256 5 >1 3 -'^ 8 •: 1 '~^- - the present time. -c The ''Acme System of Phonography," is a modification ^ of the system of M. Duploye, taught universally in the schools of France, and almost exclusively used in all its public institutions. An adaptation of it for the English '*■ language, was made some years ago by Mr. Sloan, of ^ London, and called the " Sloan-Duployan System;" the T same system, considerably modified and improved, we have called the "Acme System of Phonography." u The good points of any really good system of Phonog- ^ raphy intended for general use in correspondence and re- ? porting, can be reduced to these essential ones : — 1st, sim- plicity ; 2d, brevity ; 3d, legibility ; 4th, speed. In ver- batim reporting speed is an essential condition that can- not be dispensed with ; and no system can be considered worth the trouble of acquiring unless it can satisfy every demand made upon it in this respect. On this point we do not claim for the "Acme System" superiority over any PREFACE. other first class system ; but we claim that a good Acme writer can do as well as a good writer of any other sys- tem and learn to do it in a much shorter time. Speed is secured by brevity of the word-outlines ; but brevity and speed without easy legibility of what is written were use- less ornaments. This point of legibility is one of the characteristic excel- ences of the *'Acme System." All other systems giving high rates of speed have their word-outlines so brief as to be merely arbitrary signs, and to be wholy unintelligi- ble to any one but the writer of them, and unintelligible even to the writer one month after the notes were taken. Not so the "Acme" writing, it is as easily interpreted in ten years as in ten months after the writing, and is as easily read by others who know the system as rapidly written long hand of the same writer would be. Another point in which the Acme system stands alone is its simpli- city. So simple is it in detail that children of tivelve years of age can learyi it. We do' not mean by this that here and there a bright twelve year old child was found who could read or write a few phrases in the shorthand characters, but we have successfully taught the^system, in one of the schools of Washington, to a class .of boys whose ages ranged from ten to thirteen years. The time required for adult students to learn the system is about two months. In other systems it requires as many years and even then only the very brightest students can make any use of what they have acquired with so much study and application. The dullest student can acquire a thorough knowledge of the ''Acme System." But speed must of course be proportioned to the amount of application of each one in particular. K. J. \4ULVEY. N. B. — In proof of the claims we have advanced in the foregoing remarks, we give on another page extracts from some of the testimonials already received from a few of ou? pupils. Washington, D. C, Jan. 18S8. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. ALPHABET. (Note. — With a view especially to the more ready comprehension of the vowel rules which follow later on it has been found convenient to divide tbe consonant signs into the somewhat arbitrary classes of Tiorizontal, vertical, and curved signs. The horizontal signs are straight-line signs traced from left to right; the vertical signs are straight-line signs traced downwards; and the curved signs include all those which, in whatever direction traced, have a curved outline.) CONSONANTS. Horizontal: T D L R Vertical: P 1 B K G and J I / / H \ \ Curved: F V W KW TH Y M N NG S and Z SH and ZH CH \^ r\ r\ c ) NASAL SOUNDS. an, en, in on, un ine oin own >CN VOWELS. (T • \ a au. O uh oo fi « C, 1 i 1 o i 9 DTPTHONGS. oi u rw Q ^ ^ ACME PHONOGRAPHY. Note 1. "R" is added to the following letters : t, d, 1, r, p, b, k, g and j, h, f, V, w, kw, th, and