Peking, Nov. 21.
"Lex murallies out des oreilles:
Hist! The Chinese gather in little knots—and they talk in whispers—and their whispers never precede a furtive glance over this shoulder and that, and sometimes an inspection which boxes the compass of their immediate environment. We are passing through one of those periods which arrive in short cycles to transform the population of if the great walls which surround Peking only had tongues as well as ears we should really know something. As it is we hear a lot, but actually know very little, a regrettable fact which makes it all he more necessary to follow the plan of the famous Reverend Mr. Biglow to keep @ skinned vents thet go skurryia"
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