Albany democrat., June 24, 1904, Page 4, Image 4

1 he Song of the Uarp.
(A response at the Albany College
Alumni banquet to the toast Poetry.)
Alumni Harp! I touch thy springs
With trembling hand.
On memory's wings,
Sweet melodies are borne to me
From yonder time, when joyous, free,
Thy glad voice raised its happy song.
Then from thy throat in rapturous throng
Divinest harmonies bespoke,
And in each listening bouI awoke
Responsive notes of love and joy
And peace, no power could destroy.
As each returning year attuned
Thy strings, while joy and mirth com
muned Around this festal board, each one
The growing beauty of thy tone
Remarked, and how each added string
Brought, yearly, added power to Bing.
Ah! then thy sweet song used to sound
Its notes of cheer to all around
This banquet hall, and, echoing clear,
Resounded on throughout the year,
And lightened hearts along its way,
And burdens bore with its pure lay,
But now, alas, that soul is still,
Thy loosened strings have lost their
thrill,
No more thy song sounds through these
halls,
Nor gladness brings within these walls.
Like Tara's harp thy voice is mute,
The cords unstrung from broken lute.
Nor would' I thus with unskilled hand,
Attempt thy music to command
And strike thy strings, did not I know
Naught forth from thy pure lips can
flow
But sweetest melody. A spring
On yonderjnountain, loves to sing
Its purling song, and overflows
A crystal brooklet, through the snows.
And diamonds sparkle on its breast,
More bright and clear than all the rest.
So from a source so pure as thee
Flows only sparkling harmony;
And though rude hands may Btriko thy
strings,
Their touch no discord ever brings
From thee, whoso song is evermore :
From source as pure and high as yore.
Like tharAeolian harp, which sings
When careless breezes sweep its
strings;
And if a gale both fierce and strong
Strikes harshly on its strings, its song
Swells outmore strong and sweet and
clear, ;
And tri'ngsbut music to the ear.
So then, 0 Harp, bo light the stroke,
Or if harsh touch has thee awoke,
Thy vibrant strings will constantly
Resound;withTperfect melody;
And though with untaught hands I play,
MetWnks I.hcar thy sweet voice say.
I
The song'.tiiat I sing.
And the message I bring,
Is a voice from the distant past;
And a melody low
From the long ago,
Of a love thathall alway last;
II
Oflhearts so brave,
Who cheerfully gave
Their hope of world's honor and fame
And, with joy and with tears,
Have builded for years,
A school with a noble aim;
III
A school that would stand,
In this far-away land,
For the cause of their Master above;
. And in all that it taught,
And all work that it wrought,
Would tell of His glory and lovo;
IV
And as years come and go,
All people might know,
Life's purpose is moro than to live;
And than all gifts beside, i
A character tried,
Is moro precious than aught one can
give.
V
So with only n thought,
Of the mcssngo they brought,
Their work they nobly begun;
And firm, strong and sure,
It will ever enduro,
In this land of the Western Sun;
VI
To the work of theiijhands,
As a monument, stands
A Christiancollcgo, here,
Whoso influence groat
Throughout our slulo
Is felt in every sphere;
VII
Her numbers have grown,
As the years havo flown.
And tonight all their thoughts wander
buck,
From whero proudly they boar
Her banners fair
Witli colors of orange and black;
VIII
For with hand clispcd in hand,
Through many a land.
Her children have journeyed far;
And glad and free,
Old Albany,
Hus been their guiding star.
IX
My song, be it then,
The praise of theso men,
So brave and so noble and true;
And the plan they conceived,
And tho work thoy achieved,
Theso thirty and ciht years through.
Not honor nor fame,
Nor glittering gain,
Was the prize for which they wrought;
But with humble heart,
Has each done his part,
Their reward the truth which they
taught.
XI
0, Master of Song,
My tones prolong,
'Till I worthily sound their praise;
'Till the world may hear,
Both far and near,
The power of the song I raise;
XII
'Till their deeds be sung,
By every tongue
And the honor their worth deserves,
Be fittingly paid,
And be not stayed,
While honor the human heart stirs.
XIII
But the message I bear,
Is for all you who hear,
The words of the song I have sung;
May it be your great pride,
More than all else beside
To share in the work these have done;
. XIV '
For their work was for you,
And their messages true,
Were given in hope sublime.
