THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES & o. , . OF REFORMED PHONETIC SHORT-HAND BEING A COMPLETE PROGRESSIVE GUIDE TO THE BEST SYSTEM OF ^rlratfm BY ANDREW J. MARSH REVISED BY CLARENCE S. MERRILL Third Edition SAN FRANCISCO THE BANCROFT COMPANY 1890 ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OP CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1883, BY ANDREW J. MAESH, IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON. ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS m THE YEAR 1889, BY THE BANCROFT COMPANY, IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON. PUBLISHERS' NOTE Mr. Marsh's first work on shorthand, given to the public a number of years ago, is conceded by all phonographers acquainted with it to be the best ever published, and three-fourths, at least, of all the profession on the Pacific Coast use his system. When first issued its sale was limited, and when the edition was exhausted, prices of $10 to $20 each were freely offered for second-hand copies. Upon the occasion of the fire which destroyed our publishing house in 1886 the SECOND edition of Marsh's Manual was consumed. The demand, how- ever, for the publication is so great that The Bancroft Company have decided to issue a THIRD edition, and they now offer to the public a much finer and more accurate Manual than either of its predecessors. A complete copy of the edition of 1883 has been made by Mr. Clarence S. Merrill, an expert stenographer and Caligraph Typewriter operator, and his work has been carefully examined by Mr. Charles F. Whitton, official reporter of the Superior Court of Oakland, a writer of "pure Marsh" and the same gentleman who completed the edition of 1883 after Mr. Marsh's death. Use of the progressive system of exercises has greatly added to the labor and expense of the work, but must he invaluable to the learner. In order to produce this edition new plates had to be made, and in answer to a very general demand, and to improve its legibility and usefulness we have increased its size. A description of the methods employed may be interesting. On account of the "progressive system" employed by Mr. Marsh, it was possible to set up only a portion of the work in type, acd Mr. Merrill made the plates of the book on the Caligraph Typewriter, leaving blank spaces into which he inserted the shorthand characters with pen and ink. These pages were then photographed and reduced in size to two-thirds of their original dimensions, from which electrotypes were made and the book printed. THE BANCROFT COMPANY January 1, 1890. 448622 INDEX. PAGE. 1. Title Page. 2. Copyright. 3. Publisher's Note. 4. Index. 6. Phonetic Alphabet. 7. Consonants. 8. Vowels. 11. Exercise I. Key on Page 87. 11. Joining of Stems. 13. Exercise II. Key on Page 87. 14. Improper Diphthongs. 14. WAT and YAT Series. 15. The Aspirate. 16. The Circle for Ess and ZEE. 18. The Double Circle. 19. Exercise III. Key on Page 88. 20. The Loops. 21. Exercise IV. Key on Page 89. 21. Half-Length Stems. 23. Exercise V. Key on Page 89. 24. Word-Signs. 25. Tick and Circle, and Stem Word-Signs, 28. Phrase-Signs. 30. Exercise VI. Key on Page 90. 30. Omissions. 33. The Syllables ING, CON and COM. 34. Exercise VII. Key on Page 91. 34. The EL-Hook and En-Hook Stems. 38. EL-Hook and En-Hook Word-Signs. 38. Exercise VIII. Key on Page 91. 39. The WAY and YAY Hooks. INDEX. PAGE. 40. Addition of EN. 41. Ex-Hook Word-Signs. 42. Exercise IX. Key on Page 92. 43. Addition of EF. or VEE. 44. Exercise X. Key on Page 94. 45. Addition of TR., DR. and THR. 46. Exercise XI. Key on Page 94. 46. Prefixes and Affixes. 49. Exercise XII. Key on Page 94. 49. Various Expedients. 52. Exercise XIII. Key on Page 95. 54. VOCABULARY. 67. REPORTING EXAMPLES. 67. California Key on Page 97. 67. Poein by Byron do 98. 68. Woman do 98. 69. The Orphans do 99. 71. Monterey do 102. 72. Webster's Home do 103. 73. Law Reporting do 104. 74. Testimony of Nathan C. Parish do 106. 77. Experts do 110. 79. People, etc., vs. Mary Gersbach do 112. 80. Reporting as a Mental Exercise do 113. 82. Immortality do 115. 83. Intellectual Attainments of Women do 117. 85. South Carolina and Massachusetts do 118. 86. Poem by Longfellow do 120. 6 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND ALPHABET OP SOUKDS. C H S N A H T S . PHONOGRAPH SOUND PHONOGRAPH SOUND / to H m H Pi a < CO H 'Z. < Z3 *< M \ H 2 O \ \ i / / \ V L ( ( ) ) J .J _P AS IN.PIE B BY COMPOUNDS ASPIRATE. COALESCENTS. NASALS. LIQUIDS. \3"^ ^~^Tt7" ^TT "~v^ J. AS IN ALL, LIE . R QRj. RYE. T TIE. M MY. D DIE. CH CHEW. J . . JOY K NIGH. K KEY. NG . . . LONG. G _GAY. W WAY p FIE. V VIE Y . YEA. TH THIGH. H HIGH. TH THY. S SIGI. MP. MB. ..LAMP. EMBER. PSA ARM 7 TEAf. . SH ASH, SHY ZH AZURE. X_0_W JE_L _S_ . LONG VOWELS. SHORT VOWELS. DIPHTHONGS. 1st. PLACE 2nd. PLACE. 5rd. PLACE. 1st. PLACE. 2nd. PLACE. 3rd. PLACE. _E_ AS IN ME . A A /-itAY. _. 1 AS IN IT. E MET. ' I. ASJIN TIE L 01 ..... BOY. AH MA. - AW LAW. m. NO. . A. ^AT. P_ JBi. a up. ' Of .1. . . . NOT. * U_ SUE, USE. - 00 MOON. - 00. FOOT. - MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC 8HORT-HAND JB K. ...0...-..N E T. 1.....C. S...H 0... .A I....-...H... .A K. _..D. SECTION I. The sounds of the English language are divided into two general classes consonants and vowels and are represented in phonography as shown in. the table opposite. CONSONANTS. SEC. 2. The consonant sounds are represented by straight and curved lines, or stems, which must be written of uniform length about one-sixth of an inch as in the table of consonants. In reading words written in phonography the steins are not called by any names, but simply by the sounds they represent, for in phonography there are no letters, nor spelling, in the ordinary sense of those terms, but each word is written exactly as it is pronounced. For convenience, however, in speaking of the consonant stems, they are called, following their order in the table of consonants, by the following names : pee, bee, tee, dee, chay, jay, kay, gay, ef, vee, ith, thee, ess, zee, ish, shee, el or lee, er or ree, em, en, ing, way, yay, hay, rem, emp or emb. The vowels have no other names than the sounds they represent, As far as practicable --that is in the column of "abrupts" and "continuants 1 whispered sounds are represented by light stems and their corresponding heavy, or spoken sounds, by heavy stems, A heavy curved stem should be thickened only in the middle, tapering toward either end. Each curved stem should be one -fourth part of the circumference of a circle. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOKT-HAND SEC. 5. When. downward. When t .is the only stem in a word it is written <^ or -^^ is the only stem in a word it is written upward. These stems, when joined with others, are written either upward or downward, according to convenience, as will be explained hereafter. The stems J , ( and ^^^ are called respectively, when written downward, ish, el and er, and when written upward, shee, lee and ree . The stems / and / are always written downward and at an. angle of about sixty degrees. The stems ^""' and ^"^ must be written, whether upward or downward, at an angle of about thirty degrees. All the other inclined stems are invariably written downward, and at an angle of about forty-five degrees. The six horizontal steins are written fron the left hand toward the right, and the six perpendicular stems are written downward. V Y/ E L S. SEC. 4. The vowel sounds are represented by light and heavy dots and dashes --as shown in the table of vowels-- written at the sides of the consonant stems. A first place vowel is written opposite the beginning of a stem, a second place vowel opposite the middle, and a third place vowel opposite the end : as tea. / sav. \ oa. v_ SEC. 5. If a vowel is to be read before any perpendicular or inclined stem, it is placed at the left side of the stem ; if after, at the right side : as ^V ape, \ pay, / age, |* day,___L_ away. If a vowel is to be read before a horizontal stem, it is placed above it ; if after, .below it : ae gay , x^x...aiTn t s~?-\ may , vjX any , * cho MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND v^x nay, ' SEC. 6. A dash long or short vowel is written at a right angle to that part of the stem opposite which it is placed : as 1 r \ r ' odd, V thaw, \ ooze , \ obey, / saw, ^ x gnaw, ^< -,/ i roe. The diphthongs, I, i oi, and__ r _pw, are written ^ .... ^ .v.^, . , by, /' Joy, I nut, I' tny now, cow, <<~N my, \ thy, I vow. But the tripthong always retains its upright position relative to the line of writing : as \ pew, I due . few, new, new, i view. SEC. 7, There are three positions for phonographic words, in respect to the line of writing. If the accented vowel of a word be a first place vowel, the word oust be written in, the first position ; if it be a second place vowel, in the second position ; if it be a third place vowel, in the third position. For the first position, the word is written so that the lowest part of the first perpendicular or inclined stem shall stand a little above the line; for the second position, so as to stand on the line ; for the third \ position, so as to extend a little below the line : a .each. If a word contains none but horizontal stems, it is written considerably above the line for the first position, resting on the line for the second position, and written a little below the line for the third position : as j kev t mm ^ l ^", cue, ~^^ iapi i oak.'V.^y any. coo. i A curved horizontal stem should have its points or bulge, resting _OJQ_ the line for the second position, and coming up to the line for the third position : as am r ^i^ own T x-^x Amov, 10 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND ^_^^ Amboy, v_> annoy, anew. SEC. 8. ._ When two vowels occur together* no consonant intervening, a small caret, or arrow po?nt may be written in tlie place of the first vowel, pointing toward the left if the first vowel is a dot, toward the right if it is a dash, upward if it is a 'light diphthong, and downward if it is the tripthong r JJ. The first vowel being thus indicated, the second will be suggested Hi Ohio. V If it should be desirable, however, in some special case to represent both vowels exactly, both may be written, the one to be read next to the stem being placed nearer to it than the other : r- r iota, ' or '< Leah, . or c Iago f SEC. 9. A word consisting of only one vowel may be represented by placing the vowel in its proper position as to the line of writing : as ah! I, " awe, - owe, . ehl SEC. 10, In reporting it is not usual to punctuate, except to indicate the pauses by leaving blank spaces half an inch or more for a period, and proportionately less for a colon, semicolon, or conna-- but, occasionally it is necessary to write punctuation marks, and then the ordinary marks are used, with the following exceptions : For a period write on the line a cross, like a small sign of multiplication, ( x ) or it may be made without lifting the pen (^o ) For interrogation, or exclamation, write the usual strokes, but with the phonographic period beneath instead of a dot : as i JL For a dash write a double line, thus : A hyphen is written thus: { = or ^ ) a caret, or omission mark thus : v MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 11 EXERCISE I. \ J-\f 1 , - r -^ . ^ 5 \- ^ s ) n r ^ \ s ^ - c s ^ j \ r i / / V gX ^ *\ v \ > . r ^^ \~. ~^ i' \ ( I* ^^ <~^ - \ ' v V n ' * . J - -I x. N > ^ \- C ^ . ^V I ^ ^^ \\ - r~ ^ i / \ (' I * i ^ i ^ V- V 3_. / -^ > \ ^ r i r fl^^^L. ^L^^^l V ^^-^ n ^-sT Vj. ^T ** f \ 1 * <** V, ^ j ^ ) \ f~* 1 ! - /. . / ^ > In f ^*S ^\ ) ^L/< 1 z. '1 /^ II /^ r L ( r )' 3_, ^ . X r J ^ 1 I -^^ ^_ .1 -^ >^s \ i > ^ .f .r r- JOINING F . STEMS . SEC. II. usually written without lifting the pen. ^ there ^ two *^^ more steins < ^ a word, the second begins where the first ends, and L. on, until -' the stems__^^fLwritten. - The vowels ^? \ ^L afterwards inserted. As v^" below. ') _ egoapg. \ ^N. \ ^y ~r both, J. embassy > _^ > _zany, *^^_^. -arcana, Vybyway^S^Vrosy \ SEC. 12. ' ' a word V- more than one stem, the first perpendicular *^ inclined stem must stand < - ^ that position as to the line_S=i_ writ ing which is indicated, ( ' Sec. 7.) \ the accented vowel V. the word. As >>-, veib y x r motto. ^^\ endow, ^. a fatigue. ^ China, ^^N ensne f \ faith. X f ( ^ a word contain only horizontal stems. V are are -' written \ t the position indicated \ the accented vowel. As 12 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND meek, ^ ./ x nflj ?*ri . embalm, apronv. 5"~>v s /^v "N ~"P camp. SEC, 15. When a heavy stem is follow >^a light stem. \ a heavy stem, joinir \ ed \ a light stem, "/ g / other without an angle, the heavy stem should gradually taper s~\ As \ mob, i ' gawkey, tidy, into the light stem. < deitv \ . nanfr. *^ j^r armorv, dutv, kee. ^ SEC. 14. has alreadv been state d, ( ' Sec. 3.) that n either upward J|^_ -/ T i f s^ and ^^ may writte downward when joined with other stems. Whe consonants is either the first *^ the last two i -^ more stems, as a general rule s n one ^ these ^_^ *^_ ^ hould \ written ward__^__ followed ear. i. /^~ vallev. V \ downward v ^ preceded \ a V , and up * a 1 . As ^--* fishv. V v r ~r . _s fish, ^^ argue t atC chateau, ^^ remedy, v farm, ^< rogue. 1 2 ' cases where ' This rule is not observed, however, would occasion an awkwardLk^lL difficult joi .^7' marshy. 1, Elli,ntt. ^^ aroh ning- as >*-~^ shamfi, ^j ^ a ^ ]<^ assaver, ^f earth/ ^V 7 onlv r ^ alp f ) LI SEC. 15. When a vowel is to be read it is a first place C, , v^-^ a second pi a. between two stems, V- 36 long_*r^ heavy I ST is a third place V is written to the if \ is written to the first stem : V it v^a second place short % ^ light t , v r \ \ *' second stem. As 2 beak, ^ book. \ hatA. J fall. JP i ' i I . I tale, 'f mule, l "~ s dime, l^S dumb. 1 dan. J toil C n ' When two vowels occur between two stei \ \ S always \ -Inrtina-terf \ writing the ^f 1 v v~ ' w~- ia, , the - C^. CK r / y ^^^T 7 I 'n \\ -V.-ti- ^ / 14 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND X. l> 1.5..!.. UmLJLEJLl JLJLEJlX.iL&Ji-a.S. SEC. 16. As the sounds V- the coalescents__I\ _.nev..er... occur exeept before voweli expedient to represent their sounds ik \ .is very.. of ten found ^ combination with the vowels which giving such vowels a peculiar The signs used for representing. combination with \ the twelve simple vowels_^>iobtained__\_dividing a small circle perpendicularly, thus: cL The left half_^_ihe circle r \ \ -v represents .the I vowels preceded ... \ the sound v- i and \ the right half represents the M vowels preceded N the sound 1 ^. ^- the signs for the long vowels V/ the short Towels light. The signs used for representing (^ the twelT^: simle vowels ^ obtained \ combination with. dividing a small circle and the senta the I vowels preceded \ the sound. \ ^t upper, half the ^J) vowels preceded \ the sound ^ f*~ sign.s....f or., the long vowels .... >*!<.. made heavy, and for the short . ~C" vowels light, a.s ^-^ th* fc MM*. the WAY S E R I E S. Y A Y SI : R i E s. LONG SHORT LONG SHORT ACE. ACE, ACE. WE IN WE e WA IK 1AY c WAH IN MFT c WJ IN WIT. c WE IN WT c WA IN WAG u YJ IN YE ^ YA IN ZEA u YAH IN Y^RN uYJ IN iLlE IN YJ2T. ^XA IN IAM. ACE. ACE. 3WAU IN YL&JX 3 WO IN WOE 3 1SO_ IN MIT :>WU IK WON YAW IN YAWN n YO IN YjQKE nYQ IN YON oYU INiQIJNG ACE. 3 WOO IN WOO J WOO IN WOOD IQQ IN "YOO IN ^UE MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 15 SEC. 17 . . The improper diphthongs V. the ^the left ^ either toward the righ _the_ .series point either toward the > _A series point .and those V. .the bott the ^ with on t regard to the directio A5 ^ 1 are written. f^' Amelia with folio was -' ) always the stems to whi assuage .young. thwack *f~ Vv/ well c. . . , _y wishj j use r ( unwell f J^~$ Julia. SEC . 18 . When ) is the first sound ^-^ a word. \ ^ very commonly represented > prefixing the half circle^ ^.