Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14

brief moments OF recreation by preiates
who are admitted TO his intimacy, and
who are expected to show certain re.
serve in their relations to him
Leo KILL is as grave, rejecting
and severe as Plus TX. was CAV
witty and sportive. The latter was
full of humor and was often in high
spirits, and when he had laid aside the
cares of his sacred Office enjoyed a joke
and would indulge with his friends in
puns, sarcastic hits and amiable little
speeches. His successor, the present Pope,
keeps his thoughts more TO himself and is
more contemplative. Whom not working.
he prefers to discuss serious topics, histo-
ry, philosophy aud literature. He knows
Horace and Virgil by heart, and-so COM
petent judges declare-the Latin poems
in honor of the Virgin Mary, which he has
written, will bear comparison with the
best selections from the ancient classics
Towards one in the afternoon the Pope
IN summer takes nan which generally
lasts an hour. He then repairs to a study
which has been arranged for him near the
Vatican Library, whittier are brought all
the books, documents and MANUSCRIPTS
necessary to complete the collection of
notes which he is using for the compost.
ton of his History of the Papacy." This
work will show that the Papacy, far
from being an obstacle in the
way Of the expansion of the human mind.
has always favored the development OF
philosophical studies and of every ster
an advance that has res ulted therefrom
At four o'clock the Holy Father returns
to the park and visits the kitchen garden
which, since he came to power, has been
a sort of profit to the Vatican Treasury.
Under the preceding reign this garden
produce belonged to the gardeners, who.
after having furnished the Pope's cooks
with all the vegetables and fruits that
were needed, carried the rest to the public
market and sold it and put the money In
their own pockets; or they offered the
early fruits and vegetables to the Cardi-
nails, who gave them large fees in return.
The position of gardener to His Holiness
was very lucrative and was con sequently
much sought after, But Leo XIII. put an
end to this abuse. Now what is left over
after the Pope's wants have been supplied
is sold at the public market and
the money is paid over to the
Pontificial Treasury. By this means
the Pope has a new source OF
revenue for charitable uses. At five
O'Clock, the Pope eats his second and
last mea,, which is as frugal and simple
as the first. Soup, one kind of meat, q
vegetable, fruit and simple glass OF
Frascati wine-such is the menu of one OF
these Vatican dinners. For many years
he would eat only boiled meats and his
physicians had to exert their united infiu
ence to get him to touch roasts. Leo XIII
does not indulge in after-dinner coffee
He rests an hour or two and then sets tc
work again, so that it may be truly said
that at the moment when the day ends
for most persons it begins for the chief OF
the Catholic world. Leo XIII. reserve:
for evening, when there is nothing to dis
turb him, the more important occupations
of the days work. Every night at eight
O'Clock he receives the Secretary of State.
who communicates all the diplomatic
correspondence and asks the Pope's ad
vice as to what the replies shall be.
But if some important negotiation
requires an immediate response the
Secretary of State obtains an
audience at no matter what hour of tn,
day. Leo dictates word for word answer,
to important communications, and is
thoroughly versed in the language of di.
plomacy, with whose resources and finesse
he became familiar during his diplomatic
missions in different states of Europe be.
fore he became Pope. 1t may be truly
said that Leo XIII. directs personally the
diplomatic policy of the Holy See, for
the Cardinal who fills the post of Score.
tary of State and signs the documents
sent forth from the Papal Foreign offict
is little else than a clerk charged with
the execution of very strict instructions
When Cardinal Rampolla takes leave,
the Pope goes once more to his study, ar.
ranges his private correspondence and
lays out work for his secretaries for the
next day. He is occupied in this way un
til 10 O'Clock, when he repeats his evening
prayers in company with Monsignor
Macchi. his Major Domo, and with his
chamberlain. He then goes to his bed
chamber and retlres for the night.