\ \ I \ 1 THE BONO BROKEN NORWAY SEVERS TIES UNITING HER TO SWEDEN. STORTHItIG TAKES INITIATIVE Declaration of Independence and sov. I erelgnty Set Forth-One of the t Causes for Det're ! of Swedcn and Norway to Separate Consular Syt. . . I tems. - t , . I { CHRISTIAN A-"Norwa ' tallay Is n. \ , 1ull ' Inllcpendent and sovereign state , " { 'fhls Is thQ text of the elUtol'lal.s In t the Norwegian newspnllers amI It reo . 1lects the spirit with which the pcoplo J of Norway acccllt the action of the storthlllg whcn It proclaimed King Oscar no longer ldng of Norwa ' , King Oscar's rcfu al to sanction the " 1\l1 \ passll by the storthlng providing , for a selmrato consular Ren'lco for I Norwa ' culminated In thc passage of n. I , resolution by the stOl'thlng declaring the dissolution of th < . ' union of Swede en and Norway and that the ldng had f ( ceased to act ns IdnA' of NOl'way , AI. ' l' though the action was ant\chlatcd. \ It , caused c'oTlsldemhle excltPment In this i city on account of the nnxlet ' as to : 'what action the ldng woul tal\O , The crisis became acute l\lay 2G , when his majesty. after three months' rest , during which the regency was confided to Crown Prince 'ollsta\'e , reo sumed the reins of office , The cmmcn of state Immec1lately submitted to him the consular hili , which he. May 28 , reCused to sanction , arguing that any I action must receive the sanction of ? the mixed council , The Norwegian council of state thereupon resigned I and the Idng refused to accept their resignation , as , In'Iew of the state of } H1h1lc opinion , It was Imp03slhle to form a new go\'ernment. Demonstra. tlons were held througJOut the coun- I try endorsing the action of the council I of state , I ! One of the causes for the desire In Sweden and Norway for 8011arate con. Bular Rystems was the fact that Swede en Is ] Irotectlonlst. and Norway Is for free trade , and also lJ < 'cause of Nor. ' wa"s more extensive sea tra e and I' other divergencies of commercial In. I terests , I" I \ At Its meeting the storthlng ad. l dressed n. proclamation to the Norwe. , glnn people. In which Is given a de. tailed nccount of the 0\'ent8 precede ing the passing oC the resolutlon , This ] lroclamatlon . concludes us fol. lows : "The storthlng" hOleS ] that the Nor , wegan [ people wl11 succeed In Ih'lng In peace and on good terms with all , and , not the least with the Swedish people to whom we are 1Inl\Cd hy so manr i , natural tI s , . "Tho storthlng Is sure that tlw ] leO' pIe wlll join with It an wIth govern- I - ment In maintaining the fnIllnde1end- ] 'I ' j.t cnce oC Norway and with firmnc7g und t , dignified tranlul1lty ] submit to the l1ecJ J cssarr sacrIfices , and It Is Curther sure I that 0.11 . subjects wl11 ful1r r'spect aIJ . I ordnnnces [ and ] lr scrlltlons ] ( I'om the . go\'ernment , "AlI officials , civil nn l mllltnry. must In every ropcct ; yield that ohedl. ence which the government has the right to claIm nccordlng to the author. it ) , transCerrecl to It hy the storlhlng ' In the name of the ] Icoplo of Norway , " I' , . HEAD OF LAND OFFICE ' : MAKES NEW RULING ! , , W ASIIINGTOThe commissioner i of the general land office has Issued instructions to regl5'erS and receIvers ; of land omcas throughout the countr ' $ directing- that In the future 110 ne i } lel'SOn shall ho 11Cl'mltted to aClulre ] i more thnn : : : : ! O acres of'nonmineraI ! . . , } JUbllc land under existing laws. Here- t . , toCore appllcllnts have been ) ! ermltted I . to Increase the luant1tj' ] uuder the tim- lJCr an stone and Iioldler : : alIIltloual l 'homestead laws , I I Up to the Suprcme Court. \ ' . CHICAGO-\lunlcIIJal : ownership of 'I ' street railways hero Is now awnltlng I uctlon by the IiUIJl'emo : : court