^^ to the stem which follows__r^_ such a manner as to ^c an angle _| the joining. The. \ usual way. As \ weep .is then writ-ten to the stem. " wii J-he manner ^ represente an angle to the stem_ r/ Yale ,. Yuma, As .yoke, like attached__l__ yellow, ^ Evireka, t Y^ha., *t yawl . THE A S P I .R A T E. SEC. 19. As the" sound- before a__C__^__ diphthongj r * lighl .the aspirate j_ occurs. .is very often represented. \ \ I \ I t ! written the side__^=_the_A nv ^^ diphthong which follows 7 h i t ch . V he ath Occurring before that side V- the \J) which Is nearer the beglnning__^_the stem. Occurring before a. T L ^^ diphthong^J_is placed on 16 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND that side the i stem. As_\a*L_hung, /M .diphthong which is furthest from the .haughty, 7T healthy, hitch . _ / h rf uge Hannah. V -v mnri ^- ^ SEC. 20. When the aspirate occurs before the so sounds x-s-x be reoresented \ the A^ i circle c_j Joined to the following stem. whip,. .Whitney, whiggery _whe 1m, whack wherry, ^^ that situation, however, I la usually as the aspirate altogether, the sense ^^ supplying As * N I /I Jty wheat was ^ am r i x ^"^Tr^ whip Jim, to omit THE CIRCLE FOR ESS R ZEE. SEC. 21. The sound >- ') *^"^ ) is frequently represented_^_ ,\ a small circle called the J circle t attached to a precedi .stem. The circle is Joined to a straight stem \ contrary to that V>- the hands__j^i \ > thA r*-iTen+-i rm V*. JLhe direction. a motion a clock, and to a curved stem the curve, as follows: \o S-p-S. D S-k-S. (X S-S-S. ,T~"b s-m-s. ^""^ ts-mb-s. No s-b-s. "> " S-g-S. K/ S-Z-S. 'O' s-n-s. o**^ s-ra-s. b S-t-s. P > s-f-s. ^ s-ng-s. f b s-d-s. vj s-v-s. a*/ s-zh-s. d S-W-S. / s-ch-s. ( v> s-th-s. r s-i.s. b s-y-s. /s-J-s. lo s-th-s. ^s-r-3. '^ s-h-s. SEC. 22. The circle is ^\ independently >^ the stem. That is, a circle I the beginning V^ a stem is ^\ first, then .1 MARSH'H NEW PHONETIC SHOllT'HAND 17 Y the stem V whatever vowels belong to !_ , and lastly the circle I the end__v-_ the stem, ^- there \ one.. A I is not written to a circle. I* stay, \ pass, / such, v> this, (^ south,. A sales, ~o solace impose, Sambo, *^\ Soho. f ~~ When the circle is used to represent ' ' may ^ thickened i a little on on race, < ^ > sins, - since loss, '^-^ knees, *^~^ niece. hardly ever necessary to /-rx this distinction. SEC. 23. When ' is the first consonant ^ ' a word, " \ 1 > the stem / is represented > the stem / m When ') is the first conso- \ / } ^ nant__r^L a word, and preceded > a V_ , and when ) *^ *r \ is the last consonant-^ ^ a word and followed N a l^ the stem sign, y _ y assignee, When a word contains J ^^ ' repeated, and no other conso- \^\ \ nant, one stem J -^ J mist ^ used, and that the one to which -' the C l_the word can \ written. / says. .J' assess ir ~^ "y " "*) ) uses. x size. & seizes. < saucv. representedJ\_the circle SEC. 24. When a circle occurs between two stems t ^~ the Steins form an angle their place >>- joining, the circle is turned on the outer side__2^_that angle: and ^- the stems I not form an angle their place V- joining t the circle is ^ \ ^- turned on that * of the stem which _ _ would occupy ^- _ there 18 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND were no stem it. athesism ^Missouri, ^r-t honesty. unseen. basin, rule is disregarded, however, when > departing fro: 'I v ^- turning a circle on th <> '_ misty., the awkwardness can__L_ avoide of a curved stem. _ ^_lusty, jresume. viceroy, _[ ^ causeway, ---- ^ 1 \~ J *-"" ^.repeated. _ A double circl represents the sound masses, ^^% roses, e made .-V^ on one_ f JLs attached^r. x" stem, to pieces, '** losses, J> that I repeated , wheneve necessary to make such a distinction. ^ races Kgabuses, \ abuses, O chases, / chooses. SEC. 26. A I occurring between the -two sounds -represent- \ A ' <^ i' the double circle_^acx_ be written__rl_the circle, and as ' near as be the upper, niddl lower par according to o place. squehannah SEC. 27. When the so exercise. . Q excess c ' e ' immediately followed x a red to the double circle* SEC. 28. Another ' ma; \ ^7^ circle N turning a '' -circle on the \D nossesses T . f^ exercises. n . n beginning a wo: _e! is usually prefer- Suisun, t/" % Cicero, added to a final double of the stem. successes.^ dispossesses isa MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND SEC. 29. The doable circle occurring between stems is turned - the \ manner as the circle. in / a Q ^ liable to /-P the circular form, V_*> nicely, -- _ necessity Mississippi. resist vassal EXERCISE III, 20 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND THE LOOPS. SEC. -extending the_ circle into a s~\ nt than. length. made to represent the scrands of occurring between them. '\ same the stem to which 1 and .feast. represents the sounds V ' sop, stoutest, .and. .that made a great precision is 1 ^ cost, ' 9 caused, The same loop occurring together, and desired, the /^\ may t s^ erased, <=^-razed,_- impost , _i25^_ imposed. SEC. 51. The syllable ster ^^ be represented S: \ V manner, ^ further lengthening the S\ , -J. as to extend ""I f the length V~ the dust, h_ dusty, C lust L ( instances Trtiere MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 21 the. ^-x P. art > conveniently joined.- .moustache , IV disturb. EXESCISE IV. jdestiny, the sound SEC. 54. When X. HALF - LENGTH STEMS. ^ sr^ is written I the usual length, ij is to \ read after_2L<: not, sound, *J_ aged, r determines v apt , _vjjad,__r_of t SC. 55. The__J__circle is i to a I length f* when _ \ 'I which ' represents is to be ^\ after the indicated the .length.. cheats, _goods : j disputes, ^ 3weet3 f i shoots f ^soft. The est /^x. is ^" I to a (^ length ^ . rates. 22 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND any I occurring between the ! ' (^ length and the ,^-\ ^sX necessarily- is never * ' "to V length -a '^ neatest. Jthe should generally be written in full. [ occur between a preceding_-*l^ and the L a word. y Pet, * \ naiad, i needy, ^ right, ^| Jiot A6 "I .thfl w ^ / ^Jv* SEC. 57. _ V,_^lfingths are / Joined to other /<~o when angle * circle occurs- 1_ the place >^. joiningy x ^^ when directions*. ' curved half-lengths, curving ^^ opposite vs _! intimately T .r ^-^" 8 ~ naked. \ absent/ - midnight \Z^ intended, ^_execute. other y^.. '( JLn full, , when Joined V other vacate, '. cooked. suffocate. But X, angle curvature - a curve SEC. 38. When a word v,j> be .^^-^ _be gained by_ Putnam, '1. no re as ing the .notary. .the syllable 'ted' ^^ !ded', -length, rather than the A } L>i S >J thei sounded, -o MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND a V . instances o extend a word too far line, the v^ length xr~x i g disjoined. I. *4.Ji S~^*^s words and phrases- frequent occurrence ^^ inconvenient ^^ their consonant out- lines, which ^ represented \ writing ^~~f' a portion of "L / outlines. -' snoh exceptional, peculiar ^ forms > for convenience called 'word-signs 1 . abbreviated SEC^ 4:0. The positions v~ word-signs as to the line of /-T^ be carefully observed. _ When a word represents two _more words ^^ phrase g, ^ _ for which _ ! _ is ^r^ frequently is given first, and v ' such t n ^ ^ ' connected ^* / the context determines which woj SEC 41. The omission of_ .phrase is. from frequent words ( as c7' i the student has should x be practiced V become quite familiar ^ the consonant outlines and positions of / words. There are, however, ^^.^ Gomraon words from which the I may *' ./ with *v be I and (C^_of these, althou^ti^. Strictly word-signs, as above defined, ^__for convenience been included in the following list, and ^^ to \ treated as word- signs in -' respects. The word- signs. coraraitted to /~^i^. generally very suggestive, J ' 2Q_^After studying a < ^r the learner first cover the phonographic column and try t the severa ^ MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 25 from x- ~^^~^^^ an i when he has succeed* and 'i from x vx-f^ d In ( /*" him cover the printed column, the -t^Vi-x signs c ^~/* a ( repetitions of ^ orocess will be found ^^L-. * TICK * O * AND CIRCLE WORD-SIGNS. JL_What of. ^_to, two, too. l_what the. _k_no, know, to tl ^ Qcnows, no sir, \to these. .!_! on. _i_a, an, and. 1 on the, And the. ^ the, he, him. ^ but, should. xe,__these, he is,hir * might, ought to f jwho, whose, whom, \their, there, the: ~ from. _=-_other, could* __ though, those. -^e Bothers, otherwise. we, with. _c_were, where, aself ,_a_you, your. is, his. o as, has, us, self, r are. is his. 1s as, his is. O /as is, as his, as has. \ Upon _\u_Up ,Hope ,Plain- tiff. \ Happy .^Possible -bly _\Purpose X> \Public-ly,Pub- . \ lish-ed. \Be t Bv \has as, selves. STEM WORD-SIGNS. _l_JDollar 1 Day , Defendant i Do, Advertise 1 Did / Each ~~ Give, Given. ^_-=__Go, Ago, Again-st. Good ^- If r Form-ed,Life V For / Which, Change / Much , Charge / Situate -d-tion i Half, Few V; Of, Live, Alive. Aj?bject-ed jy^To be _A_Subject-ed ^> Is to be V^ Ever T Every / Judge -d / Large , Advantage / Suggest-ed ( Have f View Avoid, Void V Thiner f Think 26 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND /As to be, \tilas to be. V>_Business It, Tine, Tali J_Take _|_JLt, Out, Took P/Satisfy-fied, Tbtsatisfactory-il; J_So,Say _\Dse, House .r^She,Wish, Issue . J Show _^_Shall ./.Usual -ly f All f Law f Lie /Lffill, Well, Lay ^ULLlow _^J)r,Recollect-ed ^- the ' b eyes, ^^\o represents, "^ witnessed, b takes, o dolla PS , ^^ whence . id for v v one >- the The | x /^ circle may / stai words ^^X \ the V ' circle word.*^- 9 v> <^ x> /^ She is with us yet. ^ ^> <<> Write to us. *. Bad as he is. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND 27 double circle the double circle. T+. i s his hat. Where is his house ? She has his note. Much as has escaped. i_Why is his name used circle wortL- word end final circl >o AS soon as James gives his note. a double circle or ia_ She is Just as fast as he is. .Pass it by. _jo_They oppose it because it is wrong. writt.en_L*length denote * the word next V is either it, the, to, o / , TV _had, context determining / yi -^ N _ ^ V" Did she buy it at the shop ? ^ I I How had they seen it ? BE _J Gk) to Shasta. .syllable ^^ either prefixed__^_affixed .enlarge ^-^ uncommon, .unimportant , 28 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND PHRASE-SIGNS. and - frequent wo rds___^_ Joined together without lifting the pen, J far o it__ be done without danger ^- illegibility. / combinations ^ called phrase_*> 1_V i_aceount__^_ their peculiar outlines _\ v~ / ar * ^\ even without ' aid of ^ *, jx~=? At last. / ^ -r oj, ^""^i They may go. T He said so. \. Important subject. H~ So you will QA You should know. 41 general rule__Vfirst word ""7 ^i phrase. proper position relative course, without reference circle word little higher ^^ lower tf~*\ required ^\ means without L changing Viv position ' second word. \ ^ ^1 position. K What did he write ?_ Not so bad. V p ^ V We have that. I Is it so ? ^ x- r SEC. 47. perpendicular I Q and - sloping * written upward ^ si better joining \ gained- * But for that he should follow you. , _ i" 7 I knew it. , J>^_s 1 I ^ For ref erred^_k _you_i ' phrase more than four -^^ ^f ive 4 _perpendicular Vr- 'line of_ v \ extending more than ^ length In ' _ jO words ^. joined together f ^ and. r ^ . 30 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAXP EXERCISE VI. T 'NO O....M.I. S S I ON S. 3EC. 50. - irords^j__phrases ^ pil onsonant outlines perfeeUy....lamiliar; aitial syllable 'ex" consonant Excited, exhibited, Exhausted,- Anxiety, ink.bottie ^.^ J Tu is your rank at this time ? generally- intervening.. P o His taxes were due. the fact that he was affectionate. r . ^ .We admit j_What next ? word -- order oin . .That was his own. _j i Could you see that act ' SEC. 52. Words which ^ merely o o ^^^ phrase ^^ 9 . even disjoined phrases been State whether it is good or bad.. In the house of representatives SEC. 55. xr-x worris may ^ fourth position relative__ k _iine L .The member from Mississippi. ! . contain none. V- _wor .whole. >tand_\^l^line of_j^ and ^-^^\ \^~^S word .Either. .words on, an .fourth position. 52 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Mary and Thomas each wrote and i think I see a spot on ..thai sheet. ^* .A boy that steals mist be a bad boy. line ^ AShe and I sent a note , which was lost , and we sent another. *> i ought to know. SEC. RA. TO ^"^ of the ..occurring between words_Z_contain .preceding words very close together. seemed to think they had a right to do that. ^oJThese are some of the cities of the Pacific Coast. Jiost of the houses. O> f\ /" *S jtSee SEC.52)__$ preceding words close together. w.ords between_Z_lto v ^ i ' ^~x oftpn \ joined danger ^- illegibility ^^j o_^ -O y It is to be seen whether that is a bed of rosesV .Ip r J^ *l < ^\ We ad 214 *' At that is. to say, we shall / -t"N make no attempt to rebut it. SEC. -.55. i__primitive word s^^~^ ^ \ sta^nd V^ context determines word Jhat is an interest which should be fostered by Aln that sentence the vowels nay be omitted 6 o\ o /-^. /** rule applies very generally \ word?^-^ ^>Q, ^ ^ ^ in rords H J. be tter_^!_ derivatives. unless_^__very diffieult_^l_inconvenient. ^* word awkward ^- _ word similar ^^ *? It is to ^ be confided to him. coa l conu- can_L_conB ,. j> -a I was unconvinced " manner c/ syllables We can see it away. ill you come back. can go. EXERCISE VII . V J a i ^ ^t y> ^ .? r hernit. -"X ^ straight 1 tr n true* J dr " dray. / chr " richer L- jr " wager . . kr n crow. e- gr " grow. x-v japr in simper, habr number. sirr.. Rfl t ' *A ( c nur in armor, lition .H el v ^^ ^-^ ^*^ ' \ f i x . ^ \ ~x -1 beginning circle ' i ^i curved Nf ' iP / "N '^^ berrinninR; Inner of ' curve / i as in the following tai \ pi in jalay. P 1 tl " title. )le. ^L fl in fly. V- vl evil. \ thl * bethel. ( thi Drothel. C 11 in Q ^nl " fXwl -_Lhl tnpound sf~r lullaby. marl, animal. 1 di idle. final. . / chl n Rachel. ZL jl angel. _c Ja " clue. _s- gl " glue . ^p^^ f dpi . ample . ^^^\. ) ^.^. in * C * SEC. 60. ^ ) Z_sl tassel. _Z_zl " hazel. -^ shl * partial. f angle, welcome. tn f " n c simcle ^ 7 ~~b x. i Try, ^. Plow , ^ Apples j o>^ Circle T Amber, .> Armor. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND distinct joining often better \ Prav ,_l_Spray j^-o \ Disagreeable t Unfortunate partially r. x Boiler Jb=_Tiger, Visible , L^_Valor, MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND 37 V jorder_^_rendec_:l_praot ioable c _vooalization_ 1st. V V ^i between i ^~N before compound. ^ re fRailway , *, L_till , 1 Tell , XL Very, ,_i -Impair, .Calumny , Sheriff, J)elicate. 3rd. 1 \ i d i pht hongs \-^1 i ^ ^. ^ | ,/ dinhthon?a V.^ ' ' jL .distinguish _3L>Vords , *\ Power ^ ^9^- 4+~^ More *" ill , Secure *_ifL_Ooours , -Remorse +. Jinpire. ^ . Jlorae,. . c ompounds___^^_i ^ have. Rhymester, Mobbed. SEC. 65. HWIM^HM ^r,_Il TL Higher, _ "^ Longer, Former. or without board. 'C .\Vhat are you about? jg/*" > Rnoma to let, with Remember our contract. o) '^ r her ^--^^ 51 <^" ? ^ prevent ndstakenA our . ' ^^ _L_al.\Vhen she replied I saw her c\ smile. ^^ | \> >o She may do her best. lanner.all ^ will Prom all this. \ They will tell y6u. rhy will you go? _ SEC.86. ^ ^ 'f~ L-Q q {u _2_It looks _That may be really as though it were all in writing.. ^r^\ all right at any rate. l_s What will you reply to all that? 58 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND EL-HOOK AND E R - HO OK WORD. SIGNS Addition . principles explained; - __A_Pe rfect-ed-ly. _J\_ Proper- ly-ty. __j_People. Particular-ly. cv^ Pruetiei* . _^_^Principal- ly-ple _ Belong-ed. P At least. !l__During. i L_Deliver-ed-y. ifficult-y. I Declare-d. /Children. c Califnrnia.,Cfl.ll. c Christian-ity. c Already, All righ, ^ Railroad. ^ World. ^~ Aeeording-ly, ^ Mr*. jEHLjDe s c r ibe -d. Calculate-d. .^~^ Million. Marine i*. * with regard. . .X Pie a s ure . -A Familiar-ly-ity. Ji Little. ^ Whilst. ^ Remark-ed-able-y tf~\ Number, : : o: : EXERCISE VIII. f4A4 ^ I .' 1 V V 7 ^<~S *> f a '* M.. <\' ' -4 ^_ '" r -v- ;.t. - X) _ X> -1. - ft. . J^ MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 39 *-* \ I A. r 4-9 THE WAY AND YAY HOP K S. dition _be ginning. r. rice,. . Queer ,__l_Q.uit ,__A__JPueblo , . _Buena Vista, ^ZZbnfliiickly* Earthquake, .Rewarded, Qualm. VA N .beginning. .Pah Ute. SEC. 68. Wbat 1 - < ^ i> Are we to make anything ) "r* Can you state 40 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND by what person the inquest was held ? Before you go are you willing to sign it ? At what tiiae are your papers to be ready ?. p " By your squeezing and twisting the cat's' tail with your tweezers, you made her squall. ADDITION OF E_N. SEC, 69.. after V P^ 'I -^ .Queen,. _af t e r__i__curve d_ f Runner, " Twine T *\ _Spain, V _tumed. <-(> V> .curve , 1 .Then, Llan. C- / Vj Thrown, ^^ Shine. ^^v ^ ^c \ ^~Z Tmpugn. .cannot \ ) I "V T- Ruin, ^^ xn Renew \ ^-nf ^ ^ St ^ LOT Jj)ances, JlMstaacea, ___^i___U Pays ,__ Pains , Quinces, SEC. 71.. . Grande st , ^ lend, " Wants, .