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McKEE'S

New

Standard

Shorthand

Reader.

BY

L.

I. Me

KEE.

BUFFALO,

N. Y. :

McKEE PUBLISHING Co.

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1899-Entered according to act of Congress in the year

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BY L. 1. McKEE,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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PREFACE.

This work is intended to be _a _connecting link between

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the New Standard Shorthand text-book and the

begin-ce

2 ning of actual work by the student, after having learned,

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13 thoroughly, all the principles of the _system. It contains

reading matter, correctly outlined, in carefully graded

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lessons, and closes with a manual of dictation exercises

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z selected for the _purpose of giving the student thorough

practice in independent outlining.

The author has aimed to _present matter that is

practi-fe cal, not only in its adaptation to the student's advance-ment,

but, also, in thought, wherever _possible.

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TABLE

OF

CONTENTS.

PAGE. Preface 3-4 Index 5-6 Introduction . 7-8 PART FIRST.

The War That Made Us Free 10-13

Washington's Mother 14-17

Business Letter No. 1 18-19

Business Letter No. 2 - 20-21

Punctuality 22-23

Young Man, Strike Out 24-27

Choosing a Business 28-31

Earn Your Salary 32-35

The _Importance of Education 36-41

How to Get Rich 42-53

Progress in Education 54-61

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PART SECOND.

PLATE. KEY.

Benefits of Shorthand 69-72 97

Business _{Letter_No.} 3 73 100

Business Letter No. 4 73-74 101

Busfness Letter No. 5 75 102

Business Letter No. 6 76 103

History of _England 77-79 104 Declaration of _Independence 80-81 106 Centennial Oration 82-84 108 Expert Testimony 85-88 111 Charge to _Jury 89-94 114 PART THIRD. PAGE. Business _{Correspondence} 123 Printers' _{Correspondence} 125 Law _{Correspondence} 127

Street _Railway _{Correspondence} 130

Application for Position 137

Extract from Adam Bede 138

A _Message to Garcia 139

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NEW STANDARD SHORTHAND READER.

INTRODUCTION.

Before

_taking

_up this book it is

_presumed

that the student has

_thoroughly

learned all the

_principles

of the New Standard Shorthand

_system,

for it is intended that

this work will so familiarize the student with those

prin-

ciples

as to make

rapid writing

and

reading

_easy.

The articles

_comprised

herein are divided in such a _way as to make a

separate

division under

chapter

heads un-necessary.

In Part First the

_keys

have been

_placed

on the

page

opposite

the

plates,

while in Part Second the

keys

follow the

_plates

in order that the student will not be as

readily

tempted

to refer from one to the other. The

student should first read the shorthand without

_referring

to the

_key

more often than is

absolutely

_necessary. When

he can read the page

readily,

without access to the

key,

he

should then

_carefully

transcribe the

key

into

_shorthand,

taking

the utmost

_pains

to make the outlines correct in all

cases.

Thereafter,

the student should write and re- write

the same article from dictation until he has no trouble

either in

_writing

_rapidly

or

reading

that which he has

written.

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In _many instances the student will see words outlined

separately

that he had learned to

_phrase

in the text-book.

He will understand that in such cases he is to

phrase

those

words as he has learned them. If the student has learned

the

_phrasing

_properly,

he will have no trouble _; if he has

not learned

them,

it is time he did so. Until the student

has

_completed

both the text-book and the

_Reader,

and at-tained

a fair rate of

speed,

he should not

attempt

to

phrase

any but the short and most

commonly

used words.

Prior to

closing

each

_recitation,

the teacher should dic-tate new matter of about the same

length

and

grade

as the

lesson from the Reader and

_require

the student to read

back what he has written.

In connection with the Reader each student should use

the "Student's Shorthand

_Vocabulary.

"

This

_Vocabulary

contains about

4,000

words of over five letters and those

most

used, leaving

space for shorthand outline before each

word. Not over one _page of the

Vocabulary

should be

assigned

with each lesson from the Reader. After the

student has outlined the words

_they

should be dictated to

him in the class. The

_Vocabulary

work will familiarize

the student with the

_outlining

of a

large

list of words and

will be of

_great

assistance to him when

_writing

from dic-tation,

Part Third of the Reader.

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PART

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THE WAR THAT MADE US FREE.

For a time all were at _peace _; but at last a war broke

out that took more time than all the wars of the

past.

You have heard of

it,

_{it may}

be,

by

the name of the Revo-lution.

There are some old men who

fought

in that war

who are alive this

day

.

You see the cause of this war came

out of what our men

thought

to be their _wrongs.

