text: The G. a. Gaskell Co., Publishers. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JULY, 1886. VOL. VIII.-No. 5. A RETUOSrECT. A liltle more than ten years have elapsed since the Penman's Gazette first eaw the light of day. The initial number came from the press at Manchester, N. H., in January, 1876. It had eight pages of the same s\ze as the Gazktte today, and was as stylish in its typographical makeup, probably, as the print- ing facilities of the town would permit. Like most other journals, before and since, tlie Gazette's excuse for demanding a subscrip- tion price (75 cents per annum) was tliat it had come to " fill an aching void." Prof. Gaskell's assurance on this point was so lucid and vigor- ous that no cliance reader could for an instant entertain the shadow of a doubt as to its genu- ineness. And indeed it did seem that there ouglit to be " an aching void " somewhere on this general line of literature, whether in point of fact there was one or not. In the whole of llie United Stales and Canada, with their then fifty odd millions of people, tliere did not exist a single periodical devoted !o the building upof pen art and tlie encouragement of pen artiste. Educational papers there v.ere, with perhaps live, healthy, progressive and aggressive ex- ponents of penmanship, not one was publislied in America, if indeed in the world. II- JO Eleven years before this lime. Prof. Gas- kell, then a young writing teacher in Newark, N. J., had issued the prospectus of a journal of ihis sort, to be called the Pcutiic it's Gazette. lie sent circulars announcing his purpose and soliciting subscriptions to such members of the craft as he happened to know ; but the responses were not encouraging. What money liad been coUecled was promptly refunded and the pro- ject went over indefinitely. Two or three years after this event (in '67 or "63), L. S. Thompson, a writing master of Sandusky, O., brought out the Teacher of Penmanship. This was a rather unpretentious lit'le paper of eight small pages, conspicuously weak in its letter- press and illt tfalions, yet on the whole en- liicly creditable to the brave man who had painted his name on the banner of the first regular penmanship journal. The Teacher never had much of a circulation, and died after a fitful existence of a dozen or fifteen months In the course of a year or so J. S. Conover began the publication of the old Western Pen- man at Coldwater, Mich. The Penman had many things in common with its predecessor, but was notably superior to it in typographical appearance. It managed to attract sufficient patronage to live on for two or three years; but though it made many warm friends in the liltle circle of professional penmen, the recep- tion accorded it by the general public was such that il finally froze to death and was gently laid away by loving hands. Subsequently, Mr. Coiiover attempted to warm it into life again under tlie title of the Penman and Acconntant, but the venture paid no dividends and shortly petered out. There was no other attempt that I am aware of to establish a Penman's paper, prior to the Gazette's coming. To be sure, EIl6worth,a copy-book publisher in New York, was issuing a little sheet called the Wn'tin^ Teacher; but this was little more than a circu- lar designed to advertise the Ellsworth publica- lions, and in no proper sense a representative penman's journal. So when the Gazette opened shop and hung out its shingle at Man- chester, in 1S76, it had no competitor, and Prof. Gaskell was entirely justified in thinking that his journalistic bantling supplied "a long felt Just how long the Gazette continued to supply this want I cannot say; when I came into the office a year ago the files were very imperfect. By hunting about industriously, picking up a copy here and there, they have been strengthened considerably, but are not vet complete. The first volume of twelve num- bers is unbroken, and the last of these speaks in the most encouraging terms of the paper's future. Prof. Gaskell announces that he has been successful beyond his expectations, and makes a good many promise.^ for the future, — most of wluch, I doubt not, were failhfullv ful- Payn Quackenbos (of blessed schoolday mem- ory), D. L. Mussclman, H. B. M'Creary, C. Baylies, P. R. Spencer, the elder ; I. S. Pres- ton, the poet Longfellow, S. S. Packard, G. R. Rathbun, James W. Swank and Fielding Schofield. Preston's autograph is done up in unapproachable Italians; Schofield's is smooth, chaste and delicate enough for a woman's; Ralhbun's, bold, strong, dashing; Swank's, profound and enigmatical. An endless circu- lar extension of the surname initial "S" coils itself around the preceding "J. W." in three bewildering rings, shutting oft" all avenues of escape, and suggesting a ground view of the planet Saturn and its zones. Yet this is purely a lay view. Every one knows of Mr. Swank's pen accomplishments, and Prof. Gaskell never passed an opportunity to speak well of them. filled. Nearly five years elapsed before the files show another copy of the regular edition. The first number isdated at Jersey City, March I, 1881. II contains the picture of an uncom- monly good looking young woman who lived somewliere up in Maine, and had by self prac- lice from the Compendium acquired an uncom- monly graceful and stylish ladies' handwriting. The editor announces that the reappearance of the G.\zette is due to the repeated solicitations of many of the most prominent people in the profession, and that the present number may be taken as the first of a never ceasing stream of Gazettes, due in subscrib- ers' mail boxes at regular intervals of one month. The next issue is dated at New York, and speaks very encouragingly of the outlook. The compact proposed by the party of the first part, the editor, is that in consideration of the patronage of the party of the second part, the public, he, the said party of the first part, agrees to make the Gazette the best paper of its class in the world, and to maintain il as such There is much to admire in that first volume of the old Gazette and a great deal to ponder over. It had a very jaunty air and an al- together distinguished and prosperous bearing. The printing of portraits and sketches of lead- ing men in the profession, — and occasionally of noted men outside of the profession,— was then, as now. a feature of the paper. In that first vol- ume the following notables were among those pictorially and biographically treated: George Prominent among the contributors to this early volume, besides most of those whose portraits were printed, were George Bancroft Griffilh. B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington), A. H. Hin- man, D. R. Lillibridge, C.T. Miller, J. D. Hol- comb and C S. Chapman. Engraved pen specimens were not neglected. The artists who flourislied most in this line were Shaylor, Pres- ton, Halpert, Kendall, Loomis, Powers and Dean. Some fine work was shown, though marred to a considerable extent by indifferent engraving and printing. \V. E. Dennis figured at this period as the "boy wonder." ' Some scraps of his work weie given in the June number with the editor's assurance that "we consider him without doubt the finest penman of his age (16) in the world.'' Dennis was then living with liis parents at Chester, N. H. About two months later he joined Prof. Gaskell at Manchester and got this send-off in the Gazette : "W. E. Dennis, the boy writer, has been in Manches- ter for the past month, where he has been an object of as much curiosity as was Tom Thumb in his palmiest days. He is a fine looking little fellow, with agreeable manners and the shrewdness of the New Hampshire Yankee. He likes penmanship, he says, because Hfnys.' He has never, he tells us, had so much 'loose change' as since his writing has become known." That is ten years ago. Dennis at twenty-elx must feel every inch a veteran. Curiously enough, whenever Bro. Hinman "took his pen in hand" in those days to help brighten the pages of the Gazette, every in- dulger in the frivolity of flourishing, card- wriiing, etc., was sure to get a black eye. The following excerpt from one of his letters shows in what esteem he held that branch of pen art. "The ability to flourish quill pens, birds and Italian capitals does not entitle one to rank as an ornamental penman. The ability to execute a few graceful curves and designs on cards is really the Itnvest atiel moft ari/hiary fart o( orna- mental penmanship; yet there are hundreds who look upon this skill as worthy of securing to them fame and honor. While this kind of work is practiced by beginners in penmanship, as they advance into higher skill it becomes less and less used, till it is even regarded with disgust. **«»♦* So long as birds, cards, flowers, etc., represent the penman's highest skill, the public will regaid their efforts as tiifting, and will place their estimate on it about as they do upon the verses of a third rate poet, who starves ami wondets why poetry is not appreciated." (Italics minej. Just so, but that, in common with many other great men, our critic's mind was not entirely free from a little lean streak of the paradox, the following advertisement of his running at the time in the Gazette, will serve to show: "For 50 cents to $ 1 .00 I will send on fine Bris- tol board, a fine piece of flourishing, with name lettered and shaded in India ink, and will pay any penman double the amounts above f jr original designs equal in execution and size.'- Five years later Uro. II. had for- given the brats of the profession in some measure and let down a peg or two, his rather high-strung notions as lo flourishing- These words conclude an excellent article from his pen which appeared in the Gazette of Feb- ruary, 18S2, and they do liis judgment great credit: "While seriously questioning the policy of making use of a display ol skill in flourishing to win pupils to a school of writing, I cannot believe that the art Is useless and should not be taught at all. The exquisite touch and lightness of movement in writing may be rapidly gained through flourishing {sic.'\, and as an entertainment which will secure the long and patient practice upon ovals, curves and shades, flourishing serves as an excellent purpose [sic]. I believe that most penmen are skillful because they practice pen- manship gymnastics, or, in other words, flour- ishing [sic.]. A little success in flourishing is a great incentive to a student in writing, and establiahes a confidence in his ability, whicli is a great aid to success, [sic.] Beyond this ad- vantage, I question the use of flourisliing as an aid to any one." Commenting on the Hinmanistic assault on our docile friends of the swan and deer variety, Prof. Gaskell proceeded to demonstrate that all really capable penmen had hobbies. Spencer's was writing. Williams' flourishing, and Ilin- man's engrossing. This view is strictly borne out by the remainder of the article first quoted above. The observations it contains are just as true nowas then, and the younger members of the Gazette's family especially willdo well to note them carefully : "Any well informed penman in New York will not deny that there has been from $75,0:10 to $iod,ojo paid out in that city for ornamental pen work during the past five years, and at least $50,000 In Philadelphia in the same time. Where supe- rior skill exists it is liberally patronized. The kind of work in demand there is not birds, THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. cards, etc., bul that known as engrossing. The prepar^iliijn of lestimoniahi, resolutions, etc., in rhc moi>t arli^ttc p.-n-letttring and pen-drawing oi" cmbletnalica! designs, borders and elaborale scroll work. The prices paid hy lodges, socie- ties and city councils for such work range from $10 to $500 for a single piece. Not one out of tweniy p.nmen in this country has any idea of (he amount of skill required to do this work, and an it is prepared lo order, it is to be seen only in the halls of the No ^vhile the ,any 1 the right and merit of public patronage, 1 do not hesitate to say that not one in thirty can, without 3 copy, execute the Roman alphabet, or even the common old English or German text, in a manner that would pass the inspec- tion of an engraver. While this is true of a large number who claim skill, hundreds of various alphabets must be at the coinmand of the engrosser. Many of the designs on sheet music, titles of books and borders, also the originals of diplomas, marriage certificates, etc., are frequently from the ornamental pen- men. In penmanship, as in all other arts there must be brains mixed with the work there must be something new and elaborately designed to secure re&pect and command 39 riling JuhuE There is another tid-bit from that old reposi- tory of chirographic sweets, which the progres- sive penman of this day cannot fail to enjoy. It is a copy verbatim et lileralim, of the diploma the elder Spencer used lo give the young man of the period when he had become sulliciently expert in the manufacture of primal Spencerian curves. No one can read it without being struck with the tenderness of the old gentle- man's afi'ection for his pet art — an art to the development of which the best efforts of his long and honorable life were dedicated. And no one can contemplate its fervid word- ing and miss connection with the shining fact that the great caligrapher aspired to be a flour- isher of language, as well as of letters. This is the document: "7'o Wlioin it may Couc€fH. "Mr. has with me this day completed a thorough course in Spencerian penmanship, embracing ladies' and commercial practical styles, with ornamental and drawing, evincing those prominent manifestations, refined taste, devotion and energy of purpose, which ever attend those destined to a position in the front rank of artistic excellence. He can execute correctly and explain truthfully, and is there- fore well qualified to take charge and conduct writing classes scientifically, and therefore, substantially giving satisfaction to all who are willing to think and fabor for the acquisition ol the art which is the record of the p:ist, the regulator of the future, the soul of commerce and messenger of thought. "Heis, therefore, with this diploma awarded, and is commended to the patronage of the progressive public. "Given at Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio this 14th day of May, 1S63, A. D, ■'P. R. Si 'Autlior and Teacher of Spei mauship." "My first Barlow, who was a Baptist tailor, and had the distinguished honor of being half-brother to Joel H. BarloM, of this city. TShis was in the winter of 1S39-40, in the backwoods town of Fredonia, Licking county, Ohio. The school was taught during the winter evenings, two lessons a _week;^the price being two dollars for twenty lessons, each pupil to furnish his own candle, snuffers and writing materials. The 'snuffing' was done with thumb and forefinger, the pens were made of the 'gray goose quill,' and the paper had to be ruled with a lead 'plun.mel.' The 'rulers' were made by the pupils or their big brothers, and the plummets were hammered out of rifle bullets, punctured at the thick end, and hung about the neck )>y a string, so as to be handy when needed. And the ink, bless you! that was home-made loo; either manu- factured from ink powder, by adding water lo a proper consistency, or extracted from white maple bark through the boiling process; and it was put into lead inkstands, run in wooden moulds and ornamented with wooden 'stoppers, The inkstand was first filled, or nearly so, with raw cotton or wool, and then the ink was absorbing it so that it The knack of getting the ink he pen had to hi -orth knowing. Hi poured in, thi couldn't 'spill, out of this inkstand acquired, but w never bclore seen a live auHiur, and I looked uponthisman withgenulneawe. Heaccepted my deference with that dignified complaisance which only those who know their own worth can command, and was pleased to recognize in my work just that quality of merit and of de- merit which his own supeiior methods were born to direct and correct. Heat once informed Mr. Bartlettthat all I needed in order to stand at the head of my business was a few private les- sons from him in ofihand flourishing, and a copy of his book— all of which could be had for twenty-five dollars. I am sorry to say that although I took the private lessons (three in number; and the book, I have not now the slightest idea of the merits of either. I noticed that Mr. Knapp did not essay, in my presence, any complete forms. He gave me what he styled the 'elements,' and assured me that when I became perfect in these, I would have no difficulty in producing exact copies of any of tlie engraved specimens in his book. As I never became perfect in the elements, I never got beyond them." "I ha' Coming down to the second era of the Ga- zrtte's history, a wealth of material attractive to the rehasher is presented. The reminiscent was abroad in the land in those days. In point of fact there are several of him, variously known as Shalluck, Packard, Spencer (R. C.), etc. These gentlemen, and others, rattled around enthusiastically among the bones of the illustrious caligriiph departed, and brought up their spirits through a series of Gaze-tte fcaiieef. for the delectation of the more or less illustrious living. Mr. Packard was the pioneer reminioccnL He opened the campaign by sending lo the front three solid columns (non- p.iriel). spicy with recollections of the early writing school and master. \V;irming up to the work, he renewed the advance with re- inforced lines, closing the engagement with a bro.idsidc that opened on the first page, swept page Iwo clean from stem to stern, and seri- ously threatened the peace and quiet of a seedy looking pen specimen of the gtjiiis aijnUla that was lingering on the outer edge of page three. And there is some mighty good read- ill Ihis shall s taught what was known as the 'Carstarian system, differing but little from the present Spencerian. The style of small letters was what Spencer afterward called 'semi-angular, but the down strokes were all equally shadedi and the letters were more slowly and carefully formed. The capitals were drawn with great precision by the fingers, and had nothing of the dash and spirit which Spencer charming. In the fall of the same year there cai through our part of the country a genui traveling writing master, by the name ShuU. He had with him a whole menage oi flourished beasts and birds, in all colors of nk, and all styles of ornamentation. There -vere elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses, whales, ;agles, swans, and even reptiles, drawn on mmense sheets of paper, and spread out, show- bill fashion, on the walls of the country bar room! No such exploits had ever been ex- hibited before in that 'neck of woods;' and the solemn attestation which appeared at the bot- tom of each sheet, assuring the beholder that it was 'all done with a quill pen,' was the hard- est thing to realize. But no one doubted it, for wasn't the man here who had done it? Even the later performances of the lamented Williams were hardly superior to his achieve- ments. It was in Mr. Shull's hands that I first saw a specimen of P. R. Spencers writ- ing, and I well remember the impression it made upon me. It seemed, as no doubt it was, the most perfect style after which our traveling professor was trying to copy; but its perfection of form and shade stood in my eye as an unallainable idea. On the other hand, Shull's rapid, dashing style — payinglittleorno heed to the formation of small letters, but let- ting itself out in 'back-hand capitals,' and dis- porting itself in the wild luxuriousness of forty different styles, was just the thing to cap- tivate the heart of the rustic. I wish I could recall the names, as I can most of the peculiari- ties of those 'different hands." I took to them like a duck to water, and the endless love let- ters and verses in girl's albums that established my reputation as the 'crack penman of the county,' were such productions as don't appear in these davs." In another place Mr, Packard relates this in idem, which took place when he was the pen- nan at Bartlelt's College, Cincinnati : "One daj- there happened along a gushing and per- e individual from New York by the name of Knapp. He was gotten up regardless of sequences; wore patent leather boots, a nond ring and breast-pin, and the latest nkle in tailor's clothes. His locks were Hyperian and ambrosial, and clustered about his brow and neck in a way lo win a maiden's learl. He announced himself as an aulhor nd produced a copy of Knapp & Righlmeyer's iienman'8 paradise' in evidence thereof. I had frequently heard Mr. Spencer say that of all unpi omising clodhoppers with a pen, James W. Lusk was the worst he ever en- countered. And also, that of all earnest, pains- taking, unremitting, enthusiastic workers, he look the lead. He would work for hours and days at a single letter or a single line. He would rise hours before breakfast and buckle down to his work while others w and would reluctantly lay down his pen night, in lime to snatch the few hours of slu ber that nature demanded. He had a great vitality and endurance, and from boyhood up practiced the simplest habits of temperate living. The first thing to be said of him is, that his personal appearance was impressive, He was little, if any, under six feet in height, with a massive physique, a clear, speaking blue eye looking out from under projecting eye- brows, an attractive face altogether, and a voice of such quality that when he spoke everybody within hearing distance was inclined lo listen. His whole presence— physique, action and voice—was such as lo command immediate at- tenlion, whether from an individual or from an assembly. Lusk was In no sense a pen artist, and he had the judgment and discretion to rec- ognize the fact. He admired ornamental work, would have been glad if nature had endowed him with a gift lo execute it. But nature had done nothingof the kind, and he did not quarrel Ih her for the slight. He gracefully yielded the palm in thisrespecl lo Williams and Tracy and^he oncoming Lyman Spencer, while he stuck to his specialty of plain, strong, practical writing. His trained muscles were as exact I unswerving in their movement as the pis- oi a Corliss engine ; and whether he handled a crayon, a good steel pen, a stub of a quill, or the burnt end of a match, he never made a a weak letter. A favorite coup of his was to walk up behind a student at work, and bending over him seize his pen, and write a word or two of the copy. And he did with such ease and certainty, and such evidence of reserved power, that no lingering doubt rested in the pupil's mind that the king of writers was at his elbow. It was even Mr. Lusk's suggestion that the name 'Spencerian' was given lo Mr. Spencer's system of writing, as it was also due to him, in a great measure, that the published copies were brought down to exact measurement as to form, spacing, etc. With all his reliance upon blackboard illustra- tion, analysis and tnethodical instruction in classes, he had great confidence in the inspir- ing effect of a well written copy — and a fresh one at that — and hence, he never considered a teacher's work complete until a written copy was placed before each student. No teacher, whom I have ever known, did so much writ- ing for and in presence of the pupils, and none was surer to produce a class of uniformly cor- rect writers. The world has known greater men than James W. Lusk, but few have lived who hold a greener spot in the memory of those who knew him for just what he was." Rich in coloring as are the pictures that r. Shalluck draws of Lusk, Rice, "Old Sid. Pratt" and other shining examples that have gone over to the great majority, the force of circumstances compels me to draw the line at a single paragraph. It relates to the talented, erratic, much admire 1 and much lamented Williams:— "Walking up Broadway with my nephew, Geo. G. Castle, Ihen a student in Bryant A: Slratton's Commercial College, Brookljn, I saw -John D.' approaching; wish- ing to introduce my friend to so distinguished a penman as Williams, I hailed him and did so. On the instant Williams' face flushed up, and shaking his fist at him, he said: 'Yes; I have heard of you. I understand you say you can beat me writing or flourishing; name your lime and place and I'm your man.' For a lime it was in vain that I tried to convince him that he was mistaken in the man, that he was not a professional writer. 'Didn't you fay his name was Gaskell." 'No!' said' I; 'Castle.' Explanations followed, all shook hands, and In giving his testimony, Mr. Spencer, with commendable conscientiousness, never per- mitted himself to forget that a witness's obli- gation ii not simply to tell the truth, but the whole truth. The sole subject of his sketch was Victor M. Rice, In ten columns of the Gazette, running through two numbers, he traced the career of that gentleman from the cradle to the grave, evolved him, so to speak, from a mere insignificant protoplasm to the mature citizen, weighed down with honors, and with 230 odd pounds avoirdupois. Nor was there a line wasted. It is an admirable portraiture, drawn with the fidelity of the true artist, and draped with Ihe tender regard of the aft'ec'tionate friend and coUaberateur, It does J something more, too, than to exhibit Mr as he was; it reveals the breadth of mind and \ largeness of heart of its author. Mr, Spenci As has been said, the sketch is exhaustii Subject to the highest pressure of the Ga-| zette's condensing machine, it has been found J impossible, without impairing its rich individ- uality and flavor, to make its dimensions^ conform to the scope of these rambling 1 views. A column and a half of disjointed e tracts are presented elsewhere in this isst Though marred somewhat from over-prunin I am sure Ihey will be read with interest. Apropos the approaching convention of th«j isiness educators, it seems that the co our distinguished brethren have not alwaj'sl en so harmonious as at present. This vlewl borne out by considerable fragmentary evl-l nee- I was particularly struck with a poon that appeared in the Gazette for Feb-' I over the nom de plume of "Recent." Some of you who read this may be able to I bring to mind the circumstances which called \ forth. I know nothing of thein, nor h the slightest idea as to who "Recent" i I wish I had. The "Business E and the "Strictly Penmen" have longi settled their old scores, fallen on each ' other's necks and wept tears of unspeakable gladness and forgiveness. And the Gazette, which I believe in those days trained with the \ "straight-laced," has become so deeply 1 amored of the tenets of the "educators" that It ] had lo amend its title by the incorporatic that idea, "Recent," wlioever he may have ] been, was an uncommonly bright writer. That j he has ceased to scribble for the penmanship! press is apparent. No contributors to these | hibit such reso journals at this 1 full t t of his letter: Editor Pen-man's Gazette:^5i/>-I don't know in what company you train — whether i you call yourselfa " business educator " or only j a "penman;" for I discover there is adifleie I discover it in readitig " Bob " Spencer's letter J to tl)e Penman's Arl journal, suggesting Lhel propriety of a penman's convention, to be held J in Cincinnati, as an adjunct or annex next meeting of the " Business Educate socialion of America." I wish you to noticel that 1 have placed my "Bob" between quota- i tion marks, as I would not presume 01 familiarity of my own motion. I borrow from Packard and other of your reminiscent-S loose way of flinging around the names honored and honorable fraternity may questionable propriety, but i*. aOer al catching. I go i for ntion because I a THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 8 pen Ibusi nber of the educator in any vcniion called, not only becausi myself, but because I know of fraternity who are just aching for it. There is Minman of Worcester, for instance. You know him? He is always punching up the penmen to stand up for themselves, and not sell out to the business college oligarchs. I remember Hinman's brilliant effort made at the convention held at Packard's rooms in New York, in the summer of 1S7S. That was a "penman's convention,'' too, or was called such; but if I remember rightly it didn't pan out very well — thai is, for the penmen. It was a good advertisement for Packard, and helped Ames to become an organ for something; but after all it was a sort of rehash of the old Bry- ant & Gtratton Mutual Admiration Society, that used to meet around year after year as a sort of traveling show. The inlenlion was, as I remember, to make Bob Spencer president, but he didn't turn up, and so the venerable Ira Mayhew, of Detroit, was selected. The ven- erable lia made a most excellent presiding officer, and, in his valedictory, alluded to some incidents in his early life which drew tears from a bust of Horace Cireeley. that stood on a shelf back of the plat- form. Even Miller, who was secretary of the meeting, wrung a pint of wet tears from his pocket-handkerciiief, and Cady blew his be hired lo keep quiet about the "wiiling masters of the olden time," and Rice and P. R. Spencer (alas, poor ghosts;) are permitted to sleep quietly in their honored graves, and Hinman can have the run of the blackboards- "Let on the gas!" Victor M. Rice. Mr. Rice's talents and sympathies were largely popular. His views were broad, his manners easy, familiar, warm and winning. Nevei have I seen a man who possessed the power of Mr. Rice lo charm children, and in his best moods to delight, instruct, and inspire them, ile had a genius for teaching, and the power of fascinating his classes. He was full of the finest humor and pleasantry, which shone upon his smiling face and bubbled out in his words and gestures. His private ichool did not afford sufficient scope for his talents, acquirements and ambition. He saw the neg- details, live; but olion he .ve him lacking in that necessary element o which consists in careful attention U His mind was imaginative and inven his body, with its ponderous m. weighed him down. When once in n was an almost irresistible power ; and came to rest it was difficult to m again. He was, I think, about tl financier I have ever known. In thi he was a combination of Wilkins P and Col. Sellers. He had any number of bril. liant schemes for enriching himself and all his friends, upon which he would eloquently dilate, speaking in a confident tone at times quite amusing. No matter how much money he received for his services, his financial affairs remained in the same chronic stale of chaos, and he «as about as Impecunious with five lliousand as with five huntired a year. And yet he was honest. He would sit down, reckon up such of his liabilities as he was able to remember, count up anticipated profits, form his visionary schemes, and with a shout of triumph and deliyht, as if suddenly relieved of a heavy load of care and anxiety, strike his hands heavily upon the table, jump up and caper entirely, by Mr. Spencer, but were far from being a far simile of his writing at that time. Mr. Rice paid the cost of engraving, and owned a half interest In the property, includ- ing the plates. The appearance of these publi- cations, which were in two series, one for busi- ness, and the other for ladies' writing, created considerable interest, and they acquired quite a circulation, considering they were not pushed. Afterward, Spencer & Rice had en- graved on copper, in Buffalo, and published by Piiinney & Co,, of that city, a series of copy- books, which liad for that time something of a sale. About tliis time Mr. Rice, having be- come engrossed in public matters, and James W. Lusk, and Bryant & Stratton coming actively into the field of business education, of which good penmanship was from the first made an essential part, enlisted the co opera- tion of Mr. Spencer, who bought Mr. Rice's interest in the penmanship publications, which were soon taken to New Yoik, and placed in I awoke a sleeping ion Square. If th the hands of the presen house of Ivisoti, Bla keman, Taylor & Co. Mr. Rice probably ne\ er made anything out of his interest in the se publications, and I he was reir very much doubt il nhursed for his ex- penditures, say nothing of d labor. Whether Mr, Spence r would ever have published h s penmanship had not Mr. R ce induced hitn to do so, I ca not say certainly; ^~-, but I am qu te positive that Mr. not a pen I was from no lack of penm for there were Henry Spen and Folsom, and Shattuck s Soule of Philadelphia, and Pay son and Barlow, and A Miller and Cady— yes, and Hin At that a free lance against business colleges, and, after the methods of Dwight S. Dow, had been slaughtering the brethi en in the Western ci convention with a lecture in his stomach, and he was bound to get it off — and he did, at the fag end of the meeting, — even after the President's vale- ilictory ;but it woke up the sleep- <.Ts, and the dust from his rapid clialk marks on the blackboard went up to the ceiling, and hovered like a halo above the heads of the spell-boimd audi- ence. I forgot to say that his iship, and ihat at its close the teachers marveled one to another, and i^aid, ",What manner of gim is this that Cometh from the West- ern cities, and carrieth this im- mense calibre?" Now, Hinman can be relied upon for the Penman's Con- vention at Cincinnati, for he has always l>ccn down on business colleges and their I'ioated monopolists, who suck the life blood out of the poor writing masters, and he would "i;ike it particularly hot for the B. E. A. of A. and Ameb would be there as scribe, for Ames got his belly full at Chicago, in 18S0, when Peirce run the convention for what it wns worth to him, and H. B. Bryant held his hst. They simply made a dish washer ot Ames, and then kicked him out of the kitchen ^^I'hout his wages, and of course the P. A. J. Ju-'t spat on the whole affair, and wouldn't say ai'.vthing nice even about the diimer at the "aimer House, where Peirce was toast master an<i Bryant dief de cuisine, and another chap I lan Ames was asked to respond to "the press." ^"ce and Bryant gave Ames the privilege of Publishing the addresses gratuitously in the ^; A. J., but he respectfully declined, and When he got back to New York, didn't he go ^^ "le scalps of those wild Indians! iMg tause, as ne was ot many other things which havegreatly profited others without benefit- ing him. The noble, generous, appreci- ative and grateful pupil, strong, earnest man, so full of great expectations for his friends, the world and himself— the poor, but ambitious and brave boy of forty years ago or more no longer grasps the faithful pen that he wielded with such skill and effect, guided by the mvstic influence of those beautiful con- ceptions which were born and developed in the fruitful mind of his friend and preceptor. They both are dead, and yet they live together in the good wliich they together did as teachers and as men. They are linked through all time to every hand and brain, Ihat to their thoughts, forms and inspirations ' "; I go in for the penman' °' I know there will be lots of fun there, if ^P-^ncer, Cooper, Packard and Shattuck can lected condition of writing as a branch of instruction in the public schools, and in educa- tion generally, and desired to be in a position to place it where it ought to stand as a branch of popular education. * * * Sometimes it was difficult to work him up to a point where he would exert himself. He would idle away his time good naturedly with his friends, forgetful of his duties and obliga- tions. Occasionally his mind would seem to turn upon some subject of thought, and he would remain apparently oblivious of every- thing about him. Seating himself to work, he would keep steadily on for twenty four hours or longer without food, rest or sleep. There he sat like a thinking mountain, day and night, knowing nothing of time, hunger, or fatigue. When the work was done, he would rise, stretch his huge frame, go to the nearest res- taurant or hotel, gorgi* himself like an ana- conda, tumble into bed and sleep twenty-four hours on the stretch, and then carelessly lounge about until some other pressing demand com- pelled him to repeat the performance. He was a man of ideas, constantly forming grand plans, which were never executed. He was The Inler-State Advocate is the organ of the Normal Col- lege of Morrill, Kan. It con- veys the gratifying intelligence that Morrill is an exceptionally interesting town, and that the Normal College wasnever in better health or spirits. Also "W. W. Parsons has been around, declaring that in a short tim< would be out of debt, give liis friends t sands of dollars, have an abundance fo family and himself, besides conferring untold benefits upon the world. While holding the office of State Superintendent of Public struction, he was made president of a life in- surance company, and in consideration of the use of his name and some slight services, he was given a paid-up policy on his life for $2o,cxx), which was about all the provision made for his family at his death. * * * It was he, I think, who encouraged and in- duced P. R.Spencer first to publish his system and style of writing. This was one of Rice's grand schemes for making a fortune, and redeeming the world from all of its ills, so far as they can be reached by good writing. The first publication of P.R.Spencer's style and system of penmanship was made in 1848, un- der the name of "Spencer & Rice's System of Penmanship," and was issued in the form of movable slip copies, put up in strong manila envelopes, with printed instructions. They were engraved in New York, under Mr. Rice's supervision, from copies written mostly, if not 'restling with r tsles. best "C. C. Masheter will plow corn when measles let up. A stiff upper lip will cr you over many a hard struggle." "Hattie and Finney Spalding, Albei t II; Ethel Reid, and a score of others have the "Geo. A. Brady has hired to our county surveyor. Does not carry the chain, neither the compass, but the girls miss him wonder- fully." "Mary Nutting is now at her home. We all sorry "Len Mcssmo night last week, see his old cook, ing again!" From which wi neck-and-neck rac education, measle lea' Write : dropped in upon us on juess Len is coming up t Beware, girls; Len is con The Gazette aims to keep its colunr of fresh, interesting and instructive mat THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Writing Lesson.— No. 8. build for lethod of teaching writing \ liformity in the handw ■ely fail udent oj PeHmaHf.hip in the Public Scfiooh of Syranise, N. T [Copyriglilcd by Chas. R. Wells. All rights rcscrvti! . ] The value of a correct knowledge of form as the only true basis upon wh llie best results, has been fully recognized from the beginning of these lessons. It has not been claimed, however, that any special knowledge of drawing was essential, nor that any study of this art outside of its very limited application to the conslruction of a few types of form, is necessary to the successful study and practice of business writing. The experience of most teachers will, we think, support this position, and the main ques- tion at variance has been, and is, as to the relative order of taking up the work. Shall form in writing he undertaken as a distinct feature, and when mastered be followed by the study and prat^ice of movement.' Shall form be made primary, movement secondary, and this relation sustained until the object in view has been attained? Or, shall movement or execution be taken as the initial point, and by basing all practice upon standard types develop formation through movement.' It is ]ierha])s useless lo anticipate any immediate solution of tliis vexed problem; each of the plans enumerated has many able advocates, each of whom from his own standpoint of ex- perience finds ample ground to justify his faith in the usefulness of his chosen method. The writer of this, as the reader is probably aware, is a firm believer in the value of the last mentioned plan, a long experience in both college and public school work having vinced him, that when judiciously carried c to secure the most encouraging results. Nature herself is radically opposed to the idea of perfect different persons. Individuality in this, as in other respects, t This fact does not prevent us from drilling a class of scholars, so as to produce tlirough the medium of trained natural movements, a style of penmanship which may have many of the essential features in commo:], but it will most certainly defeat any attempt to mould per. manently the writing of all, or of any number, into exact conformity with any fixed standard The advocates of that method of teaching which turns the writing hour into a drawing lesson, commonly make the mistake of reaching conclusions from results as indicated by the work of expert penmen, rather than from results as shown in individuals who devote no i time to penmanship than to other branches; and while their theories as applied in the foi case may have some lorce, they certainly have much less significance when considered in tion to the great multilude of learners who have neither time nor inc In his own experience the writer has failed to find in practice that tween penmanship and drawing which is so generally supposed to exist. The artist is rarely an expert penman, and but very few of our peni artists oulside of their specialty. When the two are combined, a higher grade of results may be obtained as regards design finish and ornamentat:on, but with little direct influ.nce on plain writing Artists are born, not made, while experience abundantly proves that thoroughly compe- tent business writers can be manufactured from material in which the artistic motive may be entirely lacking. Archibald McLees is probably the best script engraver in his profession, and with a pencil can readily draw a word, or line of copy which is above criticism, but with ink, his ordinary penmanship is below the average, and at limes a little difficult to read. There is no resem, blance between his epistolary writing and the exact forms he is able to prepare for en- graving. There is in this no suggestion that Mr. McLees does furnish copy or designB for the beau- I of the leading systems, but rather to indicate his ability xtended relation be- ; recognii tiful lines he has in this direction. The elegant specimens of penmanship produced by Mr. Madaraez are not excelled, and the style, finish and perfection of his work have won admiration from all; but in no other di- rection has he given evidence of possessing any more of artistic ability than is common. These two references will serve to illustrate that one may draw perfectly without being able to write, or that a beautiful penman may be lacking in that knowledge of form necessary to correct drawing. The lesson to he drawn from the foregoing suggestions by the Gazette writing class is that honest, faithful work, well directed is the real element tor success, and that the only natural qualification requisite is the motive which springs from an earnest desire to improve. Exercise No. 64. Where so many different copies are given in a simple lesson the tendency will be to go Over them in a superficial manner. The better plan is to take them up in regular order, prac- ticing from each until some degree of improvement is shown before attempting ihe next. Exercise No. 66. Tliese letters form a useful combination, and the exercise should be carefully written, riie first part of P and R forms like a narrow V, with shade near the bottom. Two shades nay be lorrned in each capital, ipacing between *mall letlei re intended to promote mover Mg the hand from letter to letter. • in mind that spacing eiiablet ■ No. 68. ^.., n are not presented as sped of the letters might answer sucli a purpose. "" better control of the m The copies i ;tters mij n gaining a ens of business writing, although some : various combinations may, however, be made nt, and in acquiring (hat freedom necessary to Do not make the small letters in t nd Ihey may be practiced even smalle nth all the letters just touching the lit exercises of the less( ) advantage. Aim to ^J See that the ovals used in making the letter M are in correct form. Study the proportion, spacing, etc., in small letters ; observe that they are compact In form and resting on the line, and that the length o( word tfepends upon distance between them. Exercise No. yi. Make the capital stem of these letters with a hold swing of the arm, but will eve. Bring the shade entirely in the lower curve. Payattention lo thecurves in the linlsh of each, and make them like copy. Study the form of small letters and write the name with an easv, glidinj; mo Exercise No. j2. In practicing from to the left in forming it. shaded part rest on the li this, observe the shade in the capitals, and allow the hand to The finish of this letter should be formed like a capital C. ne, and bring the oval finish below. * After having practiced the nine exercises given this month with the muscui and without sliding slaeve, lift the arm enough to clear the table, but still restin, of third and fourth fingers, practice the capitals of each combination with a fre Then drop the arm and write tlie small letters muscular. Keep up your drill on the preliminary movements; practice without the f Go back and write a few pages of the coari hen try these exercises, and you will appreciate with 3 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. The Difflcultj of n'rltlD? Cliinegc. Tlie written Chinese is not an alphabetic, Itiil a sign langujige; that is, the word* are not expressed l>^' letters, but by signs or chitrAclers, each word having its own special and distinct sign, each differing f.om all the others. There are as many as ten thousand in common use, and twenty-five thousand— some say more, and one author says two hundred and fifty thousand dilTcrnt characters in their written language. To Icarn these twenty-five thou- sand, or even the ten thousand, !s almost an im- possibility ; so II is not probable that there lives any One person who can read all Chinese Old, bat Vet Trae. Turn our thoughts which way we will we find the art of writing intimately connected with alt the commercial and social relations of life. There is no trade, calling, vocation or profession, of which it is not the mouthpiece. It embodies thought in a visible language. Under ils magic power ideas assume tangi- ble form, and the eye may trace the operations of the mind. When we reflect that a brief practice, a few months at farthest, under a competent instructor, will enable even a child to command and use the potent instrument of thought, and m.ike it speak eloquently to the eye, and when we know its importance in all An Enormous Check. A ten-dollar-a-week Pine street clerk was boasting of the checks drawn for large sums of money which he had seen. yesterday," he said, "a check passed ly hands drawn for $175,000." faced young man with a pimple on ■miled a sad, retrospective smile, and '■Why, his chin s said : "I saw a bigger check than that last sum- er. A good deal bigger, to me." "How much was it drawn for?" "Dollar an' a quarter. It was a check (or •-cream."