The Boxers were animated more by the spirit of plunder than animosity, as shown by the way they did their work. Instead of digging up the very foundations, and carrying off the last brick, many of the houses are standing complete, except that every piece of lumber has been carried away, and lence the houses are all roofless.
"The Best Watering Place in China."
When the indemnity is paid, or those who believe in the Chinese Government sufficiently come forward and invest their money, we may expect the place to grow into what there is every prospect of its becoming, the best watering place in China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.