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Show - t I i.fl 1 ( - -J, I i ? ' 1 r f. rr ' ! (THE INDEPENDENT. Wfllkm F. Gibaon, - - Editor. . H. Jordan, BuBinees Manager. 1 Entered a the Poet Offloe at 8pHnrllle, Utatv f or traiumlaeioa through Itt aultu fteoond-cl&M Bintr. Issued Every Thursday Morning. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On Tear $2.00 Six Months.. . 1.00 Three Months SO ASK FOR ADVERTISING BATES. TALENTED SISTERS. TWIN GIRLS WIN HIGH UNIVERSITY UNIVER-SITY HONORS. KoM and Lily , H oh f eld Distance All Competitors at Berkeley Come of a Family of. Learning Men Left in the Rear. (San Francisco Letter.) At the commencement of the University Uni-versity of California the women of the class carried off all the college honors. Not only was the medal won by a young San Francisco woman, but the second, third and fourth places in the class were also occupied by women and the only young man from the academic department who had a place as speaker on commencement day ranked fifth in his class. There have been women medalists at Berkeley before. be-fore. In 1880 a woman won the medal and again in 1893, and between there was a year when there was a tie between be-tween a man and a woman. But there has never been a class before with four women at the head of it. The winner of this year's medal was Miss Lily Hohfeld of this city, 22 years old, and a daughter of Edward Hohfeld, a music teacher of 709 Ashbury street. Miss Hohfeld is said to have attained the highest percentage ever received by a graduate of the University, her record being 146 first section hours out of a total of 158, after the fashion of college computation, which counts a rtudy which occurs four times a week for one term as four hours. "First section" sec-tion" means above 90 per cent. Lily Hohfeld, twin sister of Rose, stood second sec-ond in the class. The two sisters took the same course and always worked to- mm? LILY HOHFELD. gether. Rose Hohfeld had 135 first section hours out of 158. The Hohfeld girls are charming, fresh-faced, comely come-ly young women, whose brows are unmarked un-marked by a single line and those bright eyes, thick hair and fresh coloring col-oring are a living refutation of the wornout prophecy that the higher education edu-cation would, be ruinous to female health and looks, to say nothing of femininity and several other desirable things. All through the schools the Hohfeld girls have had the same record, sweeping every one and everything every-thing before them. From the time when, as tots of 6, they went out of their father's house swinging the little Back which held their slates and primers prim-ers they have stood at the head of their classes. They do not know what It Is to stand anywhere else, and Lily has always been first and Rose second. Their teachers say they are equally bright and have equally good mental ' equipment, but Lily is a little more Aejt-assertive and has a trifle more ambition am-bition an her sister. Lily is only satisfied sat-isfied toe at the top; Rose is satisfied to be next to Lily. These remarkable girls did their preliminary work at the Horace Mann Grammar School, graduating in June, 1892. They had medals there. The scene of their next triumph was the Girls' High School, where they are held up as models even to this day and where they graduated as salutatorian and valedictorian of their class in June, 1895. Then came the University, where they took the classical course, with plenty of Latin and Greek, and where, it is safe to say, their record will not soon be surpassed. sur-passed. Facility in learning seems to characterize the entire Hohfeld family. fam-ily. An elder brother, Edward, was graduated from the University of California Cal-ifornia in 1S9S, standing third in his class. A younger brother, Wesley, will graduate in 1901 from the same institution. in-stitution. During his freshman and sophomore years he has taken seventy-seven seventy-seven hours and has yet to receive a second section. The Hohfelds come naturally by their excellent scholarship. scholar-ship. Their mother was Miss Hille-brand, Hille-brand, and when she graduated at Blake's Seminary, one of the famous old schools of Oakland, she was the youngest in her class and the head ol it. Her father, Henry Hillebrand, wai the principal of the first public school In