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Show iMMuuua in .vmirir. Kin j Uhoah II of Hwedin and Nurway iieini to liavu a veiyterlou cane of Democracy on hla handa. Ill Norwegian oontlugent ho ttiodlaea-e In a form ao malignant aa to threaten Ihedl.ruptlon of lha .S'orwigtan cor rrnmeut. Th dlaconleut that hai exlited among thmiplo of Norway (rem tho flntday ol the union with Bwedeu, and which a few sears ago cauaed a great iolltlcal earthquake In the "land of the midnight aun," la again llm atoning at-oning to break out, owing, no doubti to the ia-riltent rllorta of HJornilJ. mo HJoruaun, Norway's great man of letter, whoae mutory of dlaoord In politic leema to lai even greater than of concord In rhyme. A fow year ngo, he uhed hi -ronal aentlmenl ou monarchical matter an far aa to provoke pro-voke th King Into lulng an order for hUarreit. TI10 lnona rth' reward for hla pains tame In a re ly of luaulllng Uetlauce from HJoruaon. Th King on one occaalou tiok anrerlngly of hit family ronnectloue. I tit rejoinder waa to the effect that hla father, ru far back a. he could trace Iho line, weru honorable men; anil lie would be pleaaod It tho King could aay theaameof hla own progen Itora, tho house of llernadotte. Thl. Is a good Index of th man and hi jollllcai ladle. Norway never ha taken kindly to lis unlou with fisreilen. Ita people submitted tu the arrang tment In the beginning U'Cluio tliey were not re I ared tvhelp the nselvr. Thn union ol the two countries was brought atoul through ro.ure from the lowers of I'.urnja', who wauted to giro Norway to Hue leu a n payment for rervlrt rendered In tho war that crusted Na ioleoii,aiidaloaaaphuUruntheouiid ctu.ed by the Jtuaalan llear's learlug I Inland away. And It waa only the I rave plrll of tho humiliated Nor-wegliua Nor-wegliua that avl their country from becoming a province of Hwudm. Under the circumstance, tho union liu never brer of any particular bene, iltlodnedeu, It liu Indccl thus far rutunud nothing lu particular save n null am mt of petajnal glory to Ilie King. Nornay ImuUaya reUlneda aeurto laillaiuont, but the illploTiatk )atwlil haa been nn I la now an llMltil lloiiof tlieiniiimoiigiirniii nl wiilth mi ana virtually that li 1 n Ui 1 1 the nori . rto uomlo.il ouutuut on N u I 1 iw ia for separate rrirruntal on nt i reign cour'a. Ani with Una n-tnr n-tnr apology In chiil fof aglisllon, ' thrnugri alura and illacol lant mutter lnt, the feeling for dlmnlon la being worked Intoth hearts of the people. lllaalgninMulthat Iho leadera In Ihe agitation are outipokan In their rctubllcanlim. Thla ll perfectly un derrtoiKlat linul 'tiarters, and among theppo-leorHwt-Jeiitt'ul- dlmnlou li belt g dlicuued, Th King's party, of cnuite, are bitterly o po'eJ to Hi I le, tho mlnUtcr of state on one occaalou ao rarfjrgrttlng hlmtelfaa lo threaten Chrlatlinla with Hwrdl.li biyonel, lor which ho afterwards almois apolo glinl. Whlls HUral opinion thero Is yet feeble, comj-aratlvely It takes then I vanceil ground that If the Norwegians wanln separation thtyahoull liavn It. The storthing election In Norway la now on. Hevrral slarlllng features liavo already boeu devcliped. Jnhati Hverdrap enters the rllament a a Conservative memler. I.ar Oftedal, the noted Hlivabgerprlett, al.oarou vert ti the C'unurvatlv rank, lia dla graced hla sacerJolal Mbea at well aa his political party. The Ililkata are gaining ground, and lack only a few more teats to have the absolute control of thoitorthlng All till foreahadowl th poMlblllly of a dlaunlon nnd th formitlon of a repupllcau Ijrm of government gov-ernment In Norway, |