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ALBANY DEMOCRAT Enjerea' t the postofflce j.Albanyijtiron,a 5M!J!'?AtL. w7 U Jackson and Ralph R. Cronise Editor and Managers Paul D. Murphy . City Editor Daily published every evening except Sunday. Samiweekly published Tuesdays and Fridays. ESTABLISHED 1 86S Business Matter In ordering changes of address, subscribers should always give old as wll as new address. Subscription Kate Daily Delivered by carried Per month 50c j Ter year in Advanca $5.00 By Mail. In Lint! and Route 4 Benton County, Per year, in Advance . .$4.00 Outside of Linn County and Rt. 4 Benton Co., Per year, in Advance . .$5.00 Member of The Assciated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches hereinare also reMerved. PHOX E 96 ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6 COSMIC FLU Many American medical authorities admit themselves baffled by the current type of influenza. It has so many different manifestations, and attacks victims with so little regard to precedent and prescribed rules, that there are al most as many theories concerning its cause and cure as there are medical groups expounding them. It is interesting, therefore, to hear what a noted Oriental physician has to say about the cause of "flu," in an article in the Indian Medical Record published in Madras. The word "influenza," he reminds his readers, simply means "influence." The disease spread all over the world a year ago when ocean-going traffic was almost at a stand still, and there were isolated cases in small villages ana re mote mountain districts. These facts lead Dr. M. C. Nan junda Row to believe that the disease does not have a bac terial oriein. Instead he believes: "This pandemic must have been the result of some cos mic influence, to the investigation of which no one has as yet turned his attention, operating on the vitality of all liv ing things, reducing their power of resistance against dis ease, thus rendering them easy victims to the onslaughts of many germs which exist in space already and some ot whicn at least are probably rendered more active and virulent from the same causes. Thus this pandemic may be consider ed perhaps the closing era of a certain type of civilization or of a certain type of man, just as the upheavals of the earth fro mthe effect of some geological cataclysm have marked the closing date of various geological ages. The doctor seeks no cosmic force to use as a cure for "flu." He follows much the same methods of treatment as his occidental colleagues. We almost wish, however, that the gentleman would turn his attention to the investigation of this cosmic force and perhaps discover 'a less baneful in fluence with which we might put ourselves in harmony, thus routing the flu and all its train of ills. It is growing wearisome trying to fight a cosmic influence with our merely human weapons. Comments of the , State Press What la the Pros ram i The people of Seio and vinnby I are very much ititi-mtol to know wh.it i to be tho county court pro fcram relative to the improvt-meii; of the Scip-Urens bridjje road dur- I lug the present se.oon. N?lu Tribune I Stung So Often i A Ni w Jersey candidate Iirr the : legislature promises to exterminate the mosquitoes if elected. Hut thai ; will not gel him very far. The folks 1 in New Jersey, like the test of us have been stung so often that they 1 dont' care Oregon Statesman. ' Berries and Stumps If one may Judge by the state ments made by growers of small fruils such as loKanberrirs, straw berries, raspberries, and blackberries, in Western Oregon. Washington and California, on stump land the rvturns from these crops are surpassing any thing ever dreamed of a few years ago. 4-cbanon Criterion. Misjudged. Supporters of Genera! Wood, who. are wearing buttons displaying the I word, "Wood", should be careful not to wear these buttons on thiir hats. People will misjudge. Astoria Budget. Miscorjr An' now bobs up Senator Jim Reed, from "Misoory," with a can tankerous demand for an investiga tion of the Federal Grain corpora tion. The "show me" senator is nothing if not cantankerously conten tious anent every activity connected with the war which displeased his German constituency Telegram, State Rights Polities make strange bedfellows so does love of booze. Here we have the rock-ribbed republicans of Rhod, ls'aml, and the Tammany democrats of New York opposing prohibition be cause it violates thr principles of "state's rights." Eugene Guard. Brian and Salmon The mention of William Jennings Bryan as a possible presidential can didate has created a new conundrum which Asrorians will appreciate: Why is Bryan like a Chinook salmon? Be cause, wo are told, he runs every four years and gets canned. Astor ia Rudget. Native Poetry THK mt'r'KKnNCK By (iuy KUch Phctpa Some lives like ancient swamps re main ' Deep, dismal and indifferent still. What brooks it, if the day bring rain, What matter if the night be chill. Unknown the dateless days go by; I'n known they live, unknown