They

thought

the rule of

_England

too

_hard,

and that

_they

should have their own men to rule them.

They

would

have _gone on as

they

_were, if

they

had

thought

that

Eng-

land

was

just

to them _; but she

_put

a tax on the

things

they

had to use. Do _you know what a tax means? It

meant,

in this _case, that when our men

bought

a

thing,

they

had to _pay a few cents more than its real

price,

and

these few cents were to _go to

England.

Of course these

few cents from all sides _grew to be a

good

sum and was

quite

a

help.

England

at this

time,

made a law which we know

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THE

WAR

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by

the name of the

Stamp

Act. This

law,

which _gave

to

_England

a tax on all

deeds,

was one

great

cause of

the wrath of our men. In all the States men took the

same

view,

so that the

Stamp

Act _may be said to have lit

the fire which in time made such a blaze. At last the

King

gave up the

Stamp

Act,

but said he had a

right

to

tax us as he chose. There was

great

joy

here at the news

that the

_Stamp

Act was to be heard from no more, For a

year there was no more heard of a

tax,

but then a new act

came. This tax was made on tea and

glass,

and such

things,

which were in use all the time. This woke new

wrath,

and

_troops

had to come out to

keep

the _peace, which

our men said

they

would not bear. Our men were

brave,

and

_they

_said,

with

_strong

hearts : " The strife may be

long,

but the end is sure. We will

fight

for our

homes,

for our

lands,

for the

right.

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WASHINGTON'S MOTHER.

The mother of

_Washington

lived on a small farm of

her _own, and was

busy

all

day

long

in

looking

after it as a

means of

support

for her children.

George,

her oldest _son,

was

early

trained to outdoor

labor,

which made him

hardy

and

_strong.

When fourteen _years old he wished to become

a

sailor,

that he

might

go abroad and see the world

.

Ho

was so taken up with the idea that he did

not,

at

first,

notice the

_deep

_grief

of his mother when she saw that she

must soon bid him farewell. She had

hoped

that he would

give

all the

_strength

of his

_body

and mind to serve his own

people

in

America,

the land of his birth.

But,

when,

at

last,

he saw how sad she was at the

thought

of his

leaving

her, George

could not bear to be the cause of such sorrow _;

and,

for a mother's

sake,

_gave _up the desire of his

heart,

though

his clothes and

_goods

were

already

on board of

ship.

Some _years afterwards there was war with

England.

George

Washington

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the leader of the American armies. When she was told

that the

_English

General and all his armies were in

the _power of her _son, her first

_thought

was for the

country.

"Our

_country

is

_free,"

she

said,

"and we are

going

to have

_peace."

_During

the seven

long

_years of

war the

good

old

lady

had never seen her son.

When,

at

last,

he was able to leave his

post

for a few

hours,

General

Washington

went on foot to the humble home

of his

_aged

_parent,

to

whom,

next to

_God,

he

owed,

as he

always

said,

his life and his fame. After

_Washington

had

been made

President,

the chief of a

great people,

he

again

went to see his mother. " I have been chosen head of our

Nation,

and have come to bid _you

good-bye,

for I shall

have more work to do than before ; but when the term of

my office is at an end I shall see _you

again."

" You shall

find me here no more, ' ' said the old

lady

; ' ' but go, my

dear

George,

and let the _grace of God forsake thee not."

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BUSINESS LETTER." No. 1.

DEAR SIR:

We are in

receipt

of _yours of the 14th

inst.,

enclosing

order for

_goods,

in

_respect

to which we

beg

to remind

you that you have omitted to furnish us with

references,

and that _you make no mention of the mode in which _you

propose to pay for the

goods.

We need

scarcely

remind

you that it is

customary

in all cases of a first order

being

given

to furnish

_satisfactory

references or to forward

cash,

and as we have not heretofore had the

pleasure

of trans-acting

business with _you, and have no

knowledge

of _you,

we must

_request

that _you furnish us with the names of

some two or three

respectable

houses with whom _you are

in the habit of

_doing

_business,

or to express your

willing-

ness

to pay

ready

money for the

goods

ordered upon

receipt

of invoice.

Trusting

you will not consider us unreasonable in our

demands,

we _are,

Yours

_{respectfully,}

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BUSINESS LETTER." No. 2.

DEAR SIR:

We

regret

very much, that your esteemed order was

not

delivered,

and the inconvenience and

_{disappointment}

caused _you

thereby.

We

_beg

to _say that we are in no _way

responsible

for the

_delay,

but that on the

contrary

we have used _every effort to secure the

prompt

execution of the

order.

