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Easy terms of Marriage promptly furnished 3.099.999 ejery o_n0_‘ She is a stickler as to form. and in- sists that all business hall be done through the young Emperor. though she really directs what he is to do. She is even more secluded than the Em- peror, sad when she receives her offi- cials and the Cabinet Ministers her Practice is to sit behind a screen while they talk at her through itâ€"unless she has something strong to say to them. l'“' ‘-"â€"c ' U the Taeping rebellion. She managed Its affairs during its war with France and she has had more then one taste of Russian diplomacy. She is said to have a. mind of her own, and all of the a thin leaven of diluted statesmanlike feeling, and sometimes by that back- stalrs .palace intrigue which works through the favorable medium of her favorite eutnuclh, Pitsian-li. Kuan-g Hsujâ€"Wh'ich means The Illustrious Suc- cessmnrâ€"has been under the old lady’s thumb since he was 4 years of age. When he was chosen to succeed T'ung- olri. She supervised his education. She' ploked out his wives for him. and she makes the ladies of his harem skip‘to- day if they don't walk chalk in her Dljesence. Of course she took her own friends when she selected his wives, and she has him so hemmed about with her officials and girls that if he had a will of his own he wouldn't know how to use it. The Empress Dowager, who has bossed the Tsumg-li-Yamen for 3 generation. is now 63 years old. She Was the secondary wife of the Emperor Hsiean Fung. She was at the head of the Elnpire during a greater part of Though he is generally credited with the possession of a. very ugly temper. which invites him to smash the brie-a- lertk of his apartments when he can- not have his own way. his efforts at ruling go no further than doing what he is told to do. He is kept in order-- glncestor worship being a strong point In the Celestian moral codeâ€"by the old Empress Dowager, who practically runs the State show, and who is influenced sometimes by whim working through Which are sixty feet thick and as tall as a London flat. These inclose a large area filled up with the houses of Tartars and Government building‘s? Which ruin round a space the middle of which is known as the Imperial City. This has a high wall of gray brick about six miles in circumference, and it includes the outside palaces, the Pleasure grounds, and the temples of i the sacred city. The Emperor is kept inside this. and his exclusive quarters are known as the PURPLE FORBIDDEN CITY. The walls of this last pen: are rigidly guarded. They i'nclose the quarters of the Emperor, his family, the ladies of the royal harem, and the thousands; of eunuchs who make up the servants.l and include buildings for court cere-i monies, which are arranged round thei sides of a ridge of palaces running! from the north to the south. The;l Haiperor himself lives in the north-3 western part of the pen. and the Elm-g press Dowager has a palace near by, In another part of the lnclosure is the ' hall of literary aoyss, or the imperial library, and in this the Cabinet offi- cers, about whom ,more anon, hold their sessitms. Pekin is a huge city. credit- ed with 1,500,000 inhabitants, but apart from the eunuchs, the toadies, and the Women who haunt the Purple For- bidden City, it is doubtful if 5,000 of this vast number have ever set eyesl upon the monarch, and among Eu- ropeans and Americans it is only the Ambassadors who are permitted to gaze upon his august countenance. A the corner or has his eye fastened to a hole in the matting is liable to be blinded by a bullet or an arrow. When he is at home he is carefully hidden! away in the centre of a big Tartar city, which is im the centre of the Chinese city, at Pekin, and you have to go through three sets of walls-â€" simply an impossible task for a Europ- ean visitorâ€"before you approach the building in which he is kept, guarded by eunuchs. First, there are the im- mense walls of the great Tartar city, ‘vh‘iCh are SiXtV fnnf fhinlr and (ac: in” Klalg llsl Shut lip m Ills Purple Forbid- cle- Clty with Ills now and A rrows-J‘Ie Grand Council. the Ministry of War. the [sung-ll-l'aI-en am! the Men Who («Institute Them - ”any In“ or me Brother of the Sun. There is a young man in Pekin who would be trembling just now in his skinif he were only able to realize pro- perly the danger that is threatened to him and his empire by some of those very kind friends who have 'come to ham dona ferentes. He is the Emper- or Kuang Hsu. euphemistically known, among- other outrageous titles, as the Son of Heaven and Brother of the Sun. He is the most secluded monarch on, earth. “’hvn he appears in public, which is very rarely, mattimg is hung up in front of all the houses, and strips of cloth are stretched across the alleys and side streets through which the im- perial procession must pass. He is in- variably accompanied by a vast re-' tinue of soldiers and an armv of mur- DOWAGER EMPRESS BOSSES SON OF HEAVEN. CHINA’S RULING POWERS. RESPECT AND FEAR HER. ouners and an army of cour- the man who peeps around r or has his eye fastened to a the matting is liable to be uwwuua .