Oakland, and taught German math- ROSE HOHFELD. ematics in the old College of California, Califor-nia, which was afterward merged into the State University. On both sides the girls come of German parentage, and it is a remarkable fact that Miss Wartenweiler and Miss Grunsky, who stood third and fourth in the class lately graduated, were also of German descent. The Hohfelds have had bequeathed be-queathed to them the strong physique and strong brain of the Teuton. They hare always been reared in a bookish atmosphere and they love study. They expect to follow teaching as a profession, profes-sion, and look forward with keen pleasure to imparting to others that knowledge which they have found such pleasure in acquiring. No Smoke and No Flash. The new French rapid-fire gun, invented in-vented by Colonel Humbert, is said to make no flash when Bred with smokeless smoke-less powder. The Nation of such a gun, concealed in grass or shrubbery, would be completely und severable to . an enemy. a r. t- ,f--x--r- tvjMis-A. v-rv . vVTftn r FOE WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Some Tips for - Bridesmaids Vogue of the Polonaise The Lots of a Youth A Creation for August Days The negligee. y The Poets. The poets the poets Those giants of the earth; In mighty strength they tower above The men of common birth A noble race they mingle not Among the motley throng. But move, with slow and measured steps, y To music-notes along. The poets the poets What conquests they can boast! Without one drop of life-blood spilt. They rule a world's wide host; Their stainless banner floats unharmed From age to lengthened age; And history records their deeds Upon her proudest page. The poets the poets How endless is their fame! Death, like a thin mist, comes, yet leaves No shadow on each name; But as yon starry gems that gleam In evening's crystal sky. So have they won, in memory's depths. An immortality. The poets the poets Who doth not linger o'er The glorious volumes that contain Their brigh. and spotless lore? They charm us in the saddest hours. Our richest joys they feed; And love for them has grown to be A universal creed. The poets the poets Those kingly minstrels dead. Well may we twine a votive wreath Around each honored head; No tribute is too high to give Those crowned ones among men. The poets! the true poets! Thanks be to God for them! A Fancy liodlce. August is the month of months when a woman finds it a trying task to look cool and dainty; when the reds, pinks.vivid green and other colors suggestive sug-gestive of heat must be laid aside for the creams, pale blues and pale yellows. yel-lows. Here Is a becoming bodice and toque designed for afternoon use. The bodice is made of dull olive white silk figured In irregular circles of deep yellow. Guipure applique is let in the front up and down and crosswise.form-ing crosswise.form-ing large squares. The neck is finished with an immense bow of olive white liberty silk, attached to a stock of the same material. The stock in turn is finished with a ruffle of dotted chiffon. The ends of the bow are also finished with tiny frills of the dotted material. The belt Is a broad band of striped ribbon rib-bon tied in a bow at the back. The toque consists of a narrow band of fancy straw, covered with bunches cf pale yellow and white wild roses, with a full spray of the flowers at the left sl'de. For the Bride. As summer advances beautiful shades of blue are taking the place of the springtime purple. These blues are to be found 'in the silk and woolen veilings, in cottons and linens and millinery materials. A charming wool veiling of a real china-blue shade is trimmed with the tiniest rows of black velvet ribbon and has vest and revers of white satin overlaid with Irish point. Dull reds, or rather soft shades of red, are fashionable, but are so subdued sub-dued by the trimming that they are not In the least obtrusive. It requires, however, just the artistic eye and fingers fin-gers of the Parisian modiste to successfully suc-cessfully present reds that may be worn in the warmer weather. Boleros of lace are particularly modish, while lace covered or otherwise trimmed revers are to be found even on evening even-ing gowns, the short little revers turning turn-ing back just at the bust line. Vogue of the Polonaise. Writes a woman from foggy London town: The polonaise