| Show The Wealth of Pope Leo XIII It is II hardly reverent to men tion time pope In time the same lame breath as John Gilpin but In one p he me strongly resembles hr her Ilke her ho a frugal mind HI His pre Predecessor Pope Plus IX was wasAI wasU U AI open handed a man alone as one Ima n him to lo bt be from the very er sight or of the pleasant smiling face tACe so t tO to all from hll portraits lie HI loved loed to make people happy and theta there fore are though lie he received an number ot of valuable presents ho gin cen cener er y found that Somebody needed tar more inert he be needed them himself It A priest came alii to hIm and told him that his hll altar needed lope Vice would Ika hIm I by him a pIcture for It or r If a 11 n fund Cund aMa a bluer bazaar wre vere held with thAt object th time lOP contribute 1 beautiful jt cross em 01 tome comae other valuable to be raft mt fled flett for tor hut the frugal of Pope Iop TAl XIII OI not prompt him to sit In Inthis this way and he his hal amassed valuable ree ta to Oil fill a museum mUtum and his jewels jewell are fi fa mou for tor their worth and no lie II the owner ot of the largest diamond In Inthe Inthe the world anti and this oddly enough was fill fillIn given In to him hini b by Protestant Pre Kruer It Is slued t i Among tile pops pope treasures 30 tiaras set In emeralds emerald rublAnd rubles And pearls and on one ot of geld thickly studded with dIamonds anti tO which shoot hoot out rays o of w anti And or oran r range an ange light Then ho has baa ring OUt one of at the most mOlt being a jires ent from time sultan This ring contains 1 a marvelously blue blu dIAmond anti IntI I is E Ot Of gold cold crosses the pope has hll no less INti than set with All kinds of precious stones 1200 chalices challen and DOO tom Cor the of the h host lt hO he os 1 18 staves nil all thin these things g being ot of rich richly I chU chased d silver or oror or of gold and adorned with diamonds emeralds rubles rubies or other precious stones Tho pope ioie oho also possesses a number o of statues ot of gold and silver those rep representing representing resenting the missed Blessed Virgin having crowns ot of the richest Jewels Besides alt these jewels there are B a thousand other pIctures per por porcelain celain etc elc The pope l Its said to have hae amassed the greater part of at hl h hIs Is In the Dank Bank of at England and the rest In various state lanks lie He is 18 consIder consIdered oti ed b by Romans to lo be an excellent finan financIer cIer And an accomplished diplomat Not anI only has hns lie he entirely treed freed the hol holy I see e from debt but every year there is II n a good surplus |