That the truth which they taught,
And the work that they wrought,
Through you might endure for all time,
XV
0 list to me, then,
All ye women and men,
Who have drunk from this fountain so
pure,
Have both wisdom and power,
For each day and hour,
And ever stand steady and sure.
XVI
And as year follows year,
May your broadening sphere,
Still wider and wider grow;
And through you all the West
Shall greatly be blest,
Far more than you ever will know.
XVII
0 then from this hour
Exert every power, i
And help in this glorious work;
With courage and love,
Your helpfulness prove,
Nor difficult burdens shirk;
XVIII
A regiment fair,
You are marching to war,
With banner and flag unfurled;
Fight with sword and with shield,
On life's battlefield,
' For your cause in the sight of the world.
Soma Eastern Oregon Lolngs.
Pendleton, June 12, 1904,
Editor Democrat:
As the election has passed, and old
Linn county has endorsed Binger
the whine and Teddie on his Panama
canal scheme and the local option
adopted, and now the Rooster's mind
beinc settled in a state of rest, know
ing that prosperity will still continue,
he will endeavor to jot down a few of
the events that have transpired since
his last letter to tho Democrat.
A few weeks ago, while doing busi
ness in Walla Walla I chanced to be
walking along the sidewalk of one of
the principal streets on Sunday when I
heard some one say he wished he had a
crun. The Rooster would have flown
away at once but on looking around be.
held the smiling face of Hi Klum. He
called me in and held me there on the
porch for 2 1-2 hours to show me his
widow who never failed to pass there
every Sunday, but failed on this partic
ular morning.
In the afternoon I spent several hours
at the Teddies and Bingers Barracks,
where I watched the officers play Polo,
a very exciting game. It is played on
horseback and is something after the
style of foot ball, each side tries to get
the ball to their end of the field, start
ing from the center, each player car
ries a mallet and tries to strike the
ball while going at full speed. To
see them get their horses all mixed up,
each trying to strike the ball looks to
be very dangerous.
Teddey's colored band gave a concer'
on the campus. The grounds are very .
nice. The soldiers at tne carracKs are
all colored except the officers.
I had the pleasure of meeting several
of the old Linn county and Albany
people while there.
Two weeks ago Prof. Nowhn and the
Rooster went up in the Blue mountains
22 miles, fishing. Left Pendleton Sun
day at 5 a. m. behind the Prof.'s fine
trotter, arrived at fishing grounds about
9:30. Walked and fished along the
creek 3 miles, returned to camp at 4:30
p. m. Result: Nowlin, 20 trout,
Rooster, 7, and two sore feet. Ar
rived in Pendleton 9:30 p. m.
Having made several trips through
the farmers country, I find the grain
'all lookiug well and as Teddy has been
endorsed bv Oregon I suppose the yield
will be much larger than it would have
been if Teddy and Binger had not been
endorsed, and of course wheat will be
away up since confidence has been re
stored. Hurrah for confidence! '
The democratic sheriff of Umatilla
county was elected by 1743 majority
and the county is 300 republican. And
the republican treasurer of Umatilla
! county was elected by 1729. Who did
Umatilla county endorse? Will some
Saturday Night I noughts
This week the schools and colleges of
this country have been having their
commencement season. All kinds of
graduates have been going out of the
halls of learning into the great realities
of the world, now to fight their own
battles. , In most cases the "old gentle-
man"thas been putting up. Now the
young'men and women must hustle in a
good many of the cases for themselves.
me warmtn oi college lite will give
way to the coldness of the business
world. Whether they get along or not
will depend on whether they have laid
the foundation right, establishing a
character as well as ability as a stud
ent. What the business world just now
wants is as much a good and reliable
character as anything. If a marked
ability in the line followed accompanies
it so much the better, but that alone is
no longer enough. A pick without a
handle is useless and it is a hard thing
to ride a bicycle without a seat, but an
eJucation'without character is no bet
ter.
MISFITS.
Throw a stone and you hit a grafter -
Young men, have something to do and
do it.
We are approaching the time of
speel.
the
Put in your best licks for Albany College.
ball
your
TELEGRAPHIC.
