Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-10-24

when her own son died, and she it was
who combined and united the prov
inces of the west and south and opened
up the country to European and Amer
lean commerce. For nearly twenty
years, until the coming of age of the
Emperor, she ruled the kingdom with
a rod of iron.
In the Chinese bazaar are hundreds
of small shops. You may buy tea sets
for 800 cash or 10 cents; carved she'll
bracelets and necklaces for 100 cash
and fans rs low as ten for q penny.
The shopkeeper is very good-natured.
He will show you everything he has
and does not seem to mind if you buy
nothing
Tailors and seamstresses sit under
the table to work, not ON the table like
the Japanese or at the table as our own
workers do. The BARRIERS are neces-
sary and ever present evil. A China
man seems to be always running to his
barber.
Hwang- Ching, or the Imperial City,
which surrounds the Prohibited City,
is inclosed by wall, twenty feet wide
and six miles in circumference, having
four gates, through which no one can
pass without special permission.
Within this inclosure are many ancient
temples, in which '"The Son of Heaven"
and members of the imperial family
worship; depository of military stores,
numerous pagodas, palaces, monaster-
les and royal colleges. Tang Tsz, the
edifice where the Emperor sacrifices to
remote ancestors of the royal family,
is opposite the Colonial Office.
Tsz Kin Ching, the Prohibited City,
or Region of the Heavenly Angels,
has Grcumsference of many miles,
and is entered by massive gates, each
crowned by a tower. These towers are
among the wonders of Peking. One
of them is of porcelain, exquisitely
carved, and has million figures in it.
In the ornamentations of these curious
watch towers all kinds of rich metal
and precious stones are employed
The interior Of the city is divided
into four parts by walls running north
and south, and the whole is set off by
the grouping of some of the most mar
yelously constructed palaces to be seen
anywhere in the world.
Where the European idea of stateli
ness is to send spires and domes heaven
ward and construct graceful towering
pillars and columns, the Chinese
method is to broaden and fiatten every
thing. One of his Majesty's houses
look like square sugar loaf; another
resembles a stack of hay: third makes
one think it is constructed of building
blocks, and still another could easily
be taken for one of the new torpedo
boats. The roofs and the bases have
exactly the same measurements and
there is hardly house over one story
and a-half in the entire city.
The Emperor's palace has nine
courts, opening into each other. The
great dividing gates are of pure white
marble, carved and inlaid. The first
one is the smallest of all the courts.
but is, nevertheless, almost as large as
one of the New York public squares.
After passing by the gate there are a
number of stone bridges to cross. Ar
tificial lakes lend peculiarly natural
charm to the scene.
Politicians are looking forward with
great interest to the celebration of the
Empress -Dowager's birthday in Octo-
ber. Being very progressive, it is
hoped she will throw aside the super
stition and isolation which have wrapped
the Dragon throne in clouds of decay
and show herself to the poeple.-Mar-
gherita Arlina Hamm, in Mail and
Express.