The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-05
PLAIN TALK.
on Plain subjects.
nv A PLAIN CHAP.

BY A PLAIN CHAP.
Boys will be boys and IL Is mol
right to treat them for their offenses
quite ~ severely as you would q man
They will do great many things one
Is bound TO overlook, for we did the
same tricks when boys ourselves. Iti,
human nature. In city In the Easi
recently youth was arrested for break.
Ing pane Of glass, by a man who had
forgotten I've was ever boy. Here IL
whatthe Judge said
II wouldn't bring boy into court for
breaking pane Of glass. II only hard .
ems him. III had been arrested for all
the mischIefs I did when q boy, where
would be? The boy says he broke
the glass accidentally. I believe him,
and will pay for the glass and discharge
the boy. Come and get your money"
This acted so on the complainant that
he rushed out Of court In shame, and
the boy cried for Joy and promised 10 be
COOL In the future.
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Base ball players now make from one
to four Thousand dollars year Ia the
East, for SIX or seven months service,
and not half OF them could write COM
position on horse % save their round
headsL While they are doing this the
poor editor ofa csuntry newspaper la
bors twelvehOurs day, 70 build up bis
community, never getting an encore
sreven an apple core, TO say nothing Of
bouquets and the like, and he does well
II he manages to collect enough 10 pay
his Office and home expenses. after
living In a Tanner style The Doctor
pleads along and comes out Of tho little
end Of the horn 81 the end Of the year,
the merchant "busts" up. the lawyer
would ifhe had anything 10 bust on,
the carpenter nails st IL and manages
20 squeeze through with one or two bills
unpald, the school teacher dresses in
gunnIe sacques and thus manages TO
exist and all this time the ball player
Il, rain or sunshine, getting his one 10
four thousand year and expenses.
Great Apollo, give Us bat aud bLlI aad
. big audience.
While other countries afe gFoanlDg
under various kinds Of disasters, Ore
gon gay tIess herselfthat she 10 afIiict-
ed at present with only low price for
wheat. and this she bears In common
with the rest Of the world. Never yet
has cholera struck as. although It may ;
hydrophobiA ls unknown here, cy-
clones never sweep our valleys or prai-
riss. Wall Streets do not afIiict US, and
We have no professional base ball clubs.
Then why shsuld we grumbls. AS long
~ wheat is cheap eyeFywhere.i Il means
that other things must be cheap
also. Water seoAs It's level and so do
prices current A low price for wheat
should be no sign ofcomiDg bard times.
1856, with our present outlsok she uld
be G prosperous yea for Oregon, AZ
half the efficacy Of pills 10 the faith
We should ondeavoE to work up 3 sur
plus quantity OF faith In Oregon.
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A New York paper shows what IL
knows about the Chinese by making
this remark, "ChInese would become
attached 10 this government and settle
down among us as permanent eiIizeDs.
II we treated them with common de-
csncy, and gave them opportunities we
offer TO other emigraats." Netting
more fAllaclous was ever uttered. You
might as we'll try to turn water into
wine rs TO try 20 make an American
citizen ofa Chinaman. Ii cannot bt
done. People from other nations come
here with the intention of making thli
there home but the Chinaman leaves
his wife and children at home, sends al
his money back TO them, and nsvei
ceases TO have the fixed purpose Of re-
turning when he has accumulated 4
certain amount As for treatment, ht
10 treated just as well as anyone else, 4
not better. He viii get his pay for saw.
Ing wood while the printer gets loft, he
gets his goods at reduced prices, and il
not disturbed In his homo more thar
the American. What more can bs
wanted The short oft is, from his very
nature, he cannot be MADE an Ameri
can citizen any more than can an Afri
can gorilla or an Esqulmax. His tastes
purposes, ambitions, everything. arr
different from ours.