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REV. w. H. w. BOYLE.
House of Hope Presbyterian Church.

Of Leo XIII. as a private citizen of
Italy and priest of the Roman Catholic
church, can as a Presbyterian have all
the respect that his sincerity and ability
lentitle him to- Because of his skill as 2
leader in the church of which he was the
acknowledged head, Leo XIII. has been
a commanding figure during fifty years of
bility in 1870 caused the Protestant worl6
las little concern as have his frequent in
vita tions to Evangelical christianity, tc
come back to what he has been pleased
Ito call the mother church. Virtually a
Iprisoner, while laying claim to the pre-
lrogatives of temporal power and spiritual
theadship. it is freely acknowledged that
the propaganda headed by the pope has
been political as much as religious. i
Leo XIII. with saneness, scholarship and
la remarkable freedom from the spirit OF
intolerance which marked the attitude OF
not few of his predecessors, but no one
Iforgets that there is compulsion in the
Ispfrit of an age which has been character
lied by its love of liberty, its freedom
from traditionalism, and the activity of
tits scientific thought.
That one and all of the Romance na-
Itions are today listed with the decadent
traces, that France hurls defiance at the
Vatican in the expulsion of the assump-
Itionists and that Austria is in deferment
of a religious reformation, are surely facts
which must have brought anxiety to the
distinguished head of the Vatican in the
Iclosing days of his remarkably active
life.
The rallying place Of Christianity is the
cross and without respect to idiosyn-
IcraSy of sect or opinion we ought to
stand in Christianitys united forces for
the victory of the Redeemer's! kingdom.
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eye Of the traveller, though prettier
and more modest flowers abound.


