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?rnu CAPITAL CITY COURIER, i' . -j - - i . SATURDAY JULY 18, 1891 ,T WEALTH AND POVERTY. BOTH EXI8T AMONG THE EPISCO PACY OF EUROPE. TlilU to Cardinal Slmor la Hnii-ary ami 1 to Cardinal BlWeonl, the Read of tli Cathollo Church In America at Route. Prelate! of Great Itrltaln. (Special Correspondence London, Juno 80. Throo entlro day wero consumed during tho Inst week of Febrnnry by nn imperial coinmissionet And four delegates from tho ministry ol finnnco at Pcsth in counting tho vast amount of coin and securities accumu lated by the lato cardinal pritnnto oi Hungary iu his magnificent palaco at Grau. This, together with the discovery that ho had lodged iu tho Bank of Eng land a sum cf 112,000,000, destined to assure- an income- of $500,000 n year to his successors in tho Hungarian primacy in tho event of sequestration of its revenues resulting from a conflict botween church and state, attracted tho attention of tho world to tho glaring discrepancy bo tween tho almost fabulous riches of some prelates and the almost sordid poverty of others. Tho wholo of tho wealth of tho lato cardinal was acquired during his tenuro of tho Magyar primncy, for ho was tho son of n poor vlllago cobbler, and when I visited him at Orau somo years ago, on my wny to Egypt, I found that his vcnentblo old mother, tho shoe maker's widow, was living with him in his palaco. Her peasant garb and lowly appearanco contrasted strangely with tho inagnificcuco of her son's surround ings. His household was on an alto gether royal scalo monslguorl, cham berlains, secretaries, masters of tho cere monies, chaplains, eqnerrios nnd gontlo-men-in-waiting, the lattor all of aristo cratic birth and gorgeously arrayed, thronged the antechambers of tho cob bler's sou. HIS HOLINESS THE PATH1AUCII OF Till! COIT8. Not even tho proudest mngunto of tho land could enter his presenco without bowing low to kiss tho pastoral ring on his finger, nnd when ho condescended to attend a session of tho houso of peers at Pcsth every one of tho haughty nobles in tho chamber would rise to their feet and remain standing with bent heads until ho had taken his seat. His stables at Grau wero tho finest that I have- ever seen, containing almost 200 saddlo and carriago horses of tho best breeds. Tho palaco itself was crammed from cellar to garrot with valuable pictures, statuary and works of art of overy description. It is perched high up on tho left bank of tho Danube, mid its succession of marhlo terraces leading right down to tho brink of the great river invariably calls forth exclamations of rapturous admiration from thoso who prefer to travel from Vienna to Pesth by water. Far different aro the surroundings of another archbishop with whom I became acquainted. Hfs seo is at Khartoum, a city which, since tho death of General Gordon, has been iu tho hands of tho Mahdi, and his dioceso embraces the whole of tho upper Nile region and Cen tral Africa. His sufferings, his adven tures, and, in particular, his association with tho heroic Gordon, have rendered his name well known In Europe, where ho lias been received with tho utmost distinction by tho emperor nnd empress at Vienna, nnd by various other Catholic sovereigns who have insisted on his vis iting them. An Italian by birth, and a member of one of tho most famous of tho old noblo families of Verona, lie is baroly forty years of ago, but his clean cut and haudsomo features aro worn and emaciated to a painful decree. Tho long, auburn bourd has been hindered very gray by tho pestilential cllmnto at Khartoum, It Is difficult .o csneeivo anything more hcrrible anci ','dtaoraliz ing than tho atmosphere in )!lnt part of Africa. Tho intr.rw heat, coupled with tho penotratiug dampness, strikes dowu even tho strongest constitutions with deadly fevers, nnd brings on all the symptoms of prematura old ago and decay. i have rarely seen a moro sonowful sight than that presented by tho usiwct of live Sisters of Mercy, not ono of them over twenty-eight years of