Unfortunately,

for _us, it

_happens

that the manu-facturers

are overwhelmed with business at the

present

time,

and there is no

possible remedy.

We

hope,

however,

to be able to

_prevail

_upon the

manufacturers,

in this _par-_ticular

instance,

to make a little extra

exertion,

and have

written them a _very

urgent

letter. As soon as we hear

from them we will

telegraph

you the result of our commu-nication,

and

_hope

that it will be such information as will

be

_wholly

_satisfactory

.

Regretting

the inconvenience to which _you have been

put,

and

thanking

you for

past favors,

we

remain,

Yours _very

respectfully,

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PUNCTUALITY.

It is _astonishing how _many _people there are who neg-lect

punctuality. Thousands have failed in life from this

cause alone. It is not only a serious vice in itself, but it is

the fruitful _parent of numerous other vices, so that he

that becomes the victim of it _gets involved in toils from

which it is almost _impossible to _escape. It makes the

merchant wasteful of time _; it _saps the business reputa-tion

of the _lawyer, and _injures the prospect of the mechanic

who might, otherwise, rise to fortune. In a word, there

is not a profession or station in life which is not liable to

the rancor of this destructive habit. Many and _many a

time has the failure of one man to meet his obligations

brought on the ruin of others, just as the toppling down

of a line of bricks _may cause the fall of all the rest. Be

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PUNCTUALITY.

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YOUNG _MAN, STRIKE OUT !

There are thousands of _young Americans now living in

obscurity

who _possess the

_ability

to achieve honorable and

conspicuous

success if

they

would

_place

themselves in for-tune's

way. Had

Jay

Gould remained in the little hamlet

in Rockland _county that _gave him

_birth,

satisfied to live

as his father had

lived,

to eke out a bare subsistence.

America would not have had one of its foremost railroad

builders. Had Horace

_Greely

been content to remain in

the _country

_printing

_office, where he was earning quite a

respectable

livelihood, the Tribune would _never have been

born. Had General Grant been satisfied to continue in the

business started and conducted

_by

his father, in the little

town of Galena, the iron hand that

_strangled

the Rebellion

would have been _wanting

; and had the ambition of

Abraham Lincoln not taken him out of the aimless life to

which he was born, the wise director of the affairs of the

Nation, in its darkest hour, would have lived, rusted and

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While ambition is not the

_only

_{quality requisite}

to suc-cess,

men

rarely,

almost never, succeed unless

they

possess

it and in a

large degree.

If a _young man has not the

"spunk

and

_snap,"

which are but other names for am-bition,

to cut loose from the ties of

home,

from the

traditions of his

_family,

and to strive for

something

higher

and better,

obscurity

will

_surely

be his

destiny.

This is

not written to unsettle _any _young _man, but to _say to all that if _you continue for a considerable

period

in the

groove, worn

deep

and smooth

by

your

ancestors,

you must

_expect

_your lives to be

_gauged

and circumscribed

_by

that rut _; and if _you have ambition to take a

prominent

part

in the

_practical

affairs of the

world,

in _any

_depart-

_ment,

you must strike out and at once.

Hoping

for and

dreaming

of success will not win it. It

requires

action,

effort,

push

and

_{intelligence.}

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CHOOSING A BUSINESS.

As most _persons are

obliged

to

employ

themselves use-fully

to obtain the means of

support,

and as different

occupations

require

different kinds of talent and

_bodily

constitution,

it becomes a matter of moment to all who must

earn a

living

by

labor of head or hand to select such a

profession

or business as shall

be,

on the

whole,

best suited

for the

constitution,

the

type

of talent and mental charac-ter of the _person, so as to attain the

largest

amount of

success with the least friction of mind or burden to the

constitution. It is

_true,

doubtless,

that

ninety-nine

men

out of a hundred could win a comfortable

support

if

rightly

related to business or if the _proper

profession

or _occupa-_tion

was

adopted

and followed ; but

people

are

misplaced

_;

those who

_ought

to be in

_occupations

_demanding

robust

strength

and

_vigor

are sometimes

placed

in a

light

and

delicate

business,

greatly

to the discomfort of the _opera-_tor

; in other cases those who are delicate and slender are

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placed in _pursuits that demand _strength and _bodily endur-ance

beyond their _ability to meet. Parents choose for

their children _professions or pursuits which they think

are _easy or remunerative, without stopping to inquire

whether _by instruction, by mental _development, _by habits

of character there is an adaptation to the business

adopted ; one who should be a jeweler is made a black-smith

; one who should be a carpenter is made a tailor,

and one who should be employed as a blacksmith is some-times

put in _a _fancy store. The _study of _temperaments and _{phrenological} _developments would direct each _boy to the _right trade _or _occupation, where he could, on the

whole, do the world and himself the most _good and main-tain

his health, his cheerfulness and his morals.

