Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-14
Ths Emperor of China at Home.

The ruler of the 25O 0OO, 900 of people o1 which the Chinese nation probably consists i now within five years of his majority, and Ii an occupant, while yet minor, of the same apartments in which lived the emperor who preceded him on the dragon throne. There says an account translated from the NorG Deutsehe reitung, he eats with gold tipped chop sticks of ivory, and sleeps on Q large Ninepo bedstead, richly carved and orne
 mented with ivory and gold, the same or which the noble minded Eupercrs KhapG Hsi and Chien Ling used to recline after the days fatigue In the last century and the cen tury before Like one of those living Bud
 dhas who may be seen on the Mongolian pla teau, he is honored as god by his attendants,
 who kneel to him. The seclusion in which
 he is kept Is also far more complete. The
 building in which the emperor resides is
 called Yang Hsin Tien, and is little in the
 west of the middle of the palace. At the back of the central gate on the south side is the great reception hall. When ministers of state and others enter for an ntdienee at four, five, and six in the morning, according to custom, they have to go on foot to the center of the palace, over half 8 mile, if they enter by the east OF west gate; and when they get or in years they can appreciate the emperor s favor, which then by decree allows them to be borne in chair instead of walking.
 The rooms of the emperor consist of seven divisions. They gre provided with diVans covered with red felt of native manufacture, and the floor with European carpets. Inc cushions have all embroidered on them the dragon and the phsnix. Pretty things seat tered through the reoms are endless iu varIe- ty and are changed in accordance with any wish expressed by the emperor. The rooms are in all thirty yards long by from eight to nine yards deep and are divided into three separate suites the throne room bsing in the middle. Folding doors ten feet in height open into these apartments to the north and south in the center of each. The upper part of these doors is in open work in which va- rious suspicious characters and flowers are carved. At the back paper Is pasted to ed- init light to ths rooms. The front Is orna- mented with gliding, sculpture and varnish of various colors. These doors remain open even in winter, because during the cold sea- son thick embroidered curtain hangs in the doorway, which, by its weight, keeps its place close to the door posts and prevents the cold air from entering. In summer this is replaced by curtain of very thin strips of bamboo to admit the breeze. The silk threads used in sewing the strips of bamboo together are of various colors, and, passing through the whole texture of the curtains from the top to the bottom, are very agree able to the eye. These summer aud winter curtains are rolled up to give air to the rooms when required. Exit and entrance are ef-
 
 doors.
 Along the whole front of thirty yards there Is a covered flight of steps fifteen feet wide. The roof over these rests on two rows of pill lars. The pillars shine with fresh vermiltoD both within the rooms and on the steps out side, and are decorated with scUlptured work partly gilt and partly vanished. The Hoppo, who lately returned from Canton, gave the emperor 8 present valued at SS,000. It con- sisted of chandeliers holding 800 wax candles each. The emperor has also soma electrical machines and numberless foreign curiosities He was vaccinated when an infant, before his high destiny was thought of, otherwise 1t would have been difficult to vaccinate him, for, his person being sacred when emperor, DO lancet can touch him. His mother, the princess of Cbun, who is a sister of the em- press of the West, will be raised to the rank of empress dowager when he is sixteen, and his father will also be made Tai Shang Huang. At least this is to be expected by precedent, so that after three years there will be two expresses dowager, but in this case they will be sisters.
 The princess, his mother, goes in to see him. once a month, and kneels when she first speaks to him, but rises afterward. His father does likewise. The emperor studies Chinese daily for an hour and half. He spends two hours in archery and riding, and in winter amuses himself with sledging. He has little brother of five, whom his mother takes with her when she goes to the palace. The teachers who instruct him kneel to him on entrance, but afterwGrd sit. The em- peror has eight eunuchs who constantly at tend him, beside an indefinite number for special occasions. He has his meals alone, and the eight eunuchs wait around him re straining him if he takes too much of any one dish His school-room is at the back of the Yang Hsin Tien, already described, and the hall in which he holds conference every morning with the ministers is little to the east.