| Show ut M THE QUICK AND THE TIlE I DEAD IN AREQUIPA 5 2 Peruvians Dispose Dipo ot or o Their Doar J 5 2 HoW OW w Morn Mod rn 5 f In n a Typical Cemetery u fl fl fl U U 14 U w w w w w e eA the trat one day iy Ins In along A attention WM dra drawn dran n to t m may j ot of In n the th U manner and rather r trebIe In tie the cUd cloud and hand th head h on tho the b muty of 01 ro lull fu moun I ummer r amid knocked ni I barely barel b being n and run over by tour four horCA tawn riven tho ho tor molt one rid rd that came come dashing tu br bY b a po hearie heare corner carper attached to a the th aroun About the thC only thine that goes OU with poled ped In lAZY Iny r Peru r t le II It 4 proc pe ioa and when are arc out a com corn r r In l Ar they the tho tha r ht ol ot WilY way not ra i ily in the tr treet t but on 01 both pave paveS S t merit Invariably cuttIng ort off alt all cor corne ne nerR neri KO o clo ely as ns a tu to graze the Ihl houses house Thin Thill Is not tho the of euro cars however nor no I duo to tu aforethought on tho the part of tho the driver Tim Tho city itra very narrow paved aved with email slippery stones and sloping from tram tho Iho middle toward a II deep gutter Ruiter on either cither ildo ido Consequently wheels sheel ls will vIIi elide toward tho edges and In ninny many th the only anI way to prevent them tram from actually leaning up against housea housell li la I to drive pell peli melt inch Considering the tearful fearful jolting over oer stones Mon and hollows and inn broken places H Induced by such loco locomotion locomotion locomotion motion there them In III 1 little danger of being burled buried In a n trance In III ut least where th the hearse henne In III i employed Th poor people of course cannot afford to 10 hiro It ft but carry carn the tho dear departed de on 01 their hearts head to the Iho cemetery n of ot more than three from the tho central Mont Moet of r the latter clais cannot even evon afford n a cotlin H though the luxury of ot a t r wooden woollen box I painted black blue or yellow may be bo rented for tor the Journey between the th cathedral and ad tho place of at Interment tho samo saute collin serving the over ov r I and over again day lIay after aCter days day for years yearn It Is 18 not hot uncommon to meet a ft 1 company of mon men carrying their dead dendon on n It public bier IJler tho the latter con coil constructed of ot live five narrow pieces ot of wool wood about a 11 foot apart nailed crosswise to the tho Flue 1110 poles palos that servo for tor handIe the black and how liow Ing InK n a cheerful kul and crossbones outlined upon UOn them with white hito paint m D CASKET The proc which I so BO unpleasant ly Iy was evidently that of ot a ii for tor or the collin had handles on all It Il the tha gauge nf ot high highest highest est oct several priests PrIst rode next to 10 tho the followed by b 1 forty or lity on horseback Tho rho right eight reminded 1 me 1110 that thit I had not yet ren the 1111 cemetery 11 a n few fe after afternoons boils litter later I too rode out on horse horseback horseback back accompanied by h a II of oC resi resident dent Ilent foreigners ner for It Is utterly Im tin Impossible possible to Induce a n native of ot high or orlow orlow low degree to escort any nn stranger to tho the Campo Santo a fact I ceased to wonder ut nt after having visited tha tho place only anI burying ground Is on a n barren borren foothill reached after the city it limits are passed ly by b an un uninhabited road rond whose who e deep sands and are nr alternated by hy h stretches of ot loose bould boulders ors ers it Ills la Is a n very ery small place consider considerIng Ing that tho the city Is male than three centuries old during all nil that time lina hais had hall IL a population varying between betseen twenty and fifty thousand thou The front of ot It IH IN quite Imposing Imp with high adobe a ubo and Iron run gates eaten eel In III two high arches and Just Inside Is II n a wM II kept kelt space devoted to Mower give no hint of ot the tho horrors to tl bo ho met a n afew foil few fc stes beyond In thiN end aristo aristocrats aristocrats lire nrc burled buried In tiers lIera of p rs PS III In the surrounding wall whose top tOil and 1111 sIdes are of 1111 stone tono six Ix Inches thick with a foundation of ot Moot Ilont of the have linse no mark except a 1 number i on the tha taco face