Make

up your mind what you are going to do in life

and then do it with all

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EARN YOUR SALARY.

Some men seem to be in a state of continual dread, lest

the services

_they

render their

_employers

exceed the

_salary

paid

them.

_They

seem to lose

sight

of the fact that it is

only

by

having

the services

_rendered,

_greater than the

salary

paid,

that it is

_possible

for their

_employers

to

_keep

them in their

_present

position.

They

would not

expect

a

man of business to sell his

goods

at cost. Unless a

profit

is realized _upon the article

_sold,

no man can

long

continue

in _business, and what is true of merchandise is

_equally

true of services rendered. The

_employer

_buys

the services

of the

_employee

in order that he _may sell them

_again

to

his customers, and if he can not make a

profit

on them it

will

_only

be a

question

of a _very short time when he will

dispense

with such _services,

_just

_as he _ceases to _carry in

stock an article of merchandise _upon which he finds it im-possible

to show a margin to his credit. When men on a

salary learn that it is _only

_by

_earning more than their

salary,

that it is

_possible

for their

_employer

to _pay them,

then we shall hear less

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NEW STANDARD SHORTHAND HKADKK.

grumbling

about

_present

salaries and a

greater

effort to

increase them

_by

_increasing

the

_employer's

_{possibilities}

of

profit.

A business man was remonstrated with _upon one

occasion because he

_paid

such a

high

salary

to a certain

salesman in his

_employ.

His

_reply

was : "I care

nothing

about the

_salary

I _pay him. That is not the

_question.

That man is

making

a better

profit

to me than men to whom

I _pay

_only

half of his

salary.

It is the

_profit

I

make,

not the amount of

_salary

I _pay, that interests me." That

answer contains the meat of the whole

argument.

A man

should strive to make himself valuable in _every _way,

inside of the office or outside ;

anywhere,

in any

capacity

that will best serve the interests of the house or firm

which

employs

him _; and when he

_gets

thoroughly

imbued with the

_spirit

and determination to make him-self

a

profitable

man to his

employer

he

will,

before

long,

note that his

_employer

is

gradually

becoming

a

profitable

man to him.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.

One of the

_discouraging

views of

_society

at the

_present

moment

is,

that whilst much is said of

education,

hardly

any seem to feel the

necessity

of

securing

to it the best

minds in the

_community,

and of

securing

them at _any

price.

A

_juster

estimate of this office

_begins

to be made

in our

great

cities,

but

generally

it seems to be

thought

that

_anybody

_may become a teacher. The most moderate

ability

is

_thought

to be

_competent

to the most

_important

profession

in

_society.

_Strange,

_too,

as it _may seem, on

this

_point

_parents

incline to be economical.

_They,

who

squander

thousands on

dress,

furniture,

amusements,

think it hard to _pay

_{comparatively}

small sums to the in-structor,

and

_through

this ruinous _economy and this

ignorance

of the

_dignity

of a teacher's

vocation,

they

rob

their children of aid for which the treasures of worlds can

afford no

compensation.

One

_great

cause of the low estimation in which the

teacher is

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now held _may be found in narrow views of education.

The multitude think that to educate a child is to crowd

into its mind a given amount of knowledge, to teach

the mechanism of reading and _writing, to load the mem-ory

with words, to _prepare a hoy for the routine of a

trade. No wonder, then, that they think almost _every-_body

fit to teach. The true end of education, as we have

again and again suggested, is to unfold and direct aright

our whole nature. Its office is to call forth _power of _every

kind " power of thought, affection and outward action _;

power to observe, to reason, to judge, to contrive ; power

to adopt good ends firmly and to _pursue them efficiently ;

power to govern ourselves and to influence others ; power

to _gain and spread happiness. Reading is but an instru-ment

" education is to teach its best use. Education should

labor to _inspire a profound love of truth and to teach the

processes

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of

investigation

and sound

logic

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by

which we mean the

science or art which instructs us in the laws of reason-ing

and

evidence,

in the true method of

_inquiry,

and

in the sources of false

judgments

" is an essential

part

of a

good

education. And

yet

how little is done to teach

the

_right

use of the intellect in the common modes of

training

either rich or _poor. As a

general

rule,

the _young

are to be

made,

as far as

possible,

their own

teachers,

the

discoverers of

_truth,

the

interpreters

of

nature,

the

fram-ers of science.