of the , , United States Ulon the valldlt ) ' of the so-caHed ninety-nine year act , which , . It has been claimed , would give the street rallwar comHmles ] control Cor nearly a half 'J centur ) ' lot. . Judge Gross , cup refused to continue In force the . tem10rarr Injunctlons to prevent 1\1aror Dunne and the city council from proceeding with munlctJalization ! l1em1lng decision from the United States SUlremo court. , ' Pa1ers ! to ConE-oil date. I- ST. LOUIS-The St. Louis Star f ( and the St , Louis Chronicle , both " \ afternoon 1)1llOrS [ , ] Jubllshed announce. ' ments of th'I1' consolhlatlon under , the name of the Stnr.Chronlcle , Ne. 'l g-otlatlons were closed hj' which the consoUdatlon goes Into effect Immo. I' dilltely , nn the llew corporatlon will , he lmown as the StarChronlcle Pub. 'f } Jlshlng companr. with a calltal ] stoclt of $500,000 , The Star.Chronlcle , It Is unnounced , will ho an Independent . ] ) [ 1ler. ] and will he Issued from the Star bu1ldlng. jj Last Russians Leave Port Arthur. CIIE FOO-Geneml Balas'hoff has arrived hero from Port Arthur with his staff and dellUrts for Hussu'Ia [ Tlen Tsln. The embalmed hoc1y of Genernl KOlHlratchenlm was hl'Ought here bv General Dalaschofr and will ho shJ1lJC1 [ ; to Odessa , GellOrnl Dalas'hofr's start of twent ) ' . nine } lerSOns , which accomllRnleci him i , to Cho Fee , Is departing fOI' home ovel''arlous routo8. 'rhs [ lIart ) ' ( 'am- pletes the Russian evacuation of I'ort I ArUlIIr. . HE IS ACQUITTED. Tom Dennison Gets Verdict of Not Guilty. HED OAK , Io-A jur ) ' of two1\'o men hns dcelnr d that Tom Donnlson Is not gul1t ' of goln ! ; to lI:1rrJ : on count ) ' and digging \111 the Pollncl ( lllamonds. It relulred ] dollberatlon of two and onohal [ hours and five bal. lots to reach this result. Th first ballot was Informnl nnel stooll three to nine , with the major- It ) ' for aClultttal. ] The first formal ballot stood the same. 'I'he scconll stood ten to two , the third cloven teen on , and the fourth gave the \'or lct of acquittal. It was 11 : Iii o'cloclt wh.'n : the jury was brought Into the court room , ntHi the \'Cl'dlct was handed Ull to the jUdge b ) ' the bailiff. 1I0 read the document , which brlefi ' declared that the deCenll. 'ant was not guilty , and then ascer- tanlng [ b ' Inquiry that It was the \'er. dlct of the jurj' . discharged thorn from further ser\'lce , The defendant was also dIscharged fl'om custodr , so far as this case was Ioncerned the other chnrgo against him stili remain. Ing to be tried , In that he Is chllrgeel with polng n principal In the robbery , as the Iown. statutes malw an acces. sory befOl'o the fact u principal In hIe crime , 'I'ho charge dll which Dennison re. celved an acquittal was that of re. celvlng and lonceallng stolen 1'1'0" ert ' , Inqulrj' of the jurors reveale thllt tue jl1r ' thol1ht ! tha there was no corroborative e\'ldonco of Shercllffo relatlvo to Dennlson'l : ! going to Mis. sourl Valle ' and digging up the ella- monds. 'rhej' stated that there was n belief that he ha somelhlng to do with the I'obherj' , but the ) ' wore moro Inc1lned to be1levo that the diamonds hlleI been given to him In Omahll than that he had crossed the river and dug them Ull Inmself. Said Foreman George T , Cooper : ' ' 'fhere were three of the jurors who were for conviction as It stood , an there were others who could not understand some things about the rob. herj' itself , but we coul not find proof be 'ond 11. reasonable doubt that ho went over and ug up the stones , If seemed to be the enl ' \'erdlct we coul return under the evidence In the case and the court's Instructions. " Elmer Thomas retlred as soon as ho I hear of the verdict , an upon being aske for a stal < 'ment reCused to