Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-05-28
THE sOVEkl1tN PoNTIFF
Great Strength Of Spirit -Hoosed'
ID Eng Poles Fran AbaHs



In personal appearance Leo XIII.
HAS a marked resemblance to those
4naager figures of saints, worn to a
shadow from a life Of fasting and as
1:tticism, which Fra Angelica so loved
TO delineate-sinxle' figures with sol
enan faces full of profound thought or
deep devotional expression, standing
out against background of brilliant,
Plu& or bright gold. Tie pope seems.
TO. have only sufficient body left to-
house the spirit, that longs to be at
r"st.' He wiis always more or lessdeh-
,:ate.' ana, according to the Baltimore
Sun. one Of the most eogent objections
he urged in the corclave against his
,b:ifg sel4Gted to the papaeS, when 1T
Became evident that the votes were
tcuding toward him. was that his deli
cate health would in a short time rem
der q new conelaye necessary. He is,
t,erhaps, seen at his best during these.
grahaS thopgh infrequent ceremonies,
. which take plasein sc. Peters, ana At
which hSiassists as the central fl ghre.'
''hen seated in the crifns6n,' high
3acked!i' sediaa gestdtoria, which is
borne up BY long poles resting on the
shoulders of eight bearers who IRE
clothed in crimson damasz, he may be
said to look his best, as, with a slight
swaynFG motion, he ISIS caified
along through the vast crowds.
by the sides of the chair, or sedia,o
mp near his head, are carried the
large fans (fabellD of white peacock
Gathers, which give such an air of
spiendor to the spectacle; and held
over his head byeight poles, borne BY
distinguished n6biemc1i, lis the eahSpf
of white and pearl-gray silk, which as
it moves in the sunlight shows chang
ing tints as varied and delicate as
laose on q doves breast. The pope,
seen on such an OCCASION! is waxy pale
in complexion The great sign of lift
and vigOf is the brilliancy Of his eyes,
which.lwit piercing glance, seem TO
take in the whole vast crowd, and to
see and observe each Individual face
The heavy, huge tiara; which he wears
at such ceremonies. :, With it's Three
CROWNS studded with pearls seems to
2pprcss him by its weight and bulk.
Ills hand trembles with, nervousness
or the burden of years as he lifts it up
from the superintendent weight Of
The great cope, which enwraps him
from the shoulders TO the feet, and ex-
tends 1T to bless the people rs he
passes. At audiences, which, with I'm:
iwearying good natnte, he still contin:
,res to give, being. seen closer, he
looks all his age, which is now reach
ing he6l6se of his Aighty-fourth year
The constant surprise of those who see
him and hear him speak.in that strong,
deep. voice, with the slow and clear
enunciation for which he has always
been distinguished, is that man Of
such age presefVes so we'll the bril-
liancy Of mind, the vividness. of mem
Dry, the keeniess of intellectual grasp
| which were his characteristics from
| his early years., However we'll he may
be served and assisted by. the brilliant
| minds around him, the acts he does
and the letters he issues and the adj
dresses and discourses he makes. are
| wholly and solely the outcome of his
| own mind and the result of his own in.
tellectual operations.
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