They

are to be

helped

to

help

themselves.

They

should be

_taught

to observe and

study

the world in

which

_they

_live,

to trace the connection of

_events,

to rise from

_particular

facts to

_{general principles,}

and then

_apply

these in

_explaining

new

phenomena.

Such is a

rapid

outline of the intellectual education

which,

as far as

possible,

should be

given

to all human

beings,

and with this moral education should _go hand in hand.

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HOW

TO GET RICH.

[BY P. T. BARNUM.]

The foundation of success in life is

good

health ; that

is the substratum of fortune. Then how

_important

it is to

_study

the laws of health, which is but another name for

the laws of nature. The closer we

keep

to the laws of

nature the nearer we are to

good

health. Tobacco and

rum should be shunned. To make _money

requires

a clear

brain. No matter how

_bountifully

a man _may be blessed

with

_{intelligence,}

if the brain is muddled and his

_judg-

_ment

warped

by

intoxicating

drinks,

it is

_impossible

for him to _carry on business

successfully.

SELECTION OP BUSINESS.

The safest

_plan

and the one most sure of success for

the _young man

starting

in life is to select the vocation

which is most

_congenial

to his tastes. There is as much

diversity

in our brains as in our countenances. Some men

are born

mechanics,

while some have a

great

aversion to

machinery.

Unless a man enters _upon a vocation intended

for him

_by

nature and best suited to his

_peculiar

_genius,

he can not succeed

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After

_securing

the

_right

vocation _you must be careful

to select the _proper

location,

and not

_begin

business where

there are

already

enough

to meet all demands in the same

occupation.

DON'T GET INTO DEBT.

Young

men

starting

in life should avoid

running

into

debt. There is

_scarcely

_anything

that

_drags

a _person down

like debt. Debt robs a man of his

self-respect

and makes

him almost

_despise

himself.

_Money

is a terrible

master,

but a _very excellent servant. There is

nothing

that will

work so

faithfully

as money, when

placed

at

interest,

well

secured. It works

_day

and

night,

and in wet or

dry

weather.

PERSEVERE IN YOUR WORK.

When a man is in the

right path

he must _persevere _;

and _perseverance is sometimes but another name for

self-reliance. Until _you

_get

so _you can

rely

on

yourself,

_you

need not

_expect

to succeed. "Whatever _you

do,

do it with

all _your

_might.

_Many

a man

acquires

a fortune . .

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by

doing

his business

_thoroughly,

while his

_neighbor

remains _poor for life because he

_only

half does it. Ambi-tion,

energy,

industry

and perseverance are

indispensable

requisites

for success in business.

Engage

in one kind of

business

only,

and stick to it

_faithfully

until _you

_succeed,

or until _your

experience

shows that you should abandon it.

A constant

_hammering

on one nail will

generally

drive it

home at

_last,

so that it can be clinched. There is

good

sense in the old caution about

having

too _many irons in

the fire at once.

UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS.

No man has a

right

to

expect

success in life unless he

understands his

_business,

and

_nobody

can understand his

business

thoroughly

unless he learns it

_{by personal}

_appli-

_cation

and

_experience.

You must exercise caution in

_lay-

_ing

your

plans,

but be bold in

carrying

them out. A man

that is all caution will never dare to take hold and be suc-cessful,

and a man who is all boldness is

merely

reckless and will

_eventually

fail.

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Your

great

ambition should he to excel all others en-gaged

in the same

occupation.

Whenever _you find the

best

doctor,

the best

_clergyman,

the best

_shoemaker,

that

man is the most

sought

for and

always

has

enough

to do.

Every

boy

should learn some trade or

profession.

NO SUCH THING AS "LUCK."

There is no such

thing

in the world as luck. If a man

adopts

proper methods to be

successful,

"luck

"

will not

prevent

him. If he does not

succeed,

there are reasons

for

it,

although,

perhaps,

he _may not see them.

Money

is

good

for

_nothing

unless _you know the value of it

_by

ex "

perience.

Give a

boy

twenty

thousand dollars and

put

him in business and the chances are that he will lose _every

dollar of it before he _{is many} _years older. Nine out of ten

of the rich men of our

country

to-day

started out in life

as _poor

boys

with determined

wills, industry,

persever-ance,

economy and

good

habits. True economy consists

in

always

making

the income exceed the

_out-go.

The real

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comforts of life cost but a small portion of what most of

us can earn. It is the fear of what Mrs. Grundy _may _say

that _keeps the noses of many worthy families to the grind-stone.

