Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1891 — SHORT-HAND. [ARTICLE]

SHORT-HAND.

The Tenth Lesion of our Practical Course of Home Instruction. BY ELDON MOHAN, Or THE ST. LOUIS COLLEGE or COKMSPO NDKSCB.

(Copyrighted.) , EXPLANATION. A large hook prefixed to r, m and n indicates an added I, as in coral or camel, line L A similar hook, when attached to I, shows an added r, as in color. A short, light tick, forming a sharp angle at the beginning of *, g, I, m, or w, expresses A. When hay cannot well be written, a small dot, placed beside a vowel dot or dash, may be used to express the aspirate. See Abraham, line 2. A small hook prefixed to Z,r,m, or n, expresses w; see wail, work, line 14. A large w-hook is also prefixed to t, d, k, and g, forming the double consonants, tw, dw, kw, and gw. See twin,quack, line 3. A large final hook, knowr.as the shun-hook, is used for the syllables,' sion, cion, tion, shion, etc. See station, fashion, line 4. When* precedes it, this syllable is represented by a little curl on the opposite side, as in physician, line 4. This curl, when initial, stands for n, as in enslave. A narrow loop expresses st, and a broad one str. Line 5. Doubling a curve adds tr, dr, or tbr. Line 6. Half-length stems addt, ord. See lines 7,8 and 9. Observe, Ist, that lis not pronounced until all vowels and hooks which are appended to the stem have first been sounded; 2nd, that s, if final, is sounded after t; that I, r, m and n, are shaded for d (line 9) except when a hook is attached. Line 8. A vowel, to be read after a stem and before hook lor r, is struck through the stem, if a dash, or if a dot is changed to‘a small circle, preceding if a long, and following if a short vowel. Lino 10. Learn also Prefixes and Affixes, line U, and Coalescents, line 12. Learners are cautioned not to write the shortened letters more than half the usual, or standard length, else the two will become confounded. The practice of the writer should be rather to form these brief signs a trifle less than the standard length. To avoid confusion, not only must the halved letters not be too long, but those of standard length also should not be too short. Shortened curves are, in proportion to their length, bent somewhat more than full lengths; as an illustration, it win be seen that mA extends almost as far above the line as m. See middle, line 9. This practice adds to the angularity of many word-forms. When lor d is followed by a final vowel, it cannot properly be expressed by the halving principle; for, if it were so indicated, it would be impossible so to place the final vowel that it would be read last. To illustrate, tin might may be expressed by shortened m; but the employment of the stem t, in mighty, indicates the fact of a following vowel. This lesson is difficult, but will well repay close study. KEY TO PLATE 10. 1 Learn color coral relate camel million tunnel analogy. 2 Hack hug hum hole hire whack Abraham mayhem. 8 Wall wore swine wine twin dwell quack Guinn. 4 Option passion station separation fashion physician compensation enslave. 5. Post coasting vest gazed against boaster fluster punster. 6 Letter order father weather cumber anchor. 7 Boat moat note gate plight died sobbed blade voted political. 8 C its freights paint gift draft blend strained wei. .nend weld. 9 Mode send old sword middle needle failed poured attempt Ibnged. 10 Core gall cull chart chill counterbalance circumstance selfish. 11 Complain introduce recommendation recognize castings yourself ourselves friendship. 12 Weed warwoke wit web yield yoke youth Yeddo. Translate lines 13,14 and 15.

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