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The Irish standard., 1906-01-20
Russia's Reisnina House.

The reigning family of Russia dates
back to 1913, when Michael Fedora
vitz. the first of the house of the Ro-
mannoffs. assembled to the throne. 70.
a span of seven centuries the Russians
have been under the rule of the Ruric
dynasty. Feodor L., the last of the
Rurics, was assassinated, and that
gave the Romannoffs the chance they
had long sought.
Michael Fedorovitz reigned until his
death in 1852, and was succeeded by
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20
FAMOUS CONVERT.
A Minister from the Land Of Luther
anism and King Haakon.

The splendor of Gods light mover
on. Prosecuted in France, the Church.
is gaining all round the habitable-
globe. few weak or passion
freighted souls go out; an army of
strong, fearless souls come in, armed
and anxious to do great deeds. Here
according to the London Monitor and
Era, is the latest to arrive, and this.
time from a quarter little expected:
"One of the most notable conversions.
to the Catholic Church in the present
generation Though little has BEEN
heard of it in this country, and one
destined to have a far-reaching infiu-
ence on philosophical and thealogican
thought in Northern Europe, is that OF
DR.. K Krogh- Tonning, the celebrated
pastor, writer and pulpit orator OF
Christiania. AS Lutheran rector of OLD
Acker parish, in the capitol of Norway
he won brilliant reputation, not only
in his own country, but. in Sweden
Denmark and Germany, being known
not only as an eloquent preacher.
but as man of profound and
varied learning. His great treatise
on dogmatic theology, in five volumes
won speedy place as the standard
work on that subject throughout the
Lutheran Church, and it is probable
that, since the conversion of John
Henry Newman, just sixty years ago.
no similar event has caused such .
commotfon in Protestant circles as the
news that Dr. Krogh- Tonning has been
received into the Catholic Church bv
Jesuit father at Aargus, in Den
mark.
Writers in the religious press and
the learned reviews Of Northern Eu-
rope have endeavored to disguise the.
general dismay at the desertion Of the
Lutheran ranks by the most learned
theologian of that church, by finding
that in all his later dogmatic writings,
he has shown marked tendency to-
wards Catholicism, and that i'm his
final step he was only logically follow
ing out the principles which he had
long before adopted as his own. This
is very likely true, but it does not
make his actual conversion less note
worthy event.
"Dr. gh-Tonning was long ago
marked out for advancement to a bish-
opric in the Norwegian Lutheran
church, and his loss to that body has
been very serious one. His the
illogical works, published while he was
Protestant, are written in the Ger
man language, but he has brought out
in Latin, since his conversion, a sin
gularly beautiful treatise as luminous
as it is profound, on grace and free
will. The actual title of this work,
which should be in the hands of every
student of theology, is DE Gratia
Christi ct Libero Arbitrio," and it is
published by Dybwod & Brugger, of
Christiania"
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20
COUNTING THE PULSE.
Improvement in Clinical Medicine First
Proposed by a Cardinal.

London Catholic Times
In the Fitzpatrick lectures delivered
at the Royal College of Physicians in
London, DR.. Norman Moore made the
following reference to a famous Car
dinal:
Nicholas de Cusa was a man of
varied learning and of scientific habit
of mind. He was a theological writer,
natural phenomena. He made an
original examination of the Koran and
critically discussed it's contents, and in
medicine he introduced an improve
ment which in an altered form has
continued in use to this day. This i'm
provement was the counting of the
pulse, which up to his time had been
felt and discussed in many ways, but
never counted. The first method of a
new invention is often unnecessarily
/ cumbrous, but this does not detract
from the merit of the man who first
discerns it's principle. Nicholas of
Cusa proposed to compare the rate OF
pulses by weighing the quantity of
water run out of water clock while
the pulse beat 100 times. Thus, he
said. you may easily prove the degree
in which the pulse Of young man is
: more rapid than that of an old man.
The weight, therefore, Of water tina,
| flows out in relation to the different
pulses in the youth, in the aged nan,
In the healthy and the sick ought nee
essarily to lead to truer knowledge of
the disease, one weight being proper to
one infirmity and a different weight to
another.
THE manufacture of watches with
second-hands has since given US a
simpler method of counting, but the
merit of introducing this useful kind
of observation into clinical medicine
belongs to Nicholas of Cusa. He is
buried in the church from which he
took his title,a ST. Peter ad Vincula.
Devotion attracts many people to this
church. and love of art, since it con-
tains a great work of Michael Angelo,
many others, and science adds third
interest in the monument Of this i'm
proven of clinical medicine. His tomb
has no ornament but it's inscription;
yet it is not improper to consider that
he has more lasting memorial in his
commemoration over the whole globe
wherever medicine is practiced by the
simple clinical method of observation
which he was the first to complete"
l take the liberty of sending this ex-
tract to the Catholic Times" as the
medical journals in which the reports
appear would not be seen by very many
Catholics who will be interested to
know that so important an improve
ment as that of counting the pulse was
due to priest. DR.. Norman Moore
treats in an interesting manner Of the
medieval physician in London. "H;s
chief source of general knowledge was
the 'Liber etymologiarum' of st. Isl
| dore-a vast collection Of everything
known in the educated world in the
sixth century," The first president IF
the College of Physicians was DR.. Linz
acre. priest, and the second Clement,
layman. but whilst Linacre wrote
grammar in Latin, and taught it to
Princess Mary, Clements TRANSACTIONS
We're Of theological writer's. Father
Lfnacre's works included editions Ut
Galen, Plato, Proclus, Pythagorus and
Aristotle from the Greek,
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20

