The Irish standard., 1903-08-01


the world Long before he achieved
his reputation as Il scholar. his mother
had trained him above all things to
seek from God the powers necessary
to do Gods work. He loved the an
cient classics, and he is said to have
written Latin as beautifully as Cicero.
His hours of recreation We're spent in
the study of those great masters. and
lie loved to talk with scholars about
them. lie performed IL great service
! to the world i'll throwing open to the
researches of scholars the ancient
manuscripts of the vatican library. He
took the greatest interest in education-
al institutions, many of which he
founded during his twenty-five years
reign. 1t was one of the Joyous
thoughts of his life that he founded
the Catholic university of America.
He WAS deeply Interested in astron-
omy. and i'll the work of mapping the
heavens, to which he personally gave
+; financial aid. In short, he was pat
tern to the great scholars of the world.
AS statesman. also. he shone con-
Spicuously among the great lights of
history. 1t has been said that the
nineteenth century contained only two
really great men, Napoleon at it's be-
| ginning and Leo at its ending. When
he succeeded Plus l y he found Il sea
of trouble between Italy and the
church. Plus IN had practically be-
| come Il prisoner in the vatican. strip
| ped of his possessions. and the churcl.
WAS being reviled all over Italy by ri
| bald rhymes. cartoons and posters
Out of this chaos he brought peace
| and harmony. and taught his enemies
| to love him. for his charity was UNI
bounded and carried all before it.
Germany had oppressed Plus n bit
terly. and BiSnarck'S VOW to destroy
the power of the pope was Lco's heri-
ta=r. lie brought about unity. TIL
umphing against Bismarck, who con-
feSSrd the futilty of fighting Il power
that was ever to be. TO show how
completely was he victorious. Bis
marci later selected him us arbiter in
the dispute between Spain and Ger
many, expressing the greatest con-
tidencc in him. Leo brought great
strength to His church in all parts of
the world. even where weakness had
been shown before. He was rccOg-
niZcd us one of the greatest tatesmcn
of Europe. and he imtcrposed success
fully with the ear of Russia in be-
half of the prosecuted Poles. He al
ways advised peace and deplored great
;lrmalnrntS. He destroyed brigandagc
in parts of Italy. and gave the people
GOOD roads and lower taxes. His char
artcr was shown i'm his love of truth
ana Justice in Il thousand Ways AS
Il ruler of the Catholic church and tho
spiritual head of :n0mO,O 600 of people,
he showed the dangers of annrchsln
and fought against the divorce evil.
which WAS striking at the sanctity of
family relations. lie successfully
fought the tendency to hcrcsy and
brought millions back to the fold. His
non-Cath"lcs closer together. and did
much toward wipin@ out the ancient
Protestant belief that he who sits in
Peters chair is anti-Christ. We have
reason to thank God for the life OF
Leo Nil aud his wisdom and saga
city. ami W" pray that God may give
lis in his place as Wise II man" At
the church of st. Jean de BaptiStc
lFrcnch'. Rev. Father -. Outlet. o. NJ.
L.. the pastor. celebrated mass at the
same hour. At high mass yesterday
Father Outlet delivered thoughtful
culogy on the dead pope. At the
Church Of st. anthony de Padlla
(Grlmam, the pastor, Rev. Father
Francis KoSlncrI, celebrated mass aud
spoke fccliugly of the late pope. At
st. Clements church. in the Yves: End,
st. James in West Duluth. and in the
Polish churches. services of Il similar
nature were held.
The annual picnic of Division No l,
\. O. H.. joined hy the ladies' auxil-
larry OF the order. was held Wednes-
day ut Lincoln Park. and was a most
successful one. 1t WAS an ideal day
for the outing ana there was a large
crowd present. From early morning
the members. their families and
friends. tlrongcd the park and every
one enjoyed himself to his hearts con-
tent. There was fun of all kinds to
amrSc all. In the afternoon the atll-
lctic events took place and the follow
ing WAS the result of the contests:
One hundred yard dash. free for all
First prize. Charles Bennett; second
prize. III. Webb. One hundred ward
dash. for members Only-First prize,
Walter Doughcrty: second prize. Pat
rick O'Toolc. Running broad jump,
free for all-FirSt prize. Charles Ben
nett; second prize. j.. Coughlan. Put
ting fourteer-pound shot-FirSt prize,
f.. COughlan: second prize. j. Burke.
Running hop skip and iump-First
prize. j. O'Brirn: second. Il. Coughan
Standing broad jump, for members
only-First prize. A. j. Beers. second
William Mcl;raw. rug-of-wnr. be-