y, by merely thickening the signs, thus : TR LR PR KR HR FR etc. - • I / \ ^ Note 2. "R" is prefixed to the following letters: m, n, ng, s and z, sh, and zh, ch, by thickening the sign, thus: RM \^ Note 3. "R" is added to the Nasal Signs by merely thickening the ^""" sign. Example: anr onr etc. Note 4. "S" is prefixed to all consonants by bending the beginning of the sign into a small hook, thus: ST SP SK SF SL SM SW 1 / '^ «/ O r Note 5. "S" is added to all the consonants by bending the termina- i tion of the sign into a small hook, thus: DS BS GSandJS VS RS NS KWS -, L / '^ /* n^ . ^ POSITION OF VOWELS. Rule 1. Circles and ovals are Joined with horizontal signs. (a) Initial, below. (b) Terminal, above. (c) Medial, above, when the two consonants form a straight line; but when the consonants do not form a straight ,line the vowel must be traced outside the angle. Rale 3. Circles and ovals are joined with horizontal signs^ ...J^ (a) Initial, on the left. ^ /:.,_, (b) Terminal, on the right. (c) Medial, on the left, when the consonants form a straight line; but outside the angle when this occurs. Rule 3. Circles and ovals are joined with curved signs. (a) Initial, inside the curve. (b) Terminal, inside the curve. (c) Medial, between two curves; inside the second; between a curved and a straight outline always inside the curve. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FIRST LESSON. VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS. &, o a,s in at, add, cad, mad. i, o* as in height, light, isle. oi, O" ^^ ^^ ^^^' ^^y^ alloy, au, 1 > Q as in odd, ode, laud, load, o, ) uh, O as in up, pup, tub. CONSONANTS. T D P B P V - - , I N ^ Note 1. "R" is added to the above consonants by merely thickening the sign, thus: TR DR PR BR FR VR — . I \ ^ Note 2. "8" is prefixed to all the above consonants by bending the beginning of the sign into a small hook, thus: ST SD SP SB SF SV <^ ^ n 1 ^ '^ Note 3. "S'' is added to all the above consonants by bending the ter- mination of the sign into a small hook, thus: TS DS PS BS FS VS -^ -^ L L ^ "^ POSITION OF VOWELS. Rule 1. Circles are joined with horizontal signs. (a) Initial, below. (b) Terminal, above. (c) Medial, above, when the two consonants form a straight line; but when two consonants do not form a straight line the vowel must be traced outside the angle. Rule 2. Circles are joined with vertical signs. (a) Initial, on tne left. (b) Terminal, on the right. (c) Medial, on the left, when the consonants form a straight line; but outside the angle when this occurs. When a vowel occurs between "R" and another consonant, the thickening of the second consonant requires the omission of the vowel. 8 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FIRST LESSON— Exercise. V at ^ sputter fought c pop > fight * b paw •v^ fats J. pat "X vats cK pots -^ votes address ^ dried -^ died •**-» strides 1' tribes J- bad Uim trotter % spies -O. totter t apt -t tap f trap > frook ? frocks FIRST LESSON-Continued. J. i J- t- frogs strive prize fry- paupers above dove drove toad adds does dies fodder brat broad papa proper pride patter butter post boast past dusters 10 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FIRST LESSON— Continued. Of -) I off j- o or J he his him. and *- on J in ^ IS to the (- •^>J;;^»»^*• X - b -fl-r- -^ - cr» y ,a °-L..)- — »:> , -«\ -X 9 ^ - ^ — — ■^ X HT — J- -w -ZTj 6J ^ X - -a o i. J- .->> ^ -fx i -Q. /r.' ^t - -D X .X - > X — Ixi- . J- ;. - ' - . d- X -J- X -» C— X t -, W - «^ X ch - J- -u (^ a >- ^"^ X A - . «» X i J- ^ 1 ^ o."^ K d-- . 