The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24

to,VVu IRE Vs5,UU9, The offeri,a more tbas
anonymous everywhere. Coiieeols free pS
take place twice every year in I tt ol,
on some occasions a supplema,n. az chuschss
comes to the pope-as. for into OF ~revepns
LIST OF January, when he ofic;.aa,hc,e On os
was called his Golden Mass n"tteaa at What
more than s6o0, 900 in fees, lie receirS
Leo as "a Writer.
rope Leo AIIl wrote a ,,o
ing his life, mostly Italian and Deal dun
When he desired to write, ba latin Verse
himself up in his room and s,t vs. to loE
disturb him. His abstraction' Wv no One to
that he used to wipe his pen Us SO great
OF his white soutane, and his fa;!% Iaesleeye
servant, Contra, lived in morbia avulal bod,
his master should be seen in pt%,s:efforls e.
state, and on days of audience ms spott1
examined him, ready to inyest PERSONALLY
essary, in Il clean robe, "hl' ii nee.
Much of his verse was of co,n
in its character, though not ali religious
it is Virgilian, being sauye. elar - rhythm
easy, smooth phrasing. His an;5alt anda
poems," writes one familiar III g;tIiIamtnatc
tif's writings, 'tare light, lively we pom
where they ought. but thew bar ana strike
soned barbs. not p.
S.ee nas This Subiect.
youth < one day for an audienoa. A
avowed that his life had been . na and
virtue The holy father advised him ,'ss lo'
tlre TO a conven for some time and f. re
defile it. 'hat could
This is a prose rendering If
wrote: 'Florus, my child, a fnrio mnat he
burns you; a foul plague softens ron FEVER
and your soul. You have been , s oody
and without shame, of an Internal Gang,
sonous cup. 1t is the cup of Circs pJ y.
evokes in your mind images of ani, IL
bestlallty. If you care to be saved, fv frosa
the sirens song and from the inhosnitsbb1Ia
shore. Take good courage and fight t0mOa
tation while fleeing from it. If YOU do Cup up
will fight for you and look on Won WIZ
favorable eye. Already the hideous sarnou.
full of rage at the prospect of defeat. nl,, pnn'
into the black waters of the Stvx, MnrsSs
my son, be saved" N'
Stories of Leo XIII,
Joachim Pecci was of a most i'm nros.;.
presence, ever when a young man and 90;
his old age, when pope, he seems tn h.ul
been positively awe inspiring. Most ,aaa
ers will remember the reports of the moa.
ing of the pontiff and the young emnaro,
of Germany a few years ago. The Tenton;,
monarch, who had never before bssn
abashed, SO far as the records 90. wac oa
timid as a schoolboy before the serpna
white haired old man, who, though his rnla
was entirely spiritual, was the acknoul
edged head Of the greatest division of tho
Christian church. His personal anna,
ance is thus described by one to whom mn
audience was accorded in 1892:
He was tall and slender to attennation
His visage was an almost 1eshless masl
his complexion of a waxy pallor, but bis
eyes were clear and luminous. He wonld
be ascetic of look under one aspect and
p~enetratingly keen under another. but the
general one was of sweetness and kindli.
ness. Judging from his face and general
appearance, the first impression given nv
him was that of a man largely endowed
with common sense. The full, broad brow
likewise indicated a brilliant intellect, and
the passing smile which occasionally fitted
across a c~ountenance worn as if with much
care spoke rather of melancholy than Of
mirth."
At an audience described by an American
who was present all fell upon their knees
when the pope came in, but at a sign from
one of the monsignores, who acted as cham.
berlain, all resumed their places. With me
chanical air b pontiff, after bowling, began
talking with the nan who sat nearest the
door. Individual intuitions were followed
as to etiquette by all present. When the
pope gave his hand, some raised it to ths
forehead and others to the lips; Others, fall
ing on their knees, kissed the cross on ths
pontifT's foot. One man shook the pope.
hand heartily.
There was no talking except between thu
pope and those to whom he found time tt
give attention. No one was passed entirel,
unnoticed, and in one case in which a poo
woma cried with a sob in her voice, '(
holy father, give your blessing to our SON.
Leo's eyes were suffused with tears, and h
bent over her and talked for some tint
One woman tried hard to impress him witt
her W Importance by declaring that tn
cardinal in her town was IA great friend 0
hers. When the round of the room ha'
been completed, the pope stepped into tn
center of the apartment, and making tn
sign of the cross in the air CAV the apo:
tolic blessing and retired. The audienc
wac at IN end.
Leo was often annoyed by anony1nou
communications, and it was his custom t
give to them as little attention rs possible
On one occasion, shortly after he was mad
pope, he received one in which severe crit
cisms were passed upon the papal bod!
guard of mobiles. He had not read MOI
than half a dozen lines when, calling to til
officer on duty, he handed the letter to hin
saying: II have not read it through. Perus
it if you like and then throw it in the ire.
Great alike in great things and small, tt
late pontiff had the royal faculty of forge
ting neither persons nor things. In lSS7a
the old pupils of the Convent of the Sacre
Heart at Belgium, to whom he had distrl
uted prizes in ls43, when he was papal nuI
clio at Brussels, united in sending him a
address. CHANGING V the signatures,
recognized the name of n who, when
girl at the conven school, had won Il
ribbon of honor" a very rare distinctlo
At once he made inquiries about her LAT
life and sent her a kind message recalll
her school days and her reception OF II
ribbon of honor.