is certainly to be a feature of the spring styles. In Paris It is already an accepted fact, and, although London no longer slavishly slav-ishly accepts what Paris proposes In the matter of dress, a run on the polonaise pol-onaise is expected here. Anyone who studies the subject of dress soon discovers dis-covers that what on the first seemed to be a reckless revival is generally a logical log-ical evolution of some favorite style of the moment. SVhen the shaped flounce came In, the revival of the "tabller," "tunic," or "draped over-skirt," over-skirt," as it used to be called some ten years ago, was predicted. And the draped or separate overskirt cannot come in without bringing in the polonaise, pol-onaise, which Is merely its "princess" form that is, the overskirt cut in one with the bodice instead of being separated sep-arated at the waist. The overskirt helped the evolution of the polonaise, which is always most In favr when fashion decrees a certain tightness above and a certain flow below In direct di-rect contrast The eel skirt accentuated accen-tuated this and will accentuate It still more If the excessively tight samples, skin tight above and very fleecy and flowing below the knees, which now prevails In Paris and -on the smarter London stages, ever spread to the majority. Tip for Bridesmaids. Bach bridesmaid should present a gift Just as other invited guests do, the gifts to be sent a few days before the wedding. A little friendly and Informal note should accompany the lift. j t Tbe maids nrecede the bride to the "?""S f . church and wait for her at the door, standing in two lines facing each other. When the bride arrives with father, brother, or whoever is to "give her away," she passes through the aisle formed by her attendants, who form a procession behind her. The chief maid stands nearest the brie?, who hands her her gloves and bouquet to hold fee-fore fee-fore the part of the service Is reaped where the ring is slipped on her finger. The best man and maid accompany the bridal pair to the vestry to witness the signing of their names, but th rest of the attendants wait outside. f'.er the ceremony the maids follow the bride, as upon entering the church. Bouquets are sent the maids by the groom, who also the day before the wedding sends them some small article ar-ticle of Jewelry. The maids, of course, return to the home of the bride to the breakfast or reception that follows the ceremony at the church, and when the bride goes to exchange her white robes for a traveling trav-eling gown the chief maid accompanies to assist her. However amiable a bride may be. she certainly prefers to have the foolish old custom of throwing; rice and old shoes after her overlooked. It is the privilege of the best man or maid to throw an old slipper, but the balance of the attendants may refrain from the showing of good wishes in this way, I am certain, without fear of offending of-fending the bride. For Warm Days. Pale yellow and white form a combination com-bination popular in both gowns and millinery. Delicate yellow with white and delicate green with white are always attractive in summertime costumes, and will be seen in many a charming toilet throughout the warmer warm-er days. Hand-embroidered bishop's lawn, linen and batiste are made up into very attractive collars, cuffs and blouse fronts. French muslin is also used in the same way. The collars are both wide and narrow, the edges finished with hemstitching and narrow edging of ungathered Valenciennes lace. The embroidery is usually of a fine vinelike pattern above the hemmed edge. Of all fashionable gowns for the summer, yoke and guimpe effects are constantly increasing, and each new model that appears discloses sordething novel, dainty and picturesque. The familiar form's, notes the New York Post, of seasons past are replaced by those of tucked batiste, lisse and India In-dia mull; Flemish guipure and Venetian Vene-tian nets, point d'esprit, etc., or of tinted all-over embroideries on white linen or French lawn; gauffered India silk, crossed with bands of silk insertion, inser-tion, or these same delicate effects in taffeta, merely laid in fine lingerie tucks, with lines of feather-stitching between the tucks and the insertion bands. Popular Flowers in Millinery. The latest additions to the list of fashionable flowers are hydrangea and