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order is given that both be slain. But at this point one sister poisons the other, because both have fallen in love with the same man. This crime is discovered, and at the same time the intention of killing Lear and Cordelia is revealed. The order for their death is countermanded, but Cordelia has been slain; and the old king dies brokenhearted, his dead child in his arms.
King′lets are tiny, gray-green, active birds with brilliant spot on crown and with power of song out of all proportion to their size. The ruby-crowned kinglet is distributed through out North America, breeds in the far north, and is seen chiefly in fall, winter and early spring. The call-note is thin, and gives no hint of the rich melody of the song. Though so tiny, the bird is not shy, seldom allows an intruder to interrupt it in its business of hunting for insects and larvæ, in which it seems constantly at work. It is considerably smaller than the English sparrow, olive-green above, light yellowish-gray below, wing-bars whitish. It builds in evergreen forests, its nest surprisingly large, woven of moss, plant-fiber, and strips of fiber and lined with soft, warm material. The golden-crowned kinglet seldom keeps still long enough to allow the observer opportunity to study it in detail. But two of our birds are smaller, the [[../Humming Birds|humming-bird]] and the winter-[[../Wren|wren]]. Its range is North America generally. See Blanchan’s Bird Neighbors.
Kings′ley, Charles, an English clergyman and author, was born on June 12, 1819. He graduated at Cambridge in 1842 with high honors, and two years later became the rector of Eversley, in Hampshire, where he remained until his death. Kingsley attained a world-wide fame both as preacher and writer, He threw himself with the greatest zeal and energy into various schemes for the improvement of the English working-classes, and in 1849 published two novels, Alton Locke and Yeast, both of which dealt with modern social questions in a bold and original manner. The influence of these books at the time of their publication was a great one, and caused the name of Christian Socialist to be applied to Kingsley. In 1853 he published Hypatia, a brilliant picture of Christianity in the fifth century in conflict with Greek philosophy. Hereward the Wake, which appeared in 1866, was his last novel. His other important works include the novels Westward Ho and Two Years Ago, and the charming fairy tale, The Water Babies, together with a volume of poems and one embracing Prose Idylls. His death occurred on Jan. 23, 1875. See his Life by his widow.
King’s Mountain, a range in North Carolina, some 16 miles in length, the southern extremity of which is in York County, South Carolina. Near this southern extremity British soldiers under Lieutenant-Colonel Ferguson were attacked by American militia under the command of Colonel Benjamin Cleaveland on Oct. 7, 1780, and after a desperate resistance were nearly all taken prisoners. This victory contributed in no small measure to the final success of the Revolutionary army.
King′ston, Rt. Hon. Charles Cameron, P. C., premier and attorney-general of South Australia and minister of trade and commerce in the Barton cabinet (Australian commonwealth), was born at Adelaide, South Australia, in 1850. He is an advanced Liberal in politics, and has represented West Adelaide in the local assembly since 1881, and has repeatedly held office. In 1897–98 he was president of the national Australasian federal convention which sat successively at Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne and framed the bill to establish the Australian commonwealth.
Kingston, a city of [[../Ontario, Can.|Ontario]], Canada (population 19,000), is situated at the head of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River. Lake and river steamships call daily. The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways reach it. Historically the city is of great interest, since it shared the earliest settlement of the province. Count Frontenac’s guard 234 years ago watched over his camp where the city now stands. This historic ground is part of La Salle’s seigneury which was granted to him by the king of France. He built a fort near by, which stood the ravages of time from 1677 to 1820. Kingston is closely associated with the history of the great explorer. Fort Frontenac was built to secure the traffic for French merchants and make it easy to extend New France westwards. In 1751 the first armed vessel on Lake Ontario was built at Fort Frontenac. The dream of La Salle was never realized. In 1841 Lord Sydenham selected Kingston as the capital of the united provinces of upper and lower Canada. He opened the first Parliament of united Canada in that year in Kingston. Kingston held the honor of being the capital city for three years only. In the manufacture of locomotives, cars, steam engines and agricultural implements
Image: RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
Image: SITKAN KINGLET