— .V. 1\ Times. t^ \ COMPENDIUM:OFaFORMS," BV PERMISSION-OFjTllE PtTBI.I Education— Politics— Morality. Ut , Tiake our education brave and pre- ventive; politics is an aflerwork, a poor patch- ing. We are always a little late. The evil is ''one, the law is passed, and we begin the up- '''II agitation for repeal of that which we ought '>J have prevented the enacting. We shall one >'-iy learn to supersede politics by education. What we call our root-and-hranch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperance, is only medicating the symptoms. Wc must begin higher upi'namely, in education. — Emerson. the relations of life, is it not strange that it oc- cupies a place in the background of our edu- cational schemes? How the '* School Ma'am " Happens. " How does it happen," asked a reporter of the Michigan City Disfntch, "that there are so many old maids among the school teachers?" "Because school teachers are, as a rule, women position for a $10 man," was the r< every school ma'am adhere to the ciple for the happiness of themseh good of the schools. ply. May same prin- es and the The Commercial College of Kentucky Uni- versity, situated in the heallhy, historic and society-renowned city of Lexington, Ky., re- ceived the Gold Medal and Diploma of Honor at the World's Exposition over all Colleges for system of Bookkeeping and General Busi- ness Education. If you wish to take a Book- keeping or Business Course, read the adver- tisement of this College in this paper, and write for circular containing engravings of World's Exposition, Educational Jury and par- ticulars to its President, Wilbur R. Smith, Lexington, Ky. Speed at the Type-Writer, Are there no "cr.ick" operators in the G.\- ZETTK fold? Brother Miner, of the Phoao- graphic World, has been hustling around among the type-vpriting fraternity looking for the fellow who can out-write all the other fel- lows. One of his discoveries. Mr. J. S. Rogers, of Camden, N. J., gives in his experience as appended : "In looking over my memoranda 1 find that on Wednesday night of last week, while work- ing on the OnotVi case, I wrote forty-three pages of legal cap, beginning with mv first take of short-hand at 6:30, and finishing at 1 1 : 30. I finished taking my first batch of notes about 7:30, walked two squares for my lunch, returning immediately to my work, losing per- haps twenty-five to thirty minutes. The forty- three pages were taken in three batches, for the second of which I was obliged to wail for sometime,and the evidence having been taken in the second trial it was full of objections, rulings, exceptions, etc. I have often, in work- ing from six p. M. until three or four a. m, earned over $10; on one occasion, when the matter was not so solid, earning over $12 iS in that lime. 1 seldom average less than $1 per hour for this class of work, and when writing on the machine from dictation run out fifteen to eighteen pages of legal cap per I differ from Mr. Longlev in his opinion that the speed mentioned comes from the fact of four fingers and the thumb being used, and think a thorough familiarity with the location of the letters on the key board of much more importance in the attainment of speed, as tliere are comparatively few combinations of letters where the use of more than two fingers of each hand would be an advantage. Several yeara ago I lost the end of my middle finger on the left hand, and having learned to use the Remington from the instruction book fur- nished with each machine, advocating the use of two fingers on each hand, I never took the trouble to change, and now use one finger on the left and two fingers on the right hand, using the right hand middle finger for the *pace bar. This may seem awkward to many of those now using the machine, but I get along at a pretty lively rate generally. " I do not mention this because I consider it an extraordinary feat, but with a view to draw- ing out some of our really 'crack' operators. Give us figures for a sitting of four or five hours, and not minutes." The Mightiest of Weapons. We believe it was Bishop Clark who gave expression to the following eloquent observa- tions about the pen: "The place which the pen holds, in advanc- ing and controlling civilization, cannot be over-estimated. It does more work for its cost, than any other tool. It is the cheapest instru- ment in use, and the most effective. The say- ing is very trite 'The pen is mightier than the sword.' It may be more destructive than the sword and more to be feared. There is noth- ing handled by man capable of so much good and so much harm. It can build up , ■ ' can dissei can kill and us with joy and it can weigh misery. The tongue is a lively boasteth great things, but its power m.ny cease when the noise stops; but what is written Is written and abides. The counsel is often given, 'Be careful what you put on paper. There may be some doubt as to what you have uttered with the mouth, but if your own hand- writing Is produced in court there is no gain- saying it.' 'Oh, that mine adversary had written a book!' exclaimed the man of Uz., in the depths of his humiliation and grief. It strikes us as a somewhat singular wish; but Job felt that if he could only induce his oppo- nents to commit themselves in writing he might have them at an advantage, it is a very serious responsibility for one to take a pen inio his hand. The writing of a single name may send a man to prison. I have often wondered what became of all the old pens. If they could come together in council, and tell all the secrets that have flowed through their sharjj nibs, what a revelation it would be!" THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Director of the Chaiitanqua Sfliool oj Bust [Copyrighted by < Andrew Miller is this day admitted as an active partner in llie business. He invests as specified below, and is to share equally in the gains and losses. ) Main St., to whicli the busine: , four drays, harness, etc., valued at $775. Thri A. P.Jackson's note, dated Auburn, N. Y., June 10, 18S6, at tluee montlis, lavor of Andrew Miller, for $3,500, payable at Cayuga Co. Bank. Enter this under bills receivable account and as re reived, and credit Andrew Miller. Miller personally guarantees the payment of this note. Cash items, $4,600. Cba rcOil/ Aug. s- The firm name to be & Miller, and is to be used in signing all obligations, recei|)ts, etc. Each partner should have a separate account in the ledger. The student's account should be charged with the losses, and credited with the gains for July, the amount balanced, and the balance brought down, as shown in the May Gazette. The loss and gain accounts for July should also be closed, and the inventory of indse. brought down. Balance cash and bank accounts, and bring down balance; see that these balances agree wilh statement in July Gazette. Rule up the above accounts, as indicated in May Gazette, in red ink. The Merchants' Bank has paid your acceplance, favor Gordon & Williams, due July 31 (Aug. 1 beirg Sunday.) Crtilit Ihe bnrk. and tnler as p lid under bill payable account, Depusit in Merchants' Bank, cash, $4,750. Buy of Johns, Hayden 250 % bbls. stand, shore No. i mackerel at $12.15. Sell Geo. K. Lapham 240 doz. pickled lobster (glass) at $4,25. Sell Samuel Rawlison & Co. 100 boxes cut-loaf sugar, 6,000 lbs. at 9c. Buy of P. Kingsley & Son 500 i % lb. cans Dunbar figs at $3.25. Buy of Bayard & Thompson 800 doz. i lb. R & R. lunch ham at $2.85. Buy of Simpson & Miller 750 cases white clover honey, 18,000 lbs. at 15c. Receive of Daniel F. Gr;^Jiam his check for $780 on account. Accept Gordon & Williams' draft of the 3d inst. at 15 days sight, their favor for $1,250 payable at Merchants' Bank. Use Ihe firm name in entering business paper under bills payable or receivable. Sell Hudson & Crane 475 doz. L. C. peaches (glass) at $4.10. Sell Oslrom & Judson 175 ^ bbls. stand, shore No. i mackerel at $i2.6v Geo. K. Lapham has this day accepted your draft of 4th inst., 15 days sight, in your favor, for $2,422 53, payable at Oneida Co. Bank. Sell Chapman & Linton 375 cases white clover honey, 9,000 lbs. at 18c. Accept P. Kingsley & Son's sight draft for $1,000, making it payable at Merchants' Bank. Charge P. K, & S., ^nd credii the bank. When a sight draft is presented for payment, if you write across Ihe face in red ink, "Accepted Aug. 7, 1S86. payable at Merchants' Bank," and sign it, (which would )iding in this case,) the bank will pay the same as if it was a check. Sell Daniel F. Graham 503 doz.. 1 lb. R. R. lunch ham at $3.15. Send Bayard & Thompson check on Merchants' Bank for $950. Received of Henry Hall $29.38, and Amos Cook $24.13, cash for carting. Andrew Miller draws out for personal use, cash, $375. Pay bill for hay, oats and straw in cash, $3575. ChjirgL- d.ayage acrount, and credit caah. Sell Park Emerson 500 1 j^ lb cans Ilunbar figs at $3.40. Pay bill for freight by check on Merchants' Bank, $118. Buy of Gordon & Williams 500 bbls. coffee C sugar, 148,213 lbs. at 5^c. Pay John Pitman |i6, Geo. Adams $1475, and Selh Finn $15.25, in cash tor ser- ChLirge dinyajje account, and crtdit cash. I & Co. 75 Yi bbls. Stand, shore No. \ mackerel at $12.55. arlage done for the firm to date by their own draymen, $66 75. lof. Accept Simpson & Miller's sight draft for $1,099.60, payable at Merchant Receive from Samuel Rawlison & Co. their check for $1,59375 on accoui Oslrom & Judson have this day accepted your drafl of 9th inst. at 10 c your favor for $1,131, payable at Watson's Bank. Sell Geo. K. Lapham 2co bbls. coffee C sugar, 59,232 lbs. at 5^3^c. Sell Samuel Rawlison & Co. 300 doz. i lb. R R. lunch ham at $3 20. Accept John S. Hayden's sight draft for $1,460, payable at Merchants' Ba Sell Hudson & Crane 375 cases white c'over honey, 9,000 lbs. at 17c. Give check on Merchants' Bank to pay Bayard & Thompson's drutl; on days sight for $2,280, less discount. Chnrgc Bayiird St Thompson for amoiml of check, $2,173.16. imd for discount, %b.%i" " Cicdi This is Sell O; e where you pay a time draft on presentation, and save the discount. & Judson lOD bbls. coffee C sugar, 29,617 lbs. at s^c. iccive of Geo. K Lapham his check to prepay his acceptance due Aug. 24, lesi discount. r>t. ^.o andc cdr;.a Sell Billings, Swan & Co. 200 bbls. coffee C sugar, 59,233 lbs. at 5>^c. Deposit in Merchants' Bank, cash, $2,000. You draw out for personal use, by check in Merchants' Bank, $465. Buy of Gordon & Williams 250 % Ch, E. B. tea, 14 250 lbs. at 65c. Rcciiveof Samuel Rawlison A: Co. their note dated Aug. 13, 1SS6, at 3oda\s, yo Hnor for $1,500, payable at Bank of Rome. Aug. 16. Make a draft c al 30 days after date, your favor for $3,916.72, Bank, and the proceeds placed toyourcreili Buy of Simpson & Miller 500 bags Java Receive of Geo. K. Lapham check for $ Make a sight draft on Park Ei Jle(dis. ..tMcr. Bur 2,500 lbs. at 5 ;^c. for $2,555 ""J deposit in Merchants' Bank. 30 days, your lav Sell Daniel F. Graham 100 yi Cb. E. B. tea, 5.713 lbs, Receive of Hudson & Crane thtir note dated Aug. 15 for $2,897.67, payable at Bank of Geneva. Sell Samuel Rawlison & Co. 200 bags Java rice, 4^,000 lbs. at 6c. Pay Geo. Adams $14.50, J. Pitman $15.35, and Seth Finn $14.15, , fors Aug. tS. Sell Chapman & Linton 75 >i Ch. E. B. tea, 4^^75 lb=. at 67^c. Buy of P. Kingsley *f Son 1,000 doz. No. 3 G. G. apricots .it $3,35. Receive of Billings. Swan & Co. check for $2,321.45 on account. Deposit in Merchants' Bank, cash, $3,000. Receiveof Amos Cook $30.45, Phillips Green $21.60, and Henry Hall $32.1 cash tor carting. Charge cush. and credit dr-iynpe account. Aug. ig. Send Gordon & Williams check for $7,896.63 on account. Amount of carting done for firm since Aug. 10, $48.75. Chnrae expense, and (rcdit drayage account. Sell Hudson & Crane 500 doz. No. 3 G. G. apricots at $3.55. Send Simpson & Miller your sight draft on Chapman & Linlon/or $2,737.50. The Merchants* Bank has collected Park Eir ; the iSth. I Sell Park Emerson 75 % Ch. E. B. tea, 4,279 lb«. at 67c. Sell Ostrom & Judson 100 bags Java rice, 22,5'o lbs. at 6c. Accept John S. Hayden's draft of iSlh inst. at 15 days sight, his favor, for $3,000, payable at your bank. Aug. 31. Buy of Bayard & Thompson 600 doz. 6 lb. cans corned beef at $7.25. Sell Chapman & Linton :oo bags Java rice, 22,503 lbs. at 6c. Buy of Simpson & Miller 500 % bales Mocha coflee, 37,538 lbs. at 24c. Send P. Kingsley & Son check for $1,700 on account. Aug. 2j. Sell Billings, Swan & Co. 200 % bales Mocha coffee, 15,016 lbs. at 26c. Buy of John S. Hayden 1,000 % bbls. extra No. i mackerel at $7.32. Pay for clerk hire by check on Merchants' Bank, $75. The Merchants' Bank has paid your acceptance, favor Gordon & Williams, due Aug. 34. Pay Adams $14.50, Pitman $13.85, and Finn $15.50 for service on drays in cash. Sell Park Emerson 500 doz. No. 3 G. G. apricots at $3.54. Sell Geo. K. Lapham 400 % bbls. extra No, 1 mackerel at $7.65. Send P. Kingsley & Son check on Merchants' Bank for $3,000 on account. Deposit in Merchants' Bank $2,500. Aug. 2$. Give Simpson & Miller your note at 20 days, their fa\'or for $5,000 payable al Mer chants' Bank. Receive of Daniel F. Graham his check for $2,000 on account. Aug. 26. The Merchants' Bank has collected Ostrom &Judson's note due 25th inst. Accept John S. Hayden's draft of 23d inst. at 20 days sight, their favor for $3,697.50, payable at Merchants' Bank. Aug. 37. The Merchants' Bank has paid your note, favor John S. Hayden, due this day. Accept Bayard Si Thompson's draft of 25th inst. at 15 days sight, their favor for $2 - 675, payable at Merchants' Bank. Aug. 2S. Make sight draft on Billings, Swan & Co. for $4,500, and deposit it in Merchants' Bank. Send Gordon & Williams check on Merchants' Bank for $^,000 on account. Aug. 30. Receive of Park Emerson his note dated Binghamton, Aug. 28, 1 for $3,850, payable at Brown Co. Bank. r sight draft on Geo. K. Lapha Charge G. &. W., and credit Laphain. Pay bills for freight by check on Merchants' Bank, $213.75. Pay Fenn $16.25, Adams $15.75, ^nd Pitman $15, for service on c Cartage for firm to date as per memorandum, $75.26. 6, at 20 days j for $3,500 . The Merchants' Bank has collected Hudson & Crf ICO bags Java rice, is.ioo lbs. at 5 J^c. 300 % bales Mocha coffee, 22,522 lbs. 1 600 ^ bbls. mackerel at $7.32 , 600 doz, cans corned beef at $7.2 5 J note due 28th inst. ' '.237 50 5.405 28 4.39^ 00 Inventory of drayage After posting the Next close the accoun Gain, crediting it for all gal Divide the net gain by $15,384 78 ount by this ent The trial balar for August, take off a trial balance, and prove your work, showing losses or gains into a new account, called Loss and , and debiting it for all losses, and credit each partner for his one-half, closing the loss and gain Onr Retired Frieud, the Gray Goose (fuill. A correspondent wishes to know when the quill pen «as first used, and by whom. The question has been often asked, but if adefiniie and entirely satisfactory answer has been given, the Gazette has unwiittngly passed it by. According to the history of Constaniius, quills were used for writing as early as the fifth century, "Reeds and feathers" are enum- erated among the instruments employed for writing by an author who died A. D. 636. This is the oldest authentic reference to quill pens of which we have know ledge. Reeds, it may be stated, preceded quills as' writing in- struments. They were split at the end and shaved to a point, much the same way as quill pens were subsequently made. Adhelm, a Saxon writer of the seventh century, wrote a poem upon the pen, and Alcuin, the tutor of Charlemagne, who liv(d in the next cenlury, somewhere mentions the quill as a wHlIng instrument. Abundant proofs exist which put the question of their use after that" time beyond doubt. A manuscript gospel of the ninth century represents the Evangelists with pens in their hands. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. DEIPARTTMEINT OF ENQROSSINQ, GAZETTE'S ENGROSSING DEPARTMENT THE Or'A. GASKELL CO., 79 and 8i Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. INCOMPARABLE I r the United States and Ca, linglc box. pott-paid, or /aur boxii /or %l. 79 W«b«sh «vt5ut, CHICAOO. v%mMV^% rg, &e., die. leading penmen of EngUnd, Germany, trance and the United States— the most superb work ever published in a book ! These pfaies have cost a large sum. It conuins nearly 300 royal quarto pages. tU^/intly bound. In short, it is the most remarluble book of the kind ever published in the world. The prlc« la S5.00, lor which it will be mailed pre- 1^" Special to every subscriber of the Gazette. For a club of Ten Siibecriptlons to the "Gazette and Educator" and $10, we give this ele gant book free. To every Suu'^criber to the Gazkti k, we will mail a copy postpaid, on re- ceipt of if 3 75. SPECIAIj OFFER I Address all Orders to THE G. A. GASKELL CO.» 79 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. of price, d pencil at- lenB:thcniiiK Mailed postpaid on receipt of price. Address THE G. A. GASKELL CO., 79 Wabash Avenue. CHICAGO. gASKEii's@MPEnmm '"-^ Self-Teaching Penmanship, IS SELLING BETTER THAN EVER. Not Hundreds, But Thousands ! P«n'acq,'iiid"olely b^'_'«ir- ORTHODACTYLIC PEN HOLDER A GOOD POSITION MADE CERTAIN. iner, and, consequently, Iwriting. The use of it by adults also, would infallibly reforni a bnd ■ ' inftlf - ■ '■ ;ually polling their handwriting. The ui ■ ■■ ■ ould infallibly r ' Ich, in almost »1 Sent by mall, poatpold, liip. ' Sent by mail postpaid for 13 cents, Ihtcu for 30 cents. Aildress ail orders to THE G. A. GASKELL COMPANY, 79 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. WORTHINGTON'S SUPERB ARTISTS' INK. POSITIVELY UNEQUALED BY ANY OTHER INK IN THE WORLD. tlic'wortd. '^NBTll^Ti.Vb"ack?an(rhavii?L' a p^cubarlv smo th flow andvery DtTRABlB. WritinK done with this ink .iEblren year, aeo on book., ii stSl a PERFKOT BLACK, not l.a.i;,ir even lo.t .1. beantir.d Blo.jor shown the slighte.t tendency to torn yell, w. I his ,nk i. p.,1 u,. in elesont .if ounce stand., and will send halt ''°nt^''''fV™fo,>'thSin°k'a\r,rvriv; ',°"'"?"'?a"e,"";;J;. ""« .. al. ink. most he ..nt eilhec by fteieht o, express!^" S^nffle b Hies sell at rciai! for jj cents, but we cannot .end by mail. AKent. wanted. Will make THE G. A. GASKELL CO., 79 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. AM) lUSINKSS EDUCATOR. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, JULY 1886. The C. a. GASKiiLL Co., Profrietors. JOHN FAIRBANKS. General Manag< Write for thb Pkbss, clolh (no other style ol spkndiU $s Hand B.iok fi GRAND COMBINATION OFF£RI PARTICULAR NOTICE. • friends will please send all oi Address such letters a G. A. CASKELLCO., 79 Wabash Ave. holders, Chicago EDITORIAL ETCniNOS. Sum [N, with Us lorrid breath filter- ing ^-oiir surplus energies through the pores of _jour skin, and making most welcome any op- portimity of relief from the cares of business. The lired merchant is packing his grip for a flight to mountain or sea; the shop «orn clerk inops the perspiration from his brow, and offers a silent p:uan to the philanthropic inventor of the early closing movemerit; the utterly fraz- zled school urchin forgets the t'ials of his late period of servitude in joyous contemplaiion of a three months' eternity of freedom and frolic; the weary teacher, — what is he going to do One excellent chance open to him for the best of recreation,— that which combines im- provement with entertainment,— is to attend one or mere of the conventions held for an interchange of thought between those ol his class. It doesn't make Ihe slightest difTerence what sort of a teacher he may be or what he may teach ; he will have no trouble in finding convenlions that fit him and his occupation as closely as though I hey had been made to order- It he \b a teacher of ordinary branches, there is Ihe National Convcnlion at Topeka, besides the thousand and one Slate, District and County Conventions, all anxious to be favored with his presence. If he is a teacher of elocu- tion or oratory, the latch string of the very inviting Niagara Falls meeting hangs out to him. If he is a disseminator of commercial knowledge, the New York Convention is the place for him. If he fulfills either of the fore- going conditions, or all, or neither, the great assembly at Chautauqua cannot fail to be at- tractive. The G.\. Chnulauqu admiration for the gk thoroughly in love with in it has expressed idea that brought that organization into being, and for the glori ous manner in which that iJea is being devel oped. Chautauqua has come to stand for some thing distinct in our educational system,— fron- old methods a Ihing apart; something that tends to the upbuilding of the people, and offert to Ihe humblest the privileges and the bless ings of human enlightenment. The assembly program for the present season, wh lakes in the months of July and August, perhaps the most elaborate, varied and atti tive ever presented. Fortunate indeed is teacher who shall Le able to spend a port of his vacation on the shores of the beautiful Chautauqua Lake. From what the Gazette can see i learn — and it has studied the outlook with terest- the Business Educators will have reason to regret the decision which brought them to New York this year. The details of the meeting have been carefully arranged, and nothing remains but for Ihe edi agrtcable and useful to one another as they know how to be. There will be essays upon all pei tinent subjects, by all sorts of essayists. Men will be present whose twenty-five and sofcontin 1 the school room sits upon them as lightly as their new Panama hals;men who have scarce passed ihe thresholJ cf a college, stoop shouldered, stag- gering under the weight of gigantic intellects: modest men, content to sit and drink in the wisdom of oihers, and who cannot second a motion without accelerating their pulse beat; fussy, forward men, who insist on speaking five times to every question, and telt all they know in ten minutes. At least, most cor tions have these elements, and even suci aggregation of learning as the Business cators' Association cannot be expected to fly in the face of time-honored precedent and pop ular expectation. The Gazette is not disposed to be meddle, some or officious. It appreciates the good work llip Educa'ors are doing and is in hearly sympathy with the objetts of the Association. The interest it feels in the welfare and comfort of the Educators prompts a few off-hand sug. gestions, which may help to keep them awake ; the well meaning essayist labors with bstraciions and distractions of *'penman- After the President shall have expressed his licitations to the convention, and the conven. m bowed and smiled tjieir felicitations to the President, let that dignitary appoint a com- iltee to take a census of the members present, d ascertain definitely how many of them are vertising their respective schools as "The very best in America." The report of the nitlee would make an interesting volume. The Gazette, understand, is makingno com- plaint. It is only a little "mixed" from read- ng the positive assurances of so many school ournals, each establishing with a mathe- matical clearness, the fact that the institution from which it emanates offers the interding Indent inducements superior lo those of any other school in this world -and probably in :ext. There can be no question that a ague of the schools which are "Ihe best inerica," and each of which is infinitely better than any other, would be a very valuable I well as a unique contribution to the com- lercial literature of the day. It would, besides, clear up some very oppressive doubts which present may be said to linger in the minds of the general public. This important tabor performed, ihe con- mtion should lose no time in appointing a Committee'of Investigation and Definition of [less College Nomenclature. The princi- pal duty of this committee would be to ascer- md make known the relative commercial significance of the various names applied to commercial schools. A most eflfective way of doing this is by the publication of a map, drawn to scale, showing the different utes lo commercial competency. Nothing luld be 6im[iler, nothing more eminently practicable. All that would be left for the immittec is to supplement the map with a impilation of-lhe rates of tuition by the sev- al routes. Such an act would entitle them the everlasting gratitude of Iheir country- Of course you understand the philosophy writti of all this. The befogged public is yearning sociei to learn wherein the Business College, pure one c and simple, diflers from the ffchcrchc Business i in a ingredient the Institute of feels Commercial Trail not; just how much further $5 will go in fit. ling a young man for the responsibilities of .1 Academy and 1, if it be true, would argue the modern : woman a trifle loo blase, or too fast — the other. There is as much character soman's writing as in her voice, and one 1,-ed u[)on opening a modern School of Penmanship than at a Pen Art Hall and School of Business. The befogged pub- lic, having sons and daughters to educate, un- questionably has a right to this information, By the simple device suggested, the anxiotis parent — indeed, any bright boy — could with siring and pencil survey the several routes with the faultless precision of a Spencerian do billet doux, in character like a printed plai as he would upon hearing a coarse, grufl' vcict proceed from the rosy lips of a fair woman. In some things we advance backward like j crab. Afler all old things are the bes*. copy-book headline, and ; which is the most expeditio consummation is devoutly t fur hir self The advantages of such an arrangement to the school proprietors, as well as to patrons, will be readily perceived. There wouid be no further excuse for that intermittent anomaly yclept (for instance), the Pea Vine Ehicidntor 011,1 Gtiitle to Business Knowledge. In its pi each college could disseminate copies of official map, indicating its own peculiar 10 by a broad red line, much after the fashion of our railroad guides. Any one who has evei yielded to the seduction of a railroad map aiu bought his ticket by the "short-line" can rvad ily see how, in case of necessity, the red lint could in every instance be made to appeai shorter than any other line. This is one o those concrete facts which defy law and logit — actualities which, from the nature of tnings cannot be, yet are. It is not intended, how ever, to cast any reflection upon the Business Educators. Every one knows I hat they ar( above such trickery; that they never offer to give what they do not have; that they do promise what it is impossible for them to form; that they would scorn to delude the public by representing themselves and thi Compondinm Re^nlts TersnsCopy Books. Since the time of P. R. Spencer no name in connection with penmanship has become sc thoroughly familiar as a household word a> that of G. A. Gaskeil. A man of nervous tem- perament combined with artistic and shrewd business talent, Prof Gaskeil made it hi' business to present to the world what he re- the scliools to be Fom Ihing that they are no' Otherwise, what soi t of cleiks and bookkeep ers and merchants ould ihcy expect lo turn "But,'' interjects c ur apologetic fiiend, "yoi surely cannot object to the proprietors of ou schools placing then before the public in their very best light." Certainly not. No one is objecting. No one has any idea of objecting and the Gazette least of all. The plan hich it has hurriedly outlined affords idest latitude in this respect. By way of lustration: "The great Northern Trunk ine, old and reliable, twenty yeais without an :cident, fare $ — ;" "Avoid the perils of abrupt turns by taking the Spencerian Bee , reaches alt important points;" "The University Route, double track, all steel elegant palace car service;" "Check your via the Wild Western Shortcut, headlights on all trains, excursion rates;" "The Erie Narrow Gauge, prices to lit passengers''- -nrf infiuilum. Could anything : more neat, pointed, or impressive.' The Gazette commends tiiis profound and leresting matter to the educators for their ■cful c Fashions ia Writing, auil Wliat They Lend To. The character and style of letter writing changes quite as much as anything else in the world of fashion. The neatly written, closely lined epistles of former times look as provin- now as by.gone costumes. The present mode is of a dashy style, quite in keeping with the spirit of the times. Rough Irish linen paper unruled, a "stub'' pen, and a sprawling hirography go to make up the hurried notes ine receives nowadays in lieu of the long, liendly letter of olden limes. The art of orrespondence, which used to be considered ine of the greatest accomplishments our grandmothers possessed, may be recovered long the lost arts. At the present day the :iety woman has no lime for letter writing, but when necessity demands her writing at all e sits down in the hurry of the moment and ith a business-like air dashes off a note cov- ing several pages it is true, but conlaimng about as much matter as could easily be put the despised postal card, and then her duty is done. The old saying that a letter shows the character of the person who writes it and the character of the one lo whom it is garded teaching penm; of an imitator 1 piler of others' ning his cart dent of the noEt productive method of ihip. In talent he was more n originator, a betlir com- ;>rk than an author. Begir- in penmanship as a stu- ;n fomous teacher, P. R. Ily based his id' of leaching upon those received froii ceplor. His early lessons were token at a lime when Spencer was winning his high- est success in teaching by a method based more upon freedom of movement than upon accuracy of stj le, and naturally Mr. Gaskeil became convinced of the excellence of this mtthod of instruction. In later years Mr. Gaskeil became a student and companion ot another great masler, Prof. John D. Williams. At this lime he conceived the plan of ct bining the methods of his two teachers i elf i "Gaskell's Compendium," represents Mr. Gai kell's best efforts lo combine through his ow skill, the excellences of the methods cf the! two famous teachers, P. R. Spencer and JohaJ U. Williams. At this time the mechanical!/ accurate copy-book style of today wa known. In the present copy-lrook slj le, th^ accuracy of form cripples freedom of i ment and as a result of this eiror the m of copy-books of to-day fail to produce gracefufl penmen. The success of Gaskell's Compen^ dium in producing rapid and easy write beyond dispute, and while in an artistic ! it may appear to s\ifler in comparison the slowly drawn copies of the unnaiural unproductive copy-'books, it is based upon U>3 movement method adapted to speed, and then fore succeeds in producing an army of gn ful writers in strong contrast with the copy-^ bcok failures. As the teachings of Spencer & Willjamsj :re successful through subordinating forn Dvement, so Gaskell's Compendium by c luing their method, succeeds in producine' L-enty years ago the old Spencerian Coni.'^ pendium prepared as a self-instructor by P. R., Spencer, represented the movement method teaching, and through this he gained his fame.] : that Compendium of free, lanship conjpared w ith the copybookj copies of today, it would suffer greatly ic point of view, but when the resii practicing after the movement plan as taught by the old Spencerian and the present Gaskeil'^ Compendium are compared with drawn copy-] book copies, the one is represented in the beau-^ inaccurate but easy wriling of Mr. Pack4 and the other in the finger lis of public school graduates. For inan/I i past penmen of a;^ m to make success by tcacliinj- the ideul| ic copy-book -style, but I been so unsatisfactory to bi public and themselves, that a rush is beind made away from slow, ac ward the Senior Spencer's movement method.^ That the Gaskeil Compendium has lived andj ed beyond all other similar self in will be admitted. That its strongest 1 for favor has been the importance of free r as a key to success, is well known, work of accurate high art entirely beyond tha reach of the masses it will naturally secur criticism of slow, artistic writers— but ■ exponent of free movement the foundation d ease and skill, its results will contin ever-growing army of easy writers in strod contrast with the millions who fail tliroilflf following copies produced by and only i 'ully imitated with a slow finger 1 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. yS^a^i/S^ 'Ci't^i^Ul^ iSSS. Shortly nAi c schools of Biienn Visla couniy. nceDnfS, Ind., on Ihe 13th of July, iKtA his pnrcnts removed lo a iarm where he lived tmtil he wns about Lt that period of life he became a »chcr of penmanship a il ol' the schools of Bill sitated his removal lo Sic this office in iSSj by a n — Isaac Pitman controls by law in England the publication and sale ot all books which claim to teach phonography, the art founded by himself. Teslifj ing as a witness in a recent lawsuit, he said: "From the beginning of ihe system, lorty-seven years ago, I gave the pub- lic pcrmist^Ion to print anything in phonogra- phy in straightforward English, the Bible, the Te»tainenl, the Prayer book, any book what- ever; but no book d'id I sanction, or will I ever sanction, for leaching purposes in either of the three styles, the learner's, the corresponding, or the reporting. There I draw the line." Stick a Pin Here. One of the most complete and valuable pen- Mian's works ever published is " Gaskell's 1 enman's Hand Book," advertised on page 7. It treats comprehensively of all branches of "le penman's art, and its pages are enriched Hiih hundreds of beautiful plates, comprising every style of lettering and ornamental pen. n** ;, y^^ '^^ young wriier, the "Hand "t'ok" is an exhaustless storehouse of instruc- 'ion Jrom the best masters, such as cannot be (iljtained elsewhere at any price. It has re- •^^eived the warmest praise from our most noted professionals, and is offered to the writing l"iWic as the most complete and useful work :>; Its kind that has ever come from a press. 1 he price of the "Hand Book" is $5, and it is •1 marvel ot cheapness at that figure. We are "ow making this extraordinary concession- iJ'iodonly during July and August. Any person sending us a club of six sub- '> ribers at one dollar each, for the Gazette "id "Guide," or Gazette and "How lo Write lor the Press," will receive a copy of this superb work free. i:very reader of the Gazette should go lo " . ,?*. °"« to get up a club of six, whicli will l^ost ititle time or trouble, and bring a prize 'at wiil be of the greatest s "> '»m and his friends. The Fellowship of Letters. Many a lime and oft has the face and for- tune of a country, says Joj Howard in a letter lo the Boston Globe:, been changed by the con- tents of a single sheet of paper. But there are other reflections lo which the sight of the myriads of letters, which are every night to be seen in the postotlice, is calculated to give rise. may perchance be found lying at the moment, In that establishment, a letter parent to his so n in a far distant coun- d one from the on lo the parent, both being anxious t 3 hear from each other. ther knowing that the other was about but n to write. The letter ol a lover to the object of his affections, and that of the latter to him, may also meet in the general posloffice under similar circumstances. But Ihis is a train of reflection in which I must not indulge. There is one other point of view in which the man of contemplative mind cannot fail to regard Ihe tens of thousands of letters before him. There is lo be found the concentration of the intellect, of the moral worth, aye, and of the villainy of the land. or this country only? Of the civilized world itself; for where is the corner of the earth visited with the light of civilization from which all kinds are not daily poui general postoflice to this The postoftice is, in the s country, what Ihe heart is tern. From it proceeds to the tremities of the land, through the >mmunications of ig in through the great metropolis? iai system of this the physical sys- nduits of ; of it^ i the Ml The Singular History of a Onill. Then cry r ntlv the city of Buffalo. N. Y., in possession of the heirs of Ex-President Fillmore, a quill o\ three feet long and as large around "as man's thumb." This quill is a curiosity from its size, and because of its history. Over half a century ago, when the great and brilliant Henry Clay first proved his right lo be considered one of our country's fore men, Herr Drlesbach. the famous lion ta presented him with this quill. He had plucked it lor a special purpose from the wing of enormous condor, captured by himself on The purpose was explained by the condition which was that Mr. Clay should make a pen of it and write with it his inaugural addi when he became President of the United States. If he failed to be elected, the quill was to reinain in his hands uncut, "until a constitutional president wrote a constitutional message for all the Slates," a form of putting the case which was well understood by the Whigs of that time. Twenty-eight years passed away, but Mr. Clay's opportunity to make thai condor's qiiill into a pen did not come. During that time he was twice a candidate for the presi- dency and twice defeated. Four years after his death the editor of the Lexington, Ky,, Dispatch, from whose columns we glean these facts, received the quill from a relalive of Mr. Clay, with instructions to pre- sent it to Millard Fillmore, of Buffalo, who was then a candidate for the presidency. Mr. Fillmore had alrcaJy served three years as president, by accession, after the death of are at present six Stolze Steno- graphic Societies in the United States, of which three are in New York and three in Chicago. Four of these Stolze Societies prop- agate the German, and two the English, sj's- tem (adaptation). Their membership is about one hundred ninety. Prof. Herman Reinbold, of Chicago, assures us that there are probably fifteen hundred persons in the United Stales who can write the Stolze (German) system. Thomas Pray, Jr., for many years an expert short-hand writer, and a gentleman whose trav- els, studies, scientific researches, journallslic experience, and general versatility make him always equal to the important positions he assumes, has become the General Superin- tendent of the Mather Electric Co., Hartford, Conn., and is with customary energy develop- ing the Mather-Perkins Incandescent system We hall our former phonographic pupil, and wish him all success. For every square rnile of herself England has Fixty five square miles of colony, Holland has fifty-four, Portugal twenty, Denmark about six and a third, France not quite two, and Spain only about four fiQhs of a mile. The area of the British colonies is a little less than that of the Russian Empire, including Siberia and Central Asia, and England speaks with authority in lands which cover almost one- sixth of the solid part of lliat globe. — The Sup- plemeiil. Full reports of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's morning sermons are to be published regularly on this side of the Atlantic in the Brooklyn Magitztm-, of New York, and on the other side in The Chrislian World Pulpit, of London, Eng., and are to be furnished by Mr. , T. J. Ellinwood, of Brooklyn. Zachary Taj lor. As he had been a strong partisan of Mr. Clay, the friends of the "heart commoner" hoped to see him elected. Mr. Fillmore was, however, defeated, and the great condor's feather remained uncut. He kept it as a sacred relict of Henry Clay. In the years that followed, if any allusion was made lo it, he would shake his head and call it the "fatal quill." So far as it was connected with the decline of a great political party, there was propriety in ng that singular keepsake— the lallen . wing that once soared c feather of When Mr. Greeley presidency, Mr. Fillm ward him the "fatal ip do so, and Ihe ancient Whig pen, which was waited for more than half a century to wiite a "constitutional message for all the Slates," remains still unmade. nominated for the ■as advised to for- but he declined lo An Old Offer Roiieivcd. All who send in a club of six subscribers $1 each for Gazette and "Guide," or G zette and "How to Write for the Press,'' Gazette and "Select Readings," during the months of July and August, will receive fr copy of our $5 "Penman's Hand Book, ad tised on page 7. How many clubs of six s we have before Aug. i ? We have received from the Associated Fan- ciers', 237 South Eighth street, Philadelphia, a copy of their Dog Buyers' Guide. It contains a finely executed colored frontispiece; well drawn engravings of nearly every breed of dog, and all kinds of dog furnishing goods. We should judge that the book cost to produce a great deal more than the price a^ked — 15 cents— and would advise all our readers who are interested in dogs to send for the book. The Gnzetle's Storap Book. -Prol. Lyman P. Spcnctr, Ihi bcstnr T hroihers, has opened an office in Nci -. S. nov III., a solid and enthusiastic Compcn —The Gakktti will be represe Chautauqua Assembly and the Rusin vention, and it will have both eves that IS goinE OP. That is ihc Gakst TB'swa — Uegan of the C. G. H., the Rock villc, Co i are not familiar with hii style. -Byron W. PaRC, of lillsworth, Me., in a letter o rise: "When I nm settled down in happy married lit am going lo lake the Gazkttk for my children iris. Three cheers for GiukcU's Com ■(.ntliu from ruck 1 rythini; is ovely and the goose hangs high." ^l^Z, since the CjAEaiTK nrranifcd with Prof, of Utica, N. Y., one of o.ir best iind best wn penrnt n, for a series of papers o>i omamenlal uch as enRTossing, clc. Specimens o( or- k by Mr. Kibbc will accompany the IS believed that they will be more vat- world, Sydney, > ceiptoriheGA..E To say that they e atle. Ihave shown Ihe papcrtoanumbtr of rriende, I of whom were delighted with it. Such writing has ive some good writers here. too. I will do my best lo Hikes f she t jonri Ktllys KevolulioHiur is reoture in the field of ; «mes from Fost<ria, O., nnd ha» an unmislnkabic rtichiielinn flavor. That the editor is « great philan- hropisl as well as a grc-it penman is uoetiui vocally set orth in his suluCntory, from which we quote a few sen- "The many m'slakcs mndc in the present system ot lave detirnilned lo place before the ptople in plain Inn- ;uagc the- true condition of ihe educational system at , if tve h ado I to fight It solemn night. lna$ olemn night of sumin \Vh en my heart of glooi Hloss omcd up to greet the All f rebodings that dislrc (Lvin E iov ll.:it cnuKht am Here below thsl they may grieve Tales are told you lo deceive yo<i- Then God smiled, and it was morn 10 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. ^hort-hatid* This department is edited bv Prof. WilLIAM D. Bridge, A. M , Principal of the School of Phonography in Chautauqua University, [Address Lock Box s>S, Plainfield, N. J.] ,h'ort-hand association news. ?