1. I - ^ X . J- - I . jr X i^2- o - C^ - i. A - '^ X . d- _ "^ ^i X - t 1 > ■% X -'k i- ^ ^ J-. c v^ "^ >- t X - 1 Sl X VX> %_ 1 1 Ji- X eh -.f -»• -D - k X - 12 ACME PHONOGRAHHT. SECOND LESSON. VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS, a, 0. as in eight, late, great. e, Ot as in feet, meat, greet, e ) as in edge, get, let. \ ) as in fit, lit, it. oo ) >■ ^ as in food, rule, fael. ow, ^as in out, O'wl, bowel. CONSONANTS. *L R K GandJ H W KW ^ ^ / / \ r /^ Note 1. "R" is added to the above consonants by merely thickening the sign, thus: LR RR KR GR and J R HR WR KWI • y / / \ r /" Note 2. "S" is prefixed to all the above consonants by bending the beginning of the sign into a small hook, thus: SL SR SK SG and SJ SW SKW • y 7 / r r Note .3. "S" is added to the above consonants by bending the termin- ation of the sign into a small hook, thus: LS R8 KS GS and J8 HS W8 xw /> y ^ / \. (T r When "ted" or "ded" terminate a word the vowel may be dropped and the two consonants traced as one sign. * L and K are always traced upward. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 13 SECOND LESSON. / ail r rakes 1 ! ^ all r rolls ^ law r real / lay y roll 1 / lieu / air ^ laws ■ roads r owl /■ rout /f lap 7- read .f lop /- ride Ji sleep ^ roofs Jl loops. /^ rough J sloop /^ reefs X rude /^ arrive 5^ loads /^ rovers f lodge / ricks / leak / rocks / lodger /' rage / ledge y\ revile >^ ladders /e retract T- lead A- raft 14 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. SECOND LESSON-Continued ? ogre Y hope / eager V hoop / Jack V hip y Jake NO hoe / joke >•. hie < gave y whole K Jove y hill ^ gape ^ hold ^ grapes >^ held J. grade \ perhaps ^ jolt V- had /- gild ' V hot / grab ;^ hit >/ greek • V height ^ graft ^*. hist ■ / bridges vs hoist } brag V. house i grub >r halt ^ gripe y hilt V groop >> hawk d grow Y hop / grew ^- heed / gay » help / gray 1 happy ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 15 SECOND LESSON-Continued. ^ crops ^ slopes t crept 4 slips ^ f creep ^ alive y croup ^ leave h cro-wd 4 allot -^ crude ^ alight ^^ creeds ^ litter ^ cried ^ lights S' cope -9- allude V capes ^ allayed f crape — adder ^ cut •»«- aid ^ cull ' -*■ days oC cuff y steal -s cover 4- spade y cruel ^ skill r cowl ^ scatters ^ cooler /I scalp <^ goad >» ochre ^ give > spoke /- cowed i^ scoop «^ skip i possible ^ skiflf 4 prosperous Z' school ^ characteristic 16 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. SECOND LESSON-Continued. C wall ' ^ quail ^ wail ^ squall / walk C quote v^ week C quota / wag < quaflf / wage (T quack c wad ^ quart v' our I A yours y «= your hers will J us , from T) "-^^S^*"^**?-* What did you eat for breakfast? Let there be peace. The Jews kept the law. Bid him adieu. This is the law, obey it. Bid him bide with us awhile. The fate of the fat boy. The power of ubiquity in God. The discovery of the plot forced the traitors to flee away. A dissipated and dissolute fellow. The way was dark and dreary. List to the prattle of the little girl, and the coo of the baby. The pretty birds carol in the tree tops out in the fields. Give the poor girl the cup of jelly. The old folks dwelt in the cottage by the brook. Place lillies on the dead girl's head, and lillies on her breast. Water, pure water, for all. The old bucket dropped into the well. The old boat leaked. Hark! to the war cry. We daily ask bread of God. Let us all be up and at work while the day lasts. Give the wreath of laurel to the hero. We eat in order to live, but do we live in order to eat? A quack doctor. Wafer the letter. He vowed a vow to fight or die. The bough bowed over the vat. A wall of fire. Give the boy a quill to write with. The address to the troops produced strife. Let the door be ajar. The rider fell. Heed the boy's order. He spoke truly. A very useful box. Go away and play. The lapel of a coat. Rebuke the bad. A paper cap. A blue slipper. Try to behave bet- ter. A party on the river. A rapid racer. The cows are in the clo- ver. A cluster of grapes. The lady has a lap-dog. A likely story, truly. Take away the gravy. Scouts are out. 18 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. SBCOND LESSON— Beading Exercise. ■:3^ _ -5^ >^x_^ ^ -y — -^ X ^ ^ ^-^ N. . '^ X . >' ^ ^ X 7^'/* ^ X X /- / ^ X ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 19 THIRD LESSON. CONSONANTS. M N NG S and Z SH and ZH CH TH Y Note 1. *'R" is prefixed to the following letters: m, n, ng, s and z, sli and zh, by thickening the sign, thus: RM RN RNG RS RSH and RZH RCH W ^ .