Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVI, Number 2, 8 January 1887 — Laikini Opiuma. [ARTICLE]

Laikini Opiuma.

Ua haawiia iho nei hc laikini kuai opiuma ia Chun Lung, keiki a Mr. C. Afong oke kulanakauhale nei. Oke kulike ana ia tne ka mana oke kanawai opiama i apono ia eka ahaolelo o 1886 i hala. He eha makahiki ka loihi o ka manawa no keia laikini opiuma ma ke $30,000 oka makahiki. Aua hoomaka mai keia laikini opiuma mai ka la 1 0 keia mahina a hiki ika pau ana ona makahiki eha. Ua olelo ia mai aole o keia Chun Lung wale no ka i lawe i keia laikini opiuma, aka, he hui keia ma kahi paha oke tausani mahele. Ua pane ae kekahi o na pake waiwai o ke kulakakauhale nei aohe ka e puka ana keia hana, a nolaila, makau oia a ae ole e lawe ika laikini epiuma. A nokanui loa ka kekahio kedablaikini. He wahi moolelo poKoie ka makou i lohelehe wale e pili ana i keia laikini opiuma mai kekahi poe mai penei: Aia kekahi mea e noho nei i ke kulanakauhale, he kanaka hanohano oia a i lawelawe no hoi i kekahi mau oihana aupuni kiekie maloko nei o keia aupuni. Oka hana a keia kanaka, oia no ke kakau ana i mau palapala uwalo a nonoi hiahaa aku i ka——paha e haswi noai i ka ae na keia puulu pake ka laikini opiuma, n® ka mea eia ke hoonee okoa ia aku nei ka mea hoomakapo. Hiki hou aku no he puulu pa ke hou 2 oela mau iho la no ka hani '*ana no ka ohi mai hiki īho nei i ka opiuma i ka * ae, pau nui pake i ka nauiho, na lakou , oiai ua manao ad punihei mai la kela i ka lakou ne» maunu hoolaka. Eia ka hoi he popo auhuhu ka ianei 0 ka iliki ana aku, aua oki e kaapa wale ana me he i-a ua make i ke kauhola ka onini wa'.e mai no i ka ilikai:

Oka nui o nei popo auhuhu i hoonee ia aku, aia ma kahi o ka haneri tausani paha; nolaila, ma ka mahele ana, liio aku la na iala e mea ? na ianei hoi e mea ? a no ko ka lahui wahi kieke iho hoi i kanakolu tausani. Hoike hou ia mai, o kekahi nune nui ia e oni nei iloko o na pake 1 keia mau la. No kolakou naukiloa i ka hoohoka ia ana, nolaila, wahi aua lono la, e hoopii aku ana ua poe pake la i ka ahaolelo e noho mai ana i ka iSXS e hoopau loa i keia laikmi, a e hana hou, a e hoonui hou ae i ka auhaii, a nui waie aku. Hoonaukiuki loa ia mau hui pake i keia hoopoho ia ana paha o ko lakou manawa hana. ko lakou dala paha, a i ole oko lak*u hoohoka ino loa ia ana. Ua lawelawe malu ia keia hana, wahi hou aua lono la. Aka nae, iloko aka palanehe ame ke aheahe malie, ike a aku la ka pu-a ana ae o ka uwahi mao loa. Nolaila ikeia aku la mao ka uwahi, he makole ko onei.