Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-06


went one morning to visit the state
department, and as looked At Il ]
thought of our great building OF the
State, War and Navy, which cost, you
know, more than ten million dollars, and
which Is the biggesi granite building IN
the world. The street was a mud
puddle aud Rugged low. shackly hui d.
ings till finally cam TO gate nj which
a dirty official was standing. lie shook
his head as | entered, but pretended
not to see him. sud pushed my way IN.
] entered a court, which looked for all
the world like barn yard surrounded
by low wooden stables, with heavy tiled
roofs. This court was filled with don
keys, horses aud dogs, and hali.naked
children sprawled In front OF the doors
to these buildings, which were, In fact,
the offices OF the department. The
buildings were filled with clerks, who
wrote away at bare tables, the light
coming In through latticework walls
backed with white paper. They scow ed
atme as | looked, and one OF them gave
me to understand that ! had better move
on. next visited the famous Hanlin
College. II was worse than the state
department, and everything about Il was
shabby and going to seed. tried to
get into the board Of punishments, where
the horrible cruelties which the Chinese
government mctes out 10 It's rebels and
criminals are passed upon, and where
torture Is common, but was stopped at
the door and was positively tod that
could not 20 In. Il was the same with
all the government departments They
could not have been shabDer had they
been knocked up out u odd pieces Of
old Noah's ark. and everything was filthy
aud the picture Of ruin. The only really
new things in the city seemed to be the
clothes Of the officials, aud | laughed
again and again as saw these mandarins
| bow down IN the mud aud 40 through
the forms Of the Chinese court amid
their filthy surroundings. They are
| among themselves, as lar as words 20,
the most polite OF all nations. and they
look upon us as boors aud barbarians.
The most oil the people believe that
they Will conquer the world, and
doubt whether a thousand out OF the
million and half people In Picking
know anything OF the Japanese victories,
The court officials distribute all sorts oil
lies, and they have probably told the
people that they have whipped the
| Japanese ON both land and on sea, aud
that the mikado will be brought to Pek'
ing. The majority OF the citizens Of the
Chinese capital really believe that
America is subject 10 China. They
think that Col. DENLY Is sent to the
capital to pay Uncle Sans tribute tC
their emperor. and this, am told, Is
their opinion as to every foreign legation
They have nicknamed the street upot
which the foreign ministers live 9Th,
street VI the subject nations" and they
would consider II disgrace to ask oui
minister to dinner, and | venture tina
| Col. DENLY has never been on intimat,
terms with a dozen high class Chimes,
officials. This, know, will seem stfang,
to Americans, but Il Is actually tn,
truth.
Picking Is the most cosmopolitan city
| We have In America only the CHINESE
Of South China. These come from III,
hot countries at the southern part OF III,
empire, and they are small and lean IL
comparison with The people Of the north
They dress differently, and they have q
different dialect and different habits anc
customs. Picking is frozen up for 81,
months OF the year, and you can hav,
ice sledging on the Peiho at Christmas
| found the people OF every Chimes,
state different, and the dialects are a!
various as the languages OF Europe
Here In Peking you find representatives
OF every Chinese state, and there ar,
celestials from all the big cities. Thibet
Mongolia, Nanchuua and parts OF Al
ghanistan are all tributary TO China, ant
people Of half dozen religions jostl,
each other as they wade through tn,
streets. The strangest sights to me a
first entrance were the nomadic Mongo
lians, who rode into the city on grea
camels or dromedaries, which were GOV
cred with wool from six TO twelve inche
| long. Ihese CONG from the cold repi