The Washington herald., 1907-03-07
AT THE HOTELS.

n 4 IL AANf L LEdOs
There is young lady staying at the
New Willard who bears tho unique distinc-
ton Of being the only deputy United
states surveyor Of mineral lands ia the
country She is Miss May Bradford. OF
Tonapah. New Miss Bradford IL "A native
and took her degree In civil
engineering at Leland Stanford Uni
versity. being among the brightest stu
dents in her class. When she applied for
a position as government surveyor. the
local chief was dGmfounded, as no
woman had ever before been candidate
for such a place. So the matter was re-
ferred TO Washington and as IL was shown
that the young woman was fully comDe-
tent and able to give the $1,000 bond. she
got her commission and has proved as
capable and efficient as any man Ia the
same line of work, besides making a
handsome income out Of her fees.
Being Of an artistic temperament, Mss
Bradford some eight months ago went 10
Paris 10 pursue a course Of study, ana
she is just now returning TO her home in
Nevada Il am glad" said she, 10 Her
aid reporter. Ito get back to America. for
there IS no country ike ours. Tie
French people are bright and have done
much in art, bur they are d volatile race
and are lacking in the solid Saxon quail
ties Their politeness. too, is a myth. and
II ] were sent 10 find a gentleman I'd
never 90 TO France With ali their airs
and graces. the Frenchman has nothing
ike the innate Chivalry Of the American.
and the Difference Of the American for
womankind Is utterly unknown over
there There is more real manhood In the
makeup Of one of our Nevada miners Or
cowboys than in brigade Of Partisan
swells.
Mai. Gen. J. ". Lee, retired, VINO Is AT
the Ebbitt. has had a long and honorable
career as a soldier. and there is scarcely
a more popular man I'm Uncle Sans
army
Gen. Lee served ia China during the
Boxer troubles. and he has been in the
Philippines for extended periods, his
latest assignment being commander OF the
Department Of Samar and Leyte. two or
the most troublesome districts OF the
archipelago. where with che native
fanaticism and brigaudage, 1t was 10
sinecure for the American troops
1T will take a long SToe, said Gen.
Lee. TO get things on a permanently
settled basis ia the Philippine. but in
time il will be done. IN the district where
7 commanded the people never recognized
the rule OF Spain. but lived according 10
their own primitive ways The Philip
pines Will never be a white mans coun-
try because Of the climate, but a few,
white men viii BE- able 20 live there
Ur0htably. and there are opportunities in
plenty for young single men who have
the necessary ambition and pluck % I've
amid strange and uDc0ngcnial surround
ings."
Mr.. Charles II. Williams. OF Derby.
Conn. who is at the ShOreha1, Is az the
head Of one Of three concerns engaged in
making guns for forthcauons and for
I United States battle ships.
There is no ironclad rule said Mr..
! Williams, as TO the life of a modern
gun. but We know that after being used
for several hundred discharges they are
practically put out Of business. I think
+ that 200 friugs would be about the limit
( Of many Of the smaller caliber guns The
reason for this rapid loss Of efficiency is
I that the tremendous heat engendered b.
/ the smokeIess powder at the point cf
combustion the breech Of the wsapoul
I has an erosive effect on the rifed surface
OF the gun just as though IL had been
eaten by acid This injury does not JC-
cur except for a few inches AZ the lower
end. and but for this the gun would last
almost indefinitely.
MY manufacture Of guns does not eN-
tend beyond those Of 3-iuch dimension,
throwing "A ffteen-pound she'll These
are chiefly useful for the auxiliary
equipment of a battle ship, and are
/ relied on especially 90 take care uf
/ torpedo boats The big Pinch guns will
begin their deadly work AT a distance
/ from the enemy of eight miles, but the
/ smaller ones are not effective al more
/ than five or six miles. They are guaran-
/ teed, however, 10 pierce a Harveyized
plate at "a distance Of four and a half
miles and they have an initial velocity
. Of $50 feet per second one shot from
them will send a torpedo boat 10 the
bottom in quick time. and they can be
fired so fast as 10 keep an antagonist
busy wondering II the next shot won't
send him 10 Davy Jones locker"
While there has undoubtedly been
some loss Of cattle on the far Western
ranges this winter. there is no doubt that
( the sensational stories of wholesale de
struction Of herds. printed in many East
|ern newspapers, are gross exaggerauons, 90
said Mr.. T. c. Burnett, Of Cheyenne. a.
/ the Arlington.
There never comes a winter but that
a certain number of cattle on the open
range die. Il is not practicable 10 house
and feed "A great herd, although a con
siderable amount Of feeding is done in
severe weather I imagine that the pres
ent reports are akin 10 the stories that
come out each spring about the ruin Of
the peach crop. A short crop means high
prices, and "a wholesale killing of beef
steers. even if it be imaginary, will serve