The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16

sional tasters, who test whether It is
poisonous. and the greatest care is OBJ
served as to all things reldt1nS 10 MS
majesty'S health.
The emperor's works begins as soon
as breakfast is over. FRO = TO II
he receives his ministers and
matters Of state. The work IS
done in the morning, a part or the
afternoon being often used for horse
back riding. His majesty is ono OF
horses, and he has about three hum
dred in his stables, including some
fine hunters. He hunts himself Occa-
sionally, and has large game pre-
serves Of his own, where there are
full of p~heasants, and there are many
ducks on the ponds. Indeed, | am
told that there are duck ponds and
duck bitches in the palace grounds, IN
which the ducks are netted by means
of decOys. Decoys are placed on the
ponds and in the canals which run
out from them, and then grian is scat
tered about on the Of the ANA
as bait. AS the ducks light and make
their way into the canals nets are
thrown over them by the Imperial
hunters, who are hldden IN n
able skill to throw these nets properly,
but it is said that the emperor has
bagged scores of ducks in one day.
His Majesty is Rich.
I understand that his majesty is
rich. According to the theory Of the
Old Japan, the whole Of the empire
belonged to him n the people were
his also. After the reorganization OF
affairs in 1868 he still held enormous
properties, and he owns these today.
All such matters are private, however,
and you will find nothing about them
in the Japanese revenue HIS
majesty has his own business mana
gers, who make his investments for
him and who administer his estate. I
am told that his income is ormO
and tina in the past he has been gen
erous in giving and lending from 1t
for the governments needs. AT the
close Of the China-Japan war he was
presented with s10,0O0,00O as an en-
blem Of the gratitude Of the people.
but it is whispered that this was mere
w returning to him money which he
had secretly advanced to carry on that
war. AS far as I can learn, his mai
esty owns almost 0 million acres
of forests, which are valued at about
sixty millions of dollars. He has
three hundred thousand acres Of other
land. worth considerably over one
million, and about twelve thousand
acres Of real estate with houses upon
it. He has also fifteen or twenty mil
lion dollars worth Of stocks and shares
and no one knows how many gOvern-l
ment bonds. He is allowed three mil
lion yen annually TO keep up his pal
ace establishments. SO that altogether
he is sure never to be in want.
The Elmperor's Palaces.
The Mikado lives in the heart of
The imperial palaces are sit
in the center of about a thou
sand acres of ground surrounded by
three wide mOats These meats are
with stone and they are crossed
by marble bridges which are guarded
soldiers in uniform. The moats
places are 200 feet wide. They are
filed with clear water FROM the hav
magnificent lotus flowers float
them on sheets Of green leaves /
The nalace grounds consist of hill and
valley; they contain lakes, gardens,
woods and beautiful lawns. In the
outer portion of the estate are some
of the government buildings esneci3Hy
related to the palace: such. for in
stance, as the household department.
The Emperor's palaces are of great
extent. They cover three times as
much ground as the Capitol at Wash
and altogether they have cost
million dollars. Most of them
are of one story, made after a com
of Europea and Japanese
architecture. The doors slide back and
in grooves, and the inner walls.
o~n innmenSe sheets of plate
glass, set in ~lacquered frames. do like-
wise. by TINS means 2 GumhH or
NAV he thrown into one. There
also single rooms of enormous OK
There is one dining room hat
will seat a hundred people and a
h~anoueting hall which takes about 500
Yards of mating to cover it's
Then there are bathrooms and
Ira wing rooms, studios and libraries
and a large number Of bedrooms,
some Of which are furnished in
style. The whole palace is
like a Jewel. The floors are
Maid n many of the ceilings are
with embroidery. One room
S ceiled with tapestry of gold thread
1t a cost of $4,000. and the walls of
rooms, are hung with brocaded
,ilk, especially made for this nrr-