The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-07-30

the third bsalfoting he begged the CARDINALS
to drop his name. and choose one; more wor-
thy. The third balloting began-44 votes
were recorded against his name. He rose
declaring his unworthiness. 81 am old, I am
feeble. Il T shall soon. end my days; it is not,
the papacy, it is death that should be given
me.a Finally he bowed to what his brother
cardinals: declared to.ibe the Divine will
and gave Leo; XIII. for his pontiical name.
trembled at the threshold of this I'M
known glory, where he must be solitary, SO
high above those who were nearest to him.
The. hour was very bitter, There was not q
stain upon his name. In statecraft he ranked
with Gladstone and Bismarek-when they
passed away, b. fstopd alone as the greatest
statesman in Europe. BY his uniform, +
steady lineiof'achonj his aims were attended
by! remarkable; success. Leo's ,beneyolence,
his !selfrdenial surpassed even his zeal and
worldly wisdom. To /" aid the poor he
stockedaall the streams he could control
With fish, The fruits of his gardens he or
dered to be preserved and dealt out to the
needy.G$ fs!itt1 Ell tI&.h SaEi 3 Sft rs! ~;
tiAslate empress Icrayed an audience with
himeT77hhad. the poor, taste to denounce- Ger
tain doctrines Of the church. Leo listened:
with ;gentls courtesy!@0n leaving, she was
bold, enough toeask for his photograph and
request that he would write something be.
meath it! "Eeo KITE, to those'who walk in
darkness and will not see Light was what
she read.
The, war between Spain and the4United
States gave Leo infinite distress. He was,
20, torn between the appeals. of his people
in Spain and the reliance his loyal following
in the United States placed upon hisFup-;
holding the righteous end. of the cause that
il was feared he, could, not bear the strain.
4 The queen of Holland appealed to L4eoHto.
use his influence to end the South African.
war. lHezdec1ared no war, had caused such,
.b~itternesslof spirit17a, war, that was. inspired.
neither by ideals of civilization nor by Just
national tintefestJLbut ,hu1nbly added,I Il,
can do nothing but pray for the lead" az {
His life was regular and simple. He rose
at siS-7rather his valet called him at six,
but often found him at his idesk.lf1t isleti+
quette that a.popey eat, alone, which he did
with all the hurry Of a business. man. AT
eight he entered upon the business of the
day.with one;of the cardinals, T%hatlover, he
walked in the vatican gardens, which he
supervised. A,gardener, whom he 'cens1red
for raising poor ivy, exclaimed: "His holt
ness can teachieHeryene, from his, cardinals
down."
After his walk he would return to his re-
ception room and receive. all:entitlcd tocan
audience. Receiving, a}pope remains seat
ed-the visitor makes three bows, one on en-
tering, one in the middle 81 the; room, one
when kissing the pope's slipper--audience
over, he backs from the room. II Leo re-
ceived an American he directed he should
act as if he were beingireceived by the presi-
dent of the, UnitedsStates. Hedined lightly
in. the middle Of the day, committing, but
one excess. When he could e1ude.. the eyes
of. his doctors he would eat salad, Once
when made i'll by this indulgence he hum
bly, confessed he had eaten Of the forbidden
thing After dinner he INDUCED. in. the
%siesta, so dear to Italians, then drove in the
gardens, attended by members of the Swisa
and royal guards" Afterthe drive he again
began work with his secretary, At 10 he
took his evening meal. After supper and
prayers, all Of interest in the newspapers
was read to him.. He loved the news and
kept posted or, all the political events
throughout the world. There was nothing
in science, literature; art OF philanthropy
with which he was not familiar. He sat up
late writing verses or concocting those won.
derful productions he sent out to the world;
often would rouse his secretary in the mid.
die Of the night to take notes, He had none
of; the English dread Of American inven.
itions, but wanted everything about him up.
to-date,; even to housekeeping, which never
occurred to any other pope. He employed
an army Of scrubbers,, and, as he had l,l0O
rooms, it was afwork of time, but ittwas
done with the thoroughness Of New Eng,
land housewife. He did not seorn d type.
writer, but thought it undigni6ed for him
to use one. WI laa 4t.i4 q: <t!n!iYg {
His manner and his person, his mind and
his speech were peculiar, like none round
him. His disposition was serene-his faith
sublime. He had a strong sense of humor
and a vein Of sarcasm. Aroyal ladypainted
his portrait-it was such an atrocious carica.
ture it amused him.. She asked him to afix