The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-24

shASCAoid uCdScu ESdCu Sdte 1S SEN
tried by a swarthy Sikh soldiert-he
personification Of the domination of a
greater empire than that of Rome in
its best days.
IMPERIAL ANCESTRAL TABLETS
The door 10 the great circular build
ing devoted to the ancestral tablets OF
the Manchu dynasty stands wide open.
1T contains huge tablet on. the north
ern side to Imperial Heaven, AMI Eight
caSeS-four IN a side-to the eight EN-
perors who have thus far reigned dur
ing the past two hundred and fifty-six
years. Every one of the eight cas- s
with heavy carved doors, has been
broken open, and every one of the
eight tablets to the deified ancestors
has been taken away by British officers
for transmission to the British Mu-
seum-an act of more than justifiable
: reprisal for Chinese treatment of the
foreign cemetery, and also perhaps the
/ most stunning blow which the system
| of ancestral worship ever received.
EMPEROR'S PRIVATE ROOMS.
The Emperor's Hall of Fasting is used
RS the headquarters of the British army
in this part of the city, and every day il
; Is partly filled with many carloads of
, loot-silks. furs, silver and Jade orna-
Observation-Disclosures clothing and the like
) which is daily forwarded to the British
Legation, where it is sold at auction for
: the benefit of the army, and is soon re-
/, placed by as much more. The personal
apartments of the Emperor in the rear
serve as the bedrooms of the officers, who
!, look mildly surprised when the circum-
stance Is communicated to them at their
dinner, and merely give an inQuiring
glance, as much as to say, We'll what
/, of it, don't you known
+ The Government of China has always
I been conducted through the agency of the
w ynor do 80
: nue., Civil Office. and Punishments, most
), ly situated on street named after one
/, of the most important ones-the Board OF
War. At the wide doors concealing the
!, arcana of this Chinese official life for
{ eigners have for the most part hitherto
> gazed from affair. At present the doors
!; of all stand wide open, and any who lis,
y can wander through the courts at will
: The Board of War is the headquarters OF
= an Indian regiment, the tall and dusky
u warriors of the hill tribes Of the Indiar
e frontier making themselves at home II
{ the ample apartments at their disposal.
THRIFTY JAPANESE
The thrifty japanese contrived to ge
the west side of this same street reds
= tributed so as to come within their lines
and then sent caravan of mules work
e ing day and night for long period, anC
carried off from the Board of Revenue
Il sum reported to be at least three million
y taels of silver ingots. This same Or
n iental race, who appeared to know mucl
" more about Peking than the Pekinges
3. themselves, promptly fastened their tai
Il ons on all the principal Imperial gran
a aries. and are said to have in their pos
= session rice to the value of 1880 900 gol,
l. dollars-their indemnity being thus auto
= matically paid with no diplomatic pres
l. sure whatever, or any consent asked o
'e any Power"
!, THE CARRIAGE PARK
l. Immediately to the south of the Impe
IF rial city,>and adjacent to the British LIE
N cation on the northwestern side, les
10 large tract inclosed by a lofty wall, whic
ly is generally known as The Carriage Park
# There are several spacious halls, one o
10 them among the very largest to be foun
" anywhere in China, and these are de
signed for the storage of the various Sc
dan-chafrs, chariots, and vehicles c
strange and hitherto undescribed varie
At ties built or presented for Imperial US,
l. This Carriage Park. 1t should be noted
,, was a grievous thorn in the side of tn
90 besieged occupants of the Legatio
10 throughout the siege, as enc of the mos
RI threatening barricades was built in 4
IA and the rifle-shots from that quarter wer
IF incessant. 1t was suspected. moreove
NJ that 1t was intended to explode min
20 Under some of the nearest Legatio
- buildings, only few rods dstant--a sus
- picion which proved to have been we
- founded, as the mine had been dug an
~. the fuse was prepared. The British relic
- corps had no sooner occupied the Legs
;; ton than hole was blown in the Cal
riage Park wall by means of dynamic
le and the swarthy Pathans and Beluch
.e filed into the large pastures thus place
~ at their disposal. IT dill not take long
~ run out of doors the lacquered red All
- yellow Imperial equipages. where the
NJ were afterwards exposed to the Weiss
Il tudes of the hot August sun and III
er pouring rains. Mountains Of paraphe
In ralia were found in every building 81
40 cushions. satin pillows, gorgeous ha
IN nesses and trappings of every descrirt:c
I'd and of no description at ALL Muie-load
y of this elegant rubbish were brought mi
es the Legation for sale by auction, or pc
oy haps for transm ission to the distan. IL
Is of the Ocean whence came the ''fierc, ~
rn untamable Barbarian" Gas the BIRTHS
he used to be termed in Chinese dispatches
en- Both in the expansive grounds of tt
e. Carriage Park and In the far Large: on
is of the Temple of Heaven, parks Of art
ce iery stand serenely awaiting fresh order
or the mules meantime trampng in T.
Sc mire hundreds of moth-eaten official la
a made of felt, and furongs of once 81
a CANT and costly silk coverings of brii
chairs and palanquins.
:. CHINESE DESTROY UNIVERSITY
he Adjoining the Carriage Park on Il
a east, and the British Legation on Il
A. north, stood the series of extensive cour
is yards and halls which contained the Hal
a Lin, or Imperial Chinese University
as highest grade. one of the most ancic,
nd and most famous seats of learning in Il
al world. During the early days of the sizes
II the happy idea occurred to the Chin
he that, with the wind in the north, to j
nd fire to the Han-Lin would be to roast II
nd British Legation and everv one in 1t. 4
o. result of herculean efforts the fir
n. were put out, but nearly all the hal
~ We're destroyed. The principal literar
nd monument of the most ancient people
~, the world was obliterated In an afternoo
ha and the wooden stereotype plates of Il
~ most valuable works became prey
-, the flames, or Were used in building ba
- rioades. or as kindhng by the British mi
-, rines.
ed PRICELESS TREASURE GONE.
s. Priceless literary treasures were tun
o. hled into the lotus-ponds, wet with Il
u Hoods of water used to extinguish Il
fires, and later buried after they had b
or GIN to rot. to diminish the disagreeab
is OdOr EXnenSfva Pa pnnhor-wo0d