Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — CARDINAL SVAMPA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CARDINAL SVAMPA.

Many Relieve Ho Will 15e the Next Occupant of the Pontifical Throne. There are many who believe that Cardinal Svampa, Archbishop of Bologna, will be the next occupant of the

Pontifical throne. The supersti t i o u s take his name as a sure sign that this will be the case, fora curious old book of Latin prophecies, giving a motto for each of the Popes, gives for the successor of Pope Leo XIII., “Ign's ar.dens,” (a burning fire) and Svampa, in

Italian, means flame. Ills coat of arms also is a sun, surrounded by rays of fire. Before being Cardinal Svampa was Bishop of Forli, in Romagna. >cme prelates have said of Cardinal Svarnpa that be has no sin but his age. He is only 43, but, as according to Professor Lapponi, the Pope's doctor, Leo XIII. will probably live at least ten years more, what has been termed the only sin of Cardinal Svarnpa will be corrected.

CARDINAL SVAMPA.