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Show THE STREETS OF PEKIN. Odd Sights Seen In tho Dirtiest City In the World. An American In the orient writes: "I'ekln la said to be tho lllthlost city In the world and It Is. Tho streets, which apparently havo never been repaired, re-paired, fnlrly swarm with human nnd animal life, caravans ot stately camels from Mongolia and Tibet; the Pekinese cart n creation ot Us own, with no springs, but drawn by sleek mules In gayly caparltoncd harness with outriders In mushroom hats and red plumes, the mafoo running alongside along-side or mounted on small donkeys; coolies without number bearing burdens bur-dens on t'jelr heads or shoulders; richly ndorned sedan chalra bearing aomi. mandarlan or high Chinese official; of-ficial; the biggest Chinamen riding the smallest of donkoys with Jingling bells, and through It all, underneath audi around, swarmed a mass ot Chinese men, women and children; the Mnnchu women In gorgeous apparel ap-parel with their peculiar headdress, and wHh faces rough and powdered. Such a sight cannot bo seen In any other country, nor In any other city a combination nf gorgeousness and filth, magnlflcenco and squalor, un-equaled un-equaled and almost unbol'evable." |