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possible IN procuring them homes and giving
them smother start In the world

poasibl. IN procuring them homes and giving
! them smother start In the world
Thu. the plunder ~ rekin Il beng DIVIDED
~ Could ~ime Of The fugitive princes return
aud So" their heiHoom- aud treasures rum
le--ly carried IN, their gorgeous w1rdr"b"- as
tributed for shipment ~ souvenir In Wineries
England. France and the rest Of the countries
where foreign devils dwell IN abundance, they
would probably d.cd. that the slory Uf P'NIn
il indeed past
The breaking down ol idol- aud N" dr-lri''
ton OF the traditions Of mysterious old fekln
have been most sweeping The ancestral
tablets at the Temple Of Heaven. supposed To
contain the souls Of princes and king 81 DAYS
gone by and worshipred by the Emperor with
most devout CEREMONY one. each year, have
either gone ~ curio-itie- to the British auction
or have been hacked To- pieces by some Indian
soldier intent on kindling his fire sId baking
his fapiack Small bronze idols which have
been prayed to perhaps for centuries IRE nov
used as paper weights or kicked ruthle-sly
into a heap Of Junk And then. in spite of reso-
lution- Of the Generals to abstain. the Forbid
den city and the palace have been entered
several times 10 allow distinguished people
10 have the satisfaction Of trainpina where
foreign foot has never trod before And what
Is more appalling TO the Chinese, foreign women
have been admitted. too. What could put "a
greater curse on the stately pile: The con-
tamination is complete. they say.
Souvenirs from the palace. As from every
place else. have been collected with the rapacity
which has characterized the taking of Pekin
Handsome pieces Of Jade from the Empress
reception room. the tea cups from which the
eunuchS have served tea, and even the animals
OF the place. have been stolen A servant ~
the | nited States Government boasts the pos
session Of a Pekin pug or sleeve dog direct from
the rooms Of the Empress.
Perhaps the most picturesque effect Of Vest
ern civilization is the disregard for Pekin's
walls. The city il cut up almost by a network
OF walls which used TO cause no end or incon-
v~enience to travellers on account Of the scarcity
Of gates. The armies have settled the trouble
in part by blowing passageways through walls
here and there There are now short cuts
into the Imperial city. one or two additional
means of passing between the Southern city
and the Tartar city. and even in the outer wall
of the southern city thero Ia a new gate
But the feature Of the occupation which
pleases the subjects Of the recent siege
has been the opening Of the south wing
Of the Chen Men. the big gate in the Tartar
wall which stands directly opposite the palace.
This gate, like tho others Of Pekin, il fronted
by a semicircular Enclosure through which
gates lead in three directions into the southern
City. The south gate or most direct means OF
reaching the busy street running north and
south In the Southern city has always been
closed TO trafic and opened only once a year
to allow the passage Of the Emperor to the
Temple Of Heaven and the Temple Of Arricul-
ture. The citizens meanwhile were forced to
pass out Of either the east or the west sub-sate
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