You can not accumulate a fortune by taking the

road that leads to _poverty. It needs no prophet to tell us

that those who live _fully _up to their means without

thought of a reverse in this life can never attain a _pecu-_niary

independence.

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS.

Be careful to advertise in some shape or another, be-cause

it is evident that if a man has ever so good an article

for sale and _nobody knows it, it will _bring him no return.

The whole _philosophy of life is,first _sow, then _reap. This

principle applies to all kinds of business, and _nothing more

eminently than to _advertising. If a man has really a good

article, there is no _way in which he can _reap more ad-vantageously

than by sowing to the _public in this _way.

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for sale and he does not advertise

them,

the chances are

that the sheriff will do it for him. Read the _newspapers

and

_keep

_thoroughly

_posted

in

_regard

to the transactions of the world. He who does not consult the _newspapers will soon find himself and his business left out in the cold.

POLITENESS AND INTEGRITY.

Politeness and

_civility

are the best

capital

ever invested

in business.

_Large

stores,

_{gilt signs}

and

_naming

adver-tisements will all _prove

_unavailing

if _you or _your em-ployees

treat _your

patrons

abruptly.

The more kind and

liberal a man

is,

the more generous will be the

patronage

bestowed _upon him. Preserve _your

_integrity

; it is more

precious

than diamonds or rubies.

The most difficult

_thing

in life is to make _money dis-honestly. Our

_prisons

are full of men who

attempted

to

follow this course. No man can be dishonest without soon

being

found out, and when his lack of

principle

is

discovered,

nearly

every avenue to success is closed

against

him forever.

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NEW STANDARD SHORTHAND RKADKR.

PROGRESS IN EDUCATION.

Mr.

President,

Ladies and Gentlemen :

Every

thoughtful

man who seems to be of some use in

his

day

and

_generation,

finds it an

imperative

duty

to

watch the forces that come into

play

in the

political,

social and business relations of the

country

in which he lives.

Every

educator,

if he would be true to the

requirements

that _may

_justly

be made of

him,

must watch all forms of culture that

_present

themselves and are carried

forward,

because

they

all have their influence and _power _; and it is the work of a wise man to do what he can to

help

forward

any

enterprise

which seems to

promise,

in _any _sense, to

develop

the intellectual or the moral _power of the commun-ity.

The commercial

_college

_may be

considered,

in some

sense, as new,

compared

with some other forms of educa-tion.

I believe I can remember the time when there was

very little done in that line. But the commercial

college

has _grown to be a _power ; it absorbs a

large

amount of the

thought

and effort of the

people

of this

country

; it stands

very well towards the

front,

and,

therefore,

it is wise for

any man, who is interested in the work

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of

_education,

to consider

_thoughtfully

the function which

is

_performed

_by

this

agent,

and to bid it God

_speed,

as far as it is

doing good

work. As we look back over the

history

of education I think we are almost

impelled

to take _up the

cry of the ancient

prophet

and to say, ''

Watchman,

what

of the

_night

? ' '

Through

the _ages that have come and _gone,

education,

as a

science,

has been

passing

through

a

night.

As we look over the

history

of culture we find _very little

in the _way of a science of

pedagogics

or

anything

_ap-_proaching

it. Work has been done at

_haphazard

_; infor-mation has been

_imparted

without much

thought

as to the

effect it was to

produce,

" without much

thought

as to the

fitness of the

_particular

kind of work

required

by

the _per-_son who was to be

taught.

It is

only

in recent times that

there has been _very much done in the _way of a science of

education. We are

beginning

to think of the mental and

moral structure of the

child,

and we are

beginning

to con-sider and _agree that the school work is for the

....

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NKW STANDARD SHORTHAND READER.

boy

or

girl,

not the

boy

or the

girl

for the school work.

One of the other _ways in which we have made progress is in the education of all the

_people,

and not of a few

only.

That is one of the characteristics of the

present

age. We

hope

for

_great

_things

from the

universality

of our educa-tion

" so

great

things

that,

in many of the

States,

laws

have been enacted

_compelling

the attendance of children upon the

public

schools or some other

approved

form of school.

The

_people

of this

country

have come to believe in the need of universal

_education,

and one reason for it is that

there is universal

suffrage.

Everybody

puts

the

_impress

of his mind and

thought

and desire _upon this

_great

_gov-_ernment

of _ours, and _upon all the subordinate _govern-_ments.

Everybody,

therefore,

ought

to have

_intelligence

enough

to know

_something

of the effect of that vote which

he casts, and so we demand that there shall be universal

education.

