The Lake County star., 1877-06-14

THE SPLENDID GIFTS OF THE CATH'
oLIcs OF BOTH HEMIsPHEREs TO
g ,,s Plus TX.
From the Evening Post,

From the Evening Post yef. 10 A.,
The Jubilee Of Plus TX. brings q
thr0ng Of dusty pilgrims with stafl
and crook and bag to Rome, the GEN.
tire Oftho Roman Catholic world. We
who live In the old city recognize new
comers by. their red guide books and
their evident look of being sightseers.
They come from all nations of the
world to lay down offerings at the feet
Of the Sovereign Pontiff Although
many have arrived and more are ex-
pected until the Sd OF June, which is
the fiftieth anniversary Of the Pope's
conservation rs q Bishop IL is estimated
that the number will not equal that of
the Spanish pilgrimage last autumn,
which was 1000.
The various rich and singular gifts
that the pilgrims bring to the Pope are
all to be exhibited In the gallery Of the
Vatican, which was one of the Loggie
Of Raphael. The exhibition will last
one month-from the 21st of May to
the 2lst of June. Showers Of gold seem
to rain upon the Vatican, and all the
riches Of the world and the glory of
them are represented in these gifts,
which are humbly offered by the faith
full at the feet of Plus TX. There are
200 English pilgrims from the aristoc-
racy bringing twenty thousand pounds
sterling. Americans, headed by
Archblshops Wood of Philadelphia,
Baily of Baltimore, and the represen-
tative of Cardinal McClOskey Of New
York, bring In all $110, 900. There Is
q box of unset diamonds from South
America, q gold cup from Lyons, two
keys, half q yard long, one of silver
and the other Of gold: symbols Of the
Pontifical power, from Clermont; q
gilt oak throne, covered with ancient
sculptures, and fifty-six thousand
francs from Marseilles, and three purses
full OF gold, one for poor priests, one
for the seminaries, and one to repur-
chase the ecclesiastical properties from
Lisle.
One of the gifts is an album richly
bound, the leaves of which are bank
notes. A society of working men
sends q silver statue Of Jesus as q
labOrer; and the ex-officers of the pom
tifical army have sent the Pope sword.
The Belgians send thirty affairs for
poor churches, and the Swiss pilgrims
bring no less than fifty silver watches.
The clericals Of Venice send o mag
nificent chandelier wrought at the
glass factory of Salviate. This is des-
cribed as an artistic wonder. Its di-
ameter Is 2.70 metres and its height A
metres--a metre being q little more
than q yard. 1t Is decorated with
wreaths and bouquets of glass flowers
in various colors with appropriate in
scriptions, with the Papal tiara, and
with the lion of st. Mark. ,sif
The Sd of June, when the principal
festivities will take place, coincides
strangely enough with the national
holiday, or the Festa Della Statute.
Both parties, clericals and Liberals,
are judiciously taking measures to
avoid disturbance in the city. The
fireworks which are always displayed
from Castle st. Angelo, will be omit
ted this year, and the Pope has or
dered the Jubilee to be. observed the
day before. ~ ,..5f.s.t tsts j.
fhe Piazza della Minerva, which IL
the rendezvous for the pilgrims, and
where there Is q good inn, of which
they have taken possession, gives the
idea of an ethnOgraphical museum.
There is the picturesque costume Of
Normandy and Brittany, the Craoov-
ian dress, and that of Holland. The
French women seem to be all dressed
in black lustre and to wear muslin caps
ON their heads. A number of these
were crowding around their bishop the
other day in the public square to kiss
his hand Some policemen In their
black and orange uniforms stood look
ing on, and to give color to the scene
at the church of Santa Maria Sopra
Minerva was the carriage of some IT,
tied clerical lady with its crimson
dressed outriders. To add to the fa-
tigue, many Of the French pilgrims
have gone to Naples to see the miracle
of the liquefication of the blood Of San
Gennaro. The anniversary of this
miracle took place last week, but in
order to crafty curiosity 1t will be re-
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