: ; 5 # packet soup This . soup, of which millions of packets have already been sold; this 'soup, which has taken over a quarter of a century to perfect ; this soup, which is prepared from the finest of Irish. garden-grown vegetables--surely it is worth making the right way, Bail it for half-an-hour at least, Give it plenty of time to cook, It's'worth it. Edwards' Soup is good as a soup by itself, it is good ara strengthener of other solips; good as a thickener of gravies ; good for hashes, h $004 for stews==too good to be spoiled by insufficient boiling, But you must give them half-an-hour--eworth it, Three varieties---~Browa, cket, and 15c. tin § « Tomato and' White, Set: the 2c. tin Nour Grécer Has thems comes Deh. fare to be untolded 'masterly craft. he Call of will soit (be here . Will you follow them? dy away from beaten tracks," va Hobie to the Cyclist, Ride a * "RALEIGH And enjoy the gheat "Ouyt-of-doars" in its fullest health: 72 ~ giving cha on 3 Or, ride to f £ The very from Suir fu RALEIGH.™ Ty icycle is the - N Pel lar Yet SE Ch antie Toronto hy! ~~ 7 "Warehouse at 193 Queen St., East. $s) "Popular," with Coaster Brake, 310.00 "Gazette," with Ceaster Brak, 135.00. oN Dealers wanted 3 SRuleish, Raleigh COWAN S| MAPLE BUDS Dilicieus Solid Chocolates A (NAME AND DRSION REGISTERED) T only. satisfy the craving for sweets-- they are full of nourish- , emt, AN: COMPANY, LTD. "DAT Y BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY MARCH 27, 1914. A ---- A ROMANCE OF SILVER F orgotten oF casures in the Cellar of a Bank v From the Lond#h Dally Telegraph ---- -~ From the London Dally Telegraph: m4 pantry at Beau-Desert, the Anglesey rock-crystal and silver-gilt 'ewer of 1550 came to Christie's nine years ago, and was found to be worth 4,000 guineas. Far greater wonders from "another prosaic hiding-place -- the strong- {room of a bank---where treasures live been lying nnheeded for over thirty years, hayé ¢ome the forgotten | silver possessions of the noble house of Ashburnham, enough to fill one of Olsey' 's famous wagons. And the Achans of the world Bssemble at the call. For there Sale-loot nere to dazzle the eyes of the most faded of them all. Think of the race for the channel-boat when they learn that there is a Cel- lini dish in one of the Ashburnham chests, embnssed and tooled by'that genius of "tha Cingucento in days when popes and kings forgave his erimes to win the splendors of his This rosewater-dish can share rank with the Cellini tro- phies at the Uilizi and the Pitti, or with that in ihe Durazzo palace at Genoa, and was doubtless taken in his stride by Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, when he was scouring Europe to form that great library of rare books and manuscripts associat- ed with his name. Yet in the Ashburnham family sil- ver an even Yarer prize has come to light. Hitherto historians and col- lectors have despaired of discovering an unjewellsd and entirely silver | ceremonial standing-salt made in the reign of Henry VII. Some of the university colleges possess earlier decorated salts, but the Ironmongers' company has, so far, claimed the ear- Hest silver standing-salt, dated 1518- 99 "us Earliest Standing-Salt Known Unknown tu all the experts, a noble Gothic standing-salt, fashioned in the last yenr of Henry VH's reign to commemorate the marriage of a Berkeley heiress with an Ashburn- ham, now stands revealed, and hints at the lost glories of the table pomp of the Tudors. ' At the marriage of Prince Arthur five huge tiers of gold and silver 'vessels were displayed, Heary VII left gold and silver in the Tower at his death valued even then at £1,800,000, and when Vergil walked down the Strand in 1501 hé counted fifty-two gold "and silversmiths' shops holding 'more terasure than he had seen in Milan, Rome, Venice, und Florence put to- gether. \ This sumptuous: Ashburnham standing-salt, 1214 in.high, is like: a Gothic hour-glass in design, with a conical cover, the small mermaid surmeunting the figure, however, showing signs of restoration of about 1850. But the Ironmongers' com- Pauy Salt of later date has no cover at all." 'Applied figures of mermaids cover the surface of the Ashburnham trophy. &nd the use of this ornament definitely conncels the salt with the historic house of Berkeley, as it is their family badge. Lora, the Berk- eley heiress whom John Ashburnham married about 1510, was of the younger branch.of the martial house, one of whom fought at Flodden. The salt bears the London hallmark 1608, with the mark of the maker---a set- ting sun--an unconscious link with the last year of Henry VII's reign. The sight of this ceremonial relic atl once causes one to understand the dignified - satisfaction of honored guests who were privileged to sit "above the salt" in the days when hospitality was more of a rite than a right. It is to be hoped that some effort will be made to obtain the Ashburnham