A morsel of unwritten history saw the light a few days ago near the old Magistrate's yamen in the native city. Workmen engaged on excavation at the new water-works site dug up a number of jute bags containing coins, inscribed "Wung Woo," "Hsuan Teh," and "Chia Cheng" (Ming Dynasty). The astonished workmen' lost' no time in offering some of the coins for sale to passers-by andi a large crowd was quickly attracted by this unusual and no doubt fascio nating sight.
It was' inevitable, of course, that where money was in process of changing hands an official should appear. A Chinese police constable looked into the matter, reported to an inspector, and the inspector Promptly annexed the, money bags and carried them off to headquarters, on the principle that treasure trove is the property of the Government. Zeal of this kind deserves reward, and we should not be at all surprised if, in this connexion, the inspector's intelligence anticipates forgefifulness On the part of his august masters,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.