• Short-^and periodiMl- Dots and Dashes. — Taklgraphy is 25 years old in 1887. —Two complete sets of the Phonetic journal are on sale, — forty-four volumes — a rich and rare find for some one. —The G. A. Walbridge Type-Wriler Sup- ply Office will be continued by his widow, and located permanently at Newark, N. J. —Dr. P. Mitzschke is giving valuable re- views of English shorl-hand works in the cur- rent numbers of Mngazin Jur Stenographic, Berlin. — Brof. Bridge will have several short-hand curiosities at the Shorthand Writers' Con- vention at Chautauqua, July 31. Bring yours —The best instruction in a Summer School ct Phonography is given at Chautauqua, July 12 — Aug. 30, in terms of twenty lessons, by Prof. Bridge, —E. N. Miner, Esq., has ninety-seven electro- types ot the Lord's Prayer in as many difleient styles, which (with others expected) will soon appear in a booklet form. —English and Continental short-hand pub- lishers are tenfold more active in pushing their works than are those of tlie United States. We bid them all "all hail." —The manufacturers of ten Type-Writing machines have been invited to send samples and operaturs to the Type-Writer Exposition and Tournament at Chautauqua, Saturday, July 3i. — Prof. F. G. Morris' proposed book will con- tain the same matter written in Graham, Isaac Pitman, Benn Pitman, Munson, etc., systems, with references to his previous work, "The Phrase." — Prof. Alfred Day, of the Spencerian Busi- ness College, Cleveland, Ohio, papyrographs for his short-hand scholars and graduates, the Short-hand 'Journal^ a monthly brochure, in- teresting indeed to all of us stenos. — Prof. J. Geo. Cross has published in tract form his interesting address before the Busi ness Educators' Association at Rochester, N. Y,, July 18, 1884. It is a vigorous present- ation of the rootideas of his eclectic phonog- — Every Isaac Pitman writer should order at once the numbers of the Holy Bible published by R. McCaskie, Marylebone, Eng. The whole Bible will be completed in about thirty- five parts, at seven pence a part. They may be ordered through the editor ot this depart- — No. 3 of Vol. 1 oi the Union Short-hand Writer, published in Toronto, (Jnt., is our latest member of the Magazine brotherhood. We hope it will improve its short-hand depart- ment, which is the most wretched lithography we have seen for years. It aims to be the comic magazine. — The Reporters'' Journal^ London, Eng., edited by James Herbert Ford in a most ad- mirable manner, and beautifully written, of- fered prize of one guinea for the best and neat- est written postal card containing in Isaac Pit- man's short-hand about eight tines of pre- scribed matter. Three hundred twenty-nine persons competed. Not one card was written absolutely correct. Sixty-four cards were writ- ten by members in "good and regular stand- ing" of the "Phonetic Society," nnd their er- rors were from one to fifteen. Four hundred sixteen errors were found on the cards of these eertifird teachers, an average of 6J4 to each card. The editor cries out in amazement, "We cannot shut our eyes to the alarming fact that the Phonetic Society is assuredly, as at present constituted, totally unfit for the functions it has to perform." The one card coming nearest perfection was that of Ebenczer Loudan, Jr., Shotts, Lanarkshire, and a facsimile of his card is published in the Reporters' Journal for June. Four other writers were highly com- mended. Stephen Pearl Andrews. Forty years ago Stephen Pearl Andrews was the father of the Pitmanic invasion of the United States. The names of Graham, Benn Pitman, Munson, Lindsley, Cross, etc,, are not so enthusiastically spoken by us to-day as were the names of Stephen Pearl Andrews and Au- gustus F. Boyle, heralded by the nascent pho- nographers of the forties. Prof. Andrews was an original Yankee; was the son of Rev. Ellsha Andrews, a famous Baptist clergyman, and was born at Temple- Ion, Mass., March 22, iSia, being tiie young- est of eight children, Amherst College was his Alma Afatcr. His chosen profession was the law. Soon af^er graduation he went to New Orleans, and though himself a fiery anti. slavery man, became a pleader of eminence alongside such distinguished lawyers as Judah P. Benjamin, John Slidell, the leading ad- vocates of the Southwest. Attaining the highest rank in his profession, he entered into a single-handed contest lor liberty and free speech, publicly advocating the most pro- nounced abolition sentiments. After four years of brave but unsuccessful struggle he left Texas for England, where he remained for Mount;" the "Compendium of Phonography," etc., etc. Prof. Andrew^ outlined and partially prepared the "Phonographic Phraseographer," the "Phonographic Imperfect Skeleton Book," and a "Second Work on Phraseography," the "Phonographic Form Book," the latter to be a dictionary of phonography containing in short, hand or lype-keys a full vocabulary of the language. Phonetic printin,^ stood on a par with pho- netic short-hand writing in Prof. Andrews' ar. dent appreciation. The boldest venture of those early days was the publication of a large four-page weekly paper, the Anglo-Sacsun, the numbers of which from Sept. 5, 1846, to Sept. 16, 1S48, lie before us. We have not space to refer to his phonetic labors. After some years the firm of Andrews & Boyle dissolved, Mr. Andrews turned his attention to philology, mastering thirty languages; to universal science, which he denominated universology, the elements of which are contained in a large work called "The Basic Outline of Univers- ology." He originated a new language which he called Alwato (Ahl-wah-to), and his philos- opiiy at large, as a doctrine of many-sideness and reconciliation, is known as iti/egrahsm. The practical institution of life, which he ad- JJliUs^I. t?»y wkhjcL some time. Here, in the fall of 1S43, he be- came enamored with the then new system of phonography recently devised by Isaac Pit- man. Accepting all great thoughts with kind- ness, he soon felt an inspiration to give his own land the benefits of this great advance in stenog- raphic lines, and returning to the United States, organized in 1844 the firm of Andrews & Boyle, plunging at once with the most deter- mined heroism into the phonetic and phono- graphic propagandism. In 1S49, in the preface to the "Phonographic Word, Book No. i," Mr. Andrews triumphant. V exclaims: "It is now near five years sii lc we introduced the great invention of Mr. Pit nan to the American public. It is already permanently fixed in the High schools of the principal cities of the Union." Enthusiastic, perhaps not wise, words were these. Mr. Andrews devised several scholarly, yet quite practical, works for stud- ents of short-hand, The "Complete Phono- graphic Class Book," published in 1S45, passed through at least sixteen editions; the "Pho- nographic Reader" as many editions; the " Phonographic Reporter's First Book," orlgi. nally issued in parts of J4 pages each, subse- quently bound together; the "Phonographic Word Book Nos. I and It;" " First Lessons in Phonography ; " " Phonographic Charts Nos. I and II;" "Christ's Sermon on the half will be found that are not in this lis twenty-five words alone constitut quarter of the language, and the first si third. These arc arranged nume according to the frequency of their occii The may one after those most first love like V has now under every where work n -world n do give PHONOGRAPHY. /r".//.« by Prof. If. D. B ids', Pl« vocated, and was laboring to inaugurate, neith- er mere individualism nor mere communism, he called the paniarchy. His tall, spare form, long gray hair and expressive face gave him a marked appearance, and he was always list- encd to with attention and respect. He leaves three sons. The funeral took place at the Ger- man Masonic Hall on East Fifteenth street. New York. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. —The Short-hand Writer for May gives a valuable paper on "The Words We Use Most," taken from eleven diverse sources. Of 11,102 words counted, the following are found: The 638, and 363, go 346, to 249, i 174, that 168, in 159. ft '37, we 132, a iiO, is 113, not loS, be 105, for 105. By this showing fourteen mono- syllabic words are one-fourth of common Ucep-Scn Dredging. Poring over our collection 01 Andrews & Boyle's publications before and after 1846, we came across this goodly pearl : The student will be surprised to learn that the following one hundred words constitute more than one-half of all English that Is spoken or written ; that is. In a sermon, a newspaper, a speech, or in a debate, in which say 6,000 words are spoken, no more than 3,000, or one- 1. You gave me rules for using the different strokes tor "R," you have told me that the stroke for "L" may be written up or down. , What rules have you.> (A, i.), Write the upward stroke, if "1" is the only stroke in the word; 2, if it is the first stroke in the word ; (unless downward " I " joins better with the succeeding stroke); 3, if " 1 " pre- cedes a final vowel ; 4, generally, if " 1" is the last stroke, except it follows, "F," "V," "Sk," 01- "N." (See plate i, Sec. i), all, lo, sail, slow, else, lease, leased, stole, style, stool, soil, laster; lick, slick, lack, slack, lamb, slam, elf, self, lash, slash, leak, sleek, elbow, life, laugh, latch, leash; fellow, pillow, tallow. Jolly, mellow, daily, gaily, rely, coolie, slowly; pile, bale, mail, quill, toil, mule, howl, shell, shawl, shallow. (B, I), write the / ,:--;<rd stroke "1," when it follows an iniii.il vowel, and is followed by "K" or "M"; 2, when fol- lowed by "N" or "Ing"; 3, for final "1" fol- lowing "F", "V", "Sk" or "N". (See plate 1, section 2), elk, alike, Aleck, Alma, Elim, alum, alumni; listen, lesson, loosen, lung, Lena, Hon, ulna, Allison; fool, kneel, veil, knell, Nellie, only, scale, kingly, Nile, skull, scowl, 2. You told me in the first lesson that the stroke for "Sh" is written up or down, .u cord- ing to certain rules. What rules' 1, \Viite downward stroke when "Sh" is the onl v stroke in the word; 2, write upward stroke when pre- ceding "L"; 3, when "Sh" follows ''L"; 4, when "Sh" follows "T" or "D"; 5, in nearly every other case write downward stroke. (See plate I, section 3), ash, sash, swash; shale. Shiloh, shoal. Shelly, social; Welsh, lash, abol- ish, slush, yellowish, eyelash ; tush, sweeUsh, dash, Scottish; bush, gash, much, Iri-h. 3. You gave me one "pot-hoi>k "— ;i ^nall hook on L. M, N, R,— to represent tl,L- sound of "W". Have you other hooks V "i es. (A,) A small hook at the beginning of P, B, T, D. Ch,J, K, G.on the right-hand side (looking from the end lo the beginning) represents the sound of "L", making the combinatinn PI, Bl, Tl, Dl, Chl.JI, Kl, Gl. (Seeplatei,-.riion4). play, apple, able, blue, hobble, bla?,t, l.l.i/e, bat- lie, mettle, idle, chattel, addle, clay, cine, glow, eagle, higgle, class, cluster, glazed, (B), a small hook at the beginning of P, B, T, D, Ch, J, K, G, on the left-hand side (looking from the end to the beginning), represents the sound of "R". making the combination PI, Bl, Tl, Dl, Chl,jl, Gl. (See plate i, Hc.tion 5), pray, [)ry, prow, press, priest, proce-s, i)raiBes, hopper, upper, Hooper, bray, brow, breast, breezes, breasts, eater, hatter, hotter, ti ,iv, tres». trice, truce, traces, adder, hider, oiJor, aider, draw, dray, dress, address, odors, eider, acre, acher, cry, crew, crow, craze, cries, Christ, crazed, cruised, crests, crossed, eager, ogre, grow, graes, Grace, greased, grist; picker, pitcher, peddle, fiddle, pickle, maple, feeble, betray, cutler, keeper, knocker, hooker, labor, reaper, paper, pebble, humble, noble, dapper, teacher, watcher, catcher, Beecher. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 11 Characteristics of the AoE.-The pe- culiar and distinguishing charact^rislics of the present age are in every respect remarkable. L'nquesiionablyan extraordinary and univeisal change has commenced in the internal as well as the external world — in the mind of man as well as in the habits ot society, the one indeed being the necessary consequence of the other. A rational consideration of the circumstances in which mankind are at present placed must show us that influences of the most important and wonderful character have been and are operating in such a manner as to bring about if not a reformation, a thorough revolution in the organization of society. Never in the his- tory of the world have benevolent and phil- anthropic institutions for the relief ol domestic and public affliction ; societies for the promo- tion of manufacturing, commercial and agri- cultural interests; associations for the instruc- tion of the masses, the advancement of litera- ture and science, the development of true po. litical principles; for the extension, in short, of every description of knowledge, and the bring- ing about of every kind of reform, been so numerous, so efficient, and so indefatigable in their operation as at the present day. We do not say that many of the objects eought by these associations are not extravagant and im- practicable, but we do say that it is impossible that such inlliiences can exist, without advanc- ing, in some degree the interests of humanity. It would be idle to deny that notwithstanding all these beneficial influences, a great amount of misery exists; but this is only the natural consequence of great and sudden changes. Let us hope that in this instance at least it may be but the indispensable preliminary stage in the cure of a deep seated disease. Gleanings from Beyond the Rookies. As California is a State toward which manv persons in our Eastern communities are now looking with a view of emigration, we have inquired respecting "openings" for short-hand men and women and boys in that delightful section. There comes response: That all the "official" positions are filled, with many competent reporters on the ground— ready and anxious to occupy any vacancy. We are told to advise our young readers, who have ac- quired the ;irt of short-hand, to try and make some engagement as amanuensis or clerk be- fore starting for the Far West,— by advertise- ment or otherwise. Take a position at low Ealai-y at first, if you cannot get large wages, and so provide against want of "living" money at all events. A San Francisco reporter writes to us that he has on the average one call a week from persons professing to have a reporter's knowl- edge of the art, who are utterly without means, or on the ragged edge of destitution — all on account of long wa ting for a situation as amanuensis, which they e.\pecled to get on the first asking in California. Some of these he has been able to obtain situations for while othe*rs~the latest comers— were at the date of his writing without employment. He also joins in the counsel given above. We are sorry to read this Iroin the pen of a California reporter: "I think that there are more charlatans and under-cutters in our pro- fession than in any other on earth." He com- plains of the fact that many lawvtrs, and even judges, are incompetent (or unwilling?) at times to discriminate between a good and a poor reporter; thai "official'' positions are of- ten obtained and retained by incompetents or "half baked reporters" through favoritism, kinship, or corrupt agreements to divide salary and lees. And he asserts that all efforts made heretofore to bind the craft to a standard price liave failed through perfidy on the part of a lew "I the most competent members of the respec- tive societies, etc. We suppose that humanity ivurages in the short hand writers ranks as in I oihercallings; but that our correspondent '^ )iad an unusually unfortunate observation ■ experience. The Sharon divorce case netted the reporters mgaged in taking the testimony and reporting he arguments, about $;o,ooo. Hubert H. Bancroft, the renowned historian of the Pacific Stales, has had his family taught Graham's standard short-hand, that his wife and daughters may aid him in his great work of collecting and arranging his materials for comprehensive record. A New and Rational Svstem of Short- HAND Numbers devised bv Wm. D. Bridge, A. M., Professor of Shorl"-hand Writing in Chautauqua University (Central Office, Plain- field, N. J.) iSS6, Chicago. The G. a. Gaskkll Co. This is the title page of the Brochure forth- coming from the press of the publisher of the Gazelle ami Eiiucator. All phonographers who desire special speed in writing short-hand numbers will do well to send 15 cents, as above, for which a copy will be sent. The Characteristics of the Age. No. I. — Isaac Pitman's Phonography. - '•/• - -• ^~ ^ -— ^. 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It is not my purpose to give a complete course of lessons on perspective, embracing all the details employeO in working out the more complex problems, The scope of these lessons is necessarily limited to general prin- ciples at the same time intended to assist the student in any ordinary difficulty. As long as the author receives no word from his class to the contrary, he considers that he is progress ing salisfaclorily ; for any student hab the privilege of slating any difficulties he enconn ters in theslud/ of these lessons, as well as as^king any questions relating to them, with the assurance that information or explnnatlon will be cheei fully given. Of course in sketching from nalure the student is not required to lay out on his paper the wliole perspective diagram, or to draw every object according to a scale of measure- ment, although a knowlege of the methods employed to ga=n absolute accuracy will be of great benefit in his eflbrts. To put into practice the knowledge we have acquired in perspective, place a simple rectan- gular solid, a box of some sort, at a distance of from six to ten feet from you, according to the si/e of the object. If the objeclbe large, place it further from the eye, so that it will not oc- cupy too much space in the circle of vibion. 'the first thing to do in silting down to make a sketch from nature, whellier it be of a simple object or a sketch embracing a number of objects, is to make certain observations. Fix your horizon and point of sight on the scene before yon lirst, and then on your paper. De- termine the inclination of the most important receding lines of the objects before you, by holding your pencil before the eye, as described in preceding paper, and by produc- ing these lineb until they meet, you will find the vanishing point for all corresponding lines. For example, we have placed before us a cube. We determine the size we shall make it, and it is always well in practice to draw our studies as large as convenient. We will sup- pose the cube to be placed a little to the left of the point of sight with one side directly oppo site the spectator— in other words, in parallel perspective. The fiiSt thing wliich strikes lh( eye is the square side of the cube. It is plair we may diaw this without hesitation, for when the side of any object be placed directly oppo bite the eye, it appears as it really is; for in^ !,lance, if you wish to inspect a chair, a bed- stead, a house, or a' picture, you discover you cannot judge its real shape or proportion until you pliice yourself directly in front of it. Having drawn our square we must observe that a portion of the top is visible; this proves that our horizon, and therefore, our point of sight, is above the object. We can also see a part of the right side of the cube; this indi- cates that its pot-itiun in the perspective plane is on the Kfi of the point of sight. Now we determine tiie slant of the receding line which maiks tlie base of the receding side by holding our pencil in a horizontal position and coni- parinij the receding line with the htrizonta! line indicated by ihe pencil. for all other corresponding lines. We deler- ne the apparent width of the receding side by pencil measurement. In the illustration view presents tiie receding side apparently fourth the width of the square. he same result can be accomplished by determining the distance of the line C, D, above the line A, B; in this case these lines lurse will regulate the perpendicular lines of the sides. Should the student choose a more complex ubject, such as a chair, for instance, he has inlv to consider it as a rectangular figure and Fig. 2 To find the (enter nf the ferspc live side oj an object, bisect the surface from each corner and where the lines cross will be found the center. By this method we may find the position for the gable of a house or any other point which marks the middle of the surface in perspec- Fig. 3 To discover the ratio of diminution of equal divisions of a peispective surface, see Figures 4 and 5. In Fig. 4 we have a succession of cubes placed directly before the eye so that the sides isible. ^hc ^amilg ®itdt. . McC, Pliitadtipti.a. be of ndvnnt-.ie to you. A. M., Mtride n. Com,. 'What do you .5* ItOKiTs- Roolt keep ;f/ ' Tht Ga rk is in all res peels Arst- da s. S., Sprifigfifti ,^f;.M. ' Isn C0I.I pen Publisher's Colmi ; Kenslcr hotel of Buffalo lends I wilh a perfectly Fig. 4 ,ing discovered the required width of tin f the first cube, a line drawn from tin it corner dividing the line above in equal 3ns will touch the line A, C, at the point which the next horizontal should be 1, and by repeating the process as many es as desired can be produced in their r perspective proportion. . 5 shows a similar method employed to line the divisions as seen on one side. . E. N., Lexhiglon, Ky "Is l!il)l Bosloa titin tried that (li til- frnuil was palpable am pcd. Snbsequcnlly that or a \ Tliscil "GarlteH's Compcndit is ed liy the Oaskell Co., nor ,11 parties visiting that city. Mine host, Whiibeck, sets a first-class table, the rooms be- g furnished in modern style. Our J uly number will be of unusual interest to Chautauquans, as it furnishes a good list of hotels and cottages from which to select a resting place for the summer. Mr. Fred Hyde still looks after the interests of the Jamestown Jourual in town and around the lake from the large circle of warm friends he has made. Of a truth he doeth his work well. Mr. A. D. Work has opened a very fine con- fectionery store, with icecream parlors in con- nection. Everything will be done to make the patrons of this establishment feel at home. Mr. Work makes a specialty of fine creams, The sale of over 203,000 copies of Gaskell's "Compendium" in a few years has not ex- hausted the supply of that work, nor the de- mand for it. In fdCt, the demand is now greater than ever, and all the time growing. This is a straw that will serve to show how many people are interested in the art of fine penmanship. Afier vou read your copy of the Gazette show it to your friend. He will surely want to invest a dollar in a year's subscription, and one of the premium books offered. Then show it to five other friends, send us the $6, and we will send the six Gazettes for a year, and six of the books desired, and you will get a copy of the elegant work, "Gaskell's Penman's Hand Book," price $5, for your pains. It works like a charm. The extraordinary offer of "Gaskell's Pen- man's Hand Book," free to any one sending us six subscribers to the Gazette and theJ "Guide," or "How to Write for the Pres^J (whichever he chooses), at $1 each, i the reach of all. There is scarcely a reader < the Ga/.ette who could not secure the 5ub4 scriptions almost within call of his front gate] The "Hand Book'' is a bonanza to learneri and the pride of professionals. It brisllei with hints and instructions to penmen, cc tains many valuable recipes and hundreds plates of fine pen work, prepared at a cost thousands of dollars. All who have tH "Hand Book'' are enthusiastic in its praise The Grand Hotel at Point Chautauqua been enlarged to meet the demands of a steadj increasing patronage. The rooms are large, wilh high ceilings elegantly furnished, while the view from t window is like unto a beautiful water col<i The halls and verandahs are large and spaciou] and supplied on every story with hydr: hose and fire escapes for reducing the dangefl of fire, and rendering accidents from thaQ source almost impossible. Adjacent to the hotel are croquet la ample playgrounds for children, while the c portunities for rambles and pleasant walkb the woods and on the margin of the lake a unequaled. One of the I " State adjoining the hotel, composed of fiftccfl acres of magnificent treesof chestnut, hickorjg oak and almost every variety, enjoyed and admired. ing rink, music, etc. A first-class livery stable the house, and affords aci parlies desiring to enjoy ti nodal cted\ We then discover the slant of the corres- ponding receding line which indicates the lop of the receding side; by producing these lines until they meet, we have the vanishing point n colle^i.- of to-day ma; lial respccia. Cnmberbanii, Pa. Chnrl s Wit t or Harvard College, an d has iS6g. nmolhy DwiRhl i prcsi B Prcsidint Porter, who h aoded '*r Pfio«io"'2o« 'TSj; Fredt Rjrnnrd hns presided ovc r thL- c sinec 1S&4; Cornelt has been 11 Idea Kendall Adams sine there nt Andrew D. White la t sum iDc Will Hyde, of BowUo n, was en years of age when clc ted 10 ul drivd oundings of thH hotel are unsurpassed. Its a| and service arc uuexceUcd. supplied with pure spring water; and we confidently bespeak a pleasant time for all \ put themselves under the care of I ceyW. Fox, the genial m anager. A Populnr Hotel. kitchen i^ , Chaun- The Sherman House for the past week has been literally packed with guests, and still they come, and mine host Sherman is always on deck, and fully prepared lo meet all emer- what the himself may be, and they all coming. The tables the very best the market .iffordsi, and the has spread entirely across the continent generally conceded by traveling me none are better judges, that the SI House furnishes the best accommodai the money of any Iiotel between New and San Francisco. 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As one of the pioneer business educators in inaugurating and developing the pracLical methods of education as exempltlied in the business college of to-day, Prof. Wells has had an extended and succebsful experience. Having received a good English education at one of the leading BCininaries oi the titate, he entered the Commercial College of Geo. W. Eastman at Rochester, N. Y., in 1857, and completed Ihe course of instruction while in his nineteenth year. From 185S to 1864 he was associated with H. G. Eastman at Oswego, St. Louis and Poughkeepsie. During the lat ter year, in connection with Thomas H. ■Stevens, he organized a business college at New Haven, Conn. A feature of this college was the perfecting and systematizing of what is now generally known as the "Actual Busi- ness" or "Business Practice" plan of teaching, a method which has added largely to the in- terest and value of the business college train- ing. The significance of the improvements introduced at this time by Stevens and Wells was due to the fact that a real money value attached to the results of every transaction, and that every gain or loss of the "representa- tive" coII*^ge currency was indicated by a gen- uine loss or gain in good money. The originator of this plan (excepting the real money value) was Geo. W. Eastman, irom whom it was received in detail by Prof. Wells iniS57. Prof. Wells' long experience in business col- lege work has made him familiar with, as well as an authority on nearly every department of instruction in institutions of that kind, but as a teacher of practical penmanship especially he has for many years been recognized as a leader, and every college with which he has been associated has felt the influence of his ability and zeal in this direction. About ten years ago, having relinquished active participation in college work, he turned his attention to the improvement of methods of leaching penmanship in public schools, and sincp then has given the most of his lime and devoted his best eftbrts to the working out of this problem. The marked success which has signalized his work in the public schools of Syracuse, N, \ , where he has been engaged for the past ^even years, has attracted wide attention, and won for him a most enviable reputation as a practical, successful teacher. With the excel- lent series of lessons given during the past year in the Gazette the thousands who have followed them with interest and profit are of course familiar. Prof. Wells was unquestionably born to teach, and his unflagging enthusiasm for the advancement of his chosen profession has been no uncertain factor in augmenting the measure of his success. As Director of the Chautauqua School OF Business he has I'ully demonstrated his fit- ness for the position assigned him in the work of this great university. In the complete suc- cess of this correspondence school, which now appears to be amply assured, we can see the crowning achievement of a busy, useful life in the line of special educational work. Teacliluff WrltiDg. Correct writing is partially the result of cor- feci movement. Movement and form should pull together like a team of good horses. The other day in Boston I was riding in a street car when one horse pushed ahead and did the pulling, while the other held back. That was like form in writing going ahead without movement. But when both pulled together we went along nicely. That was like form and movement going along together. Driving either movement or form to excess will inter- fere with progress. The teacher j-hould be conslantly on the walch to see that both get along evenly. Too much form will injure writing by destroying movement; too much movement will also injure writing by destroy- ing form. You cannot produce good results without uniformity of action. If a person steps quickly at one time and -ilowly at another, the steps will be of difterent length. But when he moves with a regular step — one, two, three, four — the steps will be equal in length. Uni- tbrmity of outline, or form, is largely the result of unilbrmity of action. To secure rapid writ- ing (and I do not mean by that a rapid jerkv action) the movement should not be slow at ceri.in system of wriiing. He got his pupils very enthusiastic in the matter of writing, and BO worked them up to a love of the art that I have often seen tears shed in his classes by pupils who were discouraged. I saw him go to one young man whose tears had wet his paper, and who said, "I don't believe I will ever learn." Mr. Spencer sat down and wrote a poor copy, little better than the young man could write, and said, "There, see if you can- not beat the old man." In a little while Mr. Spencer came along, looked at the work and slapped the young man on the back, saying, "There, you are beating the old man, I will get another pen;" and he wrote a little better copy, in this way leading the pupil up to better work. You will find it a good plan to some- times give a poor copy and tell your pupil to beat you. Take a little child. "Come," you say, "let's run a race." Away the little one goes and how Inppy it is when it excels. But buppo ing you start oft and run away from the one time and rapid at others, but the pen should move as in walking, with regular steps. If a person moves hts pen regularly as rapidly as he can write well, produces a good form, and keeps it up through the page, he will get through that page much quicker than he who writes spasmodically. Itis uniformity of action that produces good writing and a swiftly written page. • • * Enthusiasm in the teacher is the chief key to success. The pupils will not be enthusias- tic in their work if they do not see enthusiasm in the teacher. During the school hours the teacher should do ttie best work he can for his pupils, and if he feels himself lagging he should feel that he ought to quicken work or get out of the profession, This enthusiasm can be created in various ways. • • ■ I teach pupils what not to do in order to teach them what to do. Sometimes I believe it is well to have students write with you. If a pupil is discouraged in his work, I prepare for him a copy a little better than his own writing, and he thinks he is coming nearer to what I can do, that after all there is not much dilference. I say to him: "See if you cannot beat my copy, and if you can I will try to give you a better one." I saw this done many years ago by Mr. Spencer, author of the Spen- child, can you ever get him to run with you again? • • * I believe in firing the ambition of a pupil in teaching writing in a poetic way. Father Spencer, who was so excellent in his work, was full of the poetry of motion. He saw beauty in the waves of the sea, and the trees and the flowers and the clouds, in ihe bend of a blade ofgrass— everywheie, in fact. He would in his blackboard practice let the movement up and down resemble the waves of the sea, training the pupil to graceful action, for where you have graceful action you will have grace- ful form. The old gentleman, whom I shall always remtmber with reverence, Mr. Spencer, would go aiound and pat a boy on the back, saying, "You are doing well," and the boy would work with all his might and wonder when he was going to get more of that praise; and when the master came around again he would look for it, for he knew he had been doing his best and deserved it, and that the old gentle- man would be sure to give it. Love of appro- 1 is an It all mankind, and is the cause of the largest amount of excellence. Skill in almost every direction is developed through the love of ap, probation. Approbation was Father Spencer's be!.t key to success, and if you use it judicious- ly among your pupils Ihey will etrive to succeed. A Hammotli Book. "just outside of London they are at work on the biggest book in the world," said a New York publii-her yesterday, who has recently returned from a trip to England. "It will be more than four times as large as Webster's dictionary, and will contain something like eight thousand pages. It is to be the ideal dictionary of the English languag", and will supersede all pre-existing authorities. It has long been realized by scholars that the English language is deficient in this respect. The French have two dictionaries, that of M. Litre and of the Academy, that are far superior to our own, The Worterbuch of the German broth- ers Grimms is still more exhaustive and au- thoritative, Even the Portuguese dictionary, by Vieira, decidedly surpasses anything in English. But the British Philological Society projoses to fill this yawning gap in our refer- ence books. They hold that a dictionary should be an inventory of the language, and that iis doors should be opened to all works — good, bad and indifferent. This new work will not be confined to definitions and cross ref- erences. The life history of each word will be fully given, with a quotation from some standard writer, showing iS shades of mean- ing and Ihe variations in its usage from one generation to another. The work was origi- nally started in 1859, but the death of editors, financial embarrassments, and changes in the plans have interrupted its progress. It is now hoped that the book may be published to its completion without unnecessary delay. The amount of research and reading yet to be ac- complished is very great, and there are on hand some 3,000,020 to 4,000,000 slips which re- quire patient classification. The next century will probably open before the dictionary can be placed in complete form upon the library shelves. But the advance sheets, devoted to the first letters of the alphabet, which have al- ready been i-sued, have met with the most favorable comment from scholars, and given promise that the English language is to have at last a lexicography worthy of its literature." A novel use of the stereoscope was recently made in the detection of a counterfeit bank note. A hundred-franc note was submitted to the experts of the Bank of France as issued by a bund of forgers, but the execution was so perftct that no defect could be discovered by last the suspected note was placed side by side with Ihe genuine one in the objective of a stereoscope, the two images of which, as well known, overtie each other and form a single picture. The result of the experiment was that the loop in a letter of the forged note did not exactly cover that of the genuine one, showirrg that they had not been printed from the same plate.— £,v. , ; i Elegant Lead-Fenclls. In point of finish, beauty, fineness of lead, the Gaskell pencils are leaders. Done up securely and sent by mail at 50 cents per dozen, or wholesale to regular agents at $3 per gross. The card specimens on page 7 were dashed otf by Iheir authors without any idta of their ever entering the engraver's retreat. The work is good, however, for unpremeditated strokes. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. dilimmerlDgr Glimpses of Cbantaaqna No summer resort ofFere such a mixture of comforl, pleasure and rare intellectual treats as C)iaiitauc)ua Lake, a "glittering gem" of crvstal waier set in an elevated ridge which di- vides the slope of the -St. Lawrence .nul tli.ii <•( the Mississippi. Flowing in a - easterly direction the waters from this lake mingle with that of the Ohio, Alieghany and Mississippi, jet, go back in almost any direc- tion and the flow is in an opposite direction. The supply of water to the lake is received mostly Ihrongh the source of numerous springs which bubble up from its sylvan banks, and keep its waters always cool and crystal-like. The lake is about twenty miles in length, with charming summer residences sprinkled all along its wooded banks, and farther back graded slopes with small farms of growing crops spread here and there. At times, when the sun bursts from behind a cloud, there are kaleidoscopic views about this lake which defy the inspired touch of a Raphael, or challenge the vocabulary of the most fastidious word painter to graphically repre- sent. Across the lake perhaps you will see partly on land and partly on the placid water, a gold- en sheet of bright sunlight gilding hillsides and water into a rare picture, and if a small sail boat happens to pass across this sun- lit spot, the scene is intensified by the white sails flapping in the breeze. Shadows of various clouds passing over the lake cause the water to variegate with the most delicate tints; here on its calm bosom an emerald spot appears, there in the distance is a shimmering spot of deep yellow, and further on perhaps, a purple belt drawn from shore to shore. And thus it is with this chameleon-like gem, every change of weather produces its corresponding change on its mirror-like surface. Chautauqua proper is the chief attraction of the lake, being the place where the Assembly meets from year to year, and where thousands of visitors from all parts of the country come to spend their summers. Cottages and tents are thickly sprinkled all over the grounds, giving the place the air of some quaint old village ol primitive limes. There are no sidewalks, but rustic roads run here and there which are called avenues So many educa tional departments, buildings and de vices give it the appearance of a mod ern Athens. Here are the headquir ters of the Literary and Scientih Circle, Schools of Languages the Teachers' Retreat, the School of Theo logy, the College of Music School oi Clay Modeling, School of Cookery Young Folks' Reading Union Mis sionary Institute, Gymnasium School of Shorthand, School of Busmt-ss and other departments of education It would be impossible to mention all the interesting features of this glorious place shorter than a volume The amphitheater is located near the center of the grounds, and at times the peals from the great organ can be heard from nearly all the various collages Here every day for two months Is given a programme of rare excellence. One hour you are entertained by the most soul-stirring music, another by a lecture by some celebrity of this or other countries. To- day the Schubert quartet are lifting us heaven- ward by their blending voices, to-morrow we are awe-stricken by Sam Jones' shower of sul- phurous theology. And so on ; every day brings new features. While there we heard Dr. Talmage lecture on The Absurdities of Evolution in that stage-rambling style peculiar to himself When he opens his mouth wide enough for one of his home-constructed words to escape then- is just enough room on the outside for his voice, which, by the way, is a very noticeable feature. Some one speaking of his voice has said: " Talmage's resonant tones, when in a rasping vein of sarcasm, cause the feathers on the ladies' hats to curl and the flowers to wither under the pungent blast." This statement sounds to us like an overgrown hyperbole. We listened to Will Carleton in physiognomy and proved to us that he was mortal, and would not vanish into thin air as many supposed. Geo. W. Cable read some of his unpublished writings in an entertaining style. Upon his first appearance upon the stage he was some- what fatigued from travel, and at first spoke rather low. Some shouting minister from the of the amphitheater who could not be en- ned unless a man yelled until hisepiglot- uckto he roof of s mou h and urned red s face asked h m to peak lo de Cable 3 bu almost an> one could see that he For a number of evening entertainments w< were taken across the Atlantic by means oi ingenious stereopticon lectures and well deHn BITS IN AND AROUND CHAUTAUQUA. he infuses new meaning by his peculiar but natural style. There is something in his manner which always announces the funny parts ere he reaches them — a twinkle of his eye, a half-curbed smile stealing around his mouth, or a mechanical gloom drawn across his brow, all speak plainly of the coming of a button tester. He certainly touches the was a little abruptly- Aftei enthusiastic din the inding up : he asked in a tone slightly , "Did you hear that?" mysteriously blown in on the audience one afternoon, wearing a bland look on his Apollo*Iike face and a bundle of charcoal and red paint under his arm. In care nk Beard i eated illustrations. One moment the listeners, lifted into imaginary spheres by vivid descrip- tion and life-like views, were plowing their way through the briny waters of the .