tallt , The defense has made :1pp1lcatlon : to have Dennison's bon on the sec. end Indictment reduce from $10,000' to $2,500 , Dennison now has $10,000 on deposit Ih the First National hanle of Council Dluffs to secure his bon s. men , AMBASSADOR CONGER TO STAY III MEXICO l\IEXICO-Amhassador Conger ] 1Ut an end to the rumor clrculate 1 in American papers that he would remain - main hero but six months , retiring- become n candidate for go\'ernor of Iowa , lIe denies this and sa's : "I have been rOJCateHy urged by mr fren [ s In Iowa to a'celt the nom. Inatlon for governor , but I have per. slstently eIp'lInel ( to do so. My views In the mntter have not changed , 1 1\ItO \ the c1lplomatlc sen'lce and ] lref'r to serve mj' ( , ol1ntrr In It. 1\1) ' appoint. ment hero Is ] lel'lnanent so far as I lmow , It Is suhject to no other con. dltlons than are attached to an ) ' other consular allIontment. [ " Favor Honorable Peacc , ST , PE1'EHSDURG - President 'Hoosovelt's tent1m' of his uood offices to bring about peace Is receh'cd with general fa\'or In the 11ress and br the ] 111 b1l c , and a desire that some steps bhou1c1 he talt n townrcl securing 1m honorabl < . ' ] JCace Is Increaslngl ) ' manl. fest. The Huss declares that the president's offel' shoulll be cornmen . ccl as all act of frlendshp [ tendIng to 1ll'Ing Ollt .Japnn's terms of peace , and Russa's [ acceptance oC an offer which would not mean surrender on humUl allng terms , Say ! ! Packers Tried Bribery , CHICAGO , II1-Preshlent Shea of the teamsters , sUJplemented ] his brlb. erj' chnrg < r.l : br declaring that an attempt - tempt at bl'lberr was made hj' some of the hl ] Iaclwrs dm'lng the progress of the stocl , 'Ul'ds strl1w , Rescue Captain and Crew. NEW YORK-The life-saving sta. . lion a. Lone HIlI , n , I. , reports that a . steamer Is mhOl'e ; ahre'ast of Shlm.J' , coclt Light. 'rhe station nas put out , hut has Ilot ) 'et reached her , 'rho ves. sel ] Iroved to he the I1shlng steamer Sriaconett , Callam ] Charles' Fish , bo\\n from Greenlort ] , IJ , I. , to New Yorl" 'rho lICosa\'lng crew took oft the caltnln and two men comJl'lslng ] the crew of the I1shBI'rnan. which lies full of watm' ono and threequarter miles west of Shlnnecocl , Light , Eart quakes In Japan. TOKIO-Sevel'o earthllIulws ] have occurred In Central Jlllltln , extending- generallr from the ] Iro\'lnco f Hre. [ : ; ; hma [ to t.ho straits of Shmonoseltl [ , The extent of the amago und loss of lIfo Is uot ret l\11own , hut It Is fear. cd that It [ s hea\ ' ) ' , . Woman Is From Nebraska. FOR'l' WA Y\'I , Ind.-Hev , Noah Wallter. agecl slxtr , ancl Mrs , Nancy I.lncoln of l1catricl' Neb , . who have not mot for fortr rears , will meet in ( 'r"Uteo atl,1 ! narrv , - - . , . . ISRAEL W. DURHAM BO S . - = -1' ' I OF Cl Y OF PHI.uADELPHIA - I I I ' , I . , . r \ I 1I 1I 1 I I - I r - I : W.D7zrha7TI' Israel W. Durham , boss of Phl1a el. . phla and leader of the forces that nro trj'ing to force a sevent.five.'ear gas lease down the throats of the people , ' now threatens to have : Maror 'Vea\'er impeached , Durham has been a power , REAL HEROES OF WAR TME. [ StatIstics Prove Honor Should Be Ac. corded Surgeons , In every modern wale Imt ono the proportion of deaths among the medl. clll omcers has been greater than thr t among the combatants , In the French campaign against Constantine , whllo over ) ' thirteenth combatant officer 'was ' Itllled , ever ) ' sixth surgeon died , In the Crlmean war the morta1ltr among the surgeons was 18,2 per cent nnd among the combatant officers 7,3. In the last Husslan campaign prior to the present war 355 surgeons out of a totnl of 2,839 died , In the Mexican expedition ( French ) the mortality rate among the sllrgeons was about , 20 per cent. Here , then , all unheralded In the dally news of g-r'tJat ' victories , 0.1'0 the real heroes of war , who dlo not in an effort to Idll but to save lives , Ho who would have a cOfrect estlmato of war must look beyond the magnificent man on horseback and beronll the ranlts of human targets that offer lIfo for life to the Iulot ] , unheral e heroes who 11\1t their lives ag-alnst death and so often lose.