The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22
A QUEER CHINESE PAPER.
SOME CURIOUS FEATURES or rH1
"PkkISG GAzETIE.O

| the Ahrone-StrsnGe Criwtnai CHeesLFt.s
St's TO the Emperor-Strpage Nevsp.p,r
sH.NoHAr March 31.-Ths Picking Gazette. tb.
oi1ieih organ Of the Chinese Government /.
about the only source Of Information for the
foreigner Of the Incidents Of royal LIE. 40
leslously guarded from European eyes Iii.
issued nearly every day. and contains large
number OF curious items that are Of great In
terest. 1t is edited By q Board Of high officials.
and IL Is written in the choicest mandsria
dialect, This Board has referred to It all the
memorials that come In from every part OF the
empire. Those which are worthy Of reporting
are set down In the fullest terms and at the
end OF each reference 10 made to the proper
| department. which must deal with the matter.
Nothing is apparently trivial in the eyes Of
| the editors OF the Fekn1 Gazette which con-
Germs the Emperor. the worship OF ancestors
and gods. or the enforcement OF time-honor.d
ceremonial. Any one who reads q digest Of
the Gazette will soon see what lie the load which
q paternL Government has to bear. 1t seems
incredible that q great Government should
concern itself with the proper honors to be
given to river god that has aided the people
stopping breach In the banks Of q river. or
the title that should go to q mandarin who
beRs to be retired because Of age and n1rmi-
ties. or the punishment that should be metsd
out to man who has committed q heinous
crime. yet who has MITIGATING circumstances
IN his favor. The court journal Of London or
Berlin IL not an inspiring record. but Il IL FUN
Of dignity compared with the greater part Of
the contents Of the Picking Gazetts. Nearly all
the criminal cases referred to In the Gasetts
would be decided In any European country By
the proper courts: the matters which concern
ceremonial would be decided By the chamber
lains and others who have charge OF court et-
auetts. while the religious questions would be
settled By the proper ecclesiastical authorities
without, publicity. But In China all this II
The editors OF thi. Government journal are
not endowed with any news sense They sel-
months old but their method Of reporting
leaves nothing to the Imagination. They enter
parents By a child, or the taking on OF hus:
the American police reporter in fulness OF
detail These police cases are usually report
ei.ion, Mitigating the severity Of the usual
punishment This softening Of punishment
cutioner 70 iniict speedy death. instead OF
several days ~ the ling Ell Ior thousand
Is. or In ~ sassns
In very YER few cssss l. the desih psesity Fs
mittsd. but occasionally victim 10 allowed to
The her regular reader OF tho Gazette thus get.
mass OF inf9rmation about peculiar crimes
IN nr China he !; with the
only driven 70 yiolsnes alter q eTaslty end .SHs.
s o I ~h ThsSe sS
who'll subject e ths susoa 2, ,s mother yho
By her mother law has NO recourse under
day she herself will be in this same position OF
Of her sons. Every Few m onths a Sase Of pc.
cpiiar hsrdship 10 reported-ths mad Aet Of
greater favor from the Board Of Pardons than
fhs most eo M tSs cass. o.
OF q husband who has been melted By an eyil-
father in order to gain HE Inheritance. or Of .
wife " no has been prompted 81 cruelty or lust
cases show the primitive conditions Of life in
China. for In many instances tn. murder u
bis blood. while IN. guilty iagitiy.s .ttsmstto
escape through denseIy settled country tosA
tim Is Surisd IN, IN such careless fsshioS thst
any thorough investigatlon leads directly 70
The is Is .SoS Of that the s,. issued vsou.
some notice Of the enforcement Of law In dis
*. 1as: ss% St a' ss.S F
isIon Of Eor%o.a IN Which he inform: the
WSO% AND
He notes that the head Of one prisoner VINO
eesn ~ ,Se Ga iT1 have s SeeS filed
with memorials IN regard to checking frauds
NJ the EXAMINATIONS OF metropolitan and pro-
incss The Supervising censor and Keeper Of
the seal OF the Board OF War submitted an
clares that as these examinations are the
special optsem. Of bread ststssmanship and
incumbent on the Emperor TO issue stringent
orders to prevent frauds 10 them. The pres-
:s,.d 2, q his iss1.i1 as:
The mem oralist suggests some curious
systsm. adopted In 1850. should be revived.
ton halls. surrounded 6T q wide, ditch, Then
any one except candidates, caught In the ball
pahishsd. He also recon mspds' pstrSilips
the hall and grounds day and night until the
seems that = lucrative business (. now done
By suostitutes, who enter the halls under the
aminstions Tor t6sir patrons. ne also G ss S
Essts that no candidates be permitted to carry
ans should
be placed in bamboo or wicker baskets II 10
notewOrthJ that tn: Rsm Grislist p!Sess no de-
dates that they shall abstain from outside aid.
This and other nemorials show plainly that
be devised to guard 1Rainst fraud that now
guarantees OF tho scholarship and culture OF
Recent Giaz.ttss have contained several notes
Is from Chang shun, Tartar General and Mill
has Ssesissd from Il. ginseng S ssS S. Of Firia
some specially hns ginseng superior to any
ever obtained before for royal use lie says
hs has ready for shipEsn eight Ioots OF
No. size and fourtesn roots OF middle size,
n; two wsS Scs. sss ad 81 RI.
roots are to be sent In care Of hereditary mo-
The Governor OF Anhiri sends word that on
command OF the Com troller- General Of the
l N psriAl Household he has prepared and sent
Tor the Empsror's private use the following
articles;
Crimson gold brocAdsd -four drAEOnD handler
chiefs a.. square.
sEated cOOTui s ks tlO n. By 80
" bite silks ia H. BY n O1
The Governor adds that through Trustworthy
deputies he supervised the making OF hand
erchisfs and silks In bOochOw. which turns
put the finest materials The ink was made 10
his own province. and received his personal
attention