\tlantic aboard some grand old steamer ol the Cunard line, and the next were crowded into a quaint and dusty looking English omnibus. In an ing the English channel Paris. After arriving we were led t galleries, museums, and other places of interest until the da z- zling sights of Parisian beauty brought the pearly drop to our aching eyes. This is only a vague hint of what was brought so clearly before us. The illuminated fleets at Chau- tauqua are remarkably beautiful. Hundreds of row boats, steam launches, large boats and other crafts constructed for the occasion, all brilliantly illuminated with lanterns of every hue, furnish a charming panorama. They march in straight lines and then form into fantastic circles and emblems, reminding one of what might be seen during a night at Venice, or a Japanese night of feasting. The most novel musical feast we enjoyed while at Chaulauqua was the "Rock Band;" a more iderful and unique arrange- ment could not be imagined. Fancy a wooden frame about twelve feet long, like two wooden shelves. On the upper shelf, in- sulated by mean» of straw ropes, are twenty-five slabs of rough stone chipped and hammered like the stone celts of our barrows and hoes, from four feet to six or eight inches long and from one and one-half to four inches broad, nged in threes and twos like the black notes of a piano, which they truly represent. On the lower shelf, insulated in ihesaine way, are the naturals— thirty-five in number, and gradually decreasing in size, from the long deep notes of the bass clef to the small high notes of the treble. This gigantic instrument Is played by three perlbrmers with wooden mallets covered with leather. There are three interesting features about the instrument, the novelty of its construction, the deftness of the performers, and the excellent melody produced, Among the most interesting feat- ures of the Chautauqua grounds are a number of devices calculated to assist the the de- partments. These are the models < Jerusalem, the great Pyramid, th Palestine Park, and the Pathway ( Roman History. They not onlv serv their purpose in assisting students oti the regular courses, but they continual object lesson, which Is forced I igain and again upon the atteni the I For IIALI IN ^ hearts of the people, by moving with them and not by taking an eagle's flight into the gauzy nothingness. Dr. Buckley, of New York, amused us one afternoon with his lecture on "Quackery." He pulled back the somber curtains of spiri'ualism, revealing the false hair, wax figures, unhung spirits of the de- parted, limberjacks of all sizes, and all wires connecting with Plutonian stations, etc. He also drew the cerk from patent medicines, and showed the dlfl'erent species of bosh that were contained in the deadly concoctions. He also pulled the funeral drapery from the clerical of his keeper he was permitted to roam over the stage for the belter part of the afternoon. After removing his cufls and a few remarks, he was permitted to draw pictures. After drawing a very comical picture he has a way of looking grieved, as though all that was near and dear to him had been torn from his grasp. Counting all that is bare fiom his nose up, Beard naturally has a very long fac^. His charcoal and crayon sketches are wonderfully graphic. The Gazette readers will find novel and ingenious ideas in his drawing les- sons which appear each month. vivid realization of thei natural features of the Holy Landj Palestine Park has but one equal, an that is Palestine itself. The Park lie along the lake which here makes graceful curve like that of the Medi- terranean Sea along the Syrian coast. The mountains of Bible history ap- pear here in their proper proportions, 16 mounds of masonry covered with close green turf. The Valley of the Jordan holds a tiny stieam yihicli runs all summer long in its sunken channel to the Dead Sea, a pool which lies bi;luw the level of the lake. Little cities dot ihc jiiinia- lure landscape here and there and evergreen trees do duty as the Cedars of LeliMiun. During the Assembly session !ectuti-s .ire given In the park by competent person^, wlio amid these suggestive surroundings cxjilain the beauties of the Holy Land. The Pyramid stands on the Terrace in the rear of the postotBce, and presents a sectional view of the great Pyramid of Cheops near the Egyptian Nile, which is supposed by some learned men to contain within its nM-sive THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. stone work the sum of human knowledge. The section is so arranged as to show the chambers and passages which have been dis- covered within its depths. Descriptive talks upon the Pyramid are given hy men ac- quainted with its wonders. "The mode! of Jerusalem is in the beautifu grove near the steamboat landing. It is about twenty-five feet in diameter and is surrounded hy a gallery from which one looks down upon the pigmy city. Everything is represented in the model — the city quarters, the deep ravines and brooks, the Mosque and its courts, the walls, and the many places in the vicinity whose names are connected with the history of the Jews and their capital. "The Roman Pathway is a successful at- tempt tu outline the events of the ancient his- tory of Rome in such manner that they may be deeply impressed upon the mind of the stu- dent. One of the avenues which extends along the upper terrace from the great Amphitheater to the Acaiiemia — the grove which has been dedicated to the University, and which now shades the buildings of the department of An- cient Languages — was chosen for this path- way. By the wayside tablets have been erected, each bearing the name and date of an impor- tant occurrence in the history. There are some sixty of these tablets placed at regular intervals on a scale which allots two feet to the year. In this manner the period from the Roman growth and greatness is marked out, and the relation to time is preserved and pre- sented to the eye. The centuries are desig- nated by large pillars which bear upon their faces a summary of the events of the hundred years immediately preceding, a list of the greatest names of the epoch, and a few words giving t!ie distinctive features of the century, for example, as an age of conquest or of civil war. The whole is a novel textbook, and like the other attractions at Chautauqua it is both interesting and instructive." Some persons who have not visited this veritable dreamland get an Idea that it is only a workshop for the ponderous brain, and that visitors have thrust upon them menus oi theol- ogy, science, and a general potpourri of brain food. Without investigation they see cadaver ous looking students lost in meditation or sauntering in a dream-like way toward the profound throne of sofne professor of Latin- Greek or Persian mythology. Not so; if one is so constructed he can indulge his laziness here as well as in the festive hammock of the seashore, while he can have all advantages pos- sible. There is no act in the code of laws that will compel him to become lean and hungry- over scientific questions or hair-splitting theo- logical conundrums. If he finds Talmage's words too pungent for his mental appetite he can quietly withdraw from the board. If Buckley's words touch him in a tender spot or jar his nervous machinery in any way he may quietly seek solitude without interference. There is always something going on here to please every one, no matter how his tastes may run. If you delight in pulling the sportive pickerel from his moist retreat, " Here is tlic angler's paradise, Witli balmy perfume in ihe air And wild flowers springing at his feet. " Or if you have the soul of an artist and delight in feasting your eyes on verdant shores and sunlit waves, you may have your love grati- n thy beauty thou shall ai Far down into thy deep, still waters gazing, Up from thy depths light, fleecy clouds sccin i Tinged by the setting sun with hues of gold." Points of Difference. .nd behind the < landeth God wi ladow Prof. Wells is hewing to the line, and teach- 1.TS of experience will bear me out in saying that his conclusions in the main are undenia- ble. He puts the matter very mildly when he says that "rapidity of movement in practicing oecms to be an open question, teachers differ- ing widely on this point," and follows with ex plicit instruction in language that cannot be misunderstood: "Begin with a moderate uni- form movement," mark the language, "and then geadually Increase the speed as the action appears to come under control, and more en- encouraging results will generally be secured." Better language could not have been chosen to express in a clear and concise manner the best, the very best course of action. This course of treatment Is general with our very best teachers, and Mr. Wells does an in- justice to the profession by saying that teach- ers differ widely on this point. No one worthy the name of teacher, who is honest in his con- victions and bears the respect of a prosperous experience, will waver in their support of Prof. Wells; not that he uttered the statements first or List, but that they contain the truth which alone must deline our position. Our acquaintance with the wrong is neces- sary in order that we may appreciate the right. Some persons affiliate with that which is wrong simply because their natures will receive noth- ing else. In such instances they are not ac- countable, and therefore should not be held responsible for statements and actions entirely out of keeping with good taste and reason. Therefore let it not be said that teachers differ widely upon the point of how speed should be There is but one reasonable explanation under high lieaven that will reconcile the rest- ing of the hand upon the nails of the third and fourth fingers. I have no desire and no dis- position to add conflicting testimony merely for the sake of bewildering the jury; neither can I withhold an honest conviction for fear of conflict. Upon the hypothesis that you use a straight penholder and a fine pen it is obligatory to hold the pen as per the usual directions to se- cure the very best results. Upon the other hand, writing with a coarse pen and straight holder where no shade is required or expected, the hand is not held so far to the left, and of necessity does not rest on the nails of the third and fourth fingers, but on the first joint of lit- tle finger. I repeat it, if the hand assumed the proper position with the straight holder and fine pen, without requiring great effort, the "oblique" would never have been invented. "Necessity being the mother of invention," the "oblique" came forth because of necessity, and to-day meets the highest expectations of the very best metal in the field. The construction of the oblique is upon the principle of the crooked scythe handle. In the er the hand is not required to be drawn so far to the left, neither in the latter is one re- quired to stoop so low as with the straight handle. Both are for relief, the one lor the hand, the other for the body. To me these facts are self evident, to those coming upon the stage of action they may prove invaluable, and offer no other reason than that others may build upon the fossilized facts of to-day. I feel feel justified in their promulgation. "Endeavor to practice all the exercises in the lessons with a pure arm movement, avoiding as far as pos- sible any action of the thumb or finger joints." Does Mr. Wells mean to say, and have the readers of the Gazette understand, that the highest possible execution of any kind of writ- ing consists in a purely fore-arm movement, and that there should be no action whatever of the thumb and fingers? If this is the gentle- man's stand I beg to differ, and appeal to the highest authority of our clan for a decision. The gentleman says avoid as far as possible; does he mean that the action must cease, if possible? And if not possible, to what degree is license given? "Observe the movement o*" the third and fourth fingers as they glide over the paper in writing, and be sure that this cor- responds exactly with every motion of the pen." This is conclusive, and argues that there cannot be any action of the fingers, providing the motion of the pen is simultaneous with that of the third and fourth fingers; i. e., if by some process the fingers could write like the pen, an exact counterpart of the work done with the pen would be done with the nails of the third and fourth fingers. The technicali- ties of the law have won fame at the bar. If the technicalities of our profession are over- looked, what must be our doom? I do not care to quibble, but in the light of acquired knowledge deem these points of difference of vital importance to all who desire the acqulei- -tionof the very best methods. Open wid Said the poet's stirring pen: When the thoughts I write-go forth, Many a weary, throbbing breast, Sweeps the busy land along. [For the Pknman'b Gazette.] Hnmorons Literature. Commenting upon the disposition of Ameri- cans to find something fit for levity in every subject, a European journal charges us with being a laughing race, and gently insinuates that our love for the comic, ridiculous and humorous in life is causing a degeneration in the moral tone of our character; that we are losing that grave solidity which by nature we should inherit from our Puritan ancestors. It is true that humorous publications and humor- ous lecturers thrive better in America than in any other country in the world; it is also true that Americans are lovers of the ridiculous in life; we had ample evidence oi that fact when we saw Oscar Wilde come and depart hence A contemporary says that humor is the most popular of all literature, and justly so. Nothing can be truer, and it will be found true, too, that the most sincere patrons of the thousands of jolly, comic and humorous publi. cations that are daily published throughout the United States are our most firmly established business men, the bankers and brokers, physi- cians and attorneys, who have but a brief hour in which to seek relief from the cares of their daily business, finding in such papers a spright- ly spirit which brings forgetfulness for a time of all the vexatious recollections of their cares in the contemplation of the ridiculous and comic delineations of the author's characters, becoming oblivious to their own foibles and follies. This should be the aim of the true humorist, he who should claim Puck for his cousin and find ancestral relation to Pantagmel Such are real benefactors to mankind- Very different are those vulgar scribblers who, without genius for humor or ability in the portraiture of the comic, are constrained to instill into their productions the vulgar tirgot which we call slang. Such authors can cause as much harm in the way of corrupting the lan- guage of those whose habits of speech and ideas of propriety are not yet fixed, as actual intercourse with the users of such language could cause. To this add the demoralizing effect upon lit- erature itself by the incorporation of low idioms into a class of literature which is "justly esteemed the most popular of all literature." The humorist lives only for the present; but a day passes and the readers feel a loss of that freshness which yesterday characterized his article, but yet the works of the standard humorist do not die. Those who come afler us will read of our customs, will be interested, perhaps, in the history of our domestic lives, and though the picture in the style of carica- ture which is often adopted is sometimes too roughly drawn, yet they will not find truer chroniclers or those events than the humorist who finds something mirth-provoking in the now. W. BuRRELL Morris. Gokouda^ III, April 77, iSS6. Select Readings. Beauty and accuracy of expression in read- ing and speaking may be justly regarded as a fine art, attainable in its perfection only by a knowledge and practice of the rules and prin- ciples of elocution. The Gazette would call the attention of its readers to "Select Read, ings" published by TheG. A.Gaskell Co.,one of the finest works of the kind published. It contains 500 pages, printed from clear, new type, on fine tinted, heavy, crown plate paper and bound in cloth, English silk cloth, and half Russia, with gilt or plain edges, and side stamps in black and gold of beautiful design. For public or private entertainments the selec- tions are the choicest, there being among them those of the most pathetic, gav, humorous heroic, sublime and patriotic. Price in strong board, cloth back, $1.75 ; in English silk cloth, black and gold sides, plain edges, $j; in silk cloth, black and gold sides, gilt edges, $2.50; in half Russia, gilt edges, $4. Agents can make money selling this work. The publish- ers will send a canvasser's prospectus with cir- culars and "How to sell" for fifty cents. Barnnin's KlvaL Mr. W. H. Lothrop kindly favors us with a specimen of an advertisement which appeared in the New York papers about the year 1835. It would seem from the size of the statement contained in this advertisement that chariatani- cal penmen were permitted to exist even in the primitive days of 1835. The following is the substance of that chimerical effusion. Oiii meruit palman femt. Brislow's Royal Anti-Angul;u' System of Writinir. "Before anything is eflcctcd we thir is doni Liught by the real Writing Academy s for the relief of t adopted. In London it was lion of the Royal Society of / Lillegib :s of the British Isles .md the Continent vulgar writing— how- lay be- at once bold, free, elegant, fas tioua and permanent in twelve easy lessons or one hour each. Attainable by persons of nil ages and every Merchants and strangers can be finished in two (biys Improvement guaranteed. Pupils who have never written are taught an elegant hand in eighteen lessons. Fancy the royal family grouped around a small white pine table diligently construcling kangaroo footprints, with ink bespattering their robes as their pens attempt to walk. Picture his majesty's tongue revolving at a fearful rate as he becomes lost i;i the "aider- graphic process." Literary Notes. The September number of the Philadelphia LzihWs Home Journal contains a seasonable article on summer desserts and out-door enter- taining by Christine Terhune Herrick. an in- teresting article on common grammatical errors, and how to appear and talk well in company. Mrs. Louisa Knapp, its editor, has met with a remarkable success in building up that paper to a circulation of over 270,000 paid subscribers in three years by her rare tact and genius in catering to the home instincts of iier sex, in the rich feast of good things set before her readers every month. The Journal H a, perfect gem, handsomely printed and illus- trated, and employs only the best writers, such as Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa Alcott, Josiah Allen's Wife, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Marion Harland, Rose Terry Cooke, Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick {Marion Harland's daughter), Mrs. J. H. Lambert, of Philadel- phia, and Mary Abbott Rand. All "Exchanges" should be : Penman's Gazette, 79 Wabasha cago. 111. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Lesson Id WrttlDg*. We beg the readers of the Gazette to accept a substitute for Prof. Wells' lesson tWs nlh, as he is so engrossed in business that he can't possibly appear in this connection before oft nong peniT 2 Gaze 3 thee .c\\y what lent the chief poi though there are somi ling of this movement. these brief allusions. By free move- le hair-carving points of difference 1 think almost every reader ement, but does he practice what he knows, and believes to be reasonable and correct theory? We receive hundreds of letters at the Gazette ofhce from the "Family Circle." Some oi these letters show excellent form, but a glance at ihem is sufficient to see that all that has been said about training the movement has been sadly neglected. Others show muscular movement which is untrained and balky. They perhaps have good ideas of form, but not having concentrated their practice upon systematic exercise drill, they fail to make anything correct, except occasionally through blind luclt. You may find it difficult to write long words and retain the proper slant and reg- ular forms. The following practiced with a regular movement, will help you to overcome tedi- ousness of Don't jump from one thing to another. There are ■ lying penmanship, but they must be learned thoroughly, met often practiced the small r for two and three hours a practice paper covered with the following: a few ground principles under- i of the best writers I have ever ime. 1 have seen pages of his The result of such practice not only establishes correct form in the mind but i > well . You never use a good movement until you become so familiar with an € ou can start off with confidence enough to put force and freedom in your motion : In making the three a's, allow the hand to slide freely across the page, but observe that it does not turn over to the right as you form the connecting stroke : -^^^^-^-/^ The above practiced with a free and decided moverr words with regularity and speed. You can't expect to lei few careless strokes. Strive to improve in every line: nt will help you in writing long n an exercise of this character by a The con! rotation, but 1 don't care li evolving uch geni nship, much this 1 letters, alternately help to givi istered, half the batlle is won in capitals. You < you have thoroughly trained the movement in of the hand and arm may bring back your days of grindstone epetilion is the only way to train the arm in the primary elements, us you may have scintillating about your being, you have, in order plodding, even constant grinding before you. You ifair tro! of movement in form and utterly fail in shading in the proper laces. An exercise which calls for light and shade alternately will give you skill in shading here you wish, if practiced with that object in view. Try the three C's, shading the first I its loop, the second in the last down stroke of oval and so on. Nothing tends to give so much force to c some letter that will connect well and write or flagging in movement whatever. You c^i your writing may be already, this will giv< in the appearance of your capitals. ipitale as the practice of combinations. Take up IS many as four or five without lifting the pen 't dwell on this loo much. No matter how good you more ease in your work and more decision This sweep and strength of movement is the very secret of some of our most expert busi- ness writers' success. They have their motion trained lo such a free and posiiive swing that they write well without the slightest fatigue. You see a good penman write with free r ment, apparently without effort ; you say, "That looks easy ;" so it is. when you have once gone through this graduated system of training the hand, which gives results as surely as le* to spell prepares you for reading. One of the best ways to learn writing is, after you get on the right track, to rvritc. You might memorize a volume on the geometrical technicalities of writing and then without putting vim and actual muscular push into your practice, you would scarcely rival the Mon| hieroghyphics of Horrace Greeley. If in teaching a child the art of walking parents shouMi say: "Now little one, preserve an equilibrium by keeping your little body In a perpendiculai position, and perambulate by placing your right pedal in advance of your lefl and vice observing that you have compound action of mind and nerve," the child would surely fall] under such a mass of verbiage. But if the parent should say Walk the child would know whatj was meant. I have seen pupils grasp the idea of muscular movement from a simple illustratiort and hint. They would get ideas enough in a few lessons to practice on successfully for monthsJ Combined signatures make an excellent practice for giving skill in varied turns. Thlsj kind of practice is so fascinating that it calls forth more variety of movement than you realizi One common fault among students of writing is in failing to practice an exercise long enouglil to make it interesting to them. No matter how tedious become skillful in its execution, the drudgery wears off. The Critique In Penmen. In the study ot any art where beauty and harmony are leading characteristics, the [es- thetic sense and discriminating powers naturally become more acute. The mind, through the study and practice of writing, is rendered more searching in the elements of expression or form in other objects. The eye is trained to m place objects scrutinized more closely, or should feel that hisao incentive to the higher artistic faculty in other things. If musicians should follow the nobler impulses awakened by their productions they would represent uni- versally the grandeur of humanity, their minds would be ever stored with the most beautiful imagery, their natures would be the soul of sympatlu itself. Train the mind to criticism in one art, and you train it for in- vestigation in others. Form the habit of in- The penr development of the vestigalion, and you become critical as suit, but the art of mastering in detail first be learned in one thing. Learn to die cover harmony and beauty in a landscape, and you learn to discover beauty in the description of landscapes. Become critical in forr motion, and you cultivate a taste for fitting words and graceful expressions. The n tng powers are slrengthend by the study of mathematics, and surely the sensuous knowl- edge is rendered more acute by the study of an art which has for its features beauty and harmony. The penman who is not cloistered with his art alone will not fail to knowledge and skill are preparini other arts. As the ear becomes the slightest harshness or discor becomes quick to detect deform of any kind in writing. feel that his -Of c X can. You show it in your looks, in your motion, in your speech, in everything. I can! A brave, hearty, sub- stantial, soulful, manly, cheering expression. There is character, force, vigor, determination, will in it. We like it. The words have a spirit and sparkle about them which takes one in the very right place. / can. There is a world of meaning expressed, nailed down and a mmed into these two words; whole sermons Ho of solid-ground vlrl admire to hear a person speak i boldly, determinedly, as though : bravely,! reaching of his his inner soul. It tells of earnest, sober, serious; of i battle the race, and ible way that will open and brightei , reflection of mething that 1§ lelhing that will ith the world in THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. ^^^£j^<!^ — ^ ('^/i/Z.y&.^An-^ . FLASHING SWEEPS FROM A FEW OF THE FULL-FLEDGED FLOl'RISHERS. o are from II. e fleNible pen of die famous Mailarasz. Nos. 4, 6 and 9 ate from Che unquiveriiig hand o( A, W. Dakin. :lhle BcnneCl. No- 7 is from the lefl hand of the Pacific Fred O. Young. No. S, representing a small fowl, appnrentlv e-veculed by Mr. Bartow, and the central figure, a larger bird, is the work of J. A. Wesco. 13 and 14 are from the In- THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. AND BUSINKSS EIH ( ATOR. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, SEPT., 1886 79 & 81 'Wabaah Ave., CHIUAQO. e of A, J. SCAROOROlTGil. 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GASKELL CO., 79 & 8i Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Pablistaer'fi Annonncement. With this issue of the Penman's Gazette Prof. A. J. Scarborough assumes full charge as managing editor. He needs no introduction to the Gazette readers, having been repre- sented frequently in its columns during the past. He has had a wide and varied exper- ience as a teacher of penmanship and other business college branches. He was associated with Prof. G. A. Gaskell for about two years as penman and head teacher of his Jersey City Business College. He has taught In other leading commercial colleges with excellent success. With his wide experience as a prac- tical teacher, and a thorough love and talent for pursuits of a literary character, we promise for the Gazette a prosperous and brilliant career. We shall spare no pains or expense to make it unquestionably the best paper of its class published. The G. A. Gaskell Co., Publishers. Whe 3u fail to get the Gazette regularly don't hesitate to write us, and we ■will look the matter up at once. We aim to deal fairly and squarely with all. Mistakes will sometimes occur in the best regulated offices, but the Gazette is doing all in its power to avoid them. The Gazette aims to keep posted in all hat is eolng on in the field of penmanship, md in order to do this successfully it needs the o-operation of all teachers of the art. Let us mow where \ou are and what you are doing. Write as Yon Think. Every earnest and practical teacher has some original methods forced upon him by expert, ence, which if conveyed to others without de- stroying their characteristic Unge, would be palatable as well as practical. That which moves all identity from many of the ideas pressed on paper is their unnatural drapery of words. Sometimes we see paraded through the columns oi penmen's papers ideas whose age and frailty cause them to totter under their headgear of bombast. They are rendered in- active by their endless train of superlative ad- jectives. Thay seem to be suffocating in a tight-laced jacket of scientific bosh. They look inanimate and ghastly under the glare ot bor- rowed light. Occasionally we see an article on geometrical form in penmanship whose ideas remind us of a collection o( mechanical dolls performing a calculated task dictated by the clicking hammer of a metronome, rather than rational beings acting upon convictions prompted by individual reasoning. If you have a good idea which comes surging over the battlementsofyour mind, threatening havoc to your mental pabulum, don't choke the life out of it and then shroud it in the cold gar- ments of some dead philosopher, because they look high-toned, but rather clothe it in close- fitting words, and place its likeness in your manuscript. This is the true art which will make your ideas shine forth with lite and originality from the page. The waste basket is the only cemetery for dead ideas. Manu- script should never be paraded for the sole purpose of exhibiting its plagiarized garments. Give us your ideas on paper exactly as you use them in your class. Talk in your manuscript as you do In your schoolroom. Clothe your sul ject in thought and not in empty words alone. Write for the good you mav do, and not for the sole purpose of sending your sten- torian notes ringing through (he dizzy corri- dors of fame. Don't write simply that you may clamber up the pinnacle of chirographic renown to some cloistered nook where you may with safety lasso the groaning fraternity of the lower rea'ms with endless curves or toast them over the coals of ridicule with your remorseless, scathing pen. Write your convic- tions in a clear-cut style, and all will be inter- ested. Don't write a long communication rical optics. Let's have peace; we can use large quantities of that article in our business. We will exchange a number of scathing pens and scalping knives " peace like a river." irs of that Many of the peni vtent. If instead of hav- I poured upon them they anquility. simply that a certain i I the perspirmg number may be thrilled with feather-edged sensations of ecstacy. No, don't poise a single individual on the point of your frail pen, you won't have time to keep him thus, and besides it excites envy among others of the quivering brotherhood as they gaze at his dizzy highness, Write to benefit all. There are hundreds whose Intellectual appetites may be yearning for your simmering pot-pourri. Don't serve your readers with long columns of twelve- carrot ragout, simply because it savors of some other writer's dish. No matter how common place your writing may seem, if it is from the soul, some reader is sure to be benefited. If you feel that the flood gate of your poetical na lure has been raised, don't dam it up with frigid theory because you are afraid some cynic will chill your blood with a grating snarl. No, don't allow your writings to become fenced in by the opinions of others, simply because Ihey are opinions. Because your ideas don't pull in harness with those of some older member of the fraternity, don't shear and plane them down until there is nothing left but an Intima- tion and an ink drop, but wrench them forth with your facile pen without destroying tlielr Identity. In other words, write naturally and you will write practically. Put Up Thy Blade. Some casual reader glai nay think the penman it this heading been showing their combative skill as well as that displayed In spiral colls and blending shades. Not so; as a rule they don't hanker after the carmine riv- ulet of their fantastic brotherhood. But occa- sionally some fossilized brother, from his moss covered nook is aroused by the clarion notes from some practical method of the nineteenth century, and pricks up his dusty ears, looks over the records of iSia, and burnishes his rusty trowel preparatory to throwing mud. He hurls his malleable masonry in blinding sheets over the audacious mortal who dares lo spit his common sense In the face of vener- able science, threatening havoc to his geomet- be chipper to ing mud and could bask in soothing fioods of Take Michaels, tor Instance; he ca at night; he occasionally awakens while he is asleep, fills the air with a disfigured vocabu. lary, struggles under the illusive grasp of hid- eous nightmai^s. all because some horrid, spiteful penman has intimated that he was not ad stimmum of the art chirographic. There's our greatest chirographic benefactor, G. A. Gaskell; every practical minded man knows that his Compendium has been the means of bringing out more good writers than anything of its nature published; now why should any penman turn a weak battery toward such a fort, while breastworks of living testimony are rising In every remote hamlet of the coun- try. It is too late to fight such an army. The recruits are too numerous and the utility too inevitable to be slain by jealous slings and arrows. Let us recognize every good thing, no matter from what source it comes. Let us be willing to throw up those old embalmed methods when we find something better. Even if we know it all. for the sake of liber- ality let's accept a three-cornered idea from some other penman, though his name be not etched on the top rail of renown ; we can crowd it into some remote corner of our bulg- ing dome of thought. Try it; the menial dome is a wonderfully flexible structure, and if permitted will accommodate a few thoughts of others. Put your heads together, not wllh physical force, but in a common Interest. A bundle of pates, so to speak, properly clustered le grand cause, can often do more effect, ual work than a solitary intellect bobbing in a wayward manner for an inspiration. Of course if there is a disposition on the part of some one to become entirely too "new," then it Is well enough to persuade him into the fact that there are a few unwritten things that have not yet dawned upon the firmament of his capacious mind. Inform him pacifically but firmly that there are portions of his intellectual sponge which yet remain unsoaked. Oftentimes this class of men, afier being convinced that Web- ster was a better speller than themselves, and that Wendell Phillips could outstrip them a few laps in fluency of speech, commence at the proper end of the thread and pull through tolerably well. If you see some progressive member alx>ut to snatch the laurel from its parent stem, don'l interfere by shaking his ped- estal with unripe criticism. If he has earned the laurel, and it is ripe, let him wear It, O, course this thing of being too rash In jerking "bright honor from the pallid moon," or clam- bering over the tree of fate to wrench an in- fant laurel from its branch, don't look well, and besides, the mercury of your ambition may rise too suddenly for the welfare of your sac- charine hence. The Card Writer at Large. Take the average card writer, with his in- destructible cheek, from his native heath, and you have an object with which the most pro- found relic seeker may grapple. As a rule, his Job-like patience and restful nature out- weigh his "boodle.'' His conscience general- ly remains unseared, owing lo its extreme re- moteness. His siren smiles and resonant tones hideth a multitude of bheolic commo- tions. He listcnelh tocriticism with a martyr's expression and a dagger in his heart. From the early dawn until the sable curtains of night are quietly pulled down he vigorously main- tains a chair In a motionless position, and be- comes lost in the consuming task of adjusting the pin-feathers of a kingfisher which he has built with remarkable fluency on the unused clearing of a second-hand envelope. He oc- casionally pauses from his arduous labors an Instant to see the surging avalanche of hu- manity as they pour past his tremulous desk in solid phalanx. Ever and anon he drops his chin to half-mast and allows his skilled fingers to play hide and go seek in his unkempt tresses and soliloquize in sepulchral tones: sthc ; the r forever linger on th nd by thus lingering' rench g-.mdy fame fr borders of suspense, am the grasp of cold fale." But here comes ith a tremulous v a customer, an old lady oice and iron-gray specta- cards at twenty cent " What name do am?" he asks. "Well, let— me— two of 'em, Mrs. Jo plelree, and I want on two more. Lem- ront names. You Vigor iu Execution. There Is a certain amount of freshness and life necessary in writing to make it fascinating. Penmanship m^y approach perfection of form and yet if the letters are tediously drawn out with finger movement and bated breath, there will be a something about it which fatigues the eye and leaves In the mind only an impression of exhaustion and granulated eyelids on the part oi the author. The swoop of the hawk as he gracefully wings his way through space is refreshing to the eye, while the labored flap- ping of the partridge rising from the ground conveys only the Idea of hard work. This fresh and graceful look noticed in so much of the forearm writing of late years cannot be Imitated by other than a vigorous, well trained movement. The eye naturally seeks land- scapes whose scenery is alive, where vigor produces grace and beauty. No matter how untrained the eye may be, it will not fail to see and appreciate this quality in writing. Through much of this painfully tedious writ- ing we can see the author, with furrows in his brow and an all-gonish expression in his strained eyes, curved into a suffering attitude over his desk. In writing produced with free muscular movement, wefancy the writer using I fai an easy, dexterous movement, accomplishing | on " Do you print keerds here ? '' A ray of hope beams in the face of the statue-like builder of cognomens, and he in- forms her that he cannot print cards, but can write them in a style that will satiate her xsthelic appetite. After seeing the very sim- ple contortions of his wrist, she consents to diminish his stock to the amount of six pla per dozen. yow wish on them, mad- :e. You may wrili Jonathan Beethoven Whip- my oldest daughter's n e. Slie's got four veil part them i iddle. I guess you can leave off on^ hers Cleopatra Mignonette Diphtheri Whippletree, Now, if that dont fill out th keerd you can write t'other." rse by use of a flattened alphabet he ' lo squeeze Miss Whippletree's name on the cards. She likes the work very well, but thinks It would look better not to crowd the letters so much. An ashy pallor spreads over the card writer's face as she proceeds to unfurl the next chapter of the family record, " Now," the lady remarks, " I want our minister's name on the other two. Are you prepared?" He informs her by a nod and a moist sigh that he is ready to tackle the un- seen collection of Latin derivations. " Well, you may m per wood Socdologei and feels that life Such are the experiei scribe. He as well a taste the bitter morsel! much imadulterated bali for instam ; Rev. Bulgarius ( He finishes the job with him, a funeral mouths ajar, feel the bliss] of pride cha: mg ^s of the wandering 3ther mortals mus if lite. Yet there i nhlscareer. When, elds his willowy pen in fan- shades, and causes the per- pause in their mad march desk with eyes aglow and be mortal he will not fail lo of feathery thrills h other over his frame. his work with a wholesome relish. He not only holds their attention, but \>y the charm of his skill their breath as well. There is no reason why the card writer might not continue to exist if he could ex- change the praise and glory he constantly re- ceives for about seven dollars' worth of board and washing each week. We have seen the loitering scribe who would feel more comfort- able in ihepossession of a three-dollar overcoat than a two-page testimonial inlaid with Ger- man text and gilt-edge superlatives. We have gazed on that street card writer wliose inner man clamored through his cadaverous features for soinelhing more nutritious than metallic and gauzy glory, the threshold of the dizzy I card marking we would whisper: Don't allow THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. your i naginar^ bank to expand tc much. Don't enume ate J our poultry ere th pip is heard. Prepare yourself for some di appoin tnent as well as succ ess. Now an then y ou will meet a person who will n patron ze ^our work. Don't let this sh tt your hopes or unstring your nerves. You may wreathe garlands in your fancy which will vanish like sea loam when you come to clutch them in your practical grasp. You will, per- haps, construct a future highway in your fertile imagination paved with glitttring eagles on twenty-dollar gold pieces and canopied by rich studies from the treasury department in tens and twenties. This also, as you approach from a practical standpoint, will perhaps be mergeo into the ordinary tow-path of exist- Penholders. H keeps incre; sing i The C. G bersliip. C. T. Smith of Jacksonville, III., has a dash to his writing which strikes us where we exist. W. \V. Bennett, formerly of Cleveland, Is now in Bryant's Business College, Chicago, III. "Of all the papeis received by me I consider the Gazette //« desC'—W. H. Way, Newell, Iowa. A. L. Lange, speaking of the Gazette, says: "After trying one month I find I cannot do without it." E. F. Richardson, tl penman of Kentucky Bowling Green to Horse Ci E. G. Mansfield B. W. Crandall of Nekoma, III., is im proving rapidly and has had several calls tc leach the art. This shows what can be dont by buying the Compendium and going tc iwake joung removed from ■.Ky. ngstown, O., takes the common sense view of practical writing and uses purely muscular movement. W. H. Lothrop of South Boston, Mass., writes us a letter in which he shows rare skill as an easy, accurate and positi We have received a letter, v pretty style, from J. M. Kelly, New York City. He answers to the roll of ,the C. G. of H. Chas. D. Fenslemaker of Philadelphia is a warm friend of the Gazette, and is coming to the front in his penmanship as a result of as- The Gazette has some very pretty designs from M. B. Moore, Morgan, Ky. Some of them are exceptionally artistic, and will appear in future numbers. F. S. Heath of Epsom, N. H., sends us some very well executed specimens of card work. Heath's letters always look as trim and grace- ful as a Boston girl. — C. H. Clark, teacher of penmanship and bookkeeping in La Grange College, La Grange, Mo., paid thi visit not long since. We are constantly receiving the richest kind of card specimens of M. B. Moore, Mor- gan, Ky. There is a marked degree of originality in all his work. Penmen who wish something very neat in the way of badges or scarf-pins will do well to confer with Henry Hart, Atlanta, Ga. His advertisement appears in this paper. Walter M. Winfrcd of Petersburg, Va., has this to say of the Gazette in a well written letter: "I consider it f/te best of its kind pub- lished. I do not wish to miss a single num- — C. H. Kimmlg, of Philadelphia, sends some fine strokes and a letter containing one dollar, in which he says: "Since brother Scar- borough is at the helm I cannot forbear send- ing in my dollar." The Gazette misses a scintillating star from its firmament of late, one whose rays have lighted the pathway of hundreds seeking the chirographic goal. That luminous body is no less than E. K. Isaacs. W. S. Bowers, a boy of eighteen summers, living at Suez. 111., has a very severe attack of muscular movement which is resulting in a very free and forcible style of penmanship. He always has a good word for the Gazette. The Gazette has received nicely gotten up college catalogues from the following schools: Drake's Jersey City Business College; Bryant & Slratton Business College, Providence, R. I.; Gem City Business College; Waco Busi- ness College, Waco, Texas. H. J. Williamson, Richmond, Va., puts a force and dash into -his writing which has a refreshing effect. We will venture that he writes with the purely muscular movement. Brother Williamson, your Pen Art Hall ought to do well in Richnr.ond. We have a flourished bird in our sanctum which was incubated by B. P. Pickens of Mooresville, Tenn. Some of the flourished strokes are good, but there is a melancholy look about the eye which is very tear-com- pelling. We like to see a bird wideawake, always looking gay and buoyant, as though he preparing his larynx for a serie Money orders are never payable on the day A money order can not be drawn for more than $ioo, and when a larger amount is de- sired, additional orders must be made to make it up. No one person can secure more than three money orders on the same office in one day, when made payable to the same payee. Whenever a money order has been incor- rectly drawn, or whenever the remitter desires to change the place of p.iyment, the postmaster is authorized to take back the first order and issue anolher, but another fee is exacted on If a new order becomes necessary on account of a mistake made by the postmaster, he Is compelled to issue a new one and charge him- self with the ie^.—ExdiaHgc. 'Change. The LiiKoln Monthly helps t The Penman's Art yoiirtial for August is a very pretty number. Business College Jonnml^ of Rockford, III., is a new visitor toour exchange hook. The Southwestern Journal oj Education reaches our office every month with its col- umns full of Interest. The Western Penman comes regularly each month to brighten our chaotic retreat and as- £ that it with I warblei W. T. Mays, Deanburg, Tenn., a boy of fourteen, writes a long letter in a very free and bold style, saying: "I have learned to write with muscular movenient from four copies of the Gazette. I do not expect to do without the Gazette so long as I have ;i dollar about my person. I don't like finger movement and don't think any boy who writes with it can ever succeed as a good business writer." J. C. Patterson, Altoona. Pa., writes a hand which any business man should be proud of. In a recent letter he has this to say in favor of the Compendium: "By diligent practice from I succeeded in mastering a is hand, and as a result have w to a responsible and lucra- the office of the general the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. iuccess I attribute wholly to the Compendiun plain, neat busin< lisen from the pi superintendent oi n this city. My the Compendium, of which I cannot speak otherwise than in terms of the highest piaise " Unfolding. Last Judging from the enthusiastic and tone of the Progressive Age, Kansas C '' ■ " i that Prof Coon is doing a grand work i city. E. S. Glick of Si Gazette: "You scriber. Each number is worth one dollar. His excellent penmanship verifies that sent practical educator of that , Mich., says of the We i : in receipt of some first-class work Tom Geo. W. West, East Greenwich, R. I. lie says: "The Gaskell system gives tonearid finish to writing which no other system can ■'I'proach." W. Hurley of Detroit, Mich., can write ■^■irtls In almost every conceivable style. He •turves himself over his desk something after ">e order of a Hindoo worshiper, and the cards slip from under his pen with the regu ''"■Ity and speed of machinery. December the Gazette was enlarged n page journal, which was double Now the publishers are figur- ing on still another improvement, and that is of merging it into magazine form of about 40 pages, having it embrace other piactical sub- jects aside from what it already contains. The American Penman, o{ BuSa]o and Erie is looking unusually expressive. Prof. Clark gives us a well arranged account of the con- vention in the August number. The first issue of the Pen and Ink yournal, edited by Prof. B. M. Worthington, Chicago, greets us with a smile, and its columns peopled with good ideas and food for entertainment as well. Literary Life, edited by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, and published by The Elder Pub. Co., 364 Wab.ish avenue, Chicago, is one of the highest types of a purely literary magazine we have seen. Published monthly at $1.50 We have just received a copy of The College Record, Jacksonville, 111,, in which brother Brown wonders what has become of the Gazette. We wonder what spell Mr. Brown has been dozing under, that the serene but in- evitable bobbing up of the Gazette has failed to attract his attention. THE NEW 6niDE. MR SELF-TEACHINQ LEARNERS AND PENMEN. fdfyilltji TABLE OF CONTENTS. >ter 1— Portraits and Skelchei of Ameri Chapter III.-Off-Haiid Flourishmg : Materials for riounshuig; Movement ^ Exercise*; German Text and Old English. 3^ tlluitr-UioHS. wotttj/ fuU fagt flaUi. 'riting;TiUM; Model Bm Leuei^ ; Roles for Chapter V.— How Chapter VI.— Pen Letlei Inks ; &ase all Pencil Marks ; fuU-pagt piattt. nearly all of t Chapter VU.- Wriling Fluid ; A Carbon Ink; Dra Self- Copying Ink, 3 : While Ink ; While In! Gold Ink ; Silver Ink, ^ for Marking Linen ;lnd< k Ink ; Common Black Ink ; In- ; Exchequer Ink ; Asiatic Ink : leliblelnk; Black Copying Ink ; oletlnk: Cold Ink; Mverlnk! ■s Black Wriiing Fluid : Amo?d'i A'rilingFluid. So. a; India Ink; k; Japan Ink; I'-rchment Ink ; r^.mL^s°''C;fJiru ' ^"^ ''^"" Violet Copying Ink; Beautiful n Ink ; Finest Green Ink in the aw Ink. No. a: Yellow Ink. No. No. 3 ; Gold Ink, No. 9 ; Finest Packaees ; Ink for Marking Packages, No. a ; Purple M.irk- tng Ink ; Sympathetic Ink ; Sympathetic Ink, No. a ; Black Sympathetic foks; Blue Sympathetic Inks; SympaiheLc Inks Developed by Heat; Shoemakers' Ink- Colored "— -" ' ' Ink for Zinc Labels ; Permanent Ink for Writ- Money Orders established to The money order systi promote the public convenience, and to secure safety in the transfer, through the mails, of small sums of money, and in this particular it is far more serviceable than bank drafts or checks, and much less expensive. The regulations of the money order system are very stringent, and postmasters are never permitted to depart from them. After a money order has once been paid, no matter by whom presented, the Postoffice De- partment will not be liable to any further claim therefor. In sending a money order by mail, inclose it in the same letter with the informa- tion regarding it. In making an application for a money order, be sure and state the given name, as well as the surname, of the person in whose favor it is to be drawn. Whenever it is possible, the correct address -such as street and numbeP— of both the per- jn taking out the order and the person to whom it is to be paid, should be given. 