Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-16
TIE BOZ EMPEROR OF CHINA.

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| this is the worat. VIC.
| TIE BOZ EMPEROR OF CHINA.
Hcsc He Eats aud Where He SIeeps-R5s
! Father and Mother RneeI to HIN.
! North China Herald.
J The ruler Of the two hundred and fifty
millions of which the Chinese nation
probably consists is now within five years
of his majority, and is an occupant, while
yet minor, of the same apartments III
which lived the emperor who preceded
him on the dragon throne. There ne eats
with gold tipped chop sticks Of ivory.
There ne sleeps on 2 large Ningpo bed
stead, richly carved and orrarsanted With
. ivory and gold, the same on which the ne
bic minded Emperor5 kgng H5i and Cnisn
Lung used to raoline after the days "a
tigue last century and the century before.
Like one Of those living Baddhas who
may De seen il lamasery on the
/ MoDgolian plateau, he is knelt to by all
his attendants and honOred as . god.
! There is this difference, that the respect felt
fer him is more profound than for them.
/ The seclusion in which he is kept also IS
far more complete.
! The building IN which the emperor re
Sides is called Yang Hsin TEN, and is g
! little to the west of Chien Ching Men in
! the middle OF the palace. AT tic back Of
| the central gate; on the south side, is the
! great reception hall. When ministers of
state and others enter for an audience as
4, 5 or in the morning, according 10 Gus
tom, they have to 20 on foot to the centre
of the palace, over half mile, if they en-
ter by tho east or west gate;
and when they get on in
years they can appreciate The en-
peror's favor, which then, by dacree, al
lows them to be borne in G chair instead
Of walking. The rooDs Of tbs emperor
consist Of seven compartments. They ere
provided with the divan, or k5ng, the Pc
culisr institution of North China. Ihe
Hangs are covered with red felt Of native
manufscturs, and the floor with European
carpets. The cushions have all en-
broidered ON them the dragon and the
phsni1. Pretty shings scattered through
the rooms are endless in variety, and are
wish expressed by the Emperor.
by from eight to nine yards deep, and are
divided into three separnbs apartments,
the throne room being the middle oue.
Folding doors ten feet in height open into
cash OF these apartments to the north and
south in the center of each. The upper
part of these doors is in open work, in
which various suspicious characters and
flowers are carved. At the back paper is
pasted to admit light to the rooms. The
front is ornamented with gliding, sculp-
ture, and varnish of various colors. These
doors remain open even in winter, because
during that season thick embroidered
curtain of damask is hung in
the doorway, which, By its weight,
keeps it's place close to the door posts and
prevents cold air from entering. In sum
mer this is replaced by curtain admit
ting the breeze, or account of its being
made of very thin strips of bamboo. The
silk threads used in sewing the strips of
! bamboo together are of various colors,
and passing through the whole texture Of
the curtain from the top TO the bottom, are
very agreeable TO the eye. These summer
| and winter curtains are rolled up to give
air to the rooms when required. Exit
and entrance are effected on each side
of these curtains by side doors. Along
| the whole front OF thirty yards there
| is covered flight of steps
fifteen feet wide. The roof over this rests
| on two rows of pillars. The pillars shine
with fresh yermilhop, both within the
rooms and on the steps outside, and are
decorated with culptured work, partly
gilt and partly vanished. The Hoppe,
who lately returned from Canton, gave
| the emperor present valued at $4,000.
| It consisted OF chandeliers holding 500
| wax candles each. His majesty has also
electrical machines, and numberless for
| eiQn curiosities.
| The emperor was vaccinated when an
| infant, before his high destiny was
| thought of; otherwise it would have been
difficult to vsccinste him, for his person
| being sacred when emperor, no lance
can touch him. His mother
the princess of Ch'un, who is sister Of the
! empress of the west, will be raised to the
rank of empress dowager when he is SIX
teen, and his father will also be made Tai
Shsng Huang At least this is to be ex-
| pected by precedent, so that after three
years We shall again have two empresses
dowager, but in this case they will be sis
tiers. The princess, his mother, goes in to
see him once month, and kneels when
she first speaks to him, but rises after
! ward. His father does so too. The en-
peror studies Chinese daily for an hour
and half, and Msnchu also for an hour
and half. He spends two hours in
archery and riding and in winter
amuses himself with sledging. He has a
little brother of five, whom it may be
hoped the mother takes with her when she
| goes to the palace. The teachers who in
strIct him kneel to him on entering, but
sfterEard sit. The en- oeror has eight
eunuchs who constantly offend him, be
sides an indefinite number for special oc-
easions. He has his meals alone, ana the
eight eunucbs wait round him, restfaiaip, :
him if he takes too muca of any ore
thing. His school room is as the back of
the Yang Hsin lien already described, and
the hall for conference with ministers is
little TO the east.
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