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H EH A MRM rs » THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. THURSDAY, MAY 185, 192%. a THE It was a rainy old May day when the fellows in our Pirate Seven got to- gether, There were little places where the old shack was leaking, and we had to sit all together in one corner. » "Gee," says Sam, "T'll be glad when 'We can go camping. There's so many things we can learn out in the woods, and lots of different things to do. T'm gonna learn ail about trees and plants and things.™ "I'm going to collect rocks," speaks up Squee. "Honest, it's awful inter- esting to know about rocks and the way the earth is made and that." He reached in his pocket brought out a shiny stone. "Here's a plece ©f quarts, I think, I found the ether day. I'm going to take it up to Pro- fessor Watkins' house and ask him about it. He's a friend of Dad's and knows about stones. e tells me stories about all kinds of metals and how they. were formed and where they're found, and all that, "You know in our history there's a Paragraph about the gold rush to Cali- fornia in 1849. There's a sentence that says gold was discovered there By James Marshall. And that's all it says. Professor Watkins was telling me about how the gold was really found. I'd always wondered how they bappened onto it. | The Bullding of the Mill "James Marshall had been hired to build a sawmill at' Colona on the American River. He took with him Peter IL. Wimmer and his wife to Jelp him. That, part of the country was all wild, with no settlements then, and he had to get Indians to work on fhe mill "Finally the dam and headgate of the mill were finished. Water was turned on at night to wash out the sand and gravel. In the morning Marshall inspected the milirace to see how well the washing had cleaned' it out. He noticed little shining specks on the bottom, but paid no attention #0 them then. . The Finding of the Nugget "One morning Marshall and Wimmer Wvere walking along by the mill, when BIGGEST LITTLE PAPER IN THE WORLD JUNIOR BRITISH WHIG WORK THE SHORT STORY, JR. Th¥ Cat Killer HE KING WAS a cat killer, No amount of scold- ings, whippings, and lockings up would break him of the hakit. He seemed to have a mania for chas- fog cats, and when he caught them he killed them. This fault of The King's was hard to understand. In other things se big dog was gentle, affectionate, and obedient. He was a bench dog, a splendid sort of animal that always attracted attention. No one ever Saiid him Just "King." It was "The picked up a bit of glinting rock of a curious shape which interested him. "Wimmer looked at it curiously and said he bet anything it was gold. Marshall suggested that they send it back to Mrs. Wimmer to put in kettle of lye she had just fixed making soap, so they could see w! happened to the rock. "So Wimmer ealled his young sen and told him to take it home. The boy went whistling off and almost for- got hig errand. Along o and the gold rush to What Was In the Kettle Therefore when Miss Alice took The HUMOR | PLAY "Mrs. Wimmer put the lump in the kettle, and they all forgot about it until next morning. Then the men happened to mention poured the soft soap into a trough, King to Windermere with her to spend & couple of months with her Aunt she was worried when the first thing she saw as they entered the living foom was a white kitten rolled cozily, up ia a sundy window She held a restraining hand on The King's collar while he eyed the kitten. Then as soon as her aunt stepped out of the room, she talkéd it over with The King. First she picked up the kitten and held it in her lap. Then she looked straight into the dog's eyes and told him he must on no @ocount touch that kitten; she would be through with him forever, if ha and thére af the bottom was the lump, polished by the lye. She ran back to the cabin with it and threw it down on the table. Their eyes almost pop- ped oyt of their heads when they saw before them a nugget of genuine, sure- enough gold. _ ! "Marshall gave the lump to Mrs. Wimmer to make a ring. Then they didn't work any more on the sawmill for a while, but went to gathering gold. : Of course the news spread like wildfire and everybody started on the long trip across the plains and moun- tains to the land of gold. And that was in the beginning of the 'Days of Forty-nine.' 2 ~--AL STUBBS, Scribe of the Pirate Seven. somehow, understood. It was a strange sight to se the big fellow stretched out lazily watch. ing the kitten frolic. After awhile the kitten grew bolder and would tumble over The King, "chasing about between his big paws, within