^ ( ) ) Note 2. "R" is added to "TH" by merely thickening the sign, thus : THR V » Note 3. "S" is prefixed to the above consonants by bending the be- ginning of the sign into a small hook, thus: SM SN SNG SCH Note 4. "S" is added to the above consonants by beading the termin- ' ation of the sign into a small hook, thus: MS NS NGS SHS and ZHS CHS THS POSITION OP VOWELS. Rule 3. Circles and ovals are.joined with curved signs. (a) Initial, inside the curve, as: am aim ^ € (b) Terminal, inside of the curve, as: no nay shoe (c) Medial, between two curves, inside the second, as man; between a curyed and a straight outline always inside the curve. ♦ The affix "sion" and "tion" may be represented by the "sh" sign. , 20 ACME PHOIfOGBAPHY. THIRD LESSON. V am *^ an €* aim *> earn i ma tf\ urn i ^' may O no ^ mail •r^ nay y maek '\ noble V make Q now Ji mouse <% nigh i >*^ mad ' made never knoll ^ marsh ^ nail tj army 9 snug aX amaze *) snatch ^ motion ^ notch "^ mention O^ notes i v£r» moment Q- needs V B^ack r^ Nile <^ smoke . ^ snail name ^ mobs Og/ numb ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 31 THIRD LESSON-Continued. c as ^ ocean c ease o) show shame s recitation a shore % resemble ^ share 1 resolution ^^ shelled 22 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. THIRD LESSON-Continued. each ^ yacht •) arch ^ yawl :> chew y yell J chow ^ yet 1. chat _^ yellow )- chowder ^^ yields i) cheap j> yoke i> cheek y~ yard . > chill •j yam 3- child ^ year ») choke ^ yours ; chaff / youth r chart j^ yonder H church jS-\ young ^ cheat ^ yeast ^ chide >^ yankee chum _/% yarn -^ change ^ yes 1- arched ^ yelp l charm ^^JM* youngster ) chap ^ Yatagan ^ choppers ^^ yards i chapter .O 'yearn i checks ,A\ yon ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 23 THIRD LESSON- -Continued. \*/ them ") match »< thither \*^ madness V. than %. magnate V thrift ^ machine V thrive y magic s therefore o^ maiden V? thank \»- remit N> thatch ^ remote though -/ maker vo- thought v^a malefactor y^f thoughtless v maim \ Thesis •5 action >> thieve 4 poach ^ thereby ^ mission V. thee 4 potion Vn thong >9 lotion Vw thunder ■55 duration va. throat ■^ fashion '(O throne "^ decision >> thrush <^ contrition \ thrash ^ condition V*' thrill ^. moderation N^ throb ^ interruption ^€/ thumb ^ rotation 24 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. THIRD LESSON— Continued. more I j should ) which ) ^ with 1 no 1 1 I 1^ \^ not y ! I J nor J w not ;> .-s . \ ) [) \ r much I I sure ) such ) would To the diligent all things are possible. It becomes us better to be studious of our actions than to boast of our abilities. The fall of man is the subject of Milton's great poem. The star of hope lights man even in the gloomiest night. To combat against our own hearts is diflBcult. There are few heroes who maintain their characters till their old age. Talents without application are no security for pro- gress. Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them. No man is truly happy but he who is contented. "Wisdom is more to be prized than riches, but virtue ana devoutness the luust. Virtue is the greatest ornament of man. The louder the man shouted the quicker the cow j ran. The GreeK and Roman philosophers firmly believed that the dead of night was the noon of thought. The smile of gaiety is often assumed while the heart aches within. Though folly may laugh, guilt will sting. Liberty carried to excess. As we cannot discern the shadow moving along the dial plate, so we cannot always trace our progress in knowledge. Chop