The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
HOW cHiNA's EMPEROR LIVES.
Pal, Mat, H4dgrs. ]

The ruler of the .soo>aoco cf which the Chinese nation probably consists is now within five years of h.s majority the age of eighteen yearsl. and is an ee- crpant. while yet a minor. of the same apartments m which lived the emperor who preceded him on the Dragon Throne There, says the Ns'sA C&isa Rs.sli. he eats with eold-tipped ehopst,cks of ivory. rhese he sleeps on a large Ningpo bed stead, richly carved and ornAmen,ed with ,vory and gold-thc same on which the nohle-minaed Empefcts kang hSi and Chien Lung used to recline after tAe days tAegue las, century and the century hefere
 Like one Q. those l,sing Buadhas who may be seen in a lamasery on the Mon Soltan plateau, he is kneii 10 by all his al. tendants and honored as god The seelas,on .a which he is kept is far moro complete than that of the gods The building in which the emperor resides Is called \ ang H,ia lien. and IS little ,o the yves; ot hien Ching Meu ,n the mlddle ei the palace. A, the back oi the central gate. on the south Ade, k the Steai reception hall. When ministers oi Na i; teas, i've ot sN tu the morning. ac- eording ,o custom. they have ,e 10 an foot te the centre of the palace o,es hail l mile. II the, en,e, b, the east oi vest gate and when they get on n years the, San appre, iate the empctots favor. winch then by decree allows them to oe borne ,n ! char instead ci waking
 The rooms ei the emperor consists oi seven compartments. They arc pp. S,ded with the dl,an er k'ang. the peeu. htf tn>H.aiien ef North China The ans> aIe covered ~i,h rcd tel, oi native manufacture and the tloat with Euso pean carpets The cushions all have embroidered on them the dragon and pha al< Pretty things :, altered though ;he rooms are endless m variety anal arc hanged ia ateeedance ~tth any wiSh expressed hl the emperor
 l ne reoia> ate 10 Al thu,y yaids ,ane b> igar4 eikht te mne Safds deep and are a,tjded into three separate apart nents. the throne loom heine the nlddle one Folding doors ten tee, tn hctsht open inie ea ot these apartments to Inc aadh aad sea,h II Inc cente ot ea. h ike upper pat ai these ,ioars is in open k aetcfs and flowers atc carved Ihese dea,s feulaiG open even m winter. be
 ause dGanS th4{ seasou a thi \ etns bradiefed gftalH of dainaSk tS hung n the doorway, winch by ,s wel khl keepA lt> pace eiose to the doer-pes, and pc vents tald Al rom entering In san,- meI this ls repla, ed by curtain adm,f. 'ias Inc bteezc on account nt l,s he,ns ot very thin >tftps et bamboo The silk threads used m seWInS tne .tril,s oi t,ati,- uoo toecthef arc oi various Coints and pas,tsk through the whole texture of the ,at,siu from iu? ta the bottom are .efy tsfeeahie tn the eye These summer and winter curtains arc rolled ap ,o eiee All to the rooms when tequited, The lloppo who lately returned ttom Canton sa,e the emperor a pfescn, valued Al .tsl | gousIsted If handeliets hold. ,ng ,s wa> sandlcs eaeh Hs m,5es,, has also some elc,tsi ma, l. nc, anA numbeflcss foreign 'uuosiltcs
 Inc emperor vas Vaetinated when An int-n,, before hA hlgh desun, VAS though, of otherwtse II would have been tlifltul, tc eaccina,e hlm. for. his petson beng sacred when emperor. no lapset l.ta lot.s l. ltm His mother. the ii1ne GAS oi Ch uu, goes n to sec hlm onee month sr3 kueels when she hss, speak. ,o hun. 5n: uses aftervafds HA father does so too The emperor studies hlncse dAiiy iof an hour and i, halt and a.,ne Ag also Tor al Aogr anI a hail He spend, ,wo houts ln archer, and fidias lnd In winter amuses himself si,h AsedRtng lie has l,tte brother ot five whom < may be hoped the mo,he, ,akea ~3th her when she goes ,p the palace Inc tea hefs who instruct hlrn kne~ ,o him on entering but ai'er~atd, stf The etnp.Tof has elght eHnufhs. who con >iAntly attend htm. bcsld-s an indeiInte number tor spee ial occasons He has hA meals alone and the cigh, cum hs ~ait at0snd h.ua res,tA.ning hm Il he 'akes too much ui any one thing His se hoo.-foom n ai the back of the Yang i:sin en. already dessrbei. and ,he aAe i,r conference eaCh morning wsth msnisieta .s d ls'tle to the east