10 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. This deportm,-,il h ediid l>v Prof. WiLLlAM D. Bridge, A. M, Principal of the School of Phonography in Chautauqua U Type wriU ling phonogmphy. id writers or work. 5. r Intel Ugonce. 6. Local Dots and Dashes. — E. N. MiKER, Esq.. of New York City, has sold out his establishment and now de- votes himself to his magazine. — Massachusetts court reporters recently ap- pointed get too small a salary — only $7x0 per day and 7 cents per folio for each copy of tran- script. —The American Shorthand Writer takes a vacation during August and September. Sub- scribers will, however, receive their full tale of — The Remington was the machine used in the Chautauqua School of Type-wrlUng this summer. At least three other machines have applied for positions in that school for next ^Any of our readers seeking " goodly pearls'' among rare or unique shorthand works would do well to send to R. McCaskie, 10 High street, Marylebone, London, England, for his catalogue. — We have received a most beautiful steel- line engraving of Gabelsberger, the father of the prominent stenography of Germany. The Germans all honor their leaders in this field as we do not ours. —TYi^ Shorthand Writer, Chicago, for July, gives a remarkably valuable vocabulary of legal and phrase signs in tachygraphic charac- ters, which could be easily rewritten into other shorthand systems profitably. — Rowell & Hickcox, American agents for Isaac Pitman's books, decidedly decline to ac- cept many forms which Mr. Pitman authorizes, and in the only page of phonography given in their magazine exhibit their independence. —The changes which Isaac Pitman has re- cently admitted in his system are greatly dis- turbing the peace of his followers. The heavy dedoid tick for "he" is found to be as worthless now as when abandoned twenty or more years ago. —Our readers will receive from Prof. W. D. Bridge, A.M., Plainfield, N. J., by sending a stamp, one of the neatest and most attractive circulars of shorthand that is published. It answers a mullitude of questions likely to be asked concerning this prominent art. --The printers and engravers have done beautiful work in giving to the shorthand pub- lic the little Brochure on Shorthand Numbers by Prof. W. D. Bridge, Plainfield, N. J., and all shorthanders would do well to examine it and master it. Fifteen cents cannot be better expended. —We are glad to hear that Prof F. G. Mor- ris, of Easthampton, Mass., commences Oct. I the publication of The Mentor, & 16 p. mag- azine, entirely in Graham's Standard Phonog- raphy, We welcome our former associate professor into the editorial fraternity, and be- speak great success to his new venture. — We are happy to learn that our former pupil in shorthand, James P. Bacon, Esq., of Boston, Mass., has just taken into partnership Mr.Geo. Burpee and Mr.George Means, both of Boston. This stenographic firm will not rank in any respect lower than the highest, and we wish them the greatest desirable patronage. — Many of Isaac Pitman's changes are in the direction of the standard Graham system, though not acceptii>g the governing principles in all cases. The lengthening of straight strokes to add "ter," "tor," etc., is in case. Mr, Pitman is lengthening his curves with the "ter," "der," etc. after any final hook (as way- thern for wonder) loses the benefit of an added "n" hook for "than," etc. — Massachusetts has now a full statf ot offi- cial court reporters, according to recent legis- lation, vii.i Isaac D, Taylor, Albany, N. Y.; A. C. Edson, Esq., Holyoke. Mass.; H. M. Wilson, Esq., Worcester; I. Irving Doane, West Newton; Charles D. Gay, Chelsea; Miss Minnie E. Conlan, Boston; Frank H. Burt, Newton; and Miss Annie M. White, New Bedford. — An "old-stager" in writing machines, who was looking at the Hammond type-writer at the Chautauqua exhibition of such machines. at Chautauqua this summer ■y of the grounds asked us to fur- nish him a stenographer and typewriter at once. We knew of none coming at once, but telegraphed for a young man who had taken twenty-six lessons of us by mail, never having had personal face to face instruction. On ar- ^.''^v^.^'^.t^^^'-x * — 1,* — /,"A,..^^ 7' '1-V^' said : "It seems to me that your works are so light that the machine must go to pieces. I'd like to see the insides of it." The genial oper- ator at once took the machine to pieces before the eyes of all present, gave free swing to ex- amination and inquiry, and the "old-stager" said: "I give up, lor I don't see but that your machine is very durable just where I thought it must be very weak." riving we found he had never written a line ol natter from dictation, but he had been so thorough in his study that he began at once, and without special difficulty took fifteen letters and over one hundred and fit'ty in all within a — Prof. M. M. B(»tholomew, the inventor of the stenograph, was at Chautauqua for some days in August, the "observed ot all observ- ers" as he sat at the reporter's table in the im- mense amphitheater, easily reporting the speeches of many of the prominent men and women. Drs. B. T. Vincent. W. R. Harper and others made use of Mr. Bartholomew's services, and were enthusiastic in praise of the little reporting machine. — Persons considering the advisability of stud- ying shorthand with instruction through the mail,would do well to send to Prof. W.D. Bridge, Plainfield, N. J., asking for a large four-page illustrated circular of the Chautauqua Univer- sity School 0/ Phonography. This school has had correspondence pupils in eleven States the past year, and its prospects are uncommonly brilliant. A two cent stamp should accompany application. — One of the greatest novelties in the type- writing machine line is the new and decidedly unique one soon to be placed on the market, invented by Mr.— Cash, of Hartford. The paper lies on a moving carriage, which can be moved backward and forward, to the right and the left. The type-b^r is pivoted, and falls on the page instead of rising to strike it. Several ingenious characteristics make it worthy of at- — Simplified Phonography is the title given to the latest phase of shorthand published by Charles C. Beale in Stenography. I.Pitman'8 inversion of the vowel scale many ye: was nothing compared with this inver verted, perverted scale, like to nothing beforeJ known in heaven, earth or hades. Vowels diphthongs are miscellaneously confused InJ representation. We see in the present dev' opment no item of improvement on forma 'ographies. — The editor of this department desire congratulate the editor of the department ofl Business and Penmanship in the Gazi his inauguration of a "Business College" Inj the city of Syracuse, N. Y. Prof. Wells i known by all Chautauquans as a most capable honest and active worker in his chosen and he cannot fail to gather to his new "Busi-l ness College" large local interests, and als^ large accessions from all portions of the c try of young men and women who desirt most competent instruction in business n ods, penmanship, and all cognale branche Phonography. I I am delighted with the "L" a hook system, as explained in the last lesssonj Is there any more to be said concerning thes^ hooks? Yes. In the "Graham" syi shorthand, if you enlarge a small "R" hookj you add an "L" sound, and if you enlarge . small "L" hook you add an "R" sound, thu play, player, blow, blower, idle, idler, higglK higgler, couple, coupler, bottle, bottler, feebl^ feebler, travel, traveller, flow, floor, tray, trailj diaw, drawl, prow, prowl, dry, drill, fray, fraUjI brow, broil. (See Plate i. Section i.) 2. This principle as you have sliO' hardly conceive of anyJ ;ensibie. Have most beautiful. ] thing more legibl hausted all hooks,* Now quite. the "L" and "R'^ is very desirable, R" hook on a strokd when there does come a clear and disHncq vowel sound between the consonants repre sented by the stroke and the hook, as in words as coiu'se, portray, bark, quality, Our instruction here is very simple: I, If th^ vowel to be expressed between the represented by tlie stroke and the beginning hook be a dot long vowel, (E. A. AH,)chang the dot into a small circle, and place tha before the group-sign in its proper positi( first, second, or third; 2. If it be a dot sho vowel, change that vowel into a small drcU and place it (I. E. A,) after the groupsign, its proper position, first, second, or third; If the vowel sound is that of a dash-vow (AW, O, 00 ; O, U. OO.J strike the dash through the group-sign in its proper position, beginning middle, or end. (See Plate i.. Sec- tion 3.) Feel, fill, fall, fell, germ, firm, term, appear, dark, charm, charles shirk, foal, fall, fool, from, mortgage, dormouse, corpuscle, col- lect, correct, curb, recourse, church, journey, occurs, curfew, person. 3. Diphthongs, and the V Bofv wels, I THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 11 in accordance with the preceding rules for the simple vowels, thus; (See Plate i. Section 3.) quaiify", quality, endure, procure, abjure, re- quire. If uny reader of the Gazette wishes to know it" he is correct in his studies of this les- son, and of the readiHg exercise following the instruction, write the phonographic words with vour translation on alternate lines, and send to Prof. W. D. Bridge, Plainfield. N. J., with two ten cent stamps, and a correct reply will be Now Begrio ]n Earnest. Many young and middle-aged people have been purposing when the "Convenient Season' should come, to take up shorthand and go at it with a will. Begin now. Cooler days and nights invite to renewed diligence in study, and probably no one single branch of study will pay so richly hi all lines as the mastery of Phonography. You ran learn shorthand at home jusf as well as at a school for that pur- pose. We speak the sober sense when we say this Instruction by Correspondence by a com- petent teacher will produce as excellent result as face to face instruction. We have taught both ways for twenty-five years and do not speak unadvisedly in this matter. Begin now. Phonographic Nomenclatnre. The word Momeiidature may be an unusual one to many of our readers, but it is used to indicate a system of technical names or term; for example the chemist will write Nael for Chloride of Sodium, meaning Common Salt, and the Graham phonographer will write Prlf for the word /f-zy^c/. Now it can be clearly seen that any system of word naming, or syllable naming, or phrase naming, ought to be founded on simple and suggestive principles. We have examined the nomenclatures of several publishers of short- hand books, and many of them are utterly in- congruous. Mr. Graham thirty years ago most scrupulously devised a harmonious and natural system by which every conceivable form written in shorthand can be clearly, legibly expressed in type words, and as readily understood by the skilled student as would be the outlined character itself. In our own teaching we are accustomed to enforce the use of nomenclature, or shorthand terminology— what has been termed byphono- graphers, our "Sacred Sanskirt." We once rode with a pupil for a large portion of an afternoon, and our entire and rapid conversa- tion for the whole time was carried on by means of Graham's nomenclature. We talked about the carriage and pony, the dusty road and the scenery, the campground by which we passed, the family and domestic topics, short- hand and scientific subjects, and not once did we put the pen or pencil to paper, but used the clear and picturesque principles by which the shorthand forms which we created in our minds were expressed in spoken letters and punctuation ' marks, such as the compositor might use. We advise all to try this experi- ment — even for a certain form of private, secret conversation when occasion might re- Sc, from the Takigraphic Shorthand Institute, Gloucester, England. This magazine has three illustrations; has excellently engra%-ed shorthand in the student's style, the learner's style, etc., the whole being printed on good paper, and inclosed with a neat illuminated border. Welcome, Brother Harris, to a large field. Do all the good you can with a co»- lucted-voiwl system in England. The Amannengis. The amanuesis, private secretary, or personal stenographer, should be possessed of a great variety of qualifications. He should be ^'homst as the hills." so trust- worthy that his employer should never doubt his integrity. He should be Tf/Z/ttf^ ando*/i^(H^, that his perfect readiness to go beyond the mere line of routine, or obligation, should be recognized. Many a time an unaccustomed pressure of care, through accumulation of correspondence or otherwise, should evoke a genial readiness in the stenographer to step beyond the "letter of the contract." He should be paiimt. Sometimes the mat- ters concerning which dictations are given are of such an exciting or exasperating character as to make the chief's blood boil, brain to burn tongue to fly, nerves to jump, and then the utmost coolness should be shown by the secre- tary. If he burns, there's a great lire indeed. Calmness is demanded to do shorthand note- taking, which shall be absolutely legible under ndilic Taklgraphy in England. Our old correspondent, D. P. Lindsley, Esq. of Philadelphia, makes a most ungracious at- tack on us in the CostnofoUlan Shorthander, charging us with writing what we never wrote] and with having feelings towards him and takigraphy which we never held. If he will show one single line which we ever wrote in any bitter spirit concerniug him or his system of shorthand, made evident on (he surface of the article itself, we will make what will be satisfactory amends to Mr. Lindsley. Will he please bring proofs of his charges? AH this is preliminary to what we would sav concerning a beautiful little sheet which pio- neers the way for "takigraphy" in England. Some lime since a phonographer became im- pressed with the desirability of introducing a tmnetted-vtni'el system of shorthand in Eng- 'and, and became a diligent student, pracii- 'ioner, and now publisher of this to him new- There lies before us the first number (Sep- lember) of the Studmt's Shorthand Journal, to ''f issued bi-monthly, by George Harris, F. S. He should be fysletnalir. Orttimes when a great mass of letters, contracts, memoranda editorials, quotations, appointments etc. etc. are crowded on the amanuensis, he is compelled to exercise a most wise discretion concerning the definite order in which some of these dicta- tions shall be written out, and shall consider when taking his notes whether they should be immediately reproduced. In such a case the shorthand for "at once" should be written in the margin. He should be accurate. When the letter says, "Please find inclosed ," the amanuen- sis should be sure to prepare the needed en- velope at very first opportunity, and then and there inclose the specified letter, slip, document, check, bill, or what not. It is aggravating to receive a "please find inclosed" with no inclos- ure, getting it somewhat later or not getting it at all. Accuracy should of course fully charac- terize the note-taking. If the dictator says I send you so and so, the note should not be so care- lessly written as to lead the note taker to read "I jcm/," and so fail to ask the employer for the He should be a keeper of secrets. No em- ployer but dictates letters which he would not willingly make public, even to a very limited audience. His stenographer and the party addressed should alone carry the secrets whether expressly so characterized or not. Family matters, business prospects, plans in embryo, opportunities looked for, these are often of a semi-confidential nature, and should be treated as such. He should be a gentleman in the best sense of that word. His employer will often confide to his care delicate duties and privileges which he should be able to perform with suave man- ners, and the culture of genial, gentle, refined taste and purpose, No clown or boor is fit to hold the position of private secretary to any gentleman. Therefore a courteous spirit and bearing are of the highest value in such an The mportant feature of this conven- tion (which was not in esse, only i« fosse, and there was not enough present for a fosse comi- /rt/i*,*,) was the significant absence of the offi- cers. This gave a painful suspicion that this death was "foreknown" If not "predestinated." If we are not mistaken sixty-three paid-up members were on the rolls when the Interna- tional "gave up the ghost." This association has been doing a good work and deserved to live. Jealousy of amanuenses and phono- graphic teachers on the part of the regular stenographers was a cause, if not the cause, of this sad taking off. And It Died. Our readers have been informed from time to lime of the existence and work of the Inter- national Stenographers' Association, and of its proposed annual meeting at Lake George, N. Y., in August last. So it was to be. but alas, At the close of the New York State Steno- graphers' Association at Lake George, which was at least of its usual brilliancy, there was to have been a further meeting of the distin- guished representatives of the craft from the East, West, North and South, but only a hand- ful of thirteen put in an appearance, and as a quorum lor business purposes requires twenty, we believe, the International failed to "cometo order.'* The noble thirteen present sal in solemn silence, except when discussing how respectfully to bury the corpse. Poetry. The following sparkling words were taken from a lecture delivered by Edgar A. Poe. They are as full of delicate beauty as a new- "The poet recognizes the ambrosia which nourishes his soul in the bright orbs that shine in heaven, in the volutes of the flower, in the clustering of low shrubberies, in the waving of green fields, !n the slanting of tall eastern trees, in the blue distance of moun- tains, in the grouping of clouds, in the twink- ling of half hidden brooks, in the gleaming of silver rivers, in the repose of sequestered lakes, in the star-mirroHng depths of lonely wells He perceives it in Iht songs of birds, in the harp of .^olus, in the sighing of the night wind, in the repining of the forest, in the surf that complains to the shore, in the fresh breath of the woods, in the scent of the violet, in the voluptuous perfume of Ihe hyacinth, in the suggestive odor that comes to him at eventide, from far-distant, undiscovered islands, over dim oceans, illimitable and un- explored. He owns it in all noble thoughts, in all unworldly motives, in all holy impulses, in all chivalrous, generous and self sacrificing deeds. He feels it in the beauty of woman — in the grace of lier step, in the luster of her eye, in the melody of her voice, in her soft laughter, in her sigh, in the harmony of the rustling of her robes. He deeply feels it in her winning endearments, in her burning en- thusiasms, in her gentle charities, in her meek and devotional endurances; but above all, ah, far above all, he kneels to it, he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty of her love." Stimolant. The following beautifid lines were written by George D. Prentice, whobe pen seemed ever armed with animated truth: "There is a time when the pulse lies low in the bosom and beats low in the veins; when the spirit sleeps the sleep which apparently knows no waking; sleeps in its home of clay, and the windows are shut; the doors hung with the invisible crape of melancholy; when we wish the golden sunshine pitchy darkness, and wish to fancy clouds where no clouds ap- pear. This is a case of sickness when physic may be thrown to the dogs, for we want none of it. What shall raise the spirit.' What shall make the heart beat music again, and the pulses throb through ail the myriad-throng- ed halls in the house of life? What shall make the sun kiss the eastern hills again for us with his old awakening glances, and the night overflow with moonlight, love and flow- ers.' Love itself is the greatest stimulant— the most Intoxicating of all, and performs all of these, and is a miracle still, and is not at the drug store, whatever they say. The counter- feit is in [hcTnarket. but the winged god is not a money-changer we assure you. " Men have had many things, but still they ask stimulant. " Men try to bury the floating dead of their own souls in the wine cup, but the corpse rises. We see their faces in the bubbles. The intox- ication of drink sets the world whirling again, and Ihe pulses to playing music, and the thoughts galloping, but the clock runs down sooner, and an unnatural stimulant leaves the house it filled with the wildest revelry more silent, more sad. more deserted. " There is only one stimulant that never in- toxicates — duty. Duty puts a clear sky over every man Into which the sky-lark happiness always goes singing." WANTED! Remington MM Typewriter called to the In- creased excel- lence of this In* comparable ma- chine. Buy it with the prlTi- legeof retHrningit unbroken anytime with- in thirty J.iys C. O. U. for full price paid, if not flbsulatclj satisfactory in every re- spect. 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STENOGRAPH CO. 420 North Third St., St. Louis, Mo- Remington Type-Writers & Suppliei 12 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Director of the Cfitiutaugua School of Easiness. [Copyrighted by Chns. R. Wells. All rights rcserred.J In altempting to give a series of lessons in bookkeeping for beginners, in a. publication of this kind, tlie scope as well as llie arrangement of topics was necessarily limited. How to present llie subject so ae to maintain an interest, and at the same time give rudimental instruc- tion wliich could be understood and applied, appeared to be a rather difficult problem. It was thought best, however, to take up one topic at a time, and by devoting the space allowed to a series of simple lessons which would exemplify the principles of double entry, endeavor to make the student familiar with those fundamental principles of debit and credit which underlie the science of accounting. But in the present number we shall interrupt this order, and give some attention to the subject of forms or vouchers as commonly used in business transactions. In their relation to commercial operations these vouchers become important factors, enter- ing into nearly every transaction, and usually furnishing the data from which the bookkeeper is expected to make up his records. It is well, therefore, that the beginner should know some- thing of their nature, origin, and use, tliat he may determine more readily their effect upon the nts in his ledgci Boston, July i, 1886. Bought of John S. Ha I }i bbU. Stand. ~N5 Mackertl, i II 3037 I The invoice is a memorandum giving date of purchase, number, kind, and cost of items, and usually the terms of sale. When no time for payment is specified, it is supposed to be "on account," that is, giving the customary lime of credit. If receipted, it becomes a voucher for the amount paid. Billings, Swan & Co., I I Mdse. 8 Mdse. 16 Mdse. The statement does not g If payments have been 11 It becomes a voucher if 1 $950. Received, Baltinr and Fif^y Dollars or he items, but the amount of purchases at different dates, the date and amount of each may be indicated. ;ipt, as a voucher for the payii An order may be for mdse. or cash, and is held as a voucher by the party on whom it i \\n. If for mdse. the party filling it would usually take a receipt from the person presenl it, and &<.'nd a bill for the goods to the one who gave iU Utica, N. Y., Aug. 16, No. 640. . K. Lapiiam. A check is an order on the bank, and may be made payable to "order," as above, or to bearer. In the former case the person presenting it must indorse, or write his name on the back, and it becomes a voucher or receipt to the person giving it, and is also a voucher to the bank Checks arc considered as cash items, and when received should be entered to the Dr. side of that account. If a ledger account is kept with the bank, the person giving the check should credit the bank, but if the money in bank is counted as cash on hand, the cash account should be given $3823.48. Syracuse, N. Y., June 15, iS36. TTen days afler date I promise to pay to the order of Simpson & Miller, Three thousand eight hundred and twenty-three and ,*"»(, dollars, value received, at the Merchants' Bank. Due 6, 28, '86. A. Beginner. In the above note A. B. is the " maker," and S. & M. the firn: A. B. would charge it to S. & M , and credit bills payable ac ceiving it would charge bills receivable account, and credit A, B. Before collecting it at the Merchants Bank, S. & M. would have is payable to their order, and it would become a voucher for the pay A. B. The bank would also hold it as a voucher against A. B., the si kvhose " favor " it is t, while S. & M. on re- ) indorse the note, as it lent of that amount by ne as if he had given a lived, at the Bank of G the order of A. Beginner, Two ;dson & Crane. It is not always necessary to make a note payable at the bank, or other specified place^ lOugh that is the usual form In giving commercial paper. The party named in the Ijody of lote is called the first indorscr, and should another person put his name on the back as ad ■ing it discounted at the bank, he would be called maturity, the bank or other holder is required and to notify each party of this fact, in order ditional security, as may be the c the second indorser. In case a note is not paid by the makers by law to go through the legal form of prole to fix the liability of the indorsers. Upon receiving the above note, A. B. would credit H. & C. and charge billi account. H. Si C. on giving the note would charge A. B. and ccedlt bills payabl $1500. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 30, 18S6. Two months after date, for value received, we, or either of us, promise to pay to the order of George Andrews, Filleen hundred dollars, with interest, Samuel Martin, James P. Kno.x. Due , 23, 'S6. A note does not draw interest unless so specified, until after maturity, when it bears legal interest until paid. As a note is a simple contract, the words value received express the consideration for which it is given. The three notes given above are negotiable, that is, they may be transferred by indorse- ment and collected by a third person. This would also be true of a note made payable to some person " or bearer," in which case it would be negotiable without indorsement. One day after date I pron- value received, with intere MiRA, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1886. Allen Five hundred dollars, H. L. Wilson, \s this note does not contain the conditions which would render it transferable to a third , it must remain the property of George Allen until paid. It will draw interest from the of August, but only at the rate specified. $4500. New York, July 12, iS86. At fifteen days' sight pay to the order of ourselves. Four thousand five hun- dred dollars, value received, and charge the same to our account. To A. Beginner, Gordon & Wii Syracuse, N. Y. : the dr: nd A. Beginner the dri In the above draft Gordon & Williai & W. are also the payees. Gordon & Williams would indorse the draft and place it in their bank for collection. The bank would forward it to another bank in Syracuse, by whom it would be presented to A. B. for acceptance. In doing this A. B. would write across the face in red ink, "Accepted July 14, 18S6, payable at Merchants' Bank, A. Beginner." By this acceptance he agrees to pay the amount named, according to the terms expressed in the body of the draft. Allowing for the three days of grace the draft becomes due Aug. i, dating from the s ceptance, at which time it is presented to the Merchants' Bank for payment. When A. B, accepts the draft he charges Gordon & Williams and credits bills payable, 1 and when notified that the Merchants' Ban'k has paid it, he charges bills payable and credits I the bank. Accepting (agreeing to pay) a time draft is the same in effect as giving a not- $3916.72. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1886. Thirty days after date pay to the order of Simpson & Miller, Three thou- sand nine hundred sixteen, and ^^^ dollars, value received, and charge to my ac- A. Beginner. A, B, is the drawer, O. & J. the drawees, and S. & M. the payees. Suppose A. B. wishes to send the draft to S. & M. as a payment o would be (according to the plan we have been following) as follows: Charge Bills Rec. and credit O. & J., then charge S. & M. and credit bills receivable. We term it bills receivable, although it does not become so to O. & J. until they have ac- cepted it. The draft would be considered "in favor'' of S. & M., because it is made payable to their order. On receiving the draft S. & M. would credit A. B. and charge bills receivable. When O. & J. came to accept it, they would charge A. B. and credit bills payable. As this drafts drawn thirty days after date, it would become due and payable Sept. without reference to the date of acceptance by O. Hi J, Ph At sight pay to the order of H ,ue received, "and charge to To A. Beginner, Syracuse, N, Y. I, Aug. 5, 1886, cashier, One thousand dollars. In this transaction P. K. & S. make the draft to the order of the cashier of the bank where ] they do business, and deposit it as a casli item. It would be transmitted to some bank in Sy- racuse, and by it presented to A. B. for payment. If he wishes to honor the draft, he writes J across the face, "Accepted, payable at Merchants' Bank." He would charge P. K. & S. credit the Merchants Bank. On making the draft P. K. Si S. would credit A. B. and charge the bank for it as a deposit Re-EdncattufT the Brain. Forgetfulness is a blessing. Without it every occurrence of a person's past life would be present with him day by day. One reason why sleep is a mental restorative is that it steeps the senses in forgetfulness. But as blessings may become curses through excess, so a total loss of memory would leave us in the mental condition of infants. Oblivion of the past means the erasure of education and of the mental habits and possessions which it has brought. An educated man who loses his memory requires to be re-educated. A lady of twenty-four years of age entirely lost her memory through an illness which put her into a state of torpor. She could not rec- ollect even her husband, or the common words of daily speech. She could neither read, nor She began learning these things, as if she were a child, but, unconsciously to herself, her previous knowledge seemed to make their acquisition easy. In a few months she re- covered her lost knowledge with accuracy, j A student at one of uur colleges was attacked J by a fever, which so affected his brain that he| lost wholly his knowledge of the studie which he had been trained for years. He ignorant of Latin, knowing nothing of the I grammar, and being unable to read the simplest! Latin sentence. As soon as he regained his physical health, he faced the fact that he must re-educaK brain by beginning at the rudiments. He took | up a Latin grammar , everything in it was to him, and he experienced a mental difficulty in fixing his attention so as to recall the lesson of the hour. One day, while learning to construe, he was making a strong efTort to recall something in the lesson, when suddenly all the old knowl- edge of Latin reappeared to his mind. He took up a Latin classic, and found that he could read it, as he used to do before his sick- ness,— £x. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 13 ^h« g^amilg ^itcU, :. F. H., Camfi CloverJnlt. A. T. Yes; )-our ■ E. R. v., Cuyahoga Falls. Your Jinprovcincnt is v«ry (food indeed. The Gazkttk is gl.id you have found the Compendium of such ereat service. You L. n. W., Ilunft Corners, N. Y. For a boy of i^ but yoii should get more movement by practicing the lo hear from more ol the boys who are practicing from A. S., Irving, Kan, The best thing you can do is to follow Prof. Bridge's lessons closely lor six monllis or boy who does that work is yet an infant in penmanship, on the wrapper, however, looks as though he had writ- D. L. v., Spokane FaUs, W. T. Your movement lacks ;gularity. You should write simple words until your .ovcmenl becomes strong and positive. Take, for in- Inncc, the word "mine,"' and write it fifty or sixty mcs, slrivin? togct frccdoi Pleased t< from numbness of the right arm and hand, brought on Jacob's Oil, and as a preventive take la numbers of the after of the C the desk. Don't write loo faat at first. Drill on one Don't despair. Learn one thing well and others will be ;cnlly on Home simple word Reuiarkable Natural Curiosities. Phoenix, the graphic correspondent of the Cin- cinnati Commercial Gazette, thus refers to the petrified forests which are situated near the headwaters of the Little Colorado in Arizon*. and extend over an area of several miles in ex- tent: The trees are fcllicified conifera of gigan. tic size. One has been discovered that meas- ured more than twenty feet at the base, and at a break lOO feet from the base it was ten feet in diameter. Limbs and branches petrified lo solid rock are scattered in every direction; the texture and form of the dead trees are plainly discernable, resembling much the immense redwoods of California. Many fossils of ani, mals of species now extinct are found scattered about amongst these rocky trimks, solidified to pure magnesian limestone. The heart of KOme of these fallen monarchs of the forest is a mass of sparkling crystals, while others show sections of the purest quartz. A highly pol- ished section of one of these trees formed the top ol a handsomely mounted table, which was a conspicuous object in Arizona's exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition. The table brought a high price (rom a New York banker. The petrified forest belongs lo the carbonifer- ous period, and is evidently a portion of the vast extent of wooded land which once existed in this treeless waste, and which now forms the great coal measures which underlie its surface. The plateau of Central Arizona contains another remarkable curiosity of this rem; ble country, the natural bridge of the Tonto basin. The crown of the bridge at its st ern spring is 168 feet, the span 80 feet ; its total width is about 150 yards. Eight feet from its soulhern edge, exactly in thecenter of thearch^ is a natural hole cut into the interior, through which one looks down a perpendicular deptli of 16S feet into the bed of Pine creek. But Ic obtain a true idea of the grandeur of this arcl> it should be viewed from beneath. The gigan. tic limestone walls spring in perfect curves tc the perfect arch above, and the fluted columns meeting In the semi-obscurity far aloft, remind the beholder of some vast cathedral. The stream that winds amongst the huge boulder which strew the creek, lies here and there ii dark fathomless pools. The sides of the bridg< are pierced by grottoes whose windings lead one into the bowels of the mountain. Many of these have been explored, many more never been trodden by the white man's though from arrow heads, pottery, and scraps of fibrous matting, mingled with bones and bits ofcharied wood, we fancy the Apache knows of these retreats. Errors In Cyclopedias. Cyclopedias (and by this term we intend embrace the whole range of biographical and cyclopedic literature), like dictionaries, are supposed to be correct. They are usually regarded as authorities. They are necessities in the editorial room, the college, and the workshop. They are produced in c< of law, and cited with as much force as the dates in an almanac, but a few speciment will show that they fail in accuracy very fre quently. In Ihe account of Juan Alvarez, the cele brated Mexican general who deprived Sant; Anna of power in 1885, the cyclopedias gener ally agree that he was born in 1790; but when they come to his death, which was a compara. tively recent event, the People's Cyclopedia says it occurred in 1863; Lippincott puts it very distinctly Sept. 28, 1864; the American says he died in 1867; Drake fixes the date in 1870. The disparities spread over seven years. The American Book Exchange of New York publishes a reprint of Chambers' Cyclo- pedia, and speaking of the eminent Frenchman, Simon Bernard, wbo fought with the First Napoleon, had a leg shattered at Leipsic, came to America with Lafayette, planned our own Fortress Monroe, the Delaware Breakwater, the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, etc., under commission from the United Slates govern- ment, gives the taint of cowardice to the hero by saying: "After the French revolution of 830 he returned to France." It should be: " Upon the breaking out of the revolution oj iSjo ilurned to France." This is the fact, and he rendered a learned soldier's service to the king, for which he was rewarded by being made Minister of War. Drake says he died in 1S36. I-ippincott, Johnson, the American and Chambers' Reprint says 1839. Drake says that Sir William Berkeley was appointed colonial governor of Virginia in 1641, and was the ruler of the commonwealth when the Cromwellian fleet appeared, in 1751 to enforce his obedience to the new parliament. There is an error here of just one hundred years. It ought lo be 1651. The Dictionary of National Biography says John Bernard, the celebrated actor, died in 1828; Drake says 18J9; Lippincott savs 1830 The Dictionary of National Biography says Wm. B. Bernard, the author of "Rip Van Winkle" and scores of other jopular plays, was born in 1807; the American puts the date 180S. It is to be supposed that works designed to be authoritative would demand exactness In dealing with either dead men or living, but we crave permission to cite a strange error con- cerning a living man. Drake says that the Rev. Wm. R. Alger was born Dec. 30, 1822; Johnson with similar exactness says Dec. Ii, 5^3; Lippincott merely puts down the year S23.— £x. Pbouograpbic Union. At Chautauqua the past summer there were gathered many phonographers from all parts of the country. Social and conversational meetings were held on four Saturday after- noons, which were of a most interesting and practical character. Several shorthand systems were represented, and all were without the least restraint free to express their vie* the various topics discussed. Our limited space will not allow us to do more than give a few of the matters coming under consideration: Phonographers' Associ- otion in cities and towns; average speed re- quired of amanuenses; best method of fimil- iarizing word signs; easiest method of enlarg- ing one's vocabulary — technical forms, etc.; price of miscellaneous reporting worl various parts of the land; machine reporting, past and prospective; personal experiences of several active reporters and many amanui in the East and West; desirability of imil the English and Germans in their making shorthand an art-social as well as an art-fii cial ; mutual helpfulness and mutual sympathy among differing system-writers, etc. A general desire was expressed to make these Phonographer's Reunions at Chautau qua, hereafter a more pronounced feature of the annual gatherings. W. D. BtiiDi Too Moch. Our editor stutters badly and cannot endui bores. The other day an elderly gentlema whose visits were not at all infrequent, can in with a sigh. He put down his hat and, without "invite," drew close up to the editorial chair wilh an open map. Said he, as he pointed to a lot ot spider marks on the paper, "Oh, that was a famous battle; the thrill me. How plainly I see i green fields and dusty, serpentine roads. Hert where my finger rests is where the enemj charged, but we drove them back again. Righi here our colonel fell, pierced by, I might say, a million bullets; and here under thi: received a ball that made me lose all sensation for several hours." "G-G-General," said the editor, his face impassive as a wall, "w-w-won't you show the b-b-boys, please, where your b-b-brains blown out.?" We grieve to say the g-g-general has stopped his paper, but that is his loss, ni Is There Water on the Moon? In a recent communication, Mr, Helmuth Dueberg presents a new theory of the n- and argues the possibility of its being inhabited on the farther side. It is well known that the moon always presents the same face to the earth. Because this side of the moon is an airless and waterless desert, we are not justified Mr. Dueberg thinks, in assuming that the other side is like It. Since the moon does noi revolve so as to change the side presented Ic the earth, and since the attraction of the earll: for the moon Is very great, the heavier side, if there is any, must be turned this way. Sup- posing the moon to possess air and water, these lighter and more fluent elements of her com- position would of necessity lie at the farther side In the absence of any centrifugal force due to rotation on her own axis, the only centrifugal force acting upon the moon must be that result- ing from the moon's motion round the earlh. This would tend still more to throw the moon's air and water to the "ouf'-side with respect to the earlh. For a practical illustration of this view, Mr, Dueberg suggests a ball swinging in a circle by means of a cord. The ball, like Ihe moon, will always turn the same side to the center of evolution; and if it be in anv liquid, the liquid will be rapidly accumulated the opposite or outer side. Hence, the pos- sibility of water, air, and life on Ihe moon, nd the shores of a central lunar sea, on the always turned away from us.-fx. Balloon Fhotog^rftphy. M. M. Tissandier and M. Nadar, the well- lown Parisian photographer, made a balloon sen! from Auteuil on July 2, 1886, at i :2o I-. , and subsequently descended at Segrie (Sarthe) about 7:10 p. m., after a journey of 180 kilometers. The altitude reached was not over > meters, and during the voyage M. Nadar took not less than thirty photographs of the istantaneous kind. Of these there were about dozen, which are said to be by far the finest specimens ever obtained from a balloon. They comprise two views of Versailles, showing in plan the palace and one part of the gardens from a height of ,800 meters. Another is a of Sevres above the porcelain factory from a height of 600 meters. A third gives a view of a quarter of the town of Bellcine (Orne) from a height of <^oo meters; and others give views of the little town of St. Remy (Sanhe) and its environs. The height in some of the latter cases was i,;oo meters. The time ol exposure for the gelatino-bromide plates was 1-250 second. The photographs have been enlarged by M. Nadar wilh a new kind ol Eastman paper, and the fineness of the* detail shown is remarkable. — Scien/ific American. Magnetic Clock. ' A curious application of the magnet is de- scribed in a French journal, the subject of it being a clock recently patented in France. In appearance the clock consists ola tambourine, on the parchment head of which is painted a circle of flowers, corresponding to the hour signs of ordinary dials. On examination, two bees, one large and the other small, are dis- covered crawling among the flowers. The small bee runs rapidly from one to the other, completing the circle in an hour; while the large one takes twelve hours to finish the cir- cuit. The parchment membrane is unbroken, and the bees are simply laid upon it; but two magnets, connected with the clockwork inside the tambourine, move just under the mem- brane, and the insects, which are of iron, fol- low them.— .Ex. Slick n Pin Here. One of the most complete and valuable pen- man's works ever published i.s "Gaskell's Pen. man's Hand Book," advertised on page 7. It treats comprehensively of all branches of the penman's art, and its pages are enriched with hundreds of beautiful plates, compribing every style of lettering and ornamenlal pen work. For the young writer, the "Hand Book'' is an exhaustless storehouse of instruction from the best masters, such as cannot be obtained else- where at any price. It has received the warmest praise from our most noted profes- jonals, and is offered to the writing public as the most complete and useful work of its kind that has ever come from a press. The price of the "Hand Book" is $5, and it is a marvel of cheapness at that figure. We are now mak- ing this extraordinary concession, good only during July and August; Any person sending us a club of six sub- scribers at one dollar each, for the Gazetth and "Guide," or Gazette and 'How to Write for the Press," will receive a copy of this •uperb work free. Every reader of the Gazette should go lo work at once to get up a club of six, which will cost little time or trouble, and bring a prize that will be of the greatest service and pleasure to him and his friends. 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THE PHONElG JOURNAL. ISAAC PITMAN, IWVENTOB OF PHONOGRAPHY. I'ROF. «M) URinOE, Pl»,.v" .LD, N.J. PHONOCRAPHY,r,',CI ONETIC SHORTHANDJ;':;j;;.~^:::V^ :^^^ CHORTHANDSr;;;:;:'.'':":" ■■::::-" A Grand lliing; for Penmen. .Syra ACiRWTH WAMTKIK-Wriic f«r our new spLcial piiymcnl |.lan,.'