corresponding to o placed opposite the tenants name nome In the tIle church rec records records Some Home ome of oC them have havo a ft 1 n a arrn on Oil the tha with a Il alend lend pencil a n foil few fo have marble sinus tattered setting forth not only on tho tim name and virtues of ot the deceased but alao advertising thu tIit net of his hi or her and aim social prom prominence In nel At A t the top of ot these are ur un general generally ly iy I Inscribed the Un words nlelio Perpetuo to Indicate that tho the will 1111 occupy ace u 1 tho the place for tor Or over ever so 10 to OnA YE COMMON Aa Ap Is of very Vel common rommon occurrence not for purposed ns RII there In III no medical college anywhere near neal but hut Imply dimply to 10 secure whatever of ot value piny limy have been burled buried with tho the corpse corll c oven to tho tim boards of at Its lis coma scarce hereabouts tho front of each cacti Is III not nol only cloned with mortar but further guarded by h nn Rn n Iron grating Of course courso ghoulish work of oC the Is la ladone done do no at night cause there Id Is hardly nn in hour In the day without an Inter Interment intermont ment mont Innumerable ghostly torl n aro told of or tho the pale clay olay of or well known men linni women tumbled out Jut outon outon on the tho ground and stripped of grave grao clothes ringe l shoes everything that Hlat the love lovo of ot the tho living hail had arrayed them thom In for the Ihl lost ionIc Ion sleep An Att Incident ot of this kind Illustrating the Cholo char actor occurred n a 1 tow few months month ngo a 10 anti antiI Is I said to be directly responsible for tor forthe or orthe the terrible epidemic of smallpox that afterwards carried oft off Its victims at tho the rato rate of ot a n hundred hun a n week AH n In most of South Houth isolated I oll lOtI cases castR of at that disease are aro a B Inn y a to be found In anti and no native It 1 mow mOt measles malaria and oth other er tr common Ills Ilia An n enormously fat old woman died lied of f what In Iii a locally known us liS Irula negia fIna black and her remains were hurried horned Into lUte tho tile ground without a there thero being none nono In tho limited stock Block on hand lars larg enough to accommodate her hor build Knowing well veti the tricks and manners of ot their compatriots tho the friends left nothing of or value alue upon her but a n plain pili In gold Bold ring rl II 11 which thy they tile could not get Ket otc oft from her hn swollen linger finger Next morning early the tho first funeral that arrived 1 at nt the cemetery found the tho old cli lady lad on top 1011 of or her grave Brave black pox nut nil all minus her wedding anti tine the finger that wore It which had been cut off ort close to 10 the hand JhN returned tine the putrefied to mother mOl her earth with all ped but for tor or three thre morn mornings tinge ings thereafter shi hp lU ag as found disinterred having been hlen resurrected rl ii anti by b other robbers who wino wore were not hot aware n wn ru that t ha t the bit nf ot gold hall had already been appropriated THI At tha far tar end of the tine enclosure IH III that portion Port to 11 pet ne t stile aside n II Ile for Con thin tha bu n of foreigners forel commonly known as Us the tine corner orner There was WIlli In Jn seeming big tints concession to the alien alid to In this day tine the spot Is III looked rl upon by lW U the natives with aunt and contempt as ns a It If f the hour noss of hone bones that may possibly have hold lucid heretic souls were nn an Insult to 10 thoo Iho o who died tiled In tine the Lord Near the tho cemetery emet rY gates Is 18 n neat noat lit itt little tic the chapel ninth u a kind Ilind of receiving vault not In which corpses ore are placed to await t their turn for Interment when several severan funerals happen to arrive at nit once Mid Midway way wn ay between the tile chapel and tine the strang strangers ers lr cr corner exactly In Ill the tite center of llin Iho I enclosure Is III n a toll tail circular bar lar edifice of ot plastered udall adobe which 1 hl h looks look from a n distance like the thu marble of ot a n temple A near noor pr er view of ot this thin whiled whited sepulchre tile closes an on ci accumulation of oC horrors suit suf sufficient to 10 shako the strongest Fifteen feet tell of vaIl above eight feet teet of cellar maks A n circular vault null 23 IJ ft tel et