Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

tracts laid out with care, for the contin-
uance of which the Pope Is largely re-
sponsible. the care OF his gardens form
ing his chief diversion.
FOND OF HIS GARDENS.
In every respect the gardens are his
prediction. Around the Borgia Tower,
a fertilization reared by Pope Alexander
VI, he has erected q Casino, that OF
Pope Plus Nv. being too low-lying and
having become unhealthy since the COM
pletlon OF the Dome OF st. Peters and OF
the library wing OF the Vatican. He
abandoned the Casino of the Medici Pope
very reluctantly. even when he had learn
ed that 1t must be malarious
Nothing could be stranger than the
contrasts in his own Casino. which must
be known in the future as that OF Leo
Kill Its centre. the tower. is the coolest
and the most thickIy built Of structures.
No summer-house of the world can be
like that OF the Pope. which stands on
an eminence exposed to the fiercest rays
of the sun, but the centre of which mas
walls so thick that its atmosphere Is ike
to that of the Blue Grotto. The rooms
of the new apartments clustering 1t are
furnished with the most modern furni-
ture while the first floor Of the Tower
itself is a magnificent circular saloon.
Holiness frequently repairs thither for
the greater part OF the day. The change
makes little difference in the severity
OF his life. In the first years after its
erection he used 70 make 'villegiatura"
there in August, besides spending the day
hours there at other times. Now, he
makes his "villegiatura" in the autumn,
which is the Roman season for ecclesias-
tical vacations.
HOW HIS SUCCESSOR WILL BE
CHOS
Few believe that Leo XIII. can survive
much longer, Notwithstanding the tenacity
with which he has held to the life
that seems almost to have left MS
thin, worn frame. Many speculations
have been made as 10 the cardinal upon
whom will fall the honor OF succeeding
Pope Leo XIII.
There are interesting regulations for
the guidance Of the body by whom the
choice is made. When the time arrives
for the Pope 10 answer the summons OF
death, the cardinals who are in Rome at
the time are hastily summoned and as
sembled in the death chamber. The papal
chamberlain takes charge of the Vatican
when the reigning Pope has breathed his
last. Then follows the lying In state
and the impressive funeral.
The election of a successor Is conducted
with the utmost secrecy. and, IL 1t were noc
| improper to suggest such thing, 1t might
| be said that the rules were prompted by
| a suspicion that electioneering tricks
we're likely to be practiced by the relig-
| ious dignitaries who choose one or their
| number to become the head OF the Church.
After the funeral, the cardinals, seven
| ty in number, or as many Of them as can
reach Rome in time, assemble in the Vati-
! can. When they have all entered the
room where the voting is to take place,
every entrance is closed by bricklayers
| and carpenters. with the exception OF a
| small door by which food and drink can
be handed IN. Outside this door an at
tendant is on duty night and day while
| the voting Is going on, and no one Is al
| lowed to enter. The cardinals sleep in
cells provided in the apartment.
Every morning mass is said, and after
mass a ballot Is taken. If no agreement
| has been reached the cardinals have
! breakfast At o'clock another ballot
| is taken, and If still they have reached
no agreement the voting ceases for the
day. This goes on until the cardinals
are agreed.
HOW THE VOTING IS DONE.
The voting is done by writing the name
NJ the cardinal voted for upon a slip Of
paper. which is folded so that the teller
sees what is written upon 1t only when
the ballots are taken from the sacred
chalice. In the corner are the voter 8
initials. which are covered by fold OF
the paper so that no one knows by whom
the vote is cast, unless there Is any dis
mite about the result, in which case the
initials decide the matter. This system
of balloting has been in use In the Roman
Catholic Church for centuries, and Is
never departed from.
The time taken up by the balloting car
no saved If the cardinals come to an
agreement at the beginning of their re-
tirement. They have the choice OF foul
methods Of electing a Pope: l. BY IN
spiration. 2. BY compromise. 3. BY
scrutiny, or ballot. 4. BY access. If thu
cardinals have set their minds upon on'
of their number at the start the election
can take place by a proposition and unan
imous approval, which is called inspira
tion. If they cannot agree they can ap
point one of their number to name The
new Pope, ,hich is called compromise
After the election the ballots are burn
ed and the first intimatio7 that Tn