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ANTIQUITY OF SHORTHAND.
It Was In Use Before the Beginning of
tbe Christian Era.
Cicero is said to have been the in
ventor . of shorthand writing1, and the
' freedman, Marcus , Tullius Tiro, his
friend, the first stenographer, and he
undoubtedly did use a method of short
hand writing- as early as CO B. C. The
first English treatise was b"y Timothe
Bright, entitled, "An Arte of Shorte
Swifte and Secrete Writing by Charac
ture, Inuentcd by Timothe Bright,
Doctor of Phisike, Imprinted at Lon
don by I. Windet, the assignee of Tim
Bright, 1588. Cum priuilegie Kegiae
Iaiestatis. Forbidding all others to
print ihe same." Dr. Bright jn this
work says: "Cicero did account it
worthie his labour, and no less profita
ble to the Roman common weale (Most
Gracious Soueraigne) to inuent a
" speedie kinde of wryting by character,
as Plutarch reporteth in the life of Cato
the younger. This inuention was in
creased afterward by Seneca that the
number of characters grue to 7,000.
. Whether through inure of time, or that
the men gaue it over for tediousness of
learning, nothing remaineth extant of
Cicero's inuention at this day." .
The stenographer who recalls the
efforts required to properly master the
few characters used in the art to-day
will wonder that of Cicero's system,
with .its 7,000 characters, nothing re
mains at this 'day. It was not until
1643, according to the New York World,
that the art " became of any practical
use, and it was first, used' in the house
of lords in 1009 in taking testimony in
a. divorce suit. Stenographers were,
not regularly employed in parliament,
however, until 1802.
In many of the public schools of the
country stenography is a part of the
training. An evidence of its recent re
markable growth is shown by a circu
lar issued by the bureau of education
issued at Washington. Here it is
shown that from July 1, 1889, to June
SO, 1890, 5T,iJ73 persons received instruc
tion in the art of shorthand in schools
and colleges in the United States. Five
thousand live hundred and fifty of
these were in New York and Brooklyn.
A like circular was issued by the bu
reau in 1S84, in which it was shown
that' during the year 1882 the number
,pf pupils receiving instruction was 12,
470. It -is therefore quite safe to say
that the number for 1S93 exceeded 75,--O00.
But this number does not take
.into consideration an army probably
equally large who receive instruction
frcin some other source or from pro
fessional stenographers. Out of this
Vast army, however, but a very .small
minority are either physically or men
tally qualified to become court report
ers or even ofiiee amanuenses.
SHORT BUT QUEER RAILROAD.
A Line In California Where tbe Grade Is
f Six Feot in a llandrnj. -
;' California has a railroad so unique
that the most expert "railroad man" in
the world would be unable to name it
" should he accidentally happen upon it
at a time when the cars and engine
were not in sight. The word "engine"
is used advisedly, for, according to the
St. Louis Republic, there is no danger
of encountering more than one piece
of machinery of that class upon this
extraordinary "thoroughfare," and
should you come in contact with the
entire force .of men with which the
road is equipped you could count the en
tire "yang" on the fingers of one hand.
This west coast curiosity lies in, or
rather runs up and down, a portion of
San Benito county, extending from
tfiv.rt's lime kiln to Tres Pines, in what
i: known as the Gavilan ramge. The
road iii of the "bicycle" or siugle track
variety, the engines and cars sitting
very low upon the i-ail. The rail is of
the slot pattern, not unlike that seen
on cable railways, the wheels of both
' the engine and the cars having a
tongue of steel which works in the
groove- In addition to this each wheel
' has a flange on both sides, and, the
whole track being of but one rail, the
wheels are, in reality, tongued rollers
with flangelike projections on each end.
Every wheel in the whole outfit belong
ing to this curious railroad is thus pro
vided with four bearings, which pre
vent it from jumping the track on any
of i the numerous short curves. At
last accounts there were but nine
miles of road operated by this "sys
tem." When completed it will be four
teen miles from one terminal station
" to the other. In one place there is an
'eight hundred-foot grade, mounted at
the rate of six feet to the one hundred,
and on another section of the road
there is a grade between a quarter and
a half mile in length in which the
average ascent is fonr feet to each one
hundred feet of track.
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Some of the women in China have a.
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hour. If the hostess be especially
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addition to the regulation charge.
Many of these gentle gossips are
bright and witty talkers, and by keep
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Eepilcan Connty Conventioa.