reach of those terrible jaws. But' a] The King never moved. And some- how, in the days that followed, a friendship grew up Between the two. It was a curious thing, for The King was still death to any other un- fortunate cat that happened to stray near\the place, One evening The King wane dered out onto the big veranda. He Was not used to going out in the even- ing. Miss Alice wag afraid something The seven boys of the 'Pirates' Cave" will carry their fun and story-telling through the summer. They are making plans for camp- ing trips and hikes after school is out. They expect to learn about the out-of-doors and to hear stories of adventures of woodsmen and hunters, All at once Marshall gtooped over and might h to him. Down the walk he saw a gray shape slinking along. H@ growled deep in his throat, With What Fan ous © oK 13 This 7. - D v one bound he was off the veranda, Another and he was upon the cat, There wis a scream. . Miss Alice flashed on the porch light, and The King looked in bewilderment at the lifeless little white kitten that lay before him. Slowly he' went into the house, his head down. Mias Alice iE STREET CARS T0 STIL "STOP AT NEAR CORNER |H. C. Nickle Shows the Advan=~ tages to the Board of Works. ¢ : -- ; H. C. Nickle, superintendent of ths street railway company, showed the Board of Works yesterday afternoon that the benefits accruing as the re- §ult of street cars etopping at the far crossing are greater than those resulting from stopping at the near crossing. T. M. Asselstine, president <f the Kingston Motor Club, had briefly addressed the board in pre- senting 'several requests from. that organization, onc of which was that the city by-law should be amended to provide that street cars stop at the noar crossing, In reply, Mr, Nickle quoted the best - American authori- ties who favor cars stopping at the far crossing as is done in Kingston, Hamilton, Ottawa and many other places. The reason that cars in the larger cities stop at the near cross- ing Is because of intersecting tracks. They would have to stop in any case. Statistics show that cars stop at the * [near crossing in less than twenty per A His ya a Answer to yesterday's: Circus parade. A | MAIN STREET - The Story of Carol Kennicott By SINOLA Ve IRLEWIS The town sought that efficient and fern variety of fame which is n ds "publicity." The band was brganized, and provided by the nmercial Club with uniforme of le and gold, The amateur base- I-team. hired a semi-professional her from Des Moines, and made a edule of games with every town fitty miles about. The citizens mpanied it as "'rooters," in a | cial car, with banners lettered fatch Gopher Prairie Grow," and the band playing "Smile, Smile, le." Whether the team won or the Dauntless loyally shrieked, Boost, Boys, and Boost Together. Gopher Prairfe on the Map-- nt Record of Our Matchless m." | Then, glory of glories, the town 'Put in a White Way. White Ways in fashion in' the Middlewest. posts with clusters of high-powered electric lights along two or three blocks on Main street. The Daunt- less confessed: "White Way - Is In- stalled--Town Lit Up Like Broadway ~--Sueech by Hon. James Blausser-- Come on You Twin Cities--Our Hat Is In the Ring." The Commercial Club issued a bookilet prepared by a great and exy pensive literary person from Minnea- 4 polis advertising agency, a red-head- ed young man who smoked cigarettes in a' long amber holder. Carol read the booklet with a certain wonder. She learned that Plover and Minnie- mashie Lakes were world-famed for their beauteous wooded shores and gamey pike and bass not to be equal- led elsewhere in the entire country; that the residences of Gopher Prairie were models of dignity, comfort, and culture, with lawns and gardens known far and wide; that the Gopher were composed of ornamented Others over-tax the unrest. Both result in sleep bed h . Lay to fs Overwrought nerves and over-active brain require a light and soothing nourishment induce natural sleep. not a sedative, but ---- s Night on'ret fel Not a stimulant, Just looked at him and sald nothing. sought a corner by himself. And there was a sick expression In his eyes as he looked up at the kitten's favorite window, That was the last cat The King killed, ---------- tall went between his legs. He ren, Prairie schools &nd public library, in its neat and commodious building, were celebrated throughout the state; that the Gopher Prairie mills made the best flour in the country; that the surrounding fam lands were renowned, where'er men ate .bread and butter, for their incomparable No. 1 Hard Wheat and Holstein- Friestan cattle; and that the stores in Gopher Prairie 'compared favor- ably with Minneapolis and Chicago in their abundance of luxuries and necessities and the ever-courteous at- tention of the skilled clerks. 