Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1901 — A Pekin Musicale. [ARTICLE]

A Pekin Musicale.

From the pagoda of the late Prince LI Sum Whot we heard strains of strange and weird music. Turning to our guide we asked: ‘‘What causes that peculiar melody?” “Why,” he explained, “that is one of, our soldiers playing on his loot.” —Baltimore American.