Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 28 June 1895 — Page 3

PLEASURE TRIPS.

Numerous Excursions the Coming Summer at Reasonable Rates. Whether the tourist's fancy directs him to the New Eugland States or the Atlantic seaboard to the South or to the lake region of the North or to the Rocky Mountains and the wonderland beyond the Mississippi, he will be given opportunity to indulge his tastes at a small cost for railroad fare this year. There will be low rates to Baltimore over the Pennsylvania Lmes in May, account the American Medical Association to Decatur, 111., account the German Baptist (Duukard) meeting, and to Pittsburg for the Presbyterian General Assembly. There will also be low rates over these lines to Meridian, Miss account the General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian church the same month. In June excursion tickets will be sold over tin Pennsylvania Lines to Omaha account the National Jr. O. U. A. M.: to Chattanooga, Tenn, for the International Convention of Epworth League: to Cleveland, Ohio, nccouut the National Republican League Meeting, and to Ronnoke, Va., for the German Baptist meeting. Excursions for July include low rates over the Pennsylvania to Baltimore for the. Baptist Y. P. Union Meetintr to Asbury Park for the L. A. W. meeting, and to Bostou for the Christian Endeavor Convention, and to Denver Col., account the National Educational Association meeting. In August excursion tickets will be on sale over the Pennsylvania Linos to Boston, accnunt the Knights Templar Conclave The sale of low rate tickets will not be restricted to members of the organizations mentioned, but the public generally may take advantage of them.

The Asbury Park excursion will doubtless attract many to that delightful ocean resort. Atlantic City, Cape May, Long Branch and all the famous watering p'aces along the New Jersey coast are located 011 the Pennsylvania Lines, hence this will be a desirable opportunity po visit, the seashore. The Denver excursion will be just the thing for a sight-seeing jaunt thro' the far West, as tickets will be honored going one way and returning a different route through the most romantic scenery beyond the Mississippi and M's^ouri rivers. Variable route privileges will al-o be accorded Bostou excursionists. enabling them to visit, Niagara Falls 'trival, Thousand Islands and St. Lawrence Rapids, the White Mountains, the Hudson River territory, and to return bv steimer on Long Island Sound, after sight-scing at Newport. Narragansett Piev. Nantucket and the Cape Cod resorts to Nev York and thence through the agri'-nltu uil paradise of the Keystone State, along the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, over the Alleghenies, around famous II'H'se Shoe Curve, through historic Johusfo-vn and the coke and iron regions ofTWsern Pennsylvania. It is also expected that Boston excursionists over the Pennsylvania Lines will be privileged to return via Baltimore and Washington if they so desire.

In addition to the above, there will be plenty of other cheap excursions over the Pennsylvania Lines to various points. As the season is some weeks away, arrangements in detail have not been consummated, but it is certain that no railway will offer better inducements ih.n-n the liberal concessions in rates and privileges that may be eujoyed bv travelers over the Pennsjlvmia Lines. This !a«*. may readily ba ascertained uno-i application to any passenger or ticket agent, of these lines, or by addressing F. TAX DUSEN. Chief Assistant Gail. Pass. Art., Pittsfa'irg, Pa. apr6wd-t-s-tf

REDUCED RATES.

Ixcur^io'is over Pennsyliiatiui Lines During Season of

Liberal concessions in^'are .over 'the Pennsylvania lines have been!! granted for nam irons events (o take"place tins s'lminei iu various parts of the United States. In addition to local excursions tiakets at reduced rates will be-soldfovir tlnse linos is given in the following]par graph.-. Excursion tickets may be obtained at ticket offices

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nia System a:id will also be sold over this mute by connecting railroads. "1 Some of the points to which tickets will be sold and dates of tle]as follows:

To Chattanooga, Tenu., June 25 and 2G and 27 inclusive, account Epworth League International Conference good returning fifteen days from date of sale. By special arrangements return limit may be extended an additional fifteen days.

To Denver, Colorado Springs, Maniton or Pueblo, Col., July !, 4 and 5 account National Educational Association Meeting. The return trip must be commenced July I2th I3th, I4tli or I5th unless by special arrangement the return limit is extended to Sept. 1.

