The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06
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viol. a bass horn, several clarionets
and a cornet. walls dreadful music
meanwhile, and at the conclusion of
the ceremony several virgins approach
and throw great quantities of beauti-
full flowers into the water. Then every
body gets drunk on tuba This is
called the Fiesta del Puentos," or
Feast of Bridges.
The "Yowo" is an ordinary, every
day sort of devil. He is always around
where he shouldn't be, never appearing
In personal form. but always in the
| body of some person. animal, or bird,
| and he causes much trouble. When a
caTibao wanders away he is solemnly
declared to be possessed of a ''yowo,"
and charms are invoked to drive it out.
A man said to be possessed of ''yo-
wo" was brought to the attention of
some American officers at Iiloilo, and
they learned that he had obtained his
first supply of whskey that day and
had drank it as he would tuba" fol-
lowing it with a drink of wood alcohol,
which he bought from a China. Dogs
are often possessed of a "yowo" and
are speared or stoned TO death, after
ward appearing in a native stew. 1t
is said there are not nearly so many
devils in Panay since the Spanish were
driven out by the Americans.
Cry of the Tiktik.
The "tiktik is heard only on dark
nights. and its cry indicates an ap-
preaching death for some of the inhab-
itants of the lonely little barrios, and
they all get on their good behavior
when it is heard The "tiktik" is
nothing but the blood sucking vampire
which frequents the dark mountain
caves by day and issues forth at night.
They measure three to four feet from
tip to tip of their wings, and in ap-
pearance resemble a gigantic bat. They
have been known to kill small chill
dren, but the natives are for. more
afraid of the "tiktik' than of the YAM
pire. All strange sounds heard at
night are thought to be supernatural.
The native has curiously migrated
his supersttions on the Christian reli-
gion. Molo is a town of about 10000
inhabitants, every enc of which, until
last year, devoutly believed in the visit
of st. Peter to st. Mary. st. Peter oc-
cupies a niche in a church in Manila,
but a few days before the anniversary
of the resurrection of the Saviour dis
appears from his place. Then the peo-
pie of Manila say San Pedro vamoose
para Molo." At Molo he is shown
side by side with the statue of the Nir-
gin on Easter morning.
Last Easter dawned like a morning
in June in America, and the inhabit-
ants of Molo turned out en- masse for
the great miracle. The procession
which wendell it's way to the church
at 10 o'clock was one of the most brill
liant to be seen in the world. 1t fol-
lowed the delicately wrought and rich
ly CARRIED figure of Our Lady of the
Philippines" which was carried
through the streets by the priests. In
the procession were at least 1000 rich
ly gowned senoritas, and the women of
Molo dress more deliberately than those
of almost any other place in the world.
Inside the church were eight old men
to draw the curtain aside, but their SER
vices were not called for. The priests
announced that st. Peter had not APP
peared, and was evidently dispelased
with the people of Molo. 1t was whis-
pered around that he did not come be-
cause of the presence of Americans.
This was the exact truth. st. Peter
had been safely boxed by trusted ma
tives at Manila, and shipped on board
a lorcha bound for Molo but the GUS
toms authorities were suspicious of the
box, which looked as If it might con-
tain arms, and st. Peter spent Satur-
day night on board the lorcha, and
Sunday in the custom house. The story
leaked out, and it is said the miracle
will never occur again.