I _may be asked what the indications for the future are,

Well,

I am not a

prophet,

nor the son of a

prophet.

I can

not look

through

the

_fogs

of

_coming

time and divine the

outlines of the

_great

events involved in

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NKW STANDARD SHORTHAND RKADKR.

them _; but I will _say of the future of our educational

system

that it is

_just

as

hopeful, just

as

cheering, just

as

certain as the future of our civilization or of free institu-tions.

If free

_government

_continues,

education will con-tinue,

and it will _grow more and more efficient and

complete

as the

exigencies

of our civilization continue to

multiply.

When this

_Republic

shall contain five hundred millions of

free souls the educational

system

of that

_period

will be as

much more

perfect

than that of

to-day

as five hundred

millions is

_greater

than

_sixty

millions. A

_great

nation

can not be maintained unless there is a

great

and true

educational

_system

as its basis. The

hope

that one enter-tains

of that future will

_depend

_largely

on his

tempera-

ment.

The

_pessimist

finds

_enough

whereon to base his

fears. The

signs

of

_danger

are _many and serious, but I

believe it is wise to dwell _upon the

_hopeful

indications and there are many of these. The ancient

inquiry

"

" _What _of

the

_night?"

_may be

answered,

as it was of

old,

"The

morning

cometh."

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ACQUIRING

SPEED.

How shall I ever attain

speed?

How shall I ever be

able to write shorthand with sufficient

speed

to

_report

a

speech

or sermon, or take

testimony

in a court room?

Such are the

questions

which almost _every shorthand

writer at some

period

in his career asks himself.

Shorthand is of no

practical

use until it can be written

at a fair rate of

speed

and the

question

now arises : How

can

speed

be attained? The secret of your success

maybe

expressed

in the two

words,

"Learn

_correctly."

If _you have learned

correctly

you will have little trouble in be-coming

proficient.

From the _very

_beginning

of the

_study

of shorthand learn to write

_everything

_accurately.

Write

every word with care and as near as

possible

like its graven

image

in the text-boook. Read

everything

you

write. Do not entertain the idea that with a few

days'

practice

you should be able to write one hundred words

per minute. Remember that shorthand is not

acquired

in

a week or in a month. Those who stand at the head to-day

as shorthand writers became such

by

hard

work,

perseverance and

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long

continued

practice.

Be accurate. Allow me to

_repeat

this because I deem it

_fundamental,

_and,

above all

things,

do not sacrifice _accuracy for

_speed.

You must

become familiar with _your short hand

notes,

and this is

what one of the

greatest

shorthand writers of the _age

has said. Without this

_familiarity

with _your

notes,

you can never attain

speed.

You must become as familiar

with shorthand as _you are with

longhand

writing.

The

beginner

should not

_try

to write

_fast,

but he should

_try

to

write

_neatly

and without a

single

mistake. A

good

plan

is

to select an article which contains 500 or 1000 words _;

write it

neatly

and

carefully

; have your teacher go over

it with _you and correct _your

outlines,

then write it and re-write it _many times. Be industrious and

_persevering.

You must not

_stop

writing

and

exercising

in shorthand

simply

because it becomes monotonous or you become

tired. If _you _pursue the course herewith outlined

long

enough,

you will attain a

speed

that will make _you

happy.

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(Plate, Page

70.)

whatever is

_commonplace,

trivial,

or

uninteresting.

The _memory is also

_improved

_by

the

practice

of steno-graphy. The

_obligation

the writer is under to retain in his mind the last sentence of the

_speaker,

at the same

time that he is

_{carefully attending}

to the

_following

one,

must be

_highly

beneficial to that

_faculty,

which more than

any

other,

perhaps,

owes its

improvement

to exercise.

And so much are the _powers of retention

strengthened

and

_expanded

by

this

exertion,

that a

practical

steno-grapher

will

_frequently

recollect more without

writing

than a _person

unacquainted

with the art could _copy in the

time

_by

the use of

long-hand.

It has been

_justly

observed,

"This science draws out all the _powers of the mind _; it excites

invention,

improves

the

ingenuity,

matures the

_judgment,

and endows the retentive faculties with

_{precision, vigilance,}

and

_{perseverance."}

The facilities it affords to the

_acquisition

of

learning

ought

to render it an

indispensable

branch in the education

of

_youth.

