The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-04

fool MAKE yonr most friendly advances 20
him. and say tie kindest and most r,sA .i'-
ing things that suggest themselves 10 you,
ami he will probably look you steadily IN the
eve with no more expression than there Is in
a wooden horse and say: "No sabc" Yet be
very likely knows English quito well enough
to understand all you are saying Why docs
he pretend not Tor Decauie he suspects an
taconsm in the white man, and Is cunning
enough 20 retain every advantage.
Never has the large Chinese population Of
New Y0ra been SO stirred from is Utmost
depths rs now. John reeds the papers and
Knows that Lis interests are debated IN con
cress, he understands that his c0untrymen
are already prohibited from joining him in
America. and the question pow Is: will he
some morning be himself invited 10 return %
the Celestial emplrel de does not feel HIM
self competent TO grapplc with this conun-
drum. lie prefers 10 carry IL to one who he
thinks should know al about it, aui who
can-and II properly approached. will-givo
him autAortativcly warning, consolation or
reinsurance. That one is the great Qu0ng-
TarGong or Quong He-Say-Gong, the Chi
neso Deity. Both titles belong to hin.
The irrevcrent American shortens his name
down to "Jossn Before bis affairs in the two
temples that Chinese New York maintains,
there has been, since the Chinese question
was taken up by congress, an unw0nted
amount OF deyout sacrificing Of JOSS sticks
and anxious consultation OF the divining
strip, OF bamboo.
There is no hour at which the dev0ut Chi
nese worshirer may not approach the shrine
with confidence that Quong-Tai-Go Is pre-
sent in spirit 10 receive his alteration, and
that priest will be- ready 70 aid him. If de-
sired Ia bis questioning Of the future. the
manner Of TINT questioning Is very interest
ing Let us observe It rs conducted IN the
principal temple, that on the third door Of No.
10 Chatham square, New York
II is desirable, but not absolutely neces-
sary, that the shrine should be IN tho north
OF the temple, and the ever burning lame,
symbolic Of the light 90 Immortality. m the
south. That, however, Is not practicable
here Yielding to the architectural neces5i-
ties Of the situation, the figure Of Quons-Tai-
Gong sits IN the west. About him IS a Won
drous mass Of carved, gilded and painted
wood wo k seemingly merely decorative,
significance in every boush, and leaf, and
tiny figure OF bird. beast and fish Before
him is a great high table bearing bronze and
china bowls filed with sand, emblematic
dragons of broaze and other objects To tss
right, "A little in front, bowl OF sand IS
placed upon the top Of a stove. To the LEFT,
a little less advanced, upon the floor and I'M
derneath a table is another bowl Of sand
Before the center Of the shrine, &c a little
distance, in pendant lamp Of bronze, burns
the light Of immortality.
Either from smiling Nay Dok In the store
below, or from a priest in tie temple, the
worshiper supplies himself with joss
sticks They are very slender spAnters Of
bamboo about q foot long, three-quarters Of
their length coated thckiy with peculiarly
fragrant incense composition. and are done
up IN rel paper sheaths, gorgeous with fire
cracker lingo printed in gold. Twenty-Five
cents buys ten packages OF them from 10
10 2DJ IA all