'She learned, in brief, that this was the one Logical Location for factories and wholesale houses. * "There's where -I1 want to go; to that model town ° Gopher Prairie," said Cargl. Kennicott was triumphant when the Commercial Club did capture one small 'shy factory. which planned to make wooden autoniobile-wheels, but when, Carol saw the i le she could not feel that his coming much mattered--and a year after, when he failed, she could not be very sorrow- ful. Retired farmers were moving into town. The price of lots had increas- ed a third. But Carol could discover no more pictures nor interesting food nor, gracious voices nor amusing con- v fon mor questing minds. She could, she asserted, endure a shabby but modest town; the town shabby and egomantac she could not endure. She could nurse Champ Perry, and warm to the neighborliness of Sam Clark, but she could not eit applaud- ing Honest Jim Blausser. Kennicoft had begged her, in courtship days, to convert the town to beauty. If it was now as beautiful as Mr. Blaus- ser and the Dauntless said, then her work was over, and she could go. CHAPTER XXXVI ~~ 1 Kennioott was not so inhumanly patient that he could continue to for- give Carols heresies, to woo her as he had on the venture to California. She tried to be inconspicuous, but she was betrayed by her failure to glow over boosting Keanicott believed in 4%; demanded that she say patriotic things about the White Way and the new factory. He snorted, "By golly, I've done all I could, and now. I expect you to play the game. Here you been complaining for years about us being so poky, and pow when Blausser comes along and stir up excitement and beautify the town like you've always wanted somebody to, why, you eay he's a roughneck, and you won't jump om An event which did not di touch them brought down his wrath. cent, of citles with etreet railway systems. Mr. Nickle pointed out that it was a benefit to automobiles to have the street cars stop at the far crossing, and this practice also alded in proventing a congestion of traffic at a corner when a§treet car stopped, a3 autos could turn onto the side sireets in rear of the street car. After hearing all these arguiients, the: Bodrd of Works decided to take 'no action on the request of the King- ston Motor Club, ~ 8ix of the seven members of the board are themselves drivers of automobiles, Ald. Graham, chairman of the Board of Works, -asked Mr, Nickle when the street railway company was going to give a service to Cataraqui. To this Mr. Nickle replied that he could not say, as the railway company was at present under big expense in regard to double-tracking for paving. He suggested to the president of the motor club that auto drivers make an effort to avoid collisions with street cars, for the company could not af- ford to be paying damages. He claimed that practically every col- lision between a street car and an auto was caused by auto drivers fail- ing to obey the traffic regulations. A street car could only follow the tracks, Mr. Asselstine replied that prob- ably only 10 per cent. of auto drivers were members of the Kingston Motor Club, which was doing its best to get the other ninety per cent. of local autoists to observe the traffic régula- tions. J The Board of Works decided to ae- cede to the request of the motor club for the painting of strips at street corners. 1 esses ti 1 Laborers' Wages, Ald. Sargent wanted to know if the men working on the Regent street sewer could not be paid the same rate of wage as those working on street paving. They were getting only twenty-five cents an hour, whereas other corporation laborers were being paid thirty-five cents, gent street sewer was started as win- ter relief work and the twenty-five cent rate had been fixed by. by-law. The work had tdken longer than ex- pected and the sewer would not be finished for another month, The trouble about increasing the wage up there was that some or the men were not worth more money on that kind of work, while others were worth more. The men engaged on tho paving work were picked, and not put on the job merely because they were out of work. He would be favorable to the Board of Works taking over the Régent street sewer work und paying thirty-five cents an AM, Graham replied that the Re. Her ; Experience "l was never able to bake a good cake until using Royal. I find other pow- ders leave a bitter taste" ' Mrs. C. P. FIGURE WITH US and wb think we can not only sup-' ply.the kind and quantity of lum- ber you desire but can save.you' money on your lumber needs. At least, give us the opportunity of estimating with you and look over ) HITS RIT: OUR MOTTO our extensive lumber yards, ---------- Allan 1 ee LLL -- cl. ERATE CITT ROYAL Baking Powder THE ELECTRIC SHOP 1900 HAND WATER POWER AND ELECTRIC POWER WASHING MACHINES," PHONE FOR FREE TRIAL IN YOUR HOME, 115 BROCK STREET. PHONE 1545. 