the meat in the shop. The yeoman shot the foeman. Do not engross all the room. An embargo on com- merce. You could not if you would, should not if you could. The bully lay in ambush to attack the butcher. Do not wound the youth. A fish chowder. A memorable day. The doings of society. A memo- rial was raised to the unknown dead. My father has shaved off his moustache. The chandelier fell and smashed the glasses. He missed the path and did not reach home until late that night. The aisle of the church. All the wise instructions of the law-giver, all the doct- rines of the sage, all the ennobling strains of the poet, had perished in the ear, like a dream related, if letters had not preserved them. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 85 THIRD LESSON— Reading Exercise. CLVo>X®^n^^^^O^_DwOx^ - A. a- (f- -^ /' C ^ ^ ^/r~\ /^ cr L _ i- f (1 X - d v-/^ ( X/ _ ^e .s)-^ _ ^-e. ^-L _ Me "V ^ .^ _ r/ y^ ^-5-" _ 2^ I _ '^ ><" _ ^ ^"~^^ - \^ ^ _ ^ X . i ^ ^^ r ^v_ ^ ^> ^ ^ ^ .i- 26 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FOURIH LESSON-Revlew. \ bab r copy i babe ^ coke i Bible o comma • ^ babbler &/ comb 4 pup V bevelled ^ peep > big r tiger Vn believe i trigger \ bask -9 trees y era ^ tries Y fowl - freckle -*V trample V frizzle 4. truth > frisk -^ torch V frolic > sprig ^ freight 4- spite > fate 4- spades V frail ^ vase w map > views n nap > vague '^ nape V village ^ mask' r digest v-r^ mastiflf 1^ disaffect -^ dame ■^ disciple -V dam ACMB PHONOGRAPHY. 37 FOURTH LESSON-Continued. y- scarlet -7. drab X father *— laundry Ax- gland /tf^-. laundress >7 hank > bag K heath k bans ' ^ have V- bland ^ quiz v> blank ^Vi^ quondam w brand i quickest 6 cash . n latch j catch 4 laps i crash ySt" mile h crank h sash I champ h scalpers L, cramp ^ scamp ? chap A scan ^9 clank A- sc£^nt J^ clad f scrap -;>' classic 5 scratch ^ cabin X chad 28 ACMK PHONOGRAHY. . s FOURTH LESSON— Continued >- Shalt ^ javelin | ? saag A lather snatch mammoth y> splash oT^ matin }ry sprang ^^ maddoek •^ stamp H^ maxim t strap V i perish y> thank s parish i -c tracked Ih parrot J. acrid 4^ patent i aspect l/«>- planet -K aspen A rather ir ballad cr- salad ! ip- ballot ^ salver K ballast ^ scaffold t- brandy >f shallop j ^ franchise >^ shanty- gallop -^ transcript ^ gamut 5 abash i^ haddock '-t adapt V hamtuock 1 attach ^ handcuff y attack ^ havock ;- April J. jacket ;^ cabal ACME PHOJfOGBAPHY, 29 FOURTH LESS0'N-Ke%'iew. ^ canal \^ change ^ magnify A . chased I epigram . crate i parapet VC' flame (H parody •^ frame •V caravan /, graze ^ cranberry / grade k expanse ^ grange (^ expand y^ mace 1 dispatch \ shave "^ distract ^ skate -v<. decant ^ slake ^ mishap ^ slate /^ refract ^ ^ake /^ retract «/* stage /• age •^- state i brace £^ swathe / cage "\^ famous -:^ chief ^ gamester <; aquatic *"''^ stately , ■ /^ elastic ''"^ inmate 1 ^ fanatic tf^ orange j^ scale ^ weapon A crave ^-/ scandalous 30 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FOURTH LESSON. ~ Many boast themselves of great deeds, which they have never ac- complished. Misers are like the donkeys, that carry gold and eat thistles. There is no mortal truly wise and restless at the same time: wisdom is the repose of the mind. Patience is a difficult attainment; many can teach it, but few learn it. A bone for the dog. Prosperity tries a man, adversity makes him. The yolk of an egg. A torn flag was borne to the fort. The whole fabric of society is cemented to- gether by the principle of faith. Mutual trust is the very life of na- tions and men. How many hopes have quivered for us in the past year — have flashed like lightning in the summer nights and died for- ever. The fall of the leaf is a whisper to the living. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. The winter of the old man's age is cheered with pleasing re- flections of the past, and bright hopes for the future. The conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voices of the body ; to which of these voices shall we listen ? There is no virtue without a characteristic beauty to make it loved by the good, and to make the bad ashamed of their neglect of it. The healthy, the temperate, and the virtuous, enjoy the true relish of pleasure. The more frequent our intercourse is with nations, the more our commerce will be ex- tended. The noblest man is not always the most fortunate, and the richest not always the wisest. The wisest man is generally the most modest, the most stupid the most obtrusive. The clouds of care may darken over the Christian's path, but he can look up with filial trust to the guardian caret)f a beneficent Father. Wisdom is the associate of justice. It assists her to form equal laws, to pursue right measures, to correct power, to protect weakness, and to unite individuals in a common interest and general welfare. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 31 FOURTH LESSON— Reading Exercise. ^y y ^^ ^'T -^ y^-^ r./<~ , v^ / ,^ J-x . v_^ _^ X - "^^^ o Ci- X . ^.^ ^ ^ ^y^^ — . X o^. \ >e, '^ o y "^ X ^ XY >' - c>^i ^^ 32 ACME PHOXOGRAPHT. an, en, ni, FIFTH LESSON. on, un, ine oin i (up) ov 'N own € (up)» Thicken the nasal signs to affix "R," thus: . banner tenor sinner gunner finer joiner L, -V -^>i3^'^*.^-.- Write the following in shorthand characters: Pen, pine, bin, bun, fin, fun, bronze, line, angle, energy, enervate, consonant, terminate, sign, joint, giant, thicken, second, founder, minnow, trombone, compost, foreman, condole, console, condolence, opponent,' winnow, bunch, jump, uncouth, improve, plumpness, plunge, skim, trunk, gunwale, summons, underrate, rotund, concur- rent, forerunner, impulsive, occurrence, front, monk, month, sponge, wont, bombast, money, mongrel, inconvenient, enough, wonderful, cousin, encompass, generally, durance, student, henpeck, tempera- ment, implication, congregation, machination, conversation, innova- tion, invocation, sunshine, continental, incompetence, concomitant, examination, insensible, assigner, countermand, ensign, grinding, against, remembering, moistening, until, splint, insure, embossed, indented, indellible, connected, parenthesis, permanent, another, movement. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 33 FIFTH LESSON. L. band VA- mend L. bind \y mound \ ^- bound vJU. mind i. eant / long \ -L. kind ^ lounge <^ coined k_. pant ^ count L banter -^ fender 1^ bunting "K— finder L^ bending V- foumder c^ sending tin n-/ dental -* tyne /^ rental -€ town c winsome -^ din ^ handsome —1 dine *• stencil down <— . candid L- bend r wended bond &*— amend ( sin -^ denied c- sun c^- sing <^ sign <-. unkind i 4- sound -L unnumbere ) chin -> unintentional L_ banded t . unconnected 34 ACMK PHONOGRAPHS. FIFTH LESSON- -Contimued. ^ r: unequal ^ nonsense f- uncounted \r insult or> among \ pantheon «>^ amount /-=> country ^ angling y honorary / anger K/ enormously •^ animate h ^ exoneration ^ animation generally > ankle :v manfully V anniversary iw. binding •V announce -6. grinding >*>- announcement x^ finding "^ enunciate w-> drowning >-o annointing )r^ bounding -^ anonymous •v^ fountain »-*. antecedent \j^ mountain — mend (<_ coined .1* — ■ lend f scamper e_ send \ )• mper s— strand \ impair ^ lonely ^ umpire K- patent ^ boundary ;^ written K incontinence . < within •K preponderance ACMB PHONOGRAPHY. 85 FIFTH LESSON-Continued. ! v impertinence <- unkind "^^ maintain -V. unimportant -V mainsail ^ unintentional i gainsay 1_ unbind Y^ hailstone ^ unconscious ^ mariner t uncongenial >■ coroner \ amber \. impart V^ employment i impute V- implement X impotence 4A. compliment u. impending L, competent \ impenetrable ^ compendious i->^ impediment "k- compounder 1 impatient /-w condense 1- umbel ^ confinement if umbilical >!