Indiana Is the only state which has a
solid delegation of college bred men in
the two houses of Congress, says the
Boston Herald. Heretofore the state
which ranked highest in this particu-
lar was Massachusetts,. Now four of
any university or collegiate institution
though this Is not saying that they are
poorly equipped statesmen.
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20
SSs5%

Senator Tillman has been stirring
the animals up again. There is always
something going on when Tillman lets
loose. No member of the United States
Senate is more respected for integrity
and ability than the eccentric senator
from South Carolina.
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20

Pretty good evidence Of the increas-
ing power Of the president Is given by
his wishes in congress are called lin
surgents," and are referred to in a
way which would indicate that they
are not the Representatives of the peo-
pie with convictions of their own, but
are the mere agents of the executive
power.
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The Irish standard., 1906-01-20

The effort of the new British pre-
\ anier to make his cabinet thoroughly
! representative of all shades of Liberal
Opinion by including John Burns, the
famous labor leader, is satisfactory to
SSa1l the England bread-winners except
The radical wing Of the Socialists,
4 49, the Intermountain Catholic. These
a not believe in any compromise short
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FATHER RAvoUx.

VII LtSt wednesday tnefe passed
away In ST. Paul the Oldest Catholic
priest in the Northwest and the oldest
white settler in the State of Minne-
sofa. Monsignor Augustin Ravoux be-
longed to the Spartan band of French
missionaries to whose courage and
zeal in the saving of souls is largely
due the discovery and civilization of
the great Northwest. Father Ravoux
was born in 1915 in France, where he
was educated At an early age he
accompanied Bishop Loras, the first
Bishop of Dubuque, to the United
States, and was ordained to the priest
hood in Dubuque, Iowa. In January,
1S41, he came to what is now known
as Minnesota. He ministered for some
time to the Sioux Indians at Little
Prairie. now Chaska. He afterwards
removed to Mendoza, from which point
he visited Catholics at st. Paul, st.
Croix and Lake Pepin and even Wis
tied missions as far west as the Mis-
souri, River. He mastered the Sioux
language and translated the catechism
to the Indians in their own language.
For many years st. Paul was SO small
that he visited the single church there
located one Sunday in each month,
preaching Yin both the English and
Indian languages. He built st. Peters
Church at Mendoza in 1853, and en-
larged the little chapel from which
st. Paul gets it's name. He served
as Vicar-General of the diocese under
Bishop Grace and later under Arch
bishop Ireland who. with Bishop
O'Gorman. he had nearly forty years
before taken to France to complete
their study for the ministry. During
the past ten years ill-health has pre-
vented the venerable pioneer from do
to st. Joseph's Hospital.
In 1890 Father Ravoux published his
memoirs printed in both French and
English. He was greatly interested in
preserving facts connected with the
early history of the Northwest. Only
short time ago he prepared a map
showing the location Of the old chapel
at st. Paul. 1t also contained de-
scriptions Of early frontier life with
which he was so familiar 1t shows
facts and events of great Importance
from 1898 to 1903. Among the pic
lures are some showing the life of the
early settlers and immigrants. a buffalo
hunt line of dog-drawn sleds and
picture Of night camp of Il mis-
sionary party showing the men in
blankets asleep around the big fire
and the dogs at intervals around the
edge Of the camp. In the winter OF
1862 and 1863 there were a large num-
Der of Sioux Indian families encamped
under the protection of the United
States government at Fort Smelling
They were often visited by Father
Ravoux. who baptised many of them
He was greatly beloved by the In
dams. who called him BLACK Robe
\ He attended the Indians who We're
executed at Mankato. OF the thirty
eight who were hanged together
thirty-three chose him as their spirit
/ ual adviser.
Father Ravoux was an admirable
type of the French missionary. France
has furnished for America the men
The Irish standard., 1906-01-20
GREAT LIBERAL VICTORY.