^Attends T ^ Lands, mainder, Tnyng^Pd. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 41 SEC. 72. "N...^I rf ?* ^ \ ^^. ^\ ^ c^ : ^S .^\ ^^ ^ ^"- k-J > ..h-i^ij r ^j ^ ^ cX-> (conmon^y o ^ spelled 'tion', "sion? "elai -Nt> Possess , ^2. Possessioi ""X V TT a* Hessian, Inpositic }.", .eta.) ^.Pass, ^.Passion, i, V pi??t, n. ff Pension. ft f!omnnsation- V_ Mas o n, o* Hagten, ^ Johnson, f^Tanston, * T.istep, ^^^ \^ ^ -i V^? V ,^H, ] 4~iJ< on,' v>^ Pinion, CL Alienation, r*> .Condit ion , di_At tentic SEC. 73. One i , i Own i < in, T~" Wisconsin, y^ Foundation, o W~ i '' L V. v) \vf\t one ? ^^ Of our own. ^X^.^x 1 time. 9 Tt ^^^^ S~~b \ '^^f r 1 Not* i^ ^~~^ ^ * j, y k y, Wl-iy pnt? j Do notv It will nol. SEC. 74- a>^-h , .. ^ ^^-^ o S* tieginning ^^i^^^^ j 6^0 Mn . ^7r / r~\ Z~*\- c ^/ rt i/' x> . i ^ . <\ 1 -/ o v "incon* "uncnn* _ 'eon 1 * ^X ' 10 lfj * Tnnon.?''rff*", - tTly. E N - K K WORD-SIGNS. A M One , Known , iS & neral-ly ** With referenoe(to) _X .ftp'ipinn / Ii 42 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SIlORT-HAND erfect ion, Por- tion, Ope rat ion. _jfi_0bjection _^P Subjection '. Behind, Be not. v Taken j Cireumstaatial-ly P Circumstance ___Satisf action P _r_Between r _2^JDe live ranee Did not 1 Unconsidered _3L_Situation J/Jteligion a e _ent leman-men .Question J2uestionable-bly t -Consequence .Consequent .Description Calculation (- (Acquaint -ed, (Acquaint ance . _Be gin-ning , Organ ..Begun Began gins, Organs, prganize. G Organizat ion _ ^Recollection. solution s^\ ptesponsible-bly iResponsibility Comnission-ed tf information, [nflamation. .In reference (to) tndependent-lj5 Lndependence [otwitustanding ntelligent-ly ___cZj[nt e 1 1 i ge nee Uniform- ly He re on AVhetuer or not .Hand-writ ing ,/ EXERCISL ,)- I S~* # \3 >b eS V --% 1 S r^ ^? H _ V. J^_Tuft, of t ever", have*. *if > or~ r half / > L Which of them was the best? L> I *,They have departed. \ \) x-O ^) / Vo ' >. That is now forever lost. s v -* Look for the other one. r*^~~\ You owe me a dollar and a half 1 ~^~ r~ SEC. 79. >v -^ 1 ^^ \ (the sense or context to SEC. 80. determine which) , S leader, P Stouter, ^ Brother, <5--. Equator Ul , v ~^_ ^s Enfcitter,_L. Flatter, ____Leader, .perpendicular. .Smother. astern". 46 MAESH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND -S- 7^ ~v.J r A i- .'Fui _ (See. SEC. 64.) r^ f ^ * I ^ V3 li x. J. Detour, ^-^^ Entire, \ .^Furtherance ox^5 s/i v / Harder, Materially, _^-^_ Nature. SEC. 82. 'Their '.'there'. -^ * they are ' , x 1 ^ t 4 ? v i \ _>Upon their own testimony. __ ^^v We shall be there if they are ready. _May be they are right. EXERCISE XI. t .r- j- =^r I V t: PREFIXES AND AFFIXES. SEC t 85 t . P ,. O ^ V _'ble'-^_ 'bly /^ f ) ^ (/ Sensible -(bly) J* Attainable \ Jnac count able, ^~^^\ Insensible T >X ^frv Impassible. ^ -V*. P r ^ MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 47 ^A Profitableness, "\ Accountableness, ^^~\ Reasonableness. *\ r \ 5 - =. I |w \ b \ t ^ it- ^ V^> Oortunity f~ ^Qualit* t y ity- ^> Opportunity, I cy . ^^ ^o Flinty, n PrnpriPty t ^ integrity, _ i_Majority. ^V ^ *-* 3 T \- c > _2_Charityi > '*~ Guilty, c^ Equity, Authority. /O _* de oon* * de com* L 'riisnnn " V- V ^- ^ (See SEC. 60) l\^ Decompose, PO^ Disconsolate , V Diseonmode, / 9 - I r f i / V ,b > , J \^ >O> j 3 V ^^ 'ologist*. V Geological researches. / - v Wiggin Smith & Co. - 2 - dHorse Company. ' r< /. p \ . ,^ v, xhe photographer's views do not show its geographical position. ^ L You may write it stenographically. V^ > \ " -T , P ^ "fftf" ^^fore'--^ Jo ~ 4- /^ & Vp Aforesaid, KT" Forgive ,_\s=_Forget, 1 ^Forewarned is forearmed. 48 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Jfull_ Painful, _L_ Graceful, 3L_Spoonful. His conduct was manful. ^ P C J ^ . Whensoever, \ o To ourselves,. .From ourselves, ^ 'ship" _ soever 1 _>_What soever. ,. Whithersoever. > 'selves". Of ourselves. ^- P\) <\ C .k ship"._Zpriendship, ^ ^Lordship%^ Anxiously expected, _ "nis conduct was grossly licentious. pe ly lessness*. ^n Xarelessness, " Heediessness T ^ ^ I ^ L * circum^ P^. magni 1 . magnan* . . 57) Circumference 'magna' , j* Magnificently , -Magnanimous ly . (JP ^^- a ingnn g y 'uncon* ,. (See SEC. 57.) .C JLinter ^ enter" , ^1- .Jb In - troduction, Interspersed, J* Entertain, Interpose, ___^l_o__ Enterprise. f -*-^ ential-ly 1 'antial-ly. v T- ~T~ ** _^ ffc The prospect of substantially securing the J presidential office is a potential consideration. 3-^ .It is a providential escape. \ MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 49 E X E R C I S E XII. VARIOUS EXPEDIENTS. SEC. 84. \ f \^ Q r Vw > r Idea, item, ^_i_Jdentify, _ I did not. " SEC. 85 \ 't- Jupiter changed lo into a cow, but lo should not be confounded with la, the daughter of Midas, who wedded Atys. SEC. 86 .nicht r -Junta,__/_ 50 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND SEC. 88. <. / .v >-V^, >> ' ** b *? S 3 ^-- =^- n v, was written between the 8th. and the izthix^y f> L V 4,700,000 men. SEC. 89. *. ( ^^ J^ 6,000 voters. S\. ^ P ? ^> ? \ V ^n is my handwriting.. > ^-^ vy v> in our' hands. _!\Jn the house .At my house. ^ And the other. ix^-^And.the reason. SEC. 90. . /v - a - x ' "' . ^ 7 ^^ , ^o ^ (See SEC. 63.) \ / Identical. SEC. 91.- X -Stranger. 11 Time af and hours went by. tera. ter time. .Prom weekHo week . P^^ rV C V T .Hours xi_ It has gone over term after MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 51 J2_ ^r hit?, rii _i2_Blac~Tc or white 1 , rich or poor, they stand * x- Q , The rain falls on the just and the unjust. SEC. 92. AJ 3^ . v^sv V y Q,. v^ O t- 1 y v 7 . ( A y^ (S^ 0. ^ h v_y \ ^9 f J23L f ^ \ / 7 ^ / ' \ ( MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 54 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND VOCABULARY. V r , -* W , TS^N C V^> fer ^L ^4^ J 1 ~ CTN ^\ ^>. /, .; X? 1 _j A ^ About \ About it \ Accept \ Accepted _=^Aceoinp any-led =>a.Ac c coapaniment. g ~ Accord ing-ly ^Acknowledge Acknowledged ~7 .Ez-.Acquainted-ance -4i Adminia te r Administrate -d, Administered. V Administration Administrator Admini s tratrix Advantage Advantage s -age ou s Advertise Advertisement Affidavit Aforementioned Aforesaid After Again- s.t Agency Agent -al [.Agriculturalist .Ah! Alcohol =: Alive f~ Alkali c l around 1 right .Almighty .Almost MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 55 \^ ^t ___JMong ^ Already QLJ^ Annihilation Astonish-ed As t onishment f At all events _| At any rate -L-a-Jlt last _f At least *r a_Atheist Jo Atheigt^al-ly I Atmo sphe re ^ 1 Atmospherical-ly ^Zlttainable ^7 Archbishop Dfrchitect-ure, \AS^ Anniversary n^so / Always t Always has been ^n__Altitude Although -"^-Altogether tfZi pAmerican Citizer _s/_Jtaiong _^_Anongst An, And And the Anglo Saxon ^s32> _^Annihilate ^^Annihilated Another Antagonism Antagonistic -al-ly ^^ Any \ je, _\^__Apportion-nient \ JU A^_ Apportioned ^ Apprehend <\ s^ Apprehension o As (f As great O As has, As is Q_O As soon as ~^ iArchitectural-ly ^ Avoid - Awe J At that time ^ Body _!^Bombast \ Bombastic ^L , BP"lha Contra Costa Co. Railroad Compar Q-^jCertified _^^hamber _/_Charge-d _^_J3iaracter <^_JCharacteristie, (Characteristica _H2_Characterize ^ Child / _i__Cjiil(lren _5ZU3iris t ian- i ty -EZO-Christians -ize ^^ Contrary fcounty of Contra SL Comtnig^inner (Commit-ted-tee ~*-* SJCosta. Could rotmty Co^irt iCocmon-ly ^* Comprehend -ed V Comprehension -= Cover-ed " CT^> Cross examine <^~Q Cross examination \ Culpable -bly. ^ Culpability g*" Degree f C? Delinquinciea _Y__Delinquincy illy ji ^ Comprphpnsive 7 Concomitant >^~~\ Condemn j->. Condemned A 1 Defendant l/^ Deform I/* Deformed-itv MARSH'K NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 57 f *-? Delinquent d Deliverance f I Deliver-ed-y Hemocrat-ic-allji emocracy log Demonstrate -d i^~ra Demonstration 1 * _2 Denominate -d -at i De so ribe -d JE!__De script ion Descriptive-ly L^ _d_ Deserve -d-ly-ing -iL-Determine-d-tion ' ^Each ) Eastern Cities \ Ea.st.em States *>f- (Electric-al-ly ^-^Electricity J^^Elongate _^!EI ongat i on _P_Enphatic _^__Embody-ied __VJEndeavor ^V Endeavored ^~ Pamiliar-ly \J Dave lope -d-ment L_L_Distinot-ly-tion v Devolve-d a\ District Attorney Ijbistrict of T~~ Vgolumbia. d District Court | _! Dollar _ j Do not J- non't 1 Did | Did it 1. * Did not J Didnt on v Different-ly-ence J_ Diffictilt-y J Downright JD ownward n 1 During n 1 Owe 11 -ing _i__Exceptionable / Eyohange -d [jz5_Exp e c t - e d ^ Extinct X-P' Exttr.oti.0n ' Dlgnify-fied-ly f Delapldate-d-atio 1 ^ i (j ^~N jDiscriminate-d, ""j Discrimination ! fr"^ Distinguish -ed E ^^ England Vs - X English ^_x Enthusiast -ic -all IQ Enthusiasm \^ Enve 1 ope C ~ Eo^ial-ly / Especial -ly _^_Es tablish -ed -\ Establlghment \ Evnept 3. _; Extra-nrdirary-1Lly _^_ Extravagant-ly? ce ^ Ever- Every i ^5 Feverish-ly 9 to Evneptinn j^ V>^ Pavorable-bly x^ February ^P Fellow Citizens l-s ^ Fever __L_Familiari ty fi Familiarization _ki_Pavor-ed ^J Pever and ague ^a First 58 MARSH'h NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND V For, Fore _^_Fo re arme d V.C5 forewarned vp For instance o A. For the first ti T Formality ( Fii C 1t r ive ^_ ~ Former C Va Furnish, ert.tnre jne_2^JPo merly G_ ' ~ Give, Given H\ Great prjtain r -r-e Glorification _^^___Gove rn - e d -me nt __3__ove rnor H '^* 1 Immoderate JjnDrove-n.ent MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 59 / j magi nation , ^ Injured vJ9 Innovat ion ^-^ Inquire-v ^^U Intimidate -d In regard (to) (place. 1 Intolerable-bly ^ Into le rant -ly Intoxicate-d "^ Intoxfta-tion \^> Invasion ? L( Instructive U Tn?t"'"ti V"ly ^*~ Tnv 1 v* I_^_Invo 1 ved A Iowa *^ ^Insubordinate -ly ^Insubordination ^ Insult ^ Irregularly ^^ Trreroverahle-hly /ii* Insulted ^^ Insurance ^/^ Insure ^~f Insure^ <^-^ Irrelevancy ^> ^ Interim ' <_xlnterna1 .ly va- Intersect-ed ^"^ intimate P 1 Tt wrlTl ^ It will not ^ It will not hfl f. Injure ^r^Jtncompe tent 60 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND / January r-** Jesus Christ Joint stock Co. Judge -d King don Knew , ^^, language _^ _ Large ti turte _Judicial-ly K .Know .Knowledge I ,Legislature-d- .Legislative-ly Length-y Lengthwise _t= / O_Majestical-ly ^^ Magistracy y) /Magistrate ~~ X-N Make ___jManner -Justice Justice of the \o Peace to Knows .Lord -Long .Longer JL Materiality ^2. Jdaxim May be >*> May be not * May be or not i -Meanwhile .Melancholy ecibe r weiaber of the VBoard. Member of Congress. of the Legislature Memoranda .Memorandum .Memory -Mexico /-^--jM -(M icroscope iscropic-al-ly Might -y \ J^ight be Might have been .Million Minister MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 61 ^pMini strati on /-v " Moderate 6~7 Mr. Chairman ~~^-P Mini s t rat e -^^' s )' Monster / ^"^X Mr. President (Ministry >/r \ b Monsters, Monstrc ms g ^ > Mrs. / Much ___liisdemeanor 1 Northeast ^ Notwithstanding ^-f ) Northeastern ^x^_ November Vp iNortheastern Now ^j< New Years JjfLdfW'fork _ No _\_0bjeot-ed ^V.Ob.Jectiojtt _V_Qb'jectionable _jj_5bservation __a_Db s e rve -d - e r - am kSf ^(states ^> Nnrt^^rn st^t^R ^\ Number <5^x-x JL-Northwest ^ OA Once more es Numbered ~^> Organs, Organize \v One hnnrirprf t* Organ iza-ti on On either hand ^ ^ "TO^ Organism c 1 On the ^/ Original -Iv-ate-d b :e On these V 7 Onslaught Other _D others, *-herwi s* .^Offspring X^ - Oh. owe ' On ^ Op-jni^n ' Ought, Ought to ^ Or Ought to have ^^ Ordinary-ily 9 Ourselves ^ On all hands -' Organ ^ 1 Out I Out of doors I ^ Once or twice b - Organic 62 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND A^Earellel *\f~ Parliament. V s Parliamentarian - \ Preponder?vtion Qaaatitj \ Qnestion 3 Quarter -y Oiiestionahle-hly _R. i ^^ Rficoiiect-ed ^^ Refer. red & "^ Recollection ^^ Reference. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 63 ^ Regard-ed .^^Regular-ly-ari rz. Relate i^k. Re levant t^\>Re le vancy SL Religion ^-o RA1TlpinhT . JUW , p ^\ ]Responsible-bly ty^^^>- Reminiscence ^Responsibility ^\. , . ROY. Dr. \_ Lonr^aRevised Statutes ^^^^- Revive-d ^~\ /Republic -an \ *\ -^\^ Revivify ^ Revolution ^ Revolutionary ^* s*- Required __Jteligious (*> .Religiously ^^^& 1 inquish - ed -i ., Remark -ed -able ^ Renarkably o=H^Sac rament o L Said to have ~~ San Francisco ^f\ Resemble ^ Revolve .d ^ Resemblea Z_ Revolver aent^_?Re semb lance -"^ Rifle -^^~^ Romanism ^^" Roman Catholic (^^^P A Resolution 7* a JL q Self ish-ly J7 Selfsame Q^j ^"^^ Single -ly-vilftr-ly _J? 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(would) You had not "You would hot. ou have ( ever ) ours, .Yourself , X" Yourse Ive s : : o : : MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOKT-HANH 67 REPOR. TING EXAMPLES r< TO ^0 \ L /\- ^T V / J^ 68 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND W U A N . % - TT* L -^Sr V^ 4\ ^r / ^r ^ TT \, ^ 1^ / 7 ^A'-V . \ r /' /_ . /T \ ^ QJ> r^. V TT \^. r~^} f 1 T k_ *7- o L =^- S- ' / n vr^ MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 69 THE ORPHANS. ,J. V7 / I \ S 7 / 70 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHOUT-HAND \ ^ Lt. > T n Q ; V ? r y, ~$ r ^ v V SL \ Vo V A. ^t C V MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 71 ^ cv/^^^V _ A r tt \ ">~~\ C ^S_o E 5 S-f ^v l^ r^ w 7 n\ i I >j LAW REPORTING. J ^4 -"t t V f- r (~ \r V V A h^-P- ^-^> ftp ^v. - ^^ vt _ ^> 74 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND / 7 r \ p TESTIMONY OF NATHAN C. PARISH. (b. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 75 {r 1 (-* c, r-^r T ) J ) y ^ t_jL L\ TC -^ T~ 5J c x \p _ ^7 rT^I |i- 76 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND ^v vife ^ c r VSL ~\ ^^ /.. ~, I / r" ' ^ W >A I 4 Y- ^^fe a )A t7 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 77 n Sn : s V ^ ^ t ^- ^r EXPERTS. #: ^T \ ^^^T \ \ H i V. C \ . h ^ 1 \ " I " Ok S *\ 'VLX *\ V^> ( \ o ^ X e 78 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND t, r^^ ^ r ffc < v V I r r \ \t=9- T" ~^T ' / \ ?s. Ni^ ^4-t^j) ox _p Q \ V ^-c ^. \> ,, L . ^ > MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 79 o t A K 9 U.I ^e 11 v " V-D 7 f 1 IX M y r \ T , / *^ ^r -X /^ I.P ^ T ry ^ 1 80 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND \ ~T V vO M\ \ XD \ . r X J\ P.. 9 5 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 81 V\ V C ^T^S *S ^ - <^ ^4- er V ,_ \ n/ u -O \. _x U v> "I J I I \ \ Jo. 82 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND \ v r * U V9 ^-t NO 4 r \ \ e . r IMMORTALITY. V o ^ c \ 7 ' 1 K " ^ . MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 83 \ \ ) \ LX fo -b- r r I V y> J 1 <^N IE! C P INTELLECTUAL ATTAINMENTS OF WOMEN V-t, ^^ r v_/- I \ 84 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND C D V MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 85 S_Q U T..H C A.R.Q.L I N. A AND M A S S AC H. U SET T ~7 jo C T X~ v 76 T 86 MARSH'S NEW PhONETIC SHOUT-HAND , ( ^ 9 V r , c r J- IF x/ -b fr -#- 4 i ^ V> ..... ::::: ((00X00^)::::: ..... \ I t r C MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 87 KEY TO THE EXERCISES. EXERCISE I Sue, she, boy, ill, it, raw, idea, array, caw, Amy, ago, vie, sigh, pay, show, bough, ale, at, roe, dewy, arrow, go, knee ; thaw, Uriah, sow, shy, pa, all, out, chew, Jew, rye, airy, fee, nay, thigh, he, Iowa, Po, Abe, hay, shoe, coy, isle, fay, row, oath, me, in, way, Esau, ash, oil, each, rue, cow, may, foe, Anna, thawey, aha, pie, Asa, Abby, issue, owl, etch, ear, cue, ma, fie, hoe, ashy, obey, illy, day, or, maw, eke, nigh, few, high, they, Bowie, use, showy, alley, dough, ally, ore, ache, mow, off, of, now, ire, arm, how, essay, up, Asia, toe, oily, my, do, jry, new, oak, hue, if, thy, ease, lee, allay, our, die, mow, jaw, Ike, any, vie, oho, ihou, imp, easy, be, daw, lay, ally, dewey, alloy, area, echo, am, eve, annoy, thew, Dow, lay, Joe, aim, view, cue, Anna, vow, Ohio, bay, faw, due, Zoe, bah, low, tie, adieu, joy, Emma, gay, anew, Eva, way, sea, embay, Uzziah, bow, loo, toy, Eddy, Ira, age, Amoy, edge, Owen, woo, say, Otto, she, eat, lie, Lewey, Addie, Ivy, ye, saw, wo, lieu, houri, key, ate, Guy, Eng, yaw, saw, ray, ado, Uri, Evoy, owing, Yule, away, sew, Noah, at. I knew my boy Eddy. How now? All