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cheerful, whether preparing morning
climbs to smile at them, the teeth of binding
midnight mountain, searching beating
lamb crying like a motheress ba be in the darkness
There grander forest scenery
found north of California
secluded of Lahms. There preciptous
places in those 1000 acres but none which these nrend young
would risk their supple
helpless lamb there in its blades OF
flourish but between the there with
chaDaa manzanta and oak where they feed
on the ranges there are plateaus where they Craze.
In the late fall when grass is short the girls feed the sheep
hay corral. Before the animals
troublesome, but in hunting for bs they
queny lost lar do wander and when counted
at the corral several may be MISSING Then their guardians
chase, which sometimes lasts all night miles
from home perhaps wind and rain their the
for lambs distressed beat When found little ouooted
taken stout tender carried horseback
home where maybe the dawn has arrived first Nor do the
sisters always accompany each other.
1t keep in the memory the sight of these
modern driving their mighty band twilight
into the corral the Dig hep rushng IN otous nero toward
ncIosure lambs beating loudly the intelligent
obeyng the guidance of small brown hands that
grip like STEEL
The Lahms a of fine shepherd dogs. valued a
5000 apiece these always their mistrees
OF sheep though their journey take them the
peak, where flies, the bed of
where the frightened animals have hidden from the fury
of a storm
Sometimes a hungry enemy Lahm estates
makes meal of lamb and it is then pro-
tectors of the flock prove their courage foe
be bear-which ascertain his
off with their hounds and hunt him DEATH Their
dwelling plain board house is handsomely carpeted and
trophies Wildcats
coyotes and panthers
One OF the largest panthers killed in the county
brought by Miss Guse recently He feet
tip tip weighed 200 pounds and had ded
the of the Lahms that the young forth
him. Tracking him to she shot him with her
rife Having learned from father lead
horses back she secured poles from nearby
placed the the ground slantng against her horses
side dragged Nh Panther to them and gradually rolled him
upward until she could swing half of him around squarey
saddle Then unconcernedly led the horse
home, a trifIng distance of seven miles
When the get the sisters set out 10
silence their nsistent hows loading themselves with
which they different pon place
them bait which is then scented
Once fire pine woods and the fence.
distance Of mile girls the rails
without a from o'clock the
/ morning until 10 at night.
Is any wonder, think you that every man. woman
child in the county respects Gussie and Louise Lahm?
Honesty and industry count for considerable away up
the redwoods Of Mendocino FERGUsoN
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HQ6fa DIANA> odNe( (olN1 :

Your sueyberdess song story dainty Dresden
eninnity with by ribbon and
picture.
California has pair of shepherdesse entitled to quite as
distinction; they brown overalls blue
jumpers carry guns instead
pink faint dead away
with plate yawning differ
ence between romance amt reality.
the Eureka rened in
horses let band OF sheep by in
mounted broncos Across the horses
behind its rider lay magnificent The
OF the strangers whose wide sombreros shaded
faces oddly of keeping their
GENTLE ayke demeanor when questioned about their antered
@e' uu Ii 'Iun ney were no roush men OF the noun
tans Notwithstanding their garb vocation very
rkable whose home perched Mem
uocno cag whose hauns the forest Businesses and
bravery and unfailng temper
of some men and the peevishness They
hesh and blood herones although being unspoed children
OF ma ture they happily OF it, their
are Gussie and Louise Lahm.
Three ago Jacob Lahm took unto himself wife in
Petaluma and the northern
and home He settlers in Mendocino
taxing up Oo acres OF wildwood land along the
for cattle ranch But on these wooded
things giants forest in the
OF pines ana redWood reaching sky ward and such
wealth OF shrubbery California yields
bears panthers other wild be
Anated before the ranch could be stocked So Jacob
Lahm turned rapper and hunter
OF them all throughout the county.
Two little daughters to this
did not live TO them That duly fell father
who snail For, having no sons and
knowing he could always in their
isolated environment he taught wonderful
knowledge OF lie in the open-how wisdom
strong, courageous with the modesty of
consequence Is that these girls 10 and u of
most unusual list of accomplishments
'Ten-mie" is ranch between vile and Eureka
owned by enterprlsing, weltodo young farmer
White comey that part of the country
for her cooking and whose father Bob White
two months well-known pioneer up the
mountainside from White place Lahms in an
almost inaccessible spot Their property
$500 The father has DID, and blithe willing
daughters entire of the place. devong
their responsibilities and caring nothing the
great world which they seldom hear They
railroad train, and what little education books
they have acquired schoohouse mi
away Probably almost sisters who
think they had not much time
look after band of 5000 sheep In their the
Misses Lahm don skirts and minge with the pupils.
choo hours are over they rde qncky home change
Jeans and jumpers in which they
coil their thick blonde hair of their sensible hapey
heads pull their eather-trimmed sombrero
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Hum bert's small force was disarmed and
marched to Tullamore, whence the men
were escorted under guard OF the Fer
managh Militia Regiment to Dublin by
water.