{rrcoWy-‘l‘lle he Ministry of War. '1: and "If "on “1m â€"- ”ally Inn «2' line THE An analysis of the contents of the gnzzsrd of s hen killed at Opalopol'us, N.S..W., revealed one three-wnny-bit, one bone overcoat-button, six metal trouser-buttons, two brass-headed tacks, 3-4 in., shout 5 dozen metal sprigs (for boots), and sundry Opal chips. The old lady suffered no in- convenience, and contributed her daily em: to the breakfast table up to the last to repair his ancestral tombsâ€"a pre- liminary to retirement. In the mul- titude of counsel offered by these var- ious officials there is much guile but little wisdom, and there is much plot- ting on the part of each member of the three boards against each and every one of his fellows. Periodically the Empress Dowager comes out, rates them somndly from behind her screen. and if they have done something unus- ually foolish, boxes all their ears. And between one and another of them thel mnihappy Son of Heaven comes a crop-l A BOLD FRONT to foreign aggression. The Tsung-li- Yamen consists of Prince Kung, Prince Ching, WeLng, Tung-ho. Kang Yi, and Ju'ng Lu, in addition to our estimable old. friend, Li Hung Chang and Ching Hsvn» a stiff and bigoted nominee of Prince Kumg; Chling Li, a very old man from whose mature lips drOp words of antiquated wisdom; Hsu Ying-wei, a Cantonese. who was once literary Chancellor in Kansu. but who has re- mined in Pekin for agood twenty years past; Liao Shaohenog. elder broth- !er of the Governor of Che-Kiang; Chang Yin-huan, ‘who. spent twelve years as Minister to the United States, Spain, and Peru, and was Special Amâ€"' bassador at the diamond jubllee, and. Wu Ting-fen. the leader of the Re-] form party. The men most capable of offering good counsel in the present emergency are the two last named, but Chang Yin-hum is of too low a rank to possess any real influence, and it is stated that Wu A'I‘ing-fen despairing of any reform while the country's affairs are in the hands of the prejudiced fos- sils and corrupt servants. recently ap- plied for two monrths’ leave _of absence of Lne 'l‘sumg-li-Yamen, to which he still belongs, and is reported to be a fair-minded mamâ€"relatively, that is, for he has never been far from home. Ju-ng Lu is a Mazudhu, and airs advanc- ed views which are crude. His leng- thy commection with the \Var Depart- ment may or may not account for his @msistence upon the necessity of show- ”1118“ one kind or another, and whose ap- preciation of modern conditions in warfare may be judged by the fact that he Prefers bows and arrows to guns. and has ordered that those of his com- panies which are provided with the murderous rifle shall use clay bullets. so as to save the expense of laden ones; and Chie‘n Ying-pu, President of the Board of \Vorks, who is singularly free from prejudice against foreigners, in Spite of the fact that experience has never brought him into proper contact With them. The Ministry of War con- sists of Prince Kulng. President, Prince Chung. Vice-President, Weng, Tung-ho, and Ju'ng Lu. With. two of these gentlemen. we have already made ac- quaintance. Prince Ching. I K0308. was promoted from the third to the second order of princes four years ago. H has held many offices in the capi- tal. amn'mg others that of President to WhiCh, by of Ben is regulated by law. even to his meals. According to the old Chinese books there must be placed before him daily thirty pou'nth of meat in a basin cows and the steeping of seventy-five parcels of tea. It is probable that his real diet in a;m..-..n.+ 5M nan- DANGERS OF MATRIMON Y. '3. De Peckâ€"Since _I married you INQUEST ON A HEN. the grace_ of t_he Empress qghgregi into hi- :9 March 10. 1898 N . G}, (C J. McKeehnie. such as the star chamber, the child of Henry VIL's misguided genius, nor could she invest a spiritual court with temporal power. Though her decis- ion is absolute after a prisoner has been sentenced, she could not interfere with the course of justice before the sentence has been passed, nor could she exert any influence over her judges. Neither could sheinterl'ere inacase of private as opposed to public wrong: The queen is the only person who cannot arrest a suspected felon. No action can be taken against her for breaking the law, and therefore, she is Though the queen could recall any subject from abroad. she cannot com- pel a. subject to leave this country. This disability does not wage to oper- ate even inOti'me of war, and. though she could not force a single civilian to leave the country. even to carry on a necessary war. Though ‘no act of parliament is com- plete until it has been signed by the queen, her majesty is subject to the laws that she signs. and cannot issue a proclamation contrary to law. If. for instance, it were the law of England that no trai'n should travel at a rate exceeding fifty miles an hour, the queen could not issue a proclamation exempting a certain train from the operation of the law. Nor can her majesty issue a proclamation which would injure the community, such as. for example. a proclamation exempt- ing a Whole town or neighborhood from SERVING ON A JURY. A curious curtailment of the royal prerogative is efiected by’ an act of parliament passed in the reign of George III. This act deals with Sab- bath breakiug. and in it is distinctly stated that the monarch cannot pardon offenders who have been convicted of Q Q f? a. D‘ G g b a. 0 "fl '5 9 v1 '.'.." E D n *3 D" 0 ---. could not create any new office with fees attached to it. Neither could she annex new fees to old offices. Shel could not increase the wages of one of ; her footmen, unless she did it out of; her private funds or without exceeding the allowance made to her by parlia-: i l Considerable as are the powers of; the queen. they are not unlimited. says i London Tid-Bits. There are some very curious restrictions on the royal pre- rogative. The queen cannot. for in- stance. conununicate with her subjects as can the most menial of her servants; _ nor can she receive presents from her 5 people save through officers of state . l or friends personally known to her ma- i jesty. VICTORIA IS LIMITED IN PONSE Is an Anion-M. In". flu-re linings like Till“. I». Adopted by ‘l‘lurl'e Are Many i: I THE Blfllflflfll momma Opportunity of l "v __- The queen's power of disposing of ter- ! ritory in time of peace has been disput- § ed. In a time of war her majesty c could hand over London to France to 3 bring the war to an end, but it seems * clear that in time of peace her majesty ? cannot subject any part of the empire 5 to the sway of a foreign power. Ciazn, is going to lecture at Vienha on a novel plan. He will appear on the stage with a Berlin editor. who will Dutquestions which the doctor will an- swer. -_ â€"â€"â€".-..e a... “1596‘" .9. supposing the prisoner were innocent. no action for false imprisonment could be taken against her majesty. 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