The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-11
THE GUANAJUATO CATACOMBS.

fishermen were blown UP the Iakc-Buf-
falo Express.
THE GUANAJUATO CATACOMBS.
The Only Burial Place of tn. Kind ia
America.
knowing what you expect to see here,
1t is only natural for you to enter the
cemetery with some little NERVOUSNESS
and trtpldatlon. But you are treasured
when you do enter the big gate. for there
IS nothing uIcann! OF "tristc. yet to be-
seen. On the contrary. this Mexican
Goods acre" is all tranquil and bright
and beautiful-and you do not think even
Of the square, black-lettrrtd spaces. that
ar" honey-conbed. one above the other.
All the way around the great wall Of the
iahteon. These square spaces five rows
OF them, contain vault each. and that
is where lnttrment is made.
1T Is an enormous place. this cemetery.
And well that it is SO, for during the
great typhus epidemic in 1893. it received
$50 people say about third Of the then
population Of Guiana juato. For a time.
the city council kept some sort Of tally
! on the deaths. but as. later on. the cotln-
Gil Itself and most Of the physirianS. sue
cunhcd to the fatal disease. no count was
Kept. and nt"rmtnt was made iii Il great
trench dug III the center of the PantrpH.
one r"tfln with spring at the bottom,
serving for ALL when the ceremony IF j
ro1hn Was used at all.
however, waving the matter of tIpi-
denies: III Guiana juato. when Il pcrsr.
dles' the family at once arrang'. to rent
one OF the lox-likr spaces i'll this Pam
t'on. rent 81 per month. payable in
advance. Then the '.,ead..r Ia,
'Scntimcntal Tommy has it, is pat
away i'll one pf these va,lltS-nnt To- wait
the last TRUMP but 70 await tn" next
comes. if the family can, raisr. the ST.
! for tn" next fiscal year. the city coup-
| ell hav" the vault un>,.alr,l The. coffin
| taken out. and the ''ttad"r' transferred
to the huge passages below the Pante"n,
III the 'CatacumtnS
In" "Catatcumas comprise cn"r
| nous underground passages that run all
the way around the Pantrnn.
The Pantron man pushes back Il big.
fiat stone. over Ill Il corner of the GENE
terry. and invites You to step into small
dark hole. which admits only onr per-
son ut 4 time. and contains Il small.
winding stone stair. built pretty much
on the corkScrcw ran-
Some goddess person. with more
sense of humor than grace has placed
the tal!eSt. uglitst and u1lcanniest If
there is such Il unrd) OF ali the MUM
mics. at the very bottom of the last step.
| so arranged that You descend the.
lrny arms.
Ii is truly Il sri>ly thing to soc Once
You are safely there. Imagine to Your
self. long. seemingly endless white pas
| >agoS. silent as only death can make.
! them. heapcd M at each end with great
piles of hnnes-thp homes of those who re-
fused to mummfy-and lined thickIy
with mummy after mummy horrible.
brown. skinny things. fastened in
| standing position against the walls. many
of them with their yrinnin~ f1cShleSs
faces turned toward other munmieS as
though i'll conversation. others with
| heads bowed. as in meditation or prayer.
and others with faces hIankly >tarin. up
at the stone walls above. Once seen il
| is thing that You do not soon forget
Along one sid" arr the -,tntl"man-mum-
! mics. on tn" other the Indies and inli>,
| rriminatr.y mixed among them. are the
| poor hahy-mnmmc>.
There is not. strans" I" say. til" slight
est hint Of Il ,liSagretahlr o,lrr. Rather
there is a smell Of lime The plac, is
beautifully clean and white. and there.
are even some birds that build down here.
and bring up their Young ones. among the.
mummc>.-Dc Gilbert Cunningham. in
Godey's Magazine for March.
Reversible Sentences.
Scandalous society and life make COS
sips frantic
This reads backward:
Frantic gossips make life and society
scandalouS.
Apply the same rule to the others given
below:
Dies slowly fading day; winds mournful
sigh:
Bright stars are waking:
Flies owlet hooting. holding revel high.
Night silence holding.
Solomon had vast trta>ures-silvcr and
gold things precious. Happy and rich
and wise was he. Faithful served he
God
She sits lamentin. sadly often too
much alone.
Dear Harry-Dcvotetly yours remain
l. Have YOU forgotten 500 check: Re-
ply immediately please. and hand to
ycurs-Grare Darling.
Man is noble and generous often. hut
| sometimes vain and cowardly.
Carefully boiled eggs are good and pal
|:atablc.
Love is heaven and heaven is love.
youth says. All beware. says age. Try
in" is poverty and ticetiny is love
Badly governed and ftarfully troubled
now is Ireland.
Exercise take: excess beware:
Rise early and breathe free air:
Fat slowly: trouble drive away:
Feet warmish keep: blend work with play.
Adicu. darling. Time flies fast: sails
are set. boats are ready. Farewell.
Matter and mind are mysterious. New
or mind. What is matter: Matter is
| never mind. What is mind? Mind is
never matter.
Honesty and truth are good and admir-
able qualities as sympathy and love are
cndearing traits.
Politics and religion avoid arguing in
Here is good and sound advice.-London
Truth