The National tribune., 1904-01-28

. YASIlIN0T0N , nz0 THU
Lady Of CassysseHwhen passing taissBa-
tangas coast. sssssa aasras i i
sansus,n howevsf. e theAsy irxin rSf sAr-4
tipohn, 50 cAllef&ffum the natiye name OF
q tree into whidA, lie Virgin was accus-]
TONED to sdeseenA f1Bm aAheynltaf ind dis
play herself. Ne is also called "Nues-
tr6 Sonora de- H6emk Yfhje ) daslG Pax
Our Lady Of 0boE Voyage and Peace. z
from having on epsated occasions Gained
the Tfempestss.w9ich arose aonnAer trips
across the Paciia This image ID made OF
brass, with nat1rail hair. and adorned
with jewelry, srinbeAs and lace.fs She. was,
sent over to Manilc from Acapulco, Mex
leo, iHssa626, on O. State 1gnlaeon which.
brought Juan Nlnotlle TAboro, the newly
appointed GoverxorG eneral OF the islands.
During the passsgesa tempest arose which
powers thus becoming known; shevmade
eight subsequent voyages across the Pa
cifc at the solicitation OF sailors, thus In
suring the safety OF the ships. Thus it
was that sailors out OF gratitude for their
preservation carried hereto her sanctuary
in the village OF Antipolo, some 10 miles
east of Manila, where In the month OF
Of the Philippines have been accustomed
to make pilgrinages Our Lady though
she has escaped numerous fires as well as
tempests, besides protecting the lives OF
others, has one. scar on her face where she
was stabbed by Chinese rebel. Her
miraculous deeds would Gil quiteea large
book: in fact, there was such book pub
In Manila the Church OF, San, Sebastian
has "Our Lady Of CARMEL" Binondo
Church, '-Our Lady Of e4Rosary OF Saint
Dominica" the Church Of Sampoloc. Our
Lady OF Loreto:" and the Church OF Santa
Ana, has t''Our Lady of, the. Abandoned
Ones" Some of the decora tons worn by
these Lady Saints' are very expensive
Thus the dress and jewels worn by Our
Lady Of the Immaculate Conception" on
the day. OF her fiesta are valued at $685.
600.
Another interesting Lady Saint is
Santa Ana, enslirined at Molo, suburb
of Iloil0. According to the current beliefs,
Santa Ana has 4 husband, San Joaquin,
who is enshrined at Hog, town on the
| formerly accustomed to visit his wife once
a year in an altogether mysterious man
ner, on which occasion money was freely
| contributed by visitors at Molo for the
| benefit, OF this interesting pair of saints.
| The first year of American occupation,
however, the meeting did not come off on
schedule time, as some sacrilegious collec-
| tor seized the package containing San
Joaquin, which he found onva coaster, and
| held him for duty until the usual period
for his appearance had passed.
sg PROFITABLE SAINTS.
| Saints which could move their eyes and
| limbs were formerly met with in various
towns, and there was one I'M Manila for a
time which attracted such crowds that its
| use was prohibited by the Archbishop. In
recent years. the discovery of sanity inn
ages has been frequently looked upon with
suspicion; because almost invariably it be-
comes a source Of revenue to the discov-
erer. An official of the fort at IlOilo
+ amassed quite a fortune from merely hay-
ing seen the Blessed Virgin and Child ap-
pear in the well of the prison: he put a
price on the water, and it sold with won
drous rapidity. One principal source OF
revenue in the late. insurrection was de-
rived from the exhibition Of mysterious
images, and displays of the kind were
made in the cityaof Manila until the real
and managers apprehended. L. -. S.
All former insurEections have grown out
off or have been closely accompanied by,
religious defectfonss In 1871 Apolinario
de la Cruz, the son of friar in Tayabas,
having killed the Spanish AleaIde in a
rage, persuaded his acquaintance that he
possessed the power to make the earth
open and swallow up the Spanish army.
As king OF the Tagalos," he said that
Tagal maiden aawould come down from
Heaven to- wedsshiIm when he Ind de-
fstrOyed' the Spanish forces (which he could
do with handfask OF rice He also pro-
posed as soon as he had captured the
Spaniardsi to, tie them to trees and have
them shot by women with arrows. Though
a. native regiment OF Tagalos from the
Province OF Tayabas that was lying at
Manilas mutinied, and though Apolinario
collected force OF some !, 0OO men, wo-
men and children, he was completely
routed by the 500 soldiers and coast-guards
who went against him, and Immediately
executed. s44sf39x- f+tlr
The simplicity of the native mind is IL
lustrated also in the faith OF the Babay-
lanes, followers OF Papa Isio, Negroes.
Their religion was cross between old
and7neWe faiths, but each one firmly be-
lieved that. provided with an anting ant
ing from Papa Isio, he was absolutely ins
vulnerable in battle. Under Spanish rule
the Babaylanes who were located near
isabella. Negroes, exacted tribute from the
haciendas and pueblos in the vicinity. His
proclama tons were issued from para.
disc" and he made no discrimination be-
tween Americans and Spaniards; "Kill
all. was his motto. III st1 rSts .44s5 i III
Don Felipe Calderon, in his testimony
before the Commission, said: -The fact ri
that the people at large have not grasped
the true inspiration Of Catholicism-it is
tiDselsdaxziiDgl before their eyes. Certain
things come up, and Immediately the PEG.
pie turn over to fetichism and idOlatryc
There is q sect called the Colorum in the
Provinces OF Batangas, Laguna, Mind0ro,
and Tayahas, (which has more than -1OO,-
600 prOselytes, which is an adulterati0n
Of the third order of St: Francis Admixed
| with ancient idOlatries, and that is the real
cause of the tremendous fanaticism that
exists in,.those four provinces. 10 is not
confined to these four-it is pretty gem
eral." 1879. s~1a
Father Aglipay's movement is OF an