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Show PICTURES OF MARTYRDOM. Curious Mingling; ot Ancient and Modern Scenes In Coliseum of Rome, 1 Ono of the oddest mtngllngs of the anglcnt with the modern Is a moving plcturo reproduction ot the martyrdom of an early Christian in Rome. The scene, says tho New York Her-old, Her-old, first shows tho amphitheater, the galleries filled with the populace, while Emperor Nero leans forward from his box, tho better to observe the procession of tho martyrs passing over the yellow sands of tho arena. Tho pageant concluded, there Is a pause while one ot the victims is fastened fas-tened to a rude cross. The attendants hurry from the place and immediately immediate-ly live lions appear. These preclpl-tato preclpl-tato themselves upon tho unfortunate confessor, and tho picture ends with tho wild beasts prowling about the arena looking for other prey, while a llttlo heap or bones represents all that Is left of the victim. Of course, the victim, strapped to tho cross, Is taken down after tho ma-chlno ma-chlno has been stopped and while the Attendants hold their poses. Defore tbo picture malting la begun again a dummy of hprsellcsh with a face mask Is substituted, but Wlij deception Is not apparent in tho iljra, and tho Parisians Pa-risians nro flocking to tl)o exhibition o shudder dollghtcdly over ))o pb .ured proceedings of a time many centuries cen-turies before tho Invention of photography. photog-raphy. The Colisoum Is ,n very solid structure, struc-ture, restored from that In Rome, and In tho course of time to shall bo ablo to lean back In our padded' chairs uud witness tho hippodrome raced and other spectacles that delighted tho masses lu tbo time of Nero, |