit and hashed flashed to the capital almost before the insurgents rear guard gnarl hall had cleared frob from kagoshima the was that n the rebel en cn salim was promptly mot met and m out it before lie hu hill had reached the territory in ili which ili liis forces arce might have become dangerous tarou gh being au augmented monteil men teil by numerous sympathizers but ut for the telegraph them would doubtless have I dieon eel serious trouble for it would have taken a bortni fortnight lit for a runner to reach tile capital and the delay would have been all in favor of in ili the matter of field telegraphy too the japanese are adepts their portable instruments etc being modeled fled upon apparatus which they lid have 7 L imported from europe the posts are i r e mad cin in sections with spliced spiked bisesto bases to stick in the soil and the wire runs out front from reels on light li hand 1 in t 1 barrows a r r aws T the h c Ja japanese paneL are entirely undisturbed by any an considerations as to infringement f r ill ic gement ment when the first telephone receiver reached jabali from america it was received with delight and enthusiasm thusia sm and within a week or so there were some idison dison lI receivers of native motive make being expel upon the police and fire brigade systems of telephonic alarms and calls now established tab lilied in ili japan are complete in every detail many of the japanese vessels are furnished with the electric light and it imitated isita is stated ted that the manipulation of the projectors is remarkably efficient notice has been given that gwim owing to the outbreak of the wa war or lights on tho the formosa coast have been extinguished and no doubt others both bogli in japan and china will also be put out or false 11 substituted to suit the purpose oleither oF of cither either it will therefore lie be necessary for all steamers navigating those waters to lie be extremely careful awl aud a correspondent of a london daily suggests that one of the best precautions is is to use the submarine sentry as by it its aid a vessel going at ten tell knots can lie assured that it lias has at least twenty fathoms fit hoins of water under its keel and av warning arning is given on oil board it if less depth is reached thus giving ample t time I 1 inc for position to be verified veril led the alic submarine sentry I 1 is it a recently invented electrical arrangement I 1 for giving givin the warning mentioned are drunkards Dunk ards in fit iowa are arc toiny today to iny day la 12 1117 17 jesuits in ili the united mates there then ate ace in maryland in missouri and wi in now new orleans timm are arc about alwo sunday schools in alie united states 1 scholars and teachers |