POPE LEO AT HAME.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1795, 8 January 1884, Page 4

POPE LEO AT HAME.

The Capitan Fiaeassa of Rome publishes a conversation %\ liicli one of its correspondents had with the Rev. Philip Bany, canon of tlie Ca^hel Cathodial Tnu canon is said to have spoken as follows : --" L2O. Kin. is now 74 years of ng\ He is till, thin, and bony. His face is, of an ivory tint, and iiis eyes and lips aie veiy impiesstve and smiling. Ho lo<ik> very firm. .Sunom says he iesembles> Voltaire, l>ut Leo XIII \ «mile is totally diflerent fiom "\ r oltauc"s smile. The Pope wen is Ins age well, and walks lenuukably stiaight. lie lias snow white hair and \ciy hiiely-inatkcd eyo-biow^. ]lis eyes aie wondeifully intelligent looking, and his \oice is extiomoly haimoiiions. He speaks several languages as well as any processor of languages. Ho never cays a foolish tinny noi does a foolish thing, like pooi PiuslX., w hose policy was fatal to the Tope's tempo) al power. He liscb vei y early, and spends tlu tiist houis of the day 111 pi.ijcr, and generally in his bed100111. At 0 o'clock he says mass. At 8 o'clock ho bleaks his fast with a cup of chocolate, reading his concspondence all this time. At i) o'clock he iccc-ives Jacobini, and those chiefs of icli»ioiis societies who may demand audience. At noon he receives those Roman patiiarchs who have lemained tmc to him and his ambasiadois. At 1 o'clock he dines, his dinner laicly costing moie than two tranes, or half a dollai.' "And he keeps so many cooks?" said the coirespondent. "'He is obliged to keep up appearances*,' ansvveied the canon. "Once upon a tune Popes were great caters and dimkeis, and weie gnen to eveiy kind of extravagance; but Leo XIII Is nothing of all this. Aftei dinner he takes a little walk in the Vatican ginundc, or he visits the museums, galleiies, &c. Sometimes ho is canied in a chaii quilted with white &atin. He is \eiy fond of the gaidcn, and likes to play the gaulener at times. He frequently receives vibitois in the gaiden. and talks ot (lowcis to them to avoid othei subject--. The fiist ami second time 1 siw l<im was in the ga i den. When I went ■with the pilgiimshe was pioceded by thief nobli' gnauls and at his hide v. os Monsicnoi Macchi, his secret Cliambcilam. lie woie a widebiiinmeil hat and a iaige nd cloak. We ■weie pi 1 bontetl to 'nun 0110 by 0110 He. looked at us and seiiitim/ed us well. I saw he lecognused me, but he tieated me like the othei s— as it he '-aw me also lor the fiibt time "Aie you all lush? he said; '[ am happy to leeeivc the faithful of that nation' He then looked again at us as if he •would have lead into our souls. ' Youi bishop,' he continued, ' biought me offerings fiom a people pressed with poveity.' Then, seeing iivj still on my knees, lie ofleied me his hand to laiso me. ' I had thought, ' he continued, 'that the ofteiings would have dtci eased, but it \\,ii not so. We live on chanty' (and heie he smiled sadly) ; 'fm all he had has bcent.lsen fiom ii\ Oh, these peisecutions •' he ciied, with a loud \olcc; ' they puufy us even when the leaven is pure and immaculate.' ' ''I seem to sec him now ," said the canon "Hit, head looked like .1 ltlief on tli^ blue sky. The sun Wci-5 netting, and he looked up to the sky, as if seeking an ln&pnation theie. 'I have lieaid,' he thin &aid, 'that notwithstanding the geneial .slate ot the anguish 111 Ireland, the chinches aio full of people. May the Loid be piaised and blcs'-cd, and may my piayr ih biing ]itace on the people' Loid, lieai out piayis and judge us!' >le then l;lessed us, and the audience was finished I have novel seen so much panel, united to so much simplicity. At 4 o clock lh" Pope le.sumes his ollicial audience 111 the Vatican At 7 o'clock onl\ he takes a little lest, but at S he 10tums to work 111 his piivate 100 ms, ■vvheie he lemains until 10 o'clockj when ho ictues foi the night, not always to sleep, though, tor it is dining the night that he leads and vuites foi Ins own pleasiue, his fav oui ite subject being the •Science of St. Thomas,' and essajs on the works of that saint, which he lecoives fiom cveiy part of the wOl Id, whenever and whereever published."

