Show THE POPES lourcey ir arni in which his III get gets his ills revenue count vasili in his last contribution to the nouvelle revue deals with the financial resource of leo XIII and the use he lie makes snakes of them theal tays kays the pall mall ga lette zette the pontifical budget is vf f triple origin first of all pius IX 1111 it dying left in the pontifical ponti pontiff fial at treasury a sl urn im producing a year this capital is invested in state funds contrary dry to what some person might imagine the present pope is a great speculator and all subscribes bad to all the italian loans when the latter raise he sells out and invests the liro profits fits in engish consola to the revenue left by pius IX must be added a sum almost in amount furnished by the Ll peters eters pence fund which by the b bye e has as fallen off of late years the ordinary r yd i ry budget of the holy see is consequently oon per annum leo XIII receives nothing from it it IL is distributed by the major domo of the vatican among the cardinals residing in rome about 1000 a year each the prelates of the court the secretaries the nilcia nub cios the pontifical army etc the extraordinary ir tra budget is derived from a third source supplied by the receipts of the apostolic chancellery the collation of titles of nobility decorations blessings in artilur articolo arti cur culo mortis altar privileges private chapels ecclesiastical titles such area are a few of the resources which maka up the private purse of the sovereign pontiff and on which he relies to exercise bis hi s gener generosity 08 fly the produce of these various various branches of revenue is about xa 00 a year aar it will thus be seen that the personal budget of the pope is derived in a great measure from the satisfaction of human u vanity the fact is curious enough t to be remarked count vasili denies nies that leo XI XIII II 11 is aval avaricious inious on the contrary no pope ever gave more hie his holiness kee keeps ps lothine for himself As for hie his table it resembles that of a poor country cu rate HIS clothes coat cost biro bira nothing being eup all parts of the world he scarcely keep a penny to enrich even bis his own ff family mily the dowry he be gave to hie his favorite nephew the handsome camille pecci did not reach while a as to the presents he made to the bride they were of tap th poorest kind on tb the other hand he spends a preat great deal in in alie prestige preb tige of hie his court creating schools echo ola relieving the poor and anti maintaining the catholic press lie ile gives large subsidies to papers that support t blo hi policy but they must be entirely re y subservient to him he has a horror of journals that praise him badly or not enough enoi ugh he boa asu his alre reptile iles like bismarck and bount t vasili abill fissures uy of that many of if t these hese journalists receive sums from berlin and tome |