..id Ir BANKsVpALMKR°lPubiis£ingCo.^i3J and I. "" 1 ^^?^ The G. a. Gaskell Co., Publishers. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER. 1886. VOL, VIII,-NO, 9. Warreu H. Sadler. The Gazette feels adegreeof self-gralulation upon being permilted to present the accom- panying imprint to its readers. Mr, Sadler has not only made his imprint on copper and zinc photo cuts, but hy his arduous work as a busi- ness educator in the broadest sense, has be- come deeply graven on the hearts of the com- mercial world. He is now in his forty -fifth au- tumn, but the boyish twinkle still lights up his brown eyes. lie is genial in manner and pos- sesses a something about his expression and demeanor which always inspires confidence and friendship. At the recent session of the Business Educator's convention, held in New York, lie was elected president for the coming session at Milwaukee, where weall hope to see •■Bob" in his native gloiy with the same petri- fied smiles receding from the base of that self- same nasal organ. When Mr. Sadler was conducted to the chair he made a few fitting remarks in which he referred to Mr. Packard's hospitality in the following fourlh.of-July style; "How fondly you will cherish the remembrance of the visit to the tomb of General Grant under the guid- ance of Bro. Packard [Packard flinches] you will picture him as he rode up and down the line with- majestic grace on his mettled steed, pointing out the places of interest with that expressive index finger and making his guests thrill with happiness. [Packard turns ghastly pale and looks for a trap-door] If ever we had an opportunity to make a general of a business educator it was yesterday." At this point Packard seemed desperate and gave him a with- ering look which brought him from his pinnacle of eloquence with an obtuse thud. He saw his way through however, and continued, "They will tell of our efforts last night to make a gen- eral of this great and good man, and how he, with tears welling up in his eyes which mir- rored the surroundings, declined the honor, saying : 'Don't call me General, call me Silas.' '' As an eoucator Mr Sadler's greatest achieve- ments have been in commercial calculations. He has invented more short cuts in business computations than almost any man living. His textbooks on commercial arithmetic have met with real success, having been introduced throughout the country in all schools where common sense methods were appreciated. The patronage of Mr.Sadler's school is largely from the city of Baliimore,but he also draws ex- tensively from all the Southern, as well as from the Northern and Western States. His school is always well filled, having an average daily attendance of over three hundred pupils. His annual commencements are an event in the city. The great Academy of Music, in which they are held, is always filled to overflowing with the best citizens of Baltimore, to whom he has commended himself and his enterprise in a peculiar way. For the past ten years the best lecture courses given in Baltimore have been given by Mr. Sadler, under the auspices of his college. There are no lecturers so high- priced or so high-minded as to escape his toils, and he rarely fails of making a hit. To all ol these entertainments the students of his college He is as simple hearted as a child, not a bit cynical, free from petty jealousies, and as true as steel. He holds no rancorous stings in his breast; and while he is necessarily an earnest competitor— arduously reaping what he be- lieves to be his own— he never allows business contests to enter the social realms, nor derange the sacred relations of triendship to his fellow- man. Give the world more such men and you l^less the race. Here are a few of his mottoes of life: "A good name will shine forever." "He that speaks sows, he that hears reaps." "Civility costs nothing and buys everything " "Better be atone than in bad company." "He is rich whose income is more than his "Say little; think much; do more." "He who commands confidence commands "It i; !r too late to learn." little and do much." Sir: — It is a matter of gratification to the nembers of the Business Educators' Associa- ion of America that the two leading organs n this country of practical education, the and co-operation than in the It > it should not be, that a very large number of important workers in our specialty were absent; and it is also true that their presence and labor would have added very much to the interest and substantial benefits of the occasion. I fell at the time, and still feel Ihat this absence was unfortunate and should not have been, but I also feel that there was no special obligation laid upon any teacher in this country to neglect his own business or to go contrary to his own judgment in helping to make a success of the New York meeting. There has never been a lime in the history of the business colleges, and there never will be, when the majority of those engaged in the business will feel it incumbent upon them to join their fellows in a convention. It is not necessary to inquire why this is so, nor to bewail its being so. The convention is in the highest degree a business affair, and those who Gazette and the Ar/ Journal^ have seen proper to devote so much space to the deli- beratlons of that hodv in its recent conven- tion in New York ; and not only that space has been surrendered, but that so fair and can- did — although spicy and in some instances sharp— a review was given of the proceedings. Some of tne Business College exponents — only two of which, however, have come to my notice — have spoken somewhat in disparage- ment of the results of the convention, and have drawn some inferences which seem to me unfair. And in so saying I do not fear Ihat any one will charge me with undue sensi- tiveness; in fact.so far as my own interest in the convention is concerned, or so far as pertains to remarks concerning my part in it, I have no feeling whatever, and do not find it at all necessary to speak, either in self-defense or otherwise. And again, it is possible that my own position and responsibility in the matter somewhat disqualifies me from an impartial esti- mate of the results; so that when I say candid- ly, as I feel candidly, that in no previous meet- ing of any of the bodies of business educators which have flourished more or less during the past twenty years, was there more good honest work, or a better prevailing spirit of harmony attend it, necessarily look at it in a business way. There is no investment of time and money which should not be made without an ade- quate return, cither in the acquisition of knowl- edge, in the cultivation of t'riendly relations, or in restful recreation. In my view of it, the convention should conserve all these three things, and so far as I am concerned it always does. We are all such hard worked men and women in our ten months ot severe application to exacting duties that we have little or no lime to cultivate friendly relations with each other, or to find out what is being done outside of our own household. We naturally get into ruts of which we are not aware until we are brought face to face with difterent practices and ditTerent ideas, and I think I give voice to tlie average sentiment when I say that the great work that has been accomplished so far in all our comings to- gether has been in the direction of broadening our ideas, giving us a better sense of our responsibilities, and putting us in greater harmony with our work. For, say what we will, or think as we may concerning the dlfTer- ences in merit between schools of our kind, we cannot avoid the responsibiHty or belittle the fact so far as the general public is concerned; we stand together as representing a distinct idea of education; and it is a very limited view of our duty to the community that we should be careful only as to the claims and practices of our individual schools Any man in our business who will acknowledge even to him- self, Ihat he doesn't care for the better conduct of the to-called business colleges of the coun- try, has in my opinion a very narrow view of the great work in which he is engaged, and of which he can be at the best only a part. The time is past in the history of these schools when individual success in one direc tion is to be measured by individual failure in another. It can with great certainty be said that the higher the level reached by the united eflbrts of the business schools of the country as a whole, the better is it for the success, financial and otherwise, of every honest individ- ual effort. "No man liveth to himself alone;" and of no human eflbrt can Ihis be more sure- ly said than of the effort in which the practical educators of this country are at present en- gaged. The New York convention was the eighth in the regular order of the conventions of the organization started as a Penman's Association and culminating in the "Business Educators' Association of America." This organization had its birth in this city, and the impulse given at that first meeting, which was in itself a protest against a convention of schools, one of working teachers, has been in one direction, that of broadening and ennobling our work, and of fostering the sentiment of mutual feeling and co-operation among all grades and classes of workers. The meetings have been held during the vacation months, because at that time the teachers were sup- posed to be generally at liberty. The conven- tions during these eight years have covered a large area of territory wilhinthe Umils of New York on the east and Jacksonville, 111., on the west, and it was felt that a return of the asso- ciation to the place of its birth, under the present conditions of growth would be an appropriate and timely event. The special advantages in New York for such a meeting were alluded to in the invitation, and reiterated in the various circulars sent out to the mem- bers. It was presumed, as undoubtedly was the case, that the most of Ihose who found it possible to be present would desire to cover in their visit to the metropolis as many points of interest, instruction and edification as possi- ble, and the Executive Committee who had the matter in charge felt it incumbent upon them to see that these natural wishes were met. While there was no lack of exacting work in the programme of the convention there was intermingled a just proportion of social recreation to oil the machinery and meet the reasonable expectations oi ihe members. The committee knew, of course, that each individual had the privilege of selecting for himself his own means of entertainment and that this could be done outside of the tnne devoted to the convention work, but they felt also that an added pleasure might be given by uniting, as far as could be done gracefully, our forces in recreation as in work. So one day was set apart for a trip up the Hudson, including a banquet and the ordinary accessories proper to such an excursion. A visit to two of the popular resorts at the sea- side, including a dinner under the auspices of one of the city clubs; a carriage excursion to the tomb of Grant, and some other minor divertisements not necessary to mention, were had. It has been hinted, in one at least of our college journals, that the great mistake of the, "in trying to serve the inter- THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. L'sle of Ihe individual members ratlier than Ihe welfare of the organization " Until that senti- ment was promulgated the committee inno- cently supposed that the best way to promote the we fare of the organization was to look after the best interest of the members, simply supposing ihat it was the members that made the oisanization. So far as the commiltee are concerned they are perfectly willing to stand upon ihe record, and when the proceedings of the convention shall be made public, as they will,be within a few days, all interested persons will have the privilege of deciding for them- selves as to the comparative outcome of the convention. It has been m_v privilege to pro- pare these proceedings for the press, and I have been profoundly impressed, not only with the good spirit manifested by speakers, but with ihe good sense and practical value of their several contributions. There was the utmost freedom of discus- sion both permitted and encouraged, and there were not a sutTicient number in attend- ance at any one time to give the subject anything like a fair presentment, and it was therefore not called up. I am the more astonished at this, because during the past year there has been more progress made in difierent schools in shorthand and typewrit- ing than in any other studies, and there seems to be no good reason why the whole question of amanuensis work which includes practi- cal grammar and a better use of English should not have received marked attention. On the whole, however, I feel prepared to say as the result of a candid estimate of the work of the convention that it was wholly satisfac- tory, and do not fear but it will be so rated by all candid persons. Sincerely yours, S. S. Packard. Command large fields but cultivate small. wise and laconic reply: "That e.iucation that is used the most." Never was a greater truth uttered, and it is a fact that is so plain that he that runs may read; hut it is also a lact that has never penetrated the understanding of far too many professional educators of this coun- try. It is true, however, that every successful Busine-ss College has somehow imbibed this truth and made it Iheir watchword. Business education is wh.^t the people need and muj-t have everywhere, and what they will always use the most. The multiplicaiion of these worthy and useful institutions has so utterly confounded and mystified their most inveter- ate enemies, that we seldom now hear a word of complaint against them. The common sense of the American people which can be relied upon in every emergency, came to the rescue of these schools, and gave them such a magnificent patronage as was never accorded to any institution in the world's history. They have shown the whole .ill forge a powerful link in hi^ Drawing' Apparntns. This apparatus consists of a frame provldcil with a stationary drawing board, of a movablc counter-balanced T square, and of rollers on which an endless sheet of drawing paper is mounted. Each of the bearings of the upper roller is adjustable in a slot, formed in the up- per part of each standard, by means of a set screw, so that the drawing paper can alwa\s be held in stretched position on the board which connects the standards. The shafts of the rollers are provided with pulleys, over which pass endless cords, by pulling which the paper may be moved up or down. On the outer side of each standaid is a guide rod, on which is mounted n slide, lo which the and will ever be, that the older membc-rs, rather than see the time go to waste, spent a good share of it in promulgating their views and in trying to bring out the younger mem- bers, still I am sure that the ground covered and the sentiments evolved will strike any fair mind as being in the direct path of progress for the work in which we are all interested. The subjects receiving the best attention were naturally the subjects most taught in our schools, namely, penmanship, bookkeeping and arithmetic; but beyond these, the matured views upon political economy, commercial ethics and the management of schools have not been excelled in any previous meeting of our body. It was a source of great regret, if not of humiliation, that one important subject which we had hoped would be brought out more prominently than in any previous meet- ing, namely, that of shorthand, was entirely neglected. The Executive Committee made a strenuous effort to secure a fair attendance of shorthand teachers and writers, but for bome reason. The well-known aphorism "That nothing succeeds like success," was never more vividly verified than in the rise and progress of busi- ness education in this country. It was begun under many discouraging cir- cumstances, and onlv for men of indomitable courage who were the advance guard of the pioneers, could we begin to hope for the grand results that have been so gloriously achieved. To such men in all worthy undertakings the world is and always will be the great debtor. Men who have the courage of their convic- tions and faith that they are riglit, then death or victory, are the kind of men that move the world. History is replete with doings of such men, America has many such names to en- roll on her scroll of honor. One of the greatest scholars and orators that this country ever produced who was once asked : "What education will pay the best," gave this world a grand system of Business that they can point to with pride and gladness in nearly three hundred institutions well equipped for the good work. The secret of their great success is in t//tii echicalmi for the pfoplc iniisl be founded upon common sense, and upon -what they need lo prepare them to do their business. It has also been the aim of these institutions who have been the most successful, to adapt themselves to the wants of their patrons. In all their eflbrts they have been most heartily sustained and encouraged by that great-hearted, wholesoulfd educator, who has proven himself the right man in the right place, Gen, John Eaton, the Commissioner of Education at Washington, D. C. The Business Educators' Association of America have also done a power of good, and has proven one of the best organizations that has ever existed in this country; composed as it is of some of the oldest scholars, experienced teachers, finest debaters, it has been and always will be one of the foundation elements of progress. And he who connects himself is led over guide roller- to a counter « The T square slides in two horizontal s edges, Wiih the aid of the straight horizontal lines may be drawn ; and w swinging straight edgp, which can be laterally on the straight edges, vertica agonal lines may be drawn. With this ratus, the operator can make drawings per of considerable length without ii This invention has been patented I Arthur C. Feron, whose address i- ■ Pettier Si Stymus, corner 4fst slrcel ;n" ington avenue. New York City— .s- While the Union troops were m.n.liing through a Maryland town during I.lc'h in- vasion, some of the stragglers broke into a bakery, and as one of them issued forth, bear- ing a loaf of bread on a bayonet, an Irish sol- dier cried out: "Liftinant! Liftinant! he jiih- bers, there goes a man wid de staff ol lit'- on the point of death." — Sottth Fraviini^lKn.i t..i:. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Priralc Letter from "."ally," Mr :-You may think me a trifle numerous this month, but I have thought my mini full ai;ain, and must pour my fidgety ideas into your auditory hoppers for air. I fancy 1 can see you plunged in a brown study and an alapaca coat as you clip the casement of these burning thoughts, and unfurl the eight yards of gingham string in whicli they are rolled. By titill further flight of fancy, I sec you whispering something through your clenched teeth which sounds like a list of Cali- fornia towns, as my gory pages light up your place of concealment with their brilliant Ideas heavily traced in red ink. IJo you know, Mr. E litor, I som -times think if I were deprived the privilege of airing my seething thoughts, my inent il dome would expand to such an abnormal size that I would bi compelled to draw my bonnet on with a ohoe horn. Ever since the convention in New York I have b«n counting the months that must pass before we can all meet again. I long for the day when we shall all meet in concord and sweet song around the hearth- stone of Milwaukee Spencer. I yearn for the eventful hour when we shall gaze with one simultaneous gaze upon "Bob" as he stands wrapt in smiles and perspiration with open arms to clasp us with one great univer sal clasp. Ah, I think even now as I pen these lines I can calch the tremulous melody of that voice as he stands there in all his love- liness, with hair parted in the middle, greeting the dusty and travel-worn meinbirs and friends. Hello I Packard, Ames, Burnett, Rider, Kelly, Palmer, Elliott and as many others as will go. Well, Mr. Editor, I wish with all my powers of anxiety that every commercial teacher of every clime could be there. Mil- waukee is a nice quiet town, and many would find it balm to their careworn minds to while away a few days there on "Bob's" native heath. I would like to see Elliott of Burling- ton there, and I can't see wliy Schofield shouldn't go. Hundreds of the young penmen would like to grasp his hand, and taste the spice of hi» jovial nature. I would like to see more from the tropical clime. Why don't Soule of New Orleans cool his brow with Wisconsin zephyrs? Why can't Reynolds leave his bananas and oranges long enough to inhale some oi the sweilzer laden ether of Mil waukee.^ Couldn't Btackman leave his pel alligators long enough 10 caress the placid brov\ of "Bob.^" I would like to see Frank Good man there in pea-jacket and knee-pants, ] would like to see him meet face to face with Mother Isaacs in a late copy of Mary Walker pants. We all want to see Flickinger, Soule and Pearce of Philadelphia there, and why can't Peirce of Keokuk be whirled there by the "philosophy of motion.'' Can't Rathburn lure Coon, Lillibridge, Ritner, Jennings, Chap- man, Palmer and Goodyi drawing powers of his se I believe D. B. WiUiat galax the open se, one of the brightest of penmanship, I believe scend to drop from his zenith ii arms of llie aforesaid and hcfoi "Bob." H he is there, finger "writhe beneath hisconquering heel." If I rind one vacant chair and empty peg on the hat rack I shall feel sad. I know there of superior teachers who never say anything except to their classes. Well, now, is this a little selfish.' Let every teacher leave the janitor in charge of his college and perspire away the try hours of July in "Milwaukee, pie Trusting you may garner in this harvi red, ripe thoughts, I remain Peacefully yours, The book itself is not large or elegant; but is not of the book that we wish to write, ralher it is of the fine specimens of pen work which have found a place between its covers. There many of our most famous caligraphers are represented by handsome work. We pore over its pages with delight. From their silent, yet powerful example, we receive new inspira- tions in our work. Will the readers of the Gazette glance with me at a few of its most beautiful pages and note some of the peculiar pow sof ' icular r there through the active bow.' ; will go, and by the netl, Worthinglon, Taylor, Root, Reynolds, Brown, WiUon, Cawfield, Souder, Powers and Johnson with him. I want to see them all there jostling together and plunging in a tide of good lellowship until all their morbidity is washed away. I want to see them eddying under the warm sunshine of "Bob's" hospital- ity until their souls become warmed up to a friendly heat. I want to see such a sympa- theiic current as will yank all frivolous appre- hensions into the irredeemable past. I want to see them all come with hearts ajar willing to receive as well as to give ideas. Goldsmith will be there expecting to see Joe Foeller, Magee, Lolhrop, Dennis, Madarasz, Watson and others, and if they are not there he will flood his cheeks with the bitterest quality of tears. I believe there are hundreds who wjuld go if they could realize what a good time we will have. Even Michaels would be templed to turn in his grave if he could see us all aboard a Milwaukee barge floating in one joyous bunk of humanity on the moist bosom of Lake Michigan. McKee and Henderson would turn their heels toward Oberlin foraseason if they knew G. W. Brown would be there to fill the room with energy and business writing. Burnett and J. B. Jones would go if they were sure "Bob" would have the late remains of Peck's bad boy on exhibition. There's Wells of ; of the same done by Scho- his work too . Here, too, is The first that particularly attracts our atten^ tion is a finely flourished bird surrounded by s mass of harmonious curves. The work h from the nimble pen of W, F. Roth, a physi. cian of Manheim, Pa. His skill with the pen equals that of our best professionals. We have placed opposite to this flourish a S|)ecimen of plain writing of great excellence. It is a letter from Worcester's great ink. slinger, A. H. Hinman. You will be at once struck with its plainness. There is not an un- necessary line upon the whole page. In this respect it might serve as a model for our young friends who think writing is not grace- ful unless inclosed in a meaningless maze of tangled underbrush. Here's another good exa sort of work. It is a copy field of Quincy. You all k well to need comment froir another letter of faultless executicjn. It came up from the sunny South, One of her fore- most writers traced its graceful lines with his ready pen. M. J. Goldsmith of Atlanta, Ga,, is his name. The writing is of the small, running hand type, rapidly and easily executed, yet systematic and regular. Next we see another handsome letter. This one is from Kibbe, the great pen artist. His writing here is large, yet strong and smooth, indicating a free, easy, executive power. Of the smgl letters which are nearly perfect in form, he has shaded only the loops and stems. Try it, boys, and see if it does not give your work a chaste and neat appearance. This time it is a flourish of uncommon art's tic merits. W. D. Showalter, teacher in the Bayless College at Dubuque, was its executor. He is one of the very youngest of professionals, yet his work entitles him to a high place among them. Once more it is plain writing of the standard, compact style. Bold and skillful shades run through the page; its exe- cution is wonderfully graceful. It is from the pen of Hoffman, secretary of the far famed Spencerian Business College of Cleveland. Bennett, who is so well known to the readers of the Gazette, wrote the letter which now comes to our view. We are at once struck by the beauty of his capitals. They are formed after the standard models, always with grace- ful effect. His small letters are very large. Still they are of good form and graceful com- bination. Here, also, is a smaller specimen ol his work, showing the same skill and charac- Do you like something bold and dashv? If so, you have it here in a piece of artistic writ- ing from the rapid pen of B. H.Spencer of Albany. In form it is true "Spencerian;" but done with such grace as to make your every nerve thrill with chirographic en- thusiasm. That old veteran, B. M. Worthinglon, has subscribed his name to the next piece o( writ- ing. Almost perfect in form, delicate of line. be truly said of it. Once again it is spring time, and the feath ered songster warbles to us Its sweetest notes. Duryea, the youthful quill driver now of Des Moines, is the happy cause of the music. On the other side is his letter. Does it need ihe combined evidences of the two to convince you that he will take a jilace in the very front as a penman? Rapidity of execution is the main point that distinguislies the next specimen. Il comes from McKee's Institute of Penmanship, and was done by his partner J. T. Henderson. But while writing rapidly he by no means des- troyed beauty. It is one of the prettiest pages in the book. A portion of two pages are taken to confine specimens of Palmer's work. One is a letter done in his small, corresponding style. Free in every line. His compliments in a bold hand is the other. Here also can be seen the beautiful effect caused by a trained muscular Friends, are you growing tired.' Why, I have hardly begun to tell you of the wonders of this book! Do you think it strange that I prize it? Is it a wonder that amid its beau- lies I seek and find inspiration.* I have another scrap book. It comes to me monthly, not alone with splendid specimens, but with choice reading and careful directions for pro- gress. It is the Gazette; aud it is yours as well as mine. All can here find much of Cnnuot Rise Above its Fo tain. As we drift along the stream of everyd.iy existence, we encounter amusing incidents which help to make life worth the living. In our field of usefulness there are earnest, painstaking, energetic and thoughtful workers ho find pleasure ard profit in pursuing a legitimate business, content in letting the laurels rest where'er they fall. There are others who seem determined to reverse this order of things by straining at impossibilities, with a hope of creating an impression that the stream can rise above its fountain. That the Mississippi River flows up hill is an indisputa- ble fact. A modern Don Quixote is not to be won- dered at in an age so prolific as this! It would indeed be more noteworthy not to have some one lead the van, and be conspicuous for oddi- We are content to let each play his part and willing (if the court so rules it) to await a proper decision, that conviction may not be premature. While we have a desire to deal UBtly, we cannot shut our eyes to what ex- perience has proven beyond a peradventure. We are conscious of some things which wi know are pugnacious to the best interests of the profession, and we are not one who coldly permit gross errors to be paraded w out an expression of sympathy or pity for the erring ones. We therefore wish to state can- didly, mildly, peaceably, yet unequivocably, M«/ t/te teacher docs not live iioii\ tiever has, nor ever luill, ivho can instruct a pupil to -write bet- ter than himself. We know of living examples who point with a feeling of pride and self satisfaction to those who have been under their tutorship and achieved creditable results. This is not only right and propei- but justifi.ible in a strictly business sense. What we are deriding is the standard set up by a few hopeless imbeciles which reverses the proper order of things, and places the stream above its fountain. While no student should be so ungrateful as to forget Wk alma iiKi/cr, while he must ever remeinber that honor is lo him to whom honor is due; he must not be to blind to his own self- respect as to account in any but a plausible way for the skill and ability which were gained beyond the schoolroom, and be it truly said, beyond the ability of the teacher. The moment a pupil's writing becomes bet- ter than the teacher's that moment Ihe stream ies above its fountain. While this cannot exist, we wish to be un- derstood as saying that Instruction ceases when executive ability is wanting, l^pon this hypothesis there can be no just claim from the teacher for increased ability beyond what is recognized as equal. The ambitious teacher will apply his avowed principles, and develop all possible results, thereby proving any rightful claims which otherwise he is not entitled to, and has no right to assume. Any progress then, beyond the teacher is due to thoughtful consideration upon the part of the student, and its practical work- ing is determined by such effort as will charac- terize its development. There may be un- developed principles of worth in the theory of any one, but claims of any moment will re- ceive no consideration from competent judges, where proof is wanting of their tangibility. There are penmen in the field today, who »ere once students of instiiutions which they care not now to acknowledge, because they have risen above and beyond Ihem in every sense of the word, and the honor should be reversed. There surely is no criminal intent in such an act, but upon the other hand it is hollow presumption upon the part of any in- structor to lay claims for gain that was purely the result of one's own thought and labor. I repeat it : It is indeed laughable to sec and note the supreme satisfaction and enjoyment that a few would-be teachers get out of this part of their high calling, viz : That such and such a one was a student of his, and he the (stu- dent that was) can write not only superbly but with a skill that few would attempt to assume. Now this same student (that was) is not only a superior penman as acknowledged, but is as far superior to the teacher now (that was) as was the teacher when inslruclion first began. Is it just, is it right is it proper to attempt lo establish such vacant claims.' We hold our original proposiiion to be self- evident that no teacher can instruct beyond his ability to execute, and that all rightful claims end where equality of execution is perceptible. Au October Lily. ll-fllV s ffla<1 « low light. It hc:irs the wind in Uie woodlands sijitt. And llie nntheni sp^irrows ling, While above it darts Ihe dragoii-lly. And the brow "ne; '"K'S And crickets chir The dusty grapes along the wnl And you hear Ihe qunil his com] And II vith the ni i chill Though asters l)loo-n on the filopin^ hil And Ihe lily seems & niessnge, bright With the glory earth will know When Ihe land throws off stern winter'! And the gmss shioes Uirougfi ti When Artemus Ward exhibited his pano- rama in Louisville once, he had been out with the boys a good deal, and was not in prime condition for his show in consequence, hence it went off badly. The next morning a friend, disposed to excuse the contretemps, said: "Artemus, the show was hardly a success last night; your lights were bad." "Yes," said Artemus, wiih that sad, far away look he some- times assumed, "my liver was a little off too." — Texas Sijtings. A solemn, gray-haired old man came in town one day last week and said the fish in the Sioux River were out on the banks fanning themselves with their tails. Nobody seemed to doubt Kwn.^Es/fUinr Bell. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. Hand aad Ann Calisthenics. DY A. J. : eiUirelv removed from writing, (here is Hltle of tlie fascinating ( lent that leads iis to the ^radical. Flourishes the prevailing feature, eli? Well, considered only as letters they do look a little fettered, but the idea is to bring the letters in the closest possible relation to their corresponding movement drills. By such practice we learn to associate every movement drill with the letter or part of letter it is intended to strengthen. Getting complete control of the movement is a hard laiik for many, and unless practice becomes interesting, discouragement follows. After you have reached the point when you come to make capital leiters with a fair degree of skill and ease, you find practice pleat^ant. You see clearer the advantage of exercise practice. You find your coils and ovals transforming into graceful letters. You see and corr.prehend more fully beautiful ; t growing out of the drudgery of repetition. Skill and grace in execution w you once considered a gift to a select few from a partial author of nature, you now see tha ihis wonderful accomplishment is the result of toil. Now I want every student reader of the Gazette to lose sight of genius, or the idea that tlie penman is born with one of the nine muses grafted in his right arm. Just rake away thi Irash of all your old habits of finger movement, cramped fingers, whole arm movement etc., am get down to solid ground. First get a a good position of the hand as shown in cut. Don't take hold of the pen as timidly as though you feared it would explode with the slightest pressuri grip it as though you feared some one else wanted the same holder, but take hold and nio' 'eep of movement. The lateral strokes tend call for learned to make them well, you will find you have much more confidence By such practice you gel training in both small and capital letters combined nt tlian anything else. When you hav Try to make a row of C's across the page without stopping or raising the per I he loop and observe that the finishing strokes are full curves. Don't allow your t Shading i^ a feature that needs special study and practice. You may be able i er pcrlcclly and fail lo get the shading just as you wish. Shading down stroke^ f uval practice is a splendid drill. The following C exercise should be practiced as .sible, shading the first in loop, second in oval and so on. Beauty charms and inspires our minds to action. Labor becomes a pleas\ accomplishments we are seeking. Drudgery wears oft" as skill approaches The above will help you in shading thi 1 forming good ovals in Practice the S and G, finishinj ight down at base line. full and shaded Strike from the shoulder with a force and determination that will land you across the page with a string of healthy looking G's. The Ga/ette wants to see some of the work of every subscriber, and especially those who are practicing from these lessons. We are going lo do all we can to make the lessons a success, but we can't know this until we see some of the results. We feel an interest in every i e we want to keep track of the flock good drill for L, D. and all letters containing the compound t seless practice because it lojkb like a prize package watch ch.n In practicing the three B's combined, thi four kheets with such practice. Don't I . that for some time. S^? that you improve on an lent becomes stiongand free. Covir lliree careless because you have dwelt on n copy before changing off to something else. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. always open toils members. Whei :plained, let us hear from vou. By reference to Prof. Wells' lesson to beginners in the December Gazettk, you will find the following unsurpassed directions for gelling the muscular movement: With right resting lightly on the table, open the hand, placing it perfeclly ilat upon the table, palm touching and arm resting on the fleshy part below the elbow. Now you have the correct ixjsition. Keep it so by freijucntly repeating the above. :heek i :ssed of a galvanized 11 to fracture it by a Hoping, Mr. Editor, that these eye-moisten ing remarks may be viewed through the trans- parency of tears, I remain Smilingly yours, "Sally." The Itinerant Teacher. The itinerant period in the life of a penman is one of amusing interest. It is generally considered necessary, before assuming the re- sponsibilities of a business college teacher, for the youthful ink-slinger to spend a season in organizing and conducting evening classes. Experience is demanded by college proprietors, and the hopeful young'tcr accepts his (ate, and embarks in the traveling field. He soon as- certains that the greater part ol his net profits will be in the coin of experience. 'Tis true he finds this currency very valuable in his future career, but it is often very reluctantly accepted as a recompense for Ihe unceasing loil incident to itinerant work^ toil that the college profes- sor never knows the meaning of, unless he, loo, began his career in this way. The life of a traveling teacher of penmanship is one of continual hardships. He is received with coldness and suspicion by the majority of tho'-e to whoTH he must look for patronage. He is the focus of all eyes, and the subject of Without changing position, close the right hand ftrmly, raise it just enough to clear the table, and balance on the muscles of the forearm, not allowing the wrist to touch; now, using the muscles of the shoulder in conjunction with the shoulder and elbow joints, work the fore, arm back and forth in its own direction, pushing out and drawing in, but without sliding the sleeve. The sleeve should remain stationary as if glued to the table, while the wrist works out and in, impelled by the action of the shoulder muscles. The simple motion thus produced on a direct line with the forearm is the key to all muscular movements, and should be practiced daily until the action of the muscles brought into play becomes perfectly easy. The forearm in this direct motion will carry the hand back and forth a distance of from one to one and a half inches without sliding the sleeve. Hii ' Among Penmen. Mr. Editor: — In my migratory experience I have rubbed against almost every symptom of the profession, and have found but very few cases of that malady known as joke-blindness. I have noticed that the chronic placidity of ihe most stolid and reserved scribe may be wrought into mirthful confusion by the rejuvenating thrill of a newly burnished joke. I have even seen gravity shattered on the embalmed fea- tures of the most important by the languid Ihud of a time-hallowed "chestnut." No rea- son why the profession should be forever im- paled on the point of logical crape. Give them some sauce with their feast. Distort their solemn faces wilh mirthful electricity. Rend the funeral service which covers the very human. Why should a penman incur a dis- ordered liver through an excess of chronic dignity-^" Why should he cultivate a longiui. dinal expression because he can construct a fair English alphabet.' Because of hi^ hands' cunning, should he look upon life as a vast march of obsequies? I have met a tew ol the fraternity whose facial muscles were apparently paralyzed, and who would look upon humor as they would upon the marble brow of a deceased relative. But the m;ijority of them are as full of spice as a Hosteller's Almanac, 1 have seen the reflective mirage jerked from Pack- ard's face by Ihe introduction of an electrified je^l. 1 have seen the time-traced lines merged into curves, as his oral vacuum commenced to roam across his features. I have observed Harvey and Henry Spencer convulse like two gelatinous mountains while exchanging their infantile effusions of attenuated wit. I have seen Sadler's eye assume the luster of an Alaska diamond when anticipating a tidal wave of hilarity. I find the most stolid among the tribe occasionally give way to the distorting effect of instantaneous corruscations ot seam, testers, and ruthlessly smash the obsolete can. ons and conventionalities of cast-iron antiquity That's what we want, In order to succeed, every penman needs a robust liver and a pair of lungs larger than a two cent sponge. Look at "Bob" Spencer! There's a livhig monument to whole-souled laughter. Look at the halcyon expression of Burnett! "He smiles and smiles and is a penman still." Turn your gaze south- ward; there's R. S. Collins, who wields the pen with skill, and hasn't an atom of cynicism in his system. Let's exchange some of the side-whiskered pomp and captious austerity for wholesome humor. Not wit whose age would entitle it lo a position in some dusty museum, nor puns which should have been sacked and rammed into oblivion before the medifeval period, but unimpaired, soul-stirring produc. tlons of the present age. B. F. Kelley don't Rke the idea of shearing the moss ofl* an anti" quated joke before he can laugh at it. He can get back numbers at any time, by calling on Preston. There's Mac'arasz, he's pining for late editions, and Dennis is growing pale and thin over the moth-eaten jests of the aitte-beUmn period. Palmer needs the same diet to change his facial perpendicularity to a horizontal ex- all gossip during his stay in a country village. Every act of his serves to feed the famishing scandal peddler, and all his movements are scrutinized with the most untiring watch- fulness. His personal appearance excites the com- ment of the fair sex, and the question of his powers of self-defense engages the attention of designing town loafers. The school directors are not sure that it would be exactly right lo allow him the use of the school building for conducting a class, provided he secures one, and the direst threats are indulged in and the most awful penalties whispered of, should he attempt to flirt with a certain pretty girl, upon whom a burly young villager seems to have a claim. His terms are declared unreasonably high, and he is constantly reminded of the scarcity of cash in that section. It is not long in reach- ing his ears that he looks awfully green for a profetsor, and his ability lo teach a class in penmanship is generally doubted. He at last secures a small class of pupils, and finds that some of them belong lo the rough class, and are bent upon creating a dis- turbance. The entire village population insist upon showing their appreciation of his efforts by crowding in as visitors, and succeed in making such confusion that he finds it difficult to secure the attention of any one, and his in- struction, as a result, is not nearly so brilliant as he intended it should be. If he excludes visitors he is voted "perfectly horrid," and the young ladies, or rather the young people, sneer at him in the street, the small boys snowball him and break panes of window glass in the schoolroom windows, for which he is held responsible. While he is trying to collect and use his leaching abilities, every trick known to school boys is tried on him, and although he is often slightly provoked at these proceedings, yet in respect to the better portion of his class, he must repress any fitting expression of his feel- ings and sentiments. Most of the pupils join the class to have a good lime, and therefore of urse make no improvement, a fact which he frequently reminded 'of toward Uie close of the school. He succeed* in collecting about one-half of the small amount of tuition prom- ised him, and finds that it will little more than meet his board bill. He leaves the place lo repeat the same pro. gramme in an adjoining town, with probably a little variation for the better or worse. As he has suffered a good deal of close confine- ment during his slay in the village, he feels that he is in need of some vigorous physical exercise, so for this and other sufficient reasons, he indicates his opposition to railroad monop- olies by proceeding lo his next field of lalx)r In the pomp and splendor ol pedestrlanism. Upon taking a retrospect of his labor, he finds that those rough places through which he has passed constitute ihe school of real ex- perience, and he concludes that he must have enough of it by this time to carry him safely through anything that might await him in his future career. Not having any offer of any- thing be'ter just at present, and desiring lo make just money enough, with his itinerant teaching to enable him to purchase a new suit of clothes, and pay his railroad fare, should he succeed in finding a i>osition somewhere, he toils on, growing insensible to all gossip coor cerning him, learning how to gain the favor of those with wliom he comes in contact, find- ing out the best methods of conducting his classes successtully, how to avoid being the dupe of ordinary tricks of school boys, and in short, how lo organize intelligently and care- fully, how to teach thoroughly and practically, and how to secure the favor of almost any community, be they ever so prejudiced against writing teachers. This frosty winter of bitter experience causes the death of many a fondly-cherished hope, the crumbling of many a dream-castle, Ihe abandoning of many impractical theories and the erection of reasonable hopes and possibility structures in their stead. Tlie itinerant field is abandoned with a great sigh of relief; and yet in the after career ol the itinerant, he often reverts with pleasure to some of the bright places in his wanderings. He for- gets, for a moment, the hardships endured and recalls some moonlight night when he walked home blushing with some maiden-pupil or expended a part of his scanty earnings for a livery rig with which he spent two hours in the company of a bright village damsel, de- spite the precautions of watchful mothers and jealous lovers. This part ot his dearly-earned experience, he would gladly live over again. On the whole, the traveling teacher of writ- ing is not to be envied, and yet this severe school of discipline, this hard contact with humanity will never lose its goodetfeclson his after life, and if he achieves fame or fortune in the chii'ographic world, he is likely lo attribute his success, in a very large measure, to his early itinerant teaching, and the experience thus acquired. Dubuque, la., Sept. tS, lSS6. What to Read. Are you deficient in taste.' Read the best English poets, such as Thomson, Gray, Gold> smith. Pope, Cowper, Coleridge, Scott and Wordsworth. Are you deficient in imagination.' Read Milton, Akenslde, Burke and Shakspeare. Are you deficient in powers of reasoning.' Read ChilHngworth, Bacon and Locke. Are you deficient in judgment and good sense in Ihe common affairs of life.' Read Franklin. Are you deficient In sensibility.' Read Goethe and Mackenzie, Are you deficient in political knowledge? Read Montesquieu, the Federalist, Webster and Calhoun. Are you deficient in patriotism .' Read De- mosthenes and the Life of Washington. Are you deficient In conscience.' Read some of President Edwards' works. Are you deficient in anything? Read the Bible.