The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-12
PLAIN TALK.
on PIAl. sabjssss.
BY A PLAIN CHAP.

What Is there In this story they are
telling about France, and how she lost
fifteen million dollars through her own
laches, and then pitched into the poor
miserable Celestial to get lt back. Some
thing about Tonquln and Foo Chow is
brought In, and that Is about all we
know about 1t but IL Is enough. We
are getting tired ia America Of hearing
30 many stories Of oppresSloD,in which
one or TIVE European nations try TO die
tate 10 the heatheu nations OF the world,
and oven get down to fighting Zulu
InhIans, SOudans and ChiHamen.
Once England fought France, France
fought Germany, Russia fought Turkey,
and 30 on which showed some man
hood, ifthers can be any In war but
how have tho mighty fallen, England
gets down TO fighting with Cannibals,
and France with ignorant hsathsns
We cAnHot lock on with cOEsposure.
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Speaking Of the war between China
and France, the reports tells US just
what we who know the CelestIE.ls so
well naturally expect, and that IL that
. ChinAman has no more fight In him
than boy fed on cake. Most Of the
readers Of the DEMocEAT have seen .
heId OF Celsstlals stripgIDg along to-
gether, no tive even, every man fer
himself, and with the utmost confus-
ion, well that 10 tie way they so into
battle, and they naturally get routed.
One determined American could
thrash" dozen rice eaters Most Of
the present Chinese army IL composed
Of Coolies good only to do scrub work.
They have tried 10 mske them fight, but /
they only yell, "me no fight. me clean |
guns" and that expresses the whole
value Of the Chinese army, for when !
majority Of q regiment wants TO clean
guns, rest assured there will not be
much blood shed by them.
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One OF the most reprehenslbls prac.
NaNoa OAGkOu - NhG VI 1EEh lOl
their Pslts. a big quietus should be
put 20 this business. or we soon Will
have 10 live on common beef steak.
Besides IL Is cruel, inhuman. A pelt
will only bring thirty cents to q dollar,
and when a man stoops to slaughtering
deer for fifty cents even, he Is lowering
himself 10 their level Henry B0rgh
needs TO operate In Oregon awhile.
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wsAre . very awkward set Of people,
all Of us. We did net always think this.
but science has now revealed it, In all
It's roughness. Instantanesus photo
graphy shows Us how ungAinly we
are. In the late tournament during
the hose contests We could hear on all
sides such sxclamations a. this, How
beautifully they ran,T aad the boys
completely captlvAted the girls by their
fDe appearance. Just thea our photo
Rrapher ''piped them off," and those
who have seen the pictures Know what
. very awkward figure they were cut
ting, angular. elbows aklmbo, legs
screwed around, heads distorted and
bodies twisted but II this could be
said si the runners more could be utter.
ed Of the observers who got caught
mapping in most ridiculous positions
among others young merchant got
excited and cheersd the Salem team In
. very "slab sided posture. This In
stantAneous photography Is . great
thing, and win be the means ofcaasing
new practices by artists and consequent
ly more lifelike pictures. The manner
Of horses running and trotting Is COM
plstely revOlutionized, twelve different
positions in order in = single stride
having been taken, not much 10 the
reputation Of the animal for grace and
beauty. Carried into some fields pes
pie will be astonish0d at the pictures
presented.