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from 1t would be all the harder to bear should she become too fond of 1t, so she would not touch 1t nor look at 1t till a certain time had passed in which its owner might appear.
 At the expiration of a week Kettle felt that the book was sure enough her own, and she took 1t from its hiding place in a drawer and sat down by a window to enjoy it to the fullest. An, every story was of fairy doing something nice for poor children. Nettie drank in the beau tiful tales of how little orphans, abused and robbed by wicked relatives, came out victorious over their enemies in the end, through the assistance of some dear fairy.
 "Oh, how l wish good little fairy would come to me-" she sighed. ''1f only one would come some night and lead us dear papa, dear mamma and me-from this cruel city and from this dark and cheerless basement home I'd be so happy, oh, so happy and thankfully
 Then 1t was time for Kettle to get ready for her bed, and she begged her mamma to allow her to sleep with the pretty Fairy Book beside her.
 Of course the good mother, whose heart often bled because she could not get pret- ty books and toys for her darling child, consented to Nettie's having the book on the pillow beside her, and tucking the covers snugly about the little girl she kissed her good night and told her to go to sleep and dream of the fairies.
 And Kettle did exactly that. She dreamed that beautiful fairy came into her little basement bedroom and lighted 1t up with glorious sunshine, and that she filled their empty cupboard with so many good things to eat. And that she put several golden coins in her fathers purse and gave her mother a new silk gown and made her we'll and rested Oh, how delightful was that part of her dream-to see the dear, self sacrificing mother well and rested Never since her remembrance had her mothers health been good, for she had drudged at hard work so long that her constitution was falling fast and she was always pale and tired-looking.
 Then the dream led Nettie Into unknown lands, place where streams bordered sunshine fingered from morning till even ing, warming and lighting everything glor- iously. The birds sang from the tree tops and winged like tiny flashes through the soft pure air. Oh, 1t was all so al vine, and Nettie. always led by the fairy, was so happy. And of course, her par ents were with her, happy too and as boisterous as children on a holiday.
 Then of sudden a loud pounding reused Kettle from her slumber She was startled at first, as anyone would dream. From the sparkling sunshine of
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boat with a "kid at the oars" and told him to remain close to the shore.
 But Archie was venturesome and de- cided to go as close to the waters of the old gulf as he might dare, and for that purpose he put straight out seaward instead of following the land line along the bay.
 Well, I reckon this must be the gulf line," he said to himself as the waves began to roll more perceptibly and to cause his little boat to rise and fall rather too much for comfort. "Yes, thls is the meeting place of the bay and the gulf, and 20 rods on are pillows a bit too wild for me. How deep and blue the gulf looks. while in the bay the water is 50 pale and quiet, scarcely rip bling. I must confess that the gulf holds much attraction for me. I like some- thing doing. I do. Ths bay is pretty and gentle and so certain The gulf is wild. menacing and uncertain. If I had thought to ask papa's consent to go into 1t I would not hesitate to do so But l guess I'd better turn back now. Be- sides, I've been out good half hour. and l mustn't keep the boat over time"
 Then Archie began to turn the boat homewards, when a small object rising and failing on the waters of the gulf about half a mile from where he was rowing, caught his attention. Why, that looks like man in the water,' he exclaimed, and steadied his boat as best he could while he shaded his eyes from the setting sun and looked intently to- wards the object. Sure as I'm foot high, that sleck is a man, and he's cling Ing to something. 1 wonder if he Is holding to an overturned boat or to Q piece of driftwood. Well, can't go into port and leave man in danger"
 Hurriedly Archie turned his boat about and began rowing in the direction of the apparently drifting object He was all but exhausted, for the work was heavy, the waves swelling strong and his oars almost helpless against them. But on and on he rowed, weakly but surely. Sometimes the object would drop from sight, to rise again. As Archie drew near CT 1t he could plainly distinguish the form of man. And then he saw that he was clinging to an overturned boat. slowly drifting out to sea.
 Archie called at the top of his voice to cheer the perishing man. Hold on for dear life. Mister; I'll soon reach youi"
 And he did. A few minutes afterwards he had rowed alongside the man who was too exhausted from his long battle in the water to get Into the boat without assistance, and Archie had to lend a helping hand as we'll as to keep the boat steady. It was no small task for a boy of 15, and when at last the great bulky man was lying in the bottom of the boat Archie felt that he should collapse. He leaned on his oars and breathed desper- ately, the precipitation dripping from his face. The man looked at him wearily, moved his lips as if to speak; then closed his eyes and dropped his head back like
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and take us into the sunlight where streams flow and birds sing, and where little girl like me can romp and play to her hearts content"
 In her woeful state of mind Nettie had forgotten to hold her voice low and was crying out loudly, so loudly, in fact, that she did not hear strange voice talking to her father in the liying-room, nor hear her mothers exclamations first of sur prise and then of hope, of happiness. And then she did not hear the door leading Into her room open, nor know that her mother had entered with light, hope-buoyant step till her gentle voice spoke to her. Then Nettie looked up and saw in the gray light-which out of doors in the great city was bright sunshine her mother bending over her.
 ''Why, Nettie, what are you crying about? Come, dear child, wake up. You must have had a nightmare you're cry ing like your heart would break"
 "Oh, no, Mamma, I didn't have night mare," sobbed Nettie 'I wouldn't mind that, for when l woke I'd ind 1t was nicer than what I'd been dreaming of. No, Mamma, didn't dream ugly things, dreamed of beautiful thngs-of the coun- try, of birds, of money, of good things to eat, of your being well and happy and of papa having plenty, too. And when I woke-oh, 1t was so hard to ind I'd been dreaming"
 Nettle's mother took her in her arms and said soothingly: Your dream will come true, dearie, for papa has just re- ceived a telegram from Uncle Jake-away out in Colorado-that at Inst, after long privation and suffering and hard work, he has struck rich vein of gold on his claim and that we're to come right off.
 Nettie sat up and stared for moment; then asked;
 But what's Uncle Jake's good luck got to do with us, Mamma?"
 ''Why, dearie, papa has been grub stalking him in the mountains, and his discovery of gold is for papa's benefit as well as for his own. You see, that was the agreement between them. Papa and would stay here and work and send him money to live on while he prospect ed. And If he found anything we would all share and share alike. So, come, darling; hard times, cold basement home, freezing and hunger, are to be ours no longer. We're off to the glorious mountains, where sunshine and health as well as gold will be ours"
 "Ah, l do believe fairy was telling me all this in my sleep" whispered Net tie. And is there Il real mine-a gold mine, Mamma?''
 'Yes, a gold mine, darling, and Uncle Jake calls it The Fairy
 ''Ah, my fairy of the dream!" said Net tie. T know it now, Mamma"
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and on Archie rowed. his head bursting with pain and a ringing in his ears. Would he ever reach-the shore7 Ah, he had been foolish to try the heavy water of the gulf. But-what would have be- come of the man had he not done so? No; he was glad he had come. even If the consequences should happen to be very hard to bear. He would not give up. No; he would FORCE himself to reach the shore
 Then he saw something dark on the water just in front of him. Next he saw the flash of a boat lantern. Then he heard yoices-among them his own fathers voice. Archie's heart gave a bound. His head grew dizzy. He bent on his oars and, with a mighty effort. came close to the dark object, which proved to be a large rowboat with three men inside 1t. "Father!" Archie cried. Then he sank back in the boat and his eyes closed But before he lost con seriousness he felt that the rescuers had hold of his boat and were making 1t fast to their own. Then he knew noth- Ing more for several minutes
 When at last he regained conscious ness he was lying fin his fathers arms Tn the big rowboat and the two men who were with his father were pulling at their oars like giants, sending the boat through the water like bird on the wing. And down in the bottom of the ooat jay the man Archie had saved from drowning. his eyes still closed, as if his life ran low.
 Father, forgive me for risking the guit, said Archie in a weak, slow voice. hadnt meant to go beyond that buoy Just where the bay and gulf come to- getner-but l saw = him = struggling = oway-out = at - sea,--and l couldn't ave-him-to-perish.
 understand 1t all, my noble boy" said his father, his own voice low with suppressed emotion; land I'm prouder of you this night than I ever was before. NOW, we're almost at the landing. Do you feel strong enough to walk to our boarding house, or shall I go and procure n carriageT'
 Pm all right, Father, thank you" re- pned Archie, rising to a sitting posture; put that poor man-what are you go- Ing to do with him?'
 If he isn't sufficiently recovered when we land to tell us where he wishes to go we'll send for conveyance and take him to our place and call in a doctor I think he'll come round within a short time, however. He's suffering simply from ex- haustion. He must have been long time In the water when you found him. And just think of all the big boats that went past him without seeing him! That shows that men fail where boys win."
 Within m hour the rescued man was quite himself again, and sitting in cozy room of the Laws boarding-hou he told of how his little catboat had been cap sized in a sudden squall, and how he had been clinging to it for two hours when picked up by Archie.
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Chinese Pigeon-Whistles.

