Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. JAN. g. 1898

overcoat of black and Il pair of thick solct
boots. Taking his walking stick, away he
starts. Usually the route. is out Charles
street to tho northern suburbs. He has
the long, swinging stride Of an experienced
pedestrian and requires but a short time
to cover the two miles which take him
to the city limits. Once there he follows
his fancy, sometimes going several miles
up some side road, sometimes following
the main thoroughfarc. He is fond of 60
Ing around in a scmicirclc and including
II of the city parks. Occasionally a lay
friend or a priest accompanies him, but Of
tener he is alone. In fact, there are not
many middle aged friends of his who care
to cover the eight or ten miles which he
frequently travcrses. He keeps no car
riage, and while he can use electric cars
along many of his ~favoritc streets he sell
dom rides unless caught out in a rain
storm. While the body is active SO is tho
mind, and as he passes along the growth
of the city, public improvements and other
points Of interest arc carefully noted by
his keen eye. Of course he meets many
acquaintance, and as he has u remarkable
memory for faces his mods of recognition
are numerous.
His Favorite Resort.
With his appetite sharpcned and pulse
beating fast from his walk, the cardinal
sits down to tho supper table, but always
arises with a slight feeling of hunger.
Nothing can tempt him to eat more than
a certain quantity, and then he is ready to
retire to his library and read or write until
10 p. M, when the clock announces the
retiring hour. And this library is his ia
vorite resort. Most of his leisure hours
arc spent in it.. The late Archbishop Car
roll of Maryland began collecting tho
books it contains, but Cardinal Gibbons
carried on the work and elaborated the
plan of the library so that it now contains
one of the best collections of ecclesiastical
literature in America. Many of tho works
are in Latin, which the cardinal, as may
be surmised, reads and speaks fuently.
But he keeps abreast of the times and is Il
liberal patron Of the standard magazines
of today, while his daily contact with tho
outside world continues to keep his mind
broadcncd and susccptive to modern in
Hucncc.
His Capacity For Work.
While he is IL close student, his sphere is
not confined to books, but extends to real
life, as is seen by Tho vigorous and present
day character OF his writings published in
The North American Review and other
periodicals. Speaking of his literary eff
forts, it is not generally known that 'iTho
Faith Of Our Fathers" published on his
authority a few years ago, has had a sale
of over zoo, 900 copies. His capacity for
work is very broad, for he breaches in tho
cathedral twice II month on the average,
besides attending to the wide range of
duties demanded by his position.
And this is the man who, born in Balti-
more 60 years Ago., earned his first dollar
selling sugar in a Baltimore grocery store.
Little did the good old Irish people who
secured enough money to ~'start'' James
at Rock Hill college, just a few miles from
this city, realize that their son was to be-
como one of the worlds leaders in the Ro-
man Catholic religion and Il possible suc-
cessor to the present pope.
Truly he is a self made man.
D. ALLEN WILEY.