To Baltimore July 16th and 17th good returning until August 5 iuclusive account the Convention of Baptist Young People's Union of America.

To wton, July 5:h to 9th, inclusive for tba National Christian Endeavor Meeting. Return limit may be extended by spacial arrangement to August 3d.

To Boston August 19th to 25th inclusive account Triennial Conclave Knights Templar. Return limit extended to October 3d by special arrangement. I To Louisville, Ivy., in September, for Rational Encampment, G. A. R. One cent per mile. Reasonable return limit.

The reduced rates over the Pennsylvania lines will not be restricted to members of the organizations mentions 1, but may be taken advantage of by the public generally. Any Pennsylvania Line Ticket or Passenger Agent will furnish desired information concerning rates, time of trains and other details to applicants, or the same may be obtained by addressing W. H. Scott, ticket agent, Greenflald, Ind., or P. Van Dusen, Caief Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt Pittsburg, Pa. may21dwtf

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DESPERATE FIGHTING

Band of Spanish Guerillas Wiped Out of Existence.

BATTLE WITH GEN. GOMEZ'S MEN.

Hsiml-to-Hand Conflict Lasting For Over an Hour—Of the Seventy Guerillas Not One Escaped Being Killed or Wounded.

Report From the Kaleigli Day of Mourning For Marti. HAVANA, June 28.—Details reached here of a desperate fight between a portion of the insurgents' force, under Maximo Gomez, in the province of Puerto Principe, and 70 of the auxiliary troops of the Spanish government, known as guerillas, under command of Captain Aguierro. -..The engagement took place on the day of the insurgent raid upon San Geronimo, as exclusively cabled to the Associated Press.

The 70 guerillas were surprised by the vanguard of Gomez's force, commanded by Nicasio Mirabel, and there was great slaughter on both sides, the fighting being main jp- with machetes.

The guerillas were out on a reconnoitering expedition and unexpectedly came across the insurgent vanguard, consisting of about 400 men. At first the guerillas imagined they had only a comparatively small body of men before them and their commander, Aguierro, called upon the insurgents to halt, crying out: "Who goes there •'Spanish forces," was th« reply of the insurgent leader as his men continued to advance rapidly upon the government guerillas. Twice or three times more did the guerillas try to halt the insurgents, but the latter pushed on quickly, until finally their leader, seeing that the gut rillas were in an awkward position, cried: "At the machete." This cry showed the government force that they were confronted by insurgents and not by a detachment of Spanish guerillas as they had been led to believe, and the mask being thrown off, tne guerillas replied to the then oft repeated cries of "At the machete" with volleys from their carbines, as they commenced to retreat before the vastly superior force of insurgents.

Soon the government soldiers and the insurgent troops became engaged in a hand-to-hand combat, which quickly became little more than a massacre of the unfortunate guerillas. The insurgents in the meanwhile had been reiniorced, until they are said to have numbered fully 1,500 men, composing the main body of men under the command of Gomez.

Against these overwhelming numbers the guerillas fought heroically, shouting: "Viva Espana," as they defended themselves as best they could against the enemy, using rocks or anything available behind which to shelter themselves, as they fired as fast as possible at the insurgents, who pressed forward from all sides upon the little band.

For an hoty the fight lasted, and nothing could be heard but the rattle of musketry, the shouts of the combatants and the clashing of machetes. It is believed that few, if any, of the guerillas escaped being killed or wounded.

Captain Aguierro led his men gallantly until an insurgent slashed at his horse's head with a machete, causing it to fall and throw the guerilla leader lieavilv to the ground.

The"insurgents engaged with Aguierro's guerillas are believed to form part of the body of meu which recently burned the towns of El Mulato and San G-croninio after capturing the forts and garrisons of those places and it is said tne news of this fresh disaster has '.•auwl a very uneasily feeling in official circles. xnore is no doubt that government officials are willing to admit these disasters to the Spanish army in Puerto Principe within a few days, and not far from the oapitol of that province that the situation of affairs there must be very grave indeed and may prove much more so when Maceo, who is reported to have made his way from the province ox Sauiiago de Cuba into 1'uerto Principe, joins his forces to those of Gomez.