Things over around the banks of the
Yalujnake it look as if something ser-
iousjwas occurring. So far there has
been little but some heavy skirmishing,
but preparations speak for more than
that, so look out for a storm of bullets
any day. The Japs have become so Holy Rollerism and such crankism
used to winning that there would be generally needs a straight jacket,
some wide open eyes if anything else!
occured. Some time ago after a little Our own Jefferson Meyers is strickly
accident to the Japs the. Russians un
kindly rejoiced and shouted that the
Lordjwas on their side, but it was a
veryjsilly thing to do, as events are
proving. The Lord is on the side of the
army doing the best fighting. That is
about the size of it. If it was just a
matter of cause it is very doubtful if
the Slavs could pull down a single Jap.
An exchange says appendicitis has
suable fad. No, but ar
undoubtedly due to un
to
Alumni Havpl Sound on. Thy song
Shall ring throughout the ages long.
No nobler theme couldst thee employ,
Than sounding forth with light and joy, j . Tedd man explain
mL A in iMnt-nfa nmica ann nmv .... . . .
imnu miiu - , cevorai Albanv people nave Deen
This week theDEMOCRAT man heard
a very pessimistic oration in which it
was declared that a universal' war is
inevitable, j As a matter of fact the
Democrat can see nothing inevitable
about it. In fact the probability is war
will not be general. There has nearly
always been something going on some
where in theworld among nations, and
it is probablethis will continue for some
time, but it is not probable that there
will be a general strife. There is
enough good sense left in the English Be investigated.
speaking nations to prevent such a "
world calamity. Should one occur thej Boya spend youl. vacation season
United Statesill of course be in the wo,i rwt. Wrn to he hummers and
Awful Disaster.
New York, June 15. One of the
most appalling disasters in the history
of New York, tragic in its immensity,
dramatic in its episodes, and deeply
pathetic in the tender age of most of
its victims, took place today in the
East River, at the entrance to Long
Island Sound, within a short distance
of the New Yew York shore, and with
in sight of thousands of persons, the
majority of whom were powerless to
minimize the extent of the catastrophe.
By the burning to the waters's edge
of the Slocum, a three-decked excur
sion steamer, one of the largest in
.1, . ., tZnn
the majority of whom were women and
children, were burned to death or
drowned.
Russians Whipped.
London, June 16. The Tokio corre
spondent of the London Daily Chronicle
cables that lhe Japanese have defeated
a force of 8000 Russians near Fouchou,
70 miles north of Port Arthur. The
Russians am declared to have lost 1000
killed and wounded, and fled toward
Tashichias and Kaiping, retreating in
great disorder and leaving all their
guns on the field.
At Puliantura.
Tokio, June '16. -It is persistently
reported that the War Office has re
ceived a diswatch from the front stat
ing that the Russians have been totally
routed after a long engagement near '
Puliantun. The fighting is said to have
finally resolved itself into a desperate
hand-to-hand encounter, in which the
Japanese displayed the strongest stay
ing powers.
The Oregon Buildim;-
St. Louis, June 15. -With appropri
ate ceremonies, the Oregon State
Building was, this afternoon, dedicated
in the presence of 3000 people gathered
within the stockade of, the rear struct
ure. That the dedication was success
ful is borne out by remarks of those in
attendance.
TheG A. R.
Hood River, Of., June 15. -The
twenty-third annual encampment of the
nonri Ami;nf the Republic. Depart-
become a fashiouable fad. No, but an 1 ment of Oregon, began its session nere
r.ms TTiuriimt wii-u uiuis .....
There are riffles in running base
teams.
Don't wait to be notified to fix
sidewalk.
"To Dallas by rail or bust, " is
the Salem slogan.
A barometer low enough to cause li
quidation is desired.
A great problem: how to deal with
the 4th of July fireworks.
If you can't go away, buy a tent and
have a summer resort at home.
The Indians are gradually having their
lands squeezed from their grasp.
It back at the .Oregon fort in the world's
fair.
The college boys and girls sang:
Here's to Frank J. Miller
The right man at the tiller.
A bright luminary in the faculty, of
the college will go ont when the elocu
tionary teacher leaves for the east.
awful reality.
wise eating,
Nothing but Japanese victories is gett-1
ing somewhat monotonous, but it is a
kind of monotony many are willing
experience.
the attendance at any previous encamp
ment in Lthis state. The ipld soldiers
are here 400 strong.
