The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-30
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1 what 4 meant BY the Cobba Of Meccai
O. II possible tell me something about tns
Murphy treatment for conaupp,ion. ! IN
the cure gets Its name from doctor ~ I'M
cage. VDiion.
4 You mean the Kaaba of Mecca. II Is the
name OF a stone building erected within the
great mosque Of Mecca There is legend
that Adam first worshpod on the spot after
the expulsion from Paradise. Heaven had
sent down tent for Adams comfort, but
seth substituted structure OF stone and clay
for 1t. This was afterward destroyed by the
delure and rebuilt by Abraham and 1shmael.
The structure now standing dates back 10
1921. Its door, coated with silver, is openei
only three times year--once for men. once
for women and The third time for the i'irioss
OF cleaning. ., DR.. j. B. Murphy OF Chicago
read raper before the last annual convention
Denver. The treatment Is his discovery.
.cons,s,s In the Introduction oi pure nitrogen
into the lung cavity through hypodermic
needle The action OF the nitrogen congresses
the lungs and gives them an entire rest
After few weeks the nitrogen is withdrawn
and air admitted" The treatment Is based
rno, tho fact that the sore spots IN the lung
| have tendency to heal. the healing. pelne
nj mr.
| lungs In breathing.
| In what countries are morganatic marriage
| legal? DO the cergymen OF those c1u ~ !,
| oficiate at such marriages
| Moreanatic marriages are legalaed In Ger
many Austria and Russia and recognized OF
| tolerated in every other European country ex-
| cept Great Britain. The morganatic niafr'ase
IL legal union between man of royal OF
| noble family and woman oil greauy 'n'eiio.
| rank. In the ceremony the left hand is gwen
,nsto,a of Inc right. and 1t is definitely UNDER
| stood that while the children of such mar
| rage are legitimate, they do not lhnerit INC
| rark or the fortune of their father. These
| alliances have sometimes been contracted !"
| tba nresence and with the sanction of priests
! md ministers. but instances are numerous
where clergymen have declined to ofhciate on
|
howcyer. only to n limited extent, among the
nob,ltv n Is said that the late car OF
Russia was morganatically married to the
| Princess Dolgorouk and many OF tine HERMAN
and Austrian nobility have. in the present
century, contracted such alliances. 1t was
formerly common for a nobleman to contract
one or more morganatic In addition to the
regular marriage, but at present one mo-
| l.. or.ln cd lg
| others.
II two cousins had unwttingly married In
| State where such marriage was Illegal, nYiue
| together years as man and wife, snoulo tus
| husband die could the woman be deprived OF
all or any interest in his estate? J.H.S'
The presumption of the law is that innocent
parties shall not suffer by the ignorance or
misdeed of legal officers. bubbles may be
raised with regard to the legality Of
the marriage of first cousins but
when a common law wife who has
been merely int oduced by her husband
as his wife, without ceremony having been
performed, can inherit her husbands prop
erty there seems no reason why marriage
between two first cousins should not entitie
the woman in the case to all her rights. Sew
eral States have laws on their statute books
forbdding the marriage of first cousins, but
in most cases these statutes are dead letters,
little attention being paid to them. When a
,,sarsa ;s rofusod !, ono state tho nort,es
incense Is reiuseu 'n ote STATE 'ho p"'Nf~'
can easily NC n"i'ieu ~ 'iio''ie'' ','' A'''
rage tie contracted in State where such
piohioi'ioh uo's no' 'N's' 10 "e'' ~ e'si'
State.
What is the highest meteorological station In
the worldt T.F.C.
To Harvard university belongs the credit OF
having established the highest meteorological
station in the world-nearly four miles above
tina sea level--namely. on the summit of I'll
MIST. quiescent volcano near Arequipa, in
reru. The main station is at AreQuipa itself,
at an altitude of about 5000 feet, and there are
seven other stations, including one at the base
of Ell MIST, 15.7Oo feet above the sea level,
while the one on the summit is 19,200, or
about $500 feet higher than the noted station
on Mont Blanc. The shape of the MIST is de-
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pe'lece-thoush more OF less 'runcaleu-cohe'
and the conditions of exposure of the instru-
n,ents are as nearly nerfect nc n &c nossjble
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