eye Of the traveller. though prettier
and more modest flowers abound.
AS the train rounds the verge of the
Roman Campagna oH the side of the
Tuscan hills, the little towns stand out
brilliantly against the green vineyards
at their base; and over the broad plain
where at intervals Es5fni ruined watch
tower breaks the msnotony rise the
cities with ancient naHles and long his
torical records, such as Palestrina and
Labico and Segni. On the other side,
on the highest point of all stands the
two towers cutting the eastern sky, and
marking the situations of Rocca Priora.
the descendant of the ancient Rocca
Perjura, or swearing stone," where at
this boundary between two warning
states treaties were sworn and obliga-
tions and contracts made with all
solemnity. 4-,q
1t is at this station of Segni you first
become aware thas travelling in this
quarter is not much of luxury. The
royal post awaits you. The tiny omni-
bus that carries the Italian mail, and
drops postbags at the little towns that
lie between the Segni station and Car
pineto, is painted, in part, bright
green that contrasts with a dirty yell
low; the windows are coated with duz.:
1t is drawn by two hungry looking,
long tailed little horses, whose har-
Messing is an ingenious combination of
leather straps and ropes; as Richelieu
says of Lysander: Where the lions
skin fell short, he eked it out with the
fox's."
Two magnificent gendarmes accom-
panied the post on the morning when
six travellers entered the mean little
vehicle with the ponlpous title, "Regie
Poste-Royal Posts" The carabineers,
each carrying a rifle, a revolver and a
cartouche box, and looking like a de-
cayed marshal of the first empire dis
posed of themselves, one in the omnf-
bus, the other beside the driver and
then the rickety vehicle began its up
ward climb in narrow valley lying
between the hills.
1t is not easy for an outsider to ap-
preciate the sense of, safety generated
in the minds of the. travellers by the
presence of such doughty warriors as
those earbineers. That feeling is coun-
terbalanced by the state of things in
this part of the country that their
presence so insistenf1y suggests.
Road Is Beautiful; but Lonely.
1t is lonely road;;f 20 house is to be
seen along the way and an hour may
pass before you meet human being.
The road, however his beautiful; the
hawthorn and brier hedges are brilliant
with flowers, and The view over the
plain beyond wideAs as the post car
ascends higher. Here, on the right, the
housetops of SegnEy stand out on the
highest ridge of the bill; and one has
some difficulty in associating this
strange town with anything great. Yet
Segni is renowneds in the history of
ancient times, and in later centuries, it
is known as the city in which the pope
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picturesque fashion, while the soil fur
nishes wheat under the shadow of the
vines; thus bread and wine, the neceS-
saries of life in this land, are supplied
by the same field.
Here, in the midst of this fair coun
try, rises the villa of the Pecci family
"a two stored building, with high
"loggia'' or balcony on it's roof the three
arches of which look toward Carpin-
eto. Only one half of the house is
built, the other half, which was to face
toward Monelanico, after about two
centuries, is still unbuilt. Now we feel
that we are in the land of the pope.
Here in the grounds of this casino,
or villa of the Peccis, the young stu
dent, who was afterwards to reach the
highest LoSition in the church. passed
his vacations. An old and withered
chestnut tree which stands here is
still pointed out as his tree, and under
its shadow he read over and over again
until his mind was penetrated with
them, the SonorouS verses of his IA
vorite authors, Virgil and Horace. The
influence of the studies he made here
may be recognized in the Latin poems
he composed afterward.
Village on Narrow, Double Hill.
Now, in the distance where the hills
open, glimpse Is given to us of the
little place. half village, half town"
as Boyer d'Agen terms it, where one.
of the greatest figures in the history of
the world during the latter part of the
nineteenth century and the early part
of the twentieth century was born, over
ninety-three years ago. 1t sits upon a
narrow, double hill that rises above a
valley surrounded by high mountains
so high that in winter the sunshine is
shut out from it three hours before
sundown, and the Carpinetans in the
old shadow look up at the sun gilded
SUBMITS of the mountains.
The picturesqueness of it's appear
ance as seen from the road is fascinat-
ing; but a nearer acquaintance does
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of the period, Alexander Ill, canonized
the then recently murdered Thomas
a'Becket, archbishop of Canterbury.
Far off on the opposite side of the
valley the town of Gavignano sits upon
the highest point of the hill, and its
modern cemetery, with its mortuary
chapel, catches the eye as the most i'm
portant construction of the place.
Friends who wandered into this silent
city on the hilltop found that it pos
sessed neither a hotel nor trateria,
the simple Italian substitute for a
hotel They finally managed to get
bread, wine and ham, but no two of
these were found in the same house :
Here a group of peasants was met,
the women astride On donkeys, the men
and boys walking. A waterless river
bed, the pebbles in which are white in
the bright sunshine, indicate that the
summer has begun.
Montelanico, poor little town with
a large public square, in the middle of
which rises a fountain adorned with
excellent bronze statues of Ernesto
Blondi, is, as we pass through it, the
scene of a schoolboy's funeral. The
school fellows of the dead little one
were all grouped in the shadow oppo-
site the house of mourning, while two
men in white robes carried a bier on
which the tiny coffin was placed, and
with it's little burden borne to its last
resting place.
A group of women with copper water
vessels-the "conca" of this country
were around the artistic fountain, the
sculptor of which has since attained
fame by the great bronze group of his
"Saturnalia," which was so conspicu-
Gus a feature in the Italian department
of the late Paris exposition.
And now, with fresh horses, we enter
upon a magnificent wooded valley.
| Great oaks and chestnuts throw their
shadows over the road; the land be-
| meath is given up to vines that hang
in garIands fom tree to tree in most
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TO evoke in all lands the most striking
manifestations of reverence and respect
Leo Kill is dead In his death this
world has lost a profound scholar, dis
tinguished statesman, lover and protec-
tor of right and justice; has lost one
whose power for the ameliora ton OF So
ciety has been exercised with such con-
summate skill and earnestness as to be
felt everywhere and to gain for him uni
versal admiration. Hence his death is
deplored by all, without distinction OF ma
olics the loss is greater. and consequently
still more keenly felt In Leo Kill, be
sides the scholar. the statesman, tne PM,
lanthropist. we have lost our spiritual
father. the supreme pastor OF our churcn.
him who during his long .pontificate mas
watched with incessant solicltude Tor our
spiritual welfare and has spared no labor
to proclaim farther and wider the king
dom of his divine master. His reign re-
calls to our minds the brightest of papacy
His noble figure has earned one OF the
most glorious places in history.
while we bow reverently before the
mortal remains of our august pontfff- and
has caused to the church. let public and
private prayers be raised to Heaven in
every diocese and in every parish of the
eternal repose of that noble soul. AS to
the. public prayers your lordship may pre-
scribe such suffrages as your p1ety may
inspire With sentiments of highest es-
TEEN and profound respect, l beg leave
to remain. your devoted servant in Christ
ID. Falconi. Archbishop of Larysa, Del
egate Apostolic"
NJ Falconi requested that this ad-
dress to bishops be accepted as his
statement concerning the death of the
pope. He repeatedly expressed in con-
versation his deep personal regret over
the death of the pope.
The bishops of the Catholic church
will celebrate pontifical mass for the
repose of the soul of the pope in the
cathedral of their respective dioceses.
and funeral masses will be said in all
Catholic churches. After the inter
ment of the pope prayers will be held
in the Catholic churches asking that
divine guidance may attend the labors
of the consistory in their selection of
successor to Leo XIII.
A solemn pontifical requiem for Leo
XIII will be celebrated by the apos-
tolic delegate, M. Falconi, at st. Mary's
on Wednesday. July %, at $50 o'clock
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Leo the bells of the cathedral were
solemnly tolled Bishop Donohuess OF
Wheeling, will preach the sermon the
day of the funeral, when there will be
solemn high mass and elaborate serV-5
ices.
NEW YORK, July 20.-The flags on
the city hall and other city bulloings
were placed at half-mast by order OF
Mayor Low as soon as the death OF
the pope was announced
MONTEREY, Mexico, July 2O.-The
news of the death of Pope Leo Kill
was received here with great sorrow.
Archbishop Santiago Zambrano was
greatly affected, and Immediately or
dered masses for the repose of the soul
&c the beloved father. The cathedral
bells will be run continually for twen-
ty-four hours Flags over all the public
buildings and foreign consulates were
placed at half-maSt.
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JOHN MAYHEM FULTON.
Central Presbyterian Church.

