The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-16

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received an invitation to take part
in their games. l assured them that
should be only too happy to take
part in their enjoyment, but that my
inexperience of the games prevented
me from taking part for the present,
unless they should explain TO me
the intricacies of them, which they
were willing to do. There we're two
games in full sway, one they called
"ja ham" the other "ta hin kau."
The last mentioned game resembled
somewhat our game of dominoesy
while the first was played in the fol-
lowing way: A Chinaman would take
a handful of white buttons, deposit
them on the table, and then ask
the players to make guess of one,
two, three, or four as the number of
buttons that we're to remain after
all had been divided into smaller
lots of four each. After each
player had recorded his guess
and deposited one or more "nan"
(dollar), the proprietor took spoon
and with the handle of it began to
divide the heap of buttons into
smaller lots of four each. This
done, the number of the remaining
buttons, numbering either one, two,
three or four, were declared the win
ming number. Those who had
guessed correct received three dol
lars in return for every one dollar of
| tln;r ,uln lnct fnrfaitn6
their deposits to the proprietor.
Asking my guide to inform me in
Chinese as to the numbers l to 10,
he did so; here they are: jet (1),
gi (2), saam (3), sab (4), ghu (5),
10 (6), STAT (7), baad (s), geo (9),
shib (10). Good morning means
"dsau shin," good evening means
"zeisho hola 60 fau TO-" Chinese
violin ''lau Ike SIM good man ''ho
mean" l continued to watch the
games with some interest for awhile,
when suddenly all were startled by
a knock at the door. The buttons
were quickly thrown into work
basket containing needles, twine,
buttons, etc. The money was re-
turned to the pockets, while the
domlnoes were ANONYMOUSLY thrown
into the fireplace of stove. All
breathed in silence, some casting
their looks to direction under the
counters, others to an opening on
the roof. The suspense did not last
long, yet the writer suffered in that
short time probably more agony
than on any former period of his
life. In his Imagination he saw him
self marched amongst lot of celes-
tials surrounded by policemen to
jail. OF course he could explain,
but then if Judge Maioho should
happen not 10 be at home, chances
were that the police would lock him
up with the rest until the following
day, when he could clear himself
of the charge of Intentionally break
ing the laws of this country. FL
nally it might be possible that a
summons would arrive by that time,
commanding the writer to appear
forthwith at the Office Of his employ
ers, there to receive the diploma of
G. B. which means in plain English,
the grand bounce. This settled it,
and / concluded therefore to make
my exit as quickly as possible. The
knock at the door causing so much
CONSERVATION inside of the house,
was caused by a native girl who
came for pipe of opium. Here
was an opportunity to obtain more
information casting all scruples
and fears aside, I concluded to
await further developments. The
girl was ushered into an adjoining
room, to which my guide and my
self followed. The room,was fur
nishcd with hunks and resembled a
somewhat dirty steerage room on an
overcrowded Chinese steamer. A
Chinaman was noticed covered
down on the floor, seemingly busy
preparing opium. A small lamp
showing feeble flame was also de-
posted on the floor. The Chinaman
took something that resembled q
large needle, the point of which he
dipped into tin of opium; after
,, extrcating it again and giving it a
twist so as to hold the opium se-
!, curely, he placed the point holding
the drug over the flame, turning il
all the while, until the stuff was
ready for smoking, when he placed
it over the opening of an opium
g pipe, but not before giving the stem
: of the latter to another Chinaman,
l who inhaled the stuff to his seem.
l ingly entire satisfaction, after which
g the latter individual resumed his
. former position in the bunk to sleer
: off tue effects of the drug. A ma
tive girl also occupied one of the
D bUnks, while the girl who had just
9 entered proceeded to take posses
Y sion of another vacant sleeping
a place. The way she smoked the
s death dealing drug proved that sht
: was not new hand at the business
: Feeling thoroughly disgusted will
i what 1 had seen, caused me to wisf
r sincerely to leave this place
2 Thanking my guide, and bidding to
Y all "zeisho hola go fau lo"-good
: night, l, to my great relief, made