| Show Is the pope a poor man since plus the ninth lost his hla temporal kingdom the peters nence pence pence tion clon has been bigan organized in all catholic countries of both continents on a very largo large scale and the annual amount of this subscription is increasing largely y every year true the dogma of the ropes popes infallibility which was so pompously proclaimed by the jast last ecumenical ume council may be looked upon a as a poor compensation jor for or the loss of his ills tein telu temporal power hence the vehement and incessant recriminations or of the holy father against fjug victor emanuels Eman veis velb spoliations everybody knows guowa that the king or of italy has been escom Munica ted bythe bytho pope but the large amount of money thathy thal that he receives annually from the devoted subjects of his bis spiritual kingdom is however amply bumm buff lelent sufficient to cupply all nil his wants therefore financially speaking ho he is still tolerably well 0 onn off T are ara resorted to the catholic Catho Ic priesthood to lne ine increase re to e by lawful and unlawful lawful means the peters lence subscription t the liberality liberate of their followers is praiseworthy werthy but their credulity is indeed surpassing belief for fer instance the french pea peasantry antry of nf many maldy especially I 1 lly liy jn in Britta brittany nv aio alo so BO ki that their so sovereign Pon tili till isa prisoner or of the backed wc ked in a gloomy dungeon that they gladly buy handfuls of straw or of his bed as a pious memento or his the horld renowned owned barnum would b be but a yankee greenborn greenhorn creen green born torp in raising the w wind if comp compared 11 reu rea with the woi wot wonderful skill in thi direct direction iou lou of the catholic priests now a few words oil on the lodging of this poor prisoner plus pius the ninth inhabits the vatican the most splendid palace in the world there are in this building two rich chapels sexta sixth ta and Pd pauline uline fifteen parlors eight monumental staircases two kundred bundred hundred and twenty eight small ones eleven thu thousand ind end iud five hundred rooms two iwo hundred and eighteen galleries large libraries various museums twenty specious courts immense gard besides a special telegraph line between france and italy for kis rib private use A royal retinue of military men watch night and day fon for the safety of this pretended prisoner A numerous bodyguard body guard of roman itoman noblemen are always in attendance ten dance danco in this palace Finall finali finally sll L Or enroque entique a beautiful nul nui steam frig frigate atoo ateo is anchored in the harbor of civita vecchia for the personal safety of his holiness it has been kept there these five years by the french government vern ment to give a free passage to france to plus ulus the ninth in case cabe of need now let the reader answer the query is the pope a poor man wan LOUIS A BERTRAND bertrad |
