Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-07-29
TREASURES OF THE VATICAN.

he regards as belonging to the rapacy,
though as matter of fact. he co"ld,
if he wished, regard as his own all the
vast resources attached to his office
He has preferred to regard as his own
only such money which comes to him
through private gifts from those to
whom he grants audiences.
The regular revenue of his office,
such as Peters pence, revenues from
real estate. and bonded investments
he keeps accounts of separately; out
of it he pays the s1,OOO,O0O that is nee
essary to keep up the papal court,
consisting of cardinals, diplomats rep
reSentatives, court officials and the
little standing army Over a million
dollars a year is spent in charity by
the Dontiff. Out of the surplus of Off
cial funds. Pope Leo has by wise adj
ministration been able to create a
contingent fund Of s3o,ooo,oQo
While the Vatican treasures are prac
tically the Pope's personal property
by Inheritance from his professors,
none of them have asserted anything
but stewardship over them. The Vat
lean palace with its 1000 rooms, is a
storehouse of priceless treasures of
art, literature and precious examples
of the jewelers. and godsmiths art.
1t is said to contain more gold than the
Klondike; more jewels than the dia-
mOnd mines of South Africa
The pontificate of Leo has added an
inestimable treasure to this horde
When he celebrated the golden jubilee
of his priesthood in 1888, an exhibit
ion was opened in the Vatican of the
gifts presented to him. Tons of gold
poured in the Vatican. On the day
of the jubilee mass over $4,000 900 in
gold coin was presented to him.
The crowned heads Ct the world
We'd with each other n the costilness
of their gifts. The total value of the
jubilee gifts is estimated at $14,S0O,.
900.
The Pope has since celebrated the
golden jubilee of his episcopate and
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pom.
tificate. On each occasion millions in
gifts were presented to him.
One of the most notable gifts pre-
scented to Leo was a diamond said to
be worth $4000,000, which came from
staunch diciple of Luther, loom
Paul. Kruger. The Transvaal pres
ident received it from Memela, a nat
i've chief who was given his freedom
after capture by the Boor troops. II
fell into Memela's hands from a chic
of the Basutos, who had taken it from
Zula king.
One of the gifts presented to hin
last March was topaz weighing 1,7S'
grams, in which the celebrated Nea
politan artist, Andrea Cartello, had
after IL years work, engraved pic
ture of the Last Supper" The gen
after it's decoration, was valued a
$4,000.
The tiara presented him at the time
the work of Augusta Milaini, a cele
brated Cologne goldsmith, is valued a
$4,000 The value of the lace in tn
Popes wardrobe is estimated at $144
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The Tonopah Bonanza says that
the Montana-Tonopah mine five disti
ct veins of ore have been uncovere
in the lower levels of the mine an
four carloads will constitute the shi
ment per month from this mine in Il
future. Some of the ore shipped go
as high as $4,000 ton.
Governor Bailey of Kansas win
up by marrying widow who w
one of the sweethearts of his be
hood. This shows once more how Il
portant it is when the girl throws
over to go ahead and become gre
1t is generally safe to conclude hit
a good many of them will becol
widows by the time we become G.
ernor. =
The DeLemar Lode warns all m
looking for employment, to keep aw
from Southern California and Neva
as all the mines are closed down
present and there are hundreds Of I
men in those sections.