The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-02-11

The new pope elected in Rome Is
the 260th in the, line descending from
Peter. Leo XIII considered that he-
was the 163rd pope. but since his
death Ave names have been discarded
from the list owing to the doubt of
their being authentic:
The popes have sprung from all
walks in life. Sixtus " herded sheep,
Leo X came from a-family who were
masters of Florence because of their
riches, Adrian vi raj the son of a
shin carpenter, Paul v was a noble,
Sixtus Nv was a waff, and Plus x
was a peasant. The reign of Plus TX
was the longest of any pope. and that
of Boniface vi was the shortest. The
former ruled for over t~hirty-one
years and latter but fifteen days.
Volumes have been written about
the personalities and eccentricities of
the popes. Sixtus " was so agrees
sive that he changed the face of Rome
and the world In five years. Plus TX
was such a chronic speechmaker that
he delivered All addresses In a little
more than four years-an average OF
two a week. Gregory XVI vas hard
headed and opposed the construction
of railways, because he believed that
mechanical industry would deprive
many people of their means of livelf-
hood. Macaulay says that Leo X oc-
cupied himself with canoes, jewels,
antiques and new sauces. Nicolas v
was fond of books and had a passion
for building. Leo XIII was cold, cal
culating and scholarly, and accom-
plished much by his masterful d.
plomacy. The private character of
some of the popes has been assailed,
particularly that of Alexander vi,
who was in power when the news of
Columbus discovery of America
reached Rome.
ARMY LOST IN sT. PETER's
There are SO many churches in
Rome that to VISIT them at the rate of
one a day would require more
than a years time. These vary in
size from the small chapel capable of
accommodating only a few persons.
to great st. Peters, whichsis SO large
that once when the Roman army went
there to attend mass. the assembling
rank and file fell so far short of fill
ing the vast edifice that when the
general arrived he loked about him
hastily and concluded that the army
was late. There are $4,000 persons
in Rome who devote their whole time
to ecclesiastical matters.
st. Peters not only dwarfs all the
other churches of Rome, but ranks as
the giant edifice of the world. A fam
Gus author likened the surprise oc-
casioned by the first view of its tow
ering proportions to the feeling one
would have II he met a man forty
feet tail. Figures and Comparisons
can only partially portray the real
magnitude of this colossus. 1t COW
ers six acres. Its main aisle is an
eighth of a mile long, and its dome
is a twelfth of a mile high. II St.
Peters was flooded the largest ship
that sails the ocean could steam up
the central aide and IT'S masts would
scarcely reach above the top of the
high altar. II its capacity were taxed
TO the utmfest, a congregation Of SO,-
600 people might assemble within its
walls, and zoe, 900 more could wait
outside within the enclosure of the
colonnades. In the lofty dome there
n a mosaic of st. Luke with a pen In
bis hand. From the great height the
pen seems of ordinary size. but in
reality 1t is eight feet long.
On account of its age, and because
it shelters the burial place OF the
apostle for whom II was named, st.
Peters has been called the parent
church of Ch~ristendorn, When Nero's
executioners led the old fisherman
away to his death, he was so infirm