-Atlanta Journal. Mayor's Highhanded Rulings. " 'est Vlrgnla [ has a town named Thurm an largo enough to have a mayor who lately distinguished him. self hr some curious mnglliterlal : : de. . clElons. An Ita1lan named Darlti com. mltted suicide hr jumping Into the New river , which 110ws through the town , A rewar oC $ O was offered for the recovery of his hody. It was found a few dn's after by a river captain anel a search dlscloseel the sum of $130,50 In the poclwts , Of this $50 was paid to the cllptaln as the promised reward and the rest the mny. I or confiscated hecauso Its possessor' ' had hrolwn the law 41n committing suicide , Ills father , who had como on from Plttsburg to claim his ef. fects , remonstrated and the mayor flned him $17. Frick a Leader of Men. Henry Clay Frlcl" supposed to bo worth about" $50,000,000 , has left Pitts. burg for a limo and will lIve In Now Yorlt whllo his daughter Is being eelu. cated , Of Illto 1\11' . Frck [ hils heen much In the public ere , because of his growing Ilrominenco In the steel trust. hs [ unsought primacy In the Equltablo Lifo trouble , his entrance Into proml. nent connection with several railroads of the west and northwest anel his wdenlng [ power In politics. lIe Is singularly quiet and masterful , of the stern and unbendahle stuff on which other men leqn for advlco and guld. ance , Mr. Jo'ranlt Is n short , thlck.set man of suave manner , soft \'olco and modest bearing. Important Work for Professor. Lincoln Hutchinson of thr. Unlver- sty [ or California , who , for n llUmher of years has heen a member of the staff or the college of commerce , has h'l1n appolnte by the United States gOY' I ernment special commlssoner [ for the etudr : of the commercIal relations hOe tw n the United Stntes and the South I American countries , . Ho has tQ spell nine monlhs In the southern hemls- phero In these Investlgntlons. HoJIl then return to the University of Cal. Ifornla to resume his wQr1 , In llie do- ' 'JIartmont of commerce. , , - I In PhlladelJhla ] ] Jolltlcs for twenty : rears , and for the last fi\'o years has been the unofficial ruler of the city , 'IJlcldng and electing clllllIdates for office and dlctntlng legislation. Ills ownfall Is now pre [ cted. . . . . . . . . . . - SHIPPING OF THE WORLD. Vessels of Moderate Tonnage Carry Largest Amount. The American consul at Homo sa's tllat recent statistics pub1lshed in Franco estlmato the tot.al tonnage of the worl 's merchant. mnrlno at 32- G42,000 , and the number of vessels at , , , about cquallr dvlded [ between steam and sail , 'l'he tonnage of the former , however , is much the larg-or , helng about 30,000.000 , against G,500- 000 for sailing vessels , Whllo the bulldng [ of hg [ an hlgger shlls ) has been a feature of the business for the last quarter of 11. centnry , the grellter part of the world's goods Is still car : rle by'essels of moderato tonnage , The number of sl1lls ) of moro than 10,000' tons Is only elghtynlne , Eng. land leads [ n tonnage with GOOO.OOO , America follows wlti ! 