- -Ex. — In the page of card specimens for Septem- ber A. W, Dakin should have been credited with card No. 5. — Read this number of the Gazette care- fully, and ask your friends to subscribe. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. AM) HUSINKSS EI)ll( ATOR. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, OCT., 1886. (Entered at the Post Office, at ChlCMEO, asSec- I'he (i. A. Gaskell Co., Profrietors. JOHN FAIRaA^KS. General Manager. l..ndingV ' '^° For AMHly/ivt cent* cxira we will send the style of CuinB in honrd binding, or Sblrct Rsadincs, in doth. ali^itage. TKRDIS TO CIit7B8. splendid $s Hand Book free. Select Rbad.ncs in cloih is wanted. MO ceiiis nuLst be .«ni lo pay the e^^pcnsc of extra bmding. the li.oo or the f 1. 35 subscription and premium b Note this carefully and avoid mistakes. GRAND COMBINATION OFFER! Hereatter our friends will please send all business meant for us-both the Order De- partment and the Gazette— to the address given below. Exchanges will please see that our address on their books is corrected at once. Such of them as have been send- ing duplicates to our department editors. Profs. Bridge and Wells, will please con- tinue to do so. THE G. A. GASKELL CO., 79 & 81 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. The Gazette's Aims. The Gazette aims to be charitable to all, and malicious to none. To steer clear of all petty jealousies and personal conflicts. To live and let live. To recognize worth wher- ever found. To refk'ain from all calf. worship. To reveience men for their gocxl deeds, and not solely for their age. To manufacture mythical glory for no man. To deal with facts in an interesting manner. To bt* wide-awake at all limes to the interests of its cause. To publish all articles which are naturally expressed and bulge with common-sense thought, even if truth be seasoned with humor. To recognize .nil as honorable until proven otherwise. To kick at no man simply because he is being kicked by others. To express its candid opin- ions regardless of the sepulchral snarls of cyn- ics. To listen lo reason at all times. To stuft and embalm no theory simply for its antiquity. To allow no man to scream eureka through its horn because an idea as well known as pie-plant echoes across his cavernous dome. To be perfectly just and upright in all its dealings Life iu Wiitiog. Sluggish motion produces stiff and lifeless letters. Give us writing which shows the driving force. A free movement will arouse iinsuspecltd resources of ability. If you love the beautiful in writing, shake up your slum- bering energies! Kindle yourself into burn- ing enthusiasm. Teach your arm that the will is master. Leave the doors to reason open ant! learn to discriminate between fos- silized platitudes and common sense. Get an idea and practice it. You might ponder over hair<balancing theorie<iand mental protoplasms until the crown of your intelkct assumed the efliilgence of an unclad onion, and without putting forth some vigorous effort in practice, you will have accomplis^hed little more than breaihing your share of air. during the time thus spent. Take on enthusiasm ; it generates the invincible impulses that wilt give you suc- cess. Shake o?i that phlegmatic, frigid, sloth- ful movement. Let your work show that you are aglow with inspiration. Use discretion and fire away! Take a good idea whenever 3 ou can get it. Accept it because you think it good, and not simp'y because the giver has labeled it such. Take advice as you would guide-books, if it fits your route; take It, if not weigh it, in the scales of reason. Advice is the history of experience; all experiences are dif- Infuse a life current into your work by putting vi;;or and speed into your movement. Simultaneous Ide, ayiess demands invention. New idej I necessity. They are like coins, just a molhc] No 1 premium on those from the hairless dome and austere brow, than from the cantelope pate of remoteness. Necessity gives birth to new ideas, Wide-awake men want revolution of methods; naturally then, hundreds are scenting on the same trail and will find similar results. Be- cause an idea dawns upon your mi"d, and seems as fresh and bright as a new-born lily, you need not rend the firmament with your war-whoop, Etireka\ The idea may fit other menUil calibers. You may, if you look over the field, find others who have discovered the idea and are quietly wearing it without osten- tation. If j'ou teach muscular movement, do all in vour power to make it a success, but don't fatigue the fraternity by continually claiming that you have wrought out the whole grand plan. Where so much simplicity, com- mon sense and naturalness are found in any method as in the njuscular movement, there are a number of discoverers. Men don't shut their eyes to necessity that one individual may feast on the broth of invention. When you think a new thought, it is always best to carefully look over the field while your brain is cooling. If after a careful search you fail lo find a match for it, then it may be well enough to feed it out by degrees to the famish- ing public. Had other men swung in the ham- mock under apple trees and thought at the same time, Newton might have had rivals in the gravity business. But the falling apple vihich proved the key lo Newton's discovery, might have suggested cider and dumplings to the minds of others less curious about the solar Pure originality in any art is a rare thing ; of course, new idtas may be suggesled to the mind of one individual for the first time by careful thought in a given line, but the same conceptions may have been formed and car- ried into practice through a similar cause and line of thought. Teachers often adopt simil.ii' methods because the motives prompting them are caused by similar necessities and reasons. Business demands an easy and rapid style of penmanship, muscular movement furnishes this. Wide awake teachers are, asa necessity, trying to accommodate the growing demands oi the practical world. No one lakes a slow train when there is a fast one going in the same di- rection, unless he lias not discovered the differ- ence of speed. If he is asleep and behind time, he may lake a gravel train, that he may nurse his feeble theories and preventconfusion among his embalmed hobbies. Thousands are lifting their heads above the banks of their old ruts and catching at new ideas. Then, do we wonder at so many grasping the same tow- line of thought? Astronomers scanning the starry vault through their poised telcscoj>es from observatory heights, thousands of miles separated, at the same instant may discover the same new asteroid, returning comet, or grand wonder in the revolving worlds. While the scientist in Florence pours over some new theory of the movement of atoms, the Amer- ican scholar may be discovering the same law. Hundreds of inventors and scientists have realized with sad awakening that the discover- ies with which they would dazzle the eyeof man are as old as the days of knickerbocker pants .Tnd sandal-wood shoes. Distorted lUrds. Have you observed how some of our flourish ing fraternity break away from the laws of na- ture in their construction of the fowl kingdom ; nature (ails to furnish the freaks they wi-h to represent. She has not get-up-and-get enough to allow their genius full swing. They also cut loose from the tedious style and forms ol ornithology. It lollows nature too closely. Its birds look too meek and affect too nearly the plumage and proportions of those twittering creatures ol the forest. No, what winged genius wants is more variety, more curvature of plumage, more pointed beaks, more fantas- tic sweep of v/ings, and longer toe-nails in the scope of fowldom. Nature has not given us the graceful droop of under lip; the wide waste of expression about the eye ; the heaving protuberance of crop and the tragic position of fool for which the chirographic talent so much yearns. We have seen that pen and ink sym- bolical creation, with a wealth of mouth, that were it endowed with a voice to match, its warblings would stopa Waterbury watch. We have watched, with misgivings, the grieved expression of the flourished what-is-il as he writhed under tiie weight of a two-hoi-se power goose-quill. We have almost given way to tears of sympathy upon seeing a frail sparrow clutching and suspending a large oak in mid-air. Perhaps this was unintentional on the part of the penman. He doubtless ar- ranged the ponderous perch for the bird to rest on, but the way the situation fell upon our 'retina, was that the bird in a thoughtless mo- ment had wrenched the shrub from its mother earth and was carrying it to its distant aerie for upholstering purposes When genius gets so restless for novelty that she produces web- footed canaries, feathered alligators, cat-faced hummingbirds, eagle-heads with swallow body attachment, woodpeckers with peacock conclu- sions and other feathered freaks, it is about time to shift the scenes. We admire art as much as any one, but when it soars to that pitch when its productions must be labeled and accompa- nied by a war map or explanatory key, the glam- our of appreciation becomes a fraction thread- bare. There must be a gnawing sense of re- morse in the penman's breast who, after produc- ing a mass of curves and shades, is necessarily compelled todesignale such production by affix- ing in bold letters the word "Horse." There must be some touch kft out.lack of proper shad- ing or some other deflciency in the flourished swan which is taken for a cow. Penmen should study the distinguishing features of fowl and quadruped. It would save much of the time spent in correcting mistaken identity. Time spent in labeling and explaining designs might be profitably spent in retouching and finishing. Nature may seem poky, compared with the creative powers of a seething intel- lect, but we have noticed that some of our best artists accede to her laws, and imitate her Correct Spelling. About [he most inharmonious combination that can be looped together is beautiful writing and deformed spelling. Nothing will call forth the cold, steely finger ol criticism quicker than an innocent primary word spelled in bad taste and occupying a prominent position in a beautifully wiitten letter. It looks about as incongruous as a pig in a parlor. We have seen boys who exhibited more originality in spelling than any other direction; it seemed to spread in the field of orthography like a contagion. They would leave the venerable Webster and his ponderous tome far in the b.ickground. They would spell English words according to the Chippewa pronunciation. They would cut and revise Webster's methods until scarcely a feature of the old master's style remained. They would hammer and batter long words into deformity, until tliey looked about as foreign as kilt skirts. They would ram the conven- tionalities of Webster into the dusty recesses of forget fulness and emulate the novel style of the late Billings. Business men lose ^ight of good writing when coupled with poor spelling. About the best way to learn it Is to have a dictionary at hand and always consult it when the least doubt arises. "Trust a man to be good, and true, and evei if he is not, your trust will lend to make bin Rspiratlon and Execntiou. Should a penman breathe while executing the most delicate strokes in a design.^ This question was thrust at us not long since by a scribe who was apparently enjoying his lucid intervals. Well, now, we should say the ques- tion of time would be an important feature in this problem. Holding the breath for a few seconds might prevent tremor in the stroke?, but shutting off the valves for an hour or so is very fatiguing, and is liable to derange the expiratory movements. We shouldn't like to see the face of a brother scribe looking as bil- ious and inflated as a newly-upholsteied saxi sage, simply because he is filagreeing the pro- file of a wren's nest. Ask them to quit the use of tobacco and other injurious habits, but indulge them in the respiration habit. It has a hold on them which they cannot shake off. They find it very restoring after b;ing half smothered by a shower of tintinnabulous verbiage from tlie leisurely bore. Deprive them if you will of all artificial stimulants, but give them their full quota of ether. Ask them to stop swearing, but don't ask them to hold their breath until they have the expression of a clolliier's dummy. Originality. The originality demanded by some critics is simply an impossibility. To attain it a person must make a (nbiila rosn of his mental facul- ties. He would have to place himself in the condition of the first man and ignore all ideas ofpre vious generations. Like some ancient hero he would have to shut his eyes, close his nos- trils, and seal his ears with wax, to prevent other men's thoughts from falling on the mem- branes of his faculties. Then the only tiling he could succeed in being original in would be his idiotic eccentricity. We live in a great ocean of thought, and inliale it just a> naturally as air. Yet occasionally we may find one in- dividual who has managed to shut out all thought of others and has refrained from the mental exertion of conceiving himself. Iiard he may strive lo avoid using the ideas of others, is compelled to be, lo an extent, a lit- erary resurrectionist. His brain is full o^ as- similated thought that has lost its label. Dead men's wit echoes in his mind long after he has forgotten its source. Goldsmith once said : " It is a misfortune for fine writers to be born in a period so enlighteneil as ours. The har vest of wit is gathered in and litle left lo glean." Our precursors have beset nearly all the patent approaches to glory. They have trodden the field over and we must walk in their footprints or stand stock still. But if the ideas of others be assimilated and moulded into original style, is not that a new crealion, "Can the bee make honey without rifling the roses uf their sweets.'" "Is the rainbow less beau- tiful because it borrows its colors from the sun.'" Originality has been defined as lecn.sl- iug. Old electro-plates are melted into a mass and poured into moulds and converted into new designs. Ideas of other men are thrown into the mind's mould and wrought into new pro- ductions. The mind is a mirror, forever re- ceiving new reflections, which ai-e utilized in its workings. By observation and reading the mill is being coi genius does is to t and combines the is not easy lo defii feed on itself and ntly filled, and all that D tlie wheel, which mixes iterials into originality. It what is called genius; hut namely, that it does not >in cobwebs out of its own bowels, wliich would only keep it forever im- poverished and thin, but is essentially passive and receptive in its nature, and impregnates itself continually with the thoughts and feel- ings of others." We create beings in the mind which we clothe in the garments of dead men ; ideas which if stripped of the thoughts of others would be only the shadow oi uncer- tainty. " Who can say as he draws from hit- well stocked quiver a fine arrow, whether or not it has been sliafled with the solid sense ol" Bacon, feathered with the fancy of Byxorx, or pointed with logic of Chillingworth!" The ideas have been so unconsciously admitted that it would be impossible to assort and rec- ognize them all. Derwcnt Coltridge says in defence of Ins father from the charge of plagiarism: "In an overwrought brain the door which separates the chamber of memory THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. niginaCion is so lightlv l,u"g l],al it ncl ihen spring open and allow the t .f one to roll inio llie other." Dtiloth. Scarcely a finer blending of ridicule, irony, and ex<]utfijle imagery can be found in the pages of literature than J. Proctor Knott's speech on Duluth. He happily merges grandeur, beauty, irony, ridicule and fantastic Higlils of the imagination into a grand mas- terpiece of brilh'ant and poignant wit- He waxes eloquent in expatiating upon the re- sources of the remote village of Duluth, when he says: — "Duluth.' The word Jell upon my car with a peculiar and indescribable charm, like sweet accents of an angel's whis- per in the bright, joyous dream of sleeping innocence. Duluth! Twas the name for which my soul liad panted for years, as the hart panteth for the water brooks! But where wab Dnlnth? Never in all my limited read- ing had my vision been gladdened by seeing tlte celestial word in print. I was convinced that the fabled Atlantis, never seen save by the hallowfd vision ol the inspired poesy, was, in fact, but another name for Duluth. That the golden orchard of Hesperides was but a poetical synonym for the beer gardens in the vicinity of Duluth^ He seems so enraptured over the gorgeous prospects of Duluth that he is loth lo cease dilating upon its beauties, and says; "Ah, sir, you can have no conception of he poignancy of my anguish that I am de- prived of the blessed privilege of voting for the grant of lands provided for in this bill.'' Where can be found a liner compound of downright irony and provoking ridicule than his praise of the agricultural advantages of the pine clad hills of the St Croix? He pro- ceeds: "Who will have the hardihood to rise in his seat on this Hoor and assert that ex- cepting the pine bushes the entire region would not produce vegetalion enough in ten years lo fatten a grasshoppfir.' Where is the patriot who is willing that his country shall incur the peril of remaining another dav with- out the amplest railroad connection with such an inexhaustible mine of agricultural wealth.' Who will answer for the consequences of aban- doning a great and warlike people in the pos- session of a country like that, to brood over l!ie indifference and neglect of their govern- ment? How long would it be before they would take to studying the Declaration of In- dtpendence, and hatching out the damnable heresy of secession.* How long before the grim demon of civil discord would rear again his horrid head in our midst, gnash loud his iron fangs, and shake his crest of bristling bayonets? " He seems to think Homer made a great mistake in not crystalizing /Jh/hM in deathless song instead of pouring his gushing fountain of poesy ujion the fall of lllion. Thinks the old genius would weep tears of bitter anguish could he behold Duluth in all its gloricB. Every one should read this speech ; it shows what a powerful instrument is ridicule in the hands of a master, Wolcoiue Words uiid Wishes from the Wise. "Accept my warmest thanks for your honest and manly attitude toward our work. May the best success attend the Gazktte. **S. S. Packard." "The September Gazette is the most read- able number you have published. Do so some more. Chas. R. Wells." Hon. A. J. Rider, of Trenlon, says: "Friend Scarborough, I hasten to ofler my congralula- lioii, not only to you but to the readers of your valuable paper, I am sure the advanlage to you will be small compared with the benefits thai will accrue to ihein. I have always been an admirer of your writing. It lias all the freedom and grace of GaskelPs without any objectionable leatures. "In editorial work 1 can see before you a promising future. With best wishes I am, "Kraternally yours, "A.J. RiDEK." "The Ga/ette for September came to hand and I take pleasure in saying a word in ils praise. It still holds its own and bears the ••ame interesting gems in the shape of pen Work and reading matter. "Now Scarborough, I hope you will buckle right down to business and do your level best to make the Gazette the best living paper of its kind in the country. You are just the man to take the subject of penmanship in hand and show it up on all sides in the Gazette's col- umns, and at the same time to give variety by sprinkling in a little something on other sub- jects, thereby keeping ihe little paper chock full of life and good material. "1 shall be pleased at any time to give you anything I can to Hll a blank space in the way of spiral wire swans and prosperoub looking spread eagles which I constantly keep on hand in great abundance. I'll just throw in one now that lit on the paper a few days ago, not for engraving purposes, but just to let you know that I'm round and still slinging 'em off. Suc- cess to the GAztiTTE. Truly vours, "W. E. Dennis." "Was very much pleased to learn of your new duties, and am certain that you will keep the Gazette up in the ranks of literary and art publications. There is not enough atten- tion paid to the literary standing of most pen- men's papers. The Gazette has always led in this respect. There is no reason why the profession of penmanship ca-nnot have a dis- tinct and 'unique' literature of its own, and I think that it will have, some day. "With my best wishes for your success and bright prosperity, I am very truly, "Your friend, "W. D. Showalter," Prcparatiou for College. The list of requirements for admission to a New England college is something formid- able. It is a lion at the gate of the Castle Beautiful, not very terrible, perhaps, lo jhe boy clinging close to the elbows of a peda- gogue, who leads him safely past Ihe very laws of the monster, but to the poor fellow who has no leader, and tries to face the diffi- culty single-handed, discouragement is sure to come. Yet afier all, the lion is chained; is not half so dreadful as he appears. Let us take up for a moment the opportunities every boy possesses of securing a good preparation, and see Iiow they can be taken advantage of by one who cannot go to school. In the first place, almost every hoy can find some one to aid him. There are very few country villages which do not possess at least one mathematical genius, who could readily understand and explain geometry and Ihe ele- ments of algebra. As a general thing the minister has studied Latin grammar, and often has made some progress in Greek. The schoolteacher, loo, is usually prepared to teach mathematics as far as required for ad- mission to college. Few and far between are the towns where a boy who is eager for an education cannot find from the teachers, doc- tors, or ministers within a few miles of his home, gratuitous assistance in his various studies. In the next place, almost every boy has some time which he can give regularly to study. Of course, if every moment is filled with work, it is impossible to attempt to go lo college. But even one hour a day will tell on the work to be done after awhile, and it is probable that most boys who really desire it could find at least two hours a day. It will take a long time at Ihal rate to do all Ihe necessary work, but what of that? A young man who must make a late preparalion need not enter college before the age of twentj-two or even later. The college studies can at that age be better appreciated, and the student will graddale in ample lime lo begin his career toad vantage. Theaverageage for entrance into our colleges has been steadily rising for some years. In our grandfathers' lime it was six- teen; at present it is nineteen, and you may be sure that the number of those much older than that is not small. It is customary to graduate in England much later than among us, and many advan- tages are on the side of the young man whose powers are fully developed before an advanced course of study. In the third place, educated young men can secure better pay than others; so, when you have advanced somewhat in your studies, you can periiapsfind an oppcrtunily to leach in a district school, or to do some work which will leave more lime ior study. This is an impor- tant point for one who is considering whether or not he can afford an education. It i^ oneot the advant.iges of learning which shows itself almoRt from the outset. It does not require great advancement in the ordinarv studies to obtain a small position in some country school, where a great deal of time can be secured for study, and where the pay is large enough to cover ail necessary expenses of living. The fourth encouragement to one who is preparing for college under great difficulties is this : The college authorities recognize the fact that if a young man is thoroughly in earnest, even though not well fitted, he can generally keep up with his class if once admitted and set to work, and they make it a point to favor those who can give good evidence of having labored hard. Having once entered, no bright boy ever need leave college because he cannot keep up with the class. He has certain definite work for each day, and his fellow-students will gladly aid him in mastering difticulties. Be- fore long new studies are taken up, in which he is on equal footing with the others, and he then has more time to give to perfecting him- self in those in wliich he is defective.— £*. A Good War Slory. The lasl day of the fight I was badly wounded. A ball shattered my left leg I lay on the ground not far from Cemetery Ridge, and as Gen. Lee ordered his last re- treat he and his officers rode near me. As they came along I recognized him, and though faint from exposure and loss of blood, I rose upon my hands, looked Gen. Lee in the face, and shouted as loud as I could : ' Hurrah for the Union! " The General heard me, looked, stopped bis horse, dismounted, and came toward me. I confess that I first thought that he meant to kill me. But as he came up he looked down at me with such a sad expression upon his face that all fear left me and I wondered what he was about. He ex- tended his hand to me, and grasping mine firmly, and looking right into my eyes, he " My son, I hope you will soon be well. If I live a thousand years I shall never torget the expression in Gen. Lee's face. There he was defeated, retiring from a field that had cosl him and his cause almost their last hope, and yet he stopped to say words like those to a woundel soldier of the opposi- tion who had taunted him as he passed by. As soon as the General had left me I cried myself to sleep on the bloody ground. — Chicago Ledger. Manners and Morals. Many an ardent and zealous young reformi says Hiirpcr's Bazur^ offends the very wor he is burning to reform -when he refuses meet it with some slight Holt, in George Eliot's slory, was willing die for the improvement of society, but co by Feli; Ma because they help us to make the world pleasanter, and thus render life easier to all around us, but also because they afford a key to those greater successes and usefulnesses for which all generous persons long. And their domain goes beyond this world; for if the ut- most saint makes himself personally repulsive he so far diminishes our desire to meet him in any land of pure delights. Miss Edgeworth says in "Helen "that any one who makes goodness disagreeable commits high treason against virtue; and I remember how elevated a doctrine it seemed to me when I heard one of my ignorant black sergeants say in a prayer I accidentally overheard: " Let me so live dat when I die I may hab manners, dat I may know what to say when I see my heabenly FE, and if you fact to your Carefully examine ihe Gazi find it palatable mention ll friends. Allow ihem lo look over your copy. By doing this you can help us wonderfully in swelling its already large and growing circu- lation. Put your shoulders to the wheel and help us push the faithful old missionary along. The Supplement, formerly of Buffalo, now of Detroit, is about the neatest and most inter- esting educational journal in existence. THE NEW eniDE. TABLE OF_CONTENTS. Chapter I.— Portraits and Sketches of Americ r III— Off-Hand Flourbhing ; Mi Movements; Exercises; German ag itlHttratiom. ^nottly full fa, ntottly/ull pagt ne : Materials for Chapter V.— How lo Prepare Specimens for PholO- ;»vmg; Drawing Paper; The Best Ink ; Sizes ol iwings : While Ltiies ; Things to be Remembered. S3 Sngi Vl.-Pen Letter ;k Ink, No^ ; Aniline Black Inl Writing Ftu^d.^O. a"! India \vA Chapter VI.— Pei Inks ; Erase all Pencil Marks : Flourbhmg ; Alphaliets. i? fuU-fiagf pUiUi. nearly all of them complete alphabets. Chapter VII.— How to Mai fiUck Ink : Another Black Ink : C< delible Stencil Fl.^te Ink ; Exchequer Ink ; Brown Ink: Another Indelible Ink: Black ( Red Ink; Green Ink; " ' - - - Black Ink. No. 4 ; Bl: Carbon Ink: Drawing Ink ; Japan Ink; rarcnment ink; Self-Copyi:.g Ink, Black : French Copying Ink (very valu- CImc's Indestrli^ubfe Ink'!"RTd"lnk ; Brill ^m Re"d Ink;' Buchner's Carmine Ink ; Violet Copying Ink : Be.nutiful Blue Writing Fluid : Green Ink : Finest Green Ink m the World ; VelTow Ink ; Yellow Ink. No. a ; Yellow Ink. No. 3 ; White Ink ; White Ink, No. a ; Cold Ink, No. a ; Finest Gold Ink; Silver Ink, No, i ; Pewter Ink ; Indelible Ink for Marking Linen ; Indelible Ink lor Marking Linen, No. PackageTI Ink for''M.irklng'paclages?No. a" Purple Mark- Sympathcl'i^/'nks^Bliic SympMhetii: "^Inks ■ Sympathetic SUncil fnk ;°Fnk for^Zinc'"L.-ibeU ,°PeAnanentlnk for^Writ- iiig in Relief on Zinc ; Mucibge ; To Write on Silver with Chapter VIII.- Selection Approprial for A "- The follo» mg ej(tracts~iv^ kllcn rKd cd will in. '""I'livcre be mo. t\. River, Conn. •■Th=C»i. ES." ntf offfCd floll^is b."-liu t R, Mass. 4orth Fulloi is the best book c Ihc kind I c Frakk PtrrNAM. Point Chautaui "Am well l«boX^-^F 7™a™rCo osCoUogo, — MONTGOMRRV News Co.. Albany, N.Y. •*I mnstsay tl.at 1 am more than pie: Guide. It is far beyond my expectations .by a isbyfc ;rl0dic . " Llion of any per W. Hanson. Westfield. N.J, "The Glide meeU my bcitcxpcctaUons. It will be S'rMdJry,New"y«k°(filv."" ~ ' ' ""^ ' ' '' SPECIAI. OFKER.— To all old subscrib< k free of charge, and t K '^ the book ft-ee, a Thes // (x «ify fy^Htitg-iifimemtefditiMi Orders for subscriptions should be addr G. A. GASKELL CO, 10 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. ^hocth^ud. Phonography t'n Chautauqua Uni [AddrrM I^ck I rlhnndtinca. %. Legal en- ''"^•"ntng phonogniphv. i, 7. Sbortlvind pcriodiciils —Do not purporting It liand that j< be lieceived hy advertisements 6L-I1 books so Bimplifying short- HI ran master it in h'lx weeks. son having a copy of Marsh's onography for sale would confer r on Prof. Bridge to wiite t I, stating pric — Some of our contemporaries are becoming "funny" with ludicrous wood-cuts. Betle: attempt to rival Puck or Tfie Judge, good friends. — Isaac Pitman has for years sought to pre- vent correspondence teaching of shorthand for pay, but remimcrated instruction grows rapid ly in England. — All readers of this departmetit are cor- dially invited to send us news items, questions, clippings reports of associations and other in- teresting matter. — Be thorough. A prin all words naturally coming :iple mastered till uider it can readi- profitable to you itood but not uti- — Two hour;,' a day study and practice this fall and winter will make you a good short- hander by spring, if the "root of the matter" is in you. —Mrs. E. B. Burnz of New York has not a set of her own publications, and scarce- ly any to sell. Persons having copies of her works to dispo)>e of are requested to communi- cate with Prof. Bridge. — One valuable aid lo personal enthusiasm in shorthand would be the securing as fast as possible of a library of shorthand works, papers, magazines and books in your si stem of short- hand— that one with which vou are most familiar. — Tlie recently elected ofliccrs of the Nev York State Phonographers' Association are President, W. O. W^ckoll', New York City Vice-Precidenl, George C. Appel, New YorV City; Secretary and Treasurer, William S promises to stay eight, ten. and even fou: months, constantly, at "so much a nioi Gigantic frauds were these professors. The true procedure is to pay a stipulated price for course of lessons thoroughly taught. —Many have asked if tlie lessons in short- hand in the Penman's Gazette are the : as Prof Bridge sends to pupils in his shorthand department of the Chautauqua University. Wi answer, No. The University course is vcrj fully and carefully matured, every point being made clear tothe pupil. The Gazette course is necessarily greatly condensed. — Our recent article on "Deep-Sea Dredg- ing" is going the rounds of the shorthand press. Good! It is inspiring to beginners in this art to think that if they master 100 words in the very best shorthand forms (word-si^ns and otherwise), Ihey will have learned at least one-half of all the words they will ever have to write in shorthand. Our readers will do wtll to re-read that article. — Phonographers should welcome any valu- able shorthand periodicals which give them reading matter in their oAn chosen system. \V3 most heartily commend Prof. Morris' forthcoming Mentor^ Ihc magazine to be pub- cleaning it frequi it out of dusty d ( rder as far ispos>-ible by itiv — even regularly. Keep mghts; cover it on complet- ing your work; oil slightly working parts; do not allow children to "play" with it; tighten loose screws; examine tensions; caie as much for your machine as you would for a working hoise, and be sure thai neither will do good k without painstaking watchfulness. Stick Don't 1 sysl LVith ntempered mortar from at times young phonog- - Follow Ihesi rule: nyoi practice of shorthand; i. 1 form for the word desired. 2 with painstaking r early study and hink out the best Write that form if it were to be ved from your own copy. 3. Then write that word, wiih increasing speed, five, ten, twenty or even fifty times, till great speed 11 secured. 4. Join the word in simple phrases writing them with similar accuracy and repe. tition. Thus you will secure two essentials of shorthand writing — legibility and rapidity, Liite a war ot words is waging belv Herbert Ford of England and Isaac , Elir , -N. Y. -Th sof photo-engraving employed in the reproduction of our sliorlliand "copy," as seen in the illuslralions in these papers, is not always equally good, as see the shorthand in the Septembec issue, which looked as though a ten-ton weight had fallen on the block. —The Morton type writing machine is now on the market. It is the invention of a practi- cal shorthand and typewriting expert, and claims special excellences, some of them as great superiorities over other machines. Send to the Horlon Typewriting Machine Company, , Out. lissionary, has just told u8 that he look up Graham's phonog- raphy and studied it without a teacher, so tial he might be aided in his work, and though he has never made a cent by it directly, it has been of inestimable iielp to him. Mullitudes could do the same, to their great self-improve- —Since Chautauqua, several pupils have begun courses in the "Chautauqua University School of Shorthand," Prof. W. D. Bridge Plaiiifield, N. J., Director,and many have sent for the new ciicular of the Shorthand Dejart- ment. Send stamp and secure a circularwhich has information which all seeking to study phonography should read. -Our obs( 1 sho £ that the system ofchargingsomuch a month tuition in pho- nographic schools is a serious temptation to the conductors of said schools to keep tlie pupils as long a time as possible, that the tui- tion fee* n>aybe »he greater. We have known students to be enticed by various means and KjAjn7€l. ^Mid4myf ~ K/kalL Tlii. ^S^ -5 x' L,. -" . ^^ . i-t^ • ^^'i, .-Aij. r-^-S: Ir^- .k— t- tiA. hooks at the end of the same. Am I correct • Yes. I am pleased lo -iee that you see the element of "piinciple" running through short- hand, as it surely should in a correct system. We therefore have a large hook at the end of all curves, lo indicate the syllable "tion," and also on all straight strokes on the light hand fide at the end. looking from the end to the beginning. Please notice that this "tion" hook at the end is not on the same side of the straight strokes ihal the "n" hook is, for the reason that when straight strokes having a "tion" hook are to be joined with other strokes, the junction can be made much better if that hook is on the right hand side than if it were on the left (see plate i, section 2) : Fashion, vision, lotion, mission, nation, unction, Goshen, erasion, option, Bashan, Titian, addition, ma- gician, auction, Russian, Hessian. 3. How do you make "plurals" of such words as have a "tion" hook.' To make "plurals" or add "s," follow the followin- rules: I. On curves having either an "n" 01 "tion" hook write a small circle on the inside of these hooks. This rule applies lo curves Note this. 2. The same rule applies to tlit- "tion" hook on straight strokes, i.e., the addod "s" is indicated by a small circle written iiisii/, the "tion" hook at the end; but on straight strokes having an "n" hook the hook is made into n :ircle (see platt lotic notions i, editic Hei ^3) = thins, thei assigns, shuns, lance, earns, dance, chance, joins, coins, gains, runs, hones, 4. Will you give me a miscellaneous mix- ture of words with these two hooks, and let me see if I can read them.' Yes. (See plate wii M-) give iried 1 words using Ihei I can rightly apply the rules given me to-( Yes. Cushions, rhine, swine, warren, mot inactions, nonce, imitation, moonbeam, away, canopy, vocation, negations, bou drains, trains, trance, prunes, thrones, shri aversion, Thracian, editions, Parisian, e tions, solution, revisions, ascension, Domi; ignition, demons, turns, trains, barrens. Learning Shortbainl. Any teacher of experience has m; ved s sthi my ishcd e raphy. Its date of publicat'o of phonog- be the 15th of each month; price, $2 a year. Address Prof. F.G. Morris, Easthamplon, Mass. —Dr. J. M. Buckley, edilor of the Ckrhfion Advocate, New York City, is probably one of the most rapid speakers on the American platform. In a recent series of lectures in Boston, Mr. James P. Bacon, one of our pupils, reported Mr. Buckley for seventy consecutive minutes, and on counting the words found that they averaged one hundred and seventy-nine a minule. How is that lor sjieed.' — The August number of the Shorthand Times, in a brief notice of Prof. Bridge's "New and Ralional System of Shorthand Numbers," says of it: "It could be easily masteied and put in practice," The editor then devotes one page of his magazine lo a suggestive extract from the woik itself, and presents a specimen examp'e of its use as ap- plied to ordinary accounts. Thanks, brother! -Because your typewriling machine gets of order, do not curse all machines, but re- member that not a machine now on the market but will show at times tlie "perverseness of machinery," and in most perplexing ways plague its operator. We do not know oi an ption to this rule. They all "do get out rder at limes." livery 'honest dealer in -writers will acknowledge this. But keep man, by reason of the criticisms of the foi mer upon the efficiency of the "certified shorthand teachers" who are commended to public favor by the latler. Otiier persons are being ad- milted lo the fray, and the capabilities of Eng- lish teachers of pupils in phonography are being very seriously criticised. There are few "certified" teachers of shorthand in these United Slates. I Yo u have been giv ng m e hooks at beg nni Rofsl okes. A e hioks on end ol s rokes V Yes. 1 will call vou now fcliidv tl ese. F irst, there is a s mall hook the end of ever s stroke i 1 Ihes ystem, writ , and on the left hand side of all straight strokes, looking I'r end to the begitming of such strokes (si I): Fine, there not special practical suggestions whicli will help me to learn shorthand? We have living before us, just received, making thad inquiry. We will most briefly reply : (1) NoW alt persons can learn shorthand. As sc people have no ear for discrimination sounds, cannot tell one note from aiiotl cannot see any difference between joon jewn, cannot except with utmost painstaking tell what are the Kounds composing anv give word— Ihey therefore seem to be devoid of a ability which is absolutely essential to sliorl- liand writing, according to phonographic prin- ciple: (2) Some What ougii The principli deficie Lvhicli "grit," .ays he dune if possible I will do. "shorthand are simple. There is no bugbear to frighten modest souls, step strongly taken, the next is simple be clearly, definitely explained, and the third, fourth, fifth, etc., arc not to be feared, be sure, determination to go through is an ab- solutely indispensable factor to secure success. (3) An especial need in the study oi short- hand is "reviewing" of principles, or in other words, a constant drilling. A mere seeing clearly the various individual principles of the .vill r t suflic shun, lii ■, thin, then, assign, noon, longin', wine, down, chain, Jolin, yawn, pin, been, tun keen, gain, rain. hone. 2. That is indeed simple. And now, as had a large hook at the beginning of strok linn is essential. Before studying the second lesson be sure to go over the first at least five times. Then before taking up any lesson, go most carefully and repcaledly over all the pre- ceding lessons, so that before you lake up ihe .entieth lesson there should be a full and ady review of the nineteen which preceded, 'e cannot emphasize this too much. (4} The difliculties of individual pupils are by no means identical. What troubles one another sees intuitively. The latter fails where the first walks with courage. There- fore do not by any means assume similarity of tencliing as applicable to all. Bring out points of instruction as the characteristic difficultie nagine that you will also have large | present themselves. And here we should say THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 11 that evcr^' pupil should be fre*: to express his diOiculties, doubts, and his hopeful TeclingK when tiiey come. (5) Put in immediate practice the knowledge acquired in each Ivssun. Begin to write as soon as possible. Early master the "word- signs." Begin to use these in every possible way. Copy lime and lime again the best phonography. Do not write tnticli matter, but the same mailer over and over till it can be written and read with the utmost freedom And this "tame matter ' to which we refer should be such as a qualified teacher has cor- rected after you have written it once, or which he has written for you as a "copy." Esprit de Corps. We have sometimes thought that a fault among American shorthand writers is a lack of a lively tsprit dc torps. There has seem- ingly been a seeking after the "mighty dol- lar," rather than a glorious and hearty further- ance of the "cause" itself. "Will shorlhand pay ?" seems to be the'query ; not, "Is there not enough in these mystic strokes, loops and cir- cles to bring fraternity?" From our German exchanges wc find that in the Fatherland there is an immense suctal side to the phonographic brotherhood. The monthly, semi-monthly and of\en weekly meetings are full of good cheer. Clannislmess is tabooed ; no select coteries are formed. "The more, the merrier," is the molto. An ambition to spread the art all over the land seems to rule the body of stenographers. Hence Gabclsberger, Stoize and Arends writers are full of cspril de rofps to carry the good news into the regions beyond, llow is it with us? The thought of many seemstobethuswise; If I increase the num- ber of students of shorthand, the market will be overstocked, and prices %vill tumble, and