Show IMPERIAL TROPHY chinese emperor black baff wae bought for a trifle capt potts 0 the maxim company of the hongtong Hong kong volunteer corps hag just secured an extraordinary trophy ot war nothing less than the order ol 01 the black eagle set with preciou stones which the german emperor sent out by prince henry to the em geror of china he has also the auto graph letter from the ka ser which ac companied the decoration the lucky captain obtained this remarkable relic of war in a quite haphazard fashion says the london mail recently at he came across some russian soldiers who had been present at tha looting of pekin one of the russians had the rarely bestowed order among Ms share of the loot but he was too ignorant to recognize its great value capt potts had no difficulty in adv ing at the correct conclusion when he set eyes on the insignia and the em geror will am s letter and tor a tri fling sum he secured possession of the two when the captain arrived at Shang bal and exhibited his prize the german consul said that he must take charge of it but capt potts declined to part he said that he was not at all anxious to sell and put a fa bulou price on the trophy the consul am mediately cabled to berlin for instruct eions and capt potts Is now calmly awaiting the reply laborers who are employed in daiv ing wedges into a block of wood ar careful to use blows of no greatel force than is just sufficient it the strike too hard the elasticity of th wood hlll throw out the wedge |