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Show POPE'S HEAVY MAIL BAG J His Holiness Gets Greater Number or Missives Than Any King or i Executive. ' If one were asked to speculate as to tho sovereign whose dally mall bag was the greatest one would hazard the kaiser. But no. Then most will say It ought to be. On on unimpeachable unim-peachable authority of a Paris contemporary con-temporary wo learn that the, pope Is tho recipient of the greatest number of missives. The malt of his holiness consists on tho average of 23,000 letters, newspapers, news-papers, etc, To go through this mass Ak 85 secretaries aro kept employed. The president of the United States receives nearly 1,000 letters dally and about 4,000 journals and books. The kaiser's mall consists of 4,000 letters and frequently the same number num-ber of books and papors. Our king, wo learn, Is favored with 1,000 letters a day nnd over 2,000 newspapers and books. The r Is not overworked In thl3 respect for a sovereign, his majesty's mall being given nt C60 loiters, etr. per day. Tho kings of Italy ami Spnln have to deal with about 2UD letters each. Queen Wllhelmlnn Is still more favored fa-vored with 150 letters, etc. But President Pres-ident Fallleres Is still more fortunate, for wo are told that he receives few letters nnd hardly any papers. London Lon-don Qlobe. |