Coalville Times | 1901-10-18 | Page 3 | Eccentric Mode of [Illegible] of the Dead

Eccentric Moie of Huriil, of the Dead. A Bora aoocntrlo mods of burls' than that adopted by ths Turks tot their houorad dead could hardly Mi found; and one of tha most curium sights In Conntuntlnoplo Is the Interior ot tha Royal mausoleum with'n U preclncta of the Vallde'a mosuue Btambotil. In tha outer chamber are . about three dozen cnltlus, all Inclonedj lu oblong wooden recoptacies higher I and broader at one end than at th" t other, and rising to a roof-llko rldga t tha top. These boxes aro draped "1th aoatly shawls and rich brocaded tuffs, the Collins of the princes being distinguished from those of the princesses prin-cesses by the white turban fixed at the head. The lunt resting plucn of a atlltan Is enclosed by a balustrade of waluiit wood, orunmeuled with Inlaid wfk In mother-of-pearl. Constantinople Constanti-nople Correspondence.