The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-14

they would be made 20 write from tbs
upper right hand corner 10 the opposite,
The German government recently order
ed the use of only German letters iu the
government business. For several wears
German typewriters with Roman letters
have been in use, but 10 meet the new
order a German letter keyboard has
been arranged. A change has also Just
been made IN the Greek typeWriters The
first Greek typewriter wrote a slauting
letter. but a new vertical letter having
become much IN favor In Athens am
American typewriter company has equip
ern squadron flagship suddenly sink In
the Yellow Sea an American typewriter
would be found in the Captains cabin.
The universal use of the typewriter is
due TO its easy adaptation 10 almost any
language capable OF being printed Type
writer's have been made 10 write Greek
German. Hebrew. Siamese Telegu and
Russian. The accents. So important 70
part Of other languages than English. are
written with dead keys. which do not
move the cylinder carrying the paper
The dead key device has recently been
ingeniouslv applied in solving "a difficult
problem I'm typewriter construction. An
English missionary I'm India. Dr. Jacob
CHAMBERLAIN. at Madanapalle Madras
Presidency wishing 10 translate the
Scriptures for the natives wrote 10 any
american typewriter company asking n
a typewriter could be made % write the
Telegu language. He had been using am
English-writing typewriter. and one day.
when &c WAS smashed by plaster falling
in his bungalow. the idea OF n Telegu
typewriter occurred 20 him. The Telegu
language IS peculiar I'm that every cha
rdcter represents syllable. The mis-
sionary resolved the language into 30
characters. but upon further study found
that these characters We're built up from
a much smaller number OF basic forms.
These forms were hand cut IN India IN
der the missionary's direction and sent
10 the typewriter company. With the aid
or the dead keys IL was found possible %
build up all the composite characters
ped a machine with this style OF type
King ChualOngkOrn l. Of Slam while
travelling In Europe not long ag0. FIRST
saw the typewriter He was 90 inter
ested In the machine that he immediate
~ gave command that typewriter De
added % the equipment OF the royal
household. The Siamese language had
never been written with a typewriter. but
an American typewriter company was
appealed to and within a short time thu
King was supplied with d Siamese type
writer. His northern neighbor. the En-
peror of China, might use a typewriter
II he had one, but until he publishes an
imperial decree abolishing 1900 odd
characters or his peoples alphabet he
will have 10 content himself with
brush and inkpot. The japanese. IN their
struggle Tor commercial recognition, are
crying for typewriters. Experts are ~
work unravelling the japanese language
and a japanese typewriter keyboard Will
probably result from their study
The pOlyglot machine Is recent devei-
opment OF typewriter construction Bus
mess houses doing a large foreign bust
ness with several countries asked Tor
machines writing several languages. BY
providing for the accents OF the various
European languages on one keyboard
half a dozen or more languages NAV
be written on one machine. Many type
writers with English-Spanish- French
keyboards are shipped 20 South American
countries. The most interesting pOyglot
machine in the world Is one just sent 20
Pope Leo Kill for use IN the Vatican.
Like the one furnished the Gar II Is
decorated with gold. ivory and enamel
The machine writes English, French.
Italian Spanish. Portuguese and Ger
man.-New York sun.