The Irish papers of the time described
the picturesque scene. which was not al
together without its inspiring as well as
pathetic features. AS the long procession
of barges wended its way along the bosom
of Ireland's m idland waterway, the G and
canal, laden with French prisoners of war
en- route to Dublin. the officers and pri-
Yates embraced each other with Gallo
enthusiasm, chatting gayly or singin-
what must have sounded like clarion
call to the sons of liberty in every land in
those days, their national song, 1.-THE Mar
sellaise."
Returning to France Humbert again
entered the service of his country, fight
ing under Massena and other French gem
erals He was living in retirement at the
defeat of Marshal Massena by the Russian
general, Suwaroff, when he offered his
sword again to his country, but Napoleon
declined the offer. being 10th to trust him
on account of his ardent republicanism.
After Suwaroff's repulse in Switzerland
II uut UcIs IccOlNcu W OdlllS Win fortune
| anew in the great republic of the west.
He settled in New Orleans soon after
his arrival in 1914. Though quite an old
man-60 years, in fact-the martial spirit
was still strong in the bosom OF the old
exile, and he joined the American army in
the war then prevailing against Great
Britain. That he bore himself with distinc-
tion was evident, for he was fighting at
the head of volunteer legion side by side
with General Andrew jackson on the field
of Chalmette on the 8ih cay of January,
1915. at the battle of New Orleans, in
front of the same enemy Ae had met and
defeated nearly seventeen years before on
the historic plains of Mayo, at Castlebar.
His closing years were uneventful, save
that the old hero developed into quasi
crank OF a harmless type. Bending be-
meath advancing years. he was at last
almost feeble parody of a French gen.
eral. His hating footsteps on the way to
his dilapidated lodgings provoked the
ridicule of jeering youngsters. whose at
tention he drew from his peculiarities of
dress, arrayed, as the old veteran custom
was, in the former habiliments of his rank.
with cooked hat, sword and military
cloak. He was in receipt of a small PEN
sion from the French Government, with
which he religiously discharged his obli-
cations to tradesmen.
At his death he was buried in plat in
the st. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.
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General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert,
in command of the Army of Invasion at
Castelar,, was born of humble paren tage
in the province OF Lorraine, France. AT
the inception of the French Revolution
that period of civil, social and political
eruption, he was 80 years of age, and en-
gagged in buying and selling rabbit skins
in his native city. At the outbreak of the
Revolution he entered the army of the
republic, and bore himself so accepta bly
as soldier that he was gradually pro-
noted until in 1893 he was occupying the
position of general os brigade, and pos
sessed of reputation for military skill
and personal courage that seemed to as
sert him the man for bold and arduous
enterprises.
Through the advice and efforts of Wolfe
Tone and Emmet the thoughts of the
French Directory, including Carnot the
friend of Tone, Hoche, the republican n
general, and General Dumouriez, were
turned to Ireland as the locality bes.
adapted for infiicting deadly blow upon
the power of Great Britain. Bv the death
of General Hoche in Septem Der. 1897. the
cause of Irish freedom lost an ardent and
in influential patron and one of its warmes.
supporters at that critical period With
the approval and support of the French
Govern nment General Humbert undertook
his famous invasion of Ireland. Finan.
ciaI difficulties tended 10 delay his de-
parture, but on Aug us, g. 179S, with funds
advanced by the municipal authorities of
the city of Rochefort, he embarked for
Ireland, and after successful voyage cast
anchor on the evening of August 22 at
KiIcummin Point, near the little town of
Killala in County Mayo.
The choice of this remote district was
for long period unaccountable, for Con.
naught had remained tranquil during the
insurrection, the objective point of the
French feet being, it would be supposed,
tt e well armed and organized counties of
Antrim and Londonderry. but the mys.
terry was accounted for by Mr.. Fitzpatrick,
the Irish historian. He attributed the
wrong location to the work of a BIRTHS b
spy, who had deceived the French on pre-
tense that he represented the United
Irishmen.
A history of that period describes the
excitement prevailing when the French
troops disembsrked at Bailina and
planted for the first time in the s'moat of
the Bishops CASTLE a green banner with
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His eccentrlcities OF dress while he lived
were respected by his friends and he was
carried to the tomb in his French uni
form, with his martial cloak around him
and his sword and cooked hat by his side.