well. EXERCISE II. Knock, cage, kedge, aorta, being, pipe, shabby, seaway, shallow, lag, lame, alum, ditch, reap, deny, rich, chary, Jesse, China, Jumbo, match, kith, fuel, nabob, goosey, nag, fop, newly, vagary, vamp, hay-mow, fetch, ahem, ambiguity, bony, aridity, sherry, pity, peony, shop, busy, shawl, pump, elbow, adage, tyro, teach, Levi, damp, chum, lineal, Europe, Josh, rocky, germ, rash, Casey, image, gash, Emily, folly, viva, uncouth, navy, willow, Ethel, heath, serum, needy, Jewish, naiad, Joshua, Isaac, page, ship, Peiho, lobby, bush, lath, type, Illinois, term, Josiah, deify, ark, rob, marsh, renew, meek, Jeremiah, cosy, merry, fatty, endue, gap, envy, kneel, galley, wail, gaily, foam, vivify, huzzy, vacuum, honey, tattoo, pomp, diet, impale, copy, zeal, peacock, easily, shadowy, usury, bushy, Alta, tidy, rig, autumn, shadow, cheap, chub, jail, orb, ratio, keep, aroma, cash, mug, Jerry, Eliza, lung, marrow, aunty, Fido, untie, nephew, Lar.ra, funny, narrow, worry, thumb, thump, hush, embryo, Albany, hurry, zero, idiot, hero, booth, sham, bamboo, Bishop, lady, also, leeway, Chicago, Tony, argue, wrong, mower, death, regatta, chubby, ring, Chihuahua, July, Cuba, Hilo, hoho, gaily, gaiety, gory, Israel, hawk, fudge, fang, vail, thatch, Judah, Lucy, zero, lessee, wiley, MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Lehigh, Ezra, basso, shady, baby, allude, lash, attach, bang, review, dash, rouge, chatty, myth, champ, inch, mamma, Katy, ninny, coil, inure, vowel, hump, Inyo, giddy, voyage, fetch, gore, thick, alembic, Olympic, ^Esop, Callao, boyish, revoke, beauty, asthma, tooth, shako, Ottawa, shiny, delay, lechery, chalk, Elisha, job, Elihu, catch, arid, Corea, game, mouth, infirm, thug, Estee, haul, fig, Utica, ask, liege, elegy, lily, tamp, 1 dial, temporary, judge, jury, couch, gig, Ithica, Ishmael, loyal, lamp, writhe, noisy, gang, weary, tissue, harm, avenue, assume, champoo, Bureau, Jehu, holiday, theory, nicknack, awake, enigma, fire, fury, month, awoke, Leroy, vamp, diary, marry. EXERCISE III. Bestow, researches, sob, resources, swab, despise, dismissal, Amos, Tasajara, illusive, zealously, Jason, sea-sickness, missive, facetious, hasty, theism, anxiety, Alsatia, misname, passage, Russell, imbecility, Allison, Tuesday, six, disarm, Wesley, chasing, sauce, axiom, census, facile, imbecile, facility, hassock, sausage, Nasby, Leslie, instep, razor, homicide, possum, Passaic, disguise, miscellaneous, hospice, imposes, Chesapeake, excesses, voices, diseases, gasp, nice, cousin, uneasy, sizes, vessel, secedes, assassin, embezzle, lesser, houses, resume, unsafe, mes- sage, nasty, passive, obscene, disavow, ceremonious, Jessup, dispose, gossip, skies, oxen, chosen, officer, sunset, Shasta, Cicero, arouses, illu- sory, reason, impiously, incised, unsung, possessive, music, ceremonial, amuse, mask, tassel, besom, Jesuit, gusty, vizor, sex, kissing, research, hips, schism, Lazarus, hustle, basilisk, resign, amaze, incisive, decide, symbolic, disallow, ceremony, sway, desire, Augustus, eraser, gazing, advisory, chisel, Arizona, space, Siskiyou, mislay, hussar, necessary, wisp, possessory, amass, disarray, cask, samp, desist, yeasty, sing, gaz- ing, swing, fastens, wipes, chaser, supposes, rasp, rising, wayside, nestle, miscellaneously, bosom, elucidate, dismiss, swung, task, absence, cos- sack, rice, rise, vesper, save, facing, serum, accuses, insane, lisp, recipe, horizon, mislaid, nicer, bison, gazette, dozen, raceway, sang, simply, fierce, Josephus, razor, racer, excel, vista, house, illicit, rouse, suffices, receipt, remiss, wiser, rusty, poisonous, design, sung, axle, visage, resource, variously, Alaska, vice, vies, thesis, physic, imposes, residue, Manassas, researches, insanity, reside, rises, jostle, hasp, amuses, simplicity, risky, causeless, miasma, amiss, lace, lays, laces, museum, censorious, thistle, Atchison, passing, busy, bees, buzz, receive, rescue, teasing, Jason, phosphorus, lascivious, vociferous, reminiscences, sala- cious, dusty, pomposity, Pembina, bamboozle, dampness, solicitous, miserly, Fasset, dazzle, exit, exceed. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 89 EXERCISE IV. Safest, sufficed, August, aghast, seal, steal, suffused, dabster, jests, jesters, sting, repasts, sneezed, roosters, advised, sob, stab, assists, steamer, boast, boaster, tossed, teased, deduced, sluiced, sou'west, stop, narrowest, sou'wester, nest, nasty, theist, atheist, cast, castor, disgust, masters, induced, chased, Chester, steep, shyster, balmiest, yeast, yeasty, list, last, west, Winchester, calmest, sliced, amuse, amused, waste, reduced, vests, haste, hasty, steepest, teachest, shysters, Yost, rejoiced, sail, stale, most, muster, best, sinister, invests, digests, nicest, resist, storm, readjust, amassed, amazed, nests, heaviest, lowest, lustre, beast, kissed, insist, tastes, Baxter, resist, stormy, accused, diffused, stub, incised, caucussed, divest, stormiest, tasters, custody, adduced, attest, outside, barrister, uneasiest, richest, rest, arrest, southeast, stove, dusts, dusters, seduced, barristers, stoniest, Rochester, ghosts, zest, roused, musters, mealiest, remised, molest, vast, roster, stung, aroused, worm- iest, disturbs, gazed, stiffest, disabused, stamp, tempest, sickest, meanest, minister, dampest, finest, robust, Dempster, rustiest, pessimist, dis- missed, rarest, sunniest, bombast, almost, refused, disposed, loudest, gamiest, recast, locust. EXERCISE V. Method, notes, rates, shoots, latest, Methodist, soft, safety, needed, needy, vote, veto, right, ride, wrote, ready, irritate, irritated, rotated, stood, instead, old, stopped, used, might, steamboat, imbed, hang, soothed, writing, written, wiped, deeds, assets, oldest, hottest, widest, whitest, meet, motto, put, potato, died, diet, arts, aright, basket, bottom, tasted, wasted, arrested, evaded, appalled, palate, pallid, pilot, pirate, period, field, felt, affiliate, mould, melt, salt, solid, singed, fiddle, parapet, notified, Egypt, wreathed, epitaph, estopped, pottery, shot-bag, heaped, Shadrach, rouged, beautified, battery, exiled, agitate, knelt, agitated, vested, hauled, noted, Barrett, ticket, armistice, vouched, Shattuck, matched, Enright, paged, rigid, motive, Khedive, signet, erect, endways, wide, bigot, hotel, remedied, ragged, impede, renegade, romped, vital, thumped, thumbed, fighting, imbued, writhed, charmed, pottage, estop- pel, dashed, vapid, mashed, repeat, amputate, scald, bedstead, inlet, solidly, jotted, title, remitted, hallowed, garret, entitled, amputated, thatched, embalmed, Chatham, budget, fumed, imaged, saint, docket, accent, codify, sea-weed, cataract, Gadsby, hotly, buffet, guitar, Lafay- ette, shampooed, evading, stamped, pedestal, that, stopped, desist, diseased, Patsy, gnashed, repute, purport, bustled, lisped, gullied, botany, unalloyed, adjusted, puzzled, total, hilt, titled, Parrott, emptied, ferret, modesty, dodged, enjoyed, attacked, native, codfish, musket, woodshed, stacked, headway, Osgood, farmed, fetich, elevate, pumped, 90 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND dissipate, disused, Betsy, cashed, emaciate, bedside, dazzled, beatitude, litany, botanic, eldest, latitude, wallet, hated, irritate, impeded, vocif- erate, insert, latched, Chattanooga, ratify, legitimately, ultimately, thicket, peanuts, fastened, catarrh, cottage, etiquette, alleviate, limpid, Mesepotamia, stabbed, refute, shot-pouch, initiate, epithet, fagot, befits, rasped, disobeyed, bottled, chattel, Gideon, impeached, Scottish, deceived, teapot, poetic, appetite ; gouged, casket, cattle, cotton, Judson, potash, elbowed, bestowed, excited, attached, alleged, vegetated, basked, cascades, actual, actually, misguide, insect, Bodega, deducted, wretched, chat, nugget, affidavit, arbitrate, homestead, Godspeed, leagued, vivid, dedicate, untold, lightsome, antipathy, assassinate, armed, theodolite, Aztec, yield, remote, dedicated, chariot, wisdom, remit, dumped, remotely, chiseled, heritage, Nimrod, yet, until, champed, unscathed, misused, impaled, narrowed, antagonist, remotest, harmed, calmed, camped, Antioch, stormed, warmed. EXERCISE VI. Sometimes you are right and sometimes wrong. Where is it written? Joseph gives us his evidence. He knows she is with us still. That arouses his ire. How does it seem to you? How was the sloop put about? For it will certainly seem so. It is understood that you may be a member if you so decide. I regard it as highly important. You will write immediately. He does not say it before his face. But you said so before. Give me that which is best. It is nevertheless right. How is it to be avoided? It is in his pocket. Good-bye, boys. You may be ready by that time. There is no doubt about it. What did he write you? What does this look like? You have seen this before. From that time on. The day is ended. The month was May of that year. How should this be written? You know my writing. We have no need of it. It is to no purpose, because it may be refused. It was the same in your case. It is said that she stayed by his bed- side in this city. He has said nothing about her. That is not in this State. The witness says the plaintiff and not the defendant wrote the note. He would immediately recollect me. Shall we see you at home? When should you go, if ever? We think this case is lost. He thought you would think so. When he reaches home what does he do? If you have that receipt let us see it. It was said to be so. Could you recol- lect his name? Nothing was said to me in that regard. Not that I remember. What subject was the speech upon? Why should they be evaded? I now remember about that. Could you easily see it? Of certain things we know almost nothing. Who knows what the noise is about? The tempest rages. It is possibly a good suggestion. Is not he worthy to represent us? Right is on the other side. You could not MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 91 act otherwise. Where have you seen it? Did you think you must absolutely do so? You may live to be 60 years old. Certainly, there may be some disadvantages. It was an uncommonly good company. The house is in a remote situation. We thank you for that thousand dollars. It is as much as we expect. It ought to be duly acknowl- edged. You will take no interest in it. Remember that you are the most interested, and a witness in the case. Say only " Yes, sir;" or '" No, sir." Was not he a member ? Well, right is right, anyhow. We might make some slight improvements. That is the usual form. Have you any certain knowledge on the subject? We object most decidedly. Impossible as it seems. You had nothing at stake yourself. Was it your home? Go to Chicago as soon as possible. Write it in English. That is the language best understood. Smite him on the right cheek. EXERCISE VII. The story was not ended. The vessel is thumping upon the rocks. A storm was rising. Why were you consorting with them? By this time they are weJl-nigh exhausted. Were they going to Siskiyou or to Shasta? We admit the fact, that in the navy it may be so; but not in the army. There we do things otherwise. Does he go to your meet- ings? I could not state it now. Never indulge in such luxurious feasts. That is the best way to do it. I know him well. Had you any doubt? His boastings were thought to be bombastic. It has had some effect. Looking at it as I do, I must say I think he had a good excuse. The money is not concealed in a safe spot. Our business interests in Egypt may be at stake. The mistake is made in comput- ing the interest on the total sum. Whether rich or poor, all should be alike before the laws of the State. Injustice might otherwise result. To whom were the goods consigned ? The case is about impossible to suppose. You can readily conceive how it would end. This was my last writing on that subject. If he goes on as he is going now, he can soon see snakes in his boots. Let us see how well you can jump. There is no doubt upon the subject of his written deed. Wait until the cows come home. You must not always expect the best. I can see it is necessary that some things must be changed, let it be for good or bad. Let him come in if he knows how to conduct the case. EXERCISE VIII. They said he was asleep during the whole ceremony. William made some droll remarks. He possesses, it is said, an ample fortune, which he is ready to invest in the business. The property is already declared to be his. That sort of people should not be particular. 92 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Blubber, annals, only, orchard, Richard, thresher, rasher, oral, early, Uncle Tom, official, officially, roller, jailer, mirror, gnarl, narrowly, sacred, consider, seeker, spread, sober, strong, scream, considered, con- strue, Castro, distrust, masterly, extricate, extract, abstruse, execrable, destroyed, savor, cipher, summer, singer, sable, supplies, sickle, saddle, tasteful, additional, settled, charitable, disgrace, masquerade, near, velocity, release, darkly, scarcely, care, stark, appeared, Nelson, skill, guilt, buildings, pure, cured, Savior, obscure, culpable, convulsive, dis- coursed, cursed, respire, swore, corpse, falsity, near, allure, George, north, sure, court, towards, Lord, swear. In the first place, they asked much more for it. They are still in our way. While unlocking the door I broke the key. It was said before all present. There are fewer oxen and sheep, and more horses, exhibited at our fair this year. The banker seems to be very angry about losing his check. My uncle put his finger on the place. There is no longer any doubt with regard to building the railroad; and it will be to our credit to assist in the under- taking, if we can do so. Where are they now? Is this person among our prisoners? From all we could hear we decided that you were going to act in our interest. At last it was declared that the property should be delivered to the children. He has said that he was perfectly certain such was the proper practice. The deed for the property is now per- fected, and it will be recorded. The principal difficulty was to ascer- tain what the railroad magnates claimed. The principle is at least correctly stated. It was difficult to decide to whom it really did belong. We call on the people of California as a Christian community. Mrs. Leslie's interest is calculated to be about a half a million. That is hardly according to what you at first described. She refers to the subject in familiar terms. I think his manners were a little too familiar. Whilst with regard to that, I can give you all due credit with pleasure; still, I must make my report accordingly. Now please describe that as to No. six, while you are about it, and show us how it is operated. Mr. Botts tells us there is no such thing in the world. All wars are cruel, and most wars are unjust. EXERCISE IX. Join, buskin, groan, bench, punish, quinzy, Panama, campaign, then, convenient, even, men, zone, earn, hen, finish, venom, nunnery, maniac, dine, deny, fun, funny, chin, China, convince, silence, shines, mourns, yawns, means, forensic, landscape, Wednesday, ransom, sequence, spinsters, twins, Jones, pranced, runs, towns, grounds, repents, finds, explained, demands, presidents, corresponds, responds, blindest, blandest. To some extent. Be silent. Boston, combustion, fustian, congestion, lesson, patience, passionate, attentions, condensa- MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 93 tion, physicians, missionary, masonry, suspension, ammunition, exam- ination, combination, colonization, emendation, plantation. I did not mention that. You should have been a party to it. For one, I object to that. What is the use to any one else more than to us? There we saw their imprint. None of us knew any more than you about it. Her hands and cheeks were embrowned by the sun. Do you not know something of the occurrence? It cannot be possible. You are not correctly informed about that. How unscrupulous that was. Be not deceived. Is it not so ? With hands imbrued in innocent blood! Is it not stranger than any fiction? In consideration of that, I paid the demand at once. I understand that it extends westward. The famous colonization scheme is no longer worthy of the attention of the nation. He listens attentively to my instruction. We have mentioned the circumstance of the alleged condonation of the offense. Under