Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1913 — VERY CURIOUS FRYING PAN [ARTICLE]

VERY CURIOUS FRYING PAN

interesting Relic'ln the Cluny Museum in Paris—lts Remarkable History. At the Cluny museum in Paris is a very interesting relic, of which this Is the history. It appears that one day, a year or so ago, the curator of the museum happened to visit a small restaurant in the suburb of Saint Denis* in which the same room served for dining room and kitchen. While waiting to be seived, the curator’s eye was caught by a fryingpan of most unusual appearance that hung upon the wall. He took it down, carefully removed some of the soot with which it was covered, and made out part of an inscription. What he found interested him so much that he bought the old pan. When it was properly cleaned, it was found to bear the arms of France and Navarre, surrounded by the chain of St. Louis and the cord of the. Order of Saint Esprit, and this inscription as well: “Here lies the magnificent prince, King Louis XIV., king of France and Navarre. Requiescat in pace.” It was the plate that had been fast* ened to the coffin of Louis XIV. When the burial vaults of the royal family In the populace in 1?93, it had been wrenched from the coffin, fitted with a handle, and turned Into a frying-pan. The relic may now be seen in the Cluny museum. The hafidle has been Removed, but three holes show where ft was attached.