Nothing very definite is known as to what
society conducted the oosequies of the
old soldier. but 1t is stated that the tomb
was subsequently demolished by reason
OF removal, an incioent of periodical oc.
currence in all growing centers of popula-
ton. At the opening of the tomb the
skeleton was taken up, articulated and
preserved by the lodge under whose aus.
pices he was inferred. Recent INQUIRIES
by Irish citizens of New York, who de-
sired TO erect monument to his memory.
failed to locate the old hero's bones The
Irish are proverbially q warm hearted
rnce, grateful for deeds of vaIor done on
their behalf, and it is to be hoped that.
under the stimulus of next years pilgrim.
age and great popular movement to com.
memorate those who fell In '9S, some
effort will be made to locate more defin.
itely the mortal remains of this valiant
hero OF Castiebar. THEODORE LYNCH.
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WVaparous Fish of Arizona

The other day when the City Hall foun.
tain OF the capital city of Arizona was
cleaned and the water turned out of the
big cement basin where goldfish variety
of the carp family has disported itself
for the past two years to the edification
OF the Phoenix nursegirI and the
Maricopa County hobo it was found
that many of the fish had given
birth to progeny that were fully formed
and ready TO dart about in search of food
at the moment of coming into their
watery world. Other fish give birth to
tiny creatures that were globular in shape,
except for the protruding eyes and
nascent tail I'm that could scarcely be seen.
From all the evidences it was clear that
the cleanup had been made during the
breeding season, vet there was no sign of
fish roe nor eggs. Many specimens of the
strange young fish were collected. and
will be shipped to different experts. one
lot going to the Smithsonian Institution.
This fish was first found in Western
waters about four years ago by Herbert
Brown of Tucson, Arizona.
Thousands OF them were scooped out of
a deep pool near the mission building
and specimens sent all over the county.
Professor Jordan of Stanford identified
them as OF species that is common in
Florida and one of the only two vivapor-
Gus frssh-water fish known in this county.
Saltwater vivaporous fish are numerous.
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an Irish harp without a crown and a
Gaelic motto. ERIN Go Bragh," en-
broidered on its emerald field.
The French commander must have
been somewhat OF a Social Democrat for
his time with iervid conception of the
rights of the people, as the following brief
extract of one of his manlfestoes would
Indicate:
Liberty. equality. fraternity Union, brave
lr1shmen; our cause is commonl
Like You we sbhor the avaricious and blood
thirsty policy of an oppressive Government
We swear the most inviolable respect for your
properties. your laws and all of your religious
opinions. Union-Liberty-the Irish Repu bile,
our hearts are devoted to your causei Our
glory is in your happinessi Heslth and fra
ternityl HUMBERT, General.
Ballina. 1898.
Humbert's first contest with the English
resulted in a brilliant victory known in
Irish annals as the Races of Castlebar. {"
at which he completely routed the English
forces under General Lake. His success.
so unexpected, revived somewhat the
hopes of the people, especially those ca
pable of bearing arms whom he called
upon to enlist under the standard of a
Provisional Government OF the Province
of Connaught, which he established under
the Irish Republic, appoin ting John Moore
as President. Moore was duly vested with
power to discharge the functions of his
office, subject to popular approval.
The expedition was to be re-enforced il
successful, and e-enforcements were
eagerly looked for by the invading force.
whose impetuous Cash and disciplined
valor. with the fragmentary assistance OF
the peasantry, could avail but little
against superior strength. History records
his subsequent failure, for which he can
not be held responsible.
Finding himself and his small army in
an open country. he started by forced
march TO unite his little band, which num-
bered about 500 with the main body OF
the Irish insurgents. then fighting in the
southeastern counties of Wicklow and
Wexford. Surrounded by a much larger
force and his rear cut off, disaster over
took him. After a march of four days he
met defeat, giving stubborn resistance
on the hillside of Ballinamuck, small
village in County Roscommon, where
he surrendered to General Lord Corn
wallis, commander of the English in
Ireland.
The treatment given Humbert and his
men, mum bering 46 officers and 750 non
commissioned officers and privates, was
magnanimous in contrast with the Eng.
lish treatment of Irish prisoners Of war.
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The movement inaugurated by the local
Irish societies under the auspices Of the
'9S Centennial and Monument Associa-
Il. ton" is of more than passing importance.
pit is to perpetuate the memory OF those
who fell fighting for irish Independence.
The plan includes the erection of a suita-
bic memorial in Ireland at the approach
ing centennial anniversary of the re bellion
OF '98. To all who appreciate the valuable
material for q chapter in the philosophy of
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history the stirring events connected with
that struggle afford this idea will appeal.
