\documentclass{ppex}
\nonstopmode
\usepackage {rawfonts,pictex}
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
\ResetPreambleCommands
\ReadyForTheFray
\usepackage {rawfonts,pictex}
\beginpicture
\normalgraphs
\setcoordinatesystem units <.02in,.01in>
\setplotarea x from 1780 to 1990, y from 0 to 220
\longticklength=3pt
\axis bottom label {decade} ticks
numbered from 1780 to 1980 by 20 /
\axis left
label {\stack {No.,of,burials}}
ticks withvalues 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 /
from 0 to 200 by 40 /
\setbars <-2pt,0pt> breadth <0pt> baseline at y = 0
\linethickness=4pt
\plot "decade.wom"
\setbars < 2pt, 0pt> breadth <4pt> baseline at y = 0
\linethickness=.25pt
\plot "decade.men"
\endpicture
\end{document}