prize for the Victoria and Albert museum on March 24 next, As the national provision = for purchases is only £10,400---exactly the sum pail many hundreds of yéars 4g0 by the ardent Zopyros for two cups showing the trial of Orestes by the Areiopagos--some Greek fervor will have to he inspired in the hard- hearted bosom of .the English treas- ury. There are hour-glass salts at Christ's, Cambridge, the pious gift of Countess Margaret of Richmond. The Ashburnham salt should be for the public to See at South Kensington. Wonderful Cellini Dish When Christie's experts lifted the Cellini dish from the Ashburnham chest they could not believe 'their eyes, . "A dainty dish to set before a King!" was un weak exclamation of admiration. Of course there was no signature, but, as the late Mr. Woods used to say 'about an umsigned pie- ture, "Can't you sée, man, that it is signed all over by genius?" "Cel lini" seemel 10 be written all over this wonderful 'dish, in-which hun- dreds. of ot tooled figures low relief prevailed, leaving no apparently unfilled. Yet at Polydore sinc a. fthe cinema ia silver. Clementine VIII, a noble Florentine himself must have envied this masterpiece when the Knight of the Crescent owned it, apd doubtless acquired it on his elevation to 4 cardinalate in 1585, fourteen years after Cellini's death, In the triumph panei should be noted the spoils of the Temple of Jerusalem, borne aloft in the con- queror's chariot, including the Sac- red Candlestick. Where is this amaz- ing relic now, aud how much of the Roman spoil went down in a trireme to the bottom of the sea. It is well. The imagination boggles over the prospect of an art sale where these lost treasuras wuald reappear. Emphasis has been laid on these two wonders. There will be many other pieces to tempt collectors among this lost-and-found silver, such as a Charles II oviform vase and cover, 1675; twg bottles and stoppers of the same date; 4 1661 tazza of, the college of physicians; two George 1 jardinieres with the arms of Sir Robert Walpole and his wife, Cath sr ine Shorter, granddaughter of Lord Mayor Sir Johh Shorter; a Nicholas Sprimont egrireniece with the arms of {he second earl; and a 1720 Gab- riel Steath wine-cistern, weighing667 ounces, which, "however, does not compare with that bath of a wine- cooler four leet long, dated 1681, and weighing 2,000 cunces, belonging to the Duke of nutland. This Ashburn- ham sale should, indeed, dwarf the magnificent Dunn-Gardner dispersal of 1902. Famous Asaburnham Library Bertram, the fourth earl of Ash- burnham, who bought the Cellini dish, deserves further notice. As a boy at Westminster school he started collecting his famous library by buy- ing for eighteenpence "The Secrets of Albertus Maghus' at Ginger's book- shop in Great Smith street. At the end of the various sales of the Ash- burnham library at Sotheby's, in 1901, the tota: was £95,910. Inci- dentally it may be stated that one of the inanuscripts was a Voltaire com- mon-place hook, in which the sar- donic critic wrope, "Schakspar--all scenes; no plays," In addition to the total of the books sold at auction, the British Museum paid £45,000 for the historic Stowe MSS. in the Ash- burnham ownership. These included the wardrobe and jewel accounts of Queen Ellzabeta, the minute book of the privy council from 1661 to 1670, ambassador's correspondence, and books and manuscripts in the Irish language, now deposited in the Royal Irish acadenty, Dublis, 'The German government also annexed many Ash- burnham manuseripts, from moneys advanced froin '"Betret Service." An earlier Ashburnham was.dhn, the faithful follower of Charles I. . He waited upon his master at the scafl- fold, and took away as pe tos the 'monarch's small-clothes and the sheet thut covered his body. These relics --along with the king's watch--should be still' in the fam- ily's. possession, The Bible, which Charles gave to Bishop Juxon, saying "Remember," is in--Berlin. Headless Chef The' palace was in a state of bustle; turmoil and confusion. "Double-lock all casements 1" roar- ed Czar Nickle, in pale terror He rushed bither and yom, to and fro, ever and anon, aye and no, from basement to the pinnacle of the highest turret, giving frantic orders. "Raise the drawbridge. »and turn on all the fire extinguishers !" he shriek- ed (in Russian). "Let every Vodka | remember the future of his couhtry is at heefdteak !" of the sound ei boits sliding, dows rattling dowi, shutters ming and oatbs flying. Pinally all was air-tight. ' "Now, bring Adrev Offovitz, chef, belore me !" corvimanded Nickle, "Did T hear you say there was = a bomb outside the kitchen door *' quavered Nickle. * "No, your highness," trembled the chel. "I said a bum. He wanted a slice of coffee and a eup of bread-I mean--'" Mingled with the noise of dows rattling up again and oaths flying 'back and forth and around, came- the sound vf the chel being