azalea blooms, magnified wallflowers, particularly favored in Bordeaux tints, primroses of all colors, both Chinese and garden varieties and large flat roses with few petals, nicknamed "wheel roses," while all the flowers mentioned in former letters are maintained' main-tained' in vogue, says a writer in Millinery Mil-linery Trade Review. Lilacs, violets, cowslips and hyacinths, being essentially essen-tially spring flowers, will not be worn after May, but until then they will be in considerable request. I was shown a pale. gray sailor hat trimmed in a novel way with lilac, the sprays standing stand-ing up around the crown, three mauve ones on the right, three violet on the left, and as many white behind. The interval in front is filled in with a puffing puf-fing of mauve tulle. Among the new models entirely covered with flowers I noted one of hyacinth bells shaded from deep violet on the edg to lilac in the center; another, the low-domed crown of which was covered with pink rose petals, and the brim with a double row of Bordeaux roses placed back to back; and a third made of primroses, the flowers arranged in little bunches of different colors, each surrounded by leaves. Shirt Waists of Silk Muslin. Shirts or blouses of colored silk muslin mus-lin are- the most fetching and the smartest of summer waists for pique jacket gowns. They are plaited all over or finely tucked, and have a muslin mus-lin or a lace cravat. Perishable, no doubt, but not so much so as one would think, for the muslin so much used is, after all, a sturdy fabric, ethereal in appearance only. Fichus and wide neckties of it may be washed and most beautifully ironed, which fact places them at once far away from the ex- PARISIAN DESIGNS travagant chiffon. I should not advise ad-vise washing a plaited silk muslin blouse, but one such bodice will easily be a serviceable and lovely thing for the summer girl to, wear with duck skirts at the golf tournament or for afternoon tea on the piazza. The Love of Youth. A London Journal tells this Monte Carlo story: "A woman entered the salle while a prince whom she knew was winning in a sweeping styl that seemed destined destin-ed to break the bank. I am so glad to see you here. Prince, and in such luck, too! she exclaimed. 'Do tell me a lucky number; it is sure to win, for you are In the vein.' The prince generously gen-erously placed a pile of gold louls before be-fore the vivacious lady, whose beauty had successfully defied the effects of thirty-six winters, and said: 'Put It all on the number of your years and reap a golden harvest! The lady reflected, hesitated, and then placed the pile on twenty-even. An instant later the crouper sang out, Th!rty-six red wins!' The lady muttered, 'Ah. mon dieu; thirty-1x is exactly my age,' iad fainted on the spot." No doubt this is offered as a direful warning to other women, but, nevertheless, never-theless, in spite of the lost fortune. I still contend that a woman may keep to herself Just as long as she pleases just how many sunny summers and frosty winters have passed over her head. Now, I think the prince at Monte Mon-te Carlo was very ungallant. Dellghtfol Negligee. Did you ever stop to think that it is the effects arranged with studied carelessness care-lessness that make a woman beautiful? beauti-ful? And, too, did you ever notice that it i3 more trouble to accomplish these touches of negligence than it is to obtain ob-tain the regular, formal effects? When you see a little curl nestling lovingly about the forehead and around the neck, and a little ruffle bobbing up irregularly in some unexpected place, you may rest assured that at least an hour of valuable time had been devoted to it. Here is a dream.ln midsummer morning morn-ing gowns. It is developed in pale blue nun's veiling covered with black polka dots. The gown is a modification of the princess and an Improvement on the tea gown. There is a vest of striped silk which widens into a panel effect as it nears the foot. The front is a rounded one and is trimmed with a frill of pale blue embroidered silk lined with striped silk. A wide Watteau plait caught with a bow and ends of black ribbon constitute the decoration upon the back of the gown. The sleeves are shirred and trimmed with puffs and bands of insertion. Her Fault. "Looky here!" snarled Jason Hawbuck, Haw-buck, whose nose