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Show POPE LEO'S DAILY LIFE. Rome, May 18. The health of the sovereign pontiff continues good, and even the lying reports of occasional fainting fits spread by the enemies of the papacy have ceased for some time. In this connection a glance at the daily life of Pope Leo will doubtless be of interest to our readers. Among the persons employed In the service of the pope is one known as Ceutra, the famous Ceutra, as the Roman Ro-man papers delight to call him. He is the narticular bodv Srvnr. nf I the pope, the one who sees him first in the morning and is last to bid him good night Not to be in favor with Ceutra means many annoyances even to those high in authority in the councils coun-cils of the church, for this son of a poor hatter of Carpineto is close in the confidence of Leo XIII, and to him all doors open and his access to the private pri-vate apartments of the pope is as free as if it were his own house. The Pontiff Rises at Seven. At 7 in the morning, when the great bells of St Peter's send forth their solemn notes, repeated in the diminutive diminu-tive tones of the numerous clocks that are distributed here and there in the papal apartments, seeming, as It were, to be a symphony of minor salutes to the Holy Father, he promptly rises admits the faithful Ceutra, who is already al-ready at the door, and commences to dress. There are two doors to the bed room, the minor one being fastened by the pope himself, while the outer one is locked at night by Ceutra, who retains re-tains the key and practically holds Leo XIII as a prisoner during the hours of sleep. The process of dressing is a simple affair, but it is one which calls for the aid of the omnipresent servant, who lends a hand in the adjustment of the white woolen cassock, the wadded silk gown and purple stockings, adding the great cross of diamonds that is held by a long chain of gold over his brt His Simple Morning Meal. At 9 o'clock the pope goes to his dinner room, where Ceutra has ready a simple plate of broth, a cup of chocolate choc-olate or milk and a half penny roll of bread, which suffices for the sustenance susten-ance of the meagre and spiritual-like form during the hours of morning work. 0 This finished, he goes directly to his library, where those pilgrims who have been favored with an interview are received. Of whatever nation J they are, or whatever position they may hold, he converses with them as as , familiarly as he would with his compatrots, the peasantry, of Carpineto. Carpi-neto. At the termination of the audience the pope retires to his study, on a simple desk in which are masses of half completed manuscript, unfinished notes and memoranda that embrace in an abrupt and detached form the letters that are to go out to the Catholic Cath-olic world, the foundations of the Christian philosophy which are to make up some future encyclical, all of which are written in the most classical classi-cal style of Latin, and which would do honor to the best writers of Pagan days. , Disposition of His Correspondence. At 10:30 precisely the secretary of stae, Cardinal Rampolla, enters the study of the Holy Father, bearing under un-der his. arm a portfolio containing the most important of the correspondence received since the previous morning, which has already been classified and annotated for discussion. The pope listen to eacn communication communica-tion in its sequence, giving suggestions sugges-tions as to the matter and form of the reply to be made, after which the most important clippings of a political politi-cal nature from the leading journals of the day are considered and filed for any possible future reference. The disposition of these matters having been effected and the outlines of communications to be written out more fully by the various under secretaries sec-retaries prepared, the pope turns his attention to the internal affairs of his house, the government and economical administration of which is to be looked look-ed after each day. A Modest Dinner. At midday, if there should be some crowned heads or ether distinguished personages to whom special audiences have been granted, they are intro duced in one of the large salons adjacent adjac-ent to the papal apartments. After these special interviews are over, the pope goes to his dining room, where, in conformity to his custom and desire for the absence of ceremony, cere-mony, he partakes of his frugal meal in solitude. After this he walks in the rooms and corridors adjoining his apartments apart-ments and finally to the Loggia of Raphael, from which he descends, ; borne in a closed sedan chair, through the walks that lead to the garden. Here, awaiting him, are the carriage and horses with which he makes the circuit of his limited domain, stopping stop-ping at certain points to observe the growth or bloom of some favorite. Apart From the World. This constitutes the only diversion of the day, lasting scarcely an hour, after which the pope returns" to the foot of the colossal tower of the Leonine Leo-nine City. Leaving his attendants, he then slowly ascends to the grand salon, which commands an extended view of Rome and its Campagna. This is the private study, the "Sanc-ta "Sanc-ta Sanctorum," where no one, not even the omnipresent Ceutra is admitted ad-mitted during the hours when the holy father shuts himself out from the world. When the warning clock indicates that sunset is at hand the pope calls his attendants, and closing the study, descends to a room below, where the frugal evening meal is served, consisting con-sisting of two eggs, a plate of fruit" and the favorite Carpineto wine. So brief a supper i3 quickly disposed dis-posed of, and after one or two more 1 turns in the carriage through the garden, gar-den, His Holiness is borne in the sedan se-dan chair to his apartment, where the busy pen is resumed. Philadelphia oNrth American. o |