traveller in Eastern lands tells us the following little story of the Chinese and their most unique pigeon-whistles, story well worth repeating here:
 "One of the most curious expressions of emotional life in China is the application of whistles to a flock of pigeons. These whistles, very light, weighing hardly few grammes, are attached to the tails of young pigeons soon after their birth, by means of a fine copper wire, so that when the birds fly the wind will blow through the whistles and set them vi- brating, thus producing an open-air con- cert, for the instruments in one and the same flock are all tuned differently. On a serene day in Peking, where these instruments are manufactured with great cleverness and ingenuity, 1t is possible to enjoy thls aerial music while sitting in ones room.
 There are two distinct types of whis-
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tles-those consisting of bamboo tubes placed side by side, and a type based on the principle of tubes attached to gourd body or wind chest. They are lacquered in yellow, brown, red and black. to protect the material from de- structive influences of the atmosphere. The tube whistles have either two, three or five tubes. In some specimens the i've tubes are made of ox-horn in- stead of bamboo. The gourd whistles are furnished with a mouthpiece and small apertures to the number of two, three, six, ten and even thirteen. Certain nmong them have, besides, a number of bamboo tubes. some on the principal mouthpiece, some arranged around 1t. These varIe- ties are distinguished by different names. Thus, a whistle with one mouthplece and ten tubes is called .The eleEen-eyed one.'"
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ARCHIE RISKED GREAT GULF.

