THE PHONOGRAPH FOR THE REPORTER.
Of late years the phonograph has been largely used in the transcribing rooms of Congress by the reporters, as well as by scores of court reporters. On returning from a "take," or "turn," the reporter goes to a phonograph and dictates into it his report as rapidly as he can read his notes. The cylinder is then taken by a typewriter operator and affixed to another phonograph. The ear pieces are adjusted, the record started and in a few minutes the "take" is written out on the typewriter ready for the press and the printer. The use of the phonograph effects great economy of time, and enables the reports to be kept almost up to the minute.
COURT REPORTING.
Under the heading "The Legal Office as a Training School," we gave some advice which should be useful to the would-be court reporter. As therein stated, the majority of court reporters attain their primary experiences in legal offices. Legal testimony requires special training in the way of phrasing, and unless the stenographer has these special outlines for the oft-repeated and rapidly uttered interrogations, he will never attain the requisite speed. In addition to taking verbatim a record of the evidence, it is important that the reporter should take complete notes of all objections and exceptions. He must also take full notes of the counsels' arguments as well as the remarks and rulings of the