With the passing of Leo XIII. one of the
most conspicuous personages of the last
thought and action. OF Leo, the pope, 1
have the same opinion now that he is
dead that l have had of him during his
certain religious principles too sac
redly to recognize. any man as the vicar
of Jesus, Christ. and many of the claims
of Leo the pope we forever repudiate.
Roman pontiffs, he is the best pope the
world has had in more than a thousand
years. AS a man he has lived according
to his convictions. and his life has been
he has been farsighted, wise, polite, max
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REV. J. J. LAWLER.
ST. Paul Cathedral.

Leo XIII, great scholar, a great
statesman, a great churchman, is dead.
His encyclicals, his timely letters on the
mighty questions which form the founda-
tfon of the social edifice. are monuments
to his scholarship, as well as to his deep
love for humanity.
His policy, his method of dealing with
the different nations, proclaims the wis
Gom of his craftsmanship.
In view of his noble, disinterested la
bors for God and fellow man history will
yet write his name side by side with the
most illustrious pontiffs of the ages.
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AMBROSE McNULTY.
ST. Luke's Catholic Church.

Not until time has drawn plainly lines
of perspective can the sketch of mans
life be drawn with any SHOW OF accuracy
or completeness. If this be true In the
true of so unique figure in the world
as the pope. Holding apesitlon Wltnou1
"a parallel among men 1sguiding vast and
varied activities in all narts of the world,
able extent and TEMPORAL influence OF
almost equal degree% the head of the
Catholic church possesses such soppor-
tunities and responsibilities as make it a
difficult task to judge how far he sue
ceeded in realizing all that fell within the
range of his power.
In the case of Leo XIII. the verdict to-
is that ace ne Of he 70
his m marvellous life whensa few days ago
he declared: Il have done the best
He labored for the wholes family OF
mankind; for Catholics everywhere nat
|urally in virtue of his office; for non
Catholics everywhere in obedience to the
commands of his heart. In his mono
graph on the pope Justin Mccarthy says:
Leo loved the working people and the
poor, and strove increasingly with all ms
poWer to tighten their burdens to bright
en their lives ~
One might say much onswhat Leo did
for science, founding schools, universities
and encouraging scholarship; for social
of his sympathy; and for the political adj
vancement of mankind s4ay his advocacy
|of, popular government aItd his AInceaslng
labors for peace among thenations,
When Leo ascenqed the$ papal throne
lit seemed that the power OF the papacy
had almost departed; when Leo8g1aid
down the burden of life the papacy had
prestige as great as Ihat
Christian Europe acknowledged the SUI
premacy of the Roman pont1f
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cial announcement of the death of Pope
Leo XIII. was received by Archbishop
Ryan at 5 p m. At p. m. the De Pro-
funds bell in the cathedral was tolled
for five minutes. The official notifica-
ton of the pope's death and instruc-
tions to the clergy in the arch diocese
will go out tomorrow. Some Of the
church edif1ces have already been
draped in black and the papal colors,
yellow and white, are being displayed
from many of the parochial residences.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 20.-On re-
ceipt of the news of the death of Pope
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LEo's EULoGIsTs FORGET sECTARIAN LINES.

