Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-05

New York Mail and Express
The system includes series Of instru.
ments operated by electricity for indicat-
ing and recording temperatures autDmati-
cally and continuously baromstric, steam.
water. electrical ami all other pressures or
forces at diStance Take, for instance,
the telethermometer, which indicates aud
records tae temperature Of a distant point
Each instrument has a maximum AMI a
minimum bar. If you want to register
temperature Of say S45 degrees and don't
dare go beyond $50 degrees, put the maxi
mum bar at SIS degrees, and rs soon as
the temperature registers that an alarm i
rung and kept ringing so long a the tenn
perature remains that high. 1t register
low mperaturs well as high. AMI thus
gives at all times a complete knowledge
and control Of the temperatures throu shout
an entire Establishment TO the management
OF manufacturing or other induStrie&
An interesting uSs to which the telether-
nometer Is put is in taking deep.sea tenn
r.sratursS, in its application % the naval
nd signal service, and for obtaining at ali
sons the temperature at high attitudes
and in uninhs bitabe places. Other claims
for this InstTum mt ara the value by inii-
eating on tie decks OF ocean steamers the
temperature Of sea water; a, means OF
preventing loss and damage when put in
the holds of steamers and III cars transport
ing perishabie freight and preventing
spontaneous combustion, the great danger
IN the coal-carrying trade. by instant de-
lection and locating the heating Of cargOes
Another of its uses Is as automatic fire
alarm, indicating and recoriIng at fire
headquarters the temperature at ware
houses containing valuable merchandise.
The Soldiers of Burmah-
british National Review
With all his deficIencie,, the Burmese SOL
der has one advantage over disciplined
troops He requires no commissariat and
IS ready for service at few minutes no
tice. few pounds Of rice and a little gnapi
or fish paste, carried on his person, sufiices
for hi, very modest requirements Not de-
fcient in pluck, cheerful, ObeiIent and pa
tient under physical hardship, it is found
that for sudden AMI short e1peditions. to
chase rebels OF TO punish free hooters he is
second to none. There were reasonable
hopes therefore, of making him thoroughly
efficient; but in spite OF every effort, the
experiment had to be ahanduneL l.
The Burman is impracticabls as regards
routine and discipline Drill is simply
oiious to him after the novelty wears off;
incorrigible Sloven he can not under
stand the necessity OF keeping hi' arms and
accoutrements csan and in a serviceable
condition. Marching TO ami fro on sentry
is to him simply ridiculous; he can not be
reconcIei to the loss of his chernot. even
when guar ling powder magazine; and
night, a. he sagely remarks, being allotted
by an allwIse Providence as the time for
sleep, he doe, not uni ers tand why he should
then remain awak, wen in cases where
extra vigilance is rsquired Allowing the
widest margin 1t is doubtful whether Thee
baw could collect more than 50 90 muskets
One-thIri OF these are more or less arms OF
precision, su h as RemIngtons and Sniders,
while the rest are OF the Brown BeSs' pat
tern. nearly all Of which are unservicea ble,
and dangerou, only to those who fire them
of.