To be enabled to treasure _up for future

study

the

substance,

or when

desired,

(Plate,

Page

71.}

the _very

words,

of

lectures,

sermons, etc. , is an

accomplish-

ment

attended with so _many

advantages

that it stands in

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no need of recommendation. Nor is it a matter of small

importance,

that

_by

this art the

_youthful

student is fur-nished with a

ready

means of

making

valuable extracts in

the moments of

leisure,

and of thus

_laying

_up a stock of

knowledge

for future occasions. The

_pursuit

of this art

materially

contributes to

_improve

the student in the

_prin-

_ciples

of grammar and

_composition.

While

_tracing

the vari-ous forms of

_{expression by}

which the same sentiment can

be

_conveyed

_; and while

_endeavoring

to

_represent,

_by

modes of

contraction,

the

_dependence

of one word _upon

another,

he is

_insensibly

initiated in the science of uni-versal

language,

and

_particularly

in the

_knowledge

of his native

_tongue.

The

_rapidity

with which it enables a _person to commit his own

thought

to the

safety

of

manuscript,

also renders

itan

object peculiarly worthy

of

regard.

By

this means

many ideas which

daily

strike us, and which are lost

before

. . . . _,

(Plate, Page

72.)

we can record them in the usual _way, _may be snatched

from

_destruction,

and

_preserved

until mature deliberation can

ripen

and

perfect

them.

Such are the

blessings

which

shorthand,

like a _generous

benefactor bestows

_{indiscriminately}

on the world at

_large.

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But it has additional and

_peculiar

favors in store for those who are so far convinced of its

utility

as

personally

to en-gage

in its

_pursuit.

The

_advantages

_resulting

from the

exercise of this art are

not,

as is the case with _many

others,

confined to a

particular

class of

society

_; for

though

it may

seen more

immediately

calculated for those whose business it is to record the

_eloquence

of

_public

_men, and the _pro-_ceedings

of

_popular

_assemblies,

_yet

it offers its assistance

to _persons of _every rank and station in life" to the man of

business as well as the man of science " for the purpose of

private

convenience as well as of

general

information.

BUSINESS LETTER" NO. 3.

(Plate, Page

73.)

DEAR SIR :

Your letter of the 10th

inst.,

has been received. I am

happy

to be able to inform _you that the _person about whom

you desire information merits your entire confidence. Of

his financial means I am not

precisely

informed. I

fully

believe

_them,

_however,

to be

_adequate

to the

_requirements

of his trade. But of his character and habits I can

speak

in the

_highest

terms. He is

prompt

and

_punctual

in all his transactions and I believe no _person ever had occasion

to

_apply

to him the second time for the

_payment

of his account.

(107)

I am

happy

to be able to send _you these _assurances,

and

_trusting

that _your business relations _may _prove mutu-ally

advantageous,

I am,

Yours

_{respectfully,}

(Plate,

Page

73.}

MY DEAR MR. BELL :

I read in the New York Times

_yesterday

a criticism of

your

testimony

before the Committee of

Congress

. . .

(Plate, Page

74.)

investigating

the

_engraving

of _currency. I have been for

twenty-five

or

thirty

_years in

banking

life and much of

that time

_engaged

in

_handling

bills as a teller ; and it

struck me that _your

test,

and that of Mr.

Brooks,

was

pertinent

and correct and in accord with the

general

opinion

among banks as to the inferior value of the

present

issue of silver certificates in the matter of

_engraving

and

paper. These notes are issued to circulate among the

general

public

who are not

experts

and should be so de-signed

as to make an imitation of them

obvious,

even to

the

_uninitiated,

and their true value as a medium is in

proportion

to the

_difficulty

of

_{successfully passing}

their

counterfeits _upon the

_public.

Both the _paper and

(108)

ing

of this issue were condemned

by

_many

banking

_experts,

when

_they

were first

issued,

as not suited to the _purpose _;

and I think _your

_opinion

as

expressed

to the Committee

will be

_generally

endorsed

_by

banks and those who under-stand what is _necessary to

_protect

the

_public,

and whose

years of

experience

have shown them the best means of

doing

so.

Very

truly

yours,

(Plate, Page

75.)

GENTLEMEN :

We wired _you

_to-day

as follows : ''

Express

immedi-ately

one 72 in.

by

42 ft. fourdrinier wire 80 mesh."

You,

no

doubt,

were

surprised

to receive this

hurry

_up

order so soon after

shipping

the last wire and

naturally

desire to know the cause thereof. We will ease _your mind

by

stating

that itwas from no fault in the wire as our back

machine tender on the

day

tour,f

with bad _grace and

wTorse

carelessness,

unfortunately

dropped

the end of a

tension roll

_through

it.

As this is the firstaccident we have had to a wire we will take the lesson to heart