- consent > umbrage ^ convent ;»- umpirage -r^ undone 1- unaccompanied o-^ undersigned -*.A^ unmannerly V imply 36 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. FIFTH LESSON-Contlnued. y L V- y \ amply ambitious ambition ambulance ambush ambassador employ emporium mpound mpotenee mpossible mportant mplant mpenitent mpellent mpend mp mpolitic mpose mposition mprudencs ncandescent ncense ncessant > inch i incomparable \. incompetence K inconstant \ inconvenience ^■ indecent ^ indefensible "t mendicant ^v. invent ^ inferential ^^ infinite >- infringe ^ ingeniously / injunction *^- instant ^ instinct Y intelligence ■^^ interment ^ intrench V inventor V investor < quarantine ? ungenerous y^ undermine ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 37 FIFTH LESSON. •>-^>*;^*«^«lf-<- Constancy in friendship denotes a generous mind. One vice is more expensive than many virtues. A tender loin of beef. The hound found a grouse. The bank will not discount my note. The amount is about nine hundred. I found a flounder. A profound student. Command the company of troops to dismount. An encoun- ter with a mountebank. The boundary line. Health is of paramount importance. Our townsman is not in the town council. Pen a re- joinder to the clown. Anoint the skin with ointment. The man is not only an ingenius workman, bnt he has an ingenius or frank dis- position. A manuscript is writing done by the hand. Compute the amount of the account. An impudent argument. The constable ar- rested the conjuror. Reticence is concealment by silence. Our an- tecedent correspondence. Pardon the inadvertance. Accomplish your task and then you can play. My champion had no weapon. The requisite amount was given by the gantleman. To-day is thine: improve to-day, nor trust to-morrow's distant ray. Wisdom is the repose of the mind. A friend is a coin — it is proved before it is taken. A sage once said: "There is no better possession than a sound under- standing in a sound body." The desire to be free and independent is innate in every human being. The sound of the evening bell re- called tender memories of boyhood's days now past and gone. The combination of colors produced an elegant impression, I am not sounding the trumpet of war. I will cheerfully concede every reason- able defnand for the sake of peace. Our land — the garden of liberty's tree — has been, and shall continue to be, the land of the free. A lively countenance is not always the sign of a quiet conscience. Con- stant dropping of the water wears away a stone. 4521.7'? 38 ACMB PHONOGBAHT. FIFTH LESSON-Reading Exercise. r n. V— ^ X . >— . v^~ X . *V- «^-^-^ X 6x \ o -.<*_A ^ ^ ^ /^ X k . -^ -- ;^ X ^ _ ^ / <^^^-c I - "^w. X c^ _ tV" a- ^ c ^ ^ A- •> -^ Y X . k. -^■an.^-^ -3 («/- cJ — X - '-3^ 1 ^ - ^~l__^ . C ^ ^ ^ >£^ H X - C^ cr "V-x ) /- -w o 4-= -^ ^ i /x_ \ o (^ cJ-^ . ^ X t^ 6.-^^ . -^ o r ^ yy ^'^ \ -<^ A-P'oi'x,/^ _^ ( Ve /^ — . ^ ^ -ep^ --^ y X . O^ i^ C^ ^ ^ ^ e C 6x^^ -^ cr ^ ^/" . ,t^ X ^ - ^ -^ . < ot- X [/c /^ _ V*/ V- ^ -^ _ t o ^ X V, C 3^ <,I_-^X^^\e>»"7 "\^X X D X _ »-.:. X V>*o ^-c^ ^ C X LI -€ cr ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 39 SIXTH LESSON. •^-^*^;^>«^5«f-|• When a word or syllable ends in "R" preceded by a vowel, the "R" may be expressed by reversing the position of the vowel. Write the following in shorshand characters. Harder, further, larder, tartar, martyr, smart, fear, fireworks, cancer, brimmer, glimmer, hammer, layer, primer, rasher, stammer, trencher, ulcer, voucher, banterer, glacier, gossamer, treasurer, com- poser, performer, reformer, sepulcher, armor, clamor, horror, juror, razor, rumor, sponsor, terror, tremor, tumor, emperor, aggressor, con- fessor, divisor, enamour, reporting, lecturer, error, terror, anterior, archer, corsair, sorcerer, demurrer, precursor, conjurer, workmanship, laureate, to-morrow, inserted, certainly, surveying, portmanteau, firmament, carefulness, assertion, circumlocution, circumstantial, cir- cumnavigation, circumvent, nervousness, marriageable, Mortimer, shower, shore, charade, dreamer, parasite, horizon, horizontal, fore- most, forthwith, verger, virginal, attired, aspired, thorax, thrower, Thorp, starlight, stork, mariner, partisan, particularity, regularity, similarity. 