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Show I SERVED UNDER SPANISH FLAG. r : ADOI'TKD IIY UNCUi 8AM. After tomo little difficulty Pedro Orlia, an ex-member nf the Spanlth navy, en. tert our Training School to become a good American sailor bo) Tedro Orlia left Spain, hit natlvo bit cabin-boy duties, I'edro was alto country, as cabin boy of the Spanish aomethng of n bugler on board tho cruder Vlicaya. which tho powert tent Vlicayu up to tho time when tho ship with Admiral Cervera lo defend Cuba was disabled by a few American shell against tho American forcet. Desldet nt Santiago one memorable July morn- Ju..r llllnd rlf. Chicago Inter Ocean A nov-el 'blind nig," which 1 said to bo operated nt No. 4438 Cottage Orove avenue It tho source ot much trouble to tbe Hydo I'ark pollcs, who are trying to suppress sup-press all Illegal liquor trafllr- In that district. The offlcoro say that In tba loom Is a revolving box The man who wants a drink placet bis money In tho box, which swings around and pretents a bottle of beer lo tbe patron, and 1o tbo change. If any li !u How thin contrivance la operated jibmIm the police, and they havo boi numcroui J ! .11 M jiS.0 1 unsuccessful attempts to solve tbe problem. Tho box fits cloiely Into the partition, and all erfortt to dltcover tho person In the rear room have been futile. A Mean Insinuation. Trom the Chicago Newa- Tom Miss Mlddioton has very pretty teeth, haan't she? Maud Yen; it Is really surprising surpris-ing how skillful noma dentists are. VVIi.l.'s Hl.UUn. Tho skeleton alone of as av'.igo whalo weight 25 tons. M" ami i -Jj tng He waa among those saved from the wreck, and when tho Spanish tailors tail-ors were tent homo he remained behind. be-hind. At first he whlled away hit tlmt about New York city, acting ths "petted hero" role for aomo montbt. Then becoming tired of that, ho tried to enlist In the nav) of the United States. Hut at he was a Spaniard and could tprak but very little of tho I'ug-Hth I'ug-Hth linguage. tho aulhorltlet of the Ilrooklyn navy )trd could not And a way of thlpplng him, Orlia haunted the navy ard for tomo time, tr)lng the varlout tblpt and meeting always with tho tame re-suit, re-suit, rinally he wat taken In at an apprentice and a few dayt ago arrived ut tho uppnutlco training station at Newport to bo made Into a good American Ameri-can sailor boy. Naturally, hit arrival thero created quite n little Interest, olid be became a marked boy from tbe uilnule hit pretence pret-ence was known He was aulened to one of the cottages which home dl-v dl-v lilunt of the apprentices at tho tta-Hun tta-Hun and becaino a pupil of Bcbool-matter Bcbool-matter Kox In milage No 0 lilt knowledge of the language ot hit ndiipled rounlr) grows more exlentlvo day by day and ho It able to make himself understood In pretty fair ttyle. He is nn npt pupil. i"l '" uniloubt-edit uniloubt-edit learn as rapidly as his fellow apprentices who have had the advantages advan-tages of birth In this country, and what ho lackt in other retpecte It more tbun offet in tbe mind of the average but atleabt by tbeexperlencea he haa had In the few ears of hit young life. At pritcut he It studying along general gen-eral Hnet with the rest of tut , boys at the elation, but ho will probably be assigned eventually to tho bugle squad, as he has shown a decided preference for that kind of work. Ills progreis will be watched with a great deal of Interest at tbe station and throughout the nsvy. Ills IjiUsI KseoM. Mother-"Why, Johnny, what Is the matter with your faceT Have i you been fighting agalnt" Johnny 'No m. I ain't been flghtln'. I guest one o' them klnln' bugt muit have bit me" New York Journal. w ' " ' " Handout "f if 7" " " ter work, Tt wo' j y e iOr jju,... e in v ., York Jour- .KSsMMHHHftBMMksMMs1 |