deep d p and at st t the tha time limb of our visit this thin was WM nearly flearl half tilled filled with corpses es In all stages cf of decay which lund had been en evicted from rented ren led graven gra ea aunt and pitched l into Inlo It to await a wol the semi semiannual semiannual annual cremation A CHAnNEL ChAREL There ar are great port holes halos In tho the walls wails and n a broad stairway loads lead down Into the cellar Though these open Olen spaces a pa may ma have an nn unrestricted view slew Io of or bounce bones skulls limbs anti and headless trunks In such Buch nn an awful n Jumble as it Is to bo be hoped would be to find allY any anywhere where else on earth Some Homo of at tho ekel skeletons tons show considerable flesh yet et cling clinging clinging ing to them and there them are long braids of hair hale and gloss lossy tresses that doubt lt les 3 loving hands caressed not long ago ngo I The wonder grows rOA that the tle nil aim Is III not so ro poisoned b decomposition dl as to kill the I Inhabitants of tilt nil tIne the surrounding lEIe lion llon rendered sick to taint ness by the tho fearful sight eight truth compels mo me to admit that but little odor cornea connes from roni the house This Thin Is partly due Ilu to the lime that linN inns been freely reel used and also aim no nn doubt to tine the absence nh enco of or the bluebottle fly Ib 11 annul the Iho he fact but putrefaction Is III almost In this pure mountain where thero car cn CR on lA of ot man and beast though left heft uncovered In the tho sun un dry dr up and mum mummify mummify unIfy rather than decompose To the left let of ot this dreadful pit In Is l a 0 largo large open spare space doted devoted to the poorest peo people eo eases cases and those who can Mn cannot cannot not pay oven n three months monthA rent for tor a I The muddle middle vast ma mn N n between the tIne large Jar pauper element el annul and the comparatively few ts rent graves for a II year with the tine H KI or of renewing M the tho loose lease If it so ao ed Id Those ThoRo In more affluent cheum usually begin with three years yearn annul and those ablo to stretch tins tha point he be beyond yond ond that period of ot time generally pro pre prefer fer ter n a J niche In the wall which affords ls gloater H security anti and mar flay ma be retained tie n 15 long lone tia liS money mone and the tIne remembrance of or molt hold out This rue lay day do ot of our isit mUll mint have hn 11 been Jeen a n Rood good Joc l one omne for tor funerals for COl oi during tine the hour we wo spent spoilt In tine the no fewer tower than five of oC them rains cam and went vent The first vine ns a n plain Iain box carried on tine shoulders of at half a R dozen mien men and aund we observed that this the of oC only anI one priest who wino made madl short work ork of ot the mass flow CloS on the h heels ela of or the there followed In quick succession three In inn Interments torments of ot tine the commonest sort soil the bodies been hEen brought t un from Crom th tine IhA city to 10 be Ic hurried Into the tho ground as inn quickly as aN possible Tho Ih portion where these poor are ate burled burlet Is Isn Isn isa n a Golgotha that tha t description tin Its entire surface Ij I strewn with bones parts PUis of broken collins shreds of ot grave clothes clothe rl braids of ot hair etc Ic which mayo have been turned up by h the spades of or grave pravo gravediggers diggers or dropped by h thane thoRe who hin bear I evicted COIf to tn tine the III charnel house linus houseAs houseA As A many maU an as n H it 1 dozen graves graes raves WM for tor their conning In the th pile of or earth up Imp be health lOch each ono one were w re skulls anti and and hones bones galore lIlore On top toil of ot one heap I notIced a IL human trunk headless hoadle B limbless 8 arid and on another nn nil adult leg with withered flesh to It II from which the foot had hunch been partially tut em by ii h the tho spade Directly In the tine path lay K that the Ills Ren gon l n of our party part quickly stepped be bp between b tween It anti us but too late laIn to save pave M our nur eyes erES from tram a 11 that of or a n womans heath head cut rUt oft off nt lit the with long hair streaming It and th white cotton ban han things that had bound up tine the poor jaws still Mill In Its place hardly soiled by b con mn contact tact Inlet with the earth n fl W nD I |
