Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

wrapped In a long sheet and dropped
/ 10 into the grave. They threw In
| quicklime and then filled the grave with
! ciods. The coffin was taken back to the
] city.
A. / went through the graveyard
! noticed the new holes which had Just
| been dug. They were really carved
! out Of bones. Here the spade In golng
down had clOyen "A skull, there ii had
| broken "A thigh and ON the other side
had cut It's way through ribs and arms.
| he walls Of each grave. Ia fact. were
lined with pf0truding bones like the
roots sticking out Of the sides Of a hole
aug IN the woods. There were bOncs
on the bottom where the dead was to
rest As 1 looked l realized that IN
this two OF three acres had been buried
the dead Of 900 years San Juan dates
back to the sixteenth century, and for
generations the dead have been moving
ga ana out Of these holes. every now
and then. leaving bone behind.
\ GRANARY OF HUMAN BONES.
While In the cemetery 1 asked one Of
the sections where the skeletons OF the
BUSTED dead were thrown. lie pointed
to rude stone hut In one corner OF
the graveyard. The hut was nftccn
feet square aud twelve feet high. It,
door was closed with "A great lock, ana
at nrst l did not see how to enter It.
iy going to the bacl however and
holding On to the rough plaster / found
that could climb W and look In. 1
saw "A mass OF human bones. The pit
below me was more than half nllCd
with them. their ghaAtiy iimc-liko
Wilderness shining under the rays VI the
tropical sun. On one skull was "a little
hair. and several arms and thighs were
decorated with what seemed to be pct
81 NaHaH - "a
probably lime had been thrown upon
the mass. How deep the pit IL 1 do not
know. II may have "A uubtcrruncuu
outlet to the sea, as have the "TOwUra
Of Silence" whore the skeletons, after
they have been cleaned by the yulturca.
are thrown by the ParBccs at Bonn
bay.
HORRIBLE MEMORIES.
have seen many horrible things Ia
the way Of taking care Of the dead
Some OF taum come w before me as
think " my wanderinga through the
cemetery here. one IL la a bcuutifui
grove near a temple In siam. The
bodies Uf two dead humans lie upon q.
ground They are being manglod ara
torn by dogs while the old woman
who has charge Is squatling BY an
nearby, cooking her morning meal, ana
a laughing child plays lnnOcently about
her Ia view VI the terrible scene.
Another memory comes from the
banks Of the Gungca. l am floating
down the river among the thousands OF
BenarcH, who are bathing away their
sins In the holy stream. ON the banks
are piles OF burning wood and upon
them lie the bodies OF women and men
who are thus being consumed. II IL cold
and the raw air from the river In the
early morning chills the bones u the
batheTH. II Chills also the mOufncrB
about the human nrcB. 1 see one ON
which father Is probably lying, A
cold blast comes up from the Gunges.
and his sons ne up their gowns and
warm their bare legs by the frying tat
u their own departed parent.
CEMETERY LIZARDS THE
GHoULs OF BAN JUAN.
I saw one thing this morning which
VIII take place among such memories.
I refer to the lizards VI San Juan Liz-
ards are, you know, CnrnlycruuH. They
like vegetables but II In said they will
nss meat na we'll The soil OF the cpmo-
terry iH sandy and In looking down upon
IL today ! saw that II was aonryCombcd
with holes like unakchulOs, out uf these
holes crnwlpd great lizards, They ran
this way and that They craWlrd up
the mounds and looked at me. II was
hard TO keep from stepping upon them
There were lizards large and small llz-
ards at rest, lizards In action. lizards
everywhere. Some Of them, / thought.
looked nt me Ereedily out OF their
bcady eyes, nH though they wished that
I were dead and were sizing me NJ Tor