was sadly abraded, and who walked with a decided limp. "What did you mean by tellin' me that that 'ere old brindle demon I bought of you yesterday wasn't a bad cow? Why gol-slam it! first thing when I went to milk her last night she hauled off an' kicked me head over heels, jam-min' jam-min' my skull into the milk-pail an' nearly unj'ntin' my fool neck. Then she got me tangled up in the halter-rope halter-rope somehow, an' drug me across the cow lot an' back an' forth so many times that I couldn't keep count of 'em, an' kicked me every once in a while, for good measure. There's skurcely a bit of whole skin left on my body big enough to make a common-sized common-sized watch-pocket. If she ain't a bad cow I'd like to know what in tarnation tarna-tion would make you consider a cow bad?" "Wa'al," mildly replied Aaron All-red, All-red, "if she'd done that wilfully an' maliciously, I s'pose I'd consider her bad, but bein acquainted with her ever since she was a calf an' havln" known her to cut up that same caper a good many times before, I've decided decid-ed that she's only jest thoughtless. There's a good deal of difference between be-tween wickedness an' mere thoughtlessness, thought-lessness, you know." Queer Claims Against t'nele Sam. Some queer claims are made against the government. A Chicago man named Taylor asked congress for several sev-eral sessions to give him $100,000 for having suggested to President Lincoln the idea of issuing greenbacks. One FOR BRIDAL COSTUMES. Colonel de Arnaud made repeated demands de-mands for $50,000 for having shown Gen. Grant how to capture the town of Paducah, Ky. An Iowa man wanted $350 for cutting corns off sailors and soldiers during the rebellion; another from New York wanted $25 for a pair of trousers which were eaten off a clothes-line by a government goat; a fellow in Minnesota requested the sum of $550 for a sky-blue horse taken by the soldiers; the sum of $50 would satisfy sat-isfy an Illinois man for a calf which he says the cattle inspector killed by putting a brass tag through his nose, causing blood poison. There are many just such claims coming from every State in the Union. The Atlanta Journal. Jour-nal. Nothing to Lire For. Officer come (out o' that! No swim-min' swim-min' in here.' Clarence O'Rafferty I ain't swim-min'. swim-min'. I'm trying ter commit suicide 'cause me love has been spurned by s. heartless croquette. Bargain sales have parted many i wife and her husband's money. eld was clear, aad ro nil ch f n o ah r I r V" eippi was over land deep ana Mew York San Francisco, !ondon.... .... expected to , to oy tne cur- to LEddled brave- a sew YorkbrokersB.!::.""r.1' tc estlng. I fo,-he w.cDifqueTed Spaniards COPPER. Mew York Exchange Mew York Brokers .M8.28 C18..V 18.50 Name of- Stocks. Bid, Asked Mice 4ncnot ajax alliance . .' Albion Uullion-Beck. 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Good to choic cattle VS 15 Medium grades 3 60 Blockers and feeders 3 50 Bulls 4 60 Cows and heifers 4 60 Calves 4 00 Western fed steers 4 70 Texas steers 4 00 Clipped lumbs 4 50 Yearlings 5 60 Spring iambs; 4 00 05 75 5 10 &5 00 10 fe5 10 S7 50 fe5 00 tio 10 7 40 tB6 25 &7 25 Kaunas City. Natl ve steers, heavy 15 15 Medium sleers 4 85 L,ight 4 50 Texas steers 3 85 Texas Cows. 2 75 Native cows and heifers 2 00 Stockers and feeders 3 50 Bulls and stags 2 75 Lumbs 4 50 Clipped muttons 4 00 Stockers and feeBers 3 00 Culls 1 50 S5 40 6tiA 25 &a 20 M5 10 fo3 50 f5 25 fe4 90 fei4 25 fc.6 50 5 25 (x3 60 5 25 Omaha. Native beef steers 94 50 Western steers 4 00 Texas steers. . 3 80 Cows and heifers 3 80 Canners 2 50 Stockers and feeders 4 80 Calves 5 00 B ills and stags 3 00 Western muttons 4 50 Stockers 3 50 5 25 &4 80 Ui 70 4 60 Ofi 60 a 95 (?57 00 4 20 g5 25 kiA 30 Lambs 5 00 6 75 Denver. Beef steers 3 50 Cows 3 00 Feeders freight paid to river 3 25 Stockers, freight paid to river,. . 3 25 Bulls and stags 2 25 5 25 ti4 25 fe4 50 fai5 00 i3 Good fat muttons 4 25 S4 75 Lambs 4 75 &b 25 REBE1PTS. Chicago Cattle Sheep Kansas City sCattle. Sheep Omaha.. Cattle 15f f.Ol 1(X 2.50C i.orx l,20t Sheep Denver Cattle 2,n0( SheeD 251 Informed. The American ambassador took a fresh cigar with a delightful air of camaraderie. "Bet you don't know when a door Is act. a door," he cried, gayly. The queen of Great Britain and Ireland Ire-land and empress of India be&towed an arch smile upon our witty plenipotentiary. plenipo-tentiary. "Oh, yes, I do!" she exclaimed. "You are not the first American ambassador, don't you know!" Here the court blockheads laughed until they split. Detroit Journal. Had His Opinions. "But do you think," asked the mai who was trying to smooth over th trouble, "that the Apostles would hav acted in this way?" 