The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-08-06

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siderable portion Of the royal revenue. The en-.
tire population is variously estimated at from
50OOO to half . million from information der,v.
| ed from the missionaries and from some of the
natives. should conclude that it was in the
neighborhood OF q quarter of q million, or about
one twenty'6fth Of the population of the entire
kingdom.
A largo number of the people live on the wa
tor; the poorer in their boats. those of more
wealth in floating houses. These curious edi6ces
are built upon RATS of bamboos about four feet
thick, and are by no means devoid of pretense to
architecture. The material of which they are
constructed is generally teak wood, with thatch.
ed roofs. They usually have veranda in front,
and here are exposed for sale the wares of the
occupant, oAit is used as playground by the
children. visited native photographer and
was shown over the whole house. In the veran-
da was swing for the youngsters; the front
room had bare floor, with centre-table and
half dozen chairs; several photographs adorned
the walls. The bedrooms opened off this, with
sliding'doors, and the kitchen opened out on
backyard of water The river furnishes water
Tor all purposes, and is at the same time the
common sewer of the city. The houses are moored
with bamboo cables to bamboo piles driven in the
bed OF the river, so that they can rise and fall
with the tide, and yet not be carried away by it.
!hey certainly possess one advantage, that of be.
change his location, has only to unmeor his ca
6les take advantage of the tide, and 90 up or
down stream as he chooses It is a novel sight
to see one of these edihces come drifting down
the stream at night, brilliantly illuminated, and
with no noise or confusion apparent Most of
the houses are built upon piles, near the river
bank, only the palaces being built of brick or
stone
The stories of this number of the magazine are
better than usual. The poetry is not so good
In the easy Chair" Curtis discourses upon
Dickens and Disraei. Fitz Hugh Ludlow reads
a letter to the "Easy Chair" declaring that
opium-eating is disease that can be cured. He
says:
II ask you, dear Easy Chair, to rejoice with
me that, in all probability, wonderful dis
covery has now been made that henceforth the
salvation of the opium-eater, like that from any
other chronic disease, may be accomplished IN
such way that the cure brings not an increase
but a relief of the original suffering; that the
process OF giving to him his new self may now
De, not a terrible volcanic throe that tears soul
ana body to pieces, but gentle, painless change,
ike those milder forces of nature shown in the
progress OF the seasons, the unbinding of the
frost, the return of the sun and gentle rains A
year ago l was almost in despair of such bless.
ing but must believe-must declare-what nv
eyes have looked upon.
II have had under my care patient who had
been habitual user of opium for years-whose
daily rations of morphia had now reached the
terrible amount of 30 grains ia case quite astound-
ing to minds not experienced among opium.eat.
ers, out haying numerous parallels in nv &C. |
qualntaAce)-who abandoned the drug at once in |
Its every form, and never touched it again from |
that moment -four months ago. to the present |
time. have seen him going on with his daily |
avocations, suffering no pains that required him |
10 lie down tor single day, feeling no tempta.
ton to seek opiates, although he constantly car.
rled about his old morphia powders on his person. |
ana had made the un.Spartan resolve to resume |
aia relief II the new experiment for a moment |
failed he was expecting anguish all the time
for his first month of trial but it never came |
has not come. and is most unlikely to come now |
that, after all these months his digestion has re-
gained its vigor, his step its elasticity ard his
eyes and cheeks the freshness of health Besides |
this case have seen numerous others, when !
their various complications are considered, no |
less remarkable, and from many more have let |
tiers, all joyfully unanimous that their exit was |
painlessly accomplished, AMI that the opium.
craving was not only appeased, but quite eradi.
Gated by the process of cure. have been
compelled to confess that the lifelong object of
my search seemed most marvellously and won.
derfully accomplished.
"Were staying IN this country, instead of
gong abroad as my last chance for life and health,
1 would joyfully continue to answer the CORES.
pondence which floods me on this subject from
all parts of the union, and, at any expense to
myself, make known this salvation to the most
sorrowful sufferers Of the world"