Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08

Gregory XIII, 1872, abolished the caien-
dar Of Julius Caesar and framed new one,
which has been adopted by all nations save
Russia. Upon hearing OF the massacre Of
st. Bartholomew, Gregory ordered iub-
lee.
The most dramatic character among popes
was SIxtus ", 1885. He rose from the hum
blest walks of life to be one OF the greatest
Of rulers and statesmen. Under the mask
Of pious simplicity, feigning feeble old age
ne deceived the cardinals, who thought him
one to be easily managed. His election as
sured, be threw down the staff on which be
bad leaned, assumed the dignity and i'm
periousness which never forsook him in his
short pontificate Of five years A monu-
ment OF his greatness was the building Of the
aqueduet, 22 miles long. He compared him
self to Moses, whose statue be raised,
fetching water from the rock by the potent
touch Of his staff lie raised the obelisk in
front Of st. Peters, feat thought to be i'm
possible. There was the penalty Of death
tor anyone VINO spoke during the process
When the vast thing swayed and seemed
about to fall, voice rang from out the
crowd, wet the ropes" The obelisk was
saved; for once Sixtus revoked his word
He founded the vatican library and crowned
st. Peters with its noble dome. He despised
Philip H., yet contributed to equip his Ar
NADIA He~admired Elizabeth Of England
and Henry Of Navarro, but for policy's sake
accommodated both. In his humorous
way, he would talk Of mating with Eliza
beth as the only woman who equaled him in
greatness, saying, "What match II would
be. He was the last pope kings have had
TO fear. People, hating him, marveled at
MS glory-said he had made contract with
the devil, by whose aid be had risen step by
step, and that the stipulated period having
expired, his soul had been carried away in
tempest
Clement VIII, 1891, absolved Henry Of
Navarro, consented to his divorce from
Marguerite. In defiance of the pope, Henry
issued the Edict Of Nantes.
In the pontificate of Urban VIII, 1853,
Calico was confined in the prisons of the in
QUESTION for declaring the earth moved
round the sun. To save himself from tor
ture, upon his Bonded knees, before ignor-
ant monks, his hand upon the Bible, he re-
nounced his theory He rose, indignant
with himself, stamped his foot and ex-
claimed, And yet ii does move, which con.
demned him to dungeons for another three
years.
In the pontificate Of Innocent X, 1914,
Louis NV. was persuaded to revoke the
Edict Of Nantes.
Under great pressure from the soveregns
of Europe Clement XIV 1860, abolished the
order of the Jesuts. From that time he
ied life of anxiety, fear and repentance.
His strength failed 81 am going into eter-
nifty he said, land l know the cause"
The greatest work of Plus VI, l775, was
the draining of the Pontine marshes. He
had the modification to witness the abso.
lutte decay of the holy see. He lost Avignon,
was deprived Of all authority in Rome-by
the order OF Napoleon was taken to France
as a prisoner, where he died
Plus VII. in 1900, was elected pope by
French influence, Napoleon astonishing the
world by saying, Society without religion
is like ship without compass" Plus re-
stored the Jesuts. Hoping to save the
wreck of papal power he reluctantly con-
scented to 20 to Paris to crown Napoleon.
who crowned himself and treated the pope
with little respect. When Napoleon donned
the iron crown at Milan, Plus refused 10
be present. He refused to recognize Joseph
Bonaparte as king of Naples and to shut ais
ports against English ships, and even threat.
ened to eXcommunicate Napoleon himself
On refusing to renounce all claims to tenn
poral power he was taken prisoner. carried
to France and confined in Fontainebleaa
After Waterloo, he was released and tls
papal territories in Italy restored.
Plus TX. 1916, began his pontifcate by
releasing all political prisoners He pro-
claimed papal infallibility dogma of the
church Under Victor Emmanuel the states
of the church were annexed to the kingdom
Of Italy and the temporal power of the pope
ceased to exist.