Show BEATS ANY BURGLAR ALARM i Exceedingly Unlikely That Thieves Will Ever Rifle the National Treasury of Annam A Frenchman returned with ap ep account account ac ac- ac count of ot a singular national treasury In Annam If It the story Is to true true and and It presents no essential assent Improbability improbability- the treasury Is In no danger of ot robbery rob rob- robbery robbery bery and is destined to become fa ta- mOUSe Now In Annam iron safes Jares of good resisting power are for the tho most part unknown and unfortunately adroit thieves are not To defend his most costly treasures the native ruler had to resort to some means In harmony har har- harmony mony many with the natural circumstances of the country Armed guards s he could not fully trust Animals do not steal money and nature had supplied the ruler with witha a creature that could not be wheedled nor killed except with a 8 great deal of ot trouble The e croco crocodile is such an ani mal maJ The ruler would have the crocodile croco croco- dl dile guard his specie reserve Yet Vet to avail himself of the services of ot the crocodile he m must t keep his money In a place where crocodiles are areat areat areat at home Nothing was more simple In the Interior of ot his palace the ruler caused to be constructed a large largo tank or basin which he kept filled with water Then he took several teak logs which he had bored with holes and Into nto these he hg put his specie reserve of gold and arid silver The holes hotes were closed up op and the logs put into the tank Then some crocodiles of ot the largest and ond fiercest description were Installed In n the tank and maintained there ther there not not being fed ted however with such a superfluity superfluity super super- as to Interfere with their natural natural natural natu natu- ral ferocity Any person who should undertake to reach the treasure laden logs Jogs would surely be eaten by the crocodiles And any ony one who should undertake to put the saurian out of the he way would have to make noise enough to attract the attention of ot the human tuman guards and of at the ruler himself himself him him- self Belt for tor he by Annam custom Is required reQuired required re re- to remain very closely in his palace At rate any any rate the royal crocodile treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury has never been robbed robbed and and It cannot burn |