what circumstances the crime was committed, who can tell? You have not the means to pay him for the land. Does the gentleman, for a moment, imagine that I shall shirk any responsibility with reference to that organization? I went to attend the meeting. This reduces the issue to one single point. The piece is a sensational production. I do not know whether or not you will accept the propo- sition. State your opinion. There is no such thing as perfection in this world. Arabi is reduced to subjection; but what is behind? The evidence taken is very circumstantial; but does it give complete satis- faction to your minds? You solemnly swear, that you will well and truly try, and true deliverance make between the people and this defendant. We did not appreciate fully your situation. That gentleman is mistaken; religion was a question that was unconsidered in the con- vention. In consequence of that, the description is very questionable. Another gentleman made the calculation as to the quantity. Certainly, you should begin to organize at once. Are you acquainted with that organization? I had no reference to your resolution. Is there any doubt with reference to the responsibility of the commission? Not- withstanding his information and his opinion, we have misgivings as to that handwriting. We can obtain little information in reference to the subject. He is a man of great intelligence. They are uniformly independent and act intelligently. Hereby and hereon hangs a tale. A terrible fate is impending over his head. The man still remained seated. There is only a mere remnant now remaining. It is impos- sible to deny that the war, being fairly begun, cannot be stopped with- out a decisive battle. Had you any recollection aboat the subject generally? They are twins ; but do not let it be generally known to other people. He raised a few, but not a large quantity of quinces on his farm. The important question is, Who begins the fight; conse- quently it does not concern us here who ends it. 94 MARSH'S -NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND EXERCISE X. Proverb, five, skiff, scuffle, fever, twelve, starve, thrive, waif, wave, serf, serve, moved, thrift, gravel, drivel, cavalcade, trifle. He is above it. Leave the house at once. You should curve the stem a little more. It is above all praise. They contend against it bravely. We shall dis- prove all they have alleged. I think the mischief will easily be done. It is a fearful sacrifice, whatever may be said. Whoever says it ought to have the most excellent reasons for the assertion. He will sell five or six more, if it is possible. We are hopeful of what is in store for us. At any time do not hesitate to put your trust in Divine providence. Never equivocate, nor defame, any one. Bow down to the graven image. The speech was a mere travesty, and had a soporific effect on the audience. Did you notice the craftiness of Davison in relation to the deficit? Good-bye, Jefferson Davis! It reminds me of Japhet in search of his daddy. His arrival, however, was opportune. He heaved a sigh. The cavalier now lies rotting in his coffin. Bravery is good in a gentleman, but discretion is wiser. EXERCISE XI. Importer, murder, subterfuge, caterer, daughter, inspector, instructor, actor, contractor, reporter,debtor, scatters, brothers, stuttered, bothered, Goddard's, scattered, relator, hither, oysters, endorse, further, feature, doubter, rather, future, mother-in-law. Are you there? If they are safe in their own country they are safe here. Let us go there and witness Goddard's balloon ascension. In these northern regions wonderful things can be seen. I would go there rather than not. They have read all of Stoddard's poems. If there have been such offers made, I have not heard of them. The matter has been fully contested. You may be there as soon as any one else, and so gather the fruits of your enterprise. Most of the leather was tanned at a spot near by the slaughter-house. They ran off, helter-skelter. The whole matter is harder to understand than it was before their later extraordinary explanation. EXERCISE XII. Discernible, feebleness, charitableness, peaceableness, desirableness, plausibility, utility, faculty, notoriety, vicinity, minority, pretty, ability, agility, security, realty, reality, disgraceful, heartless, heartlessness, hardship, groundlessness, worthlessness, uselessness, magnify, uncom- fortable, circumnavigated, circumscribed. He pleads not guilty. The human body should be studied physiologically. Did he countersign that order. Whichsoever way you may turn. The benefit accrues to ourselves. We act for ourselves, and they for themselves. This is a MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 95 vicious brute. It is impossible to magnify the liberties and advantages secured to us and to posterity by magna charta. Mention his name reverently. It is not essential that it should be a financial success. The theologist studies the heavens for what he deems more important than meteorology or other physical phenomena. Oh, thou sinful man! Autobiographical sketches are mostly displays of personal vanity. It must be successful, because the arrangements are not deficient in any essential particular. The expense is quite slight. The expedition was unsuccessful, for no other reason than the impassable condition of the road. In temper the man is irascible, and will not do to tamper with. They have started a sheep-herding company, but no doubt will very soon be obliged to discontinue business. The abdominal viscera were found to be in an advanced stage of decomposition. The name is evidently counterfeited. EXERCISE XIII. I do not doubt his identity at all. We received an answer on the 23d or 24th. This is found a second time in the 9th volume and on page 64. The sun is upwards of 90,000,000 of miles from the earth. 700 men can do that work in 120 days. It was dangerous, but the passengers did not know of the danger. The captain was bent on revenge; a messenger delivered his challenge. The train sped on hour after hour, faster and faster, through village after village, and from city to city. This was constantly kept up day after day and night after night. These things occurred in the city and county of San Francisco. All these goods were shipped by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Every survey refers to the Monte Diablo base and meridian. That entire sum should be transferred to the Interest and Sinking Fund. Our rancho embraces no less than 42,000 acres of land. I built the only house ever erected upon it. They are sinking deeper and deeper in debt. The spirit-stirring song, " Everybody's Bound to Go the Union Right or Wrong," resounded through the streets day after day. The news spread from town to town. Army after army has been sacrificed. We give our readers, verbatim, the closing portion of this remark- able speech : In conclusion, my friends, we must admit that in that battle they fought us bravely. Hour after hour the deadly conflict raged between the contending hosts; but in the end the defenders of the old flag were the victors. (Cheers.) And that victory was what, in reality there can be no question about it saved the nation. (Cheers and applause. ) But, fellow-citizens, I am afraid I am exhausting your patience. (Cries of "Go on; go on.") I have been going on till I am quite hoarse, and I think it is about time, at this late hour, to go off. (Laughter.) 96 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Just one word, however, upon the subject of reconstruction. (Hear, hear.) I say, now that the war is over, and the halcyon days of peace returned, we ought to consent to bury the hatchet, and let bygones be bygones. (A voice, "Oh; that's played out." Groans.) Is it not better for us, and for this entire nation, that we should live together in unity? Do we want the people of the South always to feel that we regard them as a conquered race; that we expect them to obey our every behest, our every whim, without one murmur, without the least sign of dissatisfaction? I say, execute your Booths, your Surratts, your Wirzs, and every other man, or woman either, who maybe found guilty of murdeious acts or inhuman cruelties. Hang them as high as Hamaan, if you will. (Great applause.) But as to those who carried on the war in accordance with the usages of civilized nations, and in defence of what they mistakenly, but sincerely, believed to be the true principles of freedom, now that they have laid down their arme; now that they have acknowledged themselves vanquished, let us be gener- ous. (Here the confusion, arising from mingled hisses and cheers, became so great that the ending of the sentence could not be distinctly heard.) To err, is human; to forgive, divine. I know that this nation still mourns. I know that the scars of the war have not, as yet, been healed. But I also know that Time the great assuager will heal the wounds, and will allay the bitterness of feeling that now seems to exist. (Here a very tall man in the crowd, wearing a slouch hat, shouted, "I say, how is it about the Monroe doctrine?") The Speaker The Monroe doctrine, my friend, is well, it is the Monroe doctrine. (Great laughter. ) Perhaps it may be rather prema- ture for me to say anything at this time about that subject; but I think I may be permitted to quote, in relation to it, the words of one of our greatest poets : " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are her's ; But error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers." (Great cheering.) The Monroe doctrine, rny friend, will live when you and I, and our children and our children's children, shall have been forgotten. (Renewed cheering.) But I have spoken too long already, and now, thanking you for your kind attention, I bid you good-night. (Applause and three hearty cheers, amidst which were heard several dissentient hisses.) There were calls for many other speakers, but none responding, the meeting adjourned. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 97 KEY TO REPORTING EXAMPLES. CALIFORNIA. Suppose we were called upon to name on all the globe, to-day, the community of four hundred thousand persons most favorably placed, so far as domain and prosperity and prospects are concerned. Let a man turn the globe with compasses in his hand and hold them sus- pended, and deliberate as long as he may, I defy him to fix the point at any other place than Sacramento right here at Agricultural Hall so that the sweep shall include the four hundred thousand souls within the jurisdiction of this Society. What other portion of the earth, held by one organization of less than half a million, will compare in privileges, resources and hopes with the portion of this young, beloved Benjamin of American States, whose Autumn sack is now stuffed with grain, while the mouth of it contains a cup of gold? (Applause.) A line on the Atlantic Coast, representing the length of our State, would run from Boston below Chesapeake Bay, below Cape Hatteras, below the batteries of Gilmore on Cummings Point, to the harbor of Port Royal. And nearly the whole of the area, with this vast water-front, is one symmetrical domain, by reason of the mountains that uprear their five hundred miles of jagged whiteness in its background; the rivers that flow from the northward and the southward, fed from those snowy springs, to unite in the centre of the State; and the bay that receives their volume, rivaling in its conformation the Bay of Naples. Where else has the Almighty delivered to half a million of people such a line of eternal snow, looking down upon such opulent plains? Where else such a fellowship of temperate and tropic climates? Where else such rainless summers which turn drouths into harvests? Where else gold in the rocks, and, bending o'er the mills that crush them, peaches that mock the apples of gold in the garden of Hesperides? (Applause. ) Where else such sweeps of wheat; such armies of noble cattle on a thousand hills; such bloom of vineyards and, beneath all, such variety of mineral wealth, which only centuries to come can only tap and drain? Where else has the Almighty connected such social bles- sings with material good freedom, intelligence, schools, multiplying churches, and loyalty deliberate-principled, unconditional, invincible loyalty to the government, and the policy the freest, the noblest, the worthiest beneath the sun? (Applause.) I do not say this, gentle- 98 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND men, in boasting. It is only the honest generalization of the map of California, and of the facts which your exhibition presents to our eyes this week. In privilege of position, and in regard to resources and the future, the State of California, in the American Republic, is the most favored spot which this globe turns to the sun. (Applause.) Thomas Starr King, in his Address before the State Agricultural Society, in 1868. 'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark, Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home ; "Us sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come ; 'Tis sweet to be awakened by the lark, Or lulled by falling water. Sweet the hum Of bees, the voice of girls, the songs of birds, The lisp of children, and their earliest words Byron. WOMAN. C" Mark Twain's" speech in reply to the toast to " Woman," at the Correspondent's Club dinner, Washington, December, 1867. | Mr. PRESIDENT I do not know why I should have received the greatest distinction of the evening, for so the office of replying to the toast of " Woman " has been regarded in every age. (Applause.) I do not know why such an honor should have been conferred upon me, unless it be that I am a trifle less homely tha.n the other members of the club. But be this as it may, Mr. President, I am proud of the position; and you could not have chosen any one who would have accepted it more gladly, or labored with a heartier goodwill to do the subject justice than I, because, sir, I love the sex I love all women, sir, irrespective of age or color. (Laughter.) Human intelligence can- not estimate what we owe to woman, sir. She sews on our buttons; she mends our clothes. (Great laughter.) She ropes us in at the church fairs; she confides in us; she tells us whatever she can find out about the little private affairs of the neighbors. (Renewed laughter.) She gives us advice, and plenty of it. She gives us a piece of her mind sometimes, and sometimes all of it. [Laughter.] Wheresoever you place woman, sir, in whatever position or estate, she is an ornament to that place which she occupies and a treasure to the world. [Here the speaker pauses, looking around upon his auditors inquiringly.] The applause ought to come in at this point. [Great laughter and applause.] Look at the noble names of history. Look at Cleopatra; look at Desdemona; look at Florence Nightingale; look at Joan of Arc; look at Lucretia Borgia. [Voices, " No, no! " The speaker pauses as if in some doubt.] Well, suppose we let Lucretia slide. [Laughter.] Look B.C. ' 4 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND '99 at Joyce Heth; look at Mother Eve. [Cries of " Oh! oh! " and laughter.] You need not look at her unless you want to. [Pauses reflectively.] But Eve was an ornament, sir, particularly before the fashions changed. [Renewed laughter.] I repeat, sir, look at the illustrious names of history. Look at the Widow Macree; look at Lucy Stone; look at Elizabeth Cady Stanton; look at Frances Frances George Francis Train. [Great laughter.] And, sir I say it with bowed head and deepest veneration look at the mother of Washington. She raised a boy that couldn't lie couldn't lie! [Applause.] It might have been otherwise with him if he had belonged to a newspaper correspondents' club. [Groans, hisses, cries of " Put him out, " and laughter. The speaker placidly looks on until the seeming excitement subsides.] I repeat, sir, that in whatsoever position you place woman, she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart she has few equals, and no superiors. [Great laughter.] As a cousin she is convenient. As a wealthy grandmother, with an incurable distemper, she is unspeakably precious. What would the peoples of the earth be without woman ? They would be scarce, sir fearfully scarce. [Renewed laughter.] Then let us cherish her; let