And this boy shall never regret having saved my life" the man declared. Pm not what you call rich man, but I've got a pretty nice plantation down In this part of the world, and as I have neither chick nor child thls brave little fellow shall claim the biggest corner of my heart. And now, as soon as you've seen what you want of this place shall carry you to my plantation and show 1t to this boy who shall some day be It's owner. I'm not talking to be heard, friends, and anyone in these parts can tell you I'm man of my word. My name is Sam Bright, and round these parts I'm called the Money King. But till now I've never
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Where Our Vegetables
 Originated.

In 1885 the potato was introduced Into Europe by the Spaniards, who found 1t in Chile. At almost the same date 1t was introduced into England by the Eng fish, who had found 1t cultivated by the Indians In North America. The sweet po- tato and the artichoke are also American vegetables. Salsify is found growing wild over Greece, Italy and Algeria Turnips and radishes came originally from Central Europe Cabbage, which is of remote origin, is believed to be a European vege- table. Asparagus found It's origin in tenn perate Western Asia. Eggplant came to us from India. The carrot grows wild throughout Europe Asia Minor, Siberia, China, Abyssinia, Northern Africa and the Canary Islands. The tomato comes from Peru. the cucumber from India and tho nurrkr from GuIrea
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made the right use of my money. Now it's going to begin working, and working to give this boy all the advantages of learning and study he wants. I tell you a man lives on this globe but once, and that life is the most precious thing he can possess. and this little handful of a boy has saved that life for me. And I want him-and you. his parents-to know that l understand his value"
 And the Money King kept his word, too, although Archie did his best to ex- plain to him that he had not saved his life with thought of reward. Al the more reason why you should have 1t, I" the "Money King smiled,
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When Dean S,
 Retaliated.
Swift

