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Show Chapel That is Lined With Human Skulls. Evora, in Portugal, has the gruesome honor of possessing a chapel that rivals the Capuchine of Rome, writes Elizabeth Eliza-beth Angela Henry in Pen pictures from Portugal to the Buffalo Union and Times. The entire enterior is constructed con-structed of human skulls and bones. Considerable artistic work is displayed in the decoration of this ghastly death chamber, arches( cornices and panels. And where ordinarily would be placed statue or picture is hung a human skeleton. From where was gathered this awful collection no one appears to know. The chapel is attached to the Church of St. Francis, but no community commu-nity of dead friars could furnish such an array. Nothing short of the battlefield battle-field of Salamis would seem to suffice. The Church of St. Francis, built five centuries ago, is most interesting. Its vestibule is stately as the brilliant possessions pos-sessions of the Knights of Aviz who often passed through its door carrying, cross and sword. The portal is ornamented orna-mented with a coat of arms embodying the two hemispheres, a device adopted after the country's discoveries in the Far East. An open space stretches before the church, and crossing it I passed a wall, near which were tethered horses of a tribe of gypsies. Strolling on still farther far-ther through the avenue of graceful fragrant pepper trees I reached one of the sights of the town, a church that might easily be mistaken for a fortress. It was erected in those far-off fighting days. St. Blaise, its patron, is no longer honored within its doors; it is empty, the lovely blue mural tiling is now the sole attraction to the passer-by. |