Tin: whistle of a locomotive is heard 3300 yards, the noise of .1 tiam 2500 j.mN, the lcpoit of a musket .md the bntkofadog I8(!O jaids, the i oil of a (hum IGOO y.iuK tht> cumk of a fiog 900 yaids, .i encketb chip 800 j.xrds, and an imitation to dunk can be heaul 4500 j aids by a lo.ifei. Tin, (Jhiistchuieh Tulcgiaph understands that m mow of the prospect of fuither nnlitaiy opeiations in Egjpt, it is pioposed to foi m a Kew Zealand Volunteu Contingent, and communications aie being opened v ith the Uo\ eminent as ,i pieliminaiy step. As soon as possible .if tei a leply lias been iecei\ed in this city, a meeting Mill be called of all those willing to take pait in the mo\ ement. A Di ci.pti\ i: Turru, — "Paddy, honey, Mill you buy my watch?" ''What's the pi ice?' "' Ten shillings and a nmtchin of the ciatui,"' "Is the watch a daeent one ''Sine, and I've had it twenty yea is, and in nivor once desaved mc.'' "Well, heie's jour tin, and now tell me, does it go well?" "It goes faster than any watch in Connaught, Minister, Ulster, oi Lein&tcr, net ban iv' Dublin." " Bad link to \ou Mike, tlicn you ha\ e taken mo in ' I)idn'fc say it ni\er desa\ed you 9 ' "Sine and I did— nor did it — foi I never dipinded on it!" (Jri.at Cui.i-,1. Fun — About the middle of October tlie annual exhibition of the Cheshire Daily Faunpi's Association was held. The object of this society is to bi ing checse-makeis together in competition, which is done by oflering handsome pi l/e.s. In Cheshiic theie aie some 100,000 dairy cows, 6">,000 of which jhc Uept for chtose-inakinsj — the yield being about SOOO tons. The show was a success, the Duchess of Westininistei distnbuting tho prizes. At the great cheese fair, held in connection with the exhibition, quite 70 tons of cheese weie on offer in the sale yatd, and about SO in the show yard. "Buyciswcic piesent fiom London, Lheipool, .Manchester, Jiiimmghim, Leeds, the Midlands, Potterie-, and the Noitii. l'hcie was the keenest pos-.ible competition among them for the honour of possessing pii/e dailies. The best pii/c dauj in the yaid (Mr Biown's, of llanley) was onginally sold for S7s pel cwt, but changed hands in the yaid at augmented pi ices : a second pii/e daily lealised 60s per cwt; the Duke ot Westminister's Ist and 2nd pi i/e factory cheese sold foi 70s per cwt. less than fine home dailies. Such was the demand that at noon evciy dairy had been disposed of, siipeiior dairies jealising as a rule 3s per cwt above piices cunent for the same quality last fair. Quotations : Extra fine dairies, 72s Gd ; fine, (Jos to 70s ; medium, 53s to d"s ; and infeiior to middling, -los to oOs per cwt. These piices will give a good idea of the real value of cheese in the old countij, and also show how the product vmies in pi ice accoiding to the quality and the maker of the article. Rats and Mick.— If you wish to destroy them R-et a p.ickct of Hnr 'sMaoic Wrmin Xii Ll k 111 packets, Gd, 9d, and Is, to be obtained of .ill storekeepers, or from T. 13. Hill by enclosing an e\tra st.imp. Onk Shilling.— Francis J. Shortts' Popular. 'W Union — leu /uif-clnss Oil Paintings by <U<-bi.iti.d artibts. 5000 tickets at Is. '1 he pru?s ,uc magnificent and costly. Country fcubscribcis bending stamps, or otherwise will baie tickets by return post. Enclose stamped envelope (or reply.— Francis J. Shouu, 140, Queen-^trcct, Auckl.md. — L-A-Dvr.] Life ix thkßush— Tiiln- axd Now.— It is generally Mipposed th.it in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape of food Foimerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. H. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meats his Colonial .Sauce gives to them a. most delectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead ' a» hard biscuits and indigestible damper his I.mproved Colonial Baking Powder makes the very best bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far superior and more wholesome than yeast or joaven. Sold by all storekeepers who c.an obtam it from, any merchant in MckUntf;