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Show A Horrid Exhibition, 'llie earth of the f !emet(iry of ( he Capucini at Palermo, according to the London edition edi-tion of Tho New York Herald, has tho property of so hastening decomposition ns to reduce bodies placed therein to prae-tically prae-tically the condition of mummies, the skin THE PLACE OP SKULLS, raid bones remaining intact while the flesh (IhiappeArs. The bodies are tlion clothed by the relatives and displayed iu subterranean subter-ranean galleries. Whole rows of noseless, skin covered skulls griu from shelves at the visitor as he descends, or are revealed by openings in cofllns. "But," says Tho .Herald's correspondent, "undoubtedly tho Ugliest of the sights is the ladies' gallery. Corpse worship hero has prompted freaks of burlesquo millinery, such as the trimming trim-ming of vacant skulls with deep frills of lace. One poor shado lay in purple silk. A young lady's mummy was adorned with a silver crown, fantastic shoes, open work stockings aud white kid gloves." |