Once during a journey on foot Dean Swift stopped at roadside tavern. or alehouse, to obtain some refreshment The landlady was so busy chatting with and serving several wagoners, whom she evidently thought superior persons to the dusty and road-stained Dean. that she obliged him 10 wait her pleasure to serve him. While waiting Dean Swift walked about the front of the house. and, observ- ing that 1t was called "The Three Crosses owing to the fact that 1t was at the three intersecting roads leading to various cities-he took from his pocket a diamond and cut on each pane of glass in the best room in the house the following:
 ''To the landlord: There hang three crosses at thy door. Hang up thy wife. and sholl in,ts fnrr"
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The Fairy Gold Mine.
BY MAUD WALKER.

thus to find the owner of 1t; but no name and address were there.
 Well. Nettie, we'll have papa adver- tise the book in the Found and Lost col umn of q daily paper. If the owner reads the advertisement she or he can have the book by calling here for 1t. And If the owner looks prosperous we'll ask her or him to pay us for the price of the adyer- tisement."
 And so the next day an advertisement appeared In the leading morning paper which told of the finding of an illus
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Nottie O'Brlen wns seven years old and was the daughter of very poor parents.
 Her father was the janitor of large city apartment house and her mother the laundress for the same establishment. And their home was in three small, dark basement rooms, where no ray of sum light ever penetrated. Indeed, most all day the one gas jet gave a dim light to the "lving- room of the janitor's suite. and this only added to it's gloom, for wherever the light of day is so dim that 1t must be supplemented by artificial
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trated book of fairy tales. But no one answered the advertisement, and the days went by without a line from a possible owner. Then Kettle began to feel that she owned the book.
 During the few days of suspense-days when Kettle expected every hour to see some rich child come in to claim the pretty book-she never allowed herself to look between its covers The parting
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z OurpuZZle Corner $
HIDDEN NAMp pUzzLD.

By taking the initial letter of a one- syllable word from each of the follow ing sentences and writing them in the order in which they come you will ob- tain the name of great English philos- opher who fourished in the seventeenth century:
 stitch in time saves nine. Earn your own money and you will know its value.
 To the old crow all her 1edgelings are white.
 Much time Is employed by people in trying to eyade work. If the heart stays young the head will not grow old.
 It requires nerve to have tooth drawn.
 <4p-
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BEHEADINGs.

u) Behead the cry of a calf and leave small tool used by a shoemaker. (2D Triply behead certain kind of silk used for ladies' dresses and leave 6 fat used much in cooking. C9 Behead small wild animal and leave a domestic beast of burden.
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CURTAILINGs.

CUHTAILINGS.
 n) Curtail an imperial ruler and leave people who are related by blood to you. @ Curtail that which is made from q fibrous bark and leave the bottom of a childs apron. (8 Triply curtail a herd of cows and leave small house animal.
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CoNUNDRUMs.

CONUNDRUMS. Why does Santa Claus always go down the chimney? Because t soots (sufts) Min. What Is thieving in the outskirts Picking ladies' pockets. What is the longest sentence known in historyf
 The sentence for nfe. When is the sky like the seam in a childs garmentf When oUercdst When Is a house like an eaglsi When it has toinOs.
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If the above shadow patches nre correctly joined together the fig- ure of little girl in a huge sum bonnet will appear.
 LETTER ENIGMA. My first Is in hair, but not In curl: My second is in lord but not In earl; My third is in ring, but not in hand; My fourth is in sea but not in land; My fifth Is in entrance, but not in door; My sixth Is the same as you found in my four;
 My whole is the plural
 Of m animal not rare.
 And you're quite sure to see them
 About everywhere.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLE CORNER. Letter Eni0md-SnotebaH.
 Hidden Name Puszle--Brydn.
 Beheddinos - CD Preface = face. (2) Robust-bust. (3) Sdlute-lute.
 CurtdiIin0s - CD Cotton - cot. (2) Copard-coto. (3) TIofnkle-ttotS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-25
Days Grist in
South Chicago
Chauffeur Is Fired.

