The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-28

alone in his study reading the days
reports and deciding cases upon which
only the pope could act: ate a light
supper and retired for the night. His
apartments were practically policed
by the Swiss guard. which had strict
orders to let none approach the cham
Der,
Rumors as to Pope's Health.
Rumors regarding the pope's health
were circulated at frequent intervals.
Some said the holy father suffered
from govt and others that his heart
was affected. But Pope Plus X. so
far as the public knew. had never been
dangerously sick until his fatal illness.
When he read that he was expected
to live to be pope not more than nine
years he is said to have remarked.
''This time I am going to d~isappoint
them"
When he had been pope seven years
he had become stouter than he was
when patriarch of Venice. but this
might have been due to the more
phlegmatic life he was obliged to lead.
On Aug. 4. 1906, the third anniversary
Of his elevation. there had been two
momentous questions to absorb the at
tention of Pope Pius--the separation
Of the church and state of France and
the attempt Of the pontifcate to es-
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with the government of Italy. On the
fiftieth anniversary Of his first mass
emperors. kings and republics lavished
gifts upon the holy father. Women Of
the United Kingdom sent 1852 chalices
to Rome. Pope Plus named a commits
sion to revise the Latin Bible, and in
January. 1909. it was said this task
would take eight or ten years. In Au-
gust. 1909. the pope criticised an ad-
dress of DR.. Charles w. Eliot at Rar-
wards summer school on the Rel
gion of the Future" DR.. Eliot had said
the new religion would not be based
upon authority, spiritual or temporal.
and would admit no sacraments ex-
cept natural. hallowed customs"
Plus K. having no family coat Of
arms. adopted part of those Of two
bishops of Treviso, his friends. and
preserved his arms as patriarch Of
Venice. His escutcheon or shield was
oval. and the crest, which was exclu-
sively his. consisted of q tiara with
fanons or flaps and st. Peters keys in
satire above the chief. 1T was nei-
ther an imperious nor strictly ~ecclesi-
astical pope | represented on canvas"
said a painter for whom Pope Plus
onc sat. but rather an i~ndulgent,
plying and deeply religious pope"
A London photographer who had
been asked to Rome to take the pope's
likeness asked the ponti1 to place
himself in the attitude of pronouncing
q blessing and later said: "A marvel
q change came over him. The man
vanished. and the pope, the great
father of his people, appeared. His
face wore q look of wonderful love
and power. ! never could have be-
lieved that any human being could BE-
come so instantly transformed"
A graphologist said Of the p0pe's
handwriting: THE large. round letters.
substantial, grave. elegant and bar-
monious, pointed to an artistic imagt-
nation, a large. strong, simple inteln.
gence, a great depth of thought. The
signature denoted gentleness and kind
ness, but the flourish beneath the sig
nature disclosed the man OF action"
Pope Plus gave away large sums of
money for charity. although $1,25O.OOO
Of his estimated income Of $2,5OO.OO0 q
year was needed for the upkeep Of
the Vatican.
Speaking Of the election Of Pope
Plus K. Archbishop Logue. primate
sf ireland. said at a dinner In New
York city or April 80. 1908: 1T was .
cad sight. The cardinal selected to be
MI holy father did 81 want the Of
Gee. He had lived among the poor
and was accustomed to bis labors."
Rejuvsnatins . Building. .,.u
In q mill building In Minneapolis no
feet long. 1903 feet wide and stx stories
high dry rot in the wooden. columns
and walls shaken twenty-five inches
out Of plumL by the vibration. Of the
machinery made 1t imperative that
something be done, Without shuttins
the mill down for q single day the
wooden columns were replaced with
steel, the walls were re-enforced with
concrete lining several inches thiek.
and the wall worst damaged was Tn.
Their braced u the ouuide with q
framework Of eight REINFORCED csn
crete buttresses carried down to be4-
rock. The building IL now considered
stronger than when new.-EngineerfAG
Record.
Metals Of Arixona. ..
Gold. silver. copper. lead and sine
were mined in Arizona in 1913 to the
value Of $7O.S75.O27. according to VIZ