3,500,000 , Ger. many and Franco having eac1i ahout half as much , 'fho list dwindles down along the IIno of the other marltlmo countries , reaching Its minimum In Argentina which has about 25,000 tons , His Hopes for Harmony. "Camp Meuting John Allen" of 1\1alno \ was n. Methodist. and during ono of his } 1\storates was very friend. Iy with his llap"tlst brother In the town , an as their weeldr prayer meetings came on dltrerent ovenlngs had urged him to come Into meeting and Ileal' their snglng. [ It so halponed ] that ono evening the Daptlst brother dl go , hut , It bo. Ing late ho decldod to romaln In the I baclt of the room , A h 'mn was gven [ ' out to be sung , hut , unfol'tunately , there helng 110 loader , It was started and sung through In different tunes , Mr. A lion saw his Baptist friend and was elual ] to the occasion , At the close of the slng-ng [ ho sprang to his fuet and sh uted : "Glory to God I I hope wo will all get to heaven where wo cnn all sing In the SIUllO tune-Doston Herald. Author and Explorer. Rex E. Beach , In addition to being- an author and a bushlOSS mlln , is an explorer and an athlete , H wont out to Alaska with the first mad rush of the gold seelwrs and brought impres. slons or the countrj' an a plcturesquo vocabuillry which ho has used to ad. vantage In a novel. Ho holds the In. door r < xor : of 100 ) 'ards In swlmmng [ anel was the winner of the mlle handle cap swimming race at the Olymplun games In St , l.ous. [ He Is clnsse among the now school of humorlst , hrlnglng- out In a breezy , hearty st'lo rho moro amusing side of exlstenco ill the frozen north or on the northern cattle plains. Proper Estimate of Yourself. In summing uP. let mo say onn word , Never admit that ) 'OU are 111 any \'ltal waj' Infel'lor to your 1101gh. bore 'Vhat anj' ono else has done , ) 'OU may do , All education Is not found In the Rchoolroom , Plent ) ' of It ma ) ' ho acquired In the Itltchon , AvaIl your- ReI ! of opportunltlos. Never succ lmh to cUscouragoment. Do not discount 'our own IOw'r8. ) or r\JlC ' that a cui. turo c1lfforent from ) 'OUI'S Is of neC9R. sit ) ' better than 'ollrs-Margnret , Sangster In " 'oman's Homo Compau- lon , - - ' " 'iW'f' ' , DEATH CLAIMS FAMOUS WOMAN. - Eventful Career of Mrs. Mary Livermore - more Is Ended. Mrs. Mnry Ashton LI\'ormoro. tn- mous as an nbolltlonlst , n t01nllerauco 1 ( 'formor amI an advocate oC woman 8uffrage. died May 23 at her 1101110 In rolrose , Mass. Bronchitis. mp1t- cnted wllh fin nrtccUon oC lh 1lCart , caused her dcml8c. The bA.t ! ) ' \'II ! bo crcmntel and the ash < . ' ( placell In th\3 fnlnllr tomb In W 'ollltng cemetery nt Doston. Mrs. I.Ivorn oro'B mnlelon 11amo WIlS Hlco. She was born In Boston. Dec. HI. IS21. She wns graclunteI Crom the ] JUblle schools nnd subsCluentlr ] from a female seminary nt Charlostown , whel'o for a tlmo she was n teacher of Latin , Grcelt ntHi Fronch. She wns but n moro grl [ when she wont South to talto chnrgo or n. school In Virginia. arlll It was there she became familiar with the bal'bnrltleg of slavcl' ) ' . After three ) 'onrs she returned to Boston , amI began on abolltlonlst 1ll'ol1l1sanlln. In 184 she was mnrrClI [ to Prof. DanIel - Iel P. IJI\'ermoro , 11. Unitarian clorg ) ' . man , and In 1857 the couple 1110ved to - - Mrs. M. A , Livermore. Chicago , whel'o Mr. LI\'ermoro became - came e ltor of the New Covenant , a Unltnrlan lJUblication. 1\1rs , Livermore - moro became conslcu [ us In Chicago In worldng f r the } Ioor nnd sUfCerlng , and also Rho dlstlngulshod herself In connection with the snnltar ) ' commls. slon to 11rocuro SUllpllcs for the Union arm ) ' , 1II's. . Lh'ormol'o next Identified herself with the fjufmgo 1110voment , an was the first president of the 1111. nols Woman Suffl'ae { Irsoclatlon , She estahllshod the Agitator , which shoe e lted , and Illter moved to Doston to assume charge of 'thoVoman's Jour- 11\1. For ) 'el1I'S she had been famOUD us a lecturer an writer. She hlld been n widow slnco .July ( i , 1899 , AGAINST LAWS OF NATURE. One Generation Not Sufficient to CivilIze - Ize Savagc. A newspaper man who owns a No- grito boj' for whom he paltl $1-1 011' nounces that ho Intends to cducnto the lad as a test of American methods on Phlllppino unclvllIzetl tribes , 'I'hls 1'0' form 01' will fall. 