The Republican journal., 1892-03-10
,,;ob Life in Montevideo.

,.1i-n ny i LOTTERY SCHEME
.,l correspondents of the journal.
MN, y1pEo, Uruguay, January. One
l., sielts of Montevideo which the
.lIer must not miss is the s'Cementa-
,.,tral. or principal cemetery, stu
, long way from the city busy cen
near it's south beach, within sound of
emrmuring sea. Though its natural
ties are not SO great as those of
,rwood Mount Auburn, Spring Grove,
,,,ny other cities of the dead in the
ri states, and though few tombs in
X he latter may equal any of these
,rt of elegance, yet taken as a whole,
+. nowhere in North America such
rcaate display of wealth in any one
n 7ound-such luxurious inteIment
.. lo iust-as here. This is by all
NJ, finest in South America. its near
icing the splendid cemetery OF
.a.p.ic Chile. both in startling con
r, be horrors of many bone-strewn
.- ~antos we have Shuddered at on
00urrn continent.
IA tldeo's ".Field Of Saints, Che
1leling OF the common name,
~Jmo) has a monumental entrance
..N costly and elaborate chapel,
aune represent the expenditure Of
HM COLLARS. The chapel has an or
nmc, floors and inner walls OF
tble. Il beautiful alabaster altar,
J and ornaments of gold and sill
uo II basement of equal elegance
some of the more illustrous dead,
a~ Bishops and Presidents-are
wa The cemetery is divided into
IT. -rtons, and surrounded by walls
.r i4b being a continuous series of
r. one above another, each vault
- u opening just large enough to
asllet. Each of the innumerable
rhts is fronted by marble tablet,
u letters of black or gold the
I'D, nj those whose mortal remains
erosited inside. SO precisely alike
i hem. save the slight difference
erng that if ii be true spooks walk
la 1T the witching hour when grave
il AVN, it must be as perplexing
los find his special mitch again,
.io occupants of those endless rows
H Mirk houses with marble steps.
50 many peas in a pod, that char
1l crtain streets in Philad elphia
NN \ ork, to distinguish tn cir own
is when coming late from club or
fl. he befuddlcd condition that
llmeo c4nfuses shoe-b uttoners with
-spTs.
feach tile upper cells, collins are
fW tp NY means Of portable step
+nd elevator combined. "a creak-
apparatus that swings and iolts and
p. tho cadavcr about III a shocking
- willie The pail bearers skip up
-oiarr to receive it into the narrow
j-. The whole surface of the
al.anded with fresh flowers and
u Nltu WreathS of immortellaS and
rs.ous made OF black and white beads
O- steamers Of ribbon, al of which
NJ Inc best advantage against the
marble facing But alas, A. every
Use II Spanish America. the vaults
.wpcd absolutely by families. Int
rIr"l tor n term of years on for as
ue as the friends continue 10 pay
auN amount per amum; So that
t.IayS> dead are not sure OF a long
uoHeYcr much display of wealth
made at the time of interment. In
e family move away, or die with
.utug left provision in their Wills
Ming the grave for all time to come.
'a failure to pay the rent from any
s- Tile remains are evicttd and drop
r." The common pit and the vault
hN TIP other corners.
-e -lound floor, SO to speak, of the
netery, is fully occupied with phi
4 family vaults, (owned, not rented.
them very costly and elaborate,
'"e close together, with narrow, well
4 streets between. Such an array of
.#it monuments. and exquisite works
Gi executed by the sculptors of Rome
Milan, may perhaps be equalled in
Jig European cemeteries. but certainly
'Aefe else in the Western World. The
IN are all built up from the ground, of
'Nie on alabaster, bake oven shape on
Wit form of temples, and most of them
- Late glass doors back of the gilded
rs Of open wrought iron, plainly show
'ae interior. The inner walls are COW
Niih pictures and other adornments,
44'rlN decorated with flowers in costly
IT'S and everywhere are crucifixes and
llg candles. ] noticed several tombs
0'Ied ike parlors. with carpeted floors
.'a1lStered furniture; and in one was
AtIing oil painting Of the Blessed
-h seated on a raft which f1oated in a
lame, engaged in the philanthropic
III of pulling souls out Of purgatory.
agony depicted on the faces of the
'AlugS in torment, who are pleading
'a9eol with uplifted arms, is warrant
i@unt the most hardened for MANY a
'lH forcible argument in favor OF
''ef for the dead is set forth in the