I shall suffer in pocket. The great thought seems largely overlooked that the art should be cultivated for itself and not for monetary considerations. Shorthand should be esteemed for esthetic purposes more than for financial. It should, if properly studied, create an enthus- iasm in the pupil when he sees or uses the art. We greatly regret that the good old system of "Ever circulators" went out of fashion. They were the best aids to development of Bocial fellowshp and enthusiasm that we have seen. Of them we shall write more hereafter. Mark's Ticws. " Literature, like the ministry, medicine, the law, and other occupations, is cramped and hindered for want of men to do the work, not want of work to do. When people tell you the reverse they speak that which is not true. If you desire to test this you need only hunt up a first-class editor, reporter, business manager, foreman of a shop, mechanic, or artist in any b'anch of industry, and try to hire him. You will find that he is already hired. He is sober, industrious, capable and reliable, and is always in demand. He cannot get a day's holiday except by courtesy of his em- ployer, or of his city, Or of the great general public. But if you need idlers, shirkers, half- instructed, unambitious and comfort seeking editors, reporters, lawyers, doctors and mechan- ics, apply anywhere. " The young literary aspirant is a very, very curious creature. He knows that if he wished to becuhie a tinner the master smith would require Iuth to prove the possession of a good character, and would require him to promise to stay in the shop three years — possibly four — and would make him sweep out and bring water and build fires all the first year, and let him learn to black stoves in the intervals. Ii he wanted to become a mechanic of any other kind, he would have to undergo this same tedious, ill. paid apprenticeship. If he wanted to become a lawyer or a doctor, he would have to do fifty times worse, for he wouJd get nothing at all during his long ap- prenticeship, and in addition, would have to pay a large sum for tuition and have the privi- lege of boarding and clothing himself. The literary aspirant knows all this, and yet he has the hardihood to present himself for re- ception into the literary guild and to ask to hhare its high honors and emoluments with- out a single twelve months' apprenticeship to show in excuse for his presumption. "He would smile pleasantly if he were asked even to make so simple a thing as a ten- cent dipper without previous instruction in the art; but, all green and ignorant, wordy, pom- pously assertive, ungrammalical, and with a vague, distorted knowledge of men and the world, acquired in a back country village, he will serenely take up so dangerous a weapon as a pen and attack the most formidable sub- ject that finance, commerce, war or politics can furnish withal. It would be laugha- ble if it were not so sad and so pitiable. The poor fellow would not intrude upon the tin- shop M'ithout an apprenticeship, but is willing to seize and wield with unpracticed hand an instrument which is able to overthrow dynas- ties, cliange religions, and decree the weal or Pensire Reminiscences. " Look into thine own heart, and write," is the advice of some literary philanthropist to aspiring genius. That is precisely what I pro- following facts are presented for the first time to an expectant public-. In speaking of great writers, it was not my intention to limit the meaning of the word to authors alone, but to include penmen — other great penmen — and some of them as modest as myself. My career as a penman covers a period of twelve years. During that time I have given as many as twelve lessons in penmanship to as many as fifteen pupils, nearly all of whom survived. Those pupils have passed out of my observation, and nearly all out of my recollection. But one of them I shall never forget. She was a tall, loosely-construct- ed young woman, in the semi-angular style, and her handwriting would make an Egyptian mummy turn green with envy. She was my most faithlul pupil. She had looked into her own heart. She also extended to me the same privilege. But she could not be made to see clearly that there was any essential difference between a capital stem and an unmitigated pot-hook. It became necessary to hold her hand, and guide and restrain its erratic mi ments. Under these conditions she w fluently. But when her anxious instru lingered more or less attentively over the desk 'r.z,-^m-^:^vp^i. L>V stated above has often been taken quite liter- ally,andin thelanguageof the vulgar, "worked for all there is in it." To the would-be writer, with pen poised irresolutely, and with eyes in a fine frenzy rolling, from heaven to earth and back to heaven again in search of an idea, the counsel of the 1. p. comes like a price- less boon. He immediately turns his eyes in on his cardiac system, and then turns them loose upon the virgin page, until the first per. sonal pronouns are thick as autumn leaves in Vallambrosa, and all the I boxes, from the long pica Roman to the nonpareil Chinese con- densed, are as empty as the vault of a widows' and orphans' savings bank. It is all very well to examine the heart from time to lime, to be sure that the ventricles and auricles are all theie, and to grind the valves down to a joint in case they get to leaking. No one objects to that. But how the compositor must suffer, who, in an unguarded moment, takes to his case an article by one of these heart-gazers, and finds himself obliged to make up for the lack of I's by a judicious use of figure I's and But this is all a part of my malicious design Like nearly all other great writers, modesty has for a long lime kept me in the background. And il is with coy reluctance, and only under the pressure of a stern sense of duty, that the of the girl with brick -dust hair, shades of Spen- cer and Gaskell! how she slew the alphabet! About the same time, I finished my first Great Work of Art, and exhibited it at the County Fair. There were really two Great Works, One was the alphabet, in large and flowing capitals, and the other was a compos- ite piece in the Queen Anne style. The cen, ter of this latter was an elaborate effort in scroll-work, representing a mythological bird of paradise on the wing, hastening to its nest with a beakful of flourishes for its himgry offspring. Around the sides were cards bear- ing more or less poetic names on more or less fantastic scrolls, as the case may be, and probably is. One of these was the real name of a real lawyer. His writing would etopa street car, and his signature looked like the traces left bv an able bodied fly in a life and death struggle with the ink bottle. I tried faithfully to forge that signature, that I might exhibit it as a horrible example, and flattered myself that I had succeeded. And a woman looked at that Work of Art, saw the hypothet ical bird, the problematic scrolls, the impossible folinge and the ideal names, and, though a total stranger to the man, admired nothing but the name of that lawyer. My Great Work encountered no competitor at the Fair, but the judges declined to aw.ird me a premium, all the same. The Chief-Justice explained quite cheerfully that there were a dozen men in the county who could wfilc bet- ter than that. I transfixed him with a piercing glance, and in due time held the Agricultural Society's check for $1,50. The frame cost $'■35. ""<! the stationery used and ruined, 40 cents. When we moved the first lime, my young wife felt constrained to ask if I were going to hang thai thing up again! Since finishing my masterpiece, my chiro- graphic efforts have been more or less varied and interesting. My signature has been inuch admired, though a good many people who hold it express a willingness to exchange it for the cold and inartistic signature of Treasurer Jordan. My reputation as an accomplished filler out of diplomas for sweet girl graduates threatened at the time to make me quite wealthy, but the threat was not fulfilled. In former years when at the zenith of my fame, lovely ladies often sought my hand. They wanted it to inscribe tlieir lovely names on decks of cards. Perhaps they are not usually called decks. When completed, the gentle creatures would almost always thank me, though sometimes they omitted even this. But they generally furnished the cards. After practising the muscular movement (or two hours to get the divine sweep and roll, and destroying a quireof legal cap paper, and after having written a long name on fifty cards in eleven different styles, a polite "Thank you" beats nothing all to death, as Milton (or is it Walt Whitman.') so truthfully and feelingly remarks. I remember that in one case I was engaged lo write the cards for the farewell calls of a )'Oung lady of whom I was quite fond, though I had allowed concealment like a worm, etc. My impression isthatshe thanked me for the work, though I am not certain of that. There were about five hundred invi- tations issued for her wedding, I did not go, I explained to my friends that I was not feel- ing well, but if I know my own heart, that was not the reason. I never fell better. There It is nice to be a great writer, and have ad- mit ing multitudes lean over your shoulder and read all your secret thoughts. But there have been circumstances in which I could have wished to be able trulhfully to echo the em- phatic lie of a voluble Englishman deploring the invention of the typewriter: "Thank God, I can't write!" Phil I. Stinb. A Mother's Letter. Here amid a heap of business communica- tions is a feebly traced superscription which rivets our attention. We lose sight of the busy world around, and lor the lime become lost in those tremulously traced pictures of home and love. In those clearly delineated scenes, we stroll with her through wooded lane. Wc listen to those dear words of maternal affection, ' which fall upon our ear like the gentle mur-- mur of a low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses. Like the soft, sweet accents of a guardian angel's whisper, which comes like soft sunshine stealing through the world's frowns and warming our souls into glowing love, those truthful portrayals of our ruittic homes make us children again. We are led again by her feeble hand across meadow and over rustic roads. We sit again with brothers and sisters around the glowing log fires and listen to the quaint old fairy stories. We love these letters, why? Because we know the heart that prompted them. They are pure gold. No alloy of false flattery or policy. No tinge of art, but the pure, spontaneous flow of a heart's deepest anxiety, an expression of love as natural as theembraciiig sunbeams chastely caressing the flowers of the field. Those lines are tremulous, but they are to us the crystal- ized vibrations of the soul's harp. The footsteps of aflection. The cable lines which carry memory across the oceans of experience back to the shores of infancy. Tlu' diary of boyish liappinei which for the tii of all skepticisi noblest impulse The wonderful agency at least cleanses our hearts and guile, and fills it with Which makes us better sense, by giving us higher resolutions, and a higher grandeur of tauth. Teachers should spend less time in cultival- ig the memory, and more in developing the masoning ^owKX^.— Ccnlnd Hihool yournat. 12 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. 'Necessary Ignorance ' nclu ilhe We iiet'dlo arrive; subject of ignorance — necessary ignorance, I )iave never seen this Bubject brought for- ward ; it may be my inisifortune, but I have not. Yet n clear perception of necessary ig- norance is the very foundation stone of true education. Few would claim omniscience, but all assume it. Omniscience 1ms to be given up. As an illustration, let me draw your atten- tion lo the fact that there are about one thou- sand definite languages in the world, A re- sonably good knowledge of five of these would be considered no mean attainment. To be a good Greek and Latin scholar, and a thorough speaker of German and French, in addition lo our own language, would be considered satis- factory. But, what becomes of the nine hun- dred and ninety-five which we know nothing about? Nine hundred and ninety-five un- known, to five known. If this compulsory ignorance 'meets us in one subject only, what becomes of the knowl- edge hunt as the be-all and end all of educa- Why, not a letter is written to the papers, not a " Reformer'' speaks, who does not toss into the fichoul-caldron some half-dozen new indispensable subjects, every one of them with their thousand variations. They might just as well demonstrate that the fee-simple of six new planets was necessary to a schoolboy. The idolatry of knowledge must perish, or education cannot begin. A clear perception of necessary ignorance must become ordiiiary stock-in-trade, or mental bankruptcy will tonti The Persian defined his view of education three words — riding, shooting, truth. And belter definition will ever be given, if we le it as a type, and interpiet it. iterpretalion is simple. The Persian nted practical skill, and perfect heart-power, •r what had a Persian to deal with? He had deal with warfare against wild beasts, war- e against warlike men, and honor in his me. Their work was summed up in this; Tl They trained for it. Activity, skill, hardi- hood, fearless contempt of death, fearless up- holding of truth, summed up their idea of training. And it gave them the empire of the world. And the Persian was right. Nature— the laws of the world, lay down the main track as long as the world lasts. Noble character comes first— truth. The training of skill and strength comes next. Noble character is trained by noble example of life, whether in word or deed, and by honest surroundings, whether in word or deed. As regards the actual work itself, a selec- tion should he made on natural principles of growth, and obedience to laws of nature. The main needs of life, and the main facts of life, are the same for high and low alike. All speak a language. Everything in the world passes through language. Not lo clear the language pipe is simple insanity. Clear and widen the language-pipe first. I am Inclined to go on by rescuing from a misuse, which has done much harm, an old pioverb, and by changing one word in it, make it a working definition of perfect educa- tion on the knowledge side. The perfectly educated will be jack-ofall- iradei nd ma: rofc "Master of one'' — because there is no train- ing in a smattering easily got by an active mind, "Jack-of.all.trades" — because no man can work hard all day, and there is infinite pleasure and profit in picking up everything worth having, "Nfaster of one." Because, in the infinity of subje*.ls, the wilderness, the jungle of rival ig- norances, no sirong, calm, great character can gain its strength, ctcepling by being pressed to ihc utmost limit of its power by the fierce demand for perfection that every great subject makes on him who gets far enough to know what trying to be perfect means. Every good runner knows this fierce demand of the last tenorlwentyyardsofarace. "Jack-ofall," Because the active brain can- not be on strain always, and yet, being active, will be occupied. And men can gather flow- ers, and know them, without being gardeners; men can buy in the market without being metchanls; and thus, in a properly managed scheme, a thousand jnck-of-all-trade pursuits come in naturally, to underpin the main work, supplement it, give it a finish and ornament, and find pleasure for unprofessional hours. Wanted, A Kcading' Public. This is what the publishers say is needed — that is, seriouii readers, those who care enough about l>ooks lo buy them, own them, and really possess themselves of their contents.- That is what the writers say is needed— the writers who are becoming almost more numerous Miaii the readers. Nearly everybody writes for publication ; it is impossible lo provide ve- hicles enough for their contributions, and the reading public to sustain periodicals does not increase in proportion. Everybody agrees that this is the most intelligent.active-minded age that ever was, and in its way the most pro- lific and productive age. Is there a glut and overproduction in the literaiy world as well as in otiier departments? Isn't it an odd out- come of diffused education and of cheap pub- lications, the decline in the habit of continuous serious reading? We have heard a great deal, since Lord Brougham's time and the societies for the diffusion of knowledge, of the dcfira- hility ol cheap literature for the masses. The Congressmen place cheapness above hon- 1 thei the eof the American people. There is no product that men use which is now so cheap as news- papers, periodicals and books. For the price of a box of strawberries or a banana you can buy the immortal work of the greatest genius of all time in fiction, poetry, philosophy or science. But we doubt if the class that were to be specially benefited by this reduction in price of intellectual food are much profited. Of course some avail themselves of things placed within their reach wh ch they could not own formerly, but it remains true that people value and profit only by that which it cost some effort to obtain. Wc very much doubt if the iTiass of the people have as good habits of reading as they had when publications were dearer. Who is it who buy the five, ten and twenty cent editions? Generally those who could afford to buy, and did buy, books at a fair price, to ihe remuneration of author and publi^her. And their serious reading habit has gone down with the price. We have an increasing leisure class. Wlien does it read? Not much in the winter, for the de- mands of society are too exigent then. For private reading there is no time, and a short-cut to information is sought by means of drawing- room lectures and clubs, which are supposed to give to social life, without interfering with it, a lacquer of culture. In summer it is im- possible to read much; what is called the mind needs rest by that time, and the distractions of outdoor 1 fe in the mountains and by ihe sea forbid anything but Ihe most desultory skim- ming of the very lightest products of the press. To be sure.the angel of the Atlanticocean sees a row of pretty girls on the coast seated on rocks or in the sand, all the way from Campo Bello to Cape May, with novels in their hands — one of the most pleasing imitationsof intel- lectual life ever presented in the world. It is perfect when there is breeze enough to turn over the leaves. And the young men, those who are in business, or who are supposed to be getting a more or less "conditional" educa- tion — do they read as much as the young ladies? It is a curious comment on the decay of the reading habit in households, the blank literary condition of the young men who come up to the high schools and colleges. Now we are not trying to defend the neces- sity of reading. They say that people got on in the Middle Ages very well without much of it, and that the women then were as agree- able, and the men as brave and forceful, as in this age. But it is certainly interesting to con. sider whether by reason of cheap and chopped- up literary tbod, we are coming round prac- tically to the Middle Ages relative to i eading ; that is, the reading axything except what Is called news, or ingenious sorts of inventions and puzzles which can he talked .ibout as odd incidents in daily life are talked about. Rend ing to any intellectual purpose requires patience and abstraction, and continuity of thought This habit of real reading is not acquired by the perusal of the newspapers, nor by the swift dash which most people give to the cheap publications which are had for the picking up, and usually valued accordingly. It is an open question whether cheap literature is helping us any toward becoming a thoughtful and reading people. — Ckarks Dudley Warner in Harper's Mairazine for October. Fragments. "As is the teacher, so is the school," has well nigh become a truism. It is not the school's location, its rooms, apparatus and library, its advertising and patronage that determine its merits, but the quality of its teachers. This holds true of every school, regardless of the field it essays to occupy. Teachers no longer hope to discover a substitute for their own shortcomings. On the contrary, Ihey find themselves carried along irresistibly by the de- sire lo achieve the uttermost in man-develop- ment. This age is not satisfied with the teacher of one idea, but must and will have Ihe teacher of many ideas. To be more spe- cific, it is not sufficient for a teacher of the graphic arts lo be skilled in his owii little world. He must know other worlds than his own. For example, the so-called pen artist, who perhaps wields the quill with such grace and precision as would astonish the gods, can no longer aflbid to murder the king's Eng- lish, and confess himself an ignoramus in all things save one. It is hoped that the fact may be generally recognized by the Ihousands of young people who are daily devoting many precious hours to the mastering of an art they trust is to be their means of gaining a liveli- hood. The coming professional penman must not be one-sided and narrow in his develop- inent, but he must be broad and deep in his culture. For such, the field is indeed rich and fruitful. As a means of mental culture, much is said nowaday s about the relative value of the languages and the sciences as a means of menial culture. The discussion indicates that mind-discipline is an important factor in mod- ern education. Utility does not furnish the sole means of determining whi>t studies shall have a place in our schools of this practical age. It is to be feared, however, that teachers of penmanship have too frequently lost sight of the mental discipline which should be in- volved in successfully presenting so simple a subject as writing. It is not too much to say that the will and every power of the intellect, and even some of the emotions, can be trained by the thoughtful teacher of penmanship. In proportion as the pupil acquires the power of attention, he progresses, under judicious guid- ance, in making his hand the willing servant of his brain. Just so far as the learner fails in attention — that is, fails in having the mind di- rect the movement of fingers, hand and arm — just so far he scribbles and squanders his men- tal energy. This want of attention is the greatest obstacle in every department of physi- cal training. The leainer who has the capaci- ty to continuously command his hand will, if he desires, almost invariably make rapid prog- ress in any of the manual arts. The teacher can usually lead the pupil to recognize this fact, and having once done this, the royal road — for there is one — presents itself. Under this mental ride, the mind commanding the hand, the servant comes to act automatically, the muscles seem to have memorized their in- structions and know only to describe lines of beauty. This training of the attention actually invcilves mind development, and will give new power for overcoming difficulties in other fields of labor. \Tobe CoH/inHed.] Peuiuauship ou the Road— Will it Pay J Will it pay, is the first question asked regard- ing any calling, and the answer as applied to itinerant teaching could be given, yes or no, all in one breath, and both hit the mark. It would perhaps be better answered by say- ing, That depends on whether Yo jrganiz You can teach. If you cannot write, prepare yourself in that by attending some good penmanship institute, and I might say here, go lo Ihe best, and the best does not always mean the cheapest. Go where you will not only gain ability lo write, but teaching power, love for the work, and an enthusiasm that will carry you through one When you have prepared yourself as a wri'cr, then you are ready to try your ability as an organizer of classes. The ability to write is no assurance that you can organize classes; it will help you, and see to it that you make it help organize. How well it pays on the start depends on how well you can organize. We will say you ■wUh to devote your entire time to the work. Then organize three classes, each class to meet two nights per week. Tuition $i per scholar for a term of ten lessons. Say you organize one class of fifteen pupils, one of twenty, and another of twenty five. This will give you $6o for a little over five weeks' work, counting nights of organizing. You might at times not do more than half as well, and at times you might jioisihly double it. It has been done, but we will say this is near the average for classes in the country where you are to do your first work. Your expenses in the country need not ex- ceed $3 per week all told, and if you manage rightly they can be made much less— as low as $1 per week, and even less if you can find soinething to do during the day, or an oppor- tunity to give private lessons enough to pay But if your receipts are $6o, and your ex-- penses $20, $40 cleared in six weeks ought to satisfy you to start with, as I venture to say it will, and if your classes have been well taught you will have no trouble in getting a second term, and perhaps larger classes than before. How to organize, I will speak of that next time. A. E, Parsons. mUou Jnudion, /,t.,Sept. 16, tSS6. Letter from a Father to n Son. I see by your picture that you have got <; of them pleated coats, with a belt around and short pants. They make you look as y did when I used to s ank you in years gc by, and I feel the same desire to do it now tl I did then. Old and feeble as I am, it see to me as though I could spank a boy that wears knickerbocker pants buttoned on a ibaldi waist, and a pleated jacket. If it wasn't for them cute little camel's hair whisker-s of yours I would not believe you had grown up to be a large, exper boy, with grown-up thoughts. Some of the j thoughts you express in your letters art beyond your years. Do }Ou think them your-1 self, or is there some boy in the school that 1 thinks all Ihe thoughts for the rest? Some of your letters are so deep that your mother and I can hardly grapple with them. One of them especially was so full of foreign words that you had got out of a bill of fare, thai we will have to wait till you come home before we take it in. I can talk a little Chip- pewa, but that is all the foreign language that I am familiar with. When I was yomig we had to get our foreign languages the best we could, BO I studied Cliippewa with a master. A Chippewa chief took me into his camp and kept me there for some time while I acquired his language. He became so much attached to me that I had great difBcuIty in coming away. I wish you would write in United States dialect as much as possible, and not try to paralyze your parents with imported ex- pressions that come too high for poor people. Remember that you are the only boy we've got, and we are only going through the mo- tions of living here for your sake. For us the day is wearing out, and it is now way along into the shank of the evening. All wc ask of you is to improve upon the old people. You can see where I fooled myself, and you can do better. Read and write and sifer and polo, and get nowledge, and try not lo be ashamed of your uncultivated parents. When you get that checkered little sawed, oft' coal on and a pair of knee panties, and that polka-dot neck-lie, and the sassy little boys holler " rats " when you passby.and your heart is bowed down, remember that, no mat- ter how foolish you may look, your patents will never sour on you. — Exchange. THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE — We have a brief, but finely written leiter from Prof. 11. W. Fllckinger this month. —J. P. Regan favors us with some of his beautiful penmanship. His work is first-cla^s. —We had a letter from that wonderful little artist, Jos. Focller of Jersey Cilv, last month. -E. A. Palei D. T, Compendium disciple, and a good, free writer. — C. Beck, Waukegan, III., favors the Ga- ZKiTK with a club and some of his bold slj'Ie of writing. — E. L. Burnett of Providence, R. I., favors lis with two letters written in his native Gre- cian dialect. — H. W. Quaintance, Aledo, 111., occasion- he Gazrtte samples of his (ree all style Bayle — Prof. Geo. E. Little, teacher of dra Wasliinyton, D. C. paid the Gaze pleasant call last month. — W. D. Showalter, penman Business College, Dubuque, low skill with good ideas. — Wc have jus-t received a well ter from M. B. Moore, Morgan, K flourishing skill is remarkable. — E. L. Brown, Rockport, Me., is one the Compendium boys, as the life and fre dom of his writing will testify. — Did it ever occur to you that Madara combines more accuracy, beauty and Hie his work than any penman living.* — W. J. Kinsley of Shenandoah, Iowa, one among the wide-awake penmen of that Slate. His writing is clear and full of life. — W. W. Bennett is attracting much attei tion «ith his graceful pen at the Chicago E? po> iiion of evenings, where he is in charge of Bryant's department — E. M. Barber, Chandler, Mich, one or Bro. Isaacs' pupils, writes us a neat leiter, and sends the Gazette a beautifully executed motto, which will no doubt appear. — Prof. A. P. Root is doing some superiiir commonsense teaching in Bryant's Chicago Business College. I le is chuck full of the right kind of enthusiasm for good leaching, — Notwithstanding Spring's disappearance from Dallas, A. E. Peck still exists in that thriving city, and pushes his pen wilh more skill than ever. He is one of the C. G. cf H. — Jno. P. ByrneofWconsQcket.R. I , comes to the front in his writing. His letters are full, clear, and tolerably accurate. He speaks words of highest praise for the Compendium. — H. P. Behrensmeyer of Quincy, III , sends the Gazette specimens of his skill in the shape of a letter and neatly flourished whip- poorwill languidly lounging in her hair-lined —In order to fully appreciate a well trained muscular movement, you should stand by the desk of the clever-handed D. B. Williams who wields his graceful pen for Bryant's College, —We are glad to note the improvement in B. P. Pickens' work. His birds seem to be arousing from their slumbering appearance. We notice they shike a better chirping atti- tudi-. They have quit carrying their under- lips in a sling. — T. J. Miller, Shousetown, Pa., writes us a letter in a splendid running hand. He says he's a well-driver. We should say he drives n double team since he drives a pen with such skill. superior to anylhiug of ihe kind :. Bro. Palmer is filling up about hall for normal penmanf^hij) wc 'Change. P/ahi T.sli; Brooklyn, shakes the Gazette up a little each month with ils jolly earth- Booi- Clmt, New York, gives in brief about everything that is being done in the field of litetature. The Ohio Business University favored us with a copy of the Ohio Bitfiness Itcz-tr-.v for September. D. L. Mnssclman sends us a bright and lively eight-page sheet, bearing the title of <iem City Jonninl. In anticipation of low mercury during the coining winter the fVesterii Penman has donned a new overcoat. The September num- ber sparkles with bright thought The Ga/ ETTE can see, through much of its finely woven rhetoric, S. H. Goodyear assisting at Ihe Sadler's Commercial Akithmetic School Edition, is 8peti«lly prepared fm- the use of common schools, and embraces the best meth- ods of compulation as taught in the business colleges and practiced in business houses. It teaches pupils Ihe style of arithmetic they will need— no more and no less— when they step from the schoohoom into Ihe world. It is a "new" Arithmetic— not only wilh reference to Ihe tiiiir of its publication, but also as regards Ihe quality of its contents; and unlike many things that are simply "new," every departure from the older methods will be found a decided improvement, simplifying the subject, and bringing it more within the comprehension of the pupil. The authors are connected with one of the most successful business schools in the United Slates ai'l a''e specialists in arithmetic. They herefore qualified to decide what is most cticil and practicable in . kmd irk of this . E. Dei ■ Pearce' nis is showing the boys and Philadelphia College how to tlie pen in a busi about the best we have ever wiln^'ssed. — We- dropped in on Goodyear & Palmer of Cedar Rapids, la., a few days since, and found these two plucky gentlemen hard at work in their well-equipped business school. Prof. Goodyear, in addition to his extensive school dmies, is constantly publishing new textbooks which are having a wide sale all over the West. His new system of actual — A. H. S., Harrold Dak. Y. wriiing entirely too much. Pia, exrrcise lightly until vou can strokes as fine as up strokes. — IXT. G. H,Fairview. O. cision in your movement; don l^ops quite so much. You c; good writer by devoting more I ment drills. — R. L. C. Plainfield, N. H. Bridge of Plainfield, N. J., is j structor in shorthand. The Gazette contains his lessons each month. Hundreds are learn- ing from these lessons without a personal make dow Prof. W. D, . superior in- — B. R. Phila. Yes, work and do all we can your practice. Go to m copy-slip No. Work c thee ire will criticise your o help you along in until you can make culai -Joe M., Joliet, 111. We notice a te Hous and labored air about your writing, which was doubtless brought on by excess of the bracelet wearing habit. No doubt the light falling as it does in squares on your desk is very imper- fect. We prefer the soft light from ground glass to that strained through cumbersome iron grating. —A. N. P., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. No. we are not in favor of introducing the chin rest in writing-classes. A small ottoman placed on the desk immediately under the pupil's voice will serve the purpose in cases where the rest is unavoidable. You may still say "Give ufi a rest." Smoking Chinese Havan- as may strengthen your breath, but it will tend to weaken your nerves. We do not know whether Pcirce is cross-eyed or not. — L. M., New York. Your writing is fair for a boy of your age. Couldn't you use ink to We good advantage as glue ii ish you success, but v a little disagreeable I eet in December. yoiu' card wo uuld say you ' G. W. M., Delaware, O. The linglfng sen- m in your arm is brought on by writing e hundred words per minute. You should guard against such rashness; it is liable to bring on Saint Vitus' Dance. -J. L. D., Stetline, III. Put more force in your movement. Practice the ovals until you make them with a regular, easy inolion. The above cuts represent the and fac-simile autograph of E. W. Richardson of Horse Cave, Ky. He wields his pen wilh as much grace and skill as any young writer in Kentucky. Not only does he write a free and forcible style, but possesses the rare facul- ty of imparting it to others. Like so many of our best business writers he acquired his style through the aid of Gaskell's Compen- . dium. He says he owes all his success as a | penman 1o the Compendium's teachings, New Fat lis- Every business man, says a shrewd observer in a recent paper, should endeavor, in the form and method of his advertisini;, as well as in the transaction of his business, to imp.ove round him, to origitiate •thods^ and not be content I the most intelligent and upon what he sees i «(•:(' ultas and »civ in, servilely to copy ever prosperous of his cor In this way only complete merchant, :an he be a whole and hose business funda- mentally is to strike out nc-.v paths and new ventures. The well-trodden ways o( business are always full of a satisfied multitude, or if not a satisfied, an incompetent multilude, plodding like those around them, wiLii just enough profit to keep body and .soul together, often slipping down in involvencv and run ng again, till death kleps in, and Hith one blow ends bo'.h Ihe life and busi ncss together. turned toward the future, and not the past. publi-hed complete in a single volume; and for the convenience of the lower ■ classes of graded schools, the first part of the ' complete edition, extending to percentage, is published separately. Both editions are pub lished with and without answers. When not otherwise ordered, the edition with answers , is always forwarded. Retail prices: I Complete edition - . - $i oo. Parti, ;o. "Barnes' National System of Penman SHIP." The publishers claim these book: the best ever made in th lowing reasons: They contain a practical _ __^ tern which, after being Itarned, will not prove explored, its dark: too difticult for business purposes. Pupils who be appreciated or use Ihese books will write in a free, yiaceful "^''"■■''' cu . , °, he whose Are You Going to Tfeif Orleans or Flor- ida 2 If so, you can go via the Monon* Route via Louisville or Cincinnati, and see the Mammoth Cave, Nashville, Blount Springs, Birming- ham, Montgomery, Mobile, and the Gulf coast for the same money that will take you through the dreary, uninhabited Mississippi swamps ; we are confident you cannot select a line to the South enjoying half the advantages that are possessed by the Monon Route and its Southern connections. No one should thinkof going South without visiting the Mammoth Cave, the great natural wonder of this continent So much has been ntrv for the fol W'"^" of tl"S world-famous wonder, that it is impossible to say anything new in reijard to it descr'ih.-ii; its c,ivr.,-ns must be derlully er. The classificaiio of capitals is won ly simplilied. Eleve I letters are foi-mc< e general plan; ten o n anolher; and Ih n a third. The grada liim is simply per The business forms are elaborately en ,-a not evcL-pled- and expectations are not satisfied by its marvelous avenues, domes and starry grottoi graved on steel. The whole series for un graded schools is comprised in six book";, but for the use of the large graded schools in both along the Gulf coast Is alone worth the « cost of the whole trip. In full sight of the Gulf a;Uhe way, past O-ean Springs, Missis- sippi City, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis and Beauvoir, the home of Jeff Davis. When you decide to go South make up your — •_ 1 .J travel overthelinethat passes through ind coimlry there aie six additional books the best country and gives you the best pi laller size to meet the demai.ds of a still to stop oven "rhis isemphatically the Mon ruradalion Route in connection wilh the Louisville j ^ Na' Coaches, double daily trains. The best t cinnati, Louisville, New Orleans or Florida. For full information, descriptive books, pamph- Stlect several cards of different col the center of each fasten by a Utile r ^mall round piece of black paper. Place ^ts, etc., address E. O. ^IcCorm er the card thus prepared a piece of thin '^°''*'i^''" Passenger Agent, Monon Route, ., ,. ' ' - . r, .■ . "^ E- Randolph street, Chicago, or Wm. S. lite ii.sue paper. The variety of hues which Baldwin, General Passenger Agent, 183 ? black assumes is very striking. Dearborn street, Chicago, 14 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. POPULAR FainiIi|i|tiIa^ftheWoiiId The Latest, Largest, Best and Host Reliable. 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We have prepared an elaborate and carcfullv com- piled ^phabetlcal inilex of every county, town, Vlllage pr.-ss..lVu,s^m.! ,.1 ". ;\vhire "there i^'no posroffice, ninkmi; iIil- ,.,o.t coiupleW ,.r>d valuable index of the Unile.lM.iLv.v.r published. ILLUSTRATIONS, c-utered through this great work, CONTENTS. ThcUble of contents and index of si.bjcc iirn readily lo a"y subject, and rendering e ulicnlion fi)r otittit. THE C. A. CA8KELL CO. ) and 81 Wabaah Ave,, CHICAGO. 1 otfering to thi PENCIL. It is made with ? utmost care, of the VERY BEST GRAPHITE in THE "WORLD. The Pencils I WRIT!! (.-specially adapted iier ihaf, although the line is clear black, yd tlie lead being firm and hard, they hold their point long. We confidently assert Hiat the Gaskki.i. I.kai. Pencil is UNSURPASSED in the World. Price per Doz., 50c. Per Gross, $4.50 . AGENTS WANTED in every city and town, 3 whom we will give liberal terms. Liberal ;rnis given to agents on all our goods. The 6. A. 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FREE MUSCULAR SPEED IN WRITIKG GIVES T HE LETTERS A FRESH A ND GRACEFUL APPEARANCE. READ ■WHAT IS SAID OF MY WORK. School of Business. CHARLES R. WELLS, Director. A CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE, afford- ing ample facilities for obtaining a useful HiisinesiS Ediicalion at home. Tlie plan ha^ been fully tested in practice, and [he school is very successful operation, registering giving isfactory rcsulti. SPECIAL NOTICE. Pamphlet, circulars and blanks, giving detailed formation, sent on application. Address, in- ising stamp, PROF. R. S. HOLMES, Plainfield, N. J. SCHOOL O F PHONO GRAPHY. WH, D. BEIDOE, Principal, Plainfield, N. J. Department of I'lionoBrrapliy. Department of tlie StenoicrapU, By.inineeiiioii^systcmofliiilriiction. fully ii.dot^ed bj W. M. ri Bariholomew. invenlor of the Stenograph, ihi ' ^FoVdrc7,l.m, orpaymenl of fees, .-.ddrcss R S HOLMES, A M, Registrar, qucntly his work is forcible, iind at the same time ernccfnl. The speed willi wi very smooth stroke. His style is a happy bit- ndinR of the business with the o^^^• ORTHODACTYLIC PEN HOLDER. Voiircard writing, in freedom or movement, smoothness of shade, and quality ol li.iir lint', Jnual's. the bi-^l'a superior to that of any self-styled "best pcnm:in in America." ri. F. KELT.EY. A GOOD POSITION MADE CERTAIN WRITTEN CARDS. Any of the followingr promptly executed, and sent prepaid upon receipt of price: Theol fini'er's from fo tkcie: obil^iq-cte: ^^oi^TDiEJie, "3/ ,^^^^ 1 ai-:i,^/,s'r"''^"'' '"■*"■"'■• '''"''"^•'""' 79 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL. THE G. A. GASKELL COMPANY, 7B Wabash Avenuei CHICAGO, ILL. 16 THE PENMAN'S GAZETTE. INCOMPARABLE! ntJiy ooferbox ved. No ,'H53i» :?i ' j^^/,//^... 79 W.ba sh Aveijue, CHICAGO mMAM ^ """'" ^ jU ' ^ ^ ^ i) -^ 1 ^ /. »r*^ .^ ia* ui.i S^vT.-.; ^ .^'' ;l vS'-'J (IHIClGO.ROCKISUNDa PACIFIC RtlLWir The Croat Rock IsUirnl Rout. R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, A NE'W INVENTION. ^JW,-'"' LATEST AND BEST. :X».A."tTXj E. ••TTXTZT. BI.001^SBt;j"Ea-. FJi.., T7. 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Gkntlemex.— The No. E 1-2 " Squ.ire Grand " Piano which I received from jou about the 1st of September, proves to be one of the tinesl toned instruments I ever heard. Every one who has heard It, speaks with unstinted praises of its quality of tone and beauty of finish. I am truly thankful that I decided to purchase a Bauer. Very respectfully yours, A. .Sheridan Jonks, Supt. of Public Inst. PRICES LIBERAL, AND TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASER. OLD PIANOS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. JULIUS BAUER & CO, 156-158 Wabasii Ave., Chicago. THE GENUINE A. T. CROSS STYLOGRAPHIC PENS. The Cross FoTUitain and Gold Pens. 1 to the following facts and features of the A. T. Cross Stylographic P* , that have placed them at the head ol Wc desire lo call atlentic all Stylographic Pens, and given them their ist. They are the only really two-part pen. 2d. They are made exclusively of gold, rubber, and platinum,— substances entirely unaf. fecled by the action of acid inks. 3d. The use of the oscillating needle enables the writer to hold the pen at any natural angle, while other pens, as, is well known, require to be held nearly or quite perpendicularly, lo facilitate the flow ot ink. 4th. The pen can be filled or cleaned by unscrewing one joint only, and there is no liability of soiling the fingers in removing springs and needles from the section in order to clean the pen, as by the Cross patents the extension air tube spring and needle are connected, and preclude the possibility of losing valuable parts by accidentally Jiropping same out of the section. Jth. These pens are fully guaranteed, and the Indorsement by the' entire trade of the United States and Canada proves the siiperioritv of the A. T. Cross over all othc-rs. Send us $2.50, and v Ailtlress, le, and has the very desirable feature of not rolling when kiid on t he- Ji sk, 1 liis n. Short, Plain, Elegantly chased Bane!. Price, $2.00. I mail the above pen, and send the Penman's Gazette for one year, logetlier THE G. A. GASKELL CO.. 79 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, III. ini^ii at his ajjtc in t»>c world. His pcnni.uisliiii is iirlis- liciilly |K-r(o:t."-G. A. UASKEI.L. SUBSCRIBE NOW. Tlurt ;ir«! live men at the back of this pnper nnd ■( (iiiu lo stAv. The rc^lar price is (io cents tier v III if vo.i w'lll scnrt mc 60 «"«». ? will l>'"l yo'.r .. Sample Copies, 7c. Send for one c »v.r>l of your fricndi to order with ou. Number of Card, in each package ; 1§ 3B le A.— PUIn Wliite, good quality, - 0.46 to.40 B.-Wfil,lli.B Bristol, very best, - .48 C.-flllt K,l80, aaioried, - - - • SI 1.04 D.— Be.el Qllt Edge, tbe finest, - ■ Sf 1.09 E.-BeTeli of Cream anil Whit., ■•fi 1.10 G,-«llk and S.lln B.Tol., - - - .60 H.-F.lght.pl, Be.eli, Morled, . .6a I*,*! 1— Elite, the latest styles, - - - .64 t.«s Address Lines— extra, - - - ■ fj WRIT-TEN LETTER unxiirptissfif s/>trimen of bo hi btisint t Wf tttis iap» ol a letter, nnd any qiustioHs ">,x- 'em 0,1 1 ipiahly of unruled /■<,per. price 30 cents SIGNATURES. jrou wish your name v/rillm in ussori d .Uyle. n, n""ons, send 61 CSDtB, and the hant tcir. possihly write will be scnl you. FLOURISHING. gant specimirns of off-hand flourisi IE. iich CARD WRITING PENS. CEHTKAIi PEN HOLUEK, %e,tin 9 aJIowlug ttie pen to be nrilhilrswn Tlioeramp%cftho flngors V MntinQoaj writlne, indThlctilS CAUSED BT COimHJALLT 0EASPIM3 iFTEE T^E POWT oltllt PEH TO BSmo IT D:m7 TO THE PAP::e, 1: Tfhollj OTBtwrno. Noi. 2 vA 3, Uodiom; 1 vA 5, oztu wldo. Business Writers! L. MADARASZ, Box 2116, N. Y. City.