Street Scene In China

A siekening odor pervades all the cities Ín ('hiña. Dogs and pigs lie in the doorwaya, while heaps of tiltil and rubbish are everywhere in sight, Looking hito a door, two or three men wlll be men sucking the opium pipe, while in Ihe next will proba1)1)' be seen in old woman with her work, suirounded by dogs, pigs, uiii fowls. The wonc or parrier dogs (almosf au exact counterpart of the coyote on the American plains) rush out by the dozen and follow the stranger, snapping at his heels and making B perfect pandemonium with their bowls. The natives stop and nae with open mouths at the foreigner aiui laugh at the antics of the vigilant, mangy curs, but nevcr altempt to drive away ihe vicious brutes. .loss houses are minierous, wilh their Imrrible-looking dragons and paiut inga of gods and devils about the doors. At the door of one in bwatow nre two monster dragons, made, of concrete and painted to express the most terrible aspect, tlial stand at least ten fect in heifjlil, with a lcngth of not less than twenty reet. Tlio thrce images wnrsbipcd, however(okl .loss, his wlfo, and eon), are ahvnys tnadu very bcauliful and wï tgrptcal ChlncH la