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RUTHERFORD'S PRACTICAL POINTERS.

well-informed on a multitude of matters. His daily duties are so likely to require the keenest perception and knowledge of matters outside the ordinary pale of commerce that nothing but supreme alertness as to what is passing about him would fit him for his position.

We do not wish to discourage the ambitious stenographer, but if he desires to become a shorthand reporter he must remember "No victory without a struggle, no success without labor." The field is wide and open; persistent study, and a determination to succeed will attain success. Don't be discouraged

"The heights by great men reached and kept,Were not attained by sudden flight,But they, while their companions slept,Were toiling upward in the night."

SOME POINTERS FOR THE EMBRYO REPORTER.

Master Your System. The first step to good reporting speed is a thorough mastery of your system. Utilize in study every spare moment of the day, but exercise the hand simultaneously with the mind. The mind must act quickly, and the hand must be instantaneously responsive. Mr. David Wolfe Browne writes: "The mind's conception and the hand's response must be so prompt as to leave no appreciable gap between hearing and writing." Again he writes: "The attainment of the highest