That there is real cause for alarm may ue gathered from the fact that it is reported in well informed official cii*cles here that Captain General De Campos has cabled to tiie Spanish government asidng for the jn-ompt dispatch of large reinforcements of troops from Spain.

Advices received here from Santiago de Cuba says that an insurgent force, numbering about 400 men, has made an attack upon Tirriha, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, and that they were repulsed and are now in flight and being pursued by the Spanish troops.

Campos Asks For More Troops. MADUID, June 28.—The premier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, announced yesterday that the ministry hail received a cable dispatch from Captain General Martinez de Campos notifying the government that 14,000 additional troops will be required to enable him to undertake an offensive campaign in Cuba after the rainy season is over. The statement has caused some excitement, idthough the government has been making preparations for some time past to send additional troops to Cuba.

ANDERFER RECOVERS.

Ho Tells of Ileitis Assaulted and liobbed of llis Cubau Letter. GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 28.—F. R. Anderfer, who was found on a lot Tuesday night in an unconscious condition, regained consciousness yesterday, and his statement appears to confirm the theory advanced that he was sandbagged,' and an important Cuban letter taken, from him.

Anderfer says he went ou' for a letter which he received from ai private messenger. He carried his revolver iu his hand, fearing an assault, as two men had been shadowing him lately. Near the hotel he put the pistol in his pocket. Soon after two men attacked him, a burly negro grabbing him, and, while holding him, the white man struck him on the back of his neck with something soft. Looking in his face the white man remarked: "That's the man we want."

The negro drew a knife and was about to cut Anderfer's throat, when the white man said "No, don't do that

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something that will do the work better." Taking something from his pocket he scratched Anderfer's hand, it is believed that the instrument was a

hypodermic syringe filled with poison. Anderfer then lost consciousness, and the men took the letter, which was in his pocket, and disappeared. The letter is supposed to be an important dispatch from Cuba, and the idea prevails that the men were sent here to remove Anderfer and secure the letter.

Advices from Cuba last night are that General Maximo Gomez has invaded the province of Las Villas, east of the province of Puerto Principe. Leaving I in Puerto Principe 5,000 men under command of Lope Reeio to hold the ground gained there, Gomez took with 1 him all the horses the government had gathered for the regiment of lancers or I cavalry, which is expected to arrive shortly from Spain.

AMERICAN YACHT SEIZED.

ller Two Owners Imprisoned at Havana by Spanish Officials. NEW ORLEANS, June 28.—Ex-Com-modore W. A. Gordon of the Southern Yacht club received a cable dispatch yesterday from attorneys in Havana, stating that the yacht Nepenthe has been seized by the Spanish authorities and that her owners, George Agar and Bishop Dudley, have been imprisoned.

Both of these gentlemen are prominent in social and business circles, being members of the Cotton and Sugar Exchange. The Nepenthe left here a few days ago in a cruise along the Florida coast, and then sailed across to Cuba. It is said the yacht was overhauled by a Spanish gunboat and towed into Havana.

Although the cable is very brief, it is supposed from its tenor that the Nepenthe was suspected of carrying a filibustering expedition. There are several others in the party besides the two owners, but it is not known whether they were all placed in confinement.

George Agar is a partner in a well known firm of sugar dealers, which has for years "had large transactions with Cuba in tlie way of importing. Mr. Dudley is a cotton broker. The seizure of the yacht and the imprisonment of its owners created no little excitement when the facts became known, and steps were at once taken to lay the matter before the secretary of the navy.

PALMA FOR PRESIDENT.

An Election Will lie Held All Over the Americas on July 10. TAMPA, Fla., June 28.—Colonel Fernando Figueredo stated last night that on July 10, all over the Americas the Cuban colonies will hold local conventions of representatives from local clubs to vote for a delegate to succeed Jose Marti, leader of the Cuban revolutionary party.

Two weeks ago the nomination was ottered to Thomas Estrada Palma, principal of the Estrada institute, Central °f Syracuse.

Valley, Orange county, N. Y. Palma was the last president of the Cuban republic, iu 1878. There will be no changes from the general policy now followed. Tlie Palma delegation, assisted by an able corps, will succeed the old organization called the Junta. Palma is virtually president of the Cuban republic now, his successor having never been elected,

REPORT FROM THE RALEIGH.

