New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
A QUEER CHINESE RITE.
THEY BURN PAPIER-MACHE DEVIL "
PORTLAND.
From The Portland Oregonian.

From The Portland Oregonlan.
The second incneration OF the Chimes deyf Se
morning His Maiesty's ashes wsre care.uay
picked up and carried away ana now only few
blackened paving stones remain 10 mark the spot
whore once the proud form OF the spiii, of eyu
lowered majestically over the crowd of admrns
hcathens.
Al o'clock this morning active and industrious
Cinnamon poured forth in streams from every
nook and corner Of their irregular residences and
commenced the crusade against the evil one
on both sides OF the street for a block great hres
We're kindled at intervals of rod. and TWO s'ii
larger fires bazed in the middle OF the street a
either end of the alley OF flame thus formed
Swarms of Celestials heaped fuel on these aFes
and other swarms laid behind each mat en-
which was placed a coal oil can containing blazing
piles of sacred papers. dust pans full of crackers
fun OF red candles and punks At each mat sat
solitary Celestial. chuckng papers into the coai
casional apple or cracker. to appease the wratn
which the devil might naturally be expected 70
him. The personage himself occupied huge
papier- r-mache eiigy made in his likeness ana
would be hard to imagine him more cyl looking ns
than he was thus represented stand had neen
erected for this eigy. and stood at the south emu
of the block. At the other end sufficiently far rec
other and larger stand containing miniature Jos,
house Here were three priests In red robes, wv
it seemed to be to continually light paper on a
candle in front OF him and east the nam.ns s' me
to the ground To his own infinite deilsht 'liu Ia
imminent peril of his flowing neither garments. IA
the music stand were also several musician ws ,hs
..a
devil at the other end of the block 10 death % ~ ~
any other way. II he could only escape wv
music.
The priest chanted. the Chinese fed the hre ara @
the band played on, till o'clock. when some % %omo
seized the devil carried him twice down the my my
between the fires ana then heaved him on Il Pstto
prepared especially for the purpose. where m u.
cracked merriy until the last OF his oDnoNogss
form curled and wreathed In smoke over the roo's
OF the dwellings OF his subjects. 49,, Al,
Then ensucd grand scramble for two tubs o.
holy water which stood AT each end or the DION,
Whoever got one of these when they had p.sn sn
duly blessed came In for unbounded good ick ..,o
rest OF the year. but the priests intended 10 -,
serve them for themselves. so each was guatueu,
by n policeman, who used his club Literally on a'y
Chinaman who approached the tubs with intent "
take steal and carry away the same. 49,, a,
one tub was taken before II was blessed, put 4
was generally conceded that this brought no go.u
luck The other was blessed In the regulation way;
In "A scrimmage over II the water was upse, 'us 'ur
the tub was cast on the flames and destroiei an an
the chlnaman who covets lead pipe cih'n 40 ~"
good luck will, have to defer his ambitions aoh hs
year This performance will be repeated ~ ,m ,,
season In 1891 II witnessed ny sfes' mi,sh iii
her Of Chinese and few white people o' o"'
tendencies .,x. ~ tho
Al d o'clock this morning every vestise o. ussns
festivities save few flakes OF charfe" aussine uie
paper, had been removed. and no one p"tho an tho
through would have suspected that no was "" W.
scene Of the orgies lust descrihAdL