us protect her; let us give her our support, our encouragement, our sympathy, ourselves, if we get a chance. [Laughter.] But, jesting aside, Mr. President, woman is lovable, gracious, kind of heart, beautiful, worthy of all respect, af all esteem, of all deference. Not any here will refuse to drink her health right cordially in this goblet of wine, for each and every one of us has personally known, loved, and honored the best of them all his own mother. [Great applause.] THE LADY AND THE ORPHANS. AN OLD ENGLISH BALLAD. [Contributed Irom memory, by A. J. M.I My chaise the village inn did gain, Just as the sun's last setting ray Tipt with refulgent gold the vane Of the old church across the way. Across the way I silent sped, The time till supper to beguile In moralizing o'er the dead That mouldered round that ancient pile. There many a flatt'ring stone I viewed, O'er those who once had wealth possessed; And many a humble green grave showed Where want, and toil, and pain did rest. 100 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND A faded beech its shadow brown Threw o'er a grave where sorrow slept. On which, though scarce with grass o'ergrown, Two ragged children sat and wept. A piece of bread between them lay. Which neither seemed inclined to take, And yet to want seemed such a prey It made my swelling heart to ache. "My little children, let me know Why you in such distress appear, And why you wasteful from you throw That bread which many a heart would cheer.' The little boy, in accents sweet, Replied, while tears each other chase : "Lady, we've not enough to eat, And if we had we would not waste. But sister Mary's naughty grown And will not eat whate'er I say, Though sure I am this bread's her own, For she has tasted none to-day." "Indeed," the wan, starved Mary said, "Till Henry eats I'll eat no more, For yesterday I had some bread, And he had none since day before." My heart did swell, my bosom heave, I felt as though deprived of speech ; I silent sat upon the grave, And pressed a clay-cold hand of each. With looks that told a tale of woe, With looks that showed a grateful heart, The shiv'ring boy did near me draw, And thus their tale of woe impart "Before our father went away, Enticed by bad men o'er the sea, Sister and I did naught but play; We lived beside yon old ash tree. But then poor mother did so cry, And looked so changed I cannot tell, She told us that she soon must die, And bade us love each other well. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 101 She said that when the wars were o'er Perhaps onr father we might see, And, if we never saw him more, That God our father then would be. She kissed us both, and then she died, And we no more a mother have; Here many a day we've sat and cried Together on poor mother's grave But, when our father came not here, We thought if we could find the sea We should be sure to meet him there, And once again might happy be. We, hand in hand, went many a mile And asked our way of all we met, And some did sigh, and some did smile, And we of some did victuals get. But when we reached the sea, and found 'Twas one wide water round us spread, We said that father sure was drowned, And cried, and wished we both were dead. Then we-came back to mother's grave, And only long with her to be, For Goody, when this bread she gave, Said father died beyond the sea, Now, since no parents have we here, We'll go and search for God around ; Oh! lady, can you tell us where This God, our Father, may be found ? He lives in heaven, mother said, And Goody says that mother's there, Then if she thinks we need his aid, I think perhaps she'll send him here." I clasped the prattlers to my breast. And said, come both and live with me, I'll foed you, clothe you, give you rest, And will your second mother be. And God will be your father still, 'Twas He in mercy sent me here, To teach you to obey His will, Your steps to guide, your hearts to cheer. 102 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND MONTEREY. BY CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN. We were not many we who stood Before the iron sleet that day ; But many a gallant spirit would Give half his years if he but could Have stood with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot is hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, But not a single soldier quailed While round them wounded comrades wailed Their dying inoans at Monterey, And on, still on our columns kept With lessening ranks its conquering way; Where fell the dead, the living stept, Still charging on the guns that swept The slippery streets of Monterey . The foe himself recoiled aghast, When charging where he strongest lay, We swooped his flanking batteries past, And braving full their murderous blast. Stormed home the towers of Monterey. Our banner o'er those turrets waves, And there our evening bugles play Where orange boughs above their grave? Keep green the memory of our braves Who fought and fell at Monterey. We are not many, we who pressed Beside the brave who fell that day; Yet who of us has not confessed He'd sooner share their warrior rest Than not have been at Monterey? MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 103 WEBSTER'S HOME. MARSHFIELD AS DESCRIBED BY ITS OWNER FORTY YEARS AGO. The following letter from Mr. Webster describes the place as it was in the time of his first residence there: MARSHFIELD, May 29, 1842. DEAR MRS. CURTIS: You are one of those unfortunate persons who have not seen Marshfield. It would be cruel to speak of its beauties if your fate, in this respect, were irreversible; but as you may, and I trust do, cherish the hope of one day beholding it, I must prepare you for something like an ecstasy. And yet a single sight would hardly produce that effect. Superficial observers see nothing at Marshfield but rocks and sands and desolation, as one uninitiated runs his eye over the pictures of an old master and wonders what folks can see that is pleasant in such a grim and melancholy looking thing. Marshfield is to be studied. Do not come, therefore, without weeks before you. Some may tell you that its excellence is like transcendentalism, so refined and invisible as to hang on the very verge of nonsense or nonenity. But these are malignant persons, and not to be believed. And now from generalities to facts. And an old-fashioned two-story house, with a piazza all round it, stands on a gentle rising, facing due south and distant fifty rods from the road, which runs in front. Beyond the road is a ridge of hilly land, not very high, covered with oak wood, running in the same direction as the 'road, and leaving a little depression or break directly opposite the house, through which the southern breezes fan us of an after- noon. I feel them now coming, not over beds of violets, but over Plymouth Bay, fresh if not fragrant. A carriage-way leads from the house, not bold and impudent, right up straight to the front door, like the march of a column of soldiers, but winding over the lower parts of the ground, sheltering itself among trees and hedges, and getting possession at last, more by grace than force, as other achievements are best made. Two other houses are in sight one a farm-house cottage built at the end of the avenue, so covered up in an orchard as to be hardly visible; the other a little further off in the same direction that is, to the left of the road, very neat and pretty, with a beautiful field of grass by its side. Opposite the east window of the great front room stands a noble spread- ing elm, the admiration of all beholders. Beyond that is the garden, sloping to the east and running down till the tide washes its lower walk. Back of the house are such vulgar things as barns, and on the other side, that is to the north and northwest, is a fresh-water pond of 104 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND some extent, with green grass growing down to its margin and a good walk all around it, on one side the walk passing through a thick belt of trees planted by the same hand that now indites this eloquent descrip- tion. This pond is separated on the east by a causeway from the marsh and its salt water, and over this causeway is the common passage to the northern parts of the farm. I say nothing of orchards and copses, and clumps interspersed over the lawn, because such things may ba seen in vulgar places. But now comes the climax. From the doors, from the windows, and still better, from twenty little elevations all of which are close by, you see the ocean, a mile off, reposing in calm or tossed in storm, as the case may be. Here you now have Marshfield, and let us recapitu- late. 1, The ocean; as to that, when it is mentioned enough is said. 2, A dry and pure air, not a bog, nor a ditch, nor an infernal gutter in I five miles; not a particle of exhalation, but from the ocean and a run- ning New England stream. 3, A walk of a mile always fit for ladies' feet when not too wet through the orchard and the belt. 4, Five miles of excellent hard beach-driving on the seashore, commencing a mile and a half from the house. 5, A region of pine forest three miles back, dark and piney in appearance and in smell as you ever witnessed in the remotest interior. Yours, truly, DANIEL WEBSTER. LAW REPORTING. The verbatim reporting of the testimony and proceedings at the trials of causes in courts of justice has, of late years, since shorthand writing has become more gene rally known and appreciated than formerly, grown into a branch of the reporter's business of great and steadily increas- ing importance. A few suggestions relative to that particular subject may therefore be of value. A law reporter ought to possess some knowledge of law and of the forms of legal procedure, and it would seem almost indispensable that he should be acquainted, to some extent at least, with the rules of evidence. Law cases should be reported upon paper having a marginal line at the left side of the page, either what is known as legal cap or other paper prepared for the purpose, and the paper may perhaps most conveni- ently be held in a long writing-clip with the spring at the upper end, the sheets being then readily turned back out of the way as fast as they are filled. Only one side of the paper should be written upon. The reporter MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 105 should be provided with a seat at a table or desk, so placed, if possible, that he shall face the witness-stand and be as near to it as may be, and at the same time so situated that he can hear whatever may be said by the presiding judge or by the counsel. At the top of the first page of the notes should be written the name of the court, where it is held, its term, the name of the judge or judges presiding, the title of the action, its number and character, the names of the counsel appearing for each party; and next should follow the date of the commencement of the trial, and any order of the Court or agreement of counsel relative to the employment of the reporter. In jury cases, the examination of jurors previous to being sworn should be reported, because exceptions may be taken to the rulings of the Court as to their competency, although it is seldom necessary, except in criminal cases, to transcribe this portion of the report. The opening statement of the case, by plaintiff's counsel, must also be taken down, because a motion may be made for a non-suit or for dismissal upon the opening. But the defendant's opening or other arguments of counsel on either side, whether upon questions incidentally arising or in summing up at the close of the trial, need not be reported unless specially requested, and then they do not belong to the official record. Sometimes in cases of great importance which are expected to be carried to an appellate court, counsel find it an advantage to have their arguments specially reported, because all the law and facts involved are then freshly impressed upon their minds, and unless they are preserved by means of shorthand, they may find when they are called upon, perhaps weeks or months afterwards, to prepare their briefs, that many points, and possibly some of vital importance, have gone from memory past recall. All oral testimony must of course be taken down with literal exactness by question and answer, and in the transcript the language of the witness must be left unchanged, no matter how defective it may be in a grammatical point of view. Even his mispronunciation of words should be represented as nearly as it can be done. An offer to prove certain facts should be taken down in the exact words of counsel; but when a motion is made to strike out testimony or an objection is interposed, only the grounds of the motion or objection should be stated, omitting as much as possible the mere argument of counsel. Considerable dexterity is often exercised in eliminating the precise grounds of an objection from the argumentative language accompanying the counsel's statement of it; but unless that is done the transcript is liable to become excessively and unnecessarily voluminous. The rulings of the Court upon all incidental questions, together with the reasons given for such rulings, if any, and also the charge of the 106 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Covirtto the jury in a jury case, must be reported in the language of the Court, and if counsel on either side except, that fact must also be noted. In reporting testimony the beginning of a question is indicated by commencing it at the left of the marginal line, and the beginning of an answer by commencing it considerably to the right of the line, or by leaving twice as much space as for a period between the end of the question and the beginning of the answer. The beginning of a question may also be indicated by two long parallel lines in the direction of Ch, thus //, and the beginning of an answer by one such line, thus /. The following selections will suffice to illustrate what has been said on this subject. TESTIMONY OF NATHAN C. PARISH. [From the case of Moore vs. Beideman.j NATHAN C. PARISH Called for the defendant, Sworn Examined. By Mr. Felton. Q. Where do you reside? A. In San Francisco. Q. How long have you been living in San Francisco? A. Fourteen years or about that. Q. Did you know Lorin Davis and his wife? A. I did, sir. Q. You came to the country with them? A. I did or part way. Q. Do you recollect seeing Mr. Davis out in a little valley west of Larkin street? A. I do, sir. Q. When did you first see him there ? A. I think it was the last of March, 1853; I won't be certain; it was the last of March or the first of April. Q. The first time? A. The first time I saw him out there. I saw him in the city previous to that, but that was the first time I went on his place. Q. What sort of a house did he live in at that time? A. A cabin or shanty made of shakes or split redwood. I did not examine it very closely. Q. What sort of roof? A. It had a shed roof, and my impression was it was an asphaltum roof; I will not be certain either felt or covered with something. It was not a regular board roof nor a shingle roof. It was covered with something of that kind. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 107 Q. Which side of the house was the door in? A. I think it was on the north side. I could not locate the points of the compass when I went there, but my impression is that it was the north side. Q. About how large was the cabin? A. Twelve by fourteen feet, I presume; somewhere along there. Q. A very small cabin? A. Yes, a very small cabin. I don't recollect exactly the size. Q. Do you recollect a man by the name of Alvin H. Davis? A. I do. Q. Did you ever go out there with him? A. No, sir; not that I know of. No, sir; I am sure that I never did. Q. Lorin Davis was living out there? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who else with him? A. I do not know as any one; there was not, the first time I went out there. I believe Chandler was stopping there through that summer of 1853 somewhere about that time. Q. Did Lorin Davis have his wife living with him? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you recollect about any other improvements there any animals that were kept there? A. Well, he had some chickens there, some rabbits, and I think some hogs. Q. When did you go out there again? A. Well, I do not know as I can fix the time; I was out there three or four times, being acquainted. My wife went out to visit once or twice through that summer and the next winter. Q. Do you know what year? A. In 1853 and 1854. Q. Did you see him in any other house than that cabin you speak of? A. Yes; he built a house there close by the cabin, and moved into that. I was out once after he moved into that, I believe. Q. What sort of a house was that? A. A frame house I think, sided up with siding; I won't be certain. Q. How did that face? A. I do not recollect, but I am of the impression that it faced or the door was in the east end if you call that the facing of the house; I think it was so. Q. At the time you saw this other new house was there any other house in the valley? A. I believe there was one a little west of that, the other way a small house I think so. I am pretty sure there was. 108 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND Q. What had become of this little cabin? A. I do not know. Q. Was that there? A. Not when this other house was there. The Court Q. The Court understands that you speak of another house besides the one occupied by Davis. You refer to the time when the second house was built? A. Yes, sir; after he removed into that house. Q. You think there was a house to the westward of that? A. I believe there was no house when I first went, except the one Mr. Davis was in. Mr. Felton Q. There was no other house except the little shanty? A. I think so. Q. Who lived in the other house you speak of to the west? A. I do not know. CROSS-EXAMINATION. By Mr. Sharp. Q. How many brothers have you here? A. Three, sir. Q. All living here? A. Yes, sir. Q. What are their names? A. There are three of us now; one is dead. There is Ransom, Caleb and myself. Daniel is dead. He was lost on a steamer. Q. Daniel used to keep the Niantic, did he not? A. Yes sir. Q. You know Alvin Davis? A. I do, sir. Q. Are you intimately acquainted with him? A. Yes, sir. Q. You do not really mean to say that you might not have gone out to this place with him? A. I do, sir; I do not think I ever did. Q. That is you do not remember going out there? A. I do not, sir. Q. Were you in the habit of frequently meeting and associating with him? A. I was; I rented some land lived right by the side of him two or three years. Q. You were on friendly terms during the years 1850 and 1851 and 1852? A. No, sir; 1853, 1854 and 1855. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 109 Q. Were you here in 1852 ? A. No, sir; I was not here in the city, but I came into the State in the fall of 1852. Q. Were you on friendly terms with Mr. Davis? A. Yes, sir. Q. Will you pretend to tell us the different places where you have been with Mr. Davis? A. I have no remembrance of going anywhere with him, except once to Lone Mountain Cemetery. I went once with a team to carry out a load of dead Chinamen with him to Lone Mountain; not Yerba Buena Cemetery. Q. When you refer to your not remembering your going with Mr. Davis to Yerba Buena Cemetery, do you mean that this place of Lorin Davis' was there? A. It was to the northwest, I think, or nearly north may be west, somewhat of Yerba Buena Cemetery. Q. Were you more than once out riding with Mr. Davis? A. I did not ride with him then; I went with my own team and he went with Mr. Gray's team. We went to Lone Mountain, off this way to the Presidio. Q. Have you not often met him driving a team that way? A. No, sir. Q. On Sundays were not you in the habit of associating together? A. Well, I saw him every day; perhaps three or four times a day. He lived right in the same yard. Q. Why do you think you have never gone over to Davis' place with him? A. If I had I should have been apt to remember it. I do not know of any business that would have called him there. He was not acquainted with Lorin Davis. I do not know that I ever spoke with him about Lorin Davis at all, and he had no business with him. Q. You knew Lorin Davis in 1853? A. Yes, sir. Q. If you were intimate with Alvin Davis why did you not speak of Lorin Davis to him? A. I do not know why, but it is so. RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION. By Mr. Felton. Q. You took the Presidio road, at the time you went out with Alvin Davis to Lone Mountain? A. Yes, sir the Presidio road. Q. You could not have gone anywhere near Lorin Davis'? A. No, sir; no nigher than the city, I believe. 110 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND EXPERTS. [From the argument of Milton Andros, in the case of the United States vs. Sundry Cases of Red Wines, in the United States District Court, San Francisco, April, 1867.] It has been said by counsel for the defense that it is quite impos- sible for an expert to know but little, if anything, of the value predi- cated upon the taste of wines. But the defense have weakened their own argument in this particular by resorting to evidence of the same character and for the same purpose. Had they not believed in its value, they would hardly have availed themselves of it for the purpose of establishing the truth of the invoices. But the claimants do believe in it, and hence it is that you have had the benefit of the experience, observations and opinions of so many witnesses, the value of whose tes- timony depends entirely upon their sense of taste, or rather upon their recollection of it, for some of them deny that genuine Lafitte or La Rose has moistened their lips since, years ago, almost in the days of their youth, they tasted it in the caves of Bordeaux. The testimony of experts is resorted to almost daily in courts of justice. They are summoned from every art and science, trade and calling; and this fact alone is significant of the value attached to their opinions. " It is," says an eminent jurist, " within the established principle relating to matters of science, art and skill to take as facts the opinions of those who may be presumed to have such art and skill arising from the peculiar means afforded such persons by their situa- tion, employment and habits of observation." Indeed it is a legal maxim that every person should be believed in his own art or mys- tery. " Cuilebet in arte sua credendum est." Upon first impression it may indeed be a matter of surprise that one can have the sense of taste so cultivated and such a recollection of the bouquet or aroma of wines as to be able by this means to fix with any considerable degree of accu- racy their value; but is there any one of the senses or faculties that may not be so strengthened and improved by culture and practice as sometimes almost to border upon the marvelous? Examples of such culture are not wanting in the ordinary and practical business of life. Enter a telegraph office where many instru- ments are at the same time in operation, giving and receiving intelli- gence through the medium of an agent as unseen and intangible as the " viewless air," and the untrained ear will hear nothing but a confused clicking as unintelligible and meaningless as the pattering raindrops of a summer shower. Yet to the trained and experienced ear of the operator of one of those instruments such sounds and the intervals between them are letters, and he combines them into words and sen- tences, and from the sense of hearing alone reads the message of joy or MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 111 sorrow, of hope or fear that has perhaps traversed a continent or crossed from one continent to another through the unlighted depths of the sea. The blind, by the sense of touch, not only read with facility books printed in the relieved letters of their alphabet, but by the same exqui- site sense can, as it is said, distinguish colors even. On the ocean, the practiced eye of the mariner will discover a distant sail where the less experienced landsman cannot distinguish it from the white plume of a seabird or a flake of foam cresting a billow. What to the eye of the latter is only a bank of fog or a cloud like that seen by the prophet, not bigger than a man's hand, is to the eye of the former a headland, looming up clear and distinct, and sharply defined upon the distant horizon. The color of the water, too, tells him of its depth, and float- ing seaweeds mark the direction and strength of its currents. Some of the employes of the mint and the dealers in bullion will tell with great accuracy the fineness of a gold bar by color alone, and by the color and form of the auriferous dust can tell whether it was obtained from the mines of California or Idaho, or Nevada or British Columbia, or from the gulches of the Rocky Mountains in the Territory of Montana. Even while I am speaking, gentlemen, you have before you a prac- tical illustration of the wonderful skill that may be attained by long prac- tice in an art. In your presence sits the shorthand writer, who catches every word I utter, and transfers it to paper with amaz- ing dexterity in characters that would have puzzled the Champollion. To you and to me all his mysterious characters look nearly alike, but to his trained eye each curve, each angle, every dot, every line, has a certain known significance, by means of which he can reproduce a faithful and exact record of all the fleeting words that have been or may be uttered during the somewhat tedious progress of this cause. Then why may not the sense of taste be trained to equal nicety and exactness as the other senses and faculties? If one has been using it for the purpose of discovering a fact for the purpose of fixing a fact in the course of his business why may not his palate become trained and skillful as well as.his ear, or his eye, or his hands? I say, gentlemen, it is not very remarkable if this be so, and more particularly when all the witnesses tell you that such is the way and manner in which wines are valued in France. An instructive writer, speaking of the Burgundies grown in differ- ent districts that produce that wine, says: "I could not remark any difference while eating the grapes, but was assured that those accus- tomed to taste the wine can immediately decide from which vineyard it was made. The vines are old, and of the best kind; Romance. Richebourg, La Tache and Grand Rue appear to have an equally favorable aspect; but with all apparent resemblances there may be a 112 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND stratum of soil which causes the differences perceptible to experienced local tasters. The palate, like the eye, the ear, the touch, acquires by practice various degrees of sensitiveness that would be incredible were it not a well-ascertained fact. For instance, those who devote attention to it can tell whether a salmon was caught in Irish or in Scotch waters; and others can distinguish those taken from different rivers. Any one who has eaten a grouse from the southern parts of Scotland can per- ceive how different the taste and flavor are from one from the high- lands, fed entirely upon the heather berry. It is related of the Roman epicures in the time of Lucullus, that they could decide whether an oyster was from the Lucrine Lake or from Natolia." PEOPLE, ETC., vs. MARY [Extract from Judge Dwinelle's Instructions to the Jury.] It is always a presumption of law that one human being will not murder his fellow creature; and there is a still stronger presumption that a husband will not murder his wife, and that a wife will not mur- der her husband; that the marriage relation is of so affectionate and sacred a character when properly observed, by reason of association, cohabitation, love and affection, that there can clearly be implied a strong partiality on the part of the respective spouses, the most ardent desire to render each other happy, and that neither will by infidelity dishonor the marriage bed ; that the wife will be true and faithful to her husband, and preserve his and her honor inviolate. This stronger legal presumption or implication can be overcome and dissipated in crimi- nal cases by showing the person charged with the murder of his spouse has been guilty of infidelity to the marital vows by the commission of adul- tery. The commission of adultery under such circumstances indicates a state of mind from which no desire to be faithful is presumable on the part of the person who commits it, and that no restraint of the passions existed by reason of the marital relations. Therefore it is proper and permitted by law to show, when a wife is indicted for the murder of her husband, that the stronger presumption attributed by law to exist by reason of the marital relations has been dissipated and no longer does exist, hav- ing been destroyed by her infidelity and adultery. And such testi- mony is admissible against a widow who is indicted for the murder of her husband as tending to show a motive for the killing, and the mere- tricious cohabitation to establish the state of mind and feeling toward her husband immediately before and at the time the fatal injury was given. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 113 We sometimes hear intimations, which cannot readily be traced to responsible sources, that enemies or friends of persons on trial approach individual jurors and endeavor to influence their action in the jury-room against or in favor of such prisoners, with a view of procuring a con- viction, or an acquittal, or a disagreement; and to attain their object use pecuniary persuasions, personal appeals founded upon pretended friendship, or promised compensation contingent upon the result. Gentlemen, if there have been wretches in human form so mean and corrupt, no matter what position they claim or are reputed to occupy, as to approach you, directly or indirectly, in this case, be not influ- enced by them; discard their attempts with deserved contempt and dis- gust. A person who would thus approach a juror must of necessity be influenced by venal, sordid and corrupt motives, and not entitled in the remotest degree to your confidence or respect ; he would sacrifice your honor and bring you to disgrace if he could thereby realize a dishonest gain, and without remorse would boast of his success in procuring a juror to forswear himself, and be the first to brand his juror victim a perjurer. If jurors are to be swerved from duty by such approaches, importunities or influences, a jury trial would be a farce, and a verdict of a jury in a criminal case a mockery of justice. REPORTING AS A MENTAL EXERCISE If we trace the operations of the mind which are carried on during the act of taking down the words of a speaker as they are uttered by him, we. shall not be surprised that a considerable amount of practice is needed before the art of verbatim reporting can be acquired; the cause of our astonishment will rather be that still greater labor and skill are not necessary to the carrying on of a process so rapid and yet so complicated. Let us suppose a speaker, commencing his address. He utters two or three words, perhaps, in a deliberate manner; they fall on the reporter's ear, and are thence communicated to the brain as the organ of the mind; the writer must then recall to his memory the sign for each word he has heard. The proper sign having suggested itself to his mind, a communication is made from the brain to the fingers, which obedient to the will, and trained perhaps to the nicest accuracy of form, rapidly trace the mystic lines on th^ paper. Some portion of time is of course required for each of these operations to be performed after the words have been spoken; yet see, the writer appears to stop pre- cisely at the same time with the speaker. The orator still contiiiu- s in his deliberate style, and the reporter is able to write each word he hears 114 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND before the next is uttered. Now, however, the speaker warms with his subject, and changes his measured pace to one more rapid; the writer increases his speed accordingly, and notwithstanding the many opera- tions at work in his mind, scarcely is the last word of a sentence uttered before he lifts his pen from the paper, as if for an instant's pause, not a syllable having escaped his ear or pen. This, surely, is a laborious task; much more so that which follows. The speaker has finished his exordium, is in the midst of his topics of discourse, and has begun his flights of oratory. Listen to his next sentence. He