So Far as Learned tlie Neutrality Laws Are lining Obeyed. WASHINGTON, June 28.—Under date of June 22, at Key West, Captain Miller, commanding the Raleigh, reports to the navy department saying that he intended to make a cruise westward as far as Tampa bay, and concerning the filibustereis, says: "Matters hero aro again very quiet, and 't he conditions are such as to indicate that it is very improbable that any serious attempts to violate the neutrality laws will be made. "The fact seems to be well established now that the party which left here on the 0th inst., numbered between 15 and 20 only, and that they were taken from the north end of the island by a small sailing vessel and probably transferred to some other vessel near the Bahamas."

IJaj- of JHouming I"or Marti. -TAMPA, Fla., June 28.—Official news of Marti's death has been received here. The directory of Cuban leaders met yesterday anil adopted resolutions, designating next Sunday as mourning day. The Cuban Hag will be displayed draped and at half-mast in honor of Marti.

SICKENING EXECUTION.

Michael AlcDouough, the Kenton Wife Murderer, llaiijfed at Coluntbus, O. COLUMBUS, June 28.—Michael McDonougli, the Kenton wife murderer, was hanged at 12:08 this morning in the penitentiary annex. The execution was a sickening one. The rope cut deep into the neck when the body dropped, severing the trachae and jugular vein. The blood spurted over Dr. Jones, one of the physicians, who was standing under the scaffold, then flowed in a torrent to the stone floor of the room. Some of the spectators turned wiiite and with difficulty kept their nerve. The heart beats ceased in just 11 1-2 minutes.

McDonough exhibited the utmost indifference to his fate up to the time he went on the scaffold. He was the coolest man who ever sat in the death cell. On the scaffold, however, he became very nervous and his knees were trembling very noticeably when the trap was sprung. He fell over seven feet, but McDonough was 60 years of age, and his neck did not have tho muscular resistance of a young man. This was the first bungling execution in the penitentiary in 10 years.

McDonough's crime was the stabbing of his wife iu Kenton, O. He had served a term in prison for shooting her and had been released about a year when ho committed the deed.

Explosions in a Mine.

SEATTLE, Wash., June 28.—Two explosions occurred within a short time of one another in the Oregon Improvement company's Franklin mine yesterday afternoon. P. B. Robison, pit foreman, was killed and nino others injured, none of them fat:dly. Accummulatious of gas caused the explosion.

Drowned While Bathing.

CIJAKKSVILLE, Tenn., June '28.— While bathing at Canton a Cumberland river landing below this city, Arthur, the 13-year-old son of William Lbgan, was drowned. The body has uot yet been recovered.

A Profitable Year.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va., June 28.—All glass works in Central City closed down yesterday for six weeks. Tne past year has been on of the most profitable CO them iu their history.

YOUNG AND WEALTHY

THE VALUE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY IS $10,000,000.

It Has an Annual Income of 8500,000 and Seventeen Hundred Students on Its Rolls—A Gigantic American Educational

Institution.

[Special Correspondence.]

NEW YORK, Juno-. -s».--At the head of the public educational system of the state of New York stands Cornell university, one of the wealthiest and most efficient, at the same time that it is one of the youngest, of American institutions of learning. Cornell has an annual income of $500,000, and the value of its property and endowment is §10,000,000. In fact, there aro but two or three wealthier universities on the continent. But notwithstanding its wealth Cornell is compelled to exercise rigid economy to carry out the work demanded of a modern university, and President Schurman urges the necessity of larger endowments and the establishment of new departments and professorships.