An Oregonian is reported to have re
turned from the world's fair with a few
pieces of silver left. The matter should
Thy song resound 'till that glad day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thou, thy work on earth complete,
Shall gain a crown for labor meet;
And then, methinks, around the lhrone,
In golden sweetness thou'lt sound on,
Played by the Master s hand.
Graits.
Better trv and fail than to fail to
trv.
Men do not rise by always looking
down.
The.worst bore on earth is the man
with a grievance.
Less theology and more Christianity
might help some.
We lift ourselves up by reacning
: PAnllatnn ainpp mv last letter,
viz.. Mr. Clarence Cameron, Mr. Sam
Chambers, who is now clerking here in
Arv n-oncls and clothing store, Mr. J.
R. Tillotson. J. Clem and wite, J. n,
Wvatt. Mrs. C. E. Hawkins, Mrs.
Richards. Mrs. W. a. reacocn uuu
daughter, and Mrs. Lydia Hart of the
Philippines. The otner Ainany citi
zens who are located here are Vandrau
Rma.. Wm. Huston. Wm. and Lewis
Dindinirer. Van Wilson, Mrs. wm,
Mack, Mack Monteith, Mrs. leo. iup
or nnrl dano-liter. Mrs. Evans, Mrs,
Ash and son Jim, and daughter, Mr.
Fecter, Charles Irvine and wife, Dr.
Adams and family,. Ed. Baum and fam
ily, Wm. Hawkins and wife, Steve
Rilev and family, S. A. Newbury and
family .'.Richard Maybury, Dian Turner
lead at'the finish, but there is more
indicating the improbability than the
fact of it.
V
Thelwhole country has been stirred
thiseek by a catastrophe at New
York of a character to make the blood
run cold. Seven hundred people on an
excursion.fmostly children, met an un
timely death through fire and water.
hoodlums durine the summer.
work will offer a fine change.
The papers are chuck full of college
commencement news. The proper thing.
Certainly educational affairs are more
important than base ball.
Atter the Santiam.
Eugene, Or., June 15. Prof. E. H.
McAlister, of the engineering depart
ment of the University of Oregon.with
nanl asutatsnits from the university,
' will leave here Friday afternoon for the
Upper Santiam to make a topographic
snrvey of the upper river to determine
jthe available water power in that
stream.
Some Fiehting
TJn'i Ghwang. June 17. A report
A little has reached here that desperate ngnt
,ing is in progress at Port Arthur
land that the Japanese have cap
tured all of the outer defenses, with
the exception of the inner line- The
report is no.t confirmable. but comes
from native source.
No punishment can be too quick and
emphatic for the Portland young man
who shot the girl who refused to have say:
Train Held Up.
MTcsanT'T.A. Mont.. June 17. A spe
cial to the Missoulian from Bearmouth
Tho joy and: pleasure of the- occasion hi justice should act with alacrity.
were turned in a minute into a norror.
We don't.have to be told by Shake
speare or any one else that life hangs
by a thread. The fact stares at one on ernment instruments failed to record
every corner. A prick of a pin, a little any seismic disturbance it is probable
n t,n- it was nothing more serious than too
Some Portland men think they felt an
earthquake yesterday, but as the gov-
At 11 o'clock last night two masked
men held up the North Coast Limited
INorcnern racnu; yuaaeugei now,
bound, about a mile and a half east of
this station. After bringing the train
to a stop they dynamited! tne express
car, blew open the safe and secured all
of its contents. The amount secured is
not known, but is believed to be large.
maze, auui wuua, a onion . . ,
microbe and the Death Angel calls.
Being prepared for the inevitable is,
tnn am-mis a matter to be lauehed at. . .. ..
people all over the country, says mat ing effort search .is going on foi
. . . . . f , ! when he finds a person trying to get of the bodie3 of those ,who
DBveiuijium uijsuavo to.. iE1,Ui.. ousiiieas uy ruimums "v.V", " ished yesterday on the steamer
lately. What a miserable way in ! the same business he will p lace his con- glocum what the list of victi:
which to make a living. It is worse , ""' """" '
than cheating a customer or perpetra-
down to hnln others
You don't.have to pray loud to reach Bnd family, N. N. Bashor and family,
the Father's ear.
