All the native buildings on the west side of the street have beea torn down to make the military glacis, excepting the old temple, where the Imperial Chinese Post Office holds forth. This too must soon go, although why steps have not been taken to rebuild the government Post Oltice only the inscrutable 1. G. knows. The L.P.O. is not a very up-to-date institution. The mail cannot be dispatched on the day received. Tt could be by sending it on the 710 m. traly, but it is not. Why? Aste the I. G. while not as frequent on the streets as a few months since, and perceptibly less, are still too frequent to suit either Chinese of civil residents. 'Tientsin, Tam told, also agrees to this, This is an ungrateful' world perhaps, but the fact is, while we were mighty glad to sce the soldiers coming, we will be almighty glad to see them go. mor weaTuen, which has been playing swi havoc in Europe and America, has ab last reached Peking and. breathing has become a laborious task, to say nothing of owing, while tennis and other exercise, excepting only fanning, is not to be thought of, Aciated liquid concerns are steadily getting rid of their highly-watered stock,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.