Cornell is to some extent the state university of New York. It receives the insome from the funds arising from the ag-

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ricultural collego land grant act, which gave to tho state of New York 1)90,000 acres of public land to be devoted to agricultural and industrial education. Tho land was valued at $(300,000, and the question in the legislature at Albany, as in other stato legislatures, was how it could best bo used for the promotion of state education. Tho natural way of disposing of the grant would have been to divido it among the scoro of eager claimants. That it was not so divided and frittered away was due to two senators, Hon. Ezra Cornell of Ithaca and Hon. Andrew D. White

The Head of the Institution. Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, a leading American historical' scholar, was president of Cornell university from 1885 to 1892, and during his able administration the university grew with wonderful rapidity upon tho foundations laid by Cornell, White and Sage. Upon his resignation the mantle fell upon Jacob Gould Schurman, LL. D., who had been dean of tlie Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell. President Schurman has the strong individuality and depth of character of ex-Presiilcnt "White and possesses a magnetism and appi'oachableness rarely found among litei'ary men. In fact, ho is as much a man of the world as student. He has had his own way to make in the world since he was a boy of 12, and so is never in danger of losing sympathy with boys, either in collego or outside. It is therefore easy to see that, while President Schurman is one of tho foremost, scholars and teachers of philosophy in the United States, he is also one of tlie most practical men engaged in administration anywhere. Ho addresses with equal ease a gathering of philosophers or a meeting of business men. Last year at the annual dinner of tho New York chamber of commerco his speech was the talk of the evening. A week later he was discussing ethics and religion at the banquet of the Liberal club in Buffalo. President Schurman is editor of The Philosophical lieview, an American periodical which rivals the best philosophical journaU of England and Germany. He is also editor of The School Review, and his annual reports are unsurpassed in their wise and suggestive treatment of college and secondary school studies. His firm grasp of educational principles is already seen in tlie revision of courses made at Cornell last year.

A Cosmopolitan University. Cornell attracts students from all over tho world. Not only docs every county in New York state send one or more students,

but every stato in tho republic, except three, and all tho continents of the world are represented among Cornell students, New York stato alono has more than 1,000 students at Cornell. Canada last year sent 49 of her sons anil daughters to C^nell— more than to any other college in tho United States. Africa, Asia, Europe, Central anil South America all contribute to make Cornell ono of the most cosmopolitan of American universities.

More than one-thiril of tho students who go to Cornell enter Sibley college, tho dopartment of mechanical and electrical engiueering, which is named after the late Hiram Sibley of Piochester in consideration of his large benefactions. Tho work begun by tho father has been continued by the son, Hiram VV. Sibley, Ph. D., whose latest benefaction is the erection of a new stone building, duplicating the main building. Sibley college has an international reputation, and doubtless stands at the head of American technical schools—at least that is tho opinion of European critics. Professor Ritter of Germany, who spent several months in the United States last year as tho representative of tho German government, fii'st at the World's fair, and later studying American technical schools, reported that, "as far as regards instruction in mechanical engineering, Cornell university stands at tho head of American institutes." It is interesting to note Dr. Ritter's opinion that, while technical instruction in tho United States is somewhat less solid and completo on the theoretical siilo than in Europe, it is much superior its practical bearings. He praises "the truly grand achievements in engineering and machine construction in the United States." Dr. Thurston, tho director of Sibley collego, is known throughout the world as a leading authority on thermo

dynamics, his works on the steam engine

A Unique Relic.

Visitors to Cornell university always observe a horseshoe that occupies a conspicuous place in ono of the Sibley college buildings. It has an interesting history which teaches a practical and useful lesson. Rev. Robert Collyer, the Unitarian clergyman

hero of the great Chicago fire, was onceengaged to give a lecture at the university. After the lecture the trustees, who knew that Dr. Collycr had been a blacksmith in his early career, invited him to go into the university blacksmith shops and give an exhibition of his skill as a lesson to American youths, who, whatever* their aspirations, did not disdain to learn the practical arts which might serve as at foundation to subsequent training. In response to the invitation Dr. Collyer donned overalls and jacket and welded thai hoTseshoo that is now guarded with so much care by the Sibley college authorities. A great American painter, wheocommissioncd to paint Dr. Collyer's portrait, heard of, this incident and seizedt upon it as the scene for his painting. 16 is said that Dr. Collyer received from

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trustees of the university a check for $2,000 as tho reward for making the horseshoe, or, more properly speaking, for tho lesson which he thereby gave.to American youth for all time. lite Great Library.