Uiey die, Without a vision or a crime, They slouch their liny round of time. But there are those who light alone, Imprisoned spirits fair to wing; And few there aro who catoh their moan, And fewer still who hear them sing. Like birds of burning breast hey pine For some fair land of aun and vine. And waiting wither sweet of tongue With all their wildest songs unsung. And some like lordly ships go out O'er boundless oceans wild and wide; I And drive on foaming shoals of doubt, And strew their wreckage on the tide. j For them no harbor light shall shine; For them shall rise no star divine. But lost in darkness far from shore j They voiceless sink to rise no more. While some like autumn leaves are blown ' Hot spita o'er a friendless earth; They follow paths unmapped, unknown Without a tie of land or birth. As restless as a feverish dream, They pass by ruin, hill and stream. And where the moons of ramonre play They sigh their pensive breath away. O souls with opal sandals shod! O tempest driven, mast and spar! O wounded breasts whk-h bleed to God, And glimpse fruition's lamps afar; Together on the tempest east. Blown brothers of a mighty blast, I hear! I hear! I wake! I start! The Gypsy's calling in my heart. But In a crista all shall see I Him towering strong and high. His character Is superfine, So simple, true and broad; His Insight is the gleam divine, And links his plans, to God; ' With humble trust deep in Ills soul lie grasps the tangled skein That men have madv and In! 'tis whole Because his mind is sane. Ofttimea he walks the lower trail, Andew may heed his worth, Until there comes a nation'a wail Of leaders there is dearth! Then with a vision crystal clear He sees that nation's needs; A frightened people loses fear And follows where he leads. Do You Know That A whale is nearly one-third head. Tortoises are fond of strawberries. A man's working life averages forty years. Humming birds use spider threads for their nests. Jaan's postal service is the cheup est in the world. Fighting ants have an organised system of ambulances. Playing golf Is new idea for til cure of the insane. Footlights were tlrst Introduced (u the stage by lavld Garrlek. F.nglish railways have special types of cars to rarry aeroplanes. F.nglund's tubarro hill for the year la in excess of t'iMI.OOO.OOO. The human body manufactures ten ounces of water daily from the tis sues. Shark oil Is used for lighting pur poses in many parts of Die West In dies. Two eupfuls of salt Is considered a handsome wur.e for a day's work In Togoland. There still exists in the French Re public, live different ranks on grades of nobility. Statistics show that more limn 40 per cent of the clergy live to be septu agenarians. . Air, under pressure at very low U point lire, ran be turned into a lrid or even a solid. The nails on invalids' hands grow considerably faster than on the hands if a person in good health. "Ilombay durk" is not duck. It Is a dried Mill, and a great dolieaey with the F.nglish resident in India. Air Is a very bad conductor of heat and colli. Were it good, we should all he roasted or rhilled to death. The leader By Grace Hall He needs no wealth to lend its glow, No gold to gold his plan. For greater gains are his to show Than fall to common man; His inborn traits may humble be, As Indeed by casual eye, ' Anyway, the railroad employes are to be praised for their good sense in expressing their disapproval of the rail road bill by argument rather than a strike. The argument failed, but did no harm. The strike would have failed, too, and done infinite harm. The present attitude of the Allies toward Russia is ex cessively Christian. The Bolsheviki are to be forgiven all their crimes if they promise to sin no more. Viscount Bryce says the non-Turkish Mohammedans don't want the Sultan kept in Constantinople. Then who does? o A new Chicago paper announces that it publish no crime or scandal, at all? is going to Won't it print any local news Cheer up the worst is yet to come. Meaning a boost in railroad rates, which shippers will pass on to the con sumer, multiplied as usual. o i Bolshevism, after all, may not have any relation to I. W. W.-ism. They say the Bolshevist government makes its workmen labor 12 hours a day. The Sample Store s. 24 ores Let Us Fit You Out in Work Clothing For Spring-, We Can Save You Money. Men's Khaki Pants $1.49, $1.95, $2.25 Men's Heavy Whipcord Pants $2.25 Heavy Khaki Unionall Work Suit. $2.85, $3.25, $3.85 Heavy Blue Unionall Work Suits $3.45 Heavy Blue Bib Overalls $2.25 Leather Gauntlet Gloves .... $1.00, $1.35, $1.65, $1.95 Short Leather Gloves $1.00, $1.35, $1.45 Work Shoes For Men $3.25, $3.45, $3.95 Extra Heavy Work Shoes For Men ...... $6.95, $7.65 Heavy Cotton Work Pants . .t $2.95, $2.45 The Store That Saves You Money 109 WEST FIRST ST. ALBANY, ORE. DO IT NOW w n TTv It is difficult in an illustration to show how truly remarkable are the advantages possessed by the. Electric Range. 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