Leo XIII. was one of the wise and
great among men; like Gladstone, he
leader among men. He was to the Roman
Catholic world what Victoria was to
England-in all her wide domain dearly
and sincerely beloved.
He was a man of deep piety and learn
ing, and possibly the most liberal and
far-sighted of all the Roman pontiffs Ger
tainly of those of modern times. His
policy was not of war and bitterness
against those of other faiths, but rather
of conciliation.
His death is certainly a very great loss
to the Roman Catholic church, and in
sense, like the deaths of all great men,
the world at large.
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Pontifco' until a successor is elected,
and requests that churches be draped
for thirty days.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 20.-Mass-
es for the repose of the soul of Pope
Leo will be celebrated at the cathedral
and in the other Catholic churches
each morning until the day of the fu-
neral and on that day requiem high
mass will be said in the cathedral.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 20.-Ofi-
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.LEO'S BIRTHPLACE
At cARRIb[TO is
SELDOM VISITED
Native vilsagetis Buried Far
Away in Tuscan Hills, Where
Tourists Care Not to Travel
on Account of Remoteness.

The native place of His Holiness Leo
Kill, famous as he is in the history Oh
the present generation, is not mucn
visited by the tourist, as even by the
dweller in this country. Carplneto, the
town of his birth. is little known, at
least to English speaking people. The
Murray and Baedeker guide DOCKS
make no mention of it, and even the
great index to the Encyclopedia Brl-
tannica, of which SO much has peen
said, does not give it, though the name
of Carpineto, as the birthplace OF
Leo Kill, is mentioned in the biograph-
ical notice of him given in tfHt work
The journey from Rome to Carpineto,
though long and wearisome, is full OF
interest, especially in the fair month
of May. The railroad route in the
bright light of the morning is fase1-
natingly attractive Along the way the
insolent flaming poppy wags it's light.
head, and it's color at once takes the
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BEARING CALM AND BRAVE.
Mayor Low, of New York, Speaks of
the FraternaI Sympathy.

NEW YORK, July 20.-Mayor Low
late today issued the following letter
regarding the death of Pope Leo:
"The death of the pope will bring
sorrow to many hundred thousands of
the citizens of New York, and those
whom it does not directly affect will
respond with fraternal sympathy for
their fellow citizens, who feel his
death as personal loss. Everyone
must have been moved by his calm
and brave bearing in the presence OF
approaching death. 1t is too early to
attempt to consider Leo Kills place
in history, but one may safely say
that he filed the great position with
dignity and authority and as one who
has understood thoroughly the move
ments of his time"
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than his exalted character has COM
manded the respect of all Christen-
dom. The president said that in utter
ing these sentiments he was giving
expression to the feeling of all the peo-
pie in the United States, wholly with
outsregard to their religious faiths"
WASHINGTON, D. c. July 20
The state department sent the follow
ing cablegram to Cardinal Rampolla:
The president desires me to express
his profound sense of the loss which the
Christian world has sustained in the
death of his holiness, Leo XIII. By his
lofty character, his great learning and
his comprehensive charity he adorned his
exalted station and made his reign one
of the most illustrious as it has been one
of the longest in the history of the Cath
olic church.
John Hay"
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the death of Pope Leo. At his home
on Sycamore hill. on being informed of
the demise of the venerable head of
the Catholic church, he dictated the
following:
1.-The president expressed his pro-
found regret at the death of the vener-
able pontiff. whose long career no less
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REV. BENJAMIN LONGLEY.
Central Park M. e. Church.

