West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-16

| 10 wait pHtieutlN unlh tue upfOar
had subsidized. aud then make our
way TO the dock where the custom
house officials would go through
our luggage.
sank into steamer chair with
as much resignation as man can
have. to Wait Until everybody got
done shaking hands aud saying
"How are YOU ?"
"Well, how have YOU been !''
First rate. have yuu got over
your cholera scares"
Yes. how did you leave Frisco
and how did the elections go?"
When the excitement which fol-
lawed our arrival Had somewhat
subsidized, | determined to try to
make my way on shore. With nv
arctic overcoat on my arm, | de
scended the gang plank. wlping the
perspiration from my face; and ap
preached the overworked CUSTOM
house officials. There were u hun
dred or more people present. each
anxious TO have his or her trunk.
handbag or valise inspected first.
The officers were busy opening ev.
cry sort OF satchel and travelling
convenience, and plunging their
hands into soiled linen, superan.
nuated neckties, aud other sacred
articles of apparel. In one valise
were found some pistol cartridges,
which were seized by the custom
house officer, who made their owner
dive into his hip pocket aud pull
out the revolver, which with the
cartridges was held until he could
prove he was not Ii filibuster, but n
man Of good character. Another
gentleman had II Winchester rifle IN
his trunk, which was taken charge
OF in the same manner. The arms
we're receipted for, and upon proof
that the person having them was II
peaceful citizen, u permit was gwen
to carry them.
After II long, wearisome wait, the
inspection of my own baggage
came, This trying ordeal over. /
passed through the street. where
'met a Kanaka coachmnn who asked:
"Wantee la carriage ?"
Eyes. take me TO the Arlington"
| answered. and. jumping into his
one horse surrey, was driven to
the hotel, through an avenue of
palm, date and fg trees. seemed
to have suddenly entered mn im
mense flower garden. Align ing
asked the driver his fare. lie All
swered /:
1.-TWO bits"
Shlllings, quarters and cents are
never used in Hawaiia. Twenty
five cents is two bits, fifty cents
four bits, and seventy five cents
SIX bits.
No one had yet appeared to wei
come me. saw some people on
the lama or porch, and some mon
Keys in n cage, but none seemed To
have any special interest in my arr
rival. stepped upon the l,nna
and then - lady appeared aud called
n Chnaman, telling him to take
me to Number Sixteen. The al
mOnd eyed Celestial picked up my
valise and gave my overcoat stare.
That overcOat was as much a Curl
osity in the city as native Samoan
in full dress would be ia New York
or Chicago.
We had only gone as far as the
passage way between the two houses
when a Japsnesa girl; with hair
puffed and feet bare, came
running toward us chattering
like monkey. She took nv
yalise, and John Chinamsn dis
~ peared. The lady Jap then went
out into vast court laid out I'm
regular walks bofdered by tall
palms. cocoanut trees, banana
plants, and every variety OF bright
foliage and towering shrub OF the
lropics. The air was burdened with
The sweetest Of perfumes, and the
gentle cooling Of ring doves foated
about me. 1t seemed more OF
park than hotel. On either side
were rows Of neat little cottages.
all belonging to the hotel, and all
embowered in the verdure Of the
tropics.
Ny female escort, carrying my
vallse, walked down the lawn path,
following. We soon passed thro'
a gate into the street. Turning
abruptly TO The left. she entered
another building. and asccnded
flight Of stairs with me, carving
my oVercOat aud perspiring at every
pore, bringing mp the rctr. In
wide corridor above. We we're met
by another Japanese called Ito.
who took my valise 70 room Mum
Der Sixteen.
My apartment was large and
sunny. A great window oponed on
the porch on the west. and I sank
into y seat. for few moments esz
ing out upon rear court. The
scene was bathed in the sunlight ~
June, altho : vas tod tIfat his was
as cold Weather rs one might ever
expect 10 Honolulu. The houses 10
Honolulu, br the way. are con
structed without furnaces or other
.