'rho boy can be taught the multiplication table , hut that won't civilize him. lIe cnn learn spoiling anti astronomy , hut these will not educate him. It talws hundreds of years to clvlllzo a savn e. AmerIcan - Ican methods may lie a111111ed profitably - ably to Japanese who have the heritage - tago of conturles of civilization , but ono genoratlon of contact with books and association with the best Teutonlo Ideals will not change the moral structure - turo of a Negrlto any moro than it will an Indian. There nro some laws of nature that ) 'OU can's ameud nor llulllfy-Portland Oregonan [ , WOMAN [ S A SPECIALIST. Household Secretary of Pierpont Morgan - gan Draws Big Salary. Miss Hhott Is J. Pierpont Morgan's household secretar ) ' , looltlng aCtor everything- the management of hlg . 'i' W' , ) ' .1775.5 na ; nzUZ77 ' Now York , London and country houses , rellovlng him and Mrs' . Morgan - gan of that work , For this ho pa8 $10,000 n ) 'ear , 1 > 1Is6 nhett [ s satd to bo n rolatlvo of Mrs. 1\1organ , , \dmlrll Schley Fond of Work. Admlrnl Wlnflold Scott Schloy , G5 ) 'ears old , and stili young , straight as the barrel of n rifle , shows the color of splendid health nnd the general as. pect or unimpaired mURcular condl. tlon , Ho refuses to sit stili an drnw his retired pay , hut Itceps busy work. Ing on his forthcoming hook. "l\Iary. land In the Navy , " Contentment. . is ] llcturod In his rUddy countonance. bls Itlndly OJ'O showln no hint that Ulroo score and ton Is approaching , "I want to wear Ol\t , " bo fill'S , "not to rust out. " i - - - - - - . . . ' , , , . J ? : " . ' , . . . . . . . . . , MANY EARI SHOCIfS - - VIBRATIONS IN ENGLAND HAVE BEEN FREQUENT. On Rccord From the TIme of the Romans Down to the Twentieth Century-Much Damage Done by Tremor OccurrIng [ n 1750. - - Thnt earthqualto which frightened IJeoplo In Englanll a short , thno ago Was not at nIl \Inll\Io ] In the hlstorr of the Islnnd. Quallos of'ar 'lng Bovor- Ity ha\'o heon felt from the times of the Homans llown to the twentieth conhtrj' . Ono of the earliest English carthlualw ] .Is said to have over. thrown n Homan temple \0 \ AllOlIo In Lonllon. Another happenell In 1100" " , when , In the Illnguago of an 0111 hlB- / torian , "strango It was for the strong , trembling of the earlh , but mal'O strange for the d01eful anll hideous I'oarlngs which It ) :1 eltl etl forth. " 'l'hlrty-throo ) 'ears Inter lIeveral shoclttJ were felt , clm'lng Olle of which , It Is asserted , lIames ISl'luoll from rents III ' the ollrth and burned muoh timber. i In the r'\ster. weelt of 1185 another : , . ' carth tremor Imt In an aPllenrnnco and seomA to ha vo , lleon moro 1I0mon- stratlve thnn Itll ] Iredecossors , for n wrltCl' Bays thnt "Its 111\0 had not heon hoat'll of In ElIgllulIl ! : Ilnco the beginning - ning or the wOl'lel , for stones that lay eouclwd.fnst . In the , earth were ro- . . . 1 mo'od111 the great church of Lln- . , coin rent from the to ) ) downward. " Panlo followed the carthlunlto ] of AIIl'I1 G , 1580 , n dn ) ' remal'lablo : for It ! ! hcat. Nothing untoward took lliaco until D o'cloclt nt night , when a violent ; trombllng ot the eal'th made Itself : ' felt In London. . . Instlng about the : tenth of n second , ' nnd was accom- ) ) anled hy loud rumh1lnls In the 1Iowels of the earth. Close upon Its hcels came minther shocl < . which Get the great cloclt boll at Westmnstor [ clanging anll ninny other churehes gn.