1t is one of those strange compensations
OF history that the graves of those who
failed as well as the CORY fields of the Re-
bellion should be the Mecca of next sum-
mer's tours OF the Irish exiles. Thou
sands are expected TO visit the Green Isle
to participate in the memorial exercises
appropriate to the occasion.
The efforts of the United Irishmen un-
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American Wallets.

There is n new order Of things among
the gilded youth Of today. and the valet
is in demand This demand has led to
the establishment in Boston of q fin
ishing academy for gentlemen's serv-
ants Here the gentleman's gentleman
learns all that is necessary for him to
know. The first thing that is done to a
matriculate is to cut his hair in the ap-
proved English fashion and make him
clean shaven, or at least reduce his hir-
suite appendages to n modest mutton
chop" just forward of his ears He is
then put in livery and made to speak
only in All h-less English dialect. The
various courses of instruction include
training in all the branches Of menial
work, and when a pupil is sent out into
the world he is given a certificate OF
proficiency in his particular course. One
Of the features of the course is the daily
practice in immobility, which consists
in standing for half an hour q day be-
tween two upright bars SO regulated
that they touch the mans toes and
breast bone in front and his coattails,
shoulder blades and hat rim at the back.
This gives the requisite wooden rigidity
and is practiced by all pupils Those
whose physiques are lacking or too lux
uriant are reduced to the proper form by
vigorous exercise Boston Letter
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Straw Bail and Straw r1en.

The origin Of the familiar phrases
"straw BALI aud ga man Of straw' IS
a most curious one. |, dAles back
1900 years, when the practice "f en-
tering worthless bail WAS common.
The exlCt meth r!S, no oNtver, have not
been transmitted - p'sterlty; bnt IN
several old + .y:l,h works Is l., be
found referen,t !, them. In one Of
these --Fieldn.s Life of Jonathan
Wlid,'' the thiei catcher-we read that
Jonathan's aunt married a man "who
was famous for SO friendly disp '>llion
tha, he was bail for over 100 persons
in one year. He had also the remark
able honor of walking in Westminster
bail with a straw in his shoe"
1t seems that at one time when Eng
lish lawyers wished TO- o.procure witness
es with elastic COnsCienCes, or men
vino would go bail for their clients,
they went into Westminster hall, into
which the principal courts of law open
ed, and there would quickly recognize
the men they wanted by gIancing at
their shoes, from which protruded a
straw or two, thus ind ICating their
calling. Because OF this trademark,
so to speak, these professional witnesses
or ballgoers became known as "men OF
straw" or oncs who were willing for a
consideration to enter "straw bail. :.
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ing Of the Indian and the negro; the
schools for the advancement Of agri-
culture and mechanic arts, are all
proper and useful-but are they all
sufficient
The elevation of domestic science to
its proper place among the other
sciences will do much to dispel the
poverty, drudgery and disease, which
are the results OF ignorance, and Ihich
in so many homes rob woman's heart
of happiness and life Of its bright
ness.
Thrift will dispel poverty, but thrift
is born of knowledge and training.
Drudgery encourages stupidity. and
disease feeds on the ignorance Of wo-
man despite all the doctors learning.
Would it not be we'll to recognize
woman as The real guardian OF the
public health, and teach her whatever
is necessary to the proper and safe
performance Of these duties? 1t is
true that there are schools in some OF
our cities where such things are taught,
but they do not reach far enough nor
multiply results fast enough. 1t mus,
be natural opportunity to produce
national benefits. To benft the peo-
pie it must be broad and extensive,
and should be done for the people, by
the government with the peoples mon
ey. This would assure its performance
on a scale commensurate with the i'm
portance of the subject"
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A Lamp In His Pocket,

Not very many men carry lamps in
their pockets, but there is at least one
man who does, and that is the lamp
lighter on the elevated road. It is an
alcohol lamp, like a section Of brass
cylinder, five or six inches long and an
inch through, and with a slender tube
two or three inches long, holding the
wick, projecting at one end The lamp
lighter comes in at the front door OF the
car with his lamp lighted With rapid
ease acquired by experience he lights
the six lamps, seeming almost not tC
pause in his progress through the car.
If he is in the last car Of the train, as
he pulls down the chimney over the last
lamp he has lighted and turns toward
the rear door he blows out his OWL
lamp and drops it in his pocket. His
hands are now fue. He throws back the
door. walks out upon the platform,
opens the gate and steps off upon the
station platform or down upon the Other
side, ready to board the next train. A
touch of a match will Light the alcohol
lamp. New York Sun
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