40 ACMB PHONOGRAPHY. SIXTH TiESSON. I bar \ fewer J' bore yr- lard ) bear / leer / bower /^ lord • car A- lowered c/ core JP ogre / care v>» mire / cower u/ mare / cure 0<" marts — dear ^ marble '-V door ^ marvel -— dower ^ near J par r^r, nigher d pore ^ north J pair ^ nerves (^ power 'By normal 1 i - tar ? Norway — . tear I shore i -o tore L short — tour ) shear 1 - fore ^ swords \ fear K serf ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 41 SIXTH LESSGN-Continuecl. \ server O' grower \ surf %^ friar i sire »«a truer { seer »^ drawer . i sore — » dare c easier — » drear busier <- *-t) embalmer J- — store coward ; chair 1 — bowered I charmer ^^ remark »_>o^ mortal /^ ignore sjcr mortice \ Charles I charts > t_,_ partner A certain ( card ^ i- sordid v_^ market UT- murder ^/ merely >--r- merit \jf mark ^ wire *^ moral /- were <<^ servile •^ trier (c,^ server — » drier Ce: servant J prior *^ nervous J briar 1 sheriff ./ crier ^ mortgage 42 1 ACME PHONOGRAPHY. SIXTH LESSON- -Continued. / v^ mortality / large ^ A marginal ^ certain ^ y lark park certificate ^ spark surprise sharp sigher smart y career «rv' snarl \ parrier Oa. snort / jeerer interior ; starve archer "N inferior larboard Ai exterior 7 margin ^ warrior -rT» tartar lie ^ law )_ embark hard 1 inspire NX- hoard \ J barbers '^ hurt bark V ^ horrible J barge measure L carpet •^ pleasure L cart ^ treasure incur ^ envar k burden 4 export i' burglar "b- ford surgery <^ quarto i insurgent &• sorrell C usurp ^ commodore > verge manure li- surfeit } obscure 1 marred survive durable torpid 1 44 ACME PHONOGRAPHY, SIXTH LESSON. •»-:;»:j^»*^5«f-«- The chart is in the barge. A cart is in the park. The smart bar- ber shaved the Mayor. The poor servant was liberally rewarded for his faithful services. Tar is on the spar. Carve with a sharp knife. He mounts his charger. Market is the place for barter. Discharge the prisoner. Unbar the door and allow him to depart. The servant of the peer married the sailor. The carter carted the barrels to the market. The report of the surveyor was accurate and satisfactory. The board reserved the power to bore. His heart is as hard as ada- mant. Bear and forbear. A mohair chair is in the parlor. Beware of the snare. A leap year occurs every fourth year. The overseer reported that the crops were a failure. The seizure was effected with horrible barbarity. The cashier of the bank was short in his ac- counts. The oppressed serf murdered the Czar. The people mar- velled that Martin should make such progress in so short a time. The roar of the surf on the deserted beach terrified the watchers. The bower was covered with flowers of all sorts. The swords of the warriors were sharpened for future use. The murder of the Mayor was a barbarous deed. The lawyer passed into court through the rear door. The dog barks. The bard performed on the harp. The fireman poured a volume of water on the burning store, and subdued the fire in a short time. His remarks produced an uproar. The sur- plus in the exchequer. The surgeon prescribed a course of treatment for the suflFerer. The gardens were dotted with bowers. A garland of laurel. Lower the barrel of beer into the cellar. The servant took care of the poor beggar boy. Hear my charge. Merely place the market goods on the marble table. The brave defenders of the fort showered bullets on the invaders. The cherries were ripe and good in the orchard. ACME PHONOGRAPHY. 45 SIXTH LESSON— Reading Exercise. } \^. . \ ^ — - i X il_7x. -^} (^t^x/(T-'^x./|y.^'^\ cr ■V -^^ X - v=. ^ Z' ^ ^ c^ ^x