Of tho 16 buildings, costing as manjr hundred thousand dollars, which Cornell uses for purposes of instruction, the on® which arouses tho most admiration among*, students and visitors is the library build-1" ing, completed in 1S91. This building, erected at an expense of $350,000, can accommodate more than 500,000 volumesand is regarded as the model collego library building of tho United States. The library now contains about 100,000 volume®, and 30,000 pamphlets and is surpassed by. only two or threo collego libraries in tho country. Ono of those which outnumber it is really less useful because less carefully selected. The well lighted reading room, of the library contains ample accommoda-% tions for 220 students, who have free access to the open bookcases around its walls. Theso provide shelf room for a judiciously selected reference library of 8,000 volumes, comprising encyclopedias, dictionaries,* treatises and standard works in the various departments. The north wing of .the library houses the White historical library, a collection of works in many respects uncqualetl in the United States. From they Whito library a visitor may obtain one of tho best views of tho beautiful Cayuga, lako and surrounding scenery. Tho university is situated upon au elevated plateau, from which the outlook is grand anil, picturesque. At the two sides of the plateau streams descend, like the water at,, Lodore, roaring and sparkling and foaming from cataract to cataract into the gulch that deepens through the soft rock nearly 500 feet. It was the outburst of a Boston* minister, on his first sight of Cascadilla* gorge,

'Nature itself marked out this place

for a great university. Tho wililness of" the picturesque Cascadilla and Fall creek gorge is only paralleled by the magnificent, beauty of the outlook from the campu* above. The most experienced travelers, concur in the verdict that no university ire the world has so grand and noble a site a® Cornell. The magnificence and the glory of nature suggest greatness to the imagination, and both the plans and their present execution betray the influence of the location upon tho founders and builders of: the university.

An Army of Students.

Turning back through tho 2(5 years sinco the institution began as a university and" looking at its history in tho light and la tho shadow, the ripeness of its plans, tho« absence of radical mistakes in the carrying out of its policy and tho rapidity of itste

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material and intellectual development arors typical of American civilization in its bests? form. Today, with 1,700 students on its rolls, with an equipment of buildings that?? is unsurpassed in America, with a faculty that represents a large number of tho besfc educators, with a variety of departments that recalls the, many sided act ivit-y of thoeducational centers of the middle ages, with libraries, museums and laboratories?, that compare favorably with those of institutions established for two or threo cen-s furies, with a grip upon the best methods of education which is almost beyond the reach of an institution weighted down by, tradition, and with a president who combines great executive ability with rare tact, oratorical power, scholarship and unbounded popularity, Cornell university stands in the vantage ground, if not at tho head, of American educational institutions.

A. F. WEBER.

Spurious Signatures.

In an interview with Mr. A. S. Frissell, president of the Fifth Avenue bank, New York, who is said to be one of the greatest experts in the detection of forgery in the United States, the question put to him was: "Will vertical writing lend itself to forgery?" "Forgery," ho answered, "is not nearly so clever a feat as tlio. public imagine. Forgeries aro perpetrated because of opportunity, not by tho ability to imitate a signature. An eccentric handwriting is4 more easily copied than one which is nearly conventional. Ono point which may interest tho public is that signatures written with a stub pen aro tho easiest to imitate. A thin, fine line will show certain individuality which is not apt to escape tho attention of an expert, though it may never be detected by tlie forger. Business men earo litt le or nothing about systems. What they want is legible, rapid writing. Rapidity is not such a factor as is often represented, for it is seldom required. Nevertheless, when i* is wanted, clerk® must be able to eompl" .i tho demand. Vertical handwriting !w.iinot blot out individuality. All that tho business world asks is legibility and at least tho presents rate of speed."—Brooklyn Eayle.

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For Amateur Musicians.

"Amateur musicians," says a musio teacher in tho Philadelphia Record, "aro often somewhat embarrassed by the unexpected query as to what key a piece of musio is in when playing in company. They can tell on a little reflection, but am array of four or five sharps or flats is aptf a them,

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which, if rehearsed a few times, will always keep them right and ready to make a quick response to such a question. Ill connection with the major scale just jotfdown this sentence, the capital letter beginning each word representing an additional sharp from 1 to 0, 'God DelugotI All Earth By Flood.' In tho minor kejf the same rule obtains in connection witlfchis amusing line, which was mado up td Incommodate tho flats, 'Fat, Baker E(\tin£