The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-16

Windward. "This beats me-, said he, as he
shipped off a few chips of plug, placed them in
the horny palm of his left hand and with the
bulge of his right, rubbed them fine, packed
them in his Guilty. the bowl of which he eyed
with solemn earnestness, as he lit the weed, and
gave a few strong and silent putfs. This beats
me-, | say. This beats Government TO hum all
to pieces. You see, a lot of those Britishers,
who tack diapers on their hats, who come by
ZealandIa Monday night, wanted TO lay over one
steamer and see the big fire works on Owhyee,
but some of your public bosses told them they
must 90 10 quod in quarantine for a couple of
weeks before they could go, because they had
taken a run up town, and had dropped in at the
big Highwyan Hashery, The noble tourists,
who had some swag to leave behind them, did
not think the fire works would pay for a two
weeks quarantine, and so kept on their ocean
way. Well Just now, / see a lot Of pigtails, said
to be some ChoOlang men going TO Hlghkew and
elsewhere, come walk down the street right
among you infected beggars, and go on board the
Likellke, to go up among the uncontamlnated TO
windward. This lot of Johnnies had just got out of
quarantine in town and what was the difference
between them and the Johnny Bulls going
through the streets This is a d--h curious
little country, as ever / seed"
HABEAs CORPUS.
Strolling through Chinatown the other day. /
saw an old acquaintance come out of Hop Yick's,
picking his teeth. As 1 had met him before in
the spacious dining hall of the Hawaiian Hotel,
L NAiitNStu Il llllt SUI Ilinfs IL idtI IL, Hdiu
he, I'm dead broke. Spent my last quarter in
here on a twenty-five cent tuck out. That Job |
had, wont pan ont any Longer, and ! can't go to
wind'ard, where there are some chances in my
line, on account of smallpox / suggested the
billet Of "A special, to guard quarantined
premises. Gould not stand that would get
the piles sure, sitting six or eight hours on a
stretch at a mans door. I've Just got "a notion to
to start a contraband agency on the reef. It's
decided by big wigs, you know, that the reef
upon which n lot of pigtails were quarantined,
was to be regarded as a sort of gangway, or
figurative extension Of the deck Of the vessel, TO
which the PaTkees belonged. and that no process
of habeas corpus,or anything of the kind could
reach them, the reef i'm fact, decided 10 be, not High
wyan territory. SO there is my chance. TO point
out to u few fellows who have the tin, to put up
a shebang there, as n smuggling depot for opium
and other notions. When ] told him that n
writ of habeas corpus had been served on board
Chinaman, Wong Son, brought ON shore and let
loose and he might depend that w1its Of all
kinds, issued from our courts, could reach him,
even within n league of any Hawaiian shore.
- All, yes know, said he but there is "A
n change for the better. Justice at that time was
bothered with crochets about human rights but
now 1T IS more accommodating 20 planting and
speculative interests. 80
As he was lighting the cigar ! handed him.,
from an ignited stump removed from my lips, he
said with his eyes half shut, and between puffs
- III ask you to a champagne blow out shortly.
A lot of opium will be down soon on n lumber
ship, and then things will be easy"