\'o out violent llenla. The public , toole fl'lght , nnd rushed Into the 'i stroets. whllo plnnoers hnstll ) ' loft , Ithelr seats , with the result that mnny of them , , , ere tramllled to death. A writer on the sUbject sars : "Tho scene was te1'l'lhlo-tho clanging of the bolls , the suhtorranean noises and the nolso of fal1ln : ; houses , the shrlolts and lamentations of the 11eOle. ) mln- "gled with the cries ot these who thought the last day had como was enough to fill the stoutest 11enrts with fear. " The shoclt was also oxperl- enced In various parts of the country. \ ' The Impr sslon took 8hapo that this . onrthqualto had occurred because . hca vun hall lost patlenco with the peo. plo-a bollot which led Queen Eliza- , heth to Instltuto a form of pra'or for household use in order to remove the hano supposed to bo hovorlng over Great Britain. In January anll the early pnrt of l < "ebruary , 17 O , the heat was Intonso. so much so , that the superstItIous went about declaring that something out of the ordinary would surely soon hap en. TI lolr forecasts came true , for on Foh. 81 London experlonced sTlght oarthlualw ] shoclts , but moro severe shoclw were felt exactly month later. These Iator nro snld to have heen the worst disturbances In modern tlmos In England. The shoclt9 were preceded by lightning , then n roaring f10uml WO" hQard , house ; reeled and many foil , and some lIttle damage was done to ancient buildings. 'rheso vibrations tool , place In the night and many } leoll10 were thrown froxa their beds. Llfl's History. . \\0 IIvo b ' clnrs-eneh ono Is n new lent , On whleh to wrlto n scrap ot hlstol' ' 'I'hnt hclllS to mnllo the whole , although so Inlet , E\'entless IJIlll ( lo\'old ot mrstor ' . No hnnd , howovol' sltll1Cu enn oraBO A slnglo word that' In .l.lto's boole we trace , 'Vhnt ere wo wrIting on the pnges fnlr. So white and IItnlnless O\'OI'Y glowing morn' ; Docs the true record show unwaverIng cnre , Or Is each 11\I1 : ' lent blottell onel torn ? " 'hat e10 wo wrlto 1'0-c1ny ' In Lito's grent lJOo ] { , ' In which God's senrchlng eyes can . c\'or look ? Oh , let us seee ] to ] toe1 each clayeat ] clenn. As tlmo Roell onwnl'cl In thlll husy lite , And on the lovIng Father o\'er lenn. To hold UII steac1tast 'mId the toll and strIte , Then when the last' c1ny's grlet Is wrItten - ten o'er. A story swect shall live tor cvermore. OrigInated Polo Hat Fad. It has been freely Imilsted that 1\IIS8 Ethel Darrymoro Is the real author of the latest femlnno [ frealt , the polo turban , and Miss Darrymore has not seen fit to deny the Impeachment , at least not In ] lrlnt , sqys the ; = lI. Louis 'Jlobe.Domocrat. The storj' runs that the ) 'oung nctress hecamo Infatuated with the pm box worn hy "Tommy At- Itlns" In Lon on on the Occbb'Jn of n recent vlqlt , and surroptltlously purchased - chased ono for her own use , merely as a fad , She tred [ It on and was quite pleased with her appearance In It. From that to n hlnclt ono of the sarno shape was I111t n step and from there to the pompon was child's I play , with the result that-well , YO\l see every womnn who Is an'ono wearIng - Ing them , don't j'ou ? Australia Gaining Population Slowly. " ' 1'ho greatest source of worr ; } ' illo. Australia , " said Phlll)1 ) Saunders , of l\Iel ourno , "is that the country Is maldng such slow headwa ) ' In gaining I . 11olJUIntlon , " \\'o arc getting very Ilttlo ImDllgra- tlon from all ) ' quarter. In many pnrts of the countr ' the ] le01110 would be glad If there w : 'a a chance to bring In cooHo laborers from Irda [ or ChlnB , hut there Is a strlng'nt law ngalnst It. an ao the landowners nro deprived of l1ccde lIol } ! , ] Jnrllculal'f ) ' In those hct. rOGons [ where whlto men cannot endure - , duro the om 1'atl' \ c Imato. " \ -