The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
CHINESE losses N NEW YoRk.
The old One Has Lost Hin Grip and his
Name is Dennis.


One of tine most interesting an
nouncements that has recently come
from that unique locality ia New York
know as Chinatown was to the effect
that the Chinese laundrymen OF New
York we're getting up a subscription
for the purpose Of sending TO China for
new Joss, whose business 1t would be
10 watch over lanndrymen exclusively,
and not over merchants. gamblers.
highbinders. aud other persons as the
Old tosses 10 Chinatown have been In
the habit Of doing.
This mtlItipIIcation OF losses In New
1oEk's Chinatown is rather an Inter-
esting episode. says the Mail and En-
press. IL Is not so long ago that one
loss was good enough for Chinatown.
He was not much OF Joss, and only to
the eyes of his followers was he an i'm
pressive object. II ever a loss had a
soft time OF Il he did. II Is true he
had 10 listen to the appeals OF nearly
10000 Chinamen who live In and
about New York. but. as be never
complained. Il must have been all
right.
This may have been for the reason
that being OF wood he was not much
given either to small talk or to undue
animation. lie had muItifarious duties
though. II was his business 10 keep
the police away from the ..fan TAFT
houses and opium joints In and around
Mott -na0ifestly difficult task
even for Chinese god TO undertake
10 bring business TO about 7. 900 Chinese
laundries, aud. In fact TO look after the
interests Of Chinatown generally.
IL HfH pn& oaaua in tha L..
very much. He sat under rich canopy.
inhaled the incense offered before him.
aud conducted himself generally In a
very dignilied way. In one respect he
was something like some of our poli-
tieians; he made no promises. So II
he didn't do everything he was ex-
pected to do no one could charge him
with having acted in bad faith How
ever. no such charges were made
against him. IL 1t seemed apparent
that he had granted the prayers of the
faithful he was treated with special
consideration by the lucky ones. II
not, well and good.
On certain occasions he was treated
TO vast quantities of roast pig. chicken,
and other delicacies. He never ate any
OF them. Wooden josses don't run TO
roast pig as n rule. However. il was
paced before him. and IL he had con-
cluded TO eat IL there was nothing to
prevent II.
On the occasion of a certain great
ceremony, or rather a series of great
ceremonies. In Chinatown some time
ago the colony had an experience that
stirred II as II has rarely been stirred.
The ceremony had been going on for
several days and vast quantities of food
had been placed before Joss. No matter
how much was placed there 1t disap-
peared. Chinatown got excited. Its
oldest inhabitaut had never before
heard OF joss with an appetite like
this one. The joss-house was thrunged
and the matter quietly discussed.
The joss displayed not the slightest
interest in the whole matter. Neither
did he show the slightest effects of
overeating. There were no signs. of
iDdisposition or dyspepsia. or of the
contentment that good living - said to
bring. He was just standing pat and
saying nothing. The thing went on
for several days and then there was an
explosion.
One Of the high priests. in inspecting
the Ioss-honse. saw under a platform
what looked like an old shoe. He
pulled on It. 1t was an old shoe. and
attached to it was a man. He was a
ragged specimen OF a man aud stood
In need of washing aud shaving. but
he was decidedly self-possessed.
We'll. my yellow jaglets." he said.
alrlly. 1.-THE game is up. is itp Yess
Well. I'm sorry. | amt lived so well
since me and Gould used TO dine to-
gether. Ta-ta." And with these
mocking words the profaner Of the
temple left just in time to save his
skin, which was fairly well filled with
the dainties intended for the joss. The
joss appetite has been moro closely
watched since this unfortunate oc-
But the old joss has fallen upon evil
times. When the rich men of China
town got brand-new joss-house. they
decided that the old joss was not quite
up to the new mark. So they sent to
China for magnificent god, warrant
ed to be sound in wind and limb. and
70 be gentle and obliging in harness.
de Is doing all the high-toned business
In Chinatown now. and the old Joss is
reduced to doing business with high
binders, gamblers. and the like, aud
sven these are loosing respect for the
Did gentleman, for the police have been
giving them a good deal of trouble of
late, aud they think that old joss Is
osing his grip or this could not be.
SO they are about to get another joss.