The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-05-03
Doctor Sian Seng;
OR THE GILMAN MAN IN PARIS.
(fRoM THE FRENCH OF NrRyO

IA, to the yellow temple Of Fu and burn upon th,
altar u stick Of camphor for me, for | have arrly.
ed safely at Paris. l have sailed five thousand
three hundred and twenty leagues since nv en-
barkatlon at Hoang io. with peril Of life beneath
my feet the whole voyage-and Proyiden has
protected me.
May my ancestors degn to watch over me mcre
'han ever at this moment Paris is field OF bat
,le' where bullets arerepreSented by wheels and
hofses those who have neither carriage nor hor-
ses, perish ihiserably N the flower of thvlr age
There are seventeen hospitals for the wounded :
saw one yesterday with this inscription, IN large
etters' Hospital for insurablcs' The wounded
who are carried there know when they enter that
ihey will never come out alive-they know their
late II Is very charitable on the part Of the doc
tors You can now see that the Bar barian. un
derotand civilization
Notwithstanding the sage precepts Of Li-ki, and
me law oi Menu lhare purchased a carriage On
iuur wheels drawn by horses. and have wept in
ANTICIPATION OF the unhibpy fats n those am a.
oont 10 send to the Hospital for lncurables, but
'hcre are but Two modes Of living IN Paris-.you
hnet crush Others, or be crushed yourself ltluhk
most prudent to do the first.
went down to the river to make my ablu-
tIons, ana was bout TO commence this holy act
Wheh policeman Threatened me with hl- Jntar
III looNlng at the wnlef, was eonSo,d for the
deprivation, as II had not the pure and limpid
now OF opr own fuho, which runs by Peklnwnder
'ne marble bridge OF Peklao The Seine is a
d'r'y yellow stream which descends to the ocean
Tor bath shall wait until II Comes back
| was told that Christians take bath at home
winch Gusts two francs called for one, and was
furnished with an iron box, very much resembling
'he cothns IN the cemetery "f Ming tang-y; one
gets INTO them and lies upon the back, with the
hhhds crossed upon the breast, like true believer
VINO mas hled ln the faith of Fo.
IN Pa'S, each house l. governed by tyrant
VINO l. called porter There are twenty.lhuu
sahd porter' here, Who make million Of lnhablt
ants unhappy and desolate. They sometime,
make a revolution to ov,rtun poor devil, called
".ig o"' theS nave never over 'ulncI the TWEEN
" thvuSa1d Put'ers. Mine receives my orders
Wnh '"'u explosions oi Taught and when !
threaten Inn he says 70 ne, You are % China
man since zee thinks - insult me by calling me
10y To" name Of my country ! make the mater
equal by crying, And YOU are hcn,hman,
'He"acr '",~t tor Insult sal' 'hr sage Menu
ihrsr thIngS have s'o~t ost"ui,ucd me 10 'arI.
My first duty, On QUALITY of nay rauk in the
Ming tang, the greur-t society Of noeuS In rhc
universe mas ''tu 10 W.. 'hr ROYAL Library, re-.
h"Whcd r. rs - 'l>i depot OF ID, Iluau Nuury-
ih@t. IhlN a>l iGm oi mcdi'''l,u. ut I,h ..uu
ana study i Niun'rd m the hO-t uu,-v street Va
III" city tn" millions Of book it contains shake
continually with the passage ofcurru-r, and orh
er vehicles III very mu,h ss if ,uunrd should
Z" f"r instruction bstwceniho bridge 2 cl,oLug.yu.
III hhlaS, ~hrrr al the eats IN p.kn are sold
and The street lorngk ~ ri-Kmng. where sa-
i"tcs ate fired night and day
One ut the hbrarianS received me with great
po.itsness, and offered mo n chair,
'SiI, sad l. III t"erahe French, i would be
mu II obliged II You could lend me, for n few mo.
meats, the History Of the Dynastios Of the Five
B'o'hefs Lourg and of the sixty four Che ii You
know that these gorloGs rcigns commenced i'm.
mcdatcly after the third lace Of the first empc.
iors-'hose O! 'he J'n'Hoang or the Emprrors Of
Ath' 10 Distinguish them from the second race
called |: Hoans, or emperoTs of the Earth
ne satam did not appear as If he knew it. He
pni mo ms nose some OF the forbidden opium
ana Hi'er rejecting awhile, said,
LaoNe, We have not that
liz appeared pleased to show me that he TN.
dtrstood that Laoye was equivalent to sir, and
repeated 1t thousand times during the con.
NerSanon
Iou know sif' SAID continuing, that after the
GLORIOUS fe'gns OF houng san-chc, or Ichen MIN OF
i'u-'he ana ot Houx toun che, came the relgns
SUI, more gonoHs' OF the seventy.one families,
"nu ua' 50 nineh gary uas only etfaced by the
''hh,"f'a! emperor 81 the greatest musician the
world ever saw, and the inventor Of Chnrse po.
I''ene,S' would ''Re TO consult, IN this "vast de
P"' VI All nuiHah knowledge, the history OF the
immortal M
Inc nose o' the ph"oiophe received second
'.ne Pne'l OF 'he forbidden OPIUM. lie then
oPTne" an enormous handkerchief OF Madras, and
suuue".s JeiAl"s 'he mead meek, and hand made
s,''' noise resembling that OF prolonged
s'rGN" upon gong When this tempest Of the
BRAN had passed by, he folded up his Madras,
drew 1t hve times across his face, and said,
we nave ho' the history oil the immortal III,
your emperor
iou nave nothing, then, said ], with that
,"'"n'ss when arises from wisdom and which Is
"uI,'''a''nS TO 'hose oaroarians whom the genius
o' nen. mas never enlightened
rue Ie",neu man crossed ms hands and inclined
MS neau' shuttlhs ms eyes which means Nothing
IN the language OF the universe.
Nevertheless, continued my requests.
Since you have no books in this vast depot of
all human knowledge, have you any mapsf
oh, mapsl said he with the smile of resusci. /
lated sato'f, we have all kind of maps from the
map ot the Homan Emperor lheodosius to that Of
adms de e""r
ihls answer, nave since been told, IL n bon |