begins in a low, measured tone; after a few words makes a sudden pause; then as if startled with the brilliancy of his ideas, and fearful lest they should escape before he can give them utterance, he dashes along at an impetuous rate, which he never slackens till he is out of breath with exertion. In this rapid delivery he has gained ground to the extent of five or six or more words on the writer, whom probably he has taken by surprise. The latter, nevertheless, has had to listen to the words, which were, so to speak, in advance of him, recall the proper sign for each, send it from the brain to the fingers and trace it on his note book ; while at the same time he has had to attend to the words which follow so as to be able to dispose of them in the same way when their turn arrives; and in this manner are his mental and bodily powers occupied for an hour, or it may be several hours together. It would naturally be supposed that with all this to attend to, it would be impossible for the writer to think at all of the sense conveyed by the words which he is at such pains to record; but to perform his work efficiently he must bring his mind to bear on this also, and not only endeavor to understand the general drift of what he is reporting, but to catch the meaning of every expression; for where this is neglected literal accuracy cannot be attained. The probability is that we do not distinctly hear hear, that is, so as to be able separately to identify them half the sounds that compose the words to which we listen; and it is only, therefore, by our close attention to the context that we are enabled to supply imperceptibly for few people are conscious of this mental act the sounds that the ear has failed to convey definitely to us. Hence the necessity for listening to the sense as well as to the sound of the words, as they flow from a speaker's lips. A minister once told us that in a report of a sermon delivered by him the phrase, " the siege of Abimelech," was written and actually printed " the siege of Limerick." This could not have arisen from a mistake in the written characters, for the forms of Abimelech and Limerick would in any sys- tem of shorthand be palpably distinct; the ear must, in such a case, have been in error, and the sense should have been sufficient to correct it. Every experienced reporter must occasionally have discovered MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND errors of this description while transcribing his notes; his inattention to the sense while following the speaker not having lead him to correct the false impression which has been made on the ear. As a mental exercise, then, reporting may be regarded as of the greatest utility. It is true that after a long course of practice the art becomes apparently a mechanical one as far as the taking down is con- cerned; yet at first all the powers of the mind must be brought to bear on its attainment, and they can hardly fail to be materially strength- ened by the training they must undergo. A word, however, as to reporting being a mechanical operation, as some have termed it. No effort put forth by us can be purely mechanical, since the mind is neces- sary to it. Walking and reading (reading aloud without attending to the sense) seem mechanical acts, but the mind is indispensable to them. After long practice, indeed, a comparatively external region of the mind is concerned in them, for we are enabled to think and plan operations of more interior faculties, while these outward acts are being attended to; but at first both walking and reading require in order to their attainment a strong exercise, in one case, of all the powers of the body, and in the other, of all the powers of the mind; both having been of necessity improved and strengthened by the training. It is the same with reporting, but in this case the exercise is more severe; and if even the act of writing should by practice become little more than a mechan- ical performance, the constant employment of the mind in catching the meaning of different speakers, and the bringing before the writer all the varied styles of diction in use among them, together with the exercise in composition afforded by the transcribing of what has been written, cannot fail to commend the art to all who are interested in education and in the development of the powers of the human mind. Even where the student of shorthand has been unable to acquire sufficient manual dexterity to follow a speaker verbatim, the practice of reporting will still be beneficial, since increased attention to the sense will be required, in order that when abridging a report nothing material may be omitted. A habit is thus cultivated of separating mere verbiage from the solid material, winnowing the chaff from the wheat; and though this is not the particular benefit on account of which the culti- vation of shorthand is recommended in this article, it is one whose importance ought not to be overlooked in regarding reporting as a men- tal exercise. T. A. Reed. IMMORTALITY. If we wholly perish with the body, what an imposture is this whole system of laws, manners and usages on which human society is 116 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND founded? If we wholly perish with the body these maxims of charity, patience, justice, honor, gratitude and friendship which sages have taught and good men have practiced, what are they but empty words possessing no real and binding efficacy? Why should we heed them, if in this life only we have hope? Speak not of duty. What can we owe to the dead, to the living, to ourselves, if all are or will be noth- ing? Who shall dictate our duty, if not our own pleasures, if not our own passions? Speak not of morality. It is a mere chimera, a bug- bear of human invention, if retribution terminate with the grave. If we must wholly perish, what to us are the sweet ties of kindred? what the tender names of parent, child, sister, brother, husband, wife, or friend! The characters of a drama are not more illusive. We have no ancestors, no descendants; since succession cannot be predicated of nothingness. Would we honor the illustrious dead? How absurd to honor that which has no existence. Would we take thought for pos- terity? How frivolous to concern ourselves for those whose end. like our own, must soon be annihilation! Have we made a promise? How can it bind nothing to nothing! Perjury is but a jest. The last injunctions of the dying what sanctity have they more than the last sound of a chord that is snapped, of an instrument that is broken. To sum up all: if we must wholly perish, then is obedience to the laws but an insensate servitude; rulers and magistrates are but the phantoms which popular imbecility have raised up; justice is an unwarrantable infringement upon the liberty of men an imposition, an usurpation. The law of marriage is a vain scruple; modesty, a prejudice; honor and probity such stuff as dreams are made of; and incests, murders, parricides, the most heartless cruelties, and the black- est crimes are but the legitimate sports of man's irresponsible nature; while the harsh epithets attached to them are merely such as the policy of legislators has invented and imposed on the credulity of the people. Here is the issue to which the vaunted philosophy of unbelievers must inevitably lead. Here is that social felicity, that sway of reason, that emancipation from error, of which they eternally prate, as the fruit of their doctrines. Accept their maxims, and the whole world falls back into a frightful chaos; and all the relations of life are confounded, and all ideas of vice and virtue are reversed, and the most inviolable laws of society vanish; and all moral discipline perishes; and the gov- ernment of states and nations has no longer any cement to uphold it, and all the harmony of the body politic becomes discord, and the human race is no more than an assemblage of reckless barbarians, shameless, remorseless, brutal, denaturalized, with no other law than force, no other check than passion, no other bond than irreligion, no MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 117 other God than self! Such would be the world which impiety would make. Such would be this world were a belief in God and immortality to die out of the human heart. Masillon. INTELLECTUAL ATTAINMENTS OF WOMEN. I have often wondered that learning is not thought a proper ingre- dient in the education of a woman of quality or fortune. Since they have the same improvable minds as the male part of the species, why should they not be cultivated by the same method? Why should rea- son be left to itself in one of the sexes and be disciplined with so much care in the other? There are some reasons why learning seems more adapted to the female world than to the male. As in the first place, because they have more spara time upon their hands and lead a more sedentary life. Their employments are of a domestic nature, and not like those of the other sex, which are often inconsistent with study and contemplation. The excellent lady, the lady Lizzard, in the space of one summer, fur- nished a gallery with chairs and couches of her own and her daugh- ter's working; and at the same time heard all Dr. Tillotson's sermons twice over. It is always the custom for one of the young ladies to read while the others are at work; so that the learning of the family is not at all prejudicial to its manufactures. I was mightily pleased the other day to find them all busy in preserving several fruits of the season, with the sparkler in the midst of them, reading over the Plurality of Worlds. It was very entertaining to me to see them dividing their speculation between jellies and stars, and making a sudden transition from the sun to an apricot, or from the Copernican System to the figure of a cheese cake. A second reason why women should apply themselves to useful knowledge rather than men, is because they have that natural gift of speech in greater perfection. Since they have so excellent a talent, such a copia verborum, or plenty of words, it is pity they should not put it to some use. If the female tongue will be in motion, why should it not be set to go right? Could they discourse about the spots in the sun, it might divert them from publishing the faults of their neighbors. Could they talk of the different aspects and conjunctions of the planets they need not be at the pains of comment upon oglings and clandestine marriages. In short, were they furnished with matters of fact out of arts and sciences, it would now and then be a great ease to their inven- tion. MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND There is another reason why those, especially who are women of quality, should apply themselves to letters, namely, because their hus- bands are generally strangers to them. It is a great pity there should be no knowledge in a family. For my own part, I am concerned, when I go into a great house, where perhaps there is not a single person that can spell, unless it be by chance the butler, or one of the footmen. What a figure is the young heir likely to make, who is a dunce both by father and mother's side! If we look into the histories of famous women, we find many emi- nent philosophers of this sex. Nay, we find that several females have distinguished themselves in those sects of philosophy which seem almost repugnant to their natures. There have been famous female Pythagoreans, notwithstanding most of that philosophy consisted in keeping a secret, and that the disciple was to hold her tongue five years together. I need not mention Portia, who was a stoic in petticoats; nor Hipparchia, the famous she cynic, who arrived at such a perfection in her studies that she conversed with her husband, or man-planter, in broad daylight and in the open streets. Learning and knowledge are perfections in us, not as we are men, but as we are reasonable creatures, in which order of beings the female world is upon the same level with the male. We ought to consider in this particular, not what is the sex, but what is the species to which they belong. At least I believe every one will allow me that a female philosopher is not so absurd a character, and so opposite to the sex, as a female gamester; and that it is more irrational for a woman to pass away half a dozen hours at cards or dice than in getting up stores of useful learning. This, therefore, is another reason why I should recom- mend the studies of knowledge to the female world, that they may not be at a loss how to employ those hours that lie upon their hands. Addison. SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS. The eulogium pronounced on the character of the State of South Carolina by the honorable gentleman, for her Revolutionary and other merits, meets my hearty concurrence. I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of dis- tinguished talent or distinguished character South Carolina has pro- duced. I claim part of the honor; I partake in the pride of her great names. I claim them for countrymen one and all. The Laurenses, the Rutledges, the Pinckneys, the Sumpters, the Marions Americans all whose fame is no more to be hemmed in by State lines than their MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND 119 talents and patriotism were capable of being circumscribed within the same narrow limits. In their day and generation they served and honored the country, and the whole country; and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country. Him whose honored name the gentle- man himself bears does he suppose me less capable of gratitude for his patriotism, or sympathy for his sufferings, than if his eyes had first opened upon the light in Massachusetts instead of South Carolina ? Sir, does he suppose it is in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as lo produce envy in my bosom? No, sir; increased gratifica- tion and delight rather. Sir, I thank God that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is said to be able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none, as I trust, of that other spirit which would drag angels down. When I shall be found, sir, in my place here in the Senate, or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood; when I refuse for any such cause, or for any cause, the homage due to American talent, to elevated patriotism, to sincere devotion to liberty and the country; or if I see an uncommon endowment of heaven if I see extraordinary capacity for virtue in any son of the South and if, moved by local prejudice, or gangrened by State jealousy, I get up here to abate the tithe of a hair from his just character and just fame, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth! Sir, let me recur to pleasing recollections; let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past; let me remind you that in early times no States cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God that harmony might again return! Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution; hand in hand they stood round the adminis- tration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support. Unkind feeling, if it exist alienation and distrust are the growth, unnatural to such soils, of false principles since sown. They are weeds, the seeds of which that same great arm never scattered. Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts. She needs none. There she is behold her and judge for yourselves. There is her history the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill and there they will remain forever. The bones of her sons, fallen in the great struggle for independence, now lie mingled with the soil of every State from New England to Georgia, and there they will lie forever. And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound it, if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk 120 MARSH'S NEW PHONETIC SHORT-HAND at and tear it, if folly and madness, if uneasiness under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate from that Union by which alone its existence is made sure it will stand in the end by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm, with 'whatever vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest monuments of its own glory and on the very spot of its origin. Webster. 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