age, who, after a three years' sojourn in tho Sou dan, hud returned to Cairo with their hair turned completely white and bear ing tho uppearanco of women of sixty. The archbishop, when I first called upon him, was residing in a kind of barnlike buildingon tho banks of tho Sweet Water canal at Cairo, where ho was qunrtered pending his return to tho upper Nile regions. I found him engaged in tend ing somo poor stunted trees and half withered plants in the desolate looking sandy inclosuro which he referred to ao his "garden." Ho was arrayed in an old, rusty and very much worn cassock, with n handkerchief tied round his neck and an Egyptian red fei or tarboush on his head. After mass in tho llttlo chapel, where ho was forced to divido his attention be tween his ministrations at the altar and his fight against tho pestiferous flies with n fly flap mado of a horse's tail,' ho bowed ma hit school, where bo lodged, fed and taught eighty young Soudanese negroes, almost every ono of them res cued from slavery and mutilation. Uoth tho school, with its baro walls and rough benches, and the llttlo chnpcl, with Its patched altar cloth and untuneful harmonium, boro a ovorty stricken air that to mo was pathotio In tho extreme; and oven a couplo of pot monkeys that frolicked about in tho garden seemed to sharo tho aspect of hard times that was apparont overy where for ouo of them had lost an oyo nnd tho other n hand. Just as 1 was in tho act of taking my loavo tho supper bell rang, and as I rods out of tho courtyard I caught a glimpse of tho good archbishop, with his attend ant priests nnd n number of his little negro pupils, sitting dowu nt ono table to a meal so frugal that I could not help thinking of that very grand personage, tho head cook or chef of tho cardinal primato of Hungary. A few days later whllo calling upon tho czar's envoy, M. Hitrovo, at tho Hun slan legation, I was presented by his ex cellency to a most gorgeous npparltlon, whom tho minister described as "His holiness Sophronlus, patriarch of the Copts." In Ids hand was a long ebony staff or crosier incrusted with jewels, over his shoulders was a voluminous crimson cloak, and tho entlro front of his robes from tho throat down to tho hem nt his feet was ono brilliant mass or plaquo of precious stones, which glit tered in tho suu as he stepped forth to enter his carriago. Over his head was thrown a crimson hood which concealed a lofty headdress of some kind or anoth er, nnd from beneath Its odgo tltere peered out n couplo of furtlvo cunning eyes, which appeared alternately to cringo nnd to domineer. Tno swarthy face was almost entirely concealed by a thick, long and shaggy gray beard, literally caked with dirt. His hands although coverod with gems wero equal ly filthy, and I did not kiss tho archi episcopal paw at tho cud of tho visit. Another famous prelato whoso sur roundings aro modest nnd simplo in tho extreme is Cardinal Simeoni, who as prefect of propaganda tldo at Rome is, next to the pontiff himself, tho supremo head of tho Cathollo church iu tho United States. Cardinal Gibbons nnd nil tho other monilwrs of tho Catholic episcopacy in this country nro subject to tho absoluto control and commands of this kindly littlo man who succeeded Cardinal Antonolli as secretary of stato to Pius IX. Whilo at Home I used fre quently to visit him in his quarters upon tho sixth or seventh floor of the propa ganda fido. They wero low, baro look ing rooms, with uncarpeted and unpur quotted floors, sparsely furnished with shabby sofas and divans, and with tables I and chairs that had seen better days. j Tho cardinal's apparel was iu keeping J with his environment, ntid his cassock boro a far greater resomblauco to that of tho nrchbishop of Khartoum than to I that of tho primato of Hungary. Unlike tho latter, his household was limited to a couplo of monslguorl whoso faces are probably familiar to overy American bishop who lias visited Home. Nor is it among tho Catholic prelates alouo that theso contrasts of great wealth nnd great poverty aro to bo found. A