'I dunno whethei they would er not," answered the deacon dea-con who was trying to get the ministei fired for marrying the deacon's twenty-two-year-old daughter to the mat of her choice, "I dunno whether thej would er not, but they'd ort to." The man who steals a kiss without first warning the girl misses the besl part of it Upper Limit of Yellow Fever. Statistics indicate that, while yellow yel-low fever varies with the rainfall, it Is limited by elevation above sea-level. This elevation, however, Is widely dif- ferent In different countries. In the United States it is 800 feet, In Mexico 2.300 feet. In Brazil 2,700 feet and In Jamaica 4,000 feet It would appear that it climbs highest in the West In- dies. Connl-tent. "Bill the Gambler's always up to date." "How so?" "His wedding cards are all Queens of Hearts." Philadelphia Phil-adelphia North American. A LUCKY ESCAPE. Tm going to brln Nlcholi Brnln- play for you, girls," Rex Brooka M Spain, Ethel and me one evenin "Hthe Bay superb planis .?nd int"-JW - of the JiaJ.l..re the people of whom Caesar, in his account of his conquest oi Spain, writes, "a few pretty people higher up in the mountains, did not make submission or send hostages." The Roman poets called these people Iberians, and pictured them as almost supernatural, whom neither hunger, heat, cold, nor armies could conquer, and whose greatest joy was facing peril. The Basques of today bear the stamp of this ancient people; in character, char-acter, disposition, language and customs, cus-toms, they are entirely different from the Spaniards south of them, and indeed in-deed they can be classed with no other race of the earth. Their earliest ancestors an-cestors were probably the cave dwellers dwell-ers of the Alps and Pyrenees, whose bones are found in the caverns of th mountains, together with the remains of those gigantic animals which were the ancestors of our present quadrupeds. quadru-peds. Only in this tiny country, among the mountains have these sturdy, stalwart people succeeded in retaining anything of their own individuality. in-dividuality. If this is their true origin, ori-gin, their earliest ancestors must have lived twenty centuries before Christ, and have been surrounded by a country coun-try different in physical features, and covered with plants and animals which have long since ceased to exist. Since those days long ago, their whole force has been used in fighting their way in the world, in trying to preserve their racial distinction. All previous to the Roman conquest of Spain is, as far as Basque history is concerned, a blank. Even the Romans found it impossible im-possible to conquer these sons of the mountains, who, when hard pressed by armies, or besieged in their fortified forti-fied towns, dashed themselves from the highest rocks, and died by their own hands rather than surrender. At length Caesar, with great wisdom, made them his allies, since they would not become his slaves. As followers of his army they left their mountain homes and often the tide of battle, and, indeed, the trend of history has been turned by their boldness and courage. A few centuries later, it was the Basques who fell upon the army of Charlemagne and brought death and disaster to the cause of the Franks. But no sooner had they established their claim to liberty with their northern north-ern neighbors than they were met by the Saracens, who had crossed into Spain from Africa. In overcoming these uusurpers, the Basques took so active a part that they were all ennobled, en-nobled, and now there is but one class among the Basques; to be a Basque is to belong to the nobility. When the late queen, Isabella, came to the throne, the Basques sent to her the following fol-lowing message: "Senora, in a little corner of your kingdom is a people few, living in a poor and rugged region; re-gion; we will be loyal to you, if you will, as we beg you to do, respect our fueros (parliaments) and the freedom which has never been