Show MOMENT OF DEATH AT THE of the lat terrible picture soma pompeu d ln small street in a ago some years employed in th excavations the workmen discovered an e at pompeii space of an unusual form which were some skeletons byg g york news beffre disturbing t they called florelli 0 o was fortunat dy nand singularly happy ot hg had the ag pl er 0 aaris and repeated tho process in the case of some other openings which presented a similar appearance As soon aa the plaster was hardened the surrounding ashes were removed and displayed the casts of four human bodies all four are now in the museum there and a more singular arid affecting sight is perhaps not to he seen in the whole wide world the plaster was hardened around the ashes so perfectly in shapo of what may he termed the mold formed hy the fallen ashes round the living maii iilo aspect of the dying frame is preserved even to the minutest details except that here and there the bones of the skeleton within are partially uncovered egyptian mummies are bare black and hideous and arranged in an posture for their burial while in the exhumed Pomp euans we see human beings in the vary act of dying one of them is the body of a woman to whom were found a large number of coins two silver vases some keys and some jewels which she was carrying with her when the falling ashes arrested her flight it is easy to trace her headdress head dress and the material of her clothing and on one of her fingers are two silver rings her hands were so clasped in agony that the nail had the flesh with the exception of her legs the whole body is swollen and contracted it is plain that aha strove violently in hep dying struggle her attitude is that ot the last agony and not that of death behind her lay another woman and a girl evidently of bumble the elder of the two possibly the mother has an iron ring on one ol 01 her fingers the signs ot a dying gle are evident hut the death seema to have been easier than in the case of the victim last described close tc her lies the eirl almost a child in aga the details of her dress are preserves with a startling faithfulness on can see the material and stitching of her frock the rents in her long sleeves her dress over her head to ward off the torrent of ashes and falling headlong on her rested her head on one of her arma and so died apparently without a struggle the fourth body is that of c large and powerful man who had sat down to die with his arms and legs straight and fixed his dress is completely preserved his trousers are close his landals are labod to the feet with nails in their sole on one finger is an irona ing bis mouth is open and shows that he had lost some of his teeth his nose and cheeks are strongly marked the eyes and hair have disappeared but the mustache remains the whole sight is tragic to the last degree after the lapse of eighteen centuries the terrible death beems to be enacting itself before ua with all its appalling sufferings |