similar stato of affairs prevails in tho Church of England, whero the salaries attached to tho sees of Canterbury, Dur ham, York and Loudon appear colossal when compared to thoso of Edinburgh, Liverpool, Exeter and St. Albans. Tho archbishop of Canterbury, for instance, receives from tho government a yearly stipend of !S0,000 with the enjoyment of a stately palace iu Loudon at Lambeth and of a magnificent country seat, called Addington Park, near Croydon. Tho bishop of London, who received tho snmo salary as the president of tho United States, namely ftO.OOO, has a splendid town residence in St. James squaro and a palaco standing iu tho midst of a superb park out in tho sub urbs at Fulham. Bishopsthorpo palace and $00,000 a year go with tho archbish opric of York, and Auckland castle, with 10,000 per annum, to tho bishop of Dur ham. The lord bishop of Rochester, on the other hand, finds it difficult to make both cuds meet on $14,000, as ho is ex pected to maintain quite as much stato as tho bishop of Durham; and the bish op of Liverpool, who has not even a pal aco and an even smaller stiieud, is in a still worse predicament. Small as this rate of pay upjiears alongside of tho big incomes of the arch bishops of Canterbury and York, and of tho bishops of Loudon and Durham, thoy aro still enormous when compared with tho stipends of tho Catholic hier archy in Franco. Thero is not a single cardinal or archbishop whoso salary ex ceeds $7,500, whilo tho averago stipend nttnclied to tho Episcopal sees amounts from three to four thousand dollars, An Ex-Dh'lomatist. Hiiw ti VIcimi Furniture. Rub with cotton waste dipped in boiled Unseed oil; then rub clean and dry with a Mft flannel cloth. How to Mr-ntl llulilirr Overahoei. Rub tho patch nnd shoo thoroughly with sharp sand paper. Smear both with liquid rubber live times, every time lotting them dry, Do this once more, and before ihey dry apply tho patch with pressure, and the shoo Is mended. If liquid rubber Is not obtainable dis solve small pieces of pure ruhlier (not vulcanized) in warm spirits of turpentine to tho consistency of sirup. Hour tu Mnkn CoRee. Thoro nro numberless reciies for mak ing n good cup of coffee, but porhupj the most delicious product of the beau can ho obtained in this way: Take of freshly ground Java and Mocha, In equal part, ouo ounce; pour over it sufficient cold water to thoroughly saturate tho coffee; then add tho whito of one egg togothor with the shell and mix well together. This paste is now put into tho coffee pot, and boiling water (about olio quart) poured upon it. Tho pot is then placed over tho tiro, where it is allowed to boil for about half a minute, after which it is allowed to rest for five min utes. Tho colfeo is then ready. It is clear as crystal, and tho addition of a spoonful of thick cream, instead of hot milk, with sugar to tho taste, makes a cup of coffee fit for the gods. How to l'ruvi'iit Crump In tlm I,vg. A great many persons suffer from cramps in the muscles of the leg at night time. Sometimes tho pains aro so so vero that tho leg is affected for several days afterward. A very simplo preven tive of this unpleasantness is to raise that imrt of the bed whore tho feet lie, so tlmt they will rest a littlo higher thau the head. That is all. Try It, you who are subject to nightly cramps. How to I'rmurw Your Hut. Many men believe that brushing n hat wears it out and quickly destroys the nap. This is a fallacy. The dust and dirt and grease aro primarily responsible for hats quickly becoming shabby. Never put on your hat without brushing it with a soft brush (whisk brooms in jure it), and when you lay it aside take care also that no dust remains upon it. Attend to these simple rules and your huts will last twice us long and look respectable eveu when they aro nearly worn out. How to Mrunuru Hut Height or it Toll-. Measmo tho shadow It casts on lovol ground. Then place a stair upright iu tho ground, measure its length above ground and tho length of its shadow. Then form tho projiortJoii: As tho shadow