impaired." The Basque language is unlike any European tongue and is, in fact, almost al-most unique, for it can scarcely be classed with any other language nor is any other allied to it. It is highly inflected, in-flected, each word and even each letter of the alphabet being capable to change to express many different ideas. Students Of the Basque language tell us that although it is hardest of tongues to learn, it is the richest of languages. Until the fifteenth century there was no written Basque so, of course, the literature is quite unimportant. unim-portant. This is a matter of much regret for had this people written traditions tra-ditions of the far away centuries they might throw much light upon those early days. There are three Basque provinces, Biscay (Vizcaya), Ouipriz-coa, Ouipriz-coa, and Alva. Each province has Its parliament, chosen by its own people, and there is a'so a parliament of the three, which decides the general policy of the people and deals with the Spanish Span-ish government. In the mountains there are rich mines of iron, lead and zinc and the valleys are sufficiently fertile to yield grain of various kinds. Along the sea coast the fisheries are extensive. A Yachting: Salt. The newest thing in yachting suits is one of white duck, with a band of pale blue linen around the skirt, headed" head-ed" with four rows of very narrow white braid. A panel effect in front is simulated with bands of the blue outlined with braid. The tight-fitting waist has a box plait in the back and the front fastens with interlacing tabs of blue, buttoned with small pearl buttons. The notched sailor collar is of blue, trimmed with four rows of white braid. The blue cuffa have the interlacing tabs, fastening fas-tening with pearl buttons. The edge of the waist is defined with a band of blue, outlined with the braid. The plain high collar is of white, showing a line of blue at the top and a small American flag ornaments the center of the plain white collarette, and a similar decoration is on the top of the left sleeve. John Was Ready. In these days of proposed international interna-tional alliances it is Interesting to read of the little difficulty in which a Chicago Chi-cago newsboy found himself Involved, and how he extricated himself therefrom. there-from. He had wandered over into one of the "foreign quarters," on the west side, where one can hear almost every language except our vernacular, and he was set upon by two or three boys. He defended himself bravely and was holding his own fairly well, until the two or three were joined by as many more, and then the battle began to go against him. "Say!" he yelled to a group of boys watching the fight from the sidewalk, "is there an English boy in the crowd?" "Yes," shouted a stockily built urchin of about his own size. "Come yere, then!" panted the young American, laying about him with all his might, "an' we'll clean out the hull gang!" And they did. Sunshine in Europe. According to a recent report Issued by the French bureau of agriculture, Spain, and not Italy, should have the adjective "sunny" placed before it. On the average, it is said, Spain enjoys about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, while Italy has 2,300. France hat almost al-most as much sunshine as Italy, ner fi cures being 2,200. Germany has at her disposal no more than 1,700 hours; while England, the land of fogs, has to get along with 1,400, less than half of Spain's amount A dental authority declares that It is ' not uncommon at the present time to find infants with decayed teeth and girls of 14 or 16 wearing artificial teoth. Bide a Monarch MONARCH m DEFIANCE BIGYOLES Are recognized the world over as representing the highest type ol excellence In bicycle coustructlon. $25.00 KiNG and QUEEN $25.00 The best pair of bicycles on earth lor the money. MONARCH CHAINLESS$7522i MONARCH ROADSTERS $5022: DEFIANCE ROADSTERS $3522: U ffi. MONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO., Lake, Halsted 6t Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches NEW YORK, LONDON, HAMBURQ. Seed 20 cent in stamps for a deck of Monarch Playin? Cards, illnstratinir Jepsia Bartlrtt Daria, Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper, Leo Kichardson and Walter Junes. 'ALL ROADS ARE ALIKE TO A MONARCH." 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