AS the English elections proceed i:
has become apparent that the Liberals
are to have an overwhelming majority
in the next Parliament. 1t looks now
us though the present government
would have a majority over both the
Unionists and Irish Nationalist. This
is Il result by no means as favorable
to Ireland as lesser Liberal vic
tory would be. 1t has been the hope
of the Irish Nationalist that their
party would control the organization
of the next Parliament. 1t seems now
with about one-third of the elections
held that the Liberals will have ii
clear majority. If so they can carry
on the government, for time at
least, without paying much attention
to John Redmond and his colleagues.
If they attempt to do this Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman and his party
may expect the same sort of tactics
from the Irish that resulted in the
downfall of Balfour. The election that
is now taking place is peculiar in tina
it Is being holly contested in the Eng
fish and Scotch constituencies, while
in Ireland all is peace and calm. So
thoroughly organized are the Irish Ma
tionalists that no attempts are being
made to defeat any of their candidates.
Over eighty Nationalists will be re-
turned with practically no opposition,
Another surprising result Of the cleo
ton is the defeat of Ex-Premier Bal
four. In the election of 1900 he re-
ceived in the East division of Man.
chester majority of twenty-five hun
by a majority of almost two thousand
by candidate of no personal strength.
This Is a remarkable change in a con-
stituency of less than thirteen thou
sand votes. Mr.. Balfour's defeat does
not mean that he will be absent from
the next Parliament. 1t is not neces-
Of Parliament shall be a resident of
the district from which he Ia elected.
Before the elections are over some
safely Conservative district will be
found with some accommodating Con-
servative candidate who will withdraw
in order that Mr.. Balfour may be
elected to the next Parliament and
take his position as the leader of his
party. Such a signal defeat as Mr..
Balfour suffered during the week
would have resulted in the retirement
of an American from politics under
like circumstances. Not so in Great
Britain. His defeat, however. taken
in connection with the victory of
Joseph Chamberlain in the City of
Birmingham may result in the Con-
servatives of the next Parliament Sc
Letting Chamberlain to lead instead ~
Balfour. This, however, is not prob
able. Mr.. Chamberlain stands out
spokenly for protective system, and
the elections already show that Eng
land is thoroughly free trade. The
Conservatives will hardly attach them
selves to the leader whose fiscal ideas
have been so largely responsible for
the overwhelming defeat. The cleo :
| tons in Manchester and Birmingham,
however. show this difference: Bal
four seems to be personally unpopu-
lar while Chamberlain is personally
popular. Notwithstanding the strong
tide that is running against protection
has also managed to secure the cleo
ton Of all his candidates in the City
of Birmingham, while Balfour. who
stands for a policy midway between
49, :. So =
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18

II Is not generally known, but most
beekeepers will inform you that such
Is the case. that each beehive has a
corps of what could properly be term
cd 'ventilating bees" During the hot
seasons these ventilators station them
selves at the entrance OF the hive and
fan the interior with the incessant mo-
ton OF their wings. These ventilating
corps are usually In relays Of from
four TO half dozen, and they are re-
lieved at short intervals by fresh work
ers who keep up the tanning process.
They are kept at work by sort Of
patrol of bees. which insures incessant
activity on the part Of the tanners dur
Ing the time they are at work. This
story may sound strange to those who
know but little concerning the wonder
full intelligence OF bees, but 1t is q
scientific fact that has often been au-
thenticated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18

II is a broad rule that boiled milk
and puddlngs made with milk agree
more frequently. than anything to re-
store sick person. When beginning
to restore sick person to more ordi-
nary diet begin with white fish. boiled.
Plalce or sole boiled in milk is excel
lent. Never give potatoes when the d.
gestion is bad, In place of bread give
toast. Often there Is craving for
acids. In such cases give lemon juice
diluted with water and sweetened with
sugar when allowable or with saccha-
rim In diabetes, A craving for green
stuffs should always be satisfied. Ma
ture herself is crying out. Give water
cress, but withhold radishes, as they
are difficult to digest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18
A ZULU LEGEND.
0dd story Of the origin of This saw
age People.

0dd story Of the origin of This saw
age People.
The Zulus account for their origin,
says a correspondent OF the Country
Gentleman (EnglIshl, by story OF a
talking elephant who fed upon chill
drcn. lie met woman laden with an
ax and bundle OF fagots. accompanied
by her child. Seeing the elephant, she
guessed his intention and pleaded.
Spare my child. oh. elephant" The
elephant refused. "Then." said the
mother. 'if this evil must happen
swallow me. too oh. elephant" So the
elephant swallowed mother and child,
and they found themselves with all the
other children who were eaten pre-
vlously. by and by the child grew hun
cry, and the mother III fire with her
fagots. She then with her ax cut away
the elephants flesh. cooked Ii. and they
all ate. As the fire burned, Its great
heat filed the elephant with pain, and
lie ran and ran and ran till they felt
the thunder Of his hoofs racing over
hill and valley. At length, exhausted.
he dropped down dead. Using her ax,
the mother chopped and chopped until
she made an opening In the elephants
aide. After this they crept out and be-
came a new nation In new country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18
HOW TO FIND OUT.

