Washington sentinel., 1898-09-03

SfSaHAStS unOer time chart.
ers' so that they are practically Ameri-
can In all but the flag. Other vessels
are bought and run under their old Gav,.
Hence, the small number OF ships in the
ocean carrying trade under the Amer,.
can nag is very little, II any. criteri m a.
20 the amount Of American capital
invested in shipping. The present war.
however, seems to open wide a door for
'ne wholesale entry Of foreign built
SniPs 10 American registry, while at tho
same time enabling both Britishers and
Americans to reap golden harvest.
The GkEAT HEAT WAvR,
Daily 7tLesYabh--London. Aug. rs.
Every body familiar with various
climates knows what an amazing dis.
JUNCTION exists between dry heat and
damp heat. In The moistureless desert
or upon the porous coral of Barbados
OF even OH the plains OF India before the
rains, the healthy frame endures quite
easily the hot wind that curls I'D your
"rlting paper, and melts your sealing
wax SO long as the insensible perspir.
auCn, by marvellous mechanism
keeps dowa the temperature OF the
blood the sensation OF that gold heat
Tor the temperature is often delightful.
But II the air be heavy with latent
moisture, the eighty degrees OF PIccadiIlv
last sunday may easily feel far more
our r1ensome than the light, dry radiance
OF tropical noon. Then, too. in zones
and regions where such red hot davs
are to be expected, everybody stands
ready for them in point OF apparel, house
shelter, and thermantic otes.
Be 1t noted that sunstrokes, almost ab-
solutely unknown in the strong sum.
msrs OF Japan, are far more due to the
slate OF the heated air than 10 actual
isolation. or injury by the suns direct
beams. One proof OF this is that sun
stroke" as IL is termed, occurs more
frequently in the morning than later on
during the chief heat Of the dav. II
may be mentioned here that the Oriental
cure for these visitations is not 10 appIv
cold water to the head and face.
Many poor, hard working "vanner''
and "stager" has Succumbed during the
past week in harness, before a tber.
mometer which would mean nothing
but healthy sweat to his COUSIN. the
Arab, IN Egypt, or to the Cossack's little
steed in the burning July Of the steepos.
AS for LoOdOners, they must keep as
cool as they can, and wait p patientIy until
the southwesterly wind brings up the
sutumn clouds from the Atlantic. There
is one permanent advantage, at all
events, in our knglish weather, which Ia
that, whenever il runs 20 any extreme
OF heat or cold, il isvery likely to change
within a short space Of time.
Daily ChYo1icls-London, Aug. ~.
In the last few days, according 10
general reports, the city has risked
sunstroke in its ancient panopIy. The
old warri RS wereEhappy in the thought
that should they fall in battle they would
be found with all their wounds 10 front.
Their stern spirit animates the city man,
who rejoices to think that II he should
be sat upon by a coroner's Jury il will
be testified that he wore his silk hat TO
the last gasp. Englishmen home from
India have none OF this pride. They
say that even the heat OF the plains is
nothing to our August, and they lament
that the garments they are accustomed
to wear under an Oriental sun we're not
put into kit bag before they left Cal
cutta. The spectacle Of the Anglo. Indian
groaning In the wOnted harness OF Bond
Street may excite misRiviugs In the city
mans mind as to the stability OF our
Indian Empire. Il tisvery well
to say that heat waves are transitory,
but the experience OF the last few wears
makes very hot August even more
probable than the fulhlment OF a pre-
diction by Old Moore. Why, by the
way, does not that sage give his pro-
phetic soul to heat waves' His authority
is greater than that ofthe meteorologists,
and II he were to make IL hot for US IN
August for the next FIVE years he might
persuade a considerable part Of the
community to lay ln a stock Of appro-
pirate garments.
THE NEw GERMAN FIELD Gun.
The IahY6He5ev in Germany, the
ReiehSUehT in Austria. the Revue de
CSIcfs Miikafys in France, and ma,x
other professional journals have lately
been discussing the new German field
gun. The weapon is Of ? cm. q ass
inches) calibre, and thus little smaller
than the old gun which has a calibre OF
7 IS cm. According to the RsicAsye61
It is inscribed and adorned With
the words PRO Gloria ct Pa.Yis,"
the German eagle, the Imperial cypher,
and the motto, Ultima ratio regis"
Cannister has been suppressed, and
shrapnel is the chief ammunition,
though the old common shell Is stlil
retained. bnt will probably 20 from the
field gun when howitzeTs are definitely
adop ed. The prOiectilt and brass
cartridge are really separate, though
packed together to expedite loading.
There is a brake as in the old gun, with
a sporn or spade formation at the trail,
which holds the gun firmly to the ground
when quick firing. With an arrangement
by which the aim can be changed In
some measure without moving the car
riage. The weight behind the team Is
about 100 ky. f72o lbsl lighter than is
the case OF the gun in service at the
present time. The TiiiiDg. " hich has over
thirty grooves, has a progressive twist,
| the hnal direction being with an angle