Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-18
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
An Eagle Correspondent In the orlen,
Writes Most interesting letter

your paper from the sunny Philip
pines
will endeayor 10 interest your
many readers with a description of a
peculiar intoxicating drink Ne have
here in the island rhis drink is
known "a Beno and is used YER,
freely by the natives
|, is manufactured mostly IN the
Chinese who have drifiea 70 this
dream land section o. the world
known as the Philippines Reno l.
bottled In large square bottles. and
termed a square face Ay the natives
This vile intoxioani Is made from tin,
essence OF the cocoAnat After the
native has drank his M. he becomes
unruly and imagines he L. The oa,
inhabiiant OF this volcanic part "
the world worthy o. its many jars
and shakes. may add that here W
are numerically shaken and dismr
bed IN our reposC from ,hc effect 81
volcano. Beuo can b. purchases
Tor the sum OF % cents per halt SAL
( lou The reason Btno &, called pe,ui
/ tar Is from lts strange effects Amor
I drinking Beuo IL IS only ueccssap to
drink water and ibe duuke. h Uuuk.
and the more waite. D, a.pbs th.
drunken De- becomes rtc slaaVs
and children drnk D.. tae sams ss
men.
win give fea notes ou snokrs
The native. manufacture o. liar,U
suoVu as the Dolby, They au.
cheap. hye cents O. pacsag, aud ,a..
ty smoke. 90 O package
The greater part oi tte Inhabitants
%, the Philippine Island, lr, given
20 the use OF these cigarettes OBJ
women the same as fhe men. and Oh
so the children Whenever you ente.
into "a conversation with O. native De-
offers his cigarettes and Insists Thar
you partaEe o. O. dream. meaning
smoke
J. Will now tell you about their diet
Their diet Is very changeabie Hghi
diet fun diet. and liquid diet
The natives cat peculiar bug
known by the Americans as the sally
Gupon. DO not know the proper
name for d IN the native language
They claim that the bug Is bueuo
chow. meaning good 10 eat Their
mIl diet consists Of al the sally Gu
pons they can deyour Light diet
when they have the misfortune MOTTO
catch enough for full diet. and liquid
diet is when they fail to catch any
bugs az an and have to satisfy their
gnaWing hunger with Beno.
With an their bad qualities the
Filipinos have many good qualities
the same as any other race OF PEG
pie. The Filioiaes have religious
customs Of their own kind, but my
opinion In this matter Is that they
need enughteuiug IN religious Affairs
They persist In worshipping an Image
OF Christ and after committing sin
they Invoke forgiveness from the i'm
age. or should say the, pay the
priest the sum OF hve .doliars and !
be- speaks On their benalf
was travelling 10 Manila city and !
while on my way stopped ar a small !
barrio or town. aud while there nay .
curiosity was aroused ON see.ng Cd
very old and peculiar build.ng 70
was It's age aud gloomy appearance
that attracted me- presume that D. |
was about seventy years old. strong |
ly built of concrete and heavy stone
and covered with moss aud vines
This was a place OF worship and the !
interior contained great amount OF
silver. Ia my estimation. at least one
hundred thousand dollars. The altar
vas solid silver. candle sticks all |
silver and also two large silver i'm
ages Of Christ had an uncontroll |
able desire to explore this place.
obtained permission aud was duly
conducted through its interior. Upon |
entering was requested to bow TO both |
OF these images. and as a matter OF
form | complied with the request
was almost blinded by so much gilt
tering silver Along the walls we're
a number OF vaults containing the re-
mains OF the priests who died long
years before. and In the altar vas
one OF them encased In a glass vault.
I felt almost frightened and had a
tendency to make my exit as speed
ily as possible Overcoming these
feelings gazed about me almost in
trance. The ceilings and walls con
tanned a variety OF fine old paintings.
among them being one Of the cruel.
iixion, angels ascending aud decend-
ing. etc. II was certainly beautiful
The tower OF this building contained
six large bells They ring these bells
about every six hours and their be
lief is that when the bells are ringing
their sins take flight
Now gentle reader ! have given you
au idaa ahnut the Eilinino'c reiiuion