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of printing, thus securing perfect alignment. A 

 novel feature is a rubber banding fitted to the 

 feeding bar, so that no matter how frequently 

 the paper may be carried back and fortn the 

 alignment is not disturbed. 



The Anderson Reporting Machine. This 

 machine for reporting in printed shorthand is 

 the invention of George Kerr Anderson, of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., patented in 1885. The machine dif- 

 fers from the stenograph in using a broad strip 

 of paper, and in printing letters instead of marks. 

 There are 13 keys, 5 of which are struck by the 

 thumb and fingers of the hand on either side, 

 2 by the outer portion of the palms of the hands, 

 and the dot by a slight movement of either 

 thumb. As the system is based on the system 

 of phonography, the aim is to write only the con- 

 sonants of a word, and to indicate the class of 

 the accented vowels. To form the other letters 

 of the alphabet the small letters k, m, t, and h, 

 are combined arbitrarily, thus : h t m (read from 

 right to left) equals B ; t m equals D ; h t m k 

 equals Sh ; h t equals Th, etc. The figures also 

 enter into the combination ; the dot represen s 

 a, an, and, or I, according to context. In all 

 there are 125 contractions and abbreviations in 

 the system which must be committed to mem- 

 ory. ' Each stroke of the fingers represents a 

 word, when, by an automatic movement, the 

 sheet of paper is moved forward, and the line 

 presented for the succeeding word. 



The Crown Type-Writer, the invention of ' 

 Byron A. Brooks. The distinctive feature of the 

 Crown is a type wheel held in a vibrating frame, 

 with a letter-plate and finger piece attached to a 

 rack which meshes into a pinion on the type- 

 wheel shaft, and rotates it to bring the proper 

 character into position. The frame is then de- 

 pressed by a lever worked by the other hand, the 

 wheel striking the paper on top of a platen. It 

 inks with a pad, and the writing is always in sight. 



The Morris Type- Writer, the invention of 

 Robert Morris, of Kansas. A swinging and 

 reciprocating platen carriage carries the type, 

 which are made of India-rubber. A guide pin is 

 used to convey the type, which enters a counter- 

 sunk hole in the platen. There are as many holes 

 as letters and characters. A peculiarly shaped 

 finger points out and guides the letters required. 

 Underneath the type is an inking pad. Forty- 

 five characters are used, and different and inter- 

 changeable styles are provided for use on the 

 same machine. 



The Victor Type-Writer weighs about 5 

 pounds, occupies a space of 8 by 12 inches, and 

 is especially adapted for use on the knees while 

 riding in cars, etc. The letters and characters 



are arranged on the arc in front. A pointer in- 

 dicates the character desired, the movement of 

 the pointer turns a vertical printing wheel at the 

 base of the pointer, and the impression is given 

 by pressing a lever with one of the fingers of the 

 left hand. The inking is by a pad. 



The Capital Type-Writer, was invented by 

 C. T. Moore, of Washington, D. C., who was the 

 first to raise the uni from a single letter or log- 

 otype to a complete line of justified matter in 

 printing, and his invention forms the basis for 

 the construction of several type-setting machines. 

 The Capital prints from a type wheel revolving 

 in one direction, the striking of a key co-oper- 

 ating to bring the corresponding character to 

 the printing point for imprinting it, the touch 

 of the next representative key printing the letter 

 previously set, and designating the character 

 corresponding to such key. This mode of oper- 

 ation has for its primary object an increase of 

 speed, since it allows the type carrier to move 

 from the letter printed to the character desig- 

 nated while the hand of the operator is passing 

 to the next succeeding key. Incident to this 

 mode of operating there are minor advantages, 

 among which is clearness of impression and the 

 correction of errors incident to striking of a key 

 not intended if the error is discovered before 

 the next key of the series has been depressed, 

 as the letter represented by the key errone- 

 ously struck has only been brought to the print- 

 ing point by the act of depressing the key, the 

 machine being provided with a button re- 

 sembling an organ stop, which, with connecting 

 mechanism, is adapted to suspend the action of 

 the press and the movement of the paper car- 

 riage while the operator depresses the right key, 

 the action of which causes the type carriers to 

 remove the letter erroneously brought into posi- 

 tion and to bring the correct character to the 

 printing point. The advantages of this machine 

 are its use of printer's type and spacing each 

 character according to its width, printing direct 

 from the face of the type, which are inked with 

 printer's ink properly distributed thereon by 

 composition rollers (such as are used in print- 

 ing offices). If a wheel containing type-writer 

 characters requiring uniform spacing should be 

 substituted for the printer's type carrier, the 

 spacing would adjust itself to such characters, 

 so that the work would resemble ordinary type 

 writing of the best quality. The work of this 

 machine is constantly in sight of the opera- 

 tor, each letter being 'before the eye as soon as 

 printed. Its weight is about 20 pounds. The 

 construction is covered by an elaborate patent 

 containing 103 claims, issued Jan. 21, 1800. 



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UNITED STATES. The Administration 

 and the Judiciary. On April 8 a congres- 

 sional commission began it inquiry into the 

 methods of landing emigrants in New York. On 

 April 18 the N;ew York State Emigration Com- 

 missioners surrendered their functions to the 

 Government Commission. A temporary govern- 

 ment was granted on April 21 to Oklahoma, and 

 on the 23d the Oklahoma bill passed the Senate. 



The Pan-Electric suit was decided by the Su- 

 preme Court in favor of ex- Attorney-General 

 Garland on April 21. On the 25th the congres- 

 sional investigation of the Clayton-Breckenridge 

 election contest in Arkansas was begun at Little 

 Rock. The murder of the United States mar- 

 shal in Florida, which was discussed earnestly in 

 both houses of Congress, impelled the President, 

 on April 27, to issue a proclamation that Federal 



