The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-11
SAkI A TERROR
So Relates a Navy Officer
Who Mixed With II.
How He Was inveigled at Waikiki.
Fell Into a Trap Warns All
People OF the Liquor.
washington starr

Among other loys that We acquire In
taking over Hawaii" said the naval Off
Ger with the very crooked, Mazatlan- made
cigar In his teeth. lis saki Sakl II not
indigenous to Hawaii. IL got there from
Japan. But It IL there to stay. II Is now
an Hawaiian institution, Is saki. II II alb
soibed and assimilated by the whole Ka-
nakH population. In quantities to suit. APP
parently II does the kanaka no harm,
but the first experience that a Caucasian
u member of the lndp-lIaniC tribe, a
white man, has with sakiT-
Regard me carefully. have toyed
with most Of the -dispelling liquids
Of this, my own native land. ! have been
thrown by few, II any. OF them. In mo-
ments Of eyil persuasion have developed
my quota, and MORE of that mesquite
grass compound that burns black holes
wh.n poured out on western deserts IL
IN manufactured In the morning. all that
Is not purveyed during the hours of bus
mess Is dumped at night ! have had my
sad momsntS, with sagebrush whisky,
Pulque, the Juice of the cactus, has at
times Submerged me without making ma
utterly .deprsved. That other iauid vii
cal, may have made me sadder and a
wiser man. but II never permanently
dainased me You can tell me na,.sht of
two. three, a hundred, OF vodka; II never
got me totally under. The Chianti Of the
wine-dark Mediterranean, the heavy,
heady Oporto Of Portugal, with its dark
brown sediment at the bottom of the
glass; the pellucid, undiluted gin of the
Netherlands, the raisin brandy of the
bland and simple Greek-all of these, and
others, have encountered, without ever
losing knowledge Of the whereabouts OF
the north star; but saki--
1t was man named Doyle. a court
Interpreter In Honolulu. who made me
acquainted with saki while he was and
~ n man OF unimpcachable character and
= ciiixen OF standing, ] hearty consign
hln 70 an inglorious Immortality for the
Mrpng he did me. Interpreter Doyle OF
the Hawaiian courts introduced me Ia
sakh only one thing saved him when Il
was all over. lie did not do II In Homo.
lulu proper. lie did IL In Waikiki, "A
beach pleasure resort on the outskirts of
Honolulu. Had Doyle right In the mid.
de Of the town Of ,iionolulu-at one OF
IN" clubs, saymintrodiIScd me 20 saki ~
sunday AFTERNOON. Said Doyle: Z IT.!
Now win regard to saki-r--'
,sionN ~ b Bow, pnf% ena siIPlf rnis a.
l"t That my intelligence WIS Iof 80 low
an ord'J that ! wallld manifest, a ,drsira
to test shN ana The yirtpcs thereon. | did
manifest such u desire. q .' TOTO 0''
~ word about snki, II Is the fcrmcnt-
I'D juic" Of rice. II h brownIsh white
~ color II Is very deceptive. II goes
Esinn VIM VIM. nj m9S, maoS99gs hind Of
glipt YOU are not supposed toi gulp II down
~. YOU gulpl doNn3 lihiyo. wipr. 9th arwis.
l-put myn.h 90 not know lthis-pIlly jap
amts. and Nhhakhs aud court Interpreters
anu .lIhss yt.. , 10 . 4
=, nulshIu, COOLING dilnk, stid lpoyIet
an, ,, III uo hot KNOW now J should make
4 -. m'f'"ut sam Aliuncbtoh' every DAY,
,nH i ~ /" punlt oi ~, Hfpgy stimulating,
;, "I nr.1W' anu no ap.r erect whatever
~, 'N'S none, you hhp", really Hon
og.,ya -, -, Hg,,; "sa i
nan, ~, .gGpN l.st'1 "a, laY,t lsld'f goypI
anSvsm,, Inn una 'ns kaTak4 boy brought a !
49,. fHrfectly harmless Doyle WIS say |
ifs i'9ast harhiut 81 All lhurfs 81 that
syI sahS should sass b honest e : 4
..t, nI.ulk ~ laiL thind glsssful. II was |
'eii"shlng, truly tnst q bit tart, snAppy I
tilu comiornHr- lJoylssi stomach, UNI
loi ipnatty' was disifiapgrd. he snti,
illl So no, thanks, lie, thought he'd not
t9ok q couple more gfasSes. A GLOW
= tn,lluN'Iiosf Aio"~fht thfquoish sea at
,ny lctl Tthe iralnbo~s nrehins above the |
aust another word about saki, when |
iEn2n go out you go out All OF n sudden.
TX! Tx nash-poof and You are gone. |
, mI" ~ no sIadnal' torgyen approach, |
,pg nhbaignanlly, sav with ~ lgsi
moved from me. rsmembcr thai malig- |
nhmt smile very well. That was the last !
~ rthtnbtf.
a, Doyle was sitting beside my bed when |
! ohile TO- nlnriecn hours later, the next |
'Ip"n tRa, h ntmTt'em men,, ! dselinS 10 dwell
IlyGs ARE na not for for eommon serutny,
fenced anyihIlg Ike i, nor have j Eye EYER