The latest news from Guatemala is that the government troops who are
supporting Dictator Barrios have succeeded in recapturing the important
city which the rebels had previously taken by storm.

It is necessary that you know the name of this city, but it is one of
the hardest we have had to encounter so far. Quezaltenango is its name.

(Strange, isn't it, that foreign names should sound so funny to us, and
be so difficult to pronounce? In many foreign tongues the _e_ is
pronounced _a_, and the _a_, _ah_. If you remember this it will help you
to a correct pronunciation of many names and places.)

Quezaltenango being once more in the hands of the Government, Barrios
has plucked up fresh courage, and attacked the insurgents with such
vigor that one wing of their army has been defeated and driven into
Mexico.

President Diaz does not, however, intend to allow the rebels to use his
country as a refuge, and he is sending forces to the frontier to drive
them back into Guatemala, to be captured by Barrios.

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An interesting sham fight took place in Van Cortland Park last week.

The soldiers were divided into two forces, the attacking and the
defending, and the object of the fight was to see what the commander's
idea of defence would be, in case an enemy attacked the city.

A number of officers from the regular army attended the fight, and