A flower in the sick room is better
than a bouquet on the grave.
I Mr. Agee and family, Doc 1 Maples and
family, Miss Maggie and Ralph Parker,
visitinp; Mr. Smith and wife, Mrs.
The ew York Disaster.
IT T...n 1C . -nri1. i.nnana-
people all over the country says that . effort seach i3 going on for the
per-
General
victims will
fAtol onawolv anv nnp Hares tn venture
I a mioss hut. whatever the number mav
i i tj.-.:- t 4,1... rnll;a un tharo la hnrHlv n Tiamllell in the
ting a graft because it involves life as .m. history of disaster where death c?me
well as property. Strictly a man should ; fJflfiZSZSTw Wto to so many in so brief a period of time,
have nothing he has not secured honor- ?ugJ 0MSu. Journal. Police and Health Dent offia
tne gammer, we nave ne an r.gnt a wh M 1000 and more, but tonight it
ndgnOOr tO LUC UIIUJ-.,rv I man, c.iiv
she will be on hand in the same bath
ing suit.
blv. but the hold-uper,
the pickpocket, the business thief
after something he is not entitled to.
A vote in the box counts for more Lora Layton, Mrs. Schmeer and son
than tho protest after, election. Edd, G. W. Harris and family, and
Whiskey numbers its worst victims jirg. Nowlin. This is about all I can
among those who never use it. 1 catch this time. Some may have gotten
Calico-clad virtuo gets more renl:awnv i
pbasure out of life than silk-clad vice. Ground was being prepared for sev-
There is a wide difference between era new bricks before tho election, but
giving for kivo amV?giving for praise. Local Option being endorsed some de-
Giving advicejto a young man who cillre they won't build until they see
;s in lovo is like giving bird seed to a how the election goes this fall. I can't
cat. 'see why they should wait since Teddy
When honest men.divuic at the pons uas hcen elected by O K r. u u in
the exploiters consolidate at the spoils, j You know the Japs are going to do up
Gettintr alone in the world does not
always mean getting up in tho world, j
The real queens of society are those
who hold loving sway over their own
homes.
Just before the Supreme Court dis
solved for the summer it decided the
case of Dorr and O'Brien of Manila.
They wore'eonvieted and sentenced for
libel and wore denied the riglit ot a j
jury trial, 'tbough they were Americans 1
barn and reared. Fivo of tho court
confirmed that verdict; four opposed it. i
JusticelHarlan'hold.that the Philippines
were part of the United States; that
the Constitution extended to those is
limds, nml that the riglit of a jury trial
was a fundamental riglit and could not j
bj taken awny by congress. He de
clared that an amendment of tho Con
stitution by tho Supreme Court was a
most dangerous step leading to unseen
perils. I
, Mr. J. Otto Lee and family are mov
ing int ) the new Sternberg cottage,
one of the neatest nnd most convi-nier.t
new 1 o lies in the city.
the Russian Empire, and Oregon is go
ing to elect Teddy so the U. S. had just
as well not hold an election tins inn.
Dviinn and Linn countv have settled
the election of a president beyond
reasonable doubt, so I don't see why
there should be anv election held this
fall.
Miss Mairirie nnd Ralph Parker of
Cunningham, Wash., visited with G
W. Harris's family last week. They
left for home last Thursday taking
Miss Pearl Harris with them for a few
weeks visit.
Lorcn Harris spent a week in La
Grand visiting and attending the clos
ing oxerrisos of the Hiirh School 'of
that place.
The Rooster would like to hear from
Little Rose Bud would like to know
the cattish bite as well as the democrat
suckers did at Binger's bait. I wonder
if ho will get an appropriation for the
improvement of tho Long , Tom, and
Soap Creek..
Hurrah for Clabe Stewart and the
untcrrified. Tiik Rooster.
This is essentially the era of "com
bines," but the following combination
story of fish and lumber, fathered by
the Daily News, of Galveston, lexas,
is refreshingly unique: At the Kiroy
Lumber Company's mill a log
hauled up. nut on the carriage,
when the third board fell on tne live
rollers two big catfish tumbled out of a
hollow that the saw had cut into. The
larger of the two weighed twenty-five
pounds. Both were fat and as the saw
had not scratched them, they floundered
around until one of the crew put a
piece of line through their gills and
carried them below.
