The daily Alaskan., 1914-08-24

Plus X lJosepb Ne,calor smto
 was born OH June 2, LaS5. at RIcae
 a small village in tne province O
 Trcytso, Italy. Hla parents wcrD
 John D. sar,o and Margaret, nc,
 Sarsou. When the father die,
 youug, and Joseph as the oldest O
 seven children would have been eN
 pected to come to the assistance
 of the stricken houseHo,t, the mother would no. hear of iu. Lc
 him gon on studying for the priest
 hood, and God would help her lc . do her duty by the uaic oacs. Well might that son. whom ato lived tc see cardinal, dedicate on her death . iu 1891, the following touching cpl . tupu: ITO 3largarcL sarto, an cN- i empIary woman, a yirJuous wife.
 an iucompJrablo mother. Her cdi- l flying dcat- crowned a whole lie of labor and saur.ljc-."
 When through with his early studies, through the influence cl his parish priest ay wus sent to high school u tho ugascs. town, which meant a four miles walk every morning, four back home in the afternoon. ue lad undoubtedly abilities beyond tnc ordinary, but it is not these that made the man, it was rather tno ploddus energy
 and industrious perseverance, with which he used .as gil, chat God had given him. Accordingly w. find . him comiag to the top of the Iis1 . altcrwarL in the seminary, and Icad ing a class of lu,y-uluo in the last year ot p1ilosouatc studies.
 Raised to the priesthood on the |Iytb Sept ls5s. aa WAS sent to act as assistant parish priest in a country district where the poor peo- pie we're his principal carc. Then l came cholera epidemic, during which the young ,urure was ever on ! his feet passing the nights by the pillows ol the stricken, caring for the children, and more than once buryiug the dead waa his own . hands. lie even wgaJ the length of gtytag his linen and some Of Els uu- ] aerc,oyniua to ,us more needy. Alter utnc years O. such strenuous l@bor l he Was promoted Jo aa parish priest Of a town Q. about 1000 iu- l habttaugs. and his first act there was characteristic. He was iutorm- ed that his new Iar.sDioaers had made g. Da1.lc subscription with a view to giving him B. suitable wei come. he wrote e9re.t.a- them to bestow tu- money ou t0c poor. ] The schools were his first carc. At that time primary education was lot imnar,gu free. and to tac poor er classes this was no small oD- staclc. But Fr saJo managed to ] persuade tle teachers To receive several pupils gratis. whose parents 1 he knew were unable to pay the required ices: others he had eau- catgL at his own expense.
 As a bishop. Cardinal s@rto dis tiuguishcd himself by Aa5iooal gen- erostt7 to tho poor, the formation of the clergy in scminarics and the promotion of social works, especial ly the rural uarocaiat banks.
 Meanwhile. Leo XIII, having died the cardinal entered into coucl"ve and after several ballots. Sarto was elected on Aug. lru, 1908, by a vote of 55 out of a possible 60 l votes. Wien at each successive scrutiny the number of votes re- corded r5r him had parcepd1ly in- creased ne addressed his coF |Icagues sad begged those who de sired his election to change their minds. lie did not, he said, make l this request through humility or modcsay. but out of sheer seE-Iove No man. he explained can IiEc to Iear that either his contemporaries or posucrttr sl0.ld haVo reason to regard him and his work as failures This precisely would happen if he were elected. He had no cNper- fence and none of the qualities that make for success, and his vanity warned him to avoid au office that could bring him nothing but bur. | dcus. failure and shame
 Sarto's election, however, follow cd in quick order. Overwhelmed with grief and consseuauou, he yer much felt like declining accept, aucc. when at Cardinal Gib' lon.s advice. he recousidered the
 matter and reluctantly submitted to Gods will
 . In his first circular letter to the r,.,-r,rr+., --r,rT re announced thai