of tho stair is to its height, so is tho shadow of tho polo or other pcrieiidicu lar object to its height. How to Destroy lli'd llitifi. Rub the joints of tho bedsteads with equal parts of spirits of turpentine and kerosene oil. Where tho insects nro numerous tho cracks of tho Biirbase in tho rooms should bo treated in tho saino way. How to 1'ritnnrvn V.uk. To eaeh pailful of water add two pints of fresh slaked limo and ono pint of com mon salt and mix well. Fill a barrel half full with this fluid and put your eggs down in it any time after and be fore January. Thoy will keep two years. How It I'l-itU to limp 3, 001) IVct. Ono of tho parachute jumpers com pares tho sensation to that of being up set iu a river. Thoy shoot down 200 feet before they realize thoy aro loose from tho balloon. Thereafter tho remainder of tho descent is easy. It doos not jar until tho ground is struck. In fact there is less jarring to the system than if one jumped oil' a six foot fence. Mn, M. II. du Yon ii f. A correspondent says of tho wife of M. H. do Young: After a short season of society Miss Katherine Isabel Deano became Mrs. Michael II, do Young when only eight een years old, sinco when her beauty, grace and domestic virtues havo made her ono of tho most popular women of tho Pacific slope. Tho De Young nursery contains four olive branches that aro tho perfection of juvenility Churles, Helen Marguerite, Constance Marie and Kathleen, six, sev en, five and two yearlings. Tho Chron iclo boys swear by their employer's wife, and during her visit to Now York last winter they sent tlio rarest of California fruits (on the boughs) and flowers to Klunder, to decorate her apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, which on hoi return from it shop i,' excursion glad dened her with surprise and filled her eyes with tears of gratitude. A ron venir in immortelles read, "Christmas greetings from tho flowery west to tho snowy east." Ilou to ninuuliiu the Tiinti' ot Mt-llrlne. A strong solution of extract of licorlco destroys the disagreeable tasto of aloes. Peppermint water disguises tho nauseous tasto of Epsom salts. Milk is a good abater of tho bitter tasto of Peruvian bark, and cloves that of senna. Castor oil cannot bo tasted if beaten and thor oughly mixed with tho white of an egg. Another method of covering the naieoua tnsto of castor or cod liver oil is to put a tablespoon ful of strained orange juice in a wlno glass, pour tho oil into the center of tho julco, then squeeze a few drops of lemon julco upon tho oil and rub some of tho juice on the edge of tho glass. How to Cli'iin lYutlirr. Mako alMierof soap and hot water and pearl ash and wash tho feathers, squeezing them gently in it when luke warm. Rinse in cold water, shaking weli before, but not too near, tho fire. Curl by drawing each fiber over tho blunt odgo of u fruit knife. How to Milks Sun Cliolvru Mixture. This excellent mixture is made of tmct uro of capsicum, two ounces; tincture of camphor, two ounces; tincture of opium, two ounces; tincture of rhubarb, ! two ounces; tincture of peppermint, two ounces. The doso is a teimnoouful in 1 UTtltiM iifiiit 4kiilt itt'imiiiiti.ni sf tlt.i Iimk. "tvv utivt viivii uiiiuitdLiuil Ul Lllv LIMV" els. How the Cliliicne I'rent-rvii drupes. They cut a circular piece out of a ripo pumpkin or gourd, making an iqwrturo largo enough to admit tho hand. Tho interior is cleaned out, tho rijw grapes placed inside and tho cover replaced and grossed in firmly. Tho pumpkins aro then put iu a cool place, and tho grapes retain their freshness for a long time. Careful selection of tho pumpkin is requisite, tho common field pumpkin, however, being well adapted for tho purpose. LAST NIGHT .,14 !'. ' (r r. SEHNSUCHT. English Version ly Tico. Marzidls after Ohr. Winlher, Muslo by HALFDAN KJERULF. n AnilnntSrw -femjBfecgT"Ml I. Last night tliu night-In gnld wokd mo, Lout 1). I think of you In tlm day - - time, I II. O think net I cuu for,- get you, I Hilipigliiip T r,j. 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