Under the limitations imposed upon the
papacy by the national and historical
evolutions of the last half century his op
portunities for self manifestation were
fewer than those of his predecessors.
Estimated with that fact in view, he was
neither the least or the greatest, the best
or the worst of the popes. A scholarly
man. a good diplomatist, a man of firm,
yet gentle spirit, his one chief service to
his church and to the world has been-the
of the spiritual side of things
as against a goddess secularity.
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the clergy of his diocese in respect to
observances in consequence Of the
death of Pope Leo Kill He directs the
tolling of church bells at noon for nine
days Immediately after the "Angelus, :
a requiem high mass in each church,
pontifical high mass in the cathedral
July %, prayers PRO Eligendo Summo
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not confirm that promise. To the right
the frowning Monte Capreo, with the
tall cross on it's summit, is only sur
passed in height by Monte Semprevisa,
5040 feet above the level of the sea.
The mountains that Leo XIII. still
loves surround his natal home, and,
while they protect, overshadow it.
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H. v. eIVLER.
First Methodist Church.

The pontifcate of Leo XIII. marks an
era of better understanding in the
Christian world than any former period
of similar character.
Leo was a man of kindly disposition,
who noted every public movement in the
world with keenast interest.
and progressive as Leo, the
church he represents will be most for
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REV. DIR. JOHN WRIGHT.
ST. PauPs Episcopal Church.

Pope Leo XIII was one of the most en-
lightened men of the century in which he
was such a conspicuous figure. By his
genial spirit and exalted character he
brought the whole Christian world into
sympathy with him. The action of the
Presby terians in abolishing the dogma
that the pope was the anti-Christ was
due largely to the influence of Leos per-
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At the Ball Game.

Enthusiast Good! Good! They can't hit
himi
The Fair One-Hit who?
Enthusiastically, the pitcher, of
course!
The Fair One-Well, 1 don't see why
they should want to hit him! He has
conducted himself in very gentlemanly
I'm sure.
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BISHOP ROCKER,
Washington.

What is there to say? The
pope is dead. The church boasts
of long line of illustrious
pontiffs. Leo XIII viii ever stand
in their foremost rank. His
reign has been a wonderful one.
He assumed the pontificate at a
most critical moment. He hands
it to his successor without
single loss and with great gain.
He has held the most terrible
stewardship that can be en-
trusted to a human being. He
has stood for more than a quar-
ter of century before the world
as the vicar of the Savior of
mankind. He has finished a
great work. He lays down an
enormous burden. He must
have found his supreme joy
when he hear his Master say:
Well done, good and faithful
servant; enter into the joy of
the Lord"
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REV. ALEXANDER McGREGoR.
Park Congregational Church.

1 have ever regarded Leo XIII. as
unique character His encyclicals have
shown keen Intellect, a broad statesman
ship, mingled with kindly. sympathetic
spirit and broad humanitarianism; and
these powers have been undiminished in
his later years.
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ling few mistakes, and always alert to the
of his church. Broad-minded as states
man, fair and just as an arbiter of ma
tional and interna tional difficulties, he
has won for himself a distinguished place
in the worlds heart and thought. The
world is the better for Leo's having lived
in IL
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REV. A. j. D. HAUPT.
Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Though differing widely from our
lCatholic neighbors on some of the essen
tial doctrines of faith and life, we are
ever ready to give honor to whom honor
lis due.
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Estimates and opinions of the char
acter and work of Pope Leo were OBJ
tained yesterday from a number of
local clergymen, representing various
creeds and denominations. They, are
as follows:
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BISHOP o'GoRMAN,
Sioux Falls.

, ITO the 25O,oOO,O00 of Catho-
lies in the world, he was the
spiritual ruler, the head of the
church that is to them more
) precious and dearer than aught
else on earth. To this world
wide flock he has been a faith
full, ever-watching, supremely-
loving shepherd, whose voice they
) knew, whose step they followed
} in secure and affectionate conf
dence, believing him to be the
vice regent on earth of their
one Lord and Master, Christ
) Jesus. In no country has his
) spiritual activity been more
conspicuous than in the United
States, and to no other country
has he given greater and more
frequent proofs of his admira-
ton and love. Time and again
he has taken occasion to praise
the activity and growth of the
church in the United States,
and has emphatically stated
) that this activity and growth
were due in great part to the
liberty which our constitution
secured to the church in this
country, free of many fetters
that impede her action in other
lands"
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A BURGLAR,

Miss Caudle-Wake up jeremiah. 1 do
believe there's man in the room.
Caudle-Yes, dear, and he's trying his
best to get few winks of sleep. Good
night.