3 F. J. GRACE / W. €. CANNON. _ Made in Canada Nn nt Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Send for New Royal Cook Book --It's FREE Royal Baking Powder Co. 4 St. Lawrence Blvd., Montreal have to pick out men who would earn that amount, This might throw some men out of work. . Sowards Keep Coal and Coal Keeps Sowards - all kinds of Cut Wood PHON E {s5. - UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE 811. Ald. Driscoll remarked "that any man working on a sewer was earning ||! twenty-five cents an hour, provided he conducted himself well and obey- od orders. It was decided that after the next pay day the rate of wage on the above named sewer should be raised. A Land Trade, Rev, Father Nicholson, principal of Regiopolis college, addressed the board with reference top the agree- ment made last year between the Board of Works and the college authorities in regard to a land deal, whereby the college was to give CREAM--. WE WANT YOURS Our Kingston plant should be ready for operations about the First day of April. Call and see our manager at 24 JOHN- SON STREET, KINGSTON, or call our Belleville office. Profitable prices promptly paid. BELLEVILLE CREAMERIES, Limited, Box 59, Belleville, Ont. SHARBOT LAKE CREAMERY, Limited, Sharbot Lake, Ont. the city land for the extension of Cowdy street from Adelaide to Rus- sel street in return for which the city was to close the upper end of Thomas street and deed the land td the col- lege so that the latter could erect thereon a dormitory to hold three hundred etudents' Ald. Grabam, chairman, informed Father Nichol- son that he would have a by-law pre- pared for the carrying out of the agreement. No actlon was taken on the claim of Mrs. D. Reeves for damage caus- ed hy sewer blockage, The city eme gineer reported 'that & test showed the trouble to be in the claimant's drain and not in the city sewer. On motion of Ald. Sargent. the board decided to recommend tg the city council that King street west from Ellerbeck street to the city limits be reconstructed under the local improvement plan. Ald. Sar- gent said that the residents and m: y others were complaining about this road. Ald, Graham stated that the only thing the board could do was to rebuild it under the localiimprove- ment - plan, 'whereby the' property owners oiit there would pay the cost, "TIRE. BARGAINS Exceptional Prices 30x32 Non-Skid ............... $10.75 Vulcanizing a Specialty W. D. JOHNSTON Telephone 881w. 70 PRINCESS STREET of for it had not money to repair the | | Your Glasses Need Changing If you are not getting the comfort and satisfaction you form- erly did from your Glasses; if you must hold print farther from you than usual; if your eyes burn, blur and tire easily, your Glasses need changing. CONSULT US. . R. ARTHEY, R0. Kingston's Up-to-date Optical Parlor Phone 2108 for appointment. oo. 148 Princess Street. road, On petiticn of residents, Earl girest-from Albert to Frontenac was ordered added to the street watering area, en en enn For Strange Man, The police on Wednesday after- noon were asked to be on the look- out for a man who was wandering around the city and acting in a strange manner, He was regarded as harmless but his actions led peo- ple to believe that he was of un- bour, but the city engineer would sound mind. a it is all try much for (To be tinued.) 4 "l Am So Tired" of tram me.I HTT ETT For the Best Wom an in the World MOTHER, SUNDAY, MAY 14th Mother gets little in this world, yet she gives everything. Sead her a token of your appreciation. It will warm her heart and show that you have mot forgottem. "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" The soulful expression of the day. 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Some of the American cars that might be mentioned are: : « In fact, 84% of all the manufacturers of pleasure cars use Sugita with ground cylinder bores, and 919% of the com- Bereta] motors are ground." 'Heald Machines are. used ex- y. Automobile owners we have one of these Heald Cylinder Grinding Machines, and can .guarantee first class work, Cylinders is a selling point with many ears. | Automotive Grinders nM. Corner of Queen and Wellington Streets.