The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
POpD LDO KIN.
810e Personal HahdfnE
tho Day-Hs Duties, etc.

Now that there b % mueh t.,s ANN
cerninZ the possible, not to sav nrohshie
departure Of the Pope nom tke WIT
and from that Rome In vhi:h he = M
longer master, Il may be interestinr Ia
know something of the vav in vRich
ne lives, and how his tiu,e Is divided In
what ne 10 pleased to call his prieo !.
me present Pope 10 Of rather austere
n9olts, and his elevation to the hi9hest
ONCE In the church has not led him I'm
any way to relax the rather rigid char
acaer OF his personal conduct. He n
ways rises between and half mast in
the morning, which in the soft Italian
climate ]: not 50 great . sacrifice "a in
i!arsi'er chimes; and by half past 6 he il
dressed by his valet de clla,mbre. an old
servant named Csntra, who b ! long
been with him. He then SAYS u mss1
In his private chapel, and shortly after
ward hears second said BY one of the
aimoners who IL ON duty. He next
leaves the chapel anT takes . very li1ht
breakfast, after which he looks over the
morning papers and awaits the arrival
OF Cardinal Jac0bini, who Is his Secreta-
~ pr State, and who never fails to an
pear In Leo XIII's rOon,s 1t half past 8
exactly. His visit lasts long time. The
two confer together on all foreign affairs
which have any reference to the Holy
See, and In the intervals of their con-
versati0n the Pope gives audiences to the
ce' retaries of the congregations, to men,
oers OF the Diplomatic Corps, and to
such distinguished atrangers - he pleas
es to receive. Toward noon, by the form
alorder Of his physicians, but somewhat
against his will, the Pope goes down in
to the reserved gardens Of the Vatican,
borne In sedan chair: He gets into =
Noble Guartls'' on horseback, takes .
long ride IL the weather IL pleasant: If.
ter which, returning to the palace. At
2 O'Clock he dimes, . all Romans do at
that hour. His favorite dish y boiled
beef. Only y few privileged persons are
admitted to this repast, none Of them
taking part In It, a. according to the ira
dition no one IL even allowed to take
{. seat At the Holy Fathers tatle.
All that the etiquette. of the
Pontihcial Court allows b for
the invited guest to cit at the table, just
below that at which the Pope has his
place. One Of the Pope's nephews, the
Count Camille Pecci, IL Leo Kills
especial favorite. and lives in N apart
ment graci0usly placed at his DISPOSE
ton in the Vatican. It IL said that
when the Count Camille was doing his
vOluntee, duty Of wear, 20 obliged to
do by the civil laws Of his country, he
used frequently to visit the Vatican in
his uniform Of simple soldier Of the
Italian army, and strangers, wandering
In the corridors, were not q little sur
prised to see the POntifical guards bow
Ing low with respect, and before young
man Whose uniform represented the sup
posed tyranny over the temporal power.
After dinner the Pope usually retires to
his private apartments to work, to give
and to pray. About an hour
before the An:elus he takes q little nap,
and then q short walk in the L0g9ie Of
Raphael. At 8 O'Clock in the evening,
like all the rest of the Romans, he sups,
taking nothing between dinner and sup
per except . small glass Of Bordeaux
wine, in which he dips biscuit. At II
o'clock he g0cs to bed. It II after dinner
that most Of bis real work b done, either
with one Of hts private secretaries or
alone. He sometimes greatly surprises
the ecelesiastics who surround him by
bringing out I'm the morning some d0csl-
ment that he has written In the previous
quite independent Of the
traditions or the advice by which Popes
arc usually supposed to 10 guided. In
fact, he is . highly intellectual, spirited
and original man, and sorely feels the
Of the Papal crown. Perhaps
II he had remained In lower place his
would have won for him .
greater reputation than he now seems
likely ever to ashieve.-B0st0n journal.