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Show BURY MEXICAN POOR rifying as possible to the visitors. When Guanajuato became the scene of great mining activity a few years ago, caused by the advent of many Americans, the newcomers made protest pro-test to the government authorities of the horrifying spectacle in the underground under-ground chamber. In response to this protest the authorities issued an order that these skeletons must be clothed bo as to hide their shimmering bones from the eyes of the visitors to the place. The effect of this order is to make the occupants of the chamber more grotestque and terrifying than when their nakedness was exposed. Each grinning skeleton now wears a full suit of clothes which hang limply upon the bones. Some wear hats that are titled at rakish angles. The big pile of bones that formerly occupied one end of the Guanajauto chamber of horrors has been removed and an effort is now being made to keep the place in fit condition for the reception of American and other -visitors. ets, which are used from time to time for temporary resting places of those who can afford to pay the stipulated rental. In some of the cemeteries of Mexico are Interesting catacombs that have been in use for two or three centuries. Guanajuato is widely noted for its catacombs. A large underground chamber in the cemetery in that city is filled with solemn rows of standing skeletons. Some of these bodies are mummified and are of lifelike appearance. appear-ance. This chamber of horrors was formerly a favorite visiting place for curious minded American tourists. The grinning skeletons occupied a variety va-riety of poses, the keeper of the cemetery cem-etery deriving no little amusement in exercising his ingenuity in making the silent occupants of the cavern as ter- 1 ' 71 Bones of Dead Are Treated With Little Respect by Officials. People of Wealth and Moderate Means Are Able to Have More Attention Atten-tion Shown Remains Thrown Into Pile. Matamoras, Mexico. The average Mexican cemetery is a grewsome spot, the one at Matamoras is no exception to the rule. The bones 'of the dead are treated with little respect by the municipalities or men in control or the different burial grounds. The poorer the person is in worldly goods the more ignoble will be the treatment treat-ment accorded the bones when he has passed the way of all flesh. Of course, the people of wealth or even moderate means are able to have their bodies cared for in a more or less luxurous manner after death. It is the lower class whose crumbling remains are Bhifted about from place to place and finally fall into dust and are scattered to the four winds. The bones of the dead are usually piled in big heaps in the cemeteries of the larger towns. The bodies are given room in regular graves at annual an-nual rentals. When the rent lapses the body is moved from its resting place to give room for some other bodies. The bones of these dispossessed dispos-sessed tenants are cast into the refuse pile, where they remain until carted away and scattered over the land like they were so much garbage. It is rare that a body of the poorer class is kept In a grave more than two years. Until recently the bone pile in the cemetery at Matamoras was large. It was carted away to give room for a fresh accumulation of nonpaping tenants ten-ants of the graves. In one corner of the cemetery are several cheap cask-1 |