New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
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study OF these symbols soon shows what q
/ close resemblance they bear 20 the notes q the
modern shorthand reporter They have ssntirg
lines and hooks and curves.
The art Of stenography was practised chiefly
among the Romans BY the freedmen. who wsr,
known as uotariL The patricians themselves did
little writing but dictated their letters to their no.
tarii and had them also keep their accounts Prom
nent Romans were always accompanied by short
hand reporters. and the younger PIiuy IN writing
Of his father. said Re was always accompanied by
nOtarlus. equipped with writing materials %
that he might put down his words on moments
notice.
times made mistakes. bur their punishment haI
been Hghtened by the course OF time Death vas
not an unusual penalty for Roman notarius who
6lundered. and the Emperor Sevarus is known to
have sentenced an unfortunate shorthand man 10
exile, with the additional order that his finger
nerves should be for having reported f,orre-t-
/ ~ a proceeding in the imperial court
Pridentius tells OF court scenographsr who.
exasperated az the Judge thar he threw his tablets
az the head Of his honor. The judge sentenced Ire
hot tempered scribe 70 % executed with his
Instruments and by his own pupils When ths
luckless reporter was being tortured with the sharp
see SPIKE or MS stylus ms eXecutoners only sel.
W ny 90 you complain? II was you yourself wl0
way we pay back the thousands OF uOns y04
have taught US. and which In spite OF our tears
Several OF the Emperors were exceedingly friendly
% sstsnosrsphers having risen themselves ;ica
The Emperor Diocletan. Ike the Emperor TITUS
was the son OF a scribe. and he ordained that 1s
about rl5 IN United States currency
Ths earliest Popes employed stats Of Shorthand
hts name caught one OF hts shorthand men mapping
on one occasion. and boxed his smartly that
or Incorrectly thereafter. The poor fellow died On
the spot. 81 Jerome was followed by a crowd
Augustine IS credited with havr a star OF sixteen
reporters to take down his scrmo-s and write lsi'
some Of these Roman notarH must have sssa
especially nimbIe or else they could hardy eVoas
seSieatsd TO TIE most sw.tIv reporiirs noTaas'
Here q few lines from the verses.
Hasten, youth. Skilled IN the swit, shorthand
So many words BY single points expressed.
As single sound Is uttered
I unrou the well filed book and Ike Storm
@ denssly falling hail read tho words
TLS page Is SIN unsiisd Thy rand {, svitt
And fiss the waxen surface Even now
With rsundaol1t s,rcurliocls.an. thou last fred
Upon the tablets AL my thoughts
WhLs they are uttered
II f. not impossible that the savings Of Christ Christ
we're taken down at the time by Heorew or o5 ~ SsS
clerical education he was slttlns az lus 1900
Of customs on the border OF the sea near (sp ~.
neum, when Jesus passed by. He was then N ~
employ OF the R0marsC and it il natural 70 up.
pose that this publican had become acquainted w.
that RS Gospel may have been based on shortaAn4
/ notes ST Mark may have also been acqusa.Ass -
with the Hebraio system Of shorthand toI ns
Iongad to the class OF ecclesiastical functOnaEl"
! who were versed n methods Of stenography. IA
methods were heard 81 casually as late the tsn1
century. Charlemagne f. known 70 nave s-,Sss
oftentirnes by means OF the Tironlan notes. 80
the tenth century until the sixteenth century -
land Is the birthpiace OF modern srenography. tss
the first methods OF shorthand IN thaL $3.50 -
/ ent phonetic system was established BY Isaac ~
man in 1857. and It IS on his method OK rsRgtS -
| curves dots and dashss that the five hundrsi~
more systems now IN use are based