You can easily determine IL your Kid.
aeys are out of order by setting aside for
a hours q bottle of the urine passed
upon arising. II upon examination II ID
cloudy or milky or has q brick-dust sed-
lment or small particles foat about In IL,
your kidneys are diseased and F0Iey's
Kidney Cure should be taken at once.
Foley's Kidney Cure Is pleasant to
take and acts directly upon the parts
affected and you begin to feel better
at once.
Il corects slight disorders In Q few
days and It has cured many obstinate
cases after other treatment had failed.
Doctors Said No WeuId Not Live.
Peter Frey, OF Woodruff, Pa, writes:
"After doctoring for two years with the
best physicians In Waynesburg, and still
getting worse, the doctors advised me II
! had any business TO attend to / had bet
ter attend to II at once, as / could NOT
possibly live another month, as there was
no cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure
was recommended to me by Q friend, and
I Immediately sent my son to the store
for II and after taking three bottles be.
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prove until was entirely well"
Two Sizes, 5oe and sf.oo.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18

In many localities off the Scotch
coasts and the coasts of Norway the
fishing grounds lie ut some distance
from the shore and the start must be
made with the ebb tide, sometimes in
the middle Of the night. All the boats
Of single locality generally start to-
gether, and to one unaccustomed to the
sight the spectacle Of 200 to 800 fishing
boats putting off from harbor Hike
Yarmouth is sight never to be for
gotten.--London Graphic,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18
STEAMSHIP
ENGAGEMENTS
by c. D. LEWIS
COPYRIGHT, ips. bp ~ ~. Cunningham

1t may have been that In the hurry
aud confusion Of getting AWAY from
London the ptiraer Of tho steamship
Bramblc got things mixed np. lIe
knew that hc had among tho pasgcn.
gcrs no Jess than three fond American
mammas who had been trailing oycr
Europe with mafrlageablo daughters
and were coming home with disap.
pointed looks, aud hc hoped 10 give one
OF them d last chance.
However II happened, II was known
among the passengers even before the
Bramblc left her dock that a great
man wns on board II was Mr.. julius
Smltlicr OF the Chicago beef trust,
aud his fortune was ynri0usly estlmat.
I'd ut from ten 10 tlfty million dollars.
There were mon who ~ first denied
that SmIthers was Il member OF the
trust. They could name over every
packer who had ever been mentioned
In the papers, aud the name Of Smith
ers didn't figure Ia tho list. They were
about to den0uncc him as nm Impostor
when n red headed man suggested that
suithcrs might have come into the
trust on merger OF some sort. There
were mergers merging nll the time,
and what II the beef trust aud the
tombstone trnst had consolidated their
interesial
The thing was as good an settled Ia
an hour Mr.. Smlthcrs was a man OF
forty. lie was rather rotund aud bald
headed He had Just the fnintest incli.
nation TO be flnahy. Mr. smlthers was
very democratic for man worth un.
told millions He made acqualntauces
rapidly, and the steamer had not made
hundred miles TO the westward when
be started game Of poker IN the
smoking room and had for companions
q drummer, cnttienan. ward pollti.
clan and the inventor OF the sausage
stuiiing machine He was given seat
nj the captains table. II was after
ward said that this was n mistake and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18
CURIOUS LAND LAW.
Owners I'm Belgium DO Not centroI
beyond A Certain Dcpfh.

6FtbHW ~ RNfthth DtVths
One OF The curious phases Of the land
law In Belgium Ia that the earth Of a
landowner beyond certain depth does
not belong To him, Should tho owner
OF the surface discover a coal or gold
deposit underlying bis property he
must first obtain government conccs.
tion before he can begin mining opera.
tions. The land beyond the prescribed
depth In which wealth Ia the raw has
been discovered may be conceded to a
person other than the surface owner,
who may operate under certain govern
mcnt regulations, one Of which ls that
the owner Of the surface IL entitled to
. per cent of The value extracted.
The mine pays TO the government an
amount determined by the value and
Importance OF the concession, after
which II must pay to the government a
sum proportioncd TO the value Of the
total extraction. The government
names the conditions under which the
mines M well as other Industrial estab-
lishmenis shall be operated and pro-
tccts and safeguards the health and
lives OF the workmcn fls well as pro
yldes for the public safety.
The. minister Of industry and labor
appoints a state board OF mining engl-
neers, authorized to regulate the work.
Ing Of all mines and all establishments
considered dangerous or lnsanitary,
whether shaft or open mines, quarries.
factories, coke oven plants or brlquette
works. Boston Globe.