be- headed. Detroit: Free Press. slam- the Czar wins In the supreme court on = Wednes- day the motion to extend the ikme for an a 1 was refused in the case of Mi ill, who is mow under. sen tence of 'death for murder at. Kam- monien- and will make you a count for $250, of Spain, with a ribbon identical with from $1,000 upward. BARGAINS IN TITLES . T CuAm---- Some Foreign Countries Have Fised Hates for Distinction These lote for sale: Duke, $5,000; earl, $3,750; marquis, $2,500; count, $2,250; baron, $1,260; knight, $1,000, and a splendid assortment of oraers and decorations at prices ranging from $100 to $2,500. Although foreign countries do not thus openly advertise their readiness to do business with those who aspire to affix a handle to their names, the fact is génerally recognized that a considerable traffic in titles is car- ried on, says "Stray Stories," The tiny republic of San Marino, | which does a roaring trade in titles of nobility at_fixed rates, devotes a greater part of the profits to the maintenance of its foundling and or- phan asylum. It will make you and all ypur 'heirs, or only your heirs male, if such is your desire, a duke for $5.000'or an earl for $3,750. An idea of the traffic done in titles may be gathered from the fact that a German firm trading In Sweden sends out a circular marked "Private, and Confidential," offering to secure any 'orders and decorations required. The list includes papal honors--for the pope does a little business, too, a baron for $1,250--howors of, Per- sia, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Roumania and Austria, the cost of which vary considerably. The. Portuguese" Order of Christ, for instance, according to the list, may be had for between $1,000 and $1,500, while the Order of Isabella that of the Prussian Red Eagle, costs The Austrian Iron Crown runs to $5,000. The Orders of St. George vary in price .in different. countries. In Sieily it costs $375, and in Bavaria more than twice as much) but you may become Knight of Montenegro for as little as $75. The king of Greece does rather a prosperous business with the Order of the Redeemer, which can be had for %250, while Servia bestows the Order'af Takova for a like sum. The prince of Monaco has for disposal the Order of the Star, for which he asks $175, and for $50 less one can secure the Order of the Sun of Nasr-ed-din from the Shah of Persia. Although titles cannot be bartered in England, it isf~of course, an open secret that a generous contribution to political funds often paves the way to a place in the peerage. Apropos of this it is interesting to note that Frank Kossuth, the'son of |. the famous' 'patriot, charged the Hun- garian goverimént with receiving no less than $1, 450, 000 by selling bar- onies. Another phase of this trafic in tit- les is revealed by carefully worded advertisements which have appeared in London papers from time to tinie, offering for sale the titles of impov- erished noble families of France. It is not so long ago since three titles, two of which were French-<one a count and the. other a marquis re- spectively, and one of an Austrian prince~~were put up for sale in Lon- don, the prices ranging form $200,- 000 to $500,000, Not What Their Names Indicate Arabic figures were not 'invented by the Arabs, but by the Indians. Baflin's Bay is not 'a bay at all. Brasilian grass does not come from Brazil, wilknot grow in Brazil, and, in facet, is. not a grass at all. Dormouse is dorm) use, a sleep ani- maf. Galvanized iron id not galvanized. Tt 'is irom coated with zinc, and this is done by dipping it'in a zine bath containing murfatic acid. Gerpan silver is not dilver, nor was the miyture invented in the land «of the kaisey. It has been in use in China for centuries, Irish stew ix a dish utterly known in the Emerald Isle. un- Rice For fifteen minutes the Wir was full but from the pith of tung-tsau, win- hollow plant; ls | 1 steel pen ex~ Pen means a feather. A iis, : therefore, a vather curious pression. paper is not made from rice, or so called because it is 'hollow wheh the pith has been push- ed out. Sesling wax is not a wax at all, nor does it contain a particle of wax. It is manufactured from shel lac. Venica turpentine and dinnabhr. ~Detroit Free Press ee Eahet mer te act dromor r alcoholic a -- when nature craves nourishment to epair a ad Fi the best physicians have on the wholes fo ted nourishment in SCOTT'S EMULSION nic is oly free from alcohol or opiates. Scott's Emulsion sharpens the appetite--renews blood--nourishes nerves--strengthens bones and. restores the courage of health to make life bright. v Soott's Emulsion sets in action the very forces that promote health. Its purity, richness and strength has stood the test of forty years. is the finest blend of the two best wheats Canada produces ~~Manitoba Spring wheat and and Ontario Fall wheat. 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