Thomas Allison, one of the chauf-
Feurs employed by the South Park com
missions was suspended yesterday by
superintendent ]. F. Foster because he
was connected with the automobile ac-
c1dent Sunday night, which happened
at Sixty-sixth and Jeffrey avenue. The
park automobile, which collided with
w G. Tenants touring car, was
driven by Allison. Allison said he had
taken Captain Richards of the South
Park police to his home at 6510 Madi-
son avenue early in the evening. He
then went with the car to his own
home. Mr. and Mrs. George McGahie
were visiting at his home and he took
them with his wife out for a spin be-
fore returning the car to the garage
at F'ifty-eighth street and Cottage
Grove avenue. When he was going
south on jeffrey avenue, on account of
a curve he did not see Tenants ma
chine until too late, he said.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-25
Warned Against Flies.

South Chicago people are warned
against the little disease spreading fly
in the bulletin issued by the city health
department yesterday. According to the
bulletin this is the season of the year
in which the flies can do the most harm
and the househo1ders should be vigilant
in fighting the insects. Now is the
time to give particular attention to the
flies. says the bulletin.
Files are a greater menace to your
health right now than at any other
time during the summer, because there
are now greatly increased opportunities
for them to become typhoid infected.
The annual autumnal increase of
typhoid fever cases it at hand. 1t be-
gins with the appearance of the 'vaca-
tion typhoids More than so per
cent of our typhoid cases in August
and September are among persons who
have ben away from the city. visiting
at summer resorts. etc. Investigations
show that infections in more than half
the cases take place outside of Chica-
go. The sickness runs it's course after
return home"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-25
HERE AND THERE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Paulson of Wind
sor Park, have been spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs B. Vverson
of 9131 Houston avenue.
Miss Edith Billiten of 1914 Exchange
avenue, returned from Cleveland after
spending a two weeks vacation
Rev. George Beaten of 331 Ninety
first street has returned from a two
weeks trip spent in the west
Timothy Sullivan of the Eouth Chi
cago police station, is in London. o..
spending his vacation.
George Lueton, patrol driver of the
South Chicago police station, is on his
vacation
Captain Halpfn of the Fifteenth Pre-
cinct police station, is expected to re-
turn from his vacation which he is
spending in Wisconsin, about Sept. 6.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. P L. Lunget.
Sunday, Aug. %, a seven-pound baby
girl. Mother and child are doing well.
I. o. Carlson, manager of the Gen
eral Furniture Company. returned with
his family last evening from a months
trip in Norway and Sweden Among
the European cities visited were Ham
burg, Stockholm, Berlin, Coopenragen,
Brennan, and many places of minor i'm
portance.
Thousands of people watched the free
moving pictures in front of S. Leder-
ers' store last night The pictures
started at $50 and continued until $3.50
The sidewalks were not large enough
to accommodate all the people and
thousands stood in the street, blocking
the street cars for a time. This was
the first night of the three in which s.
Lederer will give free moving pictures
in front of their store at Ninety first
street and Commercial avenue.
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ter, of Riverdale, were the guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Max Tri-
noski
Mr. and Mrs. Ladwig of Riverdale
visited their paretns, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Lehmker, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Schultz enter
tanned guests from Chicago yesterday.
Little Eugene Bishop is on the sick
list
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Schultz and family
were in Thornton, yesterday.
Henry Boch visited in Ressville on
Saturday night.
George Phillips and daughter, Lizzie,
were in Thornton, yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Bishop and sons
Paul and Eugene were in Hammond
yesterday.
Miss Alvina Lehmker spent yesterday
at her home in Oak Glen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Klein and son of Ham
mond, were in Lansing, yesterday.