A Republican Convention for the County of
Wasco, State of Oregon, is called to meet in
Dalles City, in paid county, on Wednesday, April
4th, 1893. at 10 o'clock A. St., for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the following county
offices: One County -Commissioner, County
ciern, county snenn, county 't reasurer, county
Assessor, County School Superintendent, County
Coroner and County Surveyor; and also precinct
officers for the several precincts, and eight dele
gates to the State Convention, and to transact
such'other business as may properly come before
such convention. The convention will consist
of 67 delegates chosen by the several precincts,
and the several precincts of the county will be
entitled to representation in said convention as
follows:
Bigelow J....6 Trevitt 6
East Dalles 6 West Dalles 5
Hosier.-. 2 Falls 4
East Hood River 3 West Mood River 4
Baldwin 2 Eight Mile 2
Columbia 2 Deschutes.. 2
Nansene 3 Dufur 4
Kingsley..., ..3 Tygh : 2
Wamic 3 Oak Grove 2
Bake Oven 2 Antelope r.4
The same being one delegate at large from each
precinct and one delegate for every 25 votes, and
one for every fraction over one-half of 23 votes
cast for the Republican legislative ticket at the
election in June, 1892.
Primaries to elect tbe delegates in each of the
several precincts will te neia on juarcn as, van.
In East Dalles Precinct the polls will be located
at the Wasco Warehouse, and Frank Laughlin,
F. Creighton and D. H. Roberts will act as judges
at said election; fn Bigelow Precinct the polls
will be located at the office of Wm. Michell, and
Chas. Cooper, C. J. Crandall and Tom Joles will
act as judges at said election ; in Trevitt Precinct
the polls will be located at the County Court
room in said precinct, and J. S. Fish, C. E. Bay
ard aud C. L. f hilling wilt act aa judges of said
election ; in West Dalles Precinct the polls will
be located at the City Mills, and J. W. Marquis,
T. A. Hudson and A. A. Vrquhart will act as
judges at said election. The polls in each of
said four precincts will be kept open from 12
o'clock M. to 7 o'clock P. M. for the reception ol
votes ; the polls in each of the other precincts in
the county will be located at the usual place at
the hour of 1 o'clock P. M., and will be conduct
ed in the usual manner for holding jrimary
elections. B. S. HUNTINGTON,
Chairman Republican County Committee.
JUDD 8. FISH,
Secretary Republican County Committee.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office, The Dalles, Or.,
Feb. 17, 1894. (
Notice is herebv sriven that the following
named settler has filed notice of bis intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Rncnstor
and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Satur
day, April 14th, 1S94, viz:
Martin M Waterman,
Hd. No. 3733. for the V'A NWJ, 8EJ4 NW1, and
NEJ SWJ, Sec 27, .Tp 1 N R 14 E.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
R. Gilbert, The Dalles, Or.; Albert Allen, Boyd,
Or.; H. Gilpin, A. M. Allen, The Dalles, Or.
letxtt . - jours . xjiv is, .Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office, The Dalles, Or.,
Feb. 15, 1894. V
Notice is herebv (riven that the followine-
named settler has tiled notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and that
said proof will be made before the register and
receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Wednesday,
April 7, 1894, viz :
Mark C. Fainter,
Hd. No. 2547, for the NE, Sec 32, Tp 1 S, R 13 E.
He names the followiiur witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
w. H. H. Dufur, w. T. anderpool, John No
lan aud C. V. Bale, all of Dufur, or.
JOHN W. LKWIS, KCglStCr.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land- Office, The Dalles, Or.,
Jan. 23, 1894. j
Notice is herebv eiven that the followimr-
naraed settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his elaini, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
aihi Receiver ut The Dulles, Or., on March 6,
1894, viz:
it. J. ntciier.
Homestead No. 2553, for the SEli of Sec. 2G. Tt. 4
S., R. 14 E.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
bis continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
C. v . Woodrnn. C. L. Morns. J. E. lmr and
C. K. Huyward, all of Tygh Valley. Or.
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1 Bay Horse, small star In forehead,, branded
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ESTRAY NOTIGE.
Taken up, at my place on Three Mile-Creek,
one brindle steer, about four vears old: mark
crop and slit in each ear: two slits on brisket:
Dranaed large n on left side. Also one red and
white sp itted cow, abvtft four years old; mark, a
hole in each ear: they have been torn out or slit
ted out: branded Z B ou left hip. The steer has
been with my cattle going on two years? th cow
going on four months. R. G. BROOKS.
The Dalles, Or., Feb. 5, 1894. feb21-2tw
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