The Salem Journal is a great reasoner.
would seem that the maximum figure
will not largely exceed 700.
Some War Figures.
ToKto.TJune 17. The Russians left
Tt. savs because the debt of Willamette hohind them 14 euns and 300 prisoners.
University was paid off by the business among the latter being some officers of
men it was very ungracious for a pro
fessor in the school to have warrants
sworn out airainst business men, (saloon
was keepers), in order to have them keep
unu i meir piuuea tiuocu vii .juuumj.
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
Deeds recorded:
S E Young to C E Sox, 44x100 ft
block 33 Albany $ 10
Chatel mortgage for $2691.50. .
From the Eugene Journal.
Tho U. S. government appropriated
five million dollars for the world's fair
in St Louis, and has just loaned
exposition officers four million,
hundred thousand more, and it is
ely that one dollar of the loan
ever be repaid. Tho world s lair
the
six
not
will
busi-
high rank m the fight at Tellissu. Prob
ably 500 men were killed. The Japa
nese casualties are believed to have
been nearly, if not as great.
A Cuba u Tornado,
Santiago de Cuba, June 15. The
worst storm of a decade, between Fri
day and Monday, culminated Monday
night in 14 inches of rain, which fell in
five hours, accompanied by a hurricane.
The acqueduct here has been damaged
and water famine exists. Forty-five
persons are known to be dead ana
' scores are missing. Bodies are floating
Probate: In estate of Jesse Pugh, in the Cobre river.
JasAPugh appointed administrator R-nnhlicnna
Value of estate estimated at $6,500, J , The Republicans.
Christv and J N Duncan attorneys. Chicago, June I9. -After deciding
In estate of Wm M Thompson, peti- several stace contests on delegates-at-tion
for sale of real property filed. I irrge to the republican national conven
. . 1 lion and a number of district disputes,
SjrveyorConn-alDalv passed throvgh the republican national committee ad-
thi city for Corvallis this afternoon. journeci until tomorrow morning ieav-
L.air inonipsuii went w
McMinnville
attend comnience-
this afternoon to
ment. '
Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Jessie Kalston,
ing the biggest fight, that of the
tiens ct Wisconsin, still unsettled,
ness is expensive, but we must nave ( a vWt
lots of them. Oregon is next on the ,. Mrs j R Gentrv and childrcn joined
list to celebrate the travelling over the , Gentry at R0Seburg this afternoon,
coun ry by Lewis and Clark. After , from where they will go with him to
awhile Baltimore will want one because Marshfield on a Maccabee trip.
it wis burned uo ' Mr. Knee Kusseil wanace last even
it was uuniea up. ..,.,:J tUo ,nt no- ass nf
" " ' I the college at his .home with a fine
W. M. Brown win oe presiiiciivui uic ; banquet.
.1.,,, .,t n.o ,ith nf Julv celebration in
Lebanon, nnd U. A. Miller, of Oregon
City, will deliver the oration.
The funeral of the late Mrs. P. H.
Farrell was held this afternon nt the
home of V. M. Kedlielti, ioiuiwea uy
Mr. Alex C. Girard, city editor of the
Daily Washingtonian, of Hoquiam,
Wash., was a pleasant caller at the
Democrat office.
Chester Stevenson, Ray Beeson. Ir-
vin Moon and Harry Wilkin
burial in the city cemetery. .The ser-, nin or a fishing trip up the . tFe3hment3
vices at the cemetery were conducted n,t The poor fish! Neal home,
by theRathbone Sisters. 0 J
Mrs. C-. H. Cusick i3 visiting Albany
friends.
Mr. Carl Hodes has been visiting
Corvallis friends.
Col. Montague returned this noon
from Hood River.
Mis3 Helen Crawford, of Corvallis, is
n the city on a visit.
Mrs. F. E. Allen is in Lebanon on a
visit with her sister Mrs. Mayer.
Mr. B. Russel Wallace went to Eu
gene this afternoon to spend Sunday.
The Y.P.S.C.E. of the Christian
church last night took a hayrack ride
to-the farm home of Mr. John MacNeal,
a few mil" from thi3 city, where a fine
1 will leave time was had around a big bonfire. Re-
iresnments were serveu. ui, uie iuv.-
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