The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-11-26

enough thanks o. tho lime there ia iit
tie LETT tu cNivi. hut thc three mouths ai-
lottcd to the vast majority iu which to dc.
cay is not time enough Too obstinate cases.
Bones ave sometimes uuelthcd not yet
quite hnc of llr-h, aud skulls with capil
larry aduuuprts silll cliugiug o. them lu
walking through these Campo Santos, one
comes upon such cheerful sights as see
tious Of vcrleurr, ribs marrow bones, bits
OF shruuds, and broken collins 40 every
step. But tmsis byuo means tho worst NJ a.
In The rear of each grave yard is % smaller
iucluurc which had better not be visited
10y persons Of sh0ky nerves.
Tnr PLACE or SKULLS.
Tie fret glimpse Is warranted 10 make
the atrCtgCst man fOrpgo his dinner. hut
one can get accustomed to nll manner OF
things, you know, and generally cuds-a
did-ly UOling over the bones with an um-
htclla to find o nice white skull for nm ink
bottle. The bones are Cartcd to this charncl
yard and left In heaps tiil the annual crc-
nation time comes around, when they
nic burned to ashes, and left for the winds
to scatter Golgutha must have becu an
Eden to the place we lately visited, Every
step showed new horror. There were scores
Of wcll-prcscrvcd collins still half fall OF the
lime which had failed to complete It's work,
mixed with shrcds of grayc-clothcs their
gay colors scarcely faded. Scattered
about were babies tiny shoes, leather
enough In h0li-dccayod boots aud slippers
to set up 81. Crspin in trade; wOmcu's
combs and other parnrhernnlia, skulls of all
sizes, aud piles ot bones in the corner oi
the wall higher than u mans head We
noticed skull matted with long
gray hair another with q long black
trcss attached, which doubtless loving
hands have cnrcsscd In other days ana
dozens Of smaller hcads-wllitc aud shining
like ivory-cvldcntly those OF children.
Naturally, the stencil is sometimes intoler-
anlC- enough 10 E'Nr 'l. Ml,u'e uuuu.,! 'ae
CuoitIu VI unN "'u', ",Hl''putlv' W. 40
IN this mountainous lahd the campo santos
are generally located on NILS outlying the
cities, n Is not to be wondered at that the
residents Immediately below, who receive
| a., ',,o.tipe,s into tbnir wnIls dic oT liko
/ .,.,,, ,,,.r,,i,, s,,,s,,,,s ~ ~ ,.o,r
| -. .........
sN"i|L 'EHh"'Ni.
me oiher day prominent elllzch IiSG,
| ana Betsy and | determines TO attend ms
| iuhcral' Notwithstanding the custom eN-
| cluuihg women lhc coIhcurals are Always
/ opth'ohu uhuer preleNto performing Ourue-
/ youons unusually early we hlcu us thitlGr'
Imagine gray November morning. NJ the
| Mltch.huuf Oh ., u ullll olu cnurcu lull Oh
| ghostiy shadows WIN mere ana tnere some
consclehCe-strlckeh creature khccllng upon
ihe moor IN pGhltehllal prayer ,r or Whisper,
lng nl eohlgssi9hpl WINDOWS lhe lunerdl
! pyramid pine poarIs' paihteu Dlack, orna
mehleu win skuIls anu cross-oones ana
meihehto ilori luserlpuonsl oec'tp'eu tne
center OF the church lhis pyramid ana ltS
i3ur sue pieces, Wihch arG sngpeI eN''ctly
IKE Goinhs, was stuck luii OF SpiuttGrlng
cuhuleS' III "nose .I'chSIiug Inc s9'oW
| sWaNcu 70 anu lrV, likS Snosuy NlslIuuts
traiiing 'neir sliiouIs oou,u . Vhc'l', gcss,lng
Icauy 10 Ietulh W 'l,u Nauits ucloM I a!vel
,. noc'uInui IeNel, ,it ror nc,Sy @ encourage
Wcnl "h'spereu 'haV checilui s'a"""'
Somewhere in desolatc, wlnd.swept space;
-, In twilight land-in no mans land
Two snilyyrlig shapes % meet i"ce 10 iace'
IA ,b Dt'' [C @ :, ,, Vv -, ri,,, o,r,
ShuddeTipe IN the rioommg Ilgkt.
~ know not" said the second shape;
81 only died last night!
No,y ,lo sur,ro1 nrocossion cntors Oi
coirsc eiI men, who bcor Tho coiIln unon
| thir t,o,,idor,, ,',,d 1or,git n upou a biacls
,e'i noii,d dois In front IF Tho nyronjd Ge
hsunl there is no cover unon lie colin. and
thc yyidc.nnon cvcs Win ro moro sssnrc,,
! inti,r,, In thcn, storo STRAIGHT nm al the
| r,root a. bito crnss ohn,,n tLe main altar Rnt
tho i1CrI, stained Christ thereon gives me-
sion In that unhnusrd soul which seems n
| any s,This 1ov shalt thnu mo with Me- IN
Payr1aiisn ( tho sido ~ tho catScdrol ar
i,,,or,o ~ ,bo ,,;,S,i, 81 sorroyvs yyitb clas,ad
ha,,5is and ~ da%gnr sticI,lug In bcr beart
ir,is Nv, ,,,'tn a. dnoJ ,,, oslf mnI,rn
iuc, IN Mace nf The wicc md nother who
.I7ni1 T." tbero Wv "''o "''' Wv
a S,,rooossIor cr vI,ito-rohod nriosts ontars
n,ccrdcd hv how brarin~ huge hrnss
itnttG, ,T;oI, io ,o,Js at +Lo hoS1 ~ III
orSi,, 'Tbc,, FniIovSs ~ iomo, mass chontad
i H.. r'in,ts iv ,,,nnoiamn'tSs r,iTnrtnnos
as ,yie,d ne on Indian imcontation In th,
wirSs Ct =" o,,r ." n,,, Mnrt,,wcsi, ,ybiin ,n,,nl
bniy vatcr Is snrInriod and bmrnina. In
c,,,so is sholicr till Tho whole vost niio Il
SuiI oT s,,icv oIors N;contime the s,n ba
risa,, ai'G !his grst hoonns" "oonotratinor
iarrod ",'H ,Yirdny, hiob mn ,'rdcr ,ho ronS
al osI"nt tbo nTlcitidd Soyionr oLou
n'bos" f"at enr,o ,v,ito dnyos "'ho nor',
,noir bor,o ir ,b" c,Iurcb oro iovnI,.I,
,wi,toriV,l Gnyin'S rn"r That ,'' syWh"i ~
,hc SbrisIioris fnit6 ,yd fai, tn wondnrincN
ui,,, ,ho ,,t',,ti"roi1o i"nrinor oiI hn,1o,
Ioorts , W Fo,i ~; th" ,,roscnSo Sf Tho Jrn"t
,m,t,9r,. 80 Iaot% r